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Ethnic Studies Faculty

Dean Alegado, Ph.D.
Faculty
Interest(s): Dean has devoted most of 2006 and 2005 in producing "SINGGALOT: From Colonial Subjects and Nationals to Citizens." SINGGALOT consists of 30 panels (4' x 7' each), displaying historical images, ph... read more >
Email: alegado@hawaii.edu


Ibrahim Aoude, Ph. D., Political Science
Department Chair
Interest(s): Labor, housing, social movements, civil liberties, political economic development
Email: aoude@hawaii.edu


Monisha Das Gupta, PhD
Faculty

Email: dasgupta@hawaii.edu


Ulla Hasager, Ph.D. in Anthropology
Lecturer

Email: ulla@hawaii.edu


Pensri Ho,
Faculty
Interest(s): My primary research interests include comparative race theories, class, transnationalism, globalization, urban studies. Secondary research interests are in gender studies, visual anthropology, corporate anthropology, and museum studies.
Email: pensri@hawaii.edu


Marion Kelly,
Emeritus

Email: mkelly@hawaii.edu


Noel Kent, Ph.D Political Science
Faculty
Interest(s): As a member of the UHM Ethnic Studies Department back in the 1970s, Noel was involved in a series of community struggles against the state and corporations. Around 2000, he began to play an acti... read more >
Email: noelk@hawaii.edu


Roderick Labrador, Ph.D.
Faculty

Email: labrador@hawaii.edu


Edwin Lim,
Student Assistant

Email: limedwin@hawaii.edu


Davianna McGregor, PhD, 1989, UH-Manoa, Hawaiian/Pacific History
Faculty

Email: davianna@hawaii.edu


Jon Okamura, PhD, Anthropology, University of London
Faculty
Interest(s): Race and ethnic relations, ethnic inequality in Hawai'i, global Filipino diaspora, minority access to higher education.
Email: okamuraj@hawaii.edu


Lily Shao,
Student Assistant

Email: lilyshao@hawaii.edu


Nandita Sharma, Ph.D. University of Toronto
Faculty

Email: nsharma@hawaii.edu


Ty Tengan, Ph.D., Anthropology
Faculty
Interest(s): My broad interests include ethnic studies, cultural anthropology, indigenous theory and methodology, colonialism, nationalism, identity formation, gender, masculinities, and cultural politics in Hawai‘i and the Pacific.
Email: ttengan@hawaii.edu


Elisa White, PhD, University of California at Berkeley
Faculty

Email: ejwhite@hawaii.edu


Forrest Young,
Graduate Assistant

Email: forresty@hawaii.edu


Janette Yuasa,
Secretary

Email: jyuasa@hawaii.edu