Vave Lab · Graduate Training

Supervision

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Graduate Students

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MA · Pacific Islands Studies

Carol Ann Carl

Rohrohwei (to bear onward): Oral histories as a biocultural literacy of ancestral seafaring knowledge

Graduated Dec 2025
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MA · Pacific Islands Studies

Inise Kuruwale

Sacred Labor, Silent Knowledge: Roles, Responsibilities, and Challenges of Bouta (traditional undertakers) of Chiefly Funerals — A Study of the Naivisou Clan of Nakoroivau Village

In Progress
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MS · Marine Biology

Isabella Sorovakatini

Understanding the Movement, Habitat Use, and Ecology of Reef Manta Rays (Mobula alfredi) in the Yasawa Islands, Fiji

In Progress
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MA · Pacific Islands Studies

Oliver Lilford

Caring for more than coral: Mapping coral reef restoration on Moorea, Māʻohi Nui (French Polynesia)

Graduated May 2026
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MA · Pacific Islands Studies

Penitiko (Ben) Taoi

Security Cooperations in the Pacific Islands: A Case Study on Fiji

Graduated May 2026

Non-UH Students

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PhD · Environmental Biology

Mia Glover

Blue Carbon, Governance, and Colonial Ecologies in Coastal Fiji

State University of New York, U.S.

In Progress
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PhD · Marine Science

Pete Malorey

Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management in Remote Pacific Island Communities

University of the South Pacific, Fiji

In Progress
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PhD · Anthropology

Victor Narsimulu

Tides of Tradition: Measuring storytelling styles around fishing techniques, marine foraging, and cultural knowledge transmission

University of Utah, U.S.

In Progress
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PhD · Psychology

Alfred Tora

Indigenous Fijian Worldviews and Resilience in Community-Owned Businesses

University of the South Pacific, Fiji

In Progress