"New Consciousness, New Knowledge" │UH Hilo Faculty Research & Scholarly Activity
Associate Professor Mandel is an expert in Human-In-the-Loop Artificial Intelligence, a data-driven process that improves models and algorithms through human intervention and contribution to create better and more accurate AI.
Professor Ippolito’s area of expertise is in new media art of Japan and China. Her research explores the nature of non-narrative interactive and performance art in today’s digital media realm.
Assistant Professor Meiser’s research areas are in food studies and the restaurant business, notably on violence and abuse in the workplace.
Professor Peter Mills’s areas of expertise are in archaeology, colonialism in the Pacific, stone tool analysis, and heritage management.
Associate Professor Dumanig’s research focuses on family language policy of Filipinos in Hawaiʻi, education and language in the Philippines, and caregivers’ interaction with elderly patients in adult residential care homes.
Professor Besio’s areas of expertise are in human geography with a focus on feminist geographies and qualitative research methods. She also investigates research ethics, home gardens, and local foods.
Associate Professor Simonov’s research addresses local challenges and concerns, contributing to the sustainable development of the island and state.
With an eye toward equity in action, Associate Professor of Education Martin’s research focuses on how policies and practices in education impede or facilitate the healthy social and emotional development and wellbeing of children and youth.
John Burns is a research scientist primarily studying coral health and disease with special focus on investigating the physiological impacts of disease on affected corals and how coral mortality affects the ecology and biology of coral reef ecosystems.
Professor Luangphinith’s area of expertise is in the literature of Hawaiʻi, but she is actively developing an expertise in local Korean history and oral histories of Hawaiʻi Island.
Assistant Professor Inouye’s research interests are two-fold: in teaching methods, and in examining how contextual boundary conditions like diversity, gender, or public policy affect the strategies of small business managers and owners.
Associate Professor Pacheco studies sexual and reproductive health, specifically, pelvic inflammatory disease, chlamydia, HIV/AIDS, and cesarean delivery rates.
Associate 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.
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.
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.
Professor Wiegner’s research focuses on microbial pollution from sewage. Specifically, she assesses the impact of humans on water quality in fresh and marine environments.
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.
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.
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 in Japan.
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.
