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Chock (surname)
Chock is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Eric Chock, Hawaiian poet, scholar and editor * Madison Chock (born 1992), American dancer * Naomi Takemoto-Chock Naomi Takemoto-Chock is a Hawaiian psychologist, known for her contributions to the Big five personality traits. Her article "Factors" has been* widely cited in the literature. Bibliography * References People from Hawaii Living peopl ... ( fl. 1980s), American psychologist See also * Chock (other) {{surname, Chock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Chock
Eric Chock is a Hawaiian poet, scholar and editor. He served as a professor of English and humanities at the University of Hawaiʻi – West Oʻahu, and coordinated the state's "Poets in the Schools" program for more than twenty years. In 1978, he cofounded the literary journal ''Bamboo Ridge'' with Darrell H. Y. Lum to encourage the growth of a distinctly Hawaiian literary style. Authors whose works appeared in ''Bamboo Ridge'' included Gary Pak, Lois-Ann Yamanaka, Rodney Morales, Wing Tek Lum, and Cathy Song Cathy Song (born Cathy-Lynn Song; August 20, 1955) is an American poet who has won numerous awards including the Yale Series of Younger Poets Prize and the Shelley Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America. She uses her heritage, coming .... Pak described the journal as "the primary literary force in Hawaii today", and it received the Hawaii Award for Literature in 1996 from the Hawaii Literary Arts Council. The success and influence of the Bamboo Ridge group of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madison Chock
Madison La'akea Te-Lan Hall Chock (born July 2, 1992) is an American ice dancer. With her skating partner, Evan Bates, she is a 2022 Olympic team event silver medalist, a three-time World medalist (silver in 2015, bronze in 2016 and 2022), a four-time Grand Prix Final silver medalist ( 2014–15, 2015–16, 2019–20, 2022–23), a two-time Four Continents champions (2019, 2020), and a three-time U.S. national champion (2015, 2020, 2022). She is a three-time Olympian, having represented the United States at the 2014, 2018, and 2022 Winter Olympics. With former partner Greg Zuerlein, Chock is the 2009 World Junior champion, 2008 JGP Final champion, and 2011 U.S. national bronze medalist. They competed together from 2006 to 2011. Personal life Madison La'akea Te-Lan Hall Chock was born in Redondo Beach, California. She went to Novi High School. She is of Chinese-Hawaiian descent on her father's side and European descent on her mother's side. La'akea means "sacred light ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naomi Takemoto-Chock
Naomi Takemoto-Chock is a Hawaiian psychologist, known for her contributions to the Big five personality traits. Her article "Factors" has been* widely cited in the literature. Bibliography * References People from Hawaii Living people American women psychologists American psychologists Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women {{US-psychologist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floruit
''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicating the time when someone flourished. Etymology and use la, flōruit is the third-person singular perfect active indicative of the Latin verb ', ' "to bloom, flower, or flourish", from the noun ', ', "flower". Broadly, the term is employed in reference to the peak of activity for a person or movement. More specifically, it often is used in genealogy and historical writing when a person's birth or death dates are unknown, but some other evidence exists that indicates when they were alive. For example, if there are wills attested by John Jones in 1204, and 1229, and a record of his marriage in 1197, a record concerning him might be written as "John Jones (fl. 1197–1229)". The term is often used in art history when dating the career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
