General Inquiries

If you have a question or would like to give us feedback, please contact us at coetech@hawaii.edu

How to find us:

University of Hawaii
Wist Hall, Room 228
1776 University Ave.
Honolulu, HI 96734
Phone/Fax 808.956.2740

Administratives

Principal Investigators

Curtis P. Ho, Ph.D.

As a Faculty Member for the Educational Technology Department, College of Education, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Dr. Ho specializes in micro-computer, video technology and multimedia design. He has extensive experience in designing instructional programs for all levels of education and in private sectors. Contact Dr. Ho at curtis@hawaii.edu.

Catherine P. Fulford, Ph.D.

As a Faculty Member for the Educational Technology Department, College of Education, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Dr. Fulford has a background in instructional systems, including needs assessment, instructional development, media production and evaluation. She has extensive experience in management of instructional and training systems, with emphasis on text, audio, video and telecommunications media. Contact Dr. Fulford at fulford@hawaii.edu.

Project Director

Rachel Rivers, M.A.

Rachel Rivers is a recent graduate of the ESL masters program. She has taught both at the University of Hawaii and on the mainland. Rachel currently works as the LEI Aloha grant project Manager in the Department of Educational Technology. She is co-author of the Catalyst grant recently awarded (4.1 million) to the Educational Technology Department by the US Department of Education's Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to use Technology program. Contact Rachel at rrivers@hawaii.edu

Project Specialist

Diana Amundsen, B.A.

Ms. Amundsen has experience in secondary education, and research in New Zealand, UK and Japan. She works with the LEI ALoha Project team in matters of evaluation, supervision, operations and budget. Diana is currently working towards a Masters in Communications. Contact Diana at damundse@hawaii.edu

Outreach

Managers

Ariana Eichelberger, M.Ed.

Ms. Eichelberger received her Masters in Education from the University of Hawaii. Prior to joining the Lei Aloha project she was a manager at the Honolulu Academy of Arts. Contact Ms. Eichelberger at arianna@hawaii.edu

Leslie Arakaki, BS., M.Ed.

Leslie Arakaki, BS, Med. Ms. Arakaki received her Masters in Education from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She has been with the LEI Aloha Project from 1999 as a Technology Consultant. She has conducted many iMovie 2 and PowerPoint workshops over the past 2 years with College of Education faculty, staff, and students as well as K-12 teachers on Oahu and Maui. Contact Leslie at larakaki@hawaii.edu

Technology Mentoring

Clinton Iwami, Graduate Assistant Outreach

Edward Gose, Outreach Technology Mentor Assistant

Emily (Yi-Chun) Lin, Outreach Technology Mentor Assistant

Evaluation

Project Evaluator

Shuqiang Zhang, Ph.D.

As an Associate Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Dr. Zhang specialized in quantitative research methodology, statistics and second language acquisition. Contact Dr. Zhang at szhang@hawaii.edu.

Grant Muranaka, Graduate Assistant Evaluation

Digital Media Group

Manager

Gary Theal, B.A.A., M.Ed.

Mr. Theal has over 30 years of experience in educational and commercial radio and television, communication and technology. He has an equally extensive amount of experience in teaching elementary, secondary and post-secondary courses in the United States, Canada and the Middle East.Ç Contact Mr. Theal at gtheal@hawaii.edu

Digital Media Group

Gabe Hoeffken, Graduate Assistant, Video /Web Developer

Cheri Mardon, Video Developer

Maurice Radke, Graphic Designer