Education Department

Professors:

Jan Z.

Jan Zulich, Ph.D. (Dept. Chair)/Email: jzulich@hawaii.edu/Tel: 808-974-7585

Associates Professors:

Michele

Michele Ebersole, Ph.D.(Dept. Vice-Chair)/Email: mebersol@hawaii.edu/Tel: 808-933-0714

Diane

Diane Barrett, Ph.D./Email: diane.barrett@hawaii.edu/Tel: 808-974-7583

 

Assistant Professors:

Darius

Darius Kalvaitis, Ph.D./Email: dariusk@hawaii.edu/Tel: 808-974-7360

Avis

Avis Masuda, Ph.D./Email: ammasuda@hawaii.edu/Tel: 808-933-1162

Jan R.

Jan Ray, Ed.D./Email: janetray@hawaii.edu/Tel: 808-974-7749

Field Experience Coordinator/Instructor

Colby

Colby McNaughton, M.S./Email: ckearns@hawaii.edu/Tel: 808-974-7752

Program Advisor

Travis

Travis Nakayama, MPA/Email: travisn@hawaii.edu/Tel: 808-974-7748

Department Secretary

Madeline

Madeline Sehna/Email: sehna@hawaii.edu/Tel: 808-974-7582

 

The UHH Education Department provides preservice and inservice teachers with high quality, integrated, inquiry-and field-based professional development; serves as a resource to area educators who are meeting the challenges of teaching in a culturally rich, technologically advanced society; and conducts as well as guide action research to expand knowledge of teaching and learning. The Department offers a Teacher Education Program (TEP) which leads to initial licensure in the State of Hawaii, and a Master of Education Program (M.Ed.) for the professional development of inservice teachers.

The need for qualified teachers in Hawaii is constant. Shortage areas in the state include mathematics, science, vocational education, special education and Hawaiian Language, especially immersion programs.

Mission

The UH Hilo Education Department is dedicated to the holistic development of transformational educators who are committed to equity, empowerment, and a critical understanding of our world. The Department envisions its future as the heart of a learning community of caring, ethical, and creative people as faculty seek to fulfill the following mission: to promote the professionalization of teaching by providing and engaging in educational experiences that are holistic, empathic, artistic, rigorous, and transformational.