Research Medal Award Winner

Terry Hunt
Anthropology

A professor of anthropology at UH Manoa, Terry Hunt’s work integrates environmental history, ecology and models of the evolution of human societies.

Hunt’s current research on Rapa Nui draws on data acquired over seven seasons of field work to challenge the empirical foundations of recently popularized accounts for the island’s prehistory and the demise of its ancient civilization. His archeological field school there brought undergraduate and graduate students into the process of discovery, as well as native high school students and adult community members who trained alongside them.

Hunt has also been awarded a National Science Foundation grant to work with colleagues on similar issues of ecological change in the Hawaiian Islands.