Emily Hough

Administrative Coordinator

Emily is an experienced administrator with a strong track record in organisation, leadership, and team coordination. She holds a Masters by Research degree in History, with her research focusing on centring and upholding Native Hawaiian voices and perspectives. She was awarded her degree in 2022, for which she wrote a thesis entitled ''People Not Profits' Hawaiian Cultural Nationalism and Protest Against the United States, 1968-1980.'

Wishing to deepen her connection to, and knowledge of, Hawaiian culture she began dancing with LSHO in 2021. Since then she has advanced as a dancer, performing with the school at events nationally and internationally, as well as academically and administratively supporting LSHO’s contribution to heritage work through the creation of the the short film 'Ola I Ka Wai/Water is Life: Dancing the Ahupua'a,' which is featured in the Pitt Rivers Museum exhibition, 'Ma uka to Ma kai: Quilting the Hawaiian Landscape.'

Bringing together professional expertise, academic insight, and creative expression, Emily is committed to meaningful, culturally grounded work that honours heritage, community, and connection.