Alegado named director of Center for Integrated Science, Knowledge and Culture

Dr. Rosie Alegado

Rosie ʻAnolani Alegado, assistant professor of oceanography in the Daniel K. Inouye Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE) and a faculty member with the University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program, has been named the new director of Hawai‘i Sea Grant’s Center for Integrated Science, Knowledge and Culture (CISKC). Alegado takes over the helm from Dr. Puakea Nogelmeier, who served as the center’s inaugural director until his retirement from the Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language in May.

In 2017, Hawai‘i Sea Grant established CISKC to implement and perpetuate the cultural knowledge of Hawai‘i and the Pacific Islands to current science and research. Since its inception, CISKC has engaged the community in actively caring for the shoreline and marine environment through numerous projects.

In her new position, Alegado seeks to help Hawaiʻi Sea Grant define its kuleana (roles and responsibilities) within a Hawaiian place of learning, a strategic goal of UH Mānoa. Together with the non-profit Kuaʻāina Ulu ʻAuamo and Hawai‘i Sea Grant, she is involved in developing kūlana noiʻi, a process wherein researchers build and sustain equitable partnerships with the community.

Read more about it in the UH Mānoa News.