Chancellor, University of Hawai‘i—West O‘ahu
Gene I. Awakuni
Gene Awakuni joined University of Hawai‘i as chief executive of the West O‘ahu campus in March 2005. He previously served as vice provost for student affairs at Stanford University, where he had joint oversight for a division of 650 staff members, and managed eight major departments at Columbia University, including dining, health, business and financial services; university bookstores; residence halls; the registrar’s office and student information systems.
He also served as vice president for student affairs and university advancement at Cal Poly Pomona, assistant vice chancellor for student academic services at University of California, Santa Barbara and director of the Counseling and Psychological Services Center at University of California, Irvine.
Awakuni earned his doctorate in counseling and consulting psychology at Harvard University.He received a master’s in clinical social work and a bachelor’s in political science from the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa.
A counseling psychologist, Awakuni has taught courses relating to the interaction of psychology and ethnicity and recently co-authored a book entitled Resistance to Multiculturalism: Issues and Interventions. He served as president of the national association Asian Pacific Americans in Higher Education. While at U.C. Irvine, he won a teaching award called My Last Lecture.
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University of Hawai‘i–West O‘ahu
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