CURRICULUM VITAE

Terava Kaʻanapu Casey

EDUCATION

2021 Ph.D., A.B.D., History, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI

Anticipated to graduate in Fall 2023.

Dissertation Advisor, Dr. Monica LaBriola, UHM

2016 M.A., Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI

2008 B.A., Political Science, Brigham Young University-Hawai’i, Lāʻie, HI

PUBLICATIONS

2019. Volume 5 of Teaching Oceania Series, Islands of French Speaking Oceania. Honolulu: Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawaiʻi-Mānoa.

2016. Mapping Mā'ohi communities in diaspora: History, identity, and Heiva in Hawaiʻi. Thesis. University of Hawaiʻi-Mānoa. ProQuest.

2015. "Nonahere 'Ori Tahiti: Pipiri Mā by Patrick Araia Amaru, Edgar Tetahiotupa, and Matani Kainuku.” Media Review. The Contemporary Pacific 27.1: 302-04.

2014. "Free West Papua." The Storyboard Journal 14.

GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

2020. Maison des Sciences de l’Homme du Pacifique Early Career Fellowship, l’Universite de la Polynésie Française, Pape’ete, Tahiti

2019, 2020. Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship, Center for Pacific Islands Studies, UHM

2018, 2019, 2020. Department of History Merit Scholarship Award, UHM

2015. Jack H. Ward Tahitian Language Scholarship, Indo-Pacific Language and Literatures Department, UHM

2014. Na Nei Tou i Loloma Research and Travel Award, Center for Pacific Islands Studies, UHM

2013, 2014. Nā Hoʻokama a Pauahi Native Hawaiian Scholarship, Kamehameha Schools, Honolulu, HI

CONFERENCE AND PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

2018. “A Contemporary View on Ancient Tahiti” Oceania Ensemble Colloquium, UHM

2017. “Legacies of Oceanic Expression in Remembrance of Teresia Teaiwa: A Roundtable”, Center for Pacific Islands Studies Student Conference, UHM

2017. “How to be an effective T.A.”, Center for Teaching Excellence Workshop Presentation in Graduate Assistant Orientation, UHM

2017. “Origins of Contemporary Tahitian Dance” in “O is for Oceanic Feminisms” Oceania Rising Club, UHM

2015. “Connecting Tahiti and Hawaiʻi”, Tahitian Language Program Lecture Series, Université de la Polynésie Française, Tahiti

2014. “Reconstructing Tahitian Identity: Movements of Tahitian Dance”, Center for Pacific Islands Studies Student Conference, UHM

2014. “Journeys of Heiva: Contemporary Tahitian Dance in Diaspora”, Pacific Arts Association Conference, Nouméa, New Caledonia

2014. “A History of Tehuiari’i Tute in Hawai’i”, Hawaiian Studies Department, UHM

2014. “Loloma Award Presentation”, Center for Pacific Islands Studies, UHM

CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION

2021. “In Their Own Words: Pacific Islander Migrations”, Panel Convener, Pacific History Association Conference, University of the South Pacific; Suva, Fiji – forthcoming, November 2021.

2016. “Na alanui i ka hōhonu: Pathways to understanding Oceania”, Lead Organizer, Center for Pacific Islands Studies Student Conference, UHM

2015. “Expressing Oceania: On the page, stage, and beyond”, Co-organizer, Center for Pacific Islands Studies Student Conference, UHM

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

T.A., History Department, UHM

World History 151 (Fall 2016)

World History 152 (Spring 2017)

G.A., Center for Pacific Islands Studies, UHM

PACS 108 ( Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016))

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

2022. History of Mā’ohi Migrations, Early Career Research Project –forthcoming Dissertation research, Université de la Polynésie Française; Tahiti, French Polynesia

2016. Field Researcher, Mapping Mā’ohi Communities in Diaspora CPIS Thesis Research – Hauʻula, Hawaiʻi; Tahiti, French Polynesia

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

2019. Center for Pacific Islands Podcast, Co-collaborator, Center for Pacific Islands Studies, UHM – project forthcoming

2019. “Te Moana Nui: Engagement with Tahiti and Hawaiʻi”, Co-curator, Exhibit at Hamilton Library, UHM, October 2019-Jan 2020

2019. “Tahitian Language Week”, Curator, Exhibit at Pacific/Hawaiian Collection, Hamilton Library, UHM

2016. Ka U’i o Manoa Pilot Research Group, Cohort Participant, University of Hawai’i-Manoa Provost Office

2015. Student Activity and Program Fee Board (SAPFB) Grant Writer, Center for Pacific Islands Studies, UHM

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