John P. Rosa
Assistant Professor
Sakamaki Hall B415
(808) 956-8098
rosajohn(at)hawaii.edu
[BA Northwestern University, 1990; MA, PhD University of California, Irvine, 1992, 1999]
Hawai’i, Pacific Islands, U.S. social and cultural
Representative Publications:
"Local Story: The Massie Case Narrative and the Cultural Production of Local Identity in Hawai`i," Amerasia Journal 26:2 (2000).
"Beyond the Plantation: Teaching about Hawai`i before 1900, " Journal of Asian American Studies 7:3 (2004).
"Small Numbers / Big City: Innovative Presentations of Pacific Islander Art and Culture in Phoenix, Arizona,” AAPI Nexus: Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders: Policy, Practice and Community. Vol. 5, No. 1 (2007).
"'The Coming of the Neo-Hawaiian American Race': Nationalism and Metaphors of the Melting Pot in Popular Accounts of Mixed Race Individuals," in Teresa Kay Williams-Léon and Cynthia Nakashima, eds., The Sum of Our Parts: Mixed Heritage Asian Americans, (2001).
East of West: A Bibliography of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Arizona and the West. (co-edited with Melody M. Miyamoto), Tempe, AZ: Arizona State University, Asian Pacific American Studies Program, College of Public Programs, (2003).