{"id":181095,"date":"2023-08-01T08:15:32","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T18:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=181095"},"modified":"2024-03-15T08:43:38","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T18:43:38","slug":"antonio-nh-culture-professorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/08\/01\/antonio-nh-culture-professorship\/","title":{"rendered":"Antonio 1st appointed to Native Hawaiian culture endowed professorship"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa Associate Professor Mapuana Antonio of the Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health<\/a> is the first faculty to be formally appointed the Queen Liliʻuokalani<\/span> Distinguished Professorship in Native Hawaiian Culture.<\/p>\n

Antonio\u2019s appointment recognizes the deep cultural engagement of her work in public health, her links to social justice and social work research, student and community engaged work, as well as her continuous support of social work students at the graduate level.<\/p>\n

The endowed professorship from the Queen Liliʻuokalani<\/span> Trust honors the life and legacy of the last monarch of the Kingdom of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>. It will create programs anchored in Native Hawaiian cultural knowledge, practices and values that will strengthen the training of social work and other allied health professionals working with Native Hawaiian children, families and communities.<\/p>\n

“We have been deeply honored and humbled by this gift to our school from the Queen Liliʻuokalani<\/span> Trust and grateful to former Dean Noreen Mokuau\u2019s leadership and stewardship. Dr. Antonio and her tremendous leadership, research and strengths will be wonderful in this role to create programs for child, family and community well-being that are anchored in Native Hawaiian cultural knowledge, practices and values\u201d said Tetine Sentell, interim dean of the Thompson School.<\/p>\n

Dedication to advancing health and well-being<\/h2>\n

Born and raised in Wahiaw\u0101, Antonio is a Native Hawaiian scholar dedicated to advancing the health and well-being of Native Hawaiians and Indigenous peoples. She also heads the Native Hawaiian and Indigenous health program in the Office of Public Health Studies in the Thompson School.<\/p>\n

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Her research takes a community-prioritized and holistic approach to health and resilience by addressing socio-cultural determinants of health. She is the principal investigator of the Ola HAWAIʻI<\/span><\/a> and Center for Pacific Innovations, Knowledge, and Opportunities<\/a> (PIKO<\/abbr>) pilot studies, Ke Ola O Ka ʻĀina<\/span>, which explores the role of ʻĀina<\/span> (land) and ʻĀina<\/span> connectedness in Native Hawaiian health and resilience. In addition, she was most recently a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Interdisciplinary Research Leader<\/a> for Team Maui Nui. <\/p>\n

Antonio was a co-lead in the Liliʻuokalani<\/span> Trust endowment, which connected efforts between the Thompson School and Liliʻuokalani<\/span> Trust beginning in 2019 under the mentorship of now retired dean and Professor Emerita Noreen Mokuau. <\/p>\n

“The endowed professorship will broaden the reach of the trust by educating generations of future social workers in Native Hawaiian cultural knowledge, practices and values,” said Claire L. Asam, trustee of the Queen Liliʻuokalani<\/span> Trust. “This knowledge will help graduates, wherever they work, effectively serve our beneficiaries, as well as Native Hawaiian children and families throughout Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> nei.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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