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Anapesi
Ka'ili
Ph. D. student |  |
Research
Interests:
Pacific Islander Pedagogy, History
and Epistemology
Pacific Islander Diaspora, Migration, and Transnationalism
The complexities and challenges that
Pacific Islander students face in higher education and the ways in which
they negotiate their identities and spaces in predominantly white educational
institutions.
Previous Education:
B.A.
in English, Utah State University (2000)
M.ED in Bilingual & Multicultural Education, Northern Arizona University
(2003)
Presentations:
Negotiating Tongan American Identities in the mainstream classroom. Pacific Islander Student's Conference. California State University--Dominguez Hills. March 2006.
Shifting Consciousness: Negotiating/Articulating Pacific Islander Identities in Predominantly White Universities. Pacific Islander Symposium. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. October 2004.
Kainga Tonga 'i he Vahaope: Constructing Tongan Transnational Identities in Cyberspace. Tonga History Association Conference. Nuku'alofa, Tongatapu, Tonga. June 2003.
To'utupu Tonga 'i he Vahaope: Tongan Youths Rearticulating Tongan Identities in Cyberspace. Conversations Across Cultures: Pasifika Ways of Knowing Conference. Columbia University , New York City, NY. March 2002.
"Fofola ‘a e Fala Kae Veuveuki Ke Lelei: Representation and (Re)-represenation of Pacific Islanders "Polynesian Gift to Utah" KUED Documentary." Pacific Islander Conference. Brigham Young Unversity. Laie, Hawaii. May 2000