A graduate of Lahainaluna and Harvard, ʻUmi Perkins received a PhD in Political Science from the University of Hawaiʻi, Mānoa. He teaches Hawaiian history at the Kamehameha Schools and is a lecturer at the Matsunaga Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution at UH Mānoa. A former Fulbright scholar, his research focuses on Hawaiian land tenure. He has over 50 publications and has written for The Nation, Hawaiʻi Review, The Contemporary Pacific, and many other publications. He is a regular contributor to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and co-wrote the screenplay for the feature film The Islands. #culturised #HawaiianMonarchy #HawaiianHistory
