Koa Luke
Assistant Archivist for Cataloging
Koa is Kanaka ʻŌiwi (Native Hawaiian) and his family comes from Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi Island, and Minnesota. Koa holds a B.A. in Political Science and a Master’s Degree in Library and Information Science (MLISc) from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. As the Assistant Archivist for cataloging, Koa is responsible for all cataloging duties at the archive and is implementing Hawaiian culture and practice into his work. Koa’s interests are Pacific Archives, Indigenous and Pacific Science Fiction, Hawaiian ‘ike (knowledge) and culture, and cataloging in a way that better reflects Indigenous knowledge systems.
