UNM Ph.D. student awarded grant for research on Hawaiian sovereignty
February 10, 2023 - Savannah Peat
One University of New Mexico Ph.D. student is embracing the Hawaiian term ‘ikaika;. Leilani DeLude is dedicating her educational mission, with immense determination, to the island she was born and raised on.
DeLude just received a $2,000 Diversity and Inclusion Advancing Research grant from the American Political Science Association (ASPA). This money goes towards researchers like her who are striving to bring light to underrepresented groups through the lens of political science.
She found her calling in O’ahu, when coming face to face with the Hawaiian National Archive. While earning her bachelor’s degree, DeLude worked with Hawaiian kūpuna Lynette Cruz, Hawaiian activist Emilia Kandagawa, and HPU Political Scientist Professor Dr. Ngoc T. Phan in organizing and digitizing this key archive.
Read more at UNM Newsroom.
