Kamuela Ka'ahanui

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Core Faculty, Center for Programs in Education

Summary of Education and Relevant Experiences

B.A., University of Northern Colorado; Ed.M., University of Hawaii at Manoa; Ed.D., Simon Fraser University (Canada).
Kamuela Ka’Ahanui has served as a classroom teacher, master teacher and school principal for more than 20 years with the Hawaii public school system. He is a former member of the faculty at the University of Hawaii at Hilo, where he was involved in the establishment of public native Hawaiian language schools on every Hawaiian island, and in research concerning gifted and talented native Hawaiian students. His research interests include the demystifying of indigenous people’s histories and cultural stories, the investigation of multiple intelligences and indigenous epistemologies, and ethnic and cultural identity development.

Affiliations

• Board member, Gates Millennium Minority Scholarships Foundation
• Board member, Kamehameha Schools Alumni Association, Pacific Northwest and International Boards
• Member, Native Hawaiian Education Association
• American Association of University Professors

Publications

Ka’Ahanui, K. dissertation abstract, Native Hawaiian Preferences For Counselor Characteristics: An Application Of The Bradley-Terry-Luce Model For Paired Comparison Data.

Professional Interests

Ka'Ahanui teaches, performs research and studies in the areas of indigenous people’s education, and in particular, in demystifying methodologies that favor Euro-American views about native people. He offers Native Hawaiian epistemological perspective of indigenous people’s multiple intelligences, cultural ways of knowing, and more inclusive ways of valuing native scholarship that embraces the timeless words of wisdom learned from his Native Hawaiian ancestors: 'A'ohe i pau 'ike i ka halau ho'okahi, which means not all knowledge comes from a single school.

On Interest Area

"We can become the change we wish to be." (Gandhi)

On Teaching at Antioch

'A'ohe i pau 'ike i ka halau ho'okahi . . . Not all knowledge comes from a single school! (Venerable words of wisdom from my Native Hawaiian ancestors.)

Contact Information

Center for Programs in Education
206-268-4600

Kamuela Ka'ahanui
206-268-4611
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