Dr. Kū Kahakalau
· Founder and former director of Kanu o ka ‘Āina, an accredited Hawaiian-focused public charter school
· First recipient of a doctorate in Indigenous Education
· Researched the impact of
Hawaiian-focused education on native student performance, and has led
Indigenous educational reform in Hawai‘i and worldwide
Dr. Shawn Kanaiaupuni
· Director of Kamehameha Schools’ Public Education Support Division, providing resources and technical support to Hawai‘i’s public education system
· Received her master’s and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Chicago
· Has taught at the Universities of Wisconsin and Chicago
Professor Mari Matsuda
· Law professor at the William S. Richardson School of Law
· First tenured female Asian American law professor in the United States while at UCLA in 1998
· Recognized for her work and leadership in the critical race theory movement and has published on public education as well as a range of other topics. CLICK HERE to read an excerpt from the book, The Value of Hawaii: Knowing the Past, Shaping the Future