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

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

• Eng 100--Composition
• Eng 204--Creative Writing
• Eng 206--Creative Nonfiction
• Eng 215--Advanced Expository Writing
• Eng 257B--Literature of Hawai‘i
• Eng 257M--Asian-Pacific Litetature
• HawSt 261--Hawaiian Literature in Translation

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

• La‘ieikawai. S.N. Haleole. Honolulu: Kalamaku Press, 2006.
• Hawaiian Fishing Traditions. Moke Manu and Others. Revised Edition. Honolulu: Kalamaku Press, 2006.
• The Wind Gourd of La‘amaomao. Moses K. Nakuina. Revised Edition. Honolulu: Kalamaku Press, 2005.
• Voyaging Chiefs of Havai‘i. Teuira Henry and Others. Online Version. Honolulu: Kalamaku Press, 2004.
• Ancient O‘ahu: Stories from Thrum and Fornander. Revised Edition. Honolulu: Kalamaku Press, 2001.

Photo Gallery

Winter Sunset over Lake Shinji, December 2006. The sun goddess Amaterasu’s splendid rays giving way to the cloud forms and wintry darkness of the storm-god Susanoo. See Japan Autumn 2006: “Where Gods Alight: Sacred Sites in Western Japan”

Hane, Ua Huka, Marquesas Islands. See Marquesas 1999: On the Voyaging Canoe Hokule‘a to Six Islands in the Marquesas.

Uxmal. See Yucatan 2000: Mayan Ruins.

Storied Landscapes: Hawaiian Literature and Place. Honolulu: Kalamaku Press, 1999.
Local Geography: Essays on Multicultural Hawai‘i. Honolulu: Kalamaku Press, 2004.
Forthcoming in 2009: Roads of Oku: Travels in Japan.

Travel–Japan

Travel–Pacific

• Philippines 2006: “Manilla and Beyond.” Traveling with the governor of Hawai'i's tour to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Filipino immigration to Hawai'i, with 27 photos and a map.
• Northwestern Hawaiian Islands 2000: “Sanctuary.” On the Rapture with scientists conducting an ecological survey of the islands, with 18 photo and a map. Published in Local Geography: Essays on Multicultural Hawai‘i.
• Marquesas 1999: On the Voyaging Canoe Hokule‘a to Six Islands in the Marquesas, with 36 photos and a map.
• Marquesas 1993: “Journey to the Isles of Hiva.” On an archaeological expedition to Nukuhiva in the Marquesas Islands, with 20 photos and a map. (A short version appeared in the Honolulu Advertiser, Sept. 19, 1993.)
• Tahiti 1992: On the Voyaging Canoe Hokule‘a from Tahiti to Ra‘iatea. Posted at the PVS website. Map.

Travel–Americas

• Yucatan 2000: Mayan Ruins, Yucatan Peninsula. 12 photo images and a map.
• Native Alaska 1995: On the Voyaging Canoe Hawai'iloa from Vancouver to Juneau. Posted at the PVS website. Map.
• New Mexico 1992: Chaco Canyon-Acoma-O‘ke, with 3 photos and a map.

Polynesian Voyaging and Navigation

• “Wayfinding, or Non-Instrument Navigation.” Posted at the PVS website.
• “Non-Instrument Weather Forecasting.” Posted at the PVS website.
• “Isles of Hiva” (1995): History and culture of the Marquesas Islands. Posted at the PVS website.
• “No Na Mamo: Hokule‘a’s 1992 Voyage for Education” (KCCN Hawaiian Radio Cultural Vignette Series, broadcast, February to April 1993). Posted at the PVS website.
• “1992 Voyage: Sail to Ra‘iatea.” Posted at the PVS website.
• “1992 Voyage: Sail to Rarotonga.” Posted at the PVS website.
• “1992 The Voyage Home.” Posted at the PVS website.
• Updates of Voyage from the Past [history of Hokule‘a for children]. Kamehameha Schools Press. 1992, 2002, and 2004.

Essays, Translations, Reviews

• “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.
• “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.
• 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.
• “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 (2004).
• “Local Mythologies, 1979-2000.” Printed in Hawai‘i Review 56 Spring 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.
• “Nihoa and Necker” (2000). Posted at the Bishop Museum Website.
• “Images of Local Culture.” In The Hawaii Herald. Vol. 4, No. 10. May 20, 1983.