Administration and Faculty

University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Administration

DR. ROSE Y. TSENG
Chancellor
B.S. 1964, Kansas State University; National Cheng Kung University
M.S. 1966, Ph.D. 1968, University of California, Berkeley

DR. PHILIP CASTILLE
Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Professor of English
B.A. 1970, Tulane University
M.A. 1971, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ph.D. 1977, Tulane University

DR. MICHAEL P. CROSBY
Interim Vice Chancellor for Research
B.S. 1976, M.S. 1982, Old Dominion University
Ph.D. 1986, University of Maryland

MR. GERALD L. DEMELLO
Director of University Relations
B.A. 1966, B.A.Ed. 1967, Eastern Washington State University
M.A. 1973, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

DR. DEBRA L. FITZSIMONS
Vice Chancellor for Administrative Affairs
B.A. 1988, Economics, Pennsylvania State University
M.P.A. 1991, Master of Science in Administration, Slippery Rock University
Ed. D. 1994, University of Pittsburgh

DR. LINDA GOLIAN-LUI
University Librarian/Director, Edwin H. Mookini Library
B.A. 1986, University of Miami
M.L.I.S. 1988, Florida State University
Ed.S. 1996, Ed.D. 1998, Florida Atlantic University

DR. RANDY Y. HIROKAWA
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Professor of Communication
B.A. 1975, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
M.A. 1977, Ph.D. 1980, University of Washington

DR. LUOLUO HONG
Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
B.A. 1990, Amherst College
M.P.H. 1992, Yale University
Ph.D. 1998, Louisiana State University

DR. APRIL KOMENAKA
Interim Dean, College of Continuing Education and Community Service
Professor of English
B.A. 1961, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
M.A. 1963, University of California-Berkeley
M.A. 1975, Ph.D. 1979, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

DR. JOHN M. PEZZUTO
Dean, College of Pharmacy
Professor of Chemistry
B.A. 1973, Rutgers University
Ph.D. 1977, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

MS. HELEN M. ROGERS
Interim Executive Assistant to the Chancellor
B.A. 1976, University of Miami
A.M.L.S. 1980, University of Michigan

DR. MARCIA Y. SAKAI
Dean, College of Business and Economics
Professor of Business Administration and Economics
B.A. 1969, M.A. 1971, M.A. 1984, Ph.D. 1985, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

DR. KALENA SILVA
Director, Ka Haka ʻUla O Keʻelikōlani College of Hawaiian Language
Professor of Hawaiian Language and Hawaiian Studies
B.A. 1975, M.A. 1982, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Ph.D. 1989, University of Washington

DR. WILLIAM W.M. STEINER
Dean, College of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resource Management
Professor of Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resource Management
B.A., 1969, Ph. D., 1974, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa