PhD in Education Faculty Directory
(http://www.hawaii.edu/coe/academic/phd/phd_faculty.html)
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
Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies, Full Status
– 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