Hiʻilei Hobart

Hiʻilei Julia Kawehipuaakahaopulani Hobart (Kanaka Maoli) joins Yale as Assistant Professor of Ethnicity, Race, and Migration. An interdisciplinary scholar, she researches and teaches on issues of settler colonialism, environment, and Indigenous sovereignty. Her first book, Cooling the Tropics: Ice, Indigeneity, and Hawaiian Refreshment, is forthcoming from Duke University Press and a recipient of the press‘s Scholars of Color First Book Award. Professor Hobart holds a PhD in Food Studies from New York University, an MA in Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture from the Bard Graduate Center, and an MLS in Rare Books Librarianship and Archives Management from the Pratt Institute.