First Year Experience
Providing students with the support and resources needed to successfully navigate their transition from high school to college.
First Year Experience
Providing students with the support and resources needed to successfully navigate their transition from high school to college.
Lecturer, Geography
Honolulu Community College
874 Dillingham Blvd. Honolulu, HI 96817
Office: Bldg. 7-615; Phone: (808) 847-9863
E-mail: markluke@hawaii.edu
I was born and raised in Hawaii. Both of my grandmothers are Hawaiian and I was fortunate to live with one and plant kalo (taro) at a very young age. I am still planting kalo in Kahana Valley in the Ko‘olauloa moku (district), making poi for the ‘ohana and community. I started teaching Hawaiian Studies in Fall 2003, and I currently teach Geography of Hawai‘i and Hawaiian Studies at Honolulu Community College. I work part-time for Ka Papa Lo‘i o Kānewai cultural garden at UH. I help with lessons for the DOE high schools on implementing Hawaiian Cultural curriculum into the STEM classes. I currently serve on the State of Hawai‘i Taro Purity and Security Task Force and have been visiting all the kalo growing communities around the islands.