Leilani DeLude, 2022 Advancing Research Grants for Indigenous Politics Recipient
Project Title: Hawaiian National Archive Research Project
Leilani DeLude is a Kanaka Maoli scholar and activist from Wai’anae, Oʻahu. She is a first-year Ph.D. student in political science at the University of New Mexico. Leilani’s research interests include Indigenous political behavior, land, and social movements on Hawaiian sovereignty; Indigenous data sovereignty; settler colonialism; Indigenous feminist theories; and decolonization. Leilani is involved with community-based participatory research and understanding how Indigenous relations to land, sovereignty, and Indigenous identity play a role in political behavior. Leilani plans to use the funds from this grant to conduct research at the Richard Kekuni Blaisdell Hawaiian National Archive.
About the APSA Advancing Research Grants for Indigenous Politics Recipients
The APSA Diversity and Inclusion Advancing Research Grants provide support for the advancement of scholars from historically racial and ethnic underrepresented groups and for research that examines political science phenomena affecting historically underserved communities and underrepresented groups and communities. In December 2022, APSA also awarded six projects for the APSA Diversity and Inclusion Advancing Research Grants for Indigenous Politics for a combined amount of $12,000. Read about the funded projects.