Charmaine Higa-McMillan, Professor of Psychology
Professor Higa-McMillan researches evidence-based practices for youth mental health. She specializes in anxiety and depression in, and mental health services for, children and adolescents.
James Juvik, Emeritus Professor of Geography
Professor Juvik researches tropical forest climate, hydrology, ecology, paleo-ecology and international wildlife conservation and ecological studies.
Mark Panek, Professor of English
Professor Panek has contributed significantly to the local canon with two peer-reviewed and award-winning works published by University of Hawaiʻi Press.
Jacquelyn Johnson, Emerita Professor of Drama
Professor Johnson is a performing artist who works with oral history, local drama and literature. Her most significant creative work is adaptations and performances of strong female historical figures of the Hawaiian islands.
William “Pila” Wilson, Professor of Hawaiian Language
Prof. Wilson researches ancient language pathways to and from Hawaiʻi. He is recognized internationally for his work in Hawaiian language revitalization, notably for providing pathways for other Indigenous groups to learn from the highly successful Hawaiian language revitalization work occurring in Hilo.
Michael Shintaku, Professor of Plant Pathology (Retired)
Professor Shintaku specializes in researching diseases of taro, ginger, and lettuce, all crops of the Hawai’i Island agricultural community.
Maria Haws, 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.
Kenneth Hon, Professor of Geology (Retired)
Professor Hon specializes in volcanology, petrology and mineralogy. His research interests concentrate on basaltic volcanoes in Hawai‘i and large ash-flow caldera eruptions.
Kimberly Furumo, Emerita Professor of Management Information Systems
Professor Furumo researches virtual work teams. Her research shows that it is harder to develop trust in virtual teams than in traditional face-to-face team settings.
B. Christopher Frueh, Professor of Psychology
Professor Frueh researches treatments for post traumatic stress disorder. He focuses on clinical trials, epidemiology, and mental health services relevant to innovative treatments and mental health service improvements for people with PTSD.
Ronald Amundson, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy
Professor Emeritus Amundson’s research into the way historians and philosophers view and respond to the history of evolutionary biology is internationally renown—his groundbreaking work is in the study of Evo-Devo.
Eric Im, Professor of Economics (Decd)
Professor Im’s primary interest was in quantitative economics. He specialized in transnational terrorism for which he established the internationally recognized benchmark for economic research.
Becky Ostertag, Professor of Biology
Professor Ostertag is a tropical forest ecologist whose research interests revolve around understanding the structure and function of Hawaiian lowland wet forests.
Michael Marshall, Professor of Art
Professor Marshall is an artist and educator with a focus on building community through his academic work and community service.
Dianqing Sun, Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Associate Professor Sun is investigating anti-cancer agents. His development of novel anti-TB agents may have the potential to overcome the cross resistance that occurs with current clinically used TB drugs.
Lorna Tsutsumi, Professor of Entomology (Retired)
Professor Lorna Tsutsumi specializes in honey bees in Hawaiʻi from hive to market to table.
Kerri Inglis, Professor of History
Professor Inglis has devoted her career to studying the history of leprosy in Hawai‘i with focus on the history of kama‘āina who lived on the peninsula of Kalaupapa, Molokai.
William Mautz, Professor of Biology (Retired)
Professor Mautz’s research interests are in animal physiological ecology and environmental toxicology. He studies the coqui frog invasion in Hawai‘i and lizards in California.
Jim Beets, Professor of Marine Science (Retired)
Professor of Marine Science Jim Beets studies coral reef community ecology and tropical marine fisheries. Notably, he has done important work on fish stocks and shark migration.
