Position, Department
Assistant Professor, Hawaiian Language
Contact Information
Email: jelarco@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 845-9121
Course Taught
- HAW 100: Language in Hawai‘i: A Microcosm of Global Language Issues
- HAW 101: Elementary Hawaiian I
- HAW 102: Elementary Hawaiian II
- HAW 110: Evolution of Hawaiʻi’s Languages
- HAW 201 Intermediate Hawaiian I
- HAW 202: Elementary Hawaiian II
- HAW 261: Hawaiian Literature in English
Research
- Hawaiian Ethnobiological Classification
- Native Hawaiian Intellectual History
- Hawaiian Language Newspapers
- Hawaiian Literature
- Hawaiian Worldview
- Papahānaumokuākea
Services
System-Level: Committee, Council, & Workgroup Involvement
- Member, University of Hawai‘i Strategic Plan Imperative Workgroup 2023-Present
- Co-chair, University of Hawai‘i Strategic Plan Imperative #1: Fulfill Kuleana to Native Hawaiians and Hawai‘i Sub-Working Group
- Executive Council Member, Puko‘a Council, the Native Hawaiian Advisory Group 2021 – Present
- Member, Hawai‘i Papa o Ke Ao, Presidential Appointed Work Committee 2018 – Present
- Co-chair, Lalo Komike ‘Olelo Hawai‘i Committee, a committee for strengthening the Hawaiian Language educators of the University of Hawai‘i
University-Level: Committee, Council, & Workgroup Involvement
- Member, ‘Imi I Ke Kumu Planning Committee, Hawai‘inuiakea School of Hawaiian Knowledge, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa 2019
Community College-Level: Committee, Council, & Workgroup Involvement
- Member, Accreditation Task Force 2023 – Present
- Member, HCCP 1.730 Campus Non-Violence Policy and Procedure Revision Working Group 2023 – Present
- Member, International Education Committee 2023 – Present
- Member, Hawaiian Language Working Group 2020 – Present
- Member, Sustainability Committee 2020 – Present
- Member, Sustainability Colloquia Subcommittee, Sustainability Committee 2021 – Present
- Member, Ho‘olaule‘a Planning Committee 2018 – Present
- Co-chair, Staffing and Volunteer Coordination, Ho‘olaule‘a Planning Committee 2018 – Present
- Member, Kupu Ka Wai, a Native Hawaiian Council 2017 – Present
- Member, Division Curriculum Committee 2022 – 2024
- Senator, Faculty Senate Executive Council 2022 – 2024
- Recorder, Faculty Senate Executive Council 2023 – 2024
- Chair, Sustainability Colloquia Subcommittee, Sustainability Committee 2021 – 2023
- Member, Assessment Committee 2020 – 2023
- Member, Honors Committee 2020 – 2023
- Member, Pacific Islander Students in Higher Education Working Group 2020 – 2023
- Member, Sustainable Practices Subcommittee, Sustainability Committee 2020 – 2021
- Member, Sustainability Website Subcommittee, Sustainability Committee 2020 – 2021
- Member, Health & Safety Committee 2020 – 2021
- Member, Professional Development Committee 2018 – 2019
Community Engagement
- Kamehameha Publishing Contemporary Perspectives Advisory Group Member 2024 – Present
- Papahanaumokuakea Native Hawaiian Cultural Working Group Member 2021 – Present
- Hui Manamana Leadership Board Member 2023 – Present
- Member, Permits Subcommittee 2023 – Present
- Chair, Nomenclature Subcommittee 2022 – Present
- Member, Nomenclature Subcommittee 2021 – Present
- Member, ‘Ohi Manu (Kiamanu) Subcommittee 2021 – Present
- Pacific Remote Islands Coalition, Member 2022 – Present
- Kanaeokana, A Network of Hawai‘i-based Educational Institutions, Member, Ke Komike Kuikawa no Ke Anahulu ‘Olelo Hawai‘i: Committee for the Decade of Hawaiian Language 2021 – 2022
Professional Activities
Master’s Thesis
Lorenzo-Elarco, J. Hauʻoli. (2021), Heleleʻi Ka Ua Lilinoe, Ola Ka Honua: He Papahana ʻImi Noiʻi A Kālailai Hoʻi No Ka Mea Kākau Nūpepa ʻO J. W. K. Kaualilinoe. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/75941.
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Honsberger, David N, Karl N. Magnacca, J. Hauʻoli Lorenzo-Elarco & Mark G. Wright. (2024), Life history of two new species of Prorops (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) ectoparasitic on adult Hypothenemus eruditus beetles (Curculionidae, Scolytinae) in Hawai‘i. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 97: 1221–1256. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.97.138113.
Honsberger, David, Maya Honsberger, J. Hauʻoli Lorenzo-Elarco, Mark G. Wright (2024), The genus Acerocephala and observations of the life history of Acerocephala hanuuanamu sp. nov. (Hymenoptera, Cerocephalidae) and its bark beetle host on the island of O‘ahu, Hawai‘i. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 97: 545-589. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.97.127702.
Pihana, Hōkūokahalelani, & J. Hauʻoli Lorenzo-Elarco. (2022), “HĀNAU KA PALIHOA, LELE! The story, genealogy, and process of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument Native Hawaiian Cultural Working Group Nomenclature Subcommittee.” In Boyko, Cindy & Wilhelm (eds.). We Are Ocean People: Indigenous Leadership in Marine Conservation, Parks Stewardship Forum Special Issue 38, no. 2, University of California, Berkeley, Institute for People, Parks, and Biodiversity, & the George Wright Society. https://doi.org/10.5070/P538257527.
Book Chapters
Lorenzo-Elarco, J. Hauʻoli. (2024), “Different Your Hawaiian.” In Mullin, Bam (ed.). 42 Stories Anthology’s Book, Bam Write.
Lorenzo-Elarco, J. Hauʻoli. (2023), He Moʻolelo No ʻAilāʻau. In Gammarino, Tom, Bryan Kamaoli Kuwada, D. Kealiʻi McKenzie, & Lyz Soto (eds.). Snaring New Suns: Speculative Works From Hawai‘i And Beyond, Honolulu, HI: Bamboo Ridge Press. ISBN: 9781943756087.
