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Matsunaga Peace Institute Faculty & Staff

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David Bangert
Affiliate Faculty


Email: dbangert@hawaii.edu


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John Barkai
Affiliate Faculty


Email: barkai@hawaii.edu


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Bruce Barnes
Assoc Prof, Conflict Resolution

Interest(s): Mediation, ocean sports - surfing, windsurfing, volleyball. Snow skiing. Hawaiian music ( plays 12-string guitar) . Travel and training throughout the regions of Asia and Pacific Islands.
Email: bbarnes@hawaii.edu


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Joseph Campos
Affiliate Faculty


Email: camposj@hawaii.edu


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Ben Carroll
Affiliate Faculty


Email: carrollb@hawaii.edu


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Richard Chadwick

Interest(s): Life long learning, contributing to people's well being (their education, careers and as needed, mental and physical health). You put those two together and you span the social sciences, science in... read more >
Email: chadwick@hawaii.edu


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Susan Chandler

Interest(s): Social welfare policy, child welfare, health policy, poverty, family conferencing
Email: chandler@hawaii.edu


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David Chandler

Interest(s): The sociology of law, conflict analysis and resolution. A practicing mediator specializing in conflict resolution in higher education, family and divorce disputes.
Email: dchandle@hawaii.edu


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Louis Chang
Affiliate Faculty


Email: louchang@hawaii.edu


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Makena Coffman


Email: makenaka@hawaii.edu


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Karen Cross
Program Manager, Program on Conflict Resolution

Interest(s): Prevention, management, and resolution of public conflicts; environmental and public policy facilitation; process design for community building and improving civic life; and using dialogue and deliberation techniques to build understanding and common ground for public action.
Email: program@hawaii.edu


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Dolores Foley
Faculty

Interest(s): Promoting citizen deliberation of public policy issue increasing the connections between communities and the university.
Email: dolores@hawaii.edu


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Ha`aheo Guanson
Affiliate Faculty


Email: guanson@hawaii.edu


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Brien Hallett
Associate Professor

Interest(s): Political theory, theories of war and democracy, congressional war powers, sovereignty, human rights, and other issues in international law.
Email: bhallett@hawaii.edu


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Amy Hubbard
Affiliate Faculty


Email: aebesu@hawaii.edu


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Michael Jones
Affiliate Faculty


Email: jonesm@hawaii.edu


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Shani Jones

Interest(s): Dancing, eating food, meeting new people & being in the company of my family & friends.
Email: shanij@hawaii.edu


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George Kent


Email: kent@hawaii.edu


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Yutian Ling
Junior Researcher


Email: yutian@hawaii.edu


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Kem Lowry

Interest(s): Much of my research is interwoven with my professional practice and community service activities. One area of practice and research is coastal management. In the mid- 70’s, I directed a team of u... read more >
Email: lowry@hawaii.edu


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William Morrison

Interest(s): Digital Media, Surf, Gardening
Email: wrmorris@hawaii.edu


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Kahu Kaleo Patterson
Affiliate Faculty


Email: kaleip@hawaii.edu


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Carole Petersen
Interim Director, Matsunaga Institute for Peace & Visiting Professor, William S. Richardson School of Law

Interest(s): International human rights, equality and non-discrimination, women and the law, disability rights, migration and human rights, and academic freedom
Email: carolep@hawaii.edu


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Marina Piscolish
Affiliate Faculty


Email: marinap@hawaii.edu


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Laura Ruby
Affiliate Faculty


Email: lruby@hawaii.edu.


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Diane Sakai
Administrative Assistant

Interest(s): Education, health and human services
Email: dcsakai@hawaii.edu


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William Sharkey
Affiliate Faculty


Email: sharkey@hawaii.edu


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Leslie E. Sponsel

Interest(s): • Mainland Southeast Asia (Thailand) and Amazon (Venezuela) • Biodiversity studies in relation to cultural diversity through the approaches of the cultural ecology, historical ecology, political ecol... read more >
Email: sponsel@hawaii.edu


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Carolyn Stephenson

Interest(s): My major research is in three areas:  1) alternative international security systems, including mediation, sanctions, nonviolent action, and peacekeeping, 2) non-governmental organizations and Unit... read more >
Email: cstephen@hawaii.edu


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Jon Van Dyke
Affiliate Faculty


Email: jvandyke@hawaii.edu


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Claudia Wahl
Affiliate Faculty


Email: wahl@hawaii.edu


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Tracey Wiltgen
Affiliate Faculty


Email: wiltgen@hawaii.edu


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Chad Yasuda
Student Assistant


Email: chadyasu@hawaii.edu


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