Dr. Haʻalilio Solomon is from Honolulu, Oʻahu, where he teaches as an assistant professor at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in the Hālau ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi ʻo Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language. In May 2024, he completed his doctoral degree in linguistics with a primary focus on language ideologies and attitudes surrounding Hawaiian language in Hawaiʻi within the context of Hawaiian language revitalization, reclamation, and maintenance. His dissertation is entitled “Attitudes & Ideologies Surrounding ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi: A Qualitative Study”.
Haʻalilio is also also an avid translator of ‘ōlelo Hawaiʻi under Awaiaulu and is the owner of Hoʻopulapula, LLC., specializing in Hawaiian language translation, tutoring services, and resource development. As a polyglot, his multilingualism shapes his pedagogical approaches and academic endeavors, many of which involve the documentation of the languages spoken in Polynesia.
Dr. Kalei Nuʻuhiwa, a native Hawaiian is a progressive pioneer with 30 years of experience in conducting research in various Hawaiian practices of time keeping, lunar calendars, heiau ritual, ceremonies and epistemologies connected to phenology, strategic resource management and social wellbeing. Her expertise is Papahulilani, the study of celestial cycles and atmospheric phenomena. She uses art, photography, chanting, and Hawaiian cosmogonies to effectively incorporate and bridge indigenous knowledge systems into conservation plans, curriculum, and core community frameworks that successfully drive Hawai?i and international indigenous communities. A critical thinker, recognized kilo practitioner, academic, and advocate of access to generational knowledge, she uses traditional methods to create and enrich healthy environments and situations where people can thrive.
