College of Arts and Sciences Faculty
Humanities Division
- Celia Bardwell-Jones
- Professor and Chair of Philosophy
- B.A. 1994, University of Utah
- M.A. 2004, Ph.D. 2007, University of Oregon
- Catherine Becker
- 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
- Pamela Bond
- Instructor of English
- Leanne Day
- Associate Professor of English
- B.A. 2007, Scripps College
- M.A. 2012, Ph.D., University of Washington
- Francis Dumanig
- Associate Professor and Chair of English
- B.A. 1993, San Nicolas College
- M.A. 2002, Philippine Christian University
- Ph.D. 2010, University of Malaya
- Jiren Feng
- Associate Professor of Chinese
- B.S. 1986, M.S. 1989, Tsinghua University
- M.A. 1996, University of Pennsylvania
- M.A. 1999, Ph.D. 2006, Brown University
- Timothy Freeman
- Associate Professor of Philosophy
- B.A., 1980, Memphis State University
- M.A., 1983, Memphis State University
- Ph.D., 1995, University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Yoshiko Fukushima
- Professor of Performance Studies, Languages
- B.A. 1980, University of the Sacred Heart, Japan
- M.A. 1983, Graduate School of Waseda University, Japan
- Ed.M. 1991, Columbia University Teachers College
- Ph.D. 2000, New York University
- Jonathon Goebel
- Associate Professor and Chair of Art
- B.S., 2000, University of Southern Indiana
- M.F.A., 2003 Texas Tech University
- Ronald Gordon
- 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
- Andrew Grabar
- Professor of Art
- B.F.A. 1971, Carnegie-Mellon University
- M.F.A. 1983, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
- Randy Hirokawa
- Professor of Communication
- B.A. 1975, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
- M.A. 1977, Ph.D. 1980, University of Washington
- Masafumi Honda
- Associate Professor and Coordinator of Japanese Studies
- B.A. 1982, University of Kagoshima, Japan
- M.Ed. 1984, Ed.D. 1988, University of Georgia
- Jean Ippolito
- Professor of Art
- B.A. 1979, Arizona State University, Tempe
- M.A. 1985, University of Washington, Seattle
- Ph.D. 1994, Ohio State University, Columbus
- Patsy Y. Iwasaki
- Assistant Professor of English
- M.Ed. 2008, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
- B.A. 1986, Ph.D. 2021, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
- Rodney Jubilado
- Associate Professor of Filipino, Chair of Humanities Division
- B.A. University of Southeastern Philippines
- M.A., University of Philippines, Diliman
- Ph.D. 2010, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
- Kristi “Kea” Kapahua
- Instructor of Dance
- B.F.A 1990, Cornish College of the Arts
- M.F.A 1999, University of California- Irvine
- Christopher Lauer
- Professor of Philosophy
- B.A. 2001, University of California - Berkeley
- Ph.D. 2007, Penn State University
- Seri Luangphinith
- Professor of English
- B.A., 1991, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
- M.A. 1994, Ph.D. 2000, University of Oregon
- Michael Marshall
- Professor of Art
- B.F.A. 1975, University of Illinois
- M.F.A. 1977, Yale University
- Justina Mattos
- Associate Professor and Chair of Performing Arts
- B.A. 1990, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
- M.A. 1993, University of Oregon
- Ph.D. 2002, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
- Yoshitaka Miike
- Professor of Communication
- B.A. 1995 Kansai University of Foreign Studies
- M.A. 1998 Dokkyo University
- Ph.D. 2004 University of New Mexico
- Faith Mishina
- Professor of Spanish, Chair of Languages
- B.A. 1973, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
- M.A. 1983, M.A. 1995, Ph.D. 2008, Middlebury Language Schools
- Colby Miyose
- Assistant Professor of Communication
- B.A. 2013, M.A. 2015, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- Ph.D. 2021, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- Kirsten Mollegaard
- Professor of English
- B.A. 2002, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
- M.A. 2004, Ph.D. 2009, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
- Rayna Morel
- Associate Professor of Communication
- B.A. 2000, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
- M.A. 2003, Ed.D. 2017, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
- Yoshiko Okuyama
- Professor of Japanese
- B.A. 1985, Toyo University
- M.A. 1994, Ph.D. 2000, University of Arizona
- Mark Panek
- Professor of English
- B.A. 1990, Colby College
- M.A. 1999, Ph.D. 2004, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
- Lauri Sagle
- Instructor of English
- B.A. 1986, University of California, Santa Barbara
- M.A. 1992, Washington State University
- Dana Van Winkle
- Instructor of Communication
- Susan Wackerbarth
- Instructor of English
- B.A. 1986, Seattle Pacific University
- M.A. 1988, University of Washington
- M.F.A., 2012 Goddard College
- Jing Yin
- Professor and Chair of Communication
- B.A. 1997, Beijing Broadcasting Institute
- M.A. 2000, University of New Mexico
- Ph.D. 2003, Pennsylvania State University
Social Sciences Division
- Clint Anderson
- Assistant Professor of Education
- B.A. 2002, M.Ed. 2008, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
- Ed.D. 2014, University of Southern California
- Diane Barrett
- Professor of Education
- B.S. 1990, M.S. 1995, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
- Ph.D. 2004, Claremont Graduate University
- Kathryn Besio
- Professor and Chair of Geography and Environmental Science, Liberal Studies Coordinator
- B.A. 1987, University of California, San Diego
- M.A. 1996, Ph.D. 2001 University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
- Michael Bitter
- Dean, Professor of History
- B.A. 1988, Ph.D. 1999, University of Minnesota
- John Burnett
- Assistant Professor of Administration of Justice
- Michele Ebersole
- Professor of Education
- B.S. 1991, University of Oregon
- M.S. 1992, Ph.D. 2000, University of Arizona
- Bartley Frueh
- Professor of Psychology
- B.A. 1985, Kenyon College
- M.A. 1990, Ph.D. 1992, University of South Florida
- Joseph Genz
- Professor and Chair of Anthropology
- Ph.D. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
- Lindy Hern
- Associate Professor and Chair of Sociology
- B.A. 2003, Central Methodist University
- Ph.D. 2012, University of Missouri-Columbia
- Eric Heuer
- Associate Professor of Psychology
- B.S. 2003, Allegheny College
- Ph.D. 2010, Emory University
- Steven Herman
- Associate Professor of Psychology
- B.A. 1977, Reed College
- Ph.D. 1998, Stanford University
- Charmaine Higa-McMillan
- Professor of Psychology & Director of Counseling Psychology Master’s Program
- B.A. 1999, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
- M.A. 2001, Ph.D. 2004, University of Tulsa
- Kerri Inglis
- Professor and Chair of History
- B.A. 1993, Brigham Young University-Hawaiʻi
- M.A. 1995, University of Toronto
- Ph.D. 2004, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
- Tobias Irish
- Associate Professor of Education, Director, School of Education
- B.A. 1999, University of Guam
- M.Ed. 2008, University of Nevada Las Vegas
- Ph.D. 2012, Oregon State University
- Kathleen Kawelu
- Associate Professor of Anthropology
- B.A. 1994, Beloit College M.A. 1995
- Ph.D. 2007, University of California at Berkeley
- Bryan Kim
- Professor of Psychology and Chair of Division of Social Sciences
- B.Ed. 1992, M.Ed. 1995, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
- Ph.D. 2000, University of California, Santa Barbara
- Sunyoung Kim
- Professor of Psychology
- B.S. 1989, Seoul National University
- M.A. 1997, New School for Social Research
- Ph.D. 2004, Boston University
- Christopher Knudson
- Associate Professor of Geography
- Line-Noue Kruse
- Assistant Professor of Pacific History
- B.A. 1999, Brigham Young University-Hawaiʻi
- M.A. 2004, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- M.A. 2007, Ph.D. 2016, University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa
- Su-Mi Lee
- Professor of Political Science
- B.A. 1998, San Jose State University
- M.A. 2001, University of Missouri-Columbia
- Ph.D. 2013, University of Kentucky
- Diane Logan
- Assistant Professor of Psychology
- B.A. 2005, Evergreen State College
- M.S. 2007, Ph.D. 2013, University of Washington
- Sarah Marusek
- Professor and Chair of Political Science
- B.A. 1997, M.S. 2003, Ph.D. 2008, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- Margary Martin
- Associate Professor of Education
- B.A. University of Colorado at Boulder
- M.A. Lewis and Clark Colege
- Ph.D. New York University
- Judith McDonald
- Instructor of Education
- B.S., University of West Virginia
- M.Ed. 1999, University of North Carolina- Charlotte
- Ph.D. 2008, University of North Carolina- Greensboro
- Colby McNaughton
- Instructor of Education
- B.S. 2001, Gannon University
- M.S. 2008, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
- Ellen Meiser
- Assistant Professor of Sociology
- B.A. 2011, University of Alaska Anchorage
- M.A. 2014, Ph.D. 2021, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
- Peter Mills
- Professor of Anthropology, Program Chair Heritage Management
- B.A. 1984, University of Vermont
- M.A. 1987, Washington State University
- Ph.D. 1996, University of California, Berkeley
- Lynn Morrison
- Professor of Anthropology
- B.A. 1985, Trent University
- M.A. 1989, University of Toronto
- Ph.D. 1999, University of Toronto
- Alexander Nagurney
- Associate Professor of Psychology
- B.S. 1999, Carnegie Mellon University
- M.A. 2001, Ph.D. 2005, Arizona State University
- Alton Okinaka
- Associate Professor of Sociology
- B.A. 1979, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
- M.A. 1983, Ph.D. 1988, Indiana University
- Adam Pack
- Professor of Psychology
- B.A. 1985, Brandeis University
- M.A. 1988; Ph.D. 1994, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
- Ryan Perroy
- Professor of Geography and Environmental Science, Associate Program Chair of Tropical Conservation Biology and Environmental Science
- B.S. The College of William and Mary
- Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara
- Jonathan Price
- Professor of Geography, Program Chair of Tropical Conservation Biology and Environmental Science
- B.S. 1994, Ph.D. 2002, University of California, Davis
- Yucheng Qin
- Professor of History
- B.A. 1986, Xuzhou Normal University, China
- M.A. 1992, Peking University, China
- Ph.D., 2002, University of Iowa
- Janet Ray
- Professor of Education
- B.S. 1974, Central Michigan University
- M.A. 1991, Ed.D. 1996, United States International University
- Christopher Reichl
- Professor of Anthropology
- B.A. 1979, M.A. 1981, Ph.D. 1988, University of Iowa
- Michael Ryan
- Instructor of Sociology
- Michelle Shuey
- Instructor of Geography and Environmental Science
- B.A.E.S. 1994, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
- M.S. 1997, Clemson University
- Ph.D. 2003, Texas State University-San Marcos
- Han Na Suh
- Assistant Professor of Psychology
- B.A. 2006, M.A. 2009, Ewha Womans University
- Ph.D. 2018, University of Missouri
- Jennifer Turner
- Assistant Professor of Psychology
- Katherine Young
- Professor of Political Science and Chair of Administration of Justice
- B.A. 1997, M.A. 2000, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Ph.D. 2008, Colorado State University
- Errol Yudko
- Associate Professor and Chair of Psychology
- B.S. 1991 University of California, Irvine
- M.A. 1994, Ph.D. 1997 University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
