Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 32, Number 12, 1 December 2015 — Mellon-Hawaiʻi Fellowship Selections [ARTICLE]

Mellon-Hawaiʻi Fellowship Selections

Three Native Hawaiian scholars will be pursuing research in their academic careers through the Mellon-Hawai'i Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowship program. The program recognizes and provides support for Native Hawaiians early in their careers as well those who are advancing knowledge of the Hawaiian environment, history and society. The 2015-2016 cohort includes Kahikina de Silva, Ph.D., a doctoral fellow candidate in poMeal science program at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa; Natalie Kurashima, Ph.D., a doctoral fellow candidate in the botany program at the University of Hawai'i and Dr. Mehana Vaughn, a postdoctoral fellow candidate who studied Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies at Stanford University. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Kohala Center, along with

support from Kamehameha Schools, founded the program in 2008. The center was assisted in the selection of the cohort by a panel that included Panel Chair Robert Lindsey, Jr., member of the board of directors of the Kohala Center and trustee at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.