Vance Medeiros is a second-year M.A Student in the Communication Studies Department. All the way from Oʻahu, HI, Vance's research is motivated by his pursuit to give back to the Hawaiian community. His areas of focus are critical/cultural studies and rhetoric, with an emphasis on indigenous acts of revitalization, conflict resolution, and decolonization. Vance is interested in exploring Kānaka Maoli rhetoric, and how understanding Communication Studies through an indigenous lens provides valuable contributions and discourses to the discipline.

When he's not in the office, you can find Vance listening to podcasts, making lei, writing poetry, or drawing.