Updated at 9:07 a.m., Wednesday, May 23, 2007
UH-Manoa student wins $10,000 award
Advertiser Staff
University of Hawai'i student RaeDeen Keahiolalo-Karasuda, a doctoral candidate at the Manoa campus in political science, has received a $10,000 award from Soroptimists International.Keahiolalo-Karasuda received the Founder Region Fellowship Award earlier this month in San Ramon, Calif. It is a monetary fellowship award recognizing her work in a field of social significance. She is one of six award winners from the Northern California-Hawai'i region and the only one from Hawai'i.
Her dissertation examines the consequences of mass incarceration in Kanaka Maoli families and communities.
Keahiolalo-Karasuda formerly worked as a community educator and victims' advocate in the anti-domestic violence area before enrolling in Maui Community College in 1993.
The Soroptimists is an international women's organization with 211 members in Hawai'i and about 90,000 worldwide.
