Dr. Ty P. Kawika Tengan is an Associate Professor at the University of Hawai'i with joint appointments in the departments of Ethnic Studies and Anthropology. His interests are in ethnic studies, colonialism, masculinities, and cultural politics in Hawai’i. His major research has centered on the remaking of Hawaiian masculinities and warriorhood and he has published extensively on the intersections of culture & gender in the lives of Hawaiian men.  He is currently working on research into the experiences of Native Hawaiians serving in the military and he has some really interesting qualitative data that has relevance to much of our work.

For his invited address, The Mana of Veterans: Indigenous Approaches to Healing, Trauma, and Masculinity, Dr. Tengan will be discussing his current research on Native Hawaiian veterans by framing them in the context of “mana” a Hawaiian (and Polynesian) term that means spiritual power, authority, prestige, and potency. He will outline indigenous approaches to trauma and healing in Native Hawaiian communities.

Dr. Mark Kiselica is a psychologist, professor of counselor education and vice provost at the College of New Jersey. He is a Fellow and former President of Division 51, a former consulting scholar for the Country Boys Community Engagement Outreach Campaign, and a member of the APA Working Group to Develop Guidelines for Psychological Practice with Boys and Men. Dr. Kiselica has authored over 140 publications and multiple books on counseling boys and adolescents. Dr. Kiselica is also editor of the Routledge Series on Counseling and Psychotherapy with Boys and Men.

In his invited address, The Complicated Worlds of Adolescent Fathers: Implications for Practice, Public Policy, and Research, Dr. Kiselica will debunk harmful stereotypes about teenage fathers, discuss hardships associated with early paternity, suggest male-friendly ways to help this population, and make recommendations for changes in public policy that would foster the development of young fathers.