Joann Wheeler Kealiinohomoku (also known by other orthographic variation including Keali'inohomoku) (1930–2015[2]) was an American anthropologist and educator, co-founder of the dance research organization Cross-Cultural Dance Resources (CCDR).

She has written and/or edited numerous books and articles, including contributions on dance-related subjects to multiple encyclopedias, such as writing the entry for "Music and dance in the United States" in the Garland Encyclopedia of World Music.

[3] In 2000, the CCDR collection was named by President Bill Clinton's White House Millennium Council, as something that needed to be preserved under the "Save America's Treasures" program.

In 1969, she published one of her best-known works, "An anthropologist looks at ballet as a form of ethnic dance".

[7] Kealiinohomoku served on the Board of Directors of Native Americans for Community Action in Flagstaff, Arizona from 1977 to 1982.