WGSS 382
INSTRUCTOR: MĀHEA AHIA
email: [email protected]
Courtesy:
When you email me, please state in your subject line 1) your preferred first name, 2) which course you are in WGSS 382, and 3) purpose of your email (Syllabus Question, paper extension needed). Example: Noe WGSS 382 Question about readings
You may address me as Māhea, kumu, or Kumu Māhea (Dear Māhea, Aloha Kumu Māhea,).
Practice using professional email etiquette. State your intention for writing clearly. For example:
Aloha Māhea,
I am writing to set up an appointment to discuss ideas for my final project. I am free Tuesdays after 2pm until 6pm; are you available to meet me?
Sincerely,
StudentFirstName
Instructor Bio:
Cameron Māhealani Ahia (she/we/'o ia) is a Los Angeles-born Kanaka Maoli artist, scholar, activist, songcatcher and storykeeper with lineal ties to Maui. With a background in theatre arts, writing and performance from U.C. Berkeley and U.C. Irvine, Māhea is committed to creating artistic and academic projects that empower Indigenous feminist decolonial research. Her Master’s Degree in Mythology and Psychology focused on cultural trauma and the power of stories to heal. As a PhD student in English (Hawaiʻi/Pacific Literature) at University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa, she teaches Composition, Creative Writing, and Indigenous Literatures. As a Graduate Certificate student in Women Gender & Sexuality Studies, she will be teaching Island Feminisms in Fall 2021 and Indigenous Women & Health in Spring 2022. Māhea serves as editor for Hawaiʻi Review and ʻŌiwi: A Native Hawaiian Journal. Her dissertation research “Kihawahine: Shapeshifting Life and Afterlife of Maui's Most Famous Akua Mo'o” inundates biography’s genre boundaries as it theorizes feminist power and leadership within the reptilian water deity clan. A founding member of Puʻuhuluhulu University and the caretaker of Hale Mauna Wahine at Mauna Kea, Māhea is co-organizer of the Mauna Kea Syllabus Project and recently published "Mālama Mauna: An Ethics of Care Culture and Kuleana" for Biography.
INSTRUCTOR: MĀHEA AHIA
email: [email protected]
Courtesy:
When you email me, please state in your subject line 1) your preferred first name, 2) which course you are in WGSS 382, and 3) purpose of your email (Syllabus Question, paper extension needed). Example: Noe WGSS 382 Question about readings
You may address me as Māhea, kumu, or Kumu Māhea (Dear Māhea, Aloha Kumu Māhea,).
Practice using professional email etiquette. State your intention for writing clearly. For example:
Aloha Māhea,
I am writing to set up an appointment to discuss ideas for my final project. I am free Tuesdays after 2pm until 6pm; are you available to meet me?
Sincerely,
StudentFirstName
Instructor Bio:
Cameron Māhealani Ahia (she/we/'o ia) is a Los Angeles-born Kanaka Maoli artist, scholar, activist, songcatcher and storykeeper with lineal ties to Maui. With a background in theatre arts, writing and performance from U.C. Berkeley and U.C. Irvine, Māhea is committed to creating artistic and academic projects that empower Indigenous feminist decolonial research. Her Master’s Degree in Mythology and Psychology focused on cultural trauma and the power of stories to heal. As a PhD student in English (Hawaiʻi/Pacific Literature) at University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa, she teaches Composition, Creative Writing, and Indigenous Literatures. As a Graduate Certificate student in Women Gender & Sexuality Studies, she will be teaching Island Feminisms in Fall 2021 and Indigenous Women & Health in Spring 2022. Māhea serves as editor for Hawaiʻi Review and ʻŌiwi: A Native Hawaiian Journal. Her dissertation research “Kihawahine: Shapeshifting Life and Afterlife of Maui's Most Famous Akua Mo'o” inundates biography’s genre boundaries as it theorizes feminist power and leadership within the reptilian water deity clan. A founding member of Puʻuhuluhulu University and the caretaker of Hale Mauna Wahine at Mauna Kea, Māhea is co-organizer of the Mauna Kea Syllabus Project and recently published "Mālama Mauna: An Ethics of Care Culture and Kuleana" for Biography.