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Andrey Simonov, Associate Professor of Accounting

Posted on July 1, 2024February 4, 2025 by Staff

Associate Professor Simonov’s research addresses local challenges and concerns, contributing to the sustainable development of the island and state.

Business & Economics
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Margary Martin, Associate Professor of Education

Posted on June 28, 2024June 28, 2024 by Staff

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.

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John Burns, Associate Professor of Marine Science

Posted on June 27, 2024February 4, 2025 by Staff

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.

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Seri Luangphinith, Professor of English

Posted on June 26, 2024June 30, 2024 by Staff

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.

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Todd Inouye

Todd Inouye, Associcate Professor of Management

Posted on October 28, 2019July 24, 2024 by Staff

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.

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Misty Pacheco

Misty Pacheco, Professor of Kinesiology and Exercise Sciences

Posted on January 25, 2019February 4, 2025 by Staff

Associate Professor Pacheco studies sexual and reproductive health, specifically, pelvic inflammatory disease, chlamydia, HIV/AIDS, and cesarean delivery rates.

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Matthew Knope

Matthew Knope, Associate Professor of Biology

Posted on December 5, 2018March 17, 2025 by Staff

One of the main goals of Knope’s research program is integrating the way biologists study living organisms with the way fossil organisms are studied, so that direct comparisons can be made between the modern and the ancient.

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Li Tao

Li Tao, Associate Professor of Biology

Posted on April 26, 2016March 17, 2025 by Staff

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.

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Yoshiko Okuyama, Professor of Japanese Studies

Posted on October 30, 2015July 24, 2024 by Staff

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

Posted on October 14, 2015July 24, 2024 by Staff

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

Posted on March 19, 2015February 4, 2025 by Staff

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.

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Susan Jarvi, Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Posted on January 14, 2015March 17, 2025 by Staff

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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Marcel Tsang

Marcel Tsang, Professor of Agriculture (Retired)

Posted on October 21, 2014July 24, 2024 by Staff

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 with daughter Malia.

Catherine Becker, Associate Professor of Communication

Posted on October 17, 2014February 4, 2025 by Staff

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.

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Larry Kimura

Larry Kimura, Professor of Hawaiian Language

Posted on October 9, 2014July 24, 2024 by Staff

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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Kenith L. Simmons, Professor of English (Retired)

Posted on May 30, 2014July 24, 2024 by Staff

Professor Simmons is a poet who studies Shakespeare, teaches literature and film. She specializes in modern literature and film with her most recent research being on Shakespearean tragedy in performance.

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Lynn Morrison, Professor of Anthropology

Posted on April 25, 2014February 4, 2025 by Staff

Professor Morrison researches women’s health and domestic violence in Hilo. Recently, Prof. Morrison shifted her research interests toward the intersection of human health and animal welfare.

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Deborah Taira, Professor of Pharmacy Practice

Posted on April 24, 2014February 4, 2025 by Staff

Professor Juarez researches ethnic disparities in medication adherence. Her work also focuses on cost-effectiveness of cardiovascular interventions and health disparities, particularly involving Asian and Pacific Americans.

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Jiren Feng dances with cymbals and red scarves.

Jiren Feng, Associate Professor of Chinese Studies

Posted on April 23, 2014July 24, 2024 by Staff

Associate Professor Feng researches the interplay of Chinese architecture and literature. His research interests include the history of Chinese art and architecture and the transmission of technical knowledge.

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Randy Hirokawa, Professor of Communication

Posted on October 10, 2013July 24, 2024 by Staff

Professor Hirokawa’s scholarship has contributed to the development of a theory called the “functional perspective,” identified as one of the three most influential theories of small group communication.

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