Hanae Kramer

Hanae Kramer is an Associate Professor and Program Director in the Communication Department at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa's School of Communication and Information. She holds a PhD (2010), MA (2001), and BA (1998) from UH Mānoa and UH Hilo. Her research focuses on intercultural communication, Hawaiian diaspora studies in the Bonin Islands, Japanese history, and East Asian affairs.

• Education: PhD in Communication and Information Sciences (UH Mānoa, 2010)
• MA in Communication (UH Mānoa, 2001)
• BA in Speech (UH Hilo, 1998)

Her research interests include Japanese SP record preservation (1940s-era audio collections) through funded projects like 'Echoes from the Past,' analyzing cultural artifacts such as East Asian cinema, Japanese suicide bombers in WWII, occupied Manchuria, postwar Japanese literature ('Hikiage'), and German propagandist Klaus Mehnert's legacy at UH pre-WWII.

No scientific awards explicitly mentioned, but her work benefits from institutional funding for cultural preservation initiatives. She advises no listed students and maintains no grant descriptions. Her lab focuses on historical audio archives preservation in Crawford Hall, Room 330.