This document provides a summary of the education and experience of Amelia Rachel Hokul'a Borofsky, Psy.D. It outlines her educational background, including obtaining a Psy.D. from Argosy University specializing in diverse and marginalized populations. It then details her extensive experience in consulting, research, program evaluation, teaching, and clinical work, with a focus on culturally-based and Pacific Islander projects and populations.

1. A M E L I A R A C H E L H O K U L E ‘ A B O R O F S K Y , P S Y . D .
707 Kaha St. Kailua, Hawaii 9734
E-mail: aborofsky@gmail.com
K E Y S K I L L S
• Teaching
• Research
• Culturally-Based Program Development and Evaluation
E D U C A T I O N
PSY.D. ARGOSY UNIVERSITY, HAWAI‘I, AUGUST 2010
Doctorate in Psychology
Specialization: Diverse & Marginalized Populations
Dissertation Title: “Onipa‘a: Cultural Resiliency Among Graduates of Native Hawaiian
Charter Schools”
Passed EPPP National Exam 2010, Hawaii Licensure received
M.A. ARGOSY UNIVERSITY, HAWAI‘I, SEPTEMBER 2005
Specialization: Diverse & Marginalized Populations
Thesis Title: “Resiliency in Hawai‘i”
B.A. WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, CT, MAY 1999
Major: American Studies
High Honors
Thesis Title: “Imagining the Cuban Nation Through Children’s Literature, 1959-
1998”
C O N S U L T I N G
DECEMBER 2015-CURRENT
www.seaofislandsconsulting.
Cook Islands/ Hawai’i
SEPTEMBER 2013-
NOVEMBER 2014
Aha K ne: Advancement forā
Native Hawaiian men
Honoulu, Hawai’i
FOUNDER & DIRECTOR
Started a consulting group, Sea of Islands Consulting, of culturally based
evaluators and researchers in the Pacific. Current projects include an
evaluation for Kamehameha Schools nursing pathways and
entrepreneurship collaborative, grant writing for the Polynesian
Voyaging Society, and research and evaluation for the Polynesian
Voyaging Society. Duties include administration, contracting, finances,
reporting, research, and project management.
GRANT WRITER & EVALUATOR
Wrote and received million dollar Native Hawaiian language grant from
the Administration of Native American Affairs. Worked on additional
grant identification, program development, and grant writing. Created
evaluation framework for ANA Native Hawaiian men’s health grant.
Wrote culturally based surveys and analyzed data.

2. JANUARY 2015
McRel International/Office of
Hawaiian Affairs
Honolulu, Hawaii
RESEARCHER
Researched and wrote report on assessments related to mana. Tasks
included comprehensive assessment literature review, concept mapping,
advisory group meetings, instrument review, preliminary instrument
construction, and report writing.
DECEMBER 2013-APRIL
2014
Development Coordination
Division, MFEM
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
RESEARCHER & WRITER
Held focus group meetings and wrote reports for various development
aid projects in the Cook Islands including Northern Water, Agriculture,
Development Partners, Bioprospecting, and Annual Reporting. Also
consulted for the Pa Enua Division of the Office of the Prime Minister
on creating a new strategic plan for Pukapuka & Nassau 2013-2016.
SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER
2012
Na Pua Noe’au
Hilo, Hawai’i
EVALUATOR
Worked on program evaluation for federal grant for Na Pua Noe’au, a
Native Hawaiian organization run out of University of Hawai’i Hilo.
Program focuses on increasing the number of Native Hawaiian students
in the health and science fields.
AUGUST 2012
Honua Consulting
Honoulu, Hawai’i
RESEARCHER
Mediation contract with NOAA for Native Hawaiian community input
on a Monk Seal Conservation Plan. Worked with Honua Consulting
running focus groups on all 6 Hawaiian islands, conducting qualitative
analysis and writing a final report.
SPRING 2010
Kamehameha Schools, Public
Outreach Division
Honolulu, HI
RESEARCHER
Consultant for Kameahemeha Schools to conduct a longitudinal program
evaluation with Native Hawaiian Charter Schools. Analyzed qualitative
and quantitative data. Submitted a final seventy-page report.
SEPT 2005-AUGUST 2008
Argosy University/Native
Hawaiian Charter Schools
Hawaii
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Principal investigator for first program evaluation of 12 Native Hawaiian
Charter Schools in Hawaii. Built community-research partnerships,
wrote literature review, wrote surveys, conducted quantitative and
qualitative analysis. Ran focus groups and community-participatory
action research. Culminated in doctoral dissertation. Received federal
SAMHSA grant funding. Created a new scale and published.
1999-2003
The (Re)Generation Project
RESEARCHER/WRITER/EDITOR
Collected over 600 stories, poetry and artwork from recent college
graduates. Conducted literature reviews, edited final submissions, and
co-wrote chapter introductions focused on developmental issues.
Published book The (Re)Generation Project with Tarcher/Penguin-
Putnam in 2003.
JUNE 1998-JUNE 1999 RESEARCHER/WRITER

3. Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT
Spent two months researching Cuban children’s books, and interviewing
prominent writers and publishers in Spanish. Wrote literature reviews
and conducted qualitative analysis of interviews. Wrote an award-
winning one hundred and fifty page undergraduate thesis.
T E A C H I N G
APRIL 2013-NOVEMBER 2014
Te Ulu O Te Watu Learning Center
(aka “University of Pukapuka”)
CITTI, Ministry of Education Cook Islands
Pukapuka, Cook Islands
PROJECT COORDINATOR/TUTOR
First higher education program initiated in Pukapuka. As
sole employee, tasks include community organizing,
teaching and career counseling on-island for sixty youth
aged 16-30. Program includes restarting island youth
group, work placements, running courses (chanting, local
massage, computers) and cultural revitalization. Started a
native woodworking and canoe-making program. In
Rarotonga, started community adult education program.
Put together 35 community education courses and a tertiary
plan for all outer islands.
FALL 2005- SPRING 2008, FALL
2012, WINTER 2013
Department of Psychology
Hawai‘i Pacific University
Honolulu, Hawaii
ADJUNCT FACULTY
Taught multiple sections of Introduction to Psychology,
Abnormal Psychology, Lifespan Development, Social
Psychology and Cross-Cultural Psychology. Created
syllabi, wrote lectures, performed experiments, graded
papers and mentored students. Focused on effective writing
skills. Taught an on-line course with blackboard
technology.
SPRING 2006
Graduate Department of Clinical Psychology
Argosy University, Hawai‘i
TEACHING ASSISTANT, QUALITATIVE METHODS
Helped students find and refine research topics, graded
papers, held writing and research tutorials.
NOVEMBER 2005-JUNE 2006
H lau K M na Native Hawaiian Charterā ū ā
School
TEACHER & COUNSELOR
Co-developed and co-taught a physical, spiritual and
mental health curriculum for Native Hawaiian 6-12
graders. Focused on nutrition, sex education, substance
abuse, body image, and conflict resolution in a culturally
relevant context.
C L I N I C A L P O S I T I O N S
SEPT 2009- 2010
Kaiser Hospital
San Rafael, CA
NATIONALLY LICESENED CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST
POST-DOCTORAL RESIDENT (APA-APPROVED)
Kaiser San Rafael is a North Bay Consortium training site in the
Department of Psychiatry. Residency involved a variety of professional

4. hospital staff duties including: crisis work, group therapy, individual
therapy, Spanish language facilitation and supervision.
AUGUST 2008- 2009
Center for Multicultural Training
in Psychology (CMTP)
Boston University School of
Medicine
Boston Medical Center
Boston, MA
PRE-DOCTORAL INTERNSHIP (APA-APPROVED)
CMTP is a practitioner-scholar training program that focuses on training
multicultural oriented psychologists to work effectively with diverse
populations. Worked at Boston Medical Center in an inpatient
psychiatric facility and in behavioral medicine on a primary care team.
Conducted forensic neuropsychiatric assessments, ran smoking
cessation, hypertension and sleep clinics. Conducted community
research, started a patient-run library, ran focus groups, and conducted
individual and group therapy.
AUGUST 2007- 2008
Waianae Coast Comprehensive
Health Center
Waianae, HI
ADVANCED THERAPY PRACTICUM
Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center is a community health
center serving rural, low-income Native Hawaiian families. Provided
brief and long-term child and family therapy adapted to local context.
AUGUST 2006- 2007
Counseling and Student
Development Center
University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
Honolulu, HI
THERAPY PRACTICUM
University of Hawaii Counseling Center provides counseling to over
20,000 faculty and students. Provided brief and long-term therapy,
facilitated group therapy, conducted outreach and ran community
workshops.
SEPTEMBER 2004- 2005
Department of Education
Waikiki Elementary School
Honolulu, HI
TESTING PRACTICUM
As a part of a school team, wrote and assessed students for psychiatric
and educational challenges. Ran student groups, provided evaluations to
teachers and parents, wrote individualized educational plans, and
conducted educational workshops.
W R I T I N G
BOOK
Karlin, J. & Borofsky, A., Eds, (2003). ReGeneration: Telling stories from our twenties. New
York: Tarcher/Putnam.
Borofsky, A. (In Process). A Long Walk Home: Stories of Health and Healing From Around the World.
Based on writings for The Atlantic, this book provides a narrative non-fiction account of different
ways of viewing mental health around the world.
Borofsky, A. (In Process). The New Book of Pukapuka.
The book provides vignettes about Pukapuka today and in the past mixing memoir, anthropological
field notes and first hand accounts of life on the atoll.
POPULAR PRESS
Borofsky, A. (2011-2014). Wrote forty plus articles about Pukapuka. Cook Islands News. Cook Islands.

5. Borofsky, A. (2012). A Return Home. New Zealand Geographic. Auckland, NZ.
Borofsky, A. (2012). Cowboy Charlie Frisbie. Escape Magazine. Cook Islands.
Borofsky, A. (2012). In Some Cultures, a Role for Shame in Addressing Obesity; Where Great Art
Transcends Disability; Unemployed I Went to Spain to Walk; On National Day of Listening How to
Get Someone’s Story; Live From the Inside: A Radio Show Run by Psychiatric Patients; No
Flowers on the Psych Ward; Gender Identity Disorder to Go the Way of Homosexuality; I, You and
‘the Embrace’: Tango as Relationship Therapy. The Atlantic (www.theatlantic.com/amelia-rachel-
hokul-borofsk/), Washington D.C. USA.
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLE
Borofsky, A. (2009). A Measure of Native Hawaiian Leadership. Hulili. Kamehameha Schools,
Honolulu, HI.
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
Karlin, J. & Borofsky, A. (May, 2003). Entering the workplace. Wesleyan University 2003 Graduation and
Alumni Reunion, Middletown, CT.
Borofsky, A. (May, 2007). Resiliency and Native Hawaiian charter schools.
Argosy University, Hawai‘i Campus First Annual Moana C. Baptise Diversity Conference,
Honolulu, HI.
Borofsky, A. and Fox, K. (February, 2009). Community action research as multicultural
practice: A Native Hawaiian case study. Poster presented at the Winter Roundtable, Teacher’s
College, Columbia University, New York, NY.
Borofsky, A. and Fox, K. (August, 2009). Onipa’a: Cultural resiliency among
graduates of Native Hawaiian charter schools. Invited poster presentation at the American
Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Division 45, Toronto, Canada.
Borofsky, A. (August, 2009). Onipa’a: Cultural resiliency among
graduates of Native Hawaiian charter schools. Invited presentation for the New Directions in Ethnic
Minority Research Symposium, American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.
P R O F E S S I O N A L H O N O R S
Award for Commitment to Diverse and Marginalized Populations: Argosy University, Hawaii
Commencement 2010
APA-Minority Fellowship Program: American Psychological Association Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Fellowship for commitment to ethnic minority research and services 2005-2008
Award for Professional Promise, Argosy University, Hawai‘i: Professional promise in Clinical
Psychology, 2007
Marni Goldstein White Prize, Wesleyan University: Cash award for best undergraduate thesis in the
American Studies Department, 1999
Olin Grant, Wesleyan University: Financial support for ethnographic research in Cuba, 1998

6. SERVICE
PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEES
Advisory Board for the ‘Opio Survey for Kamehameha Schools: Cultural adaptation of Search Institute
Assets Survey, 2008
APAGS Legislative Action Committee: Reviewed national legislation, encouraged campus-wide action,
coordinated between local and national committees, 2005
A D V A N C E D T R A I N I N G
Psychological First-Aid, Disaster Mental Health, Spring 2009: Participated in first and second-
level advanced trainings with the Center for Multicultural Training in Psychology (CMTP) in
administering psychological first-aid in the wake of disasters. Reviewed protocols used by CMTP at
Logan International Airport after 9/11 and after Hurricane Katrina.
APA Minority Fellowship Summer Institute, July 22-28 2007: Advanced research training in
ethnic minority research, health disparities, public policy, and research project mentoring in
Washington, D.C. Participated in meetings and mentorship with members of National Institutes for
Health and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Play and Sandtray Therapy, 2003-2005: Certification in Beginning Play Therapy, Intermediate
Play Therapy, Advanced Play Therapy and Beginning Sandtray Therapy with Carla Sharp, Child
Psychiatric Nurse & Registered Play Therapist.
Hawaii Pacific University, Teaching & Learning Center, 2005: Advanced training and
mentorship for new teachers and adjunct professors. Completed Introduction to successful teaching
and attended a variety of student-centered teaching workshops.
L A N G U A G E S
Spanish – fluency in speaking, worked with Spanish-speaking families from Central America,
South America and the Caribbean.
Pukapukan-basic conversational.

7. R E F E R E N C E S
Joy Tanji, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Argosy University, Hawai‘i Campus
400 ASB Tower
1001 Bishop Street
Honolulu, HI 96813
Email: jtanji@argosy.edu
Kermit Crawford, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Multicultural Mental Health
Boston Medical Center/Boston University
85 East Newton Street, M-912
Boston, MA 02118
Phone: (617) 414-4646
Email: kermit.crawford@bmc.org
Michael Erikson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Hawaii Pacific University
1188 Fort Street Mall, MP 408
Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: (808) 544-1410
Email: merickson@hpu.edu
Kealoha Fox, M.A.
Program Officer
Office of Hawaiian Affairs
711 Kapi'olani Blvd., Ste. 500
Honolulu, HI 96813
Email: kealohaf@oha.org
Peter Tierney, M.A.
Director, Development Coordination Division
MFEM
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Email:
peter.tierney@cooksislands.gov.ck