kuʻualoha hoʻomanawanui is a Native Hawaiian author who is known for her scholarship on Pele.
Born in Kailua, Oʻahu, hoʻomanawanui also spent part of her childhood on Kauaʻi at Wailua Homesteads. [1] Attending the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa as an undergraduate, hoʻomanawanui earned her B.A. in Hawaiian Studies, an M.A. in Polynesian Religion, and PhD in English literature at the university. [1] While in graduate school, hoʻomanawanui was a founding editor of ʻŌiwi: A Native Hawaiian Journal. She became the chief editor after the passing of Mahealani Dudoit. [1]
hoʻomanawanui has been a full professor with the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa since 2007, [2] teaching Native Hawaiian literature and Pacific (Oceanic) literature. Her focus is on moʻolelo, especially the legends of the Hawaiian goddess Pele. hoʻomanawanui is the first Native Hawaiian with a tenure track position in the Department of English at the University of Hawaiʻi. [3] Her work received an honorable mention for the Modern Language Association Prize for Studies in Native American Literatures, Cultures, and Languages. [4]
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