Yucheng Qin
My past research focused on Chinese transnationalism, and Sino-American relations and history. My current research explores the relationship between Chinese traditional native-place sentiment and the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.
I regularly teach classes in world, Chinese, and Japanese history, as well as the United States in East Asia.
Kerri Inglis
My primary interests include research and teaching in the history of health, disease, and medicine, especially as it pertains to Hawaiʻi and the Pacific, but also within a global context.
I teach courses in World, Hawaiian, and Pacific history, as well as select courses in public history.
Line-Noue Kruse
My research areas are Indigenous theory, critical theory applied to Indigenous land tenure and law, relational communal ontologies in gender, ecological knowledges, law, Indigenous gender studies, Moana migration and transnationalism, global citizenship and empire, territorial federalism, equity and comparative international law, Indigenous land use, climate adaptation resilience, o le alofi sā.
I teach courses in Pacific history, World, and select courses in American and Indigenous history.
Makana Kushi
My research interests are histories of Native print presses, Indigenous language revitalization, comparative Indigeneity, and race and settler colonialism in Hawai'i and the Americas.
I teach courses in United States and Indigenous history, women's and gender studies, and place-based learning.