Katie Kamelamela

Assistant Professor,

School of Ocean Futures

Other ASU affiliations

Researcher, Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science

Senior Global Futures Scientist, Global Futures Scientists and Scholars

kkamelam@asu.edu

Mail code: 7904

Campus: Tempe
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Long Bio

Katie Kamelamela (Kanaka Maoli) is an assistant professor in the School of Ocean Futures and researcher in the Global Discovery and Conservation Science Center. She studies ethnoecology, ecological restoration, Indigenous conceptions of wealth, and Indigenous economies. Her research focuses on historical and contemporary Native Hawaiian forest plant-gathering practices and continues to expand policy that includes community input within forest and coastal community restoration management.

Education

PhD University of Hawaii at Manoa

Courses

2025 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
SEA 202	Ocean Comm Intro Ethnobotany
SEA 202	Ocean Comm Intro Ethnobotany

2024 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
SOS 492	Honors Directed Study
SEA 494	Special Topics
SEA 598	Special Topics
SEA 590	Reading and Conference

2024 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
SEA 294	Special Topics
SEA 494	Special Topics

2023 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
SOS 492	Honors Directed Study