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Davianna McGregor, PhD, 1989, UH-Manoa, Hawaiian/Pacific History
Faculty
Office Location: George Hall 336
Phone Number: 956-7068
Fax Number: 956-9494
Email: davianna@hawaii.edu
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Background:
Davianna Pomaika'i McGregor is a Professor and founding member of the Ethnic Studies Department at UH-Manoa. She is a historian of Hawai'i and the Pacific.
Davianna grew up in the ahupua'a of Kaiwi'ula in the Kapalama district of O'ahu and spent her summers with grandparents in Waiakea, Hilo, Hawai'i. She currently resides on O'ahu and Moloka'i. As a member of the Protect Kaho'olawe 'Ohana she helps to steward the lands of Kaho'olawe - Kohemalamalama O Kanaloa.
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Teaching:
Professor McGregor teaches ES 221: Hawaiians, ES 350 Economic Change and Hawai'i's People and ES 340 Land Tenure and Use in Hawai'i, and ES 392 Change in Pacific - Polynesia. Students in her Hawaiians class participate in stewardship-related service learning projects on Kahoolawe, at Kahanahaiki/ Makua Valley, the He`eia Fishpond, Na Pohaku o Hauwahine and the Kanewai Cultural Garden.
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Research:
Her ongoing research endeavors have focused on documenting the persistence of traditional Hawaiian cultural customs, beliefs, and practices in rural Hawaiian communities, including the island of Moloka'i; the districts of Puna and Ka'u on Hawai'i; Ke'anae-Wailuanui on Maui and Waiahole-Waikane on O'ahu. This work is featured in her UH Press book, 2007, Na Kua'aina: Living Hawaiian Culture.
In 2006 she conducted studies which resulted in the following technical reports: Hurricane Evacuation Behavior Study for Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with Jon Matsuoka, December 31, 2006.
Cultural Assessment Report for the La'au Point Rural-Residential Development, 2006, assisted by Sean McNamara.
Cultural Assessment for the Mo'omomi Preserve, Kaluako'i, Island of Moloka'i, for The Nature Conservancy, June 15, 2006, assisted by Blake La Benz.
Cultural Assessment for the Kamakou Preserve, Makakupa'ia and Kawela, Island of Moloka'i, for The Nature Conservancy, June 15, 2006, assisted by Blake La Benz.
Moloka'i Responsible Tourism Initiative: A Community-based Visitor Plan for Moloka'i, for Ke 'Aupuni Lokahi-Moloka'i Enterprise Community, February 2006.
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