Lynne M. Wolforth

Lynne M. Wolforth is a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, affiliated with the Department of Anthropology and the Gender & Women’s Studies Department within the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS). Her teaching portfolio includes courses on Cultural Anthropology, Cross-Cultural Study of Women, Culture through Film, and Museology.

Her research focuses on the intersection of ethnic identity, sense of place, and disease incidence, often collaborating with medical professionals such as neonatologists at Kapiʻolani Medical Center. She emphasizes museums as dynamic spaces for anthropological research, exemplified by her seven-year project creating exhibitions for the Lyman Museum.

Currently, she is collaborating with the Lyman Museum to publish letters by David Beldem Lyman, further bridging historical and anthropological inquiry.