Creative Works
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I created Intersections Talanoa podcast with Assistant Editor, Ainsley Aiono to host a digital space for student scholars to share not just their academic scholarship peer reviewed in the Intersections Journal but also their background, interest in research, and passion. The podcast is a digital footprint to express themselves in a safe space where inclusion, diversity, and independent thinking is fostered and encouraged.
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To kick-off of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in May on campus, Line-Noue Kruse, a Pacific Studies associate editor and coordinator in the Faculty of Culture, Language & Performing Arts, curated with the help of Jacob Jackson, an associate professor in the Faculty of Arts & Letters curated a AAPI Art Exhibition. For this exhibition, four Pacific Islander artists Elijah Lemusuifeauali’i, Julius Tafiti, Malositoa Teo Tafiti and ‘Ulise Funaki displayed their cultural works.
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BYUH Xeno Podcast host, Carly Stone and my former Political Science student with guest co-host Michaela Stone interviewed me for my book. Michaela also worked with me in my Political Science classes providing tutorial assistance from the Reading and Writing Lab.
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"'Why would you risk it?' - Concerns raised about birth-right citizenship for American Samoans."
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Interviewed by Tahlea Aualiitia to discuss citizenship in American Samoa after a district court judge in Utah ruled that American Samoans have birthright citizenship while sidestepping the most important issues. For example, what about the American Samoan residents? Also, what about the other four permanent inhabited territories? Then, what about the cultural protections to customary lands and the matai system, twin cornerstones to Samoan culture that has been protected as an American territory for over 100 years? Pacific Mornings, ABC Australia, 2019.
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Interviewed by Seiuli Salamasina von Reiche to discuss blackbirding in the Moana.
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"Blackbirding was the forced labour trade that uprooted Pacific Islanders, landing them on ships headed to far away shores. It's a disturbing chapter of history and while Australia's involvement has been somewhat documented, the true scale of blackbirding across the Pacific remains largely unknown. From remote islands to distant lands like Peru, there are still countless untold stories of where our ancestors were taken and the impact this dark history has left behind. You'll hear from Dr Line Noue-Kruse, a Samoan historian on how blackbirding fit into the context of a global slave trade. Plus, Imelda Miller, curator of the 'Say Our Names: Australian South Sea Islander' exhibition at Queensland Museum in Brisbane Australia. You'll also hear from Tongan Bishop Silouan Silala Vea traces the journey of his ancestors who were taken from Tonga to Peru.
Culture Compass, ABC Pacific, 2025.