Supporting Pacific Islander student success in higher education through culturally sustaining leadership

Hawai‘i Face Database: A racially and ethnically diverse set of facial stimuli

“…The existing databases do not include Pacific Islanders at all in their datasets, which leads to an underrepresentation of this population in research, and especially within social perception research (Brown et al, 2007;George et al, 2014). Pacific Islander Americans face a unique type of erasure as they are often grouped with Asian Americans (e.g., AAPI), which can contribute to feelings of invisibility and further marginalize Pacific Islander communities (Hsieh & Kim, 2020;Martinsen, 2017;Nadal, 2019;Srinivasan & Guillermo, 2000). Like Southeast Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders experience various forms of racial inequality and discrimination in the U.S., which can lead to poorer physical and mental health outcomes (Brondolo et al, 2009;Subica et al, 2017).…”