Education

• University of Washington, Ph.D. in English, 1988
• University of Washington, M.A. in English, 1976
• University of Hawaii, B.A. in English, 1974
• Castle High School, Kane‘ohe, 1969

Teaching Experience

• Kapi‘olani Community College (KCC), faculty in English, 1984-86, 1988-2004, 2010-Present
• City College of San Francisco, lecturer in English1987-88
• University of California at Berkeley, lecturer in Asian American Studies,1986-88
• University of Hawaii, lecturer in English, 1979-84
• University of Washington, teaching assistant in English, 1977-79

Courses at KCC

• Eng 22--Beginning Composition
• Eng 100--Composition
• Eng 204--Creative Writing
• Eng 206--Creative Nonfiction
• Eng 215--Advanced Expository Writing
• Eng 250--American Literature
• Eng 257B--Multiethnic Literature of Hawai‘i
• Eng 257M--Asian-Pacific Litetature
• HawSt 261--Hawaiian Literature in Translation

Administrative Experience

• Kapi‘olani Community College, Interim Program Dean, Arts and Sciences and Business and Legal Education, March 2008-February 2010.
• Kapi‘olani Community College, Interim Program Dean, Emergency Medical Services, Health Sciences, Nursing, Business and Legal Education, and Library and Learning Resources; April 2005-March 2008
• Honolulu Community College, Interim Program Dean, Arts and Sciences, May 2004-April 2005

Editing and Publishing Experience

• Kalamaku Press / Noio and Far Roads Publications, Editor, 1989-present
• Polynesian Voyaging Society, Education and Website Coordinator, 1993-2000; Website Coordinator, 2006-present
• Traditions of O‘ahu: Stories of an Ancient Island (Online Book)
• Kanani, a student magazine for creative writing and art, Kapi'olani Community College / Spring 1997, Fall 1997, and Fall 1998
• Bamboo Ridge Press, Managing Editor, 1984-86

Edited Works

• La‘ieikawai. S.N. Haleole. Honolulu: Kalamaku Press, 2006.
• Hawaiian Fishing Traditions. Moke Manu and Others. Revised Edition. Honolulu: Kalamaku Press, 2006.
• The Wind Gourd of La‘amaomao. Moses K. Nakuina. Revised Edition. Honolulu: Kalamaku Press, 2005.
• Voyaging Chiefs of Havai‘i. Teuira Henry and Others. Online Version. Honolulu: Kalamaku Press, 2004.
• Ancient O‘ahu: Stories from Thrum and Fornander. Revised Edition. Honolulu: Kalamaku Press, 2001.

Photo Gallery

Winter Sunset over Lake Shinji, December 2006. The sun goddess Amaterasu’s splendid rays giving way to the cloud forms and wintry darkness of the storm-god Susanoo. See Japan Autumn 2006: “Where Gods Alight: Sacred Sites in Western Japan”

Hane, Ua Huka, Marquesas Islands. See Marquesas 1999: On the Voyaging Canoe Hokule‘a to Six Islands in the Marquesas.

Uxmal. See Yucatan 2000: Mayan Ruins.

Books

• Storied Landscapes: Hawaiian Literature and Place. Honolulu: Kalamaku Press, 1999.
• Local Geography: Essays on Multicultural Hawai‘i. Honolulu: Kalamaku Press, 2004.
• Roads of Oku: Journeys in Japan's Heartlands. Essays on Japanese literature, religion, history and culture. Forthcoming.

Travel Writing–Japan

• Introduction: Roads of Oku: Travels in Japan 2004-2011
• 2011 Spring: “On the Far Side of Disaster.” Travels in Southern Japan in the aftermath of the Great Tōhoku Earthquake. Google Map.
• 2010 Summer: “Legends of the Land.” More Travels in Tōhoku. Map.
• 2009 Fall: “North Country: Fall Colors.” Travels in Tōhoku. Map
• 2009 Summer: “Summer Delights: Fireflies & Sweet Fish.” Travels in Shikoku and Chugoku. Map.
• 2008 Spring: “Full Bloom and Festivals: Sakura Season on the Tōkaidō and Nakasendō.”Map.
• 2008 Winter: “ Snow Country: Winter Travels in Japan.” Map. (An earlier version was published in Honolulu Star Bulletin, March 9, 2008.)
• 2007 Summer: On the Voyaging Canoe Hōkūle‘a from Uwajima, Shikoku, to Yokohama. Map.
• 2006 Fall: “Where Gods Alight: Sacred Sites in Western Japan.” Map. (An earlier version was published in Honolulu Advertiser, January 7, 2007.)
• 2005 Summer: “Roads of Oku: Tōhoku and Hokkaidō.” Map. (An earlier version was published as “Poetry in Motion: Travels in Northern Japan in the Footsteps of Bashō and Beyond” in Honolulu Advertiser, June 26, 2005.)
• 2004 Spring: “On the Road in Kansai: Nara, Ise, Kumano, Kyotō, and Tango.” Map. (An earlier version was published as “On the Road in Kansai: Scenery and Shintō Shrines” in Honolulu Advertiser, June 6, 2004.)

Travel Writing–Pacific

• 2006 Philippines: “Manilla and Beyond.” Traveling with the governor of Hawai'i's tour to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Filipino immigration to Hawai'i, with 27 photos and a map.
• 2000 Northwestern Hawaiian Islands: “Sanctuary.” On the Rapture with scientists conducting an ecological survey of the islands, with 18 photo and a map. Published in Local Geography: Essays on Multicultural Hawai‘i.
• 1999 Marquesas: On the Voyaging Canoe Hōkūle‘a to Six Islands in the Marquesas, with 36 photos and a map.
• 1993 Marquesas: “Journey to the Isles of Hiva.” On an archaeological expedition to Nukuhiva in the Marquesas Islands, with 20 photos and a map. (An earlier version appeared in the Honolulu Advertiser, Sept. 19, 1993.)
• 1992 Tahiti: On the Voyaging Canoe Hōkūle‘a from Tahiti to Ra‘iatea. Posted at the PVS website. Map.

Travel Writing–Americas

• 2000 Yucatan: Mayan Ruins, Yucatan Peninsula. 12 photo images and a map.
• 1995 Native British Columbia and Alaska: On the Voyaging Canoe Hawai'iloa from Vancouver to Juneau. Posted at the PVS website. Map.
• 1992 New Mexico: Chaco Canyon-Acoma-O‘ke, with 3 photos and a map.

Polynesian Voyaging and Navigation

• “Wayfinding: Modern Methods and Techniques of Non-Instrument Navigation, Based on Pacific Traditions.” Compiled from the teaching of Nainoa Thompson and other Sources. Posted at the PVS website.
• “Isles of Hiva” (1995): History and culture of the Marquesas Islands. Posted at the PVS website.
• “Voyaging Chiefs of Kaneohe Bay” (1999). Published in Storied Landscapes (1999). Posted at the PVS website.
• “No Na Mamo: Hōkūle‘a’s 1992 Voyage for Education” (KCCN Hawaiian Radio Cultural Vignette Series, broadcast, February to April 1993). Posted at the PVS website.
• Updates of Voyage from the Past [history of Hōkūle‘a for children]. Kamehameha Schools Press. 1992, 2002, and 2004.

Essays, Translations, Reviews

• 2009. A Response to Comments on Storied Landscapes, with guidance on how to read the metaphor in the title and interpret the text. (The comments were published by Ku‘ualoha Ho‘omanawanui in “This Land Is Your Land, This Land was My Land,” in Asian Settler Colonialism: From Local Governance to the Habits of Everyday Life in Hawai’i, edited by Candace Fujikane and Jonathan Y. Okamura, University of Hawaii Press, 2008) .
• 2007. “E Luku wale e: Photos of the H-3 Construction/Destruction by Kapulani Landgraf and Mark Hamasaki” (2007). Introduction to a proposed book documenting the history of the H-3 Freeway.
• 2005. “Cane Fire.” Translation of a short story by Naoto Nakashima, with Masako Ikeda. Printed in Bamboo Ridge, Summer 2005. Nakashima’s Hawaii Monogatari is ca ollection of ten stories, including “Cane Fire,” published in Japan in 1936.
• 2005. Review of Greg Dening’s Beach Crossings, Voyaging across times, cultures and self. Printed in The Great Circle: Journal of the Australian Associaton for Maritime History. Vol. 27, No. 1, 2005.
• 2004. “Mango Trees on Kea‘ahala Road.” Growing up in Kane‘ohe in the 1950’s. Published in Local Geography.
• 2004. “Alive in Story.” Printed in Wao Akua, Sacred Source of Life (Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Forestry and Wildlife. 2003). Published in Local Geography (2004).
• 2001. “Local Mythologies, 1979-2000.” Printed in Hawai‘i Review 56 Spring 2001.
• 2001. “A Search for Kū‘ula-kai.” In Literary Studies East and West: Navigating Islands and Continents: Conversation and Contestations in and around the Pacific / Selected Essays, edited by Cindy Franklin, Ruth Hsu, and Suzanne Kosanke. UH Press and EW Center Press, 2001. Published in Storied Landscapes (1999).
• 1999. “Nihoa and Mokumanamana.” Posted at the PVS Website. Published in Storied Landscapes as “He Mele no Kane / A Song of Life” (1999).
• 1999. “The Discovery and Settlement of Polynesia.” Posted at the PVS website.
• 1983. “Images of Local Culture.” In The Hawaii Herald. Vol. 4, No. 10. May 20, 1983.