Keiki Kawaiʻaeʻa


Keiki Kawaiʻaeʻa is an Associate Professor at the University of Hawaii at Hilo where she serves as Director of the Ka Haka ʻUla O Keʻelikōlani College of Hawaiian Language. Dr. Kawaiʻaeʻa holds a doctorate from Union Institute & University, a Professional Diploma in Elementary Education from Chaminade University, a Master of Education degree in Curriculum & Instruction from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, and a BA in Hawaiian Studies from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
Kawaiʻaeʻa serves on the Native Hawaiian Education Council and she is a founder of

Awards and Distinctions

In Press. Kawaiʻaeʻa, K., Kahumoku III, W., Hussey, S. M., Krug Jr, G. K., Makuakāne- Drechsel, T. H., Duarte, M. P., et al. Keaomālamalama: Catalysts for transformative change in Hawaiian education. In Elizabeth McKinley and Linda Tuhiwai Smith & Graham Hingangaroa Smith and Melinda Webber , Handbook of Indigenous Education. New Zealand: Springer.
In Press. Alencastre, M., & Kawaiʻaeʻa., K. Distinctive pathways of preparing Hawaiian language medium-immersion educators. In Paul Whitinui, Carmen Rodriguez de France & Onowa McIvor, To be included in a forthcoming issue of Promising Practices in Indigenous Teacher Education. Victoria, BC: Springer Education.
2014 Galla, C., Kawaiʻaeʻa K., Nicholas S. Carrying the torch forward: Indigenous academics building capacity through an international collaborative model. Canadian Journal of Native Education, 37, 193-217.
2014 Hermes, M. & Kawaiʻaeʻa, K. Revitalizing indigenous languages through indigenous immersion education. . Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language Education, 2, 303-312. John Benjamins Publishing.
2008 Kanaʻiaupuni, S., & Kawaiʻaeʻa, K. E Lauhoe mai nā waʻa: Toward a Hawaiian Indigenous Education Teaching Framework. Hūlili: Multidisciplinary Research on Hawaiian Well-Being, 5, 67-90.
2008. Kawaiʻaeʻa, K. Hoʻi hou i ke kumu: Teachers as Nation Builders. In Maenette K.P. Ah Nee- Benham, Indigenous Educational Models for Contemporary Practice: In Our Mother's Voice, Volume II. New York, NY: Routledge/Taylor and Francis Group.
2007 Kawai‘ae‘a, K., Alencastre, M., & Housman, A. Pū‘ā i ka ‘ōlelo, ola ka ‘ohana: A living case study of three Hawaiian language families over one generation of revitalizing the Hawaiian language. Hūlili: Multidisciplinary Research on Hawaiian Well-being, IV, 183-237.
2002 Kawai‘ae‘a, K., Ulukau Founder,, Hale Kuamoʻo.