Caroline Sinavaiana-Gabbard Explained
Genre: | Poetry |
Occupation: | Academic, writer |
Birth Place: | Utulei, American Samoa |
Death Place: | Vaivase-uta, Samoa |
Nationality: | American |
Caroline Sinavaiana-Gabbard (1946 – 26 May 2024) was an American Samoan academic, writer, poet, and environmentalist. She was the first Samoan to become a full professor in the United States.[1]
Life and career
Sinavaiana-Gabbard was born in Utulei village, Tutuila, American Samoa, in 1946.[2] [3] She was educated at Sonoma State University, University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Hawai'i.[4] Her PhD thesis was on Traditional Comic Theater in Samoa: A Holographic View.[5] She taught creative writing as a faculty of the Department of English, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa,[4] [6] from 1997 until her retirement in 2016. In 2002 she published her collection of poetry, Alchemies of Distance.[7] [8]
In August 2020 she was named by USA Today on its list of influential women from U.S. territories.[2]
Sinavaiana-Gabbard moved to Samoa after she retired. She was stabbed and killed at the GaluMoana Theater in Vaivase-uta, on 26 May 2024, at the age of 78.[9] [10] Playwright Sia Figiel was charged with her murder.[11] [12]
She was the paternal aunt of American politician Tulsi Gabbard and sister to politican Mike Gabbard, a member of the Hawaiian Senate. [13]
Notes and References
- News: Kerry Howley . June 11, 2019 . Tulsi Gabbard Had a Very Strange Childhood . . Vox Media.
- Web site: Politician Tulsi Gabbard, 'West Side Story' star Rita Moreno among influential women from U.S. territories . USA Today . Coral . Murphy-Marcos . Lindsay . Schnell . 14 August 2020 . 2 December 2022.
- Madsen, Deborah L. (2015). The Routledge Companion to Native American Literature. Routledge. Page 45. .
- Web site: Caroline Sinavaiana-Gabbard. 2019-03-04. Poetry Foundation. en. 2019-03-04.
- Traditional comic theater in Samoa : a holographic view . Caroline Sinavaiana . PhD . University of Hawai'i . 1992.
- Web site: Margaret Mead Was Wrong - Page 2 . 3ammagazine.com. 9 June 2016.
- Web site: RATTLE e-Review: ALCHEMIES OF DISTANCE by Caroline Sinavaiana-Gabbard. Rattle.com. 9 June 2016.
- Web site: The warrior and her poetry . International Examiner . 20 December 2006 . 2 December 2022.
- Web site: Samoan novelist and playwright charged with murder . Talanei . 27 May 2024 . 28 May 2024.
- https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/109458 Prof. Gabbard was a respected academic
- Web site: Playwright charged for gruesome murder . Samoa Observer . Matai'a Lanuola Tusani T - Ah Tong . 28 May 2024 . 28 May 2024.
- Web site: Outpouring of grief following death of acclaimed Samoan poet and writer . . 31 May 2024 . 31 May 2024.
- News: Samoan author accused of killing Samoan writer who was aunt of former US politician Tulsi Gabbard . 11 November 2024 . AP News . 7 June 2024 . en.