Faculty
Office of the Program Chair
JACSO, Peter - Professor and Chair
Specialty: Online Information Systems; Database Design and Evaluation;
Database Publishing; Digital Librarianship; Citation Indexing
Education: PhD 1979, Eötvös Loránd University of Sciences, School of
Law and Political Science, Budapest; MS 1984, International Computer Educational
& Information Center; MLIS 1994, University of Hawai'i
HARADA, Violet - Professor and Associate Chair
Specialty: School Library Management
Education: BEd 1964, University of Hawaii; MEd 1966, University of Hawaii; MLS 1976, University of Hawaii; EdD 1982, University of Hawaii.
SUGIMOTO, Wesley - Administrative Support
wesleysu@hawaii.edu
Faculty
ASATO, Noriko - Assistant Professor
Specialty: Japanese / Japanese American Print Cultures; Asian Librarianship; Censorship
Education: BEd 1980, University of the Ryukyus, Naha, Japan; MEd - Professional Development 1991, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire; MA-East Asian Studies 1993, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Ph.D. 1998, Purdue University.
BAIR-MUNDY, Donna - Instructor
Specialty: Information Systems
Education: BA 1972; MA 1988, UC San Diego; MLIS 1996, University of
Hawaii
GAZAN, Rich - Assistant Professor
Specialty: Social aspects of information technology
Education: BA 1987, University of California, Berkeley; MLIS 1998, University of Hawaii; PhD 2004, University of California, Los Angeles.
KNUTH, Rebecca
- Professor
Specialty: International Librarianship; History of Books and Libraries;
Children's Materials & Services
Education: BS 1971, University of Colorado; MA 1975, University of Northern Colorado; MLIS 1989, University of Hawaii; PhD 1995, Indiana University
NAHL, Diane -
Professor
Specialty: Information Technology Literacy; Human System Interaction
Education: BA 1976, University of Hawaii; MLS 1983, University of Hawai'i; PhD 1993, University of Hawai'i
QUIROGA, Luz - Assistant Professor
Specialty: Library Automation; Systems
Education: BSc 1971, Universidad Industrial de Sanander; MSc 1984,
Autonomous National University of Mexico; PhD 1999, Indiana University.
WERTHEIMER,
Andrew - Assistant Professor
Specialty: History of Libraries and Ethnic Print Cultures; Collection
Management; Archive and Library Management; Foundations; Reference Services;
Special Collections Librarianship; Bibliography
Education: BA 1993, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire; MLS 1995, Indiana University; PhD 2003, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Fall 2008 Faculty
Photo by Dr. Andrew Wertheimer
