UH Hilo faculty honored for tenure and promotion

Faculty at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo who have received tenure and/or promotion this year were recognized at the 2016 Fall Welcome event Sept 28.

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Tenure and promotion

• Steven Colbert, Associate Professor of Marine Science.
• Armando Garcia-Ortega, Assistant Professor of Aquaculture.
• Kekoa Harman, Associate Professor of Hawaiian Studies and Hawaiian Language.
• Eric Heuer, Associate Professor of Psychology.
• Aaron Jacobs, Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
• Patricia Jusczak, Associate Specialist of Pharmacy Practice.
• Dana-Lynn Koomoa-Lange, Associate Professor of Pharmacy.
• Christopher Lauer, Associate Professor of Philosophy.
• Katherine Young, Associate Professor of Political Science.

Promotion

• Michael Bitter, Professor of History.
• Michele Ebersole, Professor of Education.
• Jiren Feng, Associate Professor of Chinese.
• Jonathon Goebel, Associate Professor of Art.
• Jean Ippolito, Professor of Art.
• Yoshiko Okuyama, Professor of Japanese.
• Adam Pack, Professor of Psychology.
• Janet Ray, Professor of Education.
• Deborah Taira, Professor of Pharmacy Practice.
• Supakit Wongwiwatthananukit, Professor of Pharmacy.