Susan Jarvi, Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
The Jarvi laboratory investigates parasite influences on infectious disease. The lab team currently has two main areas of investigation: avian pathogens and rat lungworm disease.
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Larry Kimura, Associate Professor of Hawaiian Language
Associate Professor Kimura is the internationally renowned “grandfather” of Hawaiian language revitalization. His decades of work can be traced back to the conception of core foundational educational programs in the 1980s that launched the rebirth of the Hawaiian language.
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Norman Arancon, Associate Professor of Horticulture
Associate Professor Arancon pioneered research in the utilization of earthworm-worked soil amendments, referred to as vermicomposts, in increasing the growth, flowering and yields of plants.
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Maria Haws, Associate Professor of Aquaculture
Associate Professor Haws conducts applied research in industry development, technology transfer and student training. She also specializes in the fields of invertebrate biology, aquaculture and coastal management, and natural resources management policy.
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Jolene Sutton, Assistant Professor of Biology
Assistant Professor Sutton is using genomic information to protect the endangered Hawaiian crow. The genetic research helps answer many conservation management questions, an important component to making the best decisions possible based on good information.
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Li Tao, Assistant Professor of Biology
Assistant Professor Tao is investigating mechanisms of cell division to provide clues for cancer treatment. His ultimate goal is to find an effective way to cure cancer.
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Yoshiko Okuyama, Professor of Japanese Studies
Professor Okuyama is studying mythology, semiotics, and deaf studies. She also conducts research on deaf adolescents’ texting and has published a series of papers on the topic.
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Sarah Marusek, Professor of Political Science
Professor Marusek specializes in legal geography, legal semiotics, and constitutive legal theory within the disciplinary field of public law. She explores places and spaces to better understand law and legality.
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Tracy Wiegner, Professor of Marine Science
Professor Wiegner research focuses on microbial pollution from sewage. Specifically, she assesses the impact of humans on water quality in fresh and marine environments.
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Marcel Tsang, Professor of Agriculture (Retired)
Professor Tsang helped save Hawai‘i export market with innovative, non-chemical pest and pathogen treatments. He was part of a research team that received the 2010 Governor’s Award as State Team of the Year for developing hot water systems for disinfesting exports.
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Catherine Becker, Associate Professor of Communication
Associate Professor Becker examines the ways communication contributes to the transformation of organizational, cultural, or family systems. She was the first in academia to test Cultural Convergence Theory.
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Kathy Cooksey, Associate Professor of Astronomy
Associate Professor Cooksey is researching the large-scale gaseous structure in the universe. Her area of expertise is the intergalactic medium (IGM), the gas surrounding and between galaxies.
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