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
hschung@hawaii.edu Moore Hall 334 (808) 956-8826
Vernadette V. Gonzalez, Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Chair
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, Associate Professor
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 324 (808) 956-8570

Lois E. Horton, Professor
PhD Brandeis University Race, Gender and Ethnicity, Urban History, Social Change
lhorton@hawaii.edu Moore Hall 324 (808) 956-8570

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


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, Associate 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

Kathleen M. Sands, Associate Professor
PhD Boston College Religion in America, Religion and Law, Women in Religion, Christian History, and Theory of Religion
kmsands@hawaii.edu Moore Hall 303 (808) 956-9093
 
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 306 (808) 956-8115

Mari Yoshihara, Professor
PhD Brown University U.S. Cultural History, U.S.-Asian Relations, Asian American Studies, Literary and Cultural Studies, Gender Studies
myoshiha@hawaii.edu Moore Hall 305 (808) 956-8542