Amy Ku'uleialoha Stillman, born and raised in Honolulu, Hawai'i, is
Associate Professor of American Culture, and Director of Asian/Pacific
Islander American Studies at the University of Michigan. Dr Stillman is
the author of Sacred Hula: The Historical Hula 'Ala'apapa, and more than
twenty articles on Polynesian music and dance traditions (particularly
Hawai'i and Tahiti). She is also actively involved in community projects
and advocacy among the Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities in
southern California.