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Dennis Kawaharada, Assistant Professor
Languages, Linguistics, and Literature
Kapi‘olani Community College
4303 Diamond Head Road
Honolulu, HI 96816
Office: ‘Ilima 206C
Phone: 734-9518
email: dennisk@hawaii.edu
Right:
sea of weke, photo by Ann Kapulani Landgraf. “In the season of
Makahiki, Lono resounds in the heavens, giving life to the ‘aina.”
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Education
- University of Washington, Ph.D. in English, 1988
- University of Washington, M.A. in English, 1976
- University of Hawaii, B.A. in English, 1974
- Castle High School, Kane‘ohe, 1969
Administrative Experience
- Kapi‘olani Community College, Interim Program Dean, Arts and Sciences and Business and Legal Education, March 2008-Present
- Kapi‘olani
Community College, Interim Program Dean, Emergency Medical Services,
Health Sciences, Nursing, Business and Legal Education, and Library and
Learning Resources; April 2005-March 2008
- Honolulu Community College, Interim Program Dean, Arts and Sciences, May 2004-April 2005
Teaching Experience
- Kapi‘olani Community College, assistant professor in English, 1984-86, 1988-2004
- City College of San Francisco, lecturer in English, 1987-88
- University of California at Berkeley, lecturer in Asian American Studies,1986-88
- University of Hawaii, lecturer in English, 1979-84
- University of Washington, teaching assistant in English, 1977-79
Courses: Syllabi, Readings, and Assignments
Editing and Publishing Experience
- Kalamaku Press / Noio Publications, Editor, 1989-present
- Polynesian Voyaging Society, Education and Website Coordinator, 1993-2000; Website Coordinator, 2006-present
- Traditions of O‘ahu: Stories of an Ancient Island (Online Book)
- Kanani, a student magazine for creative writing and art, Kapi'olani Community College / Spring 1997, Fall 1997, and Fall 1998
- Bamboo Ridge Press, Managing Editor, 1984-86
Edited Works
Photo Gallery
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Essays, Translations, Reviews
- 2009. A Response to Comments on Storied Landscapes. (The comments were published by Ku‘ualoha Ho‘omanawanui in “This Land Is Your Land, This Land was My Land,” in Asian Settler Colonialism: From Local Governance to the Habits of Everyday Life in Hawai’i, edited by Candace Fujikane and Jonathan Y. Okamura, University of Hawaii Press, 2008) .
- 2007. “E Luku wale e: Photos of the H-3 Construction/Destruction by Kapulani Landgraf and Mark Hamasaki” (2007). Introduction to a proposed book documenting the history of the H-3 Freeway.
- 2005. “Cane Fire.” Translation of a short story by Naoto Nakashima, with Masako Ikeda. Printed in Bamboo Ridge, Summer 2005. Current project: Complete translation of Hawaii Monogatari (“Tales of Hawai‘i”), Nakashima’s collection of ten stories, including “Cane Fire,” published in Japan in 1936.
- 2005. Review of Greg Dening’s Beach Crossings, Voyaging across times, cultures and self. Printed in The Great Circle: Journal of the Australian Associaton for Maritime History. Vol. 27, No. 1, 2005.
- 2004. “Mango Trees on Kea‘ahala Road.” Growing up in Kane‘ohe in the 1950’s. Published in Local Geography.
- 2004. “Alive in Story.” Printed in Wao Akua, Sacred Source of Life (Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Forestry and Wildlife. 2003). Published in Local Geography.
- 2001. “Local Mythologies, 1979-2000.” Printed in Hawai‘i Review 56 Spring 2001.
- 2001. “A Search for Ku‘ula-kai.” In Literary
Studies East and West: Navigating Islands and Continents: Conversation
and Contestations in and around the Pacific / Selected Essays,
edited by Cindy Franklin, Ruth Hsu, and Suzanne Kosanke. UH Press and
EW Center Press, 2001. The essay was originally published in Storied Landscapes.
- 2000. “Nihoa and Necker”. Posted at the Bishop Museum Website.
- 1983. “Images of Local Culture.” In The Hawaii Herald. Vol. 4, No. 10. May 20, 1983.
Travel–Japan
- 2009 Fall: “Fall Colors.” Travels in Tohoku. Text and Photos. Forthcoming in 2010. Map.
- 2009 Summer: “Fireflies and Sweet Fish.” Travels in Shikoku and Chugoku. Text and Photos. Forthcoming in 2010. Map.
- 2008 Spring: “Full Bloom and Festivals: Japan’s Springtime Enchantment / Traveling the Tokaido and Nakasendo,” with 87 photos and a map.
- 2008 Winter: “Snow Country: Winter Travels in Japan,” with 48 photos and a map. Published in Honolulu Star Bulletin, March 9, 2008, with 5 photos and a map.
- 2007 Summer: On the voyaging canoe Hokule‘a from Uwajima, Shikoku, to Yokohama, Honshu. Forthcoming in 2010. See PVS website for background and a map of Ku Holo La Komohana: Hokule‘a’s 2007 Voyage to Japan.
- 2006 Autumn: “Where Gods Alight: Sacred Sites in Western Japan,” with 39 photos and a map. Published in Honolulu Advertiser, January 7, 2007, with 4 photos.
- 2005 Summer: “Roads of Oku,” with 36 photos and a map. Published as “Poetry in Motion: Travels in Northern Japan in the Footsteps of Basho and Beyond” in Honolulu Advertiser, June 26, 2005, with 4 photos.
- 2004 Spring: “On the Road in Kansai: Nara, Ise, Kumano, Kyoto, and Tango,” with 26 photos and a map. Published as “On the Road in Kansai: Scenery and Shinto Shrines” in Honolulu Advertiser, June 6, 2004, with 3 photos.
Travel–Pacific
Travel–Americas
Polynesian Voyaging and Navigation
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