More Than an Afterthought: Centering Critical Pacific Islands & Oceania Studies in Ethnic Studies
by Jeremiah C. Sataraka
ABSTRACT: In the field of education and Ethnic Studies in the United States, Critical Pacific Islands and Oceania Studies (CPIOS) is the latest academic response to the growing needs of Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander (NH/PI) communities. California Assembly Bill 1460 was a victory for Ethnic Studies, but the lack of recognition of NH/PI communities by Ethnic Studies educators runs the risk of continual NH/PI erasure. This article calls on Ethnic Studies scholars and Asian Americanists to separate Asian American Studies from CPIOS and introduces Kava and Loi-On’s (2022) CPIOS framework as an important curricular intervention.
Article Citation: Jeremiah C. Sataraka (2024) More Than an Afterthought: Centering Critical Pacific Islands & Oceania Studies in Ethnic Studies. AAPI Nexus: Policy, Practice and Community: 2024, Vol. 21, No. 1 & 2.