J. Kēhaulani Kauanui (born July 17, 1968) is a Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) woman born and raised in California with ties to family in Anahola (Hawaiian Home Lands territory) on the island of Kaua`i and throughout the islands. She is an author, editor, radio producer, educator, serves on advisory boards, and is one of six co-founders of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA). She was awarded a Fulbright (1994-1995) at the University of Auckland in New Zealand where she was affiliated with the Māori Studies department. Her research areas focus on indigeneity and race, settler colonialism, decolonization, anarchism, and gender and sexuality.