About Multiʻōlelo
“Multiʻōlelo” is a portmanteau derived from the English prefix “multi-” and the Hawaiian word “ʻōlelo” (language) to signify our goal of making language research more accessible to the general public by hosting events and content in multiple languages. By borrowing Hawaiian we recognize our organization’s genealogy as originating from students at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, which is located on unlawfully ceded Hawaiian land.
Read the current Multi‘ōlelo Constitution.
Read the history of Multiʻōlelo.
Note: Multiʻōlelo is approved as a Registered Independent Organization (RIO) by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa for the 2024–2025 academic year. Although the registered organization has members who are university students, the registered organization is independent of the university and does not represent the views of the university. The registered organization is responsible for its own contracts, acts, or omissions.
Funding
Multiʻōlelo received funding from Student Activity and Program Fee Board (SAPFB), University of Hawai’i in 2024 – 2025 academic year.
Multiʻōlelo received a $2,000 grant from the SEED Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access and Success (IDEAS), University of Hawai’i in Fall 2021.
Multiʻōlelo received a $1,500 grant from the SEED Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access and Success (IDEAS), University of Hawai’i in Fall 2020.
Multiʻōlelo received a $2,000 grant from the SEED Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access and Success (IDEAS), University of Hawai’i in Fall 2019.
Multiʻōlelo received a $500 grant from the SEED Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access and Success (IDEAS), University of Hawai’i in Fall 2018.
Publications
Larkin, R., Wang, J., Shin, M., Miller, M., Kim, J., Nishizawa, H., Nguyen, H., Holden, D., Diez-Ortega, M., Choe, A. T., & Crowther, D. (in prep.). Multilingualism nourished through research communication: Cultivating Multi‘ōlelo via dialogue. In M. Sato (Ed), Uniting research and practice in second language education.
Phung, H., Choe, A. T., Diez-Ortega, M., Eguchi, M., Holden, D., Mendoza, A., & Nguyen, T. H. (2020). The Multiʻōlelo Initiative for Language Research Communication. Second Language Studies, 38(1), 5–17.
Presentations
Miller, M., Shin, M. & Wang, J. (2025, October). Eight Years of Multiʻōlelo: to Cherish and to Perish. Paper presented at the 2025 Mānoa Interdepartmental Language Symposium. University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa, Honolulu, HI.
The Multiʻōlelo Team. (2023, April). Publishing accessible academic summaries: a practical workshop for writing to a general audience. Workshop presented at the Brown Bag Lecture Series. Department of Second Language Studies, University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa, Honolulu, HI.
The Multiʻōlelo Team. (2019, October). Multi-ʻōlelo: A multilingual platform for language-related research. Workshop presented at the Brown Bag Lecture Series. Department of Second Language Studies, University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa, Honolulu, HI.
Phung et al. (2019, April). Storytelling in language-related research dissemination: The case of Multi-ʻōlelo. Paper presented at the 23nd Annual Graduate Student Conference of the College of Languages, Linguistics, & Literature. University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa, Honolulu, HI.
Phung, H., & Reinagel, R. (2018, April). Multiʻōlelo platform: Showcasing multilingual voices in language learning and use. Proposal presented at the 22nd Annual Graduate Student Conference of the College of Languages, Linguistics, & Literature. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI.
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