EDUCATION
- Ph.D., American Studies, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
- M.A., American Studies, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
- M.A., Public Administration, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- B.A., Political Science, Brigham Young University–Hawaii
- Certificate, Historic Preservation, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
COURSES TAUGHT
- PAIS 105 - Introduction to Pacific Studies
- PAIS 200 - Place, Purpose and Positionality on Native Lands
- PAIS 300 - Framing Cultures in Oceania
- PAIS 330 - Sovereignty and Self Governance
- PAIS 331 - Women in Oceania **
- PAIS 375 - Sustaining Oceania: Climate & Resource Stewardship
- PAIS 390R - Special Topics
- POSC 110 - U.S. Political System
- POSC 190 - Foundations of Critical Thinking
- HIST 202 - History of Civilization since 1500
- REL 121 - Book of Mormon I
- REL 122 - Book of Mormon II
- REL 200 - The Eternal Family
- REL 275 - Teachings and Doctrines of the Book of Mormon
** - Courses being taught (Spring 2026)
PUBLICATIONS
BOOK
Kruse, L-N.M. (2018) The Pacific Insular Case of American Sāmoa: Land Rights and Law in Unincorporated US Territories. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
ACADEMIC ARTICLES
Kruse, L.-N. & Hafoka, 'I. (2024). Cultivating Pacific Studies in Ko’olauloa. Journal Committed to Social Change on Race and Ethnicity, 10(1), 194-205. https://www.jstor.org/stable/48778743
Kruse, L.-N. (2021). Teaching Women’s Histories in Oceania: Weaving Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Being Within the Relational Mat of Academic Discourse. Pacific Asia Inquiry , 12, 322-338. https://www.uog.edu/schools-and-colleges/college-of-liberal-arts-and-social-sciences/pacific-asia-inquiry/V12
Kruse, L-N.M. (2019). American Sāmoan Land Tenure: Apportionment of Communal Lands and the Road to Individually Owned Land Rights. Pacific Studies, 42(2), 75-98. https://digitalcollections.byuh.edu/pacific-studies-journal/vol42/iss1/3
Kruse, L-N.M. (2012). Responsible Ecotourism and Responsible Systemic Planning Development in Sāmoa. Fa’atufugaga, 1(1), 11-20.