Noenoe K. Silva (born October 19, 1954)[1] is a Hawaiian author and scholar.
A professor of political science at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa,[2] her work has appeared in Biography, American Studies,[3] and The Contemporary Pacific.
In 1993, she completed a Master's degree in Library and Information Studies, and in 1999 earned a PhD in political science.
While still a doctoral candidate, Silva was instrumental in rediscovering the Kūʻē Petitions, which had been presented to the United States government in 1897 in an attempt to halt American annexation of Hawaii.
[9] Aloha Betrayed received the Kenneth W. Baldridge Prize from Brigham Young University–Hawaii.