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John P. Rosa, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of History, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
rosajohn@hawaii.edu
Mobile: (808) 723-1160

EDUCATION

Ph.D., 1999, M.A., 1992, History, University of California, Irvine
B.A., 1990, History, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

POSITIONS HELD

Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, 2015-
Affiliate Faculty, Center for Pacific Islands Studies, UHM, 2019-
Affiliate Faculty, Department of Ethnic Studies, UHM 2016-
Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, 2008-2015
Instructor, Social Studies Department, Kamehameha Schools, Kapālama, Honolulu, 2006-2008
Assistant Professor, Asian Pacific American Studies Program, Arizona State University, Tempe, 2000-2006

PUBLICATIONS

Book (Scholarly Monograph):
Local Story: The Massie-Kahahawai Case and the Culture of History. University of Hawai‘i Press, 2014.

Co-edited Journal Volume:
Social Process in Hawai‘i. “Celebrating 100 Years of Local Studies” issue. Co-editor with
Lori Pierce. Vol 46 (December 2020).

Co-authored Electronic Book:
Genz, Joseph H., Noelani Goodyear-Kaʻōpua, Monica C. LaBriola, Alexander Mawyer, Elicita N. Morei, and
John P. Rosa. Militarism and Nuclear Testing in the Pacific. Volume 1 of Teaching Oceania Series,
edited by Monica LaBriola. Honolulu: Center for Pacific Islands Studies,
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, 2019. See http://hdl.handle.net/10125/42430

Refereed Journal Articles and Essays (recent):
“Ambling Time,” in Tom Gammarino, Bryan Kamaoli Kuwada, D. Keali‘i MacKenzie, and Lyz Soto, eds.,
Snaring New Suns: Speculative Works from Hawai‘i and Beyond special issue of Bamboo Ridge: Journal of Hawai‘i Literature and Arts. Vol. 122 (2022): 124-130.
“Small Numbers / Big City: Innovative Presentations of Pacific Islander Art and Culture in Phoenix,
Arizona,” AAPI Nexus: Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders: Policy, Practice and Community.
Vol. 5, No. 1 (Spring 2007): 59-77.

Book manuscript in progress:
Hawai‘i 1959. (This second book project focuses on three phenomena in 1959 when the islands: achieved statehood; saw the use of commercial jets for the first time; witnessed the completion of Ala Moana Shopping Center to bring visitors to Hawaiʻi. It examines the transition from territory to state, the rapid growth of the tourism industry, and the expansion of a consumer economy intertwined with a construction boom in retail and housing developments.)

Invited Book Chapters (recent):
“‘Eh! Where You From?’: Questions of Place, Race, and Identity in Contemporary Hawai‘i,” in Camilla Fojas, Rudy Guevarra, and Nitasha Sharma, eds. Beyond Ethnicity: New Politics of Race in
Hawai’i. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2018.
“Asians, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders in Hawai‘i: Place, People, Culture” in David K. Yoo and
Eiichiro Azuma, eds. Oxford Handbook of Asian American History. New York: Oxford
University Press, 2015.

RECOGNITIONS / FELLOWSHIPS / AWARDS / GRANTS

Jerry H. Bentley World History Faculty Award, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, College of Arts, Languages & Literatures, 2022-2023. $3250.
Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa College of Arts & Humanities, 2017. $1000 merit award.
Associated Students of ASU Centennial Professorship, 2005-2006. $5,000 merit award and $5,000 grant for project Voices from Oceania: The Pacific at Your Door.

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