Core Faculty    Click on names for more information.
William R. Chapman, Professor
D.Phil Oxford University Historic Preservation
wchapman@hawaii.edu Moore Hall 308 (808) 956-8574

Hye Seung Chung, Assistant Professor
PhD University of California,
Los Angeles

Film and Television; Popular Culture; Feminist & Postcolonial Theories; Korea and the Cold War
Hye Seung Chung Moore Hall (808) 956-8570
Vernadette V. Gonzalez, Assistant Professor
PhD University of Calif-Berkeley American Empire; Tourism & Militarism; Gender & Sexuality; Ethnic & Cultural Studies
vvg@hawaii.edu Moore Hall 331 (808) 956-8587
Theodore S. Gonzalves, Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Chair
PhD University of Calif-Irvine Asian American Culture, History & Politics; Ethnic & Cultural Studies; Performing Arts
theo@hawaii.edu Moore Hall 333 (808) 956-8700

Mark I. Helbling, Professor
PhD University of Minnesota Cultural Theory, African American Studies, Literature
helbling@hawaii.edu Moore Hall 330 (808) 956-8247

James Oliver Horton, Professor
PhD Brandeis University Race, 19th Century Social History, Antebellum South, Slavery and the Civil War, Public History
johorton@hawaii.edu Moore Hall 303 (808) 956-8570

Lois E. Horton, Professor
PhD Brandeis University Race, Gender and Ethnicity, Urban History, Social Change
lhorton@hawaii.edu Moore Hall 303 (808) 956-8570

Karen Kosasa, Assistant Professor
PhD University of Rochester Visual and Cultural Studies, Museum Studies, Critical Pedagogy
kosasa@hawaii.edu Moore Hall 332 (808) 956-8676

Floyd W. Matson, Professor
PhD University of California at Berkeley Film and Popular Culture, Social Thought

Dennis M. Ogawa, Professor
PhD University of California at Los Angeles Intercultural and Japanese American Studies
dogawa@hawaii.edu Moore Hall 329 (808) 956-8685

Robert R. Perkinson, Assistant Professor and Graduate Chair
PhD Yale University Crime and Punishment, Southern and Western History, Race and Class, American Empire
perk@hawaii.edu Moore Hall 307 (808) 956-6599

David E. Stannard, Professor and Department Chair
PhD Yale University Social and Cultural History, Race and Racism, Theory and Method
stannard@hawaii.rr.com Moore Hall 302 (808) 956-8115

Mari Yoshihara, Associate Professor
PhD Brown University Colonialism and Orientalism, Women's and Gender Studies, Literary and Cultural Studies, U.S.-Asia Relations
myoshiha@hawaii.edu Moore Hall 305 (808) 956-8542