This dissertation explores the relationship between public health and race-making in Hawaiian Islands, from the last years of the independent Kingdom of Hawai‘i through the first two decades of American rule. During this period, it was a commonplace among white colonists that Na…
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Contemporary Hawai’i is a renowned tourist destination for millions of visitors a year. Prior to the arrival of Europeans in 1778, missionary intervention in 1820, and American occupation in 1893, the islands had its own monarchy and unique cultural traditions. Since the interfe…
There is growing interest to develop programs and pedagogies focused on increasing representation of underrepresented minority (URM) students within the scientific community. URM students face many pedagogical, societal, and institutional barriers that lead to disproportionately…
To determine the level of entrepreneurial organizational characteristics in Hawaiian public elementary schools, 3,816 teachers in 111 schools were surveyed using the Public School Entrepreneurial Inventory (PSEI). This survey was developed and used previously in Israel. This was…
Previously published investigations of the parent-rated Child Behavior Checklist's (CBCL) factor structure have been limited to children of Western European cultural backgrounds, residing in the continental United States, Israel, and Western Europe. To date, only eight planned c…
This thesis explores the afterlives of the Chinese revolutionary icon Sun Yat-sen and their relevant contexts, arguing that these contexts have given rise to different images of the same figure. It serves as a gallery in which these different images are put into conversation wit…
Cryptic diversity, alternating life histories, ecological plasticity, and evolutionary lability of the few morphological characters available for identification of expanded red blades in the Family Kallymeniaceae have steered multiple studies to focus on a molecular-assisted alp…
The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UH Mānoa or UH) Athletic programs are the only NCAA Division 1 sports in Hawaiʻi. With no professional sports team for Hawaiʻi residents to rally behind, the eyes of Hawaiʻi are often set on these student-athletes of UH Mānoa. In 2005, when Ne…
Sea spray aerosol (SSA) play a significant role in the local climatology of coastal areas by acting as giant cloud condensation nuclei (GCCN), which can accelerate warm rain initiation due to their hygroscopicity. However, there is great uncertainty in SSA size and quantity in t…
The herbicide atrazine is one of the most commonly applied herbicides used worldwide, despite being shown to disrupt reproductive development in some animals. Atrazine is used for agriculture in Hawai‘i and potentially threatens marine organisms after it enters the ocean through…
This dissertation argues that the influence and impact of the descendants of Hawaii's original missionaries thwarted the course of Christianity within the islands. Shaped by their exclusion from Hawaiian culture during formative years and trained in Western ideals through an eli…
This dissertation explores the intersection of American imperialism, commerce, and families in 19th century Hawai‘i. By the end of the nineteenth century, private commercial interests helped bring an end to the Hawaiian monarchy. After several decades of intervention into the is…
Introduction and Objective: Asthma and cardiovascular disease (CVD) are two of the most burdensome chronic diseases worldwide, yet rapidly-growing Asian and Pacific Islander (API) populations are underrepresented in current literature, including in Hawai‘i. Prior research sugges…
Earth’s mantle is the most voluminous part of the planet and is inaccessible to direct investigations. It is only possible to study it through indirect methods, such as the chemical makeup of erupted lavas. The Hawaiian Islands are thought to be the product of the mantle plume h…
Giant trevally ("ulua", Caranx ignobilis) are large, mobile mesopredators found around coral reefs ecosystems across the Indo-Pacific. Despite their cultural significance, popularity in recreational fisheries, and likely importance in coral reef ecosystems, we lack key basic kno…