Leanne Day

Leanne Day is an Associate Professor in the English Department at the University of Hawaii at Hilo (UH Hilo), part of the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Humanities Division. She specializes in Settler Colonial Studies, Asian American Literature, Hawaiʻi Literary Studies, Pacific Island Literatures, and Ethnic Studies. Her work critically examines intersections of labor, indigeneity, and migration in transpacific contexts.

Education: B.A. English (Scripps College), M.A. and Ph.D. English (University of Washington).

Recent research includes This Is Paradise, analyzing undocumented labor in Hawaiʻi's hospitality industry. Her scholarship bridges literary analysis with socio-political critique, particularly in colonial and postcolonial settings.

Leanne is based in Waiolama and can be reached at Kanakaʻole Hall, room 220.