Dr. James Perez Viernes is a Chamorro scholar from Santa Rita village, Guam, in the Mariana Islands of Micronesia. He is part of the core faculty of the Center for Pacific Islands Studies at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa serving as Outreach Director. Prior to joining the center, he was Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator of the University of Guam’s (UOG) undergraduate Chamorro Studies Program. At UOG, he was also a Research Faculty of the Micronesian Area Research Center and graduate faculty in the Micronesian Studies and English master’s degree programs. In addition to scholarly work in the areas of gender, masculinities, and militarism in Micronesia and greater Oceania, he engages in collaborative work that highlights oral histories of Chamorro elders’ lived experiences.
PROFILE
Position: Outreach Director
Organization: Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Contact: jamesv@hawaii.edu
Website: www.hawaii.edu/cpis
AREAS OF FOCUS
- Culture
- Education
- History
- Indigenous Values
- Literature
- Gender, Masculinities
- Militarism, Colonialism, Empire
- Ethnohistory
LANGUAGE
- English
- Chamorro