James Bayman

I am a member of Hui Malama Kaniakapupu and I serve as one of their archaeological advisors. The "grass roots" organization of Hui Malama Kaniakapupu implements a stewardship program at Kaniakapupu, a historic residence of King Kamehameha III in the mid-19th century. Kanikapupu is located in Nu'uanu Valley and I have assisted with several service-learning visits that were sponsored by Kua'ana Student Services, as well as visits to the site by children from Kamehameha Schools.

Last year I was consulted by an educational curriculum specialist who was developing a program for Ka'ala Farms, Inc., in Waianae. The curriculum is geared toward educating high-school students in the anthropology and archaeology of Hawai'i. The program adheres to DOE standards.

This year the administrative staff at Waimea Valley Audubon Center (O'ahu) established a partnership with me so that I can help them develop a program in public archaeology, in collaboration with their cultural advisors.

Jack Bilmes

I have given several talks on Thailand to the Pacific and Asian Affairs Council.

Miriam Stark

I developed the Lower Mekong Archaeological Project in 1996 as a research and training program that focuses on archaeology in southern Cambodia. Each field season involves not only western students and professionals, but also internships for Cambodian students and graduates from the Archaeology Faculty of the Royal University of Fine Arts. I also present lectures on Southeast Asian archaeology regularly in the East-West Center's programs (NEH Summer Institutes, CTAPS), in training programs through the Center for Khmer Studies (Siem Reap Cambodia), and at Southeast Asian universities during my summer visits to the region.

Leslie Sponsel

Many of my publications reach a far wider audience than a few specialists, including 21 articles in five encyclopedias. Within the AAA I have organized a session at every annual convention since 1987, the majority invited, and served as the first chair of its Committee for Human Rights. I am one of the founding members of several organizations: AAA CfHR; Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America; International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture; and Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace. Since 2000 I have been actively engaged in a constructive manner with many substantial contributions to discussions on the El Dorado controversy to help generate a more ethically sensitive and responsible professional anthropology. Annually I teach a voluntary course in the UH Osher Lifelong Learning Institute for people in the local community.

Ty Tengan

I have helped to organize (with N. Silva, L. Perry, L. Cruz, U. Hasager, H. Aikau, B. Ledward, S. Iaukea) a number of service learning projects that have involved students and faculty from UH Manoa (Ethnic Stud., Anthro, Poli Sci), Kapi'olani Community College & Hawai'i Pacific University with support from a grant from the HIPICC (Hawaii Pacific Islands Campus Compact). At Makua Valley, we assist members of Malama Makua, a community organization that conducts cultural access trips into the valley that is currently occupied by the military and used for live fire training. Students learn of the cultural and political history, and after a guided tour are then led by faculty in beach clean-ups. At Kahana Valley, we work the taro patches that are kept by families farming the lands now designated as a cultural park. At Keaiwa & Kukuianiani Heiau, students learn of the cultural and archaeological significance of heiau (worship sites) and conduct clean-ups and maintain sites.

Christine Yano

Serve on Board of Governors for Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii (JCCH). Also do outreach programs at the JCCH, most recently one on mixed-race experiences in Hawaii.

Michael Graves

I have been part of several educational videos and am consulting on a State Department of Education videoseries that will focus on archaeology and geography in the Pacific. I have also helped teach e have taught two archaeology courses on Molokai to residents (mostly non-university students) in the past 18 months and then took them to Wailau Valley for field training. Our work was reported in the Honolulu newspapers and in the local Molokai newspapers.

 

 

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