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Niccole Leilani Coggins

Announcements

Hālau Hula O Pualanina'auali'ioha - Kumu Hula Koe - June 6, 2012
Guest Lecture: "Hawaiian History: Kalākaua"

RGST 14 Introduction to Native American Religious Studies - Dr. Talamantez - Nov 17, 2012
Guest Lecture: "Hawaiian History and Culture"

Interdisciplinarity and the Study of Religion Graduate Student Conference
May 28, 2011
Co-Organizer

ASAM-RGST 161 Asian American Religions - Dr. Esaki - Nov 2, 2010
Guest Lecture: "Dance and Pilgrimage"

ASAM-RGST 71 Introduction to Asian American Religions - Dr. Busto - April 29, 2010
Lecture: "Hawaiian Native Traditions: Hula and History"

Hawaiian and U.S. History


Ph.D. Candidate
B.A., Carleton College, MN
M.A., Graduate Theological Union/Pacific School of Religion, CA

Office: HSSB 3221/In absentia
Hours: In absentia

Advisor: Paul Spickard

I have been conducting academic research of Kanaka ‘Ōiwi (indigenous Hawaiian) culture and history for sixteen years with research that focuses on identity within the Kanaka ‘Ōiwi community.

I have always been interested in identity, especially among mixed-race youth. Over time that interest has broadened to include religious identity.

My current research, a continuation of my research on identity, focuses on how the military changed the identity of Hawaiian society during the territorial period.

Dissertation Title

  • Welcome to "The Rock," Boys!
    The US Military's Influence on the Territory of Hawai'i, 1898 - 1959

Teaching Fields

  • Kānaka ‘Ōiwi (indigenous Hawaiian) History and Religion
  • U.S. History
  • Comparative Race and Ethnicity (U.S.)
  • World History (Comparative Colonialism and Imperialism)
  • Religion and Ethics

Courses Taught

Teaching Assistantships

  • History 17C - "The American People (WWI - Present)"
    Professor Dineen-Wimberly - Spring 2012
  • History 17A - "The American People, 1492 - Early 1800s"
    Professor Olivera - Fall 2011
  • History 2C - "World History (1700 CE to Present)"
    Professor Spickard - Summer 2010 [Session B]
  • Asian American Studies 71 - "Introduction to Asian American Religions"
    Professor Busto - Spring 2010 [cross-listed with Religious Studies 71]
  • History 17B - "The American People (Sectional Crisis through Progressivism)"
    Professor Majewski - Winter 2010
  • History 17A - "The American People (Colonial through Jacksonian Era)"
    Professor Plane - Fall 2009
  • Asian American Studies 71 - "Introduction to Asian American Religions"
    Professor Busto - Spring 2009 [cross-listed with Religious Studies 71]
  • Asian American Studies 1 - "Introduction to Asian American History"
    Professor Zhao - Winter 2009
  • Global Studies 120 - "Global Ideologies and World Order"
    Professor Juergensmeyer - Fall 2008

Publications

  • Hawai'i
    Encyclopedia of Global Religions
    Mark Juergensmeyer and Wade Clark Roof, editors

Awards

  • UC Pacific Rim Research Program Fellowship Recipient 2012
    Advanced Graduate Research Fellowship
  • History Department Graduate Award Recipient
    Regent's Dissertation Fellowship 2012
    Van Gelderen Graduate Fellowship 2011
  • History Department's History Associates Graduate Award Recipient
    Associates Fellowship 2012
    Darcy Ruth Ritzau Award 2009
  • Graduate Division Central Fellowship Recipient
    Brython Davis Graduate Fellowship 2011
    Graduate Opportunity Fellowship 2010

MA Thesis

Service and Organizations

  • Asian Pacific Americans and Religion Research Initiative (APARRI)
    Berkeley, CA
  • Asian Pacific American Graduate Students (APAGS)
    University of California Santa Barbara
  • History Graduate Student Association (HGSA)
    Secretary - 2010-2011
    University of California Santa Barbara
  • American Academy of Religion (AAR)
    Atlanta, GA
  • Hālau Hula O Pualanina'auali'ioha
    Camarillo, CA