General Information

“I find the faculty and staff extremely supportive of graduate students. The classes are stimulating and challenging and blend theoretical perspectives with practical application.”
Denise Sugiyama, Master’s Student

The Educational Foundations is an interdisciplinary group of scholars who are committed to teaching, research, and the application of research to the field of education.

Graduate Faculty

• Hunter McEwan , Ph.D. —Professor, Chair of the Dept. of Educational Foundations at UHM and Graduate Chair. He is also editor of (Educational Perspectives), the Journal of the College of Education, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa. Dr. McEwan’s research interests include curriculum theory, instructional theory, philosophy of education.
  hunter@hawaii.edu
• David P. Ericson , Ph.D.—Rationality and education, moral and political education, philosophy of the social sciences, educational policy studies, and comparative international educational issues.
  ericson@hawaii.edu
• Victor N. Kobayashi , Ph.D. (Professor)—Comparative and international education, philosophy of education.
  victorko@hawaii.edu
• B. Jeannie Lum , Ph.D. (Associate Professor)—Philosophy of education; interdisciplinary studies in intentionality; philosophy of the human sciences; multicultural education; integrated curriculum.
  jlum@hawaii.edu
• Gay G. Reed , Ph.D. (Associate Professor)—Comparative education, multiculturalism, social and cultural foundations, values education, identity studies.
  ggreed@hawaii.edu
• Eileen H. Tamura , Ph.D. (Professor)—History of education (United States, Hawai‘i, Asian America, Ethnic & Minority Issues).
  etamura@hawaii.edu :: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~etamura
• Hannah M Tavares , Ph.D. (Assistant Professor)—Sociology of education (Critical Educational Studies, Cultural Studies).

Affiliate Graduate Faculty

• MaryAnne Raywid , Ph.D. —Educational policy, innovative schools and practice, school reform.
• Yoshimitsu Takei , Ph.D. —Sociology of education, comparative education (East Education), education and social stratification, minority groups, education in the U.S.

Emeriti Faculty

• Edward R. Beauchamp , Ph.D.—Comparative education (East Central Europe), history of education (American, East Asian, higher education).
• Mel Ezer , Ed.D.—Compensatory education, multicultural education, sociology.
• Royal T. Fruehling , Ed.D.—Anthropology of education, social change, social foundations of education, sociology of education.
• Robert E. Potter , Ed.D.—Higher education, history, social foundations.
• Ralph K. Stueber , Ph. D.—Community education, education in Hawai‘i, history, social foundation