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PhD in Education Faculty Directory

PhD in Education Faculty who have full Graduate Faculty status may serve on a PhD in Education doctoral student’s dissertation committee. An associate member of the doctoral faculty can serve on a dissertation committee and can be an interim chair. A full member of the doctoral faculty can in addition serve as the dissertation chair.

Patricia Alvarez, PhD : palvarez@hawaii.edu
Curriculum Research & Development Group, Associate Status
– Educational Foundations, History

Andrea Bartlett, PhD : bartlett@hawaii.edu
Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies, Full Status
–Literacy

Ann S. Bayer, PhD : abayer@hawaii.edu
Educational Psychology, Full Status
–Literacy Collaborative-Apprenticeship, Learning Sociohistorical Psychology

Kathleen F. Berg, PhD : kberg@hawaii.edu
Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies, Associate Status
–Collaborative Learning

Rhonda S. Black, EdD : rblack@hawaii.edu
Special Education, Full Status
–Mental Retardation Transition, Students At Risk, Research Design

Paul Brandon, PhD : brandon@hawaii.edu
Curriculum Research & Development Group, Educational Psychology, Full Status
–Research and Evaluation

Dennis Chai, PhD : dxchai@hawaii.edu
Kinesiology and Leisure Science, Associate Status

Rebecca Cheema, EdD : cheema@hawaii.edu
Kinesiology and Leisure Science, Associate Status
–Training and Coaching

Pauline Chinn, EdD : chinn@hawaii.edu
Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies, Full Status
–Science and Multicultural Education, Indigenous Science Education

Darnell Cole, PhD : darnellc@hawaii.edu
Educational Administration, Associate Status
–Minorities in Higher Education, Faculty-Student Interaction, Learning and Cognition

Megan Conway, PhD : mconway@hawaii.edu
Special Education, Associate Status
–Transition, Post Secondary Education, Sensory Loss

Bryan Cook, PhD : bgcook@hawaii.edu
Special Education, Full Status
–Special Education

Joanne E. Cooper, PhD : jcooper@hawaii.edu
Educational Administration, Full Status
–Higher Education, Community College Curriculum, Leadership and Reflective Practice

Michael J. D’Andrea, EdD : michael@hawaii.edu
Counseling and Guidance, Full Status
–Developmental Counseling, Adolescent and Family Life, Counseling Diverse Populations, and Counseling Outreach

Judy A. Daniels, EdD : jdaniels@hawaii.edu
Counseling and Guidance, Full Status
–School Counseling, Development Counseling, Adolescent Counseling, Loss and Transition Counseling, Group Counseling, and Counseling Homeless Children

A.J. Dawson, PhD : dawsona@hawaii.edu
– Mathematics Education, Teacher Education

Paul D. Deering, PhD : deering@hawaii.edu
Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies, Full Status
–Curriculum and Instruction, Middle Level Education, Social Studies Education, Qualitative Research

Coop DeRenne, EdD : coop@hawaii.edu
Kinesiology and Leisure Science, Full Status
–Physical Education and Sports Science

Patricia J. Edelen-Smith, EdD : pates@hawaii.edu
Special Education, Full Status
–Mild/moderate Disabilities, Language/Cognitive Strategies, Transition, Collaboration

Ernestine K. Enomoto, EdD : enomotoe@hawaii.edu
Educational Administration, Associate Status
–Organization, Technology, Politics of Education

David P. Ericson, PhD : ericson@hawaii.edu
Educational Foundations, Full Status
–Philosophy of Education, Curriculum Theory, Study of Schooling

Stephanie S. Feeney, PhD : feeney@hawaii.edu
Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies, Full Status
–Early Childhood Education

Anne R. Freese, PhD : freese@hawaii.edu
Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies, Associate Status
– Teacher Cognition, Evaluation, Preservice Teacher Education and Narrative/Reflective Inquiry

Catherine Fulford, PhD : fulford@hawaii.edu
Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies, Full Status
– Educational Technology

Donna Grace, Associate Professor
Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies, Full Status
– Language Literacy, Media Studies, Early Childhood

Patricia E. Halagao, PhD : pespirit@hawaii.edu
Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies, Full Status
– Social Studies, Multicultural Education and Filipino History and Cultural Pedagogy

Ronald H. Heck, PhD : rheck@hawaii.edu
Educational Administration, Full Status
–Leadership and Governance, Organizational Theory, Policy

Norma Jean Hemphill-Stodden, PhD: nhemphil@hawaii.edu
Special Education, Associate Status
– Disability and Diversity, School-Based Supports

Ronald Hetzler, PhD : hetzler@hawaii.edu
Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies, Full Status
– Exercise Physiology with interest in body composition and metabolism

Kyoko Hijirida, EdD : hijirida@hawaii.edu
Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies, Full Status
– Japanese teaching methodology, curriculum theory and development, language teaching for special purposes

Richard T. Johnson, EdD : rich@hawaii.edu
Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies
– Early Childhood and Elementary Education

Curtis Ho, PhD : curtis@hawaii.edu
Educational Techonology, Associate Status
– Instructional Technology and Design

Ellen Hoffman, EdD : ehoffman@hawaii.edu
Educational Technology, Full Status
– Educational Technology

Sally Hood Cisar, PhD : cisar@hawaii.edu
Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies, Associate Status
– Second language education, bilingual education, teacher education

Amelia A. Jenkins, PhD : amelia@hawaii.edu
Special Education, Full Status
–Mild/moderate disabilities, content strategies/inclusive education, collaboration

Jean L. Johnson, PhD : jeanj@hawaii.edu
Special Education, Associate Status
– Early intervention, maternal and child health, interdisciplinary training

Richard T. Johnson, EdD : rich@hawaii.edu
Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies, Full Status
– Early Childhood and Elementary Education

Linda K. Johnsrud, PhD : johnsrud@hawaii.edu
Educational Administration, Full Status
–Higher education, academic governance and leadership, organizational theory, ethics

Megan Jones, PhD : meganj@hawaii.edu
Special Education, Associate Status
– Postsecondary supports, sensory impairment, assistive technology

Julie Kaomea, PhD : thirugna@hawaii.edu
Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies, Associate Status
– Native Hawaiian and indigenous issues in education, postcolonial theory

Iris F. Kimura, PhD : ikimura@hawaii.edu
Kinesiology and Leisure Science, Full Status

Irvin L. King, PhD : irvin@hawaii.edu
Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies, Full Status
–Mathematics education, supervision

Paul M. Kingery, PhD : pkingery@hawaii.edu
Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies, Full Status
– Health education

E. Barbara Klemm, EdD : klemm@hawaii.edu
Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies, Full Status
–Science education

Victor N. Kobayashi, PhD : vkobayashi@mail.summer.hawaii.edu
Educational Foundations, Full Status
–Comparative education, philosophy

Waldrut (Val) Krohn-Ching, MFA : vching@hawaii.edu
Curriculum Research & Development Group, Full Status
–Art education

Barbara M. Landau, EdD : blandau@hawaii.edu
Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies, Full Status
– Education law, equity in education, democratic classroom management practices

Paul G. LeMaieu, PhD
– State of Hawai‘i superintendent of schools, educational research methodology, statistical analysis, evaluations and measurement

B. Jeannie Lum, PhD : jlum@hawaii.edu
Educational Foundations, Full Status
–Philosophy of education, policy studies, social and cultural studies, human development, moral education

Margaret J. Maaka, PhD : marg@hawaii.edu
Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies, Full Status
–Developmental/cognitive psychology, language and literacy in education; multicultural education

Julienne K. Maeda, PhD : julienne@hawaii.edu
Kinesiology and Leisure Science, Full Status
– Early childhood/elementary physical education, elementary and adapted physical education, professional development of teachers

Stephen T. Marble, PhD : marble@hawaii.edu
Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies, Associate Status
– Teacher education, science education

Linda P. McCormick, PhD : mccormic@hawaii.edu
Special Education, Full Status
–Early education, communication disorders, behavioral disorders, severe disabilities

Dennis McDougall, EdD : mcdougal@hawaii.edu
Special Education, Full Status
–Behavioral self-control (self-management, self-monitoring), behavioral disorders/learning disabilities, inclusion/integration, applied behavior analysis, special education law

Hunter McEwan, PhD : hunter@hawaii.edu
Educational Foundations, Full Status
–Research on teaching, curriculum theory, secondary education

Paul B. McKimmy, EdD : mckimmy@hawaii.edu
Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies, Associate Status
– Policy and information technology solutions

Michael P. Menchaca, EdD : mikepm@hawaii.edu
Educational Technology, Associate Status
– Educational technology integration, online teaching and learning, multiculturalism and social justice, and communities of practice

K. Linda Menton, PhD : menton@hawaii.edu
Curriculum Research & Development Group, Full Status
–History of eduation, history of education in Hawai'i 19th century Hawaiian history

Nathan Murata, PhD : nmurata@hawaii.edu
Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies, Full Status
– General physical education pedagogy, adapted physical education, special education/transition and professional development

Mary Jo Noonan, PhD : noonan@hawaii.edu
Special Education, Full Status
–Moderate and severe disabiltiies, early intervention

Michael M. Omizo, PhD : omizo@hawaii.edu
Counseling and Guidance, Full Status
–Counseling children, research and evaluation, school counseling, career counseling

Cecily Ornelles, PhD : cecily@hawaii.edu
Special Education, Associate Status
– Mild/moderate disabilities, students at risk, integration of services, collaboration

Mary E. Pateman, HsD : mpateman@hawaii.edu
Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies, Full Status
–School and college health science

Neil A. Pateman, EdD : pateman@hawaii.edu
Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies, Full Status
–Mathematics education

Francis M. Pottenger, PhD : frankp@hawaii.edu
Curriculum Research & Development Group, Full Status
–Science education

Jan H. Prins, PhD : jprins@hawaii.edu
Kinesiology and Leisure Science, Full Status
–Physical education and exercise science

Gay G. Reed, PhD : ggreed@hawaii.edu
Educational Foundations, Full Status
–Social and cultural foundations, values and education, comparative education

Stacey E. Roberts, EdD : marlow@hawaii.edu
Educational Administration, Full Status
–Curriculum administration, policy, professional socialization, school administration

Michael Salzman, PhD : salzman@hawaii.edu
Counseling and Guidance, Associate Status
– Cross-cultural communication and counseling

Patricia Sheehy, PhD : sheehy@hawaii.edu
Special Education, Associate Status
– Mild, moderate, and severe disabilities, families, multicultural issues

T. Sileo, EdD : sileo@hawaii.edu
Special Education, Full Status
–Mild/moderate disabilities, multicultural education, family involvement, educational collaboration

Jim Skouge, EdD : jskouge@hawaii.edu
Special Education, Associate Status
– Exceptionalities, assistive technology and media

Helen B. Slaughter, EdD : slaughte@hawaii.edu
Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies, Full Status
–Language arts, literacy, qualitative research

Garnett J. Smith, EdD : garnett@hawaii.edu
Special Education, Full Status
– Interdisciplinary team development, transition, career vocational special education

Tom W. Speitel, PhD : speitel@hawaii.edu
Curriculum Research & Development Group, Full Status
–Computer communications, curriculum research and development, science curriculum research

Robert A. Stodden, PhD : stodden@hawaii.edu
Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies, Full Status
–Mental retardation, career/vocational special needs, adolescent/adult services

Clifton Tanabe, PhD : cstanabe@hawaii.edu
Educational Foundations, Associate Status
– Educational law and policy, philosophy of education

E. H. Tamura, PhD : etamura@hawaii.edu
Curriculum Research & Development Group, Full Status
–History of education, history of education in Hawai‘i, Asian-American history

Hannah Tavares, PhD : hannaht@hawaii.edu
Educational Foundations, Associate Status
– Developing a postcolonial study of education, feminist and multicultural approaches to the practice of education

Marilyn Taylor, EdD : mtaylor@hawaii.edu
Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies, Full Status
– Curriculum, middle school

Kenneth A. Tokuno, PhD : tokuno@hawaii.edu
Educational Administration, Associate Status
– Educational administration, assessment

Yuriko C. Wellington, PhD : ywelling@hawaii.edu
Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies, Associate Status
– Literacy, multicultural education, qualitative research

Teresa Whelley, EdD : whelley@hawaii.edu
Special Education, Associate Status
– Developmental disabilities, postsecondary education, transition

Betty Lou Williams, PhD : bettylou@hawaii.edu
Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies, Associate Status
– Art education, museum studies

Donald Young, EdD : young@hawaii.edu
Curriculum Research & Development Group, Full Status
–Science education

Joseph T. Zilliox, EdD : zilliox@hawaii.edu
Teacher Education and Curriculum, Associate Status
–Elementary mathematics