Dr. Lisa Hall

Biography

Lisa Kahaleole Hall is a Program Director in Indigenous Studies at the University of Victoria. She holds a PhD in Ethnic Studies from the University of California at Berkeley and completed her MA and PhD at the same institution. She graduated with a BA cum laude in Women’s Studies from Yale University. Hall's research and teaching interests focus on the intersections of race, colonialism, indigeneity, gender, and sexuality, particularly in the context of her Kanaka Maoli heritage. She is currently finalizing a book manuscript titled 'Making Relations: House Difference.' Prior to joining the University of Victoria, Hall served as Chair of the Women’s and Gender Studies program from 2011 to 2016 and was a preceptor for the National Endowment for the Humanities in Women’s Studies at Wells College in Aurora, NY. During her tenure at Wells College, she held a courtesy professor position at Cornell University’s American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program.

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