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Kamalani Johnson
Nanaikamalama
E hoʻonanana ana i ka malama
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Moʻomōʻali Kālaiʻike
CURRICULUM VITAE
KAMALANI M.F.H. JOHNSON
OFFICE ADDRESS:
Ka Haka ʻUla o Keʻelikōlani College of Hawaiian Language
University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
200 W. Kāwili St
Hilo, Hawaiʻi, 96720-4091
Telephone: 808. 932. 7740
E-mail: Kj31@hawaii.edu
ACADEMIC INTERESTS
Hawaiian Historiography
Classical Hawaiian Literature (Research)
Hawaiian Ethno-Literary Devices and Lexical Items
Hawaiian Grammar (Research, Instruction)
Hawaiian Translation and Accessibility (Research, Application)
EDUCATION
In Lieu M.A., Hawaiian Language and Literature, Ka Haka ʻUla o Keʻelikōlani College of Hawaiian Language, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
Chair: Dr. Hiapo Perreira
5/2015 B.A., Linguistics, Ka Haka ʻUla o Keʻelikōlani College of Hawaiian Language, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, Honors
Advisor: Dr. Jason Cabral
5/2015 B.A., Hawaiian Studies, Ka Haka ʻUla o Keʻelikōlani College of Hawaiian Language, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, Honors
Concentration: Oratory
Advisor: Dr. Jason Cabral
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
3/2018-Present Hawaiian Language Curriculum Specialist, Hale Kuamoʻo @$4,617/month
Plan, create, and disseminate Hawaiian language curriculum appropriate to the K-12 learner in the DOE schools (i.e. kula mauli ola Hawaiʻi, kula hoʻāmana Hawaiʻi, and DOE public schools).
8/2017-Present Hawaiian Language Specialist, Nanaikamalama LLC
Direct, manage, and develop Hawaiian language curriculum via Hawaiian literature. Work includes planning and enacting grant writing, press releases, and professional documentation.
8/2015-Present Hawaiian Studies Lecturer, UH Hilo @3,500/month
Lecture courses in Hawaiian language from elementary to intermediate Hawaiian and introductory to upper division Hawaiian studies courses.
8/2015-2018 Hawaiian Language Instructor, ʻAha Pūnana Leo @ $30/hour
Instruct supplementary distance education Hawaiian language courses to ʻAha Pūnana Leo staff members from Hawaiʻi to Kauaʻi via Lifesize and Google Classroom. Duties include instruction of Nā Kai ʻEwalu Hawaiian language textbook, curriculum developent for Niuolahiki online platform, and administration of Hawaiian language proficiency exam to assess improvement.
6/2014-17 Kupa ʻĀina Summer Bridge Program Coordinator, UH Hilo @ $4,000/month
Managed all summer bridge programmatic operations: coordinated residential, fiscal, and academic components in effectively executing a 21st century higher education summer bridge program.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE (107 credits)
Spring 2021 KHAW 490, Base-level Fluency Hawaiian Medium Education (1 credit)
Spring 2021 KHWS 465, Traditional Oratory (3 credits)
Spring 2021 KHWS 465, Traditional Oratory (3 credits)
Fall 2020 KHWS 463, Introduction to Hawaiian Literature (3 credits)
Fall 2020 KHAW 490, Base-level Fluency Hawaiian Medium Education (1 credit)
Summer 2020 KHAW 490, Base-level Fluency Hawaiian Medium Education (1 credit)
Spring 2020 KHAW 399, Independent Studies (1 credit)
Spring 2020 KHWS 465, Traditional Oratory (3 credits)
Spring 2020 KHAW 490, Base-level Fluency Hawaiian Medium Education (1 credit)
Spring 2020 KHAW 304, Intermediate Third Year Hawaiian (4 credits)
Fall 2019 KHAW 303, Intermediate Third Year Hawaiian (4 credits)
Fall 2019 KHAW 303, Intermediate Third Year Hawaiian (4 credits)
Fall 2019 KHAW 490, Base-level Fluency Hawaiian Medium Education (1 credit)
Fall 2019 KHWS 463, Introduction to Hawaiian Literature (3 credits)
Summer 2019 KHAW 233, Second Level Hawaiian For Speakers (4 credits)
Spring 2019 KHAW 133, First Level Hawaiian For Speakers (4 credits)
Spring 2019 KHAW 490, Base-level Fluency Hawaiian Medium Education (1 credit)
Spring 2019 KHWS 465, Traditional Oratory (3 credits)
Spring 2019 KHAW 204, Intermediate Second Year Hawaiian (4 credits)
Spring 2019 KHAW 104, Elementary First Year Hawaiian (4 credits)
Fall 2018 KHAW 490, Base-level Fluency Hawaiian Medium Education (1 credit)
Fall 2018 KHWS 463, Introduction to Hawaiian Literature (3 credits)
Fall 2018 KHAW 203, Intermediate Second Year Hawaiian (4 credits)
Fall 2018 KHAW 133, First Level Hawaiian For Speakers (4 credits)
Fall 2018 UNIV 101, Paths to Academic/Lifelong Success (1 credit)
Spring 2018 KHWS 465, Traditional Oratory (3 credits)
Spring 2018 KHAW 133, First Level Hawaiian For Speakers (4 credits)
Fall 2017 KHAW 303, Intermediate Third Year Hawaiian (4 credits)
Fall 2017 HWST 111, Hawaiian ʻOhana (3 credits)
Fall 2017 UNIV 101, Paths to Academic/Lifelong Success (1 credit)
Summer 2017 IS 194, Special Topic: Academic Success Through Kaʻao Hawaiʻi (1 credit)
Spring 2017 KHAW 204, Intermediate Second Year Hawaiian (4 credits)
Spring 2017 HWST 111, Hawaiian ʻOhana (3 credits)
Spring 2017 HWST 111, Hawaiian ʻOhana (3 credits)
Fall 2016 KHAW 203, Intermediate Second Year Hawaiian (4 credits)
Summer 2016 KHAW 304, Intermediate Third Year Hawaiian (3 credits)
Spring 2016 KHAW 204, Intermediate Second Year Hawaiian (4 credits)
Fall 2015 KHAW 103, Elementary First Year Hawaiian (4 credits)
Fall 2015 KHAW 208, Accelerated Intermediate Second Year Hawaiian (8 credits)
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
12/2020 "Koholālele," Hale Ulana.
11/2020 "No Nā Hau o Māʻihi," Hale Ulana.
9/2020 "Ka Moʻolelo o Hanakahi, ke Kaulana ʻĀina Kaulana o Hilo," Hale Ulana.
2016 Hoʻokawowo, Hawaiian Language Capacity Building Pilot Project, UH Hilo.
2013 “Ke Kaʻao Hoʻoniua Puʻuwai no Kamiki," Hawaiian Language Newspaper Project, UH Hilo.
HAWAIIAN TRANSLATION EXPERIENCE
2/2021 "Hawaiian Education," Ke Kūlia e Kāmau ai.
11/2020 He Lā Leʻaleʻa ma ke Kahua Hōʻikeʻike Holoholona, Linguacious LLC.
9/2020 "Nā Hōʻailona Kaupale Maʻi COVID-19," Ka Haka ʻUla o Keʻelikōlani, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.
8/2020 Kā Dylan Makana Lā Hānau, Linguacious LLC.
5/2020 "ʻĀkoʻakoʻa," Conservation International.
1/2020 Ka Wai Ola, "Laupaʻi Aʻe ko Ulukau ʻOhina Inoa ʻĀina."
2/2016 Lead Hawaiian Language Translator, JN Productions.
2017 "5 Keʻehina Hoʻopalekana," Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death pamphlet, www.rapidohiadeath.org.
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
10/2016-Present Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu Language Competency Evaluation Committee.
1/2016-Present Hawaiian Language Consultant.
1/2016-2018 Hawaiian Lexicon Committee, UHH.
1/2016 2016 UH Hilo Native Hawaiian Leadership Conference Committee, UHH.
8/2015 Hawaiian Language Proficiency Exam Committee, UHH.
8/2015 UH Hilo Living Learning Communities Committee, UHH.
PRESENTATIONS
3/2021 "Ulukau and Hua Maka," He ʻŌlelo Ola Conference, Hilo, HI.
2/2021 "Ola ka ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi: ʻO ka hoʻōla a hoʻokuluma i ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi ma ka Limalau Kumuwaiwai Papahānaumokuākea," Hanauma Bay Reserve Webinar Series.
3/2017 "Hawaiian Language Normalization," He ʻŌlelo Ola Conference, Hilo, HI.
3/2014 "4 Pillars of Native Hawaiian Student Leadership," NHEA Conference, Honolulu, HI.
RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS
2/2021 "He Aupuni Palapala Koʻu: Nūpepa ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi Research," Kūkulu Research Workshops Series, Hilo, HI.
PUBLICATIONS
2/2021 Ka Wai Ola, "Ke Kūlia e Kāmau ai."
Forthcoming Kāʻeo: He Puke Hoʻokuanaʻike Māhele Kino, Hale Kuamoʻo, UH Hilo.
3/2021 Ke Kūlia e Kāmau ai: He Hōʻiliʻilina Holomua ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, Hale Kuamoʻo, UH Hilo.
Forthcoming ʻO Ke Kahua Ma Mua, Ma Hope Ke Kūkulu: No Ka ʻOihana Wilikī Kīwila, Hale Kuamoʻo, UH Hilo.
Forthcoming He Hale Ke Kino No Ka Manaʻo: No Ka ʻOihana Hoʻopuka Lole, Hale Kuamoʻo, UH Hilo.
Forthcoming Kaʻupu Hālō Moana: No Ka ʻOihana Pena Kīkina, Hale Kuamoʻo, UH Hilo.
Forthcoming He Welo Noelo Ko Ka Hawaiʻi: He Puke ʻIke Kahua ʻOihana Pilihonua, Hale Kuamoʻo, UH Hilo.
3/2021 Holo Mai ʻo Pele Mai Kahiki Mai, Hale Kuamoʻo, UH Hilo.
3/2021 ʻOni ʻIa A Paʻa, Hale Kuamoʻo, UH Hilo.
3/2021 Kīlauea ʻĀina Aloha, Hale Kuamoʻo, UH Hilo.
3/2021 ʻO Pele Ka Wahine ʻAi Lehua: He Puke ʻIke Kahua ʻIke Honua, Hale Kuamoʻo, UH Hilo.
Forthcoming Moʻolelo Monograph, Hawaiʻinuiākea, UH Mānoa.
2006 “Moe ʻo Makaliʻi," Nā Kamalei Koʻolauloa Early Childhood Education Program.
EDITING/COPYEDITING EXPERIENCE
Forthcoming He Moʻolelo Hawaiʻi no Kalapana, Hale Kuamoʻo.
3/2021 Ke Kūlia e Kāmau ai: He Hōʻiliʻilina Holomua ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, Hale Kuamoʻo, UH Hilo.
ACADEMIC CONTRIBUTIONS
3/2021 "ʻŌlelo Hoʻolauna," Ke Kūlia e Kāmau ai.
3/2021 "Mokuola Honua," Ke Kūlia e Kāmau ai.
4/2017 Shott, Brian. "Forty Acres And A Carabao: T. Thomas Fortune, Newspapers, And The Pacificʻs Unstable Color Lines," Cambridge University Press. Home Rula Repubalika, Sept. 2, 1901, Translation; and Ke Aloha Aina, Dec. 27, 1902, Translation.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
2015 National Association of Student Affairs Professionals and Administrators in Higher Education (NASPA)
2015 University of Hawaiʻi Professional Assembly (UHPA)
2015 Hanakahi Council
2011 Koʻolauloa Hawaiian Civic Club
2011 Kahana Community Association
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
9/2016 IUCN Hawaiʻi
3/2016 2016 NASPA Annual Conference
11/2015 56th Annual Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs Convention
10/2014 55th AnnualAssociation of Hawaiian Civic Clubs Convention
2/2014 4th Annual International Conference on Language
3/2014 Documentation and Conservation (ICLDC) 15th Annual Native Hawaiian Education Association Conference
HONORS & AWARDS
2015 Koʻolauloa Hawaiian Civic Club, Sam Pua Haʻaheo Award
2014 Koʻolauloa Hawaiian Civic Club, Pua Hīnano o ka Hala Award
UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES
8/2017 5th Annual Kumukahi ʻUkulele & Hula Festival, Hawaiian Language Judge
3/2017 2nd Annual ʻAha Aloha ʻŌlelo "A Hiki I Ke Aloha ʻĀina Hope Loa", Hawaiian Language Judge
CERTIFICATIONS
11/2016 Safe Zone LGBTQ Trained
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