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This book offers collective and individual voices of grandparents and grandchildren of diverse backgrounds who live in Hawaii. Its focus is on the significant roles grandparents' and family members' legacies play in promoting social justice and the well-being of all.
About the author
Amarjit Singh is Professor of Education at Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada, teaching there since 1970. BSc. Hons. Agriculture (1964, Pantnagar Agri. Uni., India), M.Ed. (Illinois, Champaign-Urbana 1966), Ph.D., Education (Sociology of Education, Michigan State University 1972), MPH (Gerontology, University of Hawai'i-Manoa 1984). He co-edited four books on diasporic grandparents.
M. Luafata Simanu-Klutz, Ph.D. (2011), University of Hawai'i-Mānoa, is Assistant Professor teaching Samoan language and literature. She has published articles, translations, book reviews, poetry, and co-edited a special issue of the
Amerasia Journal (UCLA) about Pacific languages in diaspora.
Mike Devine, Ph.D. (2006), Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, is an Associate Professor at the School of Social Work at Memorial University. He has published articles related to organizational development and grandparenting, including two books on grandparenting.
