Keola Donaghy
Associate Professor Of Music
Wailuku, Hawaii, United States
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Top SchoolKeola Donaghy is an ethnomusicologist, composer, and Associate Professor of Music at University of Hawai‘i Maui College who directs the Institute of Hawaiian Music and shapes Hawaiian music education and scholarship. With a PhD in Ethnomusicology and an MA in Hawaiian Language and Literature, his research probes authenticity and authority in Hawaiian song—extending his MA thesis work comparing spoken and sung stress into a doctoral ethnography engaging practitioners. A prolific composer and producer whose mele have been recorded by leading Hawaiian artists and featured as the Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards theme, he also brings decades of technical expertise in music technology, digital audio, and media coordination. Active in cultural leadership, he serves on the boards of PBS Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Academy of Recording Arts, bridging academia, community, and industry in service of Hawaiian language and music revitalization.
9 years of coding experience
Ph.d., Ethnomusicology, Ph.d., Ethnomusicology at University of OtagoGrad. Certificate, Telecommunications and Information Resource Management, Grad. Certificate, Telecommunications and Information Resource Management at University of Hawaii at ManoaMA, Hawaiian Language and Literature, MA, Hawaiian Language and Literature at University of Hawai‘i System
hawaiian, māori
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (10)
wordle-game10
input-method7
keyboard-layout7
google-chrome-extension6
javascript6
google-chrome6
chrome-extension6
keyboard6
chromeos4
cjk3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
keoladonaghy/Hulihua
Jan 2022 - Nov 2022
A Hawaiian Language clone of the popular game Wordle
Contributions:99 commits, 95 pushes in 9 months
wordle-gamewordlegame
keoladonaghy/KimiKupu
Aug 2025 - Sep 2025
Contributions:1 review, 6 PRs, 100 pushes in 16 days
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