Monica C. LaBriola is a historian specializing in Micronesia, with a particular focus on the Marshall Islands. She holds a BA in Peace and Conflict Studies from UC Berkeley (1999), an MA in Pacific Islands Studies (2006), and a PhD in Pacific Islands History (2013), both from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Her research centers on oral traditions, gender, cross-cultural encounters, and historiography in northern Oceania. She is the founder and co-convener of the Women in Pacific Studies (WiPS) Graduate Student Fellowship and is completing her first monograph, Our Eyes Advise Us: Marshall Islanders Navigating Disease, Climate, and Colonial Violence in the Nineteenth Century. Dr. LaBriola has received several teaching and research awards, including the 2023 Brij V. Lal Award, the UH Board of Regents Medal for Excellence in Teaching (2023), and the Frances Davis Award (2017). She serves on the editorial boards of The Contemporary Pacific and the Journal of Pacific History, and is a member of the Pacific History Association executive committee.