{"id":149297,"date":"2021-10-06T15:03:38","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T01:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=149297"},"modified":"2024-03-15T22:34:14","modified_gmt":"2024-03-16T08:34:14","slug":"hawaiian-scholar-uluwehi-hopkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/10\/06\/hawaiian-scholar-uluwehi-hopkins\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawaiian scholar awarded fellowship to study history of M\u0101noa campus"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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J. Uluwehi Hopkins<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A Kanaka Maoli (person of Hawaiian ancestry) scholar at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa was awarded an American Association of University Women<\/a> (AAUW<\/abbr>) 2021–22 fellowship to pursue academic work and lead innovative community projects to empower women and girls.<\/p>\n

J. Uluwehi Hopkins<\/strong>, the recipient of AAUW<\/abbr>\u2019s Fellowship, is currently pursuing her PhD<\/abbr> in Hawaiian history at UH<\/abbr> Mānoa\u2019s Department of History<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Being awarded a fellowship, especially one as prestigious as AAUW<\/abbr>, justifies all that hard work and instills a motivation to want to work harder, to be worthy of being chosen,” said Hopkins. “The thought of this fellowship drives me every day now; it’s that small niggling in the back of my mind that tells me ‘Keep going! Write more! Finish that chapter!’”<\/p>\n

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Born and raised on Oʻahu,<\/span> Hopkins\u2019 lineage on the island dates back several centuries. Her current research focuses on the lands that now make up UH<\/abbr> Mānoa\u2019s campus, the water resources that once flowed through that ʻāina<\/span> (land), and the community that lived there.<\/p>\n

“In a way, I was destined to make this my focus: one of my ancestors owned nearly all of the parcels that the Mānoa campus now sits on so, without realizing it, I started researching this area when I started researching my own genealogy,” said Hopkins. “Ultimately, this research isn\u2019t just an academic exploration for me; it\u2019s a passion and a part of my identity.”<\/p>\n

“Uluwehi\u2019s work focuses on the lands and waters of the UH<\/abbr> Mānoa area and the role of prominent Kanaka Maoli women like Emma Metcalf Beckley Nakuina who served as water commissioner during the kingdom era and the first several years of the Territory of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>,” said John Rosa<\/strong>, an associate professor of history and Hopkins\u2019 advisor. “Thus, Uluwehi\u2019s work definitely relates to the AAUW<\/abbr>‘s mission of empowering women in university settings and beyond.”<\/p>\n

AAUW<\/abbr> is one of the world\u2019s oldest leading supporters of graduate women\u2019s education. For the 2021–22 academic year, AAUW<\/abbr> has awarded a total of $5 million through its fellowships and grants programs to 260 scholars, as well as to community projects and programs that promote education and equity for women and girls.<\/p>\n

“This fellowship has allowed me to significantly scale back on my teaching hours and focus more completely on writing, and I find that I am much more content with my current situation because of it,” said Hopkins. “I am incredibly thankful to AAUW<\/abbr> for this award, and for them believing that I am a woman who has the potential to foster positive growth in this world.”<\/p>\n

“I have come to realize that my primary goal is to become someone who is an expert in her field, someone who others can go to for information or help, and someone who can inspire others in our community,” added Hopkins.<\/p>\n

This work is an example of UH<\/abbr> Mānoa\u2019s goal of Enhancing Student Success<\/a> (PDF<\/abbr><\/span>) and Becoming a Native Hawaiian Place of Learning<\/a> (PDF<\/abbr><\/span>), two of four goals identified in the 2015–25 Â鶹´«Ã½<\/a> (PDF<\/abbr><\/span>), updated in December 2020.<\/p>\n

To find out more about this year\u2019s class of awardees, visit the online directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

J. Uluwehi Hopkins, the recipient of AAUW<\/abbr>\u2019s Fellowship, is currently pursuing her PhD<\/abbr> in Hawaiian History.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[1471,225,1466,1465,660,9,1626],"class_list":["post-149297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-college-of-arts-languages-and-letters","tag-history","tag-manoa-enhancing-student-success","tag-manoa-native-hawaiian-place-of-learning","tag-student-recognition","tag-uh-manoa","tag-women-of-uh","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149297"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":149334,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149297\/revisions\/149334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}