The Rhetoric Department is pleased to announce that Keoni Correa has received the 2025 UC Dissertation-Year Fellowship for After Destruction. Keoni’s dissertation, chaired by Professor Daniel Boyarian, argues that if we are to understand the cultural and political challenges faced by present-day Indigenous peoples, we must grapple with the ways these communities continue to be shaped by the historic acts of genocide and destruction perpetrated against them. His central case study focuses on the Indigenous people of Hawai’i or kanaka maoli, who have for over two centuries struggled under European and American colonialism.
The UC Dissertation-Year fellowship “recognizes and rewards student’s contributions to diversifying the academy during their graduate careers and beyond. The purpose of this fellowship award is to provide funding to diverse doctoral students that allow them to prioritize and focus on completing the dissertation.” Congratulations, Keoni!