With the support of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Kamehameha Schools, the Mellon-Hawaiʻi Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowship Program furthers the development of intellectual leadership from Hawaiʻi—for Hawaiʻi and the world.
2007-2008 Mellon-Hawaiʻi Doctoral FellowsNoelani Arista, Ph.D. candidate in history, Brandeis University, Boston, Massachusetts.
Nanette Nālani Sing, Ph.D. candidate in interdisciplinary studies with a concentration in educational leadership and systems, Union Institute & University, Cincinnati, Ohio.
2007-2008 Mellon-Hawaiʻi Postdoctoral Fellows
B. Kamanamaikalani (Kamana) Beamer, Ph.D. in geography from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Hawaiʻi. Dissertation title: “Na Wai Ka Mana? Native Agency and European Imperialism in the Hawaiian Kingdom.”
Sydney Lehua Iaukea, Ph.D. in political science from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Dissertation title: “E Paʻa ʻOukou: Holding and Remembering Hawaiian Understanding of Place and Politics.”
Kathleen L. Kawelu, Ph.D. in anthropology, University of California, Berkeley. Dissertation title: "A Sociopolitical History of Hawaiian Archaeology: Kuleana and Commitment."