Professional Service

• Asia Center . Role: Advisory Board . Asia Center . 08/15/2022 - present

Internal Service

• American West Center . Advisory Board, 08/15/2023 - present. University service.
• McCluskey Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education . Advisory Board, 08/15/2023 - present. University service.
• The Utah Museum of Fine Art, Tatua Exhibit . Advisory Board , 01/09/2023 - 12/31/2023. University service.
• Undergraduate Researcher . Faculty Advisor , 01/18/2021 - 05/17/2021. University service.
• Mellon Pasifika Fellow Undergraduate Researcher . Undergraduate Researcher , 09/21/2020 - 05/17/2021. University service.
• Dean's Anti-Racist Work Group. Participant , 09/07/2020 - 12/31/2020. College service.
• Education, Culture, & Society Graduate Admissions Committee . Faculty Representative , 08/20/2020 - present. Department service.
• M+ Graduate Admissions Committee . Faculty Member , 08/20/2020 - present. Department service.
• Pasifika Scholars Institute: Graduate Bridge. Faculty Advisor and Creator , 08/03/2020 - 08/02/2021. University service.
• Bi-lingual Education Faculty Search Committee. Faculty Member , 01/02/2020 - 05/01/2020. Department service.
• Masters Advising Committee, Education, Culture, & Society . Faculty Member, 08/22/2019 - present. Department service.
• College Executive Committee . ECS Departmental Representative , 08/15/2019 - present. College service.
• Research and Grants Committee . Faculty Member , 08/23/2018 - 05/07/2020. College service.
• Faculty Advisor, Pasifika Scholars Summer Bridge Program . Faculty Member , 08/2018 - present. University service.

Community Partnership

• Mana Academy Charter School . 08/01/2019 - present
• Empowering Pacific Islander Communities . 09/01/2009 - present

Outreach

• Mana Academy . 08/01/2019 - present
• Pasifika Scholars Institute . 09/01/2018 - present

Honors & Awards

• Critical Ethnic Studies Essay Prize, . American Studies Association , 11/02/2023
• Postdoctoral Fellowship . The National Academies on Science, Engineering, and Medicine, Ford Postdoctoral Fellow, 04/01/2020
• The NAPALI Distinguished Fellow Award recognizes a fellow who as a servant leader has significantly improved the quality of life of Americans who trace their ancestry to the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Islands including Samoans, Chamorros, Fijians, Maoris, Native Hawaiians, Tongans, Tahitians and others connected with Pacific American cultures. 2019 DAVID E. COOPER NAPALI DISTINGUISHED FELLOW AWARD, 07/19/2019