Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 34, Number 7, 1 July 2017 — Jamaica Osorio awarded Ford Foundation Fellowship [ARTICLE]

Jamaica Osorio awarded Ford Foundation Fellowship

lamaiea Heolimemeikalani Osorio has been honored with a prestigious Ford Foundation Fellowship to support the writing and defense of her dissertation "Aikāne, A Kanaka Maoli Mo'olelo Beyond Queer Theory: Unsettling White Settler Logics and (Re)membering Indigenous Desires." Osorio is one of only 38 individuals to receive the fellowship in the national competition, whieh provides a $25,000 stipend and networking opportunities, the Uni-

versity of Hawai'i announced. "I think Fm most excited about collaborating with other fellows who share eommon goals and whose work I admire," said Osorio. "Fm grateful to the Ford Foundation for providing resources (both physical and intellectual) that would not otherwise be available to us and that further our academic goals." Fellows were selected based on their scholarly competence and future potential as a scholar, researcher or teacher in higher education. Judges also take into account the ability to use diversity in teaching and learning. Osorio's deep grounding in Hawaiian culture and practices is evident in her performances as a poet and musician, as well as in her activism. She has shared her art throughout Oeeania on five continents, and at the White House.