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Key:

  • CAFNRM: College of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resource Management
  • CAS: College of Arts and Sciences
  • COBE: College of Business and Economics
  • CHL: College of Hawaiian Language
  • CoP: College of Pharmacy
  • Lib: Library
  • OSA: Office for Student Affairs

ABARCA, THORA (Lib)
Librarian III
B.S. 1985, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
M.L.S. 1998, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

ADOLF, JASON (CAS)
Assistant Professor of Marine Science
B.S. 1993, Roger Williams University
M.S.1996, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Ph.D. 2002, University of Maryland, College Park

ADRIAN, JULIE LUIZ (CAFNRM)
Assistant Professor of Animal Science
B.S. 2000, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
D.V.M. 2004, Oklahoma State University

ADRIANCE, DOUGLAS (COP)
Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice
B.A. 2001, Southern Utah University
Pharm.D. 2005, Idaho State University

AGRAMA-MINERT, EEMAN (OSA)
Academic/Recruitment Counselor, Minority Access & Achievement Program
B.A. 1996, University of California, Santa Cruz
M.S. 1999, University of Southern California

ALENCASTRE, MAKALAPUA (CHL)
Assistant Professor, Kahuawaiola Indigenous Teacher Education Program
B.A. 1977, M.A. 1991, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

AMUNDSON, RONALD A. (CAS)
Professor of Philosophy
B.A. 1970, Ph.D. 1975, University of Wisconsin-Madison

ANDERSON, JAMES L. (CAS)
Associate Professor of Geology
B.S. 1976, M.S. 1978, Portland State University
Ph.D. 1987, University of Southern California

ANDERSON, MITCHELL J. (CAS)
Chair and Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.A. 1982, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
M.A. 1986, Ph.D., 1998 Auburn University, Alabama

ANDREWS, MARY L. (CAS)
Junior Specialist
B.S. 1996 University of Phoenix
M.S.N. 1998 University of Phoenix

ARANCON, NORMAN Q. (CAFNRM)
Assistant Professor of Horticulture
B.S. 1989, Xavier University
M.S. 2000, Ph.D. 2001, The Ohio State University

ARIOLA, KAINOA (OSA)
Director, Advising Center
B.A., 1995, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
M.A., 2000, Gonzaga University

ARITA-TSUTSUMI, LORNA H. (CAFNRM)
Professor of Entomology
UH Graduate Faculty
B.A. 1976, M.S. 1979, Ph.D. 1983, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

AU, LARI-ANNE (Lib)
Librarian II
B.A. 1997, Brigham Young University
MLISc 2001, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
J.D. 2004, Roger Williams University School of Law

AWAYA, JONATHAN D. (CAS)
Assistant Professor of Biology
S. 2001, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa
Ph.D. 2005, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa

BAILEY, LUKE (CAS)
Instructor of English
B.A. 1966, Yale University
M.A. 1981, San Jose State University

BARKHOFF, HARALD (CAS)
Associate Professor of Kinesiology and Exercise Sciences
B.A. 1991, Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg
M.A. 1995, Ph.D. 1999 University of Stuttgart

BATZ, FORREST (COP)
Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice
A.A. 1984, Chabot Community College
Pharm.D. 1989, University of California at San Francisco

BARRA (JONES), ROBERTA (COBE)
Assistant Professor of Accounting
B.B.A. 1982, Pacific Lutheran University
M.B.A. 1992, University of Houston
Ph.D. 1996, University of Illinois

BAYS, BRIAN (Lib)
Librarian II
B.F.A. 1995, Kansas State University
M.L.S. 1999, Indiana University

BECKER, CATHERINE B. (CAS)
Associate Professor of Communication
B.S. 1984, M.A. 1986, State University of New York at Buffalo
M.A. 1989, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Ph.D. 1993, State University of New York at Buffalo

BEETS, JAMES P. (CAS)
Professor of Marine Science
B.A. 1974, M.S. 1979, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Ph.D. 1990, University of Georgia

BELT, TODD L. (CAS)
Associate Professor of Political Science
B.A. 1992, University of California – Irvine
M.A. 1996, Ph.D. 2003, University of Southern California

BERNSTEIN, ERICA G. (CAS)
Instructor of Mathematics
B.A. 1984, State University of New York (SUNY)
Ph.D. 1992, University of Maryland at College Park

BESIO, KATHRYN J. (CAS)
Associate Professor of Geography
B.A. 1987, University of California, San Diego
M.A. 1996, Ph.D. 2001 University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

BIFFLE, RICHARD (CAS)
Chair, Director and Associate Professor of Education
B.A. 1971, University of California at Riverside
M.A. 1974, Eastern Michigan University
Ph.D. 1990, University of New Mexico

BINDER, PHILIPPE M. (CAS)
Professor of Physics and Chair of Astronomy and Physics Departments
B.S. 1982, University of Virginia
M.S. 1983, University of Pennsylvania
M.A. 1988, St. John’s College at Santa Fe
Ph.D. 1989, Yale University

BITTER, MICHAEL J. (CAS)
Chair and Associate Professor of History
B.A. 1988, Ph.D. 1999, University of Minnesota

BOSTWICK, BARBARA J. (OSA)
Academic Advisor/Counselor, Student Support Services Program
B.A. 1979, Pacific University – Forest Grove
M.A. 1999, California State University – Long Beach

BREYFOGLE, TREENA (CAS)
Instructor of Mathematics
B.S. 1989, University of Southern Colorado
M.A. 1991, University of Northern Colorado

BROWN, DANIEL E. (CAS)
Professor of Anthropology
UH Graduate Faculty
Director of Minority Biomedical Research Support Program
Coordinator of Research and Graduate Education
B.A. 1972, Brown University
M.A. 1975, Ph.D. 1978, Cornell University

BROWN, MARILYN M. (CAS)
Assistant Professor of Sociology
B.A. 1992 Wellesley College
M.A. 1995, Ph.D. 2003 University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

BROWN, SUSAN G. (CAS)
Professor of Psychology
B.A. 1977, Wichita State University
M.S. 1981, Ph.D. 1983, Tulane University

BUCHANAN, NINA K. (CAS)
Professor of Education
B.A. 1968, M.S. 1972, Montana State University
Ph.D. 1984, Purdue University

BURKE, KELLY (COBE)
Associate Professor of Management Information Systems
B.A. 1974, M.B.A. 1991, Ph.D. 1994, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

CABRAL, JASON (CHL)
Assistant Professor of Hawaiian Language and Literature
Chair, Undergraduate Programs
B.A. 1997, M.A. 2004, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo

CALTON, JERRY M. (COBE)
Professor of Management
B.A. 1964, M.A. 1966, Ph.D. 1970, Ph.D. 1986, University of Washington

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

CIARLEGIO, ANITA E. (CoP)
Instructor, Pharmacy Practice
B.S. 1978, Ph. D. 1989, Saint Louis University School of Medicine

CHANG, LENG CHEE (CoP)
Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
B.S. 1988, National University of Malaysia
Ph.D. 1998, University of Illinois at Chicago

CHEN, BILL (CAS)
Director, Office of Technology and Distance Learning
B.S. 1963, National Taiwan University
M.S. 1968, Ph.D. 1970, University of Rochester

CHENG, JOHN H. (CAS)
Professor of Philosophy
UH Graduate Faculty
B.A. 1962, National Taiwan University
B.D. 1966, Westminster Theological Seminary
M.A. 1971, Ph.D. 1974, University of Wisconsin-Madison

CHILDERS, MICHAEL (CAS)
Instructor of Marine Science
Captain’s License, 1997
B.A. 1994, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo

CLEVELAND, ERIK R. (CAFNRM)
Associate Professor of Animal Science
B.S. 1976, Iowa State University
M.S. 1978, Ph.D. 1981, University of Nebraska

COMMENDADOR, KATHLEEN (CAS)
Assistant Professor of Nursing
BSN 1991, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
MSN & WHNP 1993, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
PhD 2006, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

CONCEPCION, WILLIAM R. (OSA)
Counselor, Counseling Center
B.A. 1999, California State University, Los Angeles
Ph.D. 2008, Teachers College, Columbia University

COUTANT, DAWNA K. (CAS)
Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.S. 1984, Davidson College
M.S. 1991, Ph.D. 1996, Texas A&M University

CROWE, RICHARD A. (CAS)
Professor of Astronomy;
B.Sc. 1974, M. Sc. 1977, University of Western Ontario
Ph.D. 1984, University of Toronto

CURTIS, BARRY (CAS)
Chair and Professor of Philosophy
B.A. 1965, University of California-Los Angeles
M.A. 1968, Ph.D. 1975, Harvard University

CURTIS, THOMAS (CAS)
Chair & Associate Professor of Sociology
B.F.A. 1978, Pacific Lutheran University
M.S. 1992, Montana State University
Ph.D. 1995, Utah State University

DAUB, KATHARYN F. (CAS)
Chair and Associate Professor of Nursing
B.S.N. 1984, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
M. Nursing Ed. 1996, University of Phoenix-Hawaiʻi
Ed.D. California Coast University

DE LA CRUZ, KURT (OSA)
Academic Advisor
B.A. University of Northern Colorado, 1992
M.S. Colorado State University, 1996

deMAINTENON, MARTA J. (CAS)
Chair and Associate Professor of Marine Sciences
B.S. 1987, Millersville University of Pennsylvania
M.S. 1990, University of Miami, Florida
Ph.D. 1996, University of California, Berkeley

de PILLIS, EMMELINE G. (COBE)
Professor of Management
B.A. 1984, Ph.D. 1997, University of Southern California

DeWITT, THOMAS S. (COBE)
Assistant Professor of Marketing
BA, 1986, Michigan State University
MBA 2000, Nanyang Technological Univ. Singapore
Ph.D. 2004, Florida Sate University

DIXON, PAUL W. (CAS)
Professor of Psychology
B.A. 1960, Blackburn University
M.A. 1963, Ph.D. 1966, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

DONAGHY, J. KEOLA (CHL)
Assistant Professor of Hawaiian Studies
B.A. 1999, M.A. 2004, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo

DUDLEY, KAMILA (CAS)
Instructor of French
B.A. 1977, M.A. 1978, University of Paris VIII

DUDLEY, WALTER C., JR. (CAS)
Professor of Marine Science
UH Graduate Faculty
Director, Kalākaua Marine Education Center
Co-coordinator, Marine Option Program
B.A. 1968, Northwestern University
Ph.D. 1976, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

EBERSOLE, MICHELE M. (CAS)
Associate Professor in Education
B.S. 1991, University of Oregon
M.S. 1992, Ph.D. 2000, University of Arizona

EDWARDS, HARRY KEITH (CAS)
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
B.A. University of Michigan
M.A. Eastern Michigan University
Ph.D. University of Western Ontario

ERDOGAN, SEVKI (CAS)
Professor of Computer Science
B.Sc. 1978, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
M.Sc. 1979, Ph.D. 1983, Manchester University, UK

FERMANTEZ, KALI D. (CAS)
Assistant Professor of Geography & Co-Director, Pacific Island Studies
B.A. 1997, M.A. 1999, Brigham Young University, Hawaiʻi
Ph.D. 2007, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

FIELD, SUSAN M. (CAS)
Assistant Professor of Nursing
AND 1982
BSN 1986
MSN, FNP-c 2002

FIGUEROA-CENTENO, RAMÓN M. (CAS)
Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.A. 1992, M.A. 1994, Ph.D. 1998, Western Michigan University

FISHER, EDWARD (CoP)
Professor, Pharmacy
Associate Dean, Student Affairs
B.S. 1978, Ph.D. 1987, Temple University

FLOOD, JEANIE L. (CAS)
Assistant Professor of Nursing
B.S. 1987 California State University-Chico
M.S. 2003 University of Phoenix

FOX, ROBERT A. (CAS)
Professor of Physics
B.S. 1964, M.A. 1971, Ph.D. 1971, New York University

FRUEH, CHRISTOPHER B.(CAS)
Chair of Social Sciences Division & Professor of Psychology
B.A. 1985, Kenyon College
M.A. 1990, Ph.D. 1992, University of South Florida

FURUMO, KIMBERLY (COBE)
Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems
B.S. 1980, University of Wisconsin-Madison
M.S.W., St. Louis University
M.B.A., University of Akron
Ph.D., Southern Illinois University

FURUMO, NORBERT C. (CAS)
Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.S. 1980, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ph.D. 1988, University of Akron

GARRY, ROBERT (CAS)
Instructor of Mathematics
B.A. 1988, M.S. 1990, Portland State University

GERRISH, GRANT C. (CAS)
Instructor of Biology
B.A. 1974, Ball State University
M.S. 1978, Ph.D. 1988, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

GERSTING, JOHN M. (CAS)
Professor of Computer Science
B.S. 1962, Purdue University
M.S. 1964, Ph.D. 1970, Arizona State University

GERSTING, JUDITH L. (CAS)
Professor and Chair of Computer Science
B.S. 1962, Stetson University
M.S. 1964, Ph.D. 1969, Arizona State University

GOLDMAN, IVA R. (CAS)
Chair and Associate Professor of Communication
B.A. 1954, M.A. 1960, Northwestern University

GORDON, RONALD D. (CAS)
Professor of Communication
A.A. 1964, Los Angeles City College
B.A. 1966, M.A. 1968, San Jose State University
Ph.D. 1971, University of Kansas

GOTSHALK, LINCOLN A (CAS)
Chair and Associate Professor of Kinesiology and Exercise Sciences
B.S. 1976, Northeastern University
M.Ed. 1980, Temple University
Ph.D. 1999, Pennsylvania State University

GRABAR, ANDREW (CAS)
Associate Professor of Art
B.F.A. 1971, Carnegie-Mellon University
M.F.A. 1983, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

GREGG, AMY C. (CAS)
Instructor of Women’s Studies
A.B. 1981, Occidental College
M.Div. 1988, Union Theological Seminary (NY)

GUENDISCH, DANIELA (CoP)
Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Eberhard-Karls University
Ph.D., Pharmaceutical Institute Tuebingen

HALLACHER, LEON E. (CAS)
Chair of Natural Sciences Division and Professor of Biology
B.A. 1970, University of California-Berkeley
M.A. 1973, San Francisco State University
Ph.D. 1977, University of California-Berkeley

HAMAD, MAZEN L. (CAS)
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.S. 1997, Humboldt State University
Ph.D. 2003, University of Washington

HAMILTON, JOHN C. (CAS)
Instructor of Physics/Astronomy
B.A. 1977, B.S. 1977, University of Texas at Austin
M.S. 1980, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

HAMMES, DAVID L. (COBE)
Professor of Economics
B.A. 1973, Humboldt State University
M.A. 1975, Ph.D. 1985, Simon Fraser University

HART, PATRICK J. (CAS)
Assistant Professor of Biology
B.A. 1985, University of California, Santa Barbara
Ph.D. 2000, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

HASLAM, MATTHEW J. (CAS)
Assistant Professor of English
B.A. 1994, M.A. 1996, Brigham Young University
Ph.D. 2000, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

HAWS, MARIA C. (CAFNRM)
Associate Professor of Aquaculture
B.A. 1986, Reed College
Ph.D. 1993, Texas A & M University

HAYASHI, KARLA (CAS)
Instructor of English
B.A. 1980, M.A. 1984, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

HEACOX, WILLIAM D. (CAS)
Professor of Astronomy
B.A. 1964, Whitman College
M.A. 1972, Washington State University
M.S. 1975, Ph.D. 1977, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

HEINTZ, BARBARA BIRD (OSA)
Counselor, Counseling Center
B.S. 1969, M.A. 1970, Southwest Missouri State University

HEINTZ, LAWRENCE L. (CAS)
Professor of Philosophy
B.A. 1967, Washington State University
M.A. 1973, Ph.D. 1975, University of California-Santa Barbara

HENNESSEY, HARRY W. Jr. (COBE)
Professor of Management
B.B.A. 1972, Florida Atlantic University
M.A. 1976, University of North Florida
Ph.D. 1980, University of Georgia

HERMAN, STEVEN (CAS)
Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A. 1977, Reed College
Ph.D. 1998, Stanford University

HIGA-MCMILLAN, CHARMAINE K. (CAS)
Assistant Professor of Psychology

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

HIRTLE, JEANNINE S. P. (CAS)
Associate Professor of Education
B.S. 1971, McNeese State University
M.Ed. 1978, Columbus State University

HON, KENNETH (CAS)
Chair and Associate Professor of Geology
B.A. 1976, Ph.D. 1987, University of Colorado at Boulder

HONDA, MASAFUMI (CAS)
Associate Professor of Japanese and Linguistics
B.A. 1982, University of Kagoshima, Japan
M.Ed. 1984, Ed.D., 1988, University of Georgia

HOPKINS, KEVIN D. (CAFNRM)
Professor of Aquaculture
Interim Director, PACRC
B.S. 1972, University of Oklahoma
M.S. 1977, M.B.A. 1979, Ph.D. 1979, Auburn University

HORA, STEPHEN C. (COBE)
Professor of Management Science and Statistics
B.S., 1964, D.B.A., 1973, University of Southern California

HOUSMAN, APRIL R. (CHL)
Assistant Professor, Kahuawaiola Indigenous Teacher Education Program
Director, Hale Kuamoʻo Hawaiian Language Center
B.A. 2000, M.A. 2003, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo

IM, ERIC IKSOON (COBE)
Professor of Economics
UH Graduate Faculty
B.A. 1970, Hankuk University, Seoul, Korea
M.A. 1980, Ph.D. 1982, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

INGLIS, KERRI A. (CAS)
Assistant Professor of History
B.A. 1993, Brigham Young University-Hawaiʻi
M.A. 1995, University of Toronto
Ph.D. 2004, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

IPPOLITO, JEAN (CAS)
Assistant Professor of Art
B.A., 1979, Arizona State University, Tempe
M.A., 1985, University of Washington, Seattle
Ph.D., 1994, Ohio State University, Columbus

IOKEPA-GUERRERO, NOELANI (CHL)
Assistant Professor, Hawaiian Studies
B.A. 1995, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
M.A. 1998, Chaminade University of Honolulu
Ph.D. 2004, University of Southern California

IVANOVA, RAINA B. (CAS)
Professor of Mathematics
M.S. 1984, University of Sofia, Bulgaria
Ph.D. 1998, University of Tsukaba, Japan

JACOBS, AARON (COP)
Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
B.S. 1993, University of California at Irvine
Ph.D. 2003, University of California at Los Angeles

JALBERT, TERRANCE J. (COBE)
Professor of Finance
B.S. 1989, Dickinson State University
M.B.A. 1991, North Dakota State University
Ph.D. 1997, Texas Tech University

JAMES, DAVID J. (CAS)
Assistant Professor of Astronomy and
Director, Hoku Keʻa Educational Telescope
B.S. 1992, University of London (UK)
Ph.D. 1997, University of Birmingham (UK)

JARVI, SUSAN (CoP)
Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Science
B.S. 1983, Fitchburg State College
M.S. 1986, University of Massachusetts
Ph.D. 1989, Northern Illinois University

JOHNSON, JACQUELYN P. (CAS)
Professor of Drama
Chair of Performing Arts Department
B.A. 1975, M.A. 1978, University of Colorado

JOHNSON, GENE H. (CoBE)
Assistant Professor of Accounting
B.S. 1978, Midwestern State University
M.S. 1980, Ph.D. 1986, Texas Tech University

JUVIK, JAMES OLIVER (CAS)
Chair and Professor of Geography
UH Graduate Faculty
B.A. 1966, University of California-Davis
M.A. 1968, Ph.D. 1977, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

JUVIK, SONIA P. (CAS)
Professor of Geography
B.A. 1970, McGill University
M.A. 1972, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Ph.D. 1982, Australian National University

KALVAITIS, DARIUS T (CAS)
Assistant Professor of Education
B.A., B.S. 1990, New England College
M.Ed. 1998, Antioch New England Graduate School
Ph.D. 2007, Utah State University

KAMANĀ, KAUANOE (CHL)
Associate Professor of Hawaiian Language and
Hawaiian Studies
Director, Nāwahīokalanī ʻōpuʻu Laboratory School
B.A. 1975, M.A. 1978, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

KANTROWITZ, JASON (OSA)
Career Counselor
B.A., 1996, Arizona State University
M.A. 2000, University of San Diego

KAWAIʻAEʻA, KEIKI (CHL)
Assistant Professor Kahuawaiola Indigenous Teacher Education Program
Director, Kahuawaiola Indigenous Teacher Education Program
B.A. 1978, M.Ed. 1985, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo

KAWELU, KATHLEEN L (CAS)
Assistant Professor of Anthropology

KELEKOLIO, J. KEONI (CHL)
Assistant Professor of Hawaiian Language and Hawaiian Studies
B.A. 1978, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo

KELLY, PATRICK M. (CAS)
Instructor of Performing Arts
B.A. 1981, M.F.A. 1986, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

KHO, ERNEST B.S., JR. (CAS)
Associate Professor of Chemistry
A.A. 1971, Santa Barbara City College
B.A. 1973, University of California-San Diego
Ph.D. 1978, University of California-Santa Cruz

KIM, BRYAN SOO KYUNG (CAS)
Professor of Psychology & Director of Counseling Psychology Master’s Program
B.Ed. 1992, M.Ed. 1995, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Ph.D. 2000, University of California, Santa Barbara

KIMURA, LARRY L. (CHL)
Assistant Professor of Hawaiian Language and Hawaiian Studies
B.A. 1969, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
M.A. 2002, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo

KNEHANS, AMY (Lib)
Librarian III
B.A. 1993, Sonoma State University
M.L.I.S. 2004, University of North Texas

KOMENAKA, APRIL R. (CAS)
Professor of English
Interim Dean, College of Continuing Education and Community Service
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

KONOREV, EUGENE (CoP)
Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
M.D. 1983, Kursk Medical University
Ph.D. 1988, Kursk Medical University

KORNET, CHRISTINE A. (CAS)
Instructor of Biology
B.A. 1970, Duke University
M.S. 1975, Portland State University

KUNIMOTO, JODILYN (OSA)
Academic Advisor
B.A., 1991, M.Ed., 1995, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

LANGLAS, CHARLES M. (CHL)
Assistant Professor, Hawaiian Studies
Chair, Graduate Programs
B.S. 1964, Iowa State University
Ph.D. 1973, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

LEE, RICHARD A. (CAS)
Associate Professor of Music
B.A. 1971, Colorado State University
M.A. 1982, University of California, Riverside
Ph.D. 1987, University of California, Santa Barbara

LEONARD, BARBARA B. (COBE)
Associate Professor of Accounting
B.S. 1986, M.S. 1987, University of Tulsa
Ph.D. 1991, Oklahoma State University

LI, SHUGUANG (CAS)
Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.S. 1982, Beijing Normal University
M.S. 1988, Sichuan University
Ph.D. 1998, University of Georgia

LI, YIQING (CAFNRM)
Assistant Professor of Tropical Forest Ecology & Management
B.S., 1983, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University
M.S., 1990, Beijing Forestry University
Ph.D., 1999, University of Puerto Rico

LOVELL, EILEEN P. (CAS)
Assistant Professor of Nursing
BSN/PHN 1992 California State University-Dominguez Hills
MSN 2002 University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

LU, CHRISTOPHER D. (CAFNRM)
Professor of Animal Science
B.S. 1974, National Taiwan University
M.S. 1978, Ph.D. 1981, University of Wisconsin

LUANGPHINITH, SERI (CAS)
Associate Professor of English
M.A. 1994, Ph.D. 2000, University of Oregon

LITZINGER, MARK (CoP)
Specialist, Clinical Coordinator
B.S., 1996, B.S., 2003, University of Alberta

LUNDBLAD, STEVEN P. (CAS)
Assistant Professor of Geology
B.A. 1985, Harvard University
M.S. 1988, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Ph.D. 1994, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

MA, CALOLYN (CoP)
Pharmacy Practice Experience Coordinator
B.S. 1982, University of Santa Clara
Pharm.D., 1986, University of California at San Francisco

MAKEKAU-WHITTAKER, KALANI (OSA)
Associate Director, Kīpuka-Native Hawaiian Student Center
B.A. 1991, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
M.Ed. 1996, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

MAKUAKĀNE-LUNDIN, GAIL (OSA)
Director, Kīpuka-Native Hawaiian Student Center
B.A. 1978, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
M.S. 1978, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

MARSHALL, MICHAEL D. (CAS)
Professor of Art
B.F.A. 1975, University of Illinois
M.F.A. 1977, Yale University

MARTIN, DREW (COBE)
Associate Professor of Marketing
B.A. 1983; M.B.A. 1985, Pacific Lutheran University
M.A., 1995; Ph.D. 1996, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

MASUDA, AVIS M. (CAS)
Instructor of Education
B.A. 1977, 1984; M.Ed. 1990 Washington State University

MATHEWS, BRUCE W. (CAFNRM)
Professor of Soil Science
UH Associate Graduate Faculty
B.S. 1986, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
M.S. 1989, Louisiana State University
Ph.D. 1992, University of Florida

MATULL WORST, GABRIELE (OSA)
Records Specialist
B.A., 1997, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
M.Ed., 2003, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

MAUTZ, WILLIAM J. (CAS)
Professor of Biology
B.S. 1972, University of California at Irvine
Ph.D. 1979, Cornell University

McCORMACK, FIONA E (CAS)
Assistant Professor of Anthropology & Co-Director, Pacific Island Studies
B.S. 1993, University College London
M.A. 1997, Ph.D. 2006, University of Auckland

McDERMID, KARLA (CAS)
Professor of Marine Science
B.S. 1980, B.A. 1980, Stanford University
Ph.D. 1988, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

MEGURO, BARBARA T. (CAS)
Instructor of Computer Science
B.S. 1972 Grove City College, PA
M.A. 1974 Arizona State University

MELLON, JAMES P. (OSA)
Director, Student Development
B.A. 1984, Duke University
M.A. 1991, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

MEYER, MANULANI (CAS)
Associate Professor of Education
B.Ed. 1983, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
M.Ed. 1985, University of Northern Colorado
Ed.D. 1997, Harvard University

MICHAUD, JON-PIERRE (CAS)
Chair and Associate Professor of Chemistry
A.A. 1978, Phoenix College
B.S., 1980, M.S., 1989, Ph.D. 1994, University of Arizona

MICHAUD, JENÉ D. (CAS)
Chair, Natural Sciences Major
Professor of Geology
B.S. 1982, University of Washington
M.S. 1987, Ph.D. 1992, University of Arizona

MIIKE, YOSHITAKA (CAS)
Assistant Professor of Communication
B.A. 1995 Kansai University of Foreign Studies
M.A. 1998 Dokkyo University
Ph.D. 2004 University of New Mexico

MIKKELSON, DOUGLAS K. (CAS)
Professor of History
B.A. 1980, University of California, Santa Barbara
M.T.S. 1985, Harvard University
M.Phil. 1990, Ph.D. 1992, Columbia University

MILLER, DAVID R. (CAS)
Professor of English and Chair of the Humanities Division
B.A. 1964, M.A. 1966, San Francisco State College
Ph.D. 1980, Tulane University

MILLMAN, SARA (CAS)
Associate Professor of Sociology
B.A. 1972, University of Oregon
M.A. 1978, University of Washington
Ph.D. 1982, University of Michigan

MILLS, PETER R. (CAS)
Chair and Professor of Anthropology
B.A. 1984, University of Vermont
M.A. 1987, Washington State University
Ph.D. 1996, University of California, Berkeley

MINERT, JAY (OSA)
Academic Advisor
B.A., 1992, The Evergreen State College
M.A., 1999, University of California, Santa Cruz

MISER, KEITH M. (OSA)
Special Assistant to the Chancellor for International Programs
B.A. 1964., M.S., 1969, Ed.D., 1971 Indiana University

MISHINA, FAITH N. (CAS)
Instructor of Spanish
B.A. 1973, University of Hawai’i at Hilo
M.A. 1983, Middlebury Language Schools
M.A. 1995 Middlebury Language Schools

MIURA, STEVEN Y. (CAS)
Associate Professor of Communication
B.A. 1975, Washington State University
M.A. 1976, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Ph.D. 1979, Washington State University

MIYAMOTO, WAYNE A. (CAS)
Professor and Chair of Art
B.F.A., B.A. 1970, M.F.A. 1974, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

MOREL, RAYNA K. (CAS)
Instructor of Communication
B.A. 2000, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
M.A. 2003, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

MORRIS, KENNETH (CoP)
Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
B.S. 1978, Eastern Michigan University
M.S. 1986, Ph.D. 1988, University of Arizona

MORRIS, RICHARD W. (Lib)
Librarian II
B.A. 1991, M.L.S. 1993 San Jose State University

MORRISON, LYNN A (CAS)
Associate Professor of Anthropology
B.A. 1985, Trent University
M.A. 1989, University of Toronto
Ph.D. 1999, University of Toronto

MUIR, CEDRIC C. (CAS)
Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S. 1991, Ph.D. 1998, Simon Fraser University

MUKAI, CECILIA (CAS)
Associate Professor of Nursing
B.S.N. 1973, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
M.S.N. 1976, Yale University
Ph.D. 1991, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

NAKAO, KEISUKE (CoBE)
Assistant Professor of Economics
B.E. 1996, Osaka Prefecture University
M.A. 2001, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Ph.D. 2008, Boston University

OHARA, YUMIKO (CAS)
Assistant Professor of Linguistics
Chair, Linguistics Department
B.A. 1990 University of Texas
M.A. 1993, M.A. 1994, Ph.D. 2000 University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

OKAMOTO, MARK P (CoP)
Professor of Pharmacy Practice
B.S., 1984, University of California at Los Angeles
Pharm.D., 1988, University of Southern California

OKINAKA, ALTON M. (CAS)
Associate Professor of Sociology
B.A. 1979, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
M.A. 1983, Ph.D. 1988, Indiana University

OKUYAMA, YOSHIKO (CAS)
Assistant Professor of Japanese
B.A. 1985, Toyo University
M.A. 1994, Ph.D. 2000, University of Arizona

OSTERTAG, REBECCA (CAS)
Associate Professor of Biology
B.A. 1991, Carleton College
Ph.D. 1998, University of Florida

PACK, ADAM A. (CAS)
Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A. 1985, Brandeis University
M.A. 1988; Ph.D. 1994, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa

PANEK, MARK (CAS)
Assistant Professor of English
B.A. 1990, Colby College
M.A. 1999, Ph.D. 2004, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

PARR, LISA B. (CAS)
Instructor of Marine Science
B.A. 1983, Humboldt State University
M.E.S. 1989, University of Tasmania

PELAYO, ROBERTO CARLOS (CAS)
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.A. 2002, Occidental College
Ph.D. 2007, California Institute of Technology

PERREIRA, HIAPO K. (CHL)
Assistant Professor of Hawaiian Language and Literature
B.A. 1993, M.A. 2002, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo

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

PRICE, DONALD K. (CAS)
Associate Professor of Biology
B.S. 1980, University of Minnesota
M.S. 1986, Illinois State University
Ph.D. 1991, University of Illinois

PRICE, JONATHAN P. (CAS)
Assistant Professor of Geography
B.S. 1994, Ph.D. 2002, University of California, Davis

PURVES, NORMAN G. (CAS)
Instructor of Physics and Astronomy
Laboratory Coordinator
B.S. 1976, Portland State University
M.S. 1979, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa

QIN.,YUCHENG
Assistant Professor of History
B.A. 1986,Xuzhou Normal University, China
M.A. 1992, Peking University, China
Ph.D., 2002, University of Iowa

RAMOS, CHERYL MAE (CAS)
Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A. 1981, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
M.A. 1983, Ph.D. 2001, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

REICHL, CHRISTOPHER A. (CAS)
Professor of Anthropology and Coordinator of Japanese Studies
B.A. 1979, M.A. 1981,
Ph.D. 1988, University of Iowa

REVEIRA, TERESA L. (CAS)
Junior Specialist, Education
B.A. 1996, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
M.Ed. 2000, University of Phoenix

ROBISON, RUTH (OSA)
Director, International Student Services
B.A. 1966, M.Ed. 1972, Ph.D. 1976 University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

ROGERS, HELEN M. (Lib)
Librarian III
B.A. 1976, University of Miami
A.M.L.S. 1980, University of Michigan

RUIZ, EFREN (CAS)
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.S. 1999, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
M.S. 2001, Ph.D. 2005, University of Oregon

SAGLE, LAURI (CAS)
Instructor of English
B.A. 1986, University of California, Santa Barbara
M.A. 1992, Washington State University

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

SAKAI, WILLIAM S. (CAFNRM)
Professor of Horticulture
UH Graduate Faculty
B.A. 1966, University of Michigan
Ph.D. 1970, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

SAFT, SCOTT L. (CAS)
Assistant Professor of Linguistics
B.A. 1989, Amherst College
M.A. 1993, Ph.D. 2000, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

SAXTON, AMY (Lib)
Librarian II
B.A. 1991, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
MLISc 2001, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

SHEHATA, SABRY A. (CAFNRM)
Professor of Agricultural Economics
B.S. 1965, Cairo University
M.S. 1973, University of Missouri
Ph.D. 1977, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

SHINTAKU, MICHAEL H. (CAFNRM)
Professor of Plant Pathology
UH Associate Graduate Faculty
B.S. 1979, University of Oregon
M.S. 1986, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Ph.D. 1991, Cornell University

SHIRACHI, SUSAN M. (OSA)
Director, University Disability Services
B.S. 1978. P.D. 1983, M.Ed. 1985, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

SHIRAI, JANIS S. (OSA)
Academic Coordinator, Student Support Services Program
B.A. 1983, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
M.A. 1985, University of Texas-Austin

SIMMONS, CHARLES J. (CAS)
Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.S. 1971, Brigham Young University Hawaiʻi
M.S. 1974, Ph.D. 1980, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

SIMMONS, KENITH L. (CAS)
Professor of English
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
UH Graduate Faculty
B.A. 1970, M.A. 1972, University of Pittsburgh
Ph.D. 1978, University of Wisconsin

SING, DAVID (OSA)
Director, Na Pua Noʻeau
B.A., 1972, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
M.A., 1980, Claremont Graduate School
Ph.D., 1986, Claremont Graduate School

SKORIKOV, VLADIMIR (CAS)
Professor of Psychology
B.S., M.S. 1981, Moscow State University
Ph.D. 1991, State Academy of Management, Moscow

STACEY, KATHLEEN M. (Lib)
Head, Technical Services
B.A. 1981, Johns Hopkins University
M.S.L.S. 1982, Case Western Reserve University

STACY, ELIZABETH A. (CAS)
Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S. 1988, Pennsylvania State University
M.S. 1994, University of Georgia
Ph.D. 2001, Boston University

STAHL, NORMAN S. (OSA)
Director, Career Center
Associate Specialist
B.A. 1966, California State University – Fresno
M.A. 1980, University of Northern Colorado
M.A. 1997, Ph.D. 2001, University of California - Los Angeles

STATON, CELESTE ANDERSON (CAS)
Instructor of Dance

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

TAKABAYASHI, MISAKI (CAS)
Assistant Professor of Marine Science
B.S. 1993, M.S. 1996 University of Sydney, Australia
Ph.D. 2000 University of Queensland, Australia

TAKAHASHI, ROBIN (CAS)
Instructor of Kinesiology and Exercise Sciences
B.A. 1978, M.Ed. 1980, Ph.D. 2003, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

TAKAMIYA, MARIANNE Y. (CAS)
Assistant Professor of Astronomy
B.S. 1992, Universidad de Chile
M.S. 1993, University of Chicago
Ph.D. 1999, University of Chicago

TAN, GHEE T. (CoP)
Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
B.Sc. 1987, National University of Singapore
Ph.D. 1992, University of Illinois at Chicago

TANABE, MICHAEL J. (CAFNRM)
Professor of Plant Science
UH Graduate Faculty
B.S. 1969, M.S. 1972, Ph.D. 1976, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

TANIGUCHI, RONALD (CoP)
Specialist and Director, Community Partnerships
B.S. 1969, Oregon State University
Pharm.D., 1976, University of Southern California
M.B.A., 1986, Chaminade University

TAYLOR, PHILLIP A. (CAS)
Professor of Political Science
B.A. 1967, Florida Presbyterian College
M.A. 1973, Ph.D. 1977, University of Oklahoma

TEST, LARRY (OSA)
Counselor and Director, Counseling Center
B.S. 1962, Ursinus College
M.S. 1964, George Washington University

THOMPSON, JOAN N. (CAS)
Assistant Professor of Nursing
A.S. 1991 Hawaiʻi Community College
B.S. 1994 University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
M.S. 2001 University of Phoenix

THOMPSON, PAMELA B. (CAS)
Assistant Professor of Education
B.S. 1991, University of Southern Maine
M.Ed. 1996, Wright State University
Ph. D. 2005, University of Denver

THURSTON, BECKY J. (CAS)
Instructor of Psychology
B.A. 1988, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
M.A. 1990, Claremont Graduate School

TITUNIK, REGINA F. (CAS)
Professor of Political Science
B.A. 1980, University of Washington
M.A. 1983, Ph.D. 1991, University of Chicago

TSANG, MARCEL (CAFNRM)
Professor of Agricultural Engineering & Mechanization
UH Graduate Faculty
Diploma in Agriculture & Sugar Technology 1974, University of Mauritius
B.S. 1979, M.S. 1981, Ph.D. 1984, Louisiana State University

TURNER, JASON P. (CAS)
Assistant Professor of Marine Science
B.S. 1994, Texas A&M University at Galveston
M.S. 1998, Ph.D. 2004, Texas A&M University

VU, TAM B. (COBE)
Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A. 1987, College of Charleston
M.A. 1991, Manhattan School of Music
M.A. 2004; Ph.D. 2006, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

WACKERBARTH, SUSAN (CAS)
Instructor of English
B.A. 1986, Seattle Pacific University
M.A. 1988, University of Washington

WAGNER-WRIGHT, SANDRA (CAS)
Professor of History
B.A. 1971, University of Washington
M.A. 1979, Ph.D. 1986, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

WANG, ENBAO (CAS)
Chair and Associate Professor of Political Science
B.A. 1982, Shaanxi Normal University, People’s Republic of China
M.A. 1987, Ph.D. 1993, University of Alabama

WHEAT, JENNIFER C. (CAS)
Chair and Associate Professor of English
B.A. 1974, Wellesley College
M.A. 1976, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
M.A. 1990, Bread Loaf School of English, Middlebury College
Ph.D. 1994, University of California at Santa Cruz

WIEGNER, TRACY (CAS)
Assistant Professor of Marine Science
B.S. 1995, Cornell University
Ph.D. 2002, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

WILSON, KANOE A.S. (OSA)
Program Coordinator, Kīpuka-Native Hawaiian Student Center
B.A. 1999, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
M.Ed. 2007, Chaminade University

WILSON, WILLIAM H. (CHL)
Professor of Hawaiian Language and Hawaiian Studies
Chair, Academic Division
B.A. 1973, M.A. 1976, Ph.D. 1980, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

WISSMAN, BRIAN D. (CAS)
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.S. 2002, University of California, Davis
M.A 2004, University of California, Davis
Ph.D. 2007, University of California, Davis

WONG SMITH, HELEN (LIB)
Librarian II
B.A. 1986 University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
MLIS 1991 University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

WONGWIWATTHANANUKIT, SUPAKIT (CoP)
Assistant Professor
B.S., 1993, Prince of Songkia University
Pharm.D., 1998, University of Illinois at Chicago
Ph.D., 2001, Purdue University

WOODS, LEONARD (OSA)
Director, Upward Bound Programs
A.A., 1969, Grand Rapids Community College
B.A., 1971, University of Northern Michigan
M.A., 1975, University of Utah

WORCHEL, STEPHEN (CAS)
Chair and Professor of Psychology
B.A. 1967, University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D. 1971, Duke University

WRIGHT, ANTHONY D. (CoP)
Chair and Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
B.S. 1975, La Trobe University
Ph.D. 1988, James Cook University

YIN, JING (CAS)
Assistant Professor of Communication
B.A. 1997, Beijing Broadcasting Institute
M.A. 2000, University of New Mexico
Ph.D. 2003, Pennsylvania State University

YUDKO, ERROL B. (CAS)
Associate Professor of Psychology
B.S. 1991 University of California, Irvine
M.A. 1994, Ph.D. 1997 University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

ZULICH, JAN L. (CAS)
Professor of Education
B.S. 1972, M.S. 1973, Ph.D. 1983, Indiana University