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Jeffrey Ady
Associate Faculty


Email: jady@hawaii.edu


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Dean Alegado
Associate 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


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Ibrahim Aoude
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): Labor, housing, social movements, civil liberties, political economic development
Email: aoude@hawaii.edu


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Belinda Aquino
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): My research interests have focused on contemporary Philippine politics with particular reference to presidential leadership, U.S.-Philippine relations, development and local autonomy, women and cu... read more >
Email: lyndy@hawaii.edu


Charlene Baker
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): Concentration Area: Community and Culture. Policy interests: Housing and homelessness, domestic violence
Email: bakercha@hawaii.edu


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Bruce Barnes
Associate Faculty

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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Carl Bonham
Associate Faculty


Email: bonham@hawaii.edu


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Tom Brislin
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): Media Ethics; Film and Culture; Global Media.
Email: tbrislin@hawaii.edu


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Sun-Ki Chai
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): Social Theory: Culture and Rationality
Formal Modeling and Simulation
Development and Social Change
East Asia
Race and Ethnic Identity
Email: sunki@hawaii.edu


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Susan Chandler
Faculty

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


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David Chandler
Associate Faculty

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


S Charusheela
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): Gender and development/globalization, basic human needs policies, transnational labor rights, policy for children and family welfare, pay equity in U.S. and industrial countries.
Email: charu@hawaii.edu


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Meda Chesney Lind
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): Crime and Justice, youth delinquency, youth gangs, programs for youths at risk.
Email: meda@hawaii.edu


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Makena Coffman
Associate Faculty


Email: makenaka@hawaii.edu


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Karen Cross
Associate Faculty

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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James Dator
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): Futures studies (especially the design of new governance institutions [for space settlements, as well as Earth], and the futures of law, education, and technology); the political-economic futures of North America, East Asia, and the Pacific Islands; and the politics of media.
Email: dator@hawaii.edu


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Arnaud Dellis
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): Delays in the adoption of reforms; Collective decision making;Issue salience.
Email: adellis@hawaii.edu


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Mike Douglass
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): Urban and regional planning in Asia; globalization and local development; urban poverty and the environment; democratization and civic space; livable cities.
Email: michaeld@hawaii.edu


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Richard Dubanoski
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): Policies related to higher education, health and environment.
Email: dickd@hawaii.edu


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Peter Flachsbart
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): Transit-oriented development, neighborhood planning, environmental psychology, human exposure to air pollution
Email: flachsba@hawaii.edu


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Dolores Foley
Associate Faculty

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


Gary Fuller
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): Consequences of population growth (especially political stability), geography of fertility and fertility control.
Email: gfuller@hawaii.edu


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Byron Gangnes
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): Macroeconomic policy, international trade and investment policy.
Email: gangnes@hawaii.edu


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Thomas Giambelluca
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): Climatology; ecohydrology
Email: thomas@hawaii.edu


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Jonathan Goldberg-Hiller
Associate Faculty


Email: hiller@hawaii.edu


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Christopher Grandy
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): Areas of interest include economic policy analysis, economics of public institutions, and Hawaii economic issues.
Email: grandy@hawaii.edu


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Theresa Greaney
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): International trade policy, industrial policy, U.S.-Japan trade issues.
Email: greaney@hawaii.edu


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Bion Griffin
Emeritus

Interest(s): My interests: Elephants. Horses. Dogs. Foraging and pastoral societies. Forests. Cambodian protohistory. Southeast Asia. Culture Heritage Management. "When I was here I wanted to be there. Whe... read more >
Email: griffin@hawaii.edu


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Brien Hallett
Associate Faculty

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


Michael Hamnett
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): Coastal and ocean resource management, coral reef and fisheries management, disaster preparedness and hazard mitigation, climate variability and change, energy policy, and development in the Pacific Islands region.
Email: hamnett@hawaii.edu


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Katharina Heyer
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): I research the ways that rights language and rights practices are moving across national and ideological boundaries. I ask: how do rights travel? What medium do they travel by, and how are they tr... read more >
Email: heyer@hawaii.edu


Judith Inazu
Associate Faculty


Email: inazu@hawaii.edu


Katherine Irwin
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): delinquency, deviance, youth culture, drug use, ethnographic methods, race, class, gender
Email: kirwin@hawaii.edu


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David Johnson
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): Dogs and sports.
Email: davidjoh@hawaii.edu


Velma Kameoka
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): Clinical Psychology; Experimental Psychopathology
Email: velmak@hawaii.edu


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Gerald Kato
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): News media in politics and policy; civic engagement and political participation through the use of media.
Email: gkato@hawaii.edu


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Karl Kim
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): Loglinear modeling, categorical data analysis, probabilistic data linkage, distance learning, and disaster management and humanitarian assistance.
Email: karlk@hawaii.edu


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Denise Konan
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): International economics, energy, environment, sustainability
Email: konan@hawaii.edu


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Sankaran Krishna
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): My work so far has centered on nationalism, ethnic identity and conflict, identity politics, and postcolonial studies, located primarily around India and Sri Lanka. I am currently working on some ... read more >
Email: krishna@hawaii.edu


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Muthusami Kumaran
Faculty

Interest(s): Community development, civil rights issues and policies, deliberative democracy, and nonprofit management.
Email: kumaran@hawaii.edu


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Sally Kwak
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): Education, public finance
Email: kwaks@hawaii.edu


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Sumner La Croix
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): Japan/China economics, Hawaii economy, intellectual property rights, Asia airline industry.
Email: lacroix@hawaii.edu


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Chung Lee
Associate Faculty


Email: lchung@hawaii.edu


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Yean Ju Lee
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): Population aging; health and economic status of the elderly population in the U.S. and in East Asia; gender stratification and the health and economic status of women.
Email: yjlee@hawaii.edu


Nancy Lewis
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): Health, development, Pacific Islands.
Email: nlewis@hawaii.edu


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Kem Lowry
Associate Faculty

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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James Mak
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): The economics of travel and tourism.
Email: jmak@hawaii.edu


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Andrew Mason
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): Economic implications of demographic trends; social security and pension policy.
Email: amason@hawaii.edu


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Davianna McGregor
Associate Faculty


Email: davianna@hawaii.edu


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Neal Milner
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): My research and teaching is very much influenced by the law and social science field. Intellectually and professionally I am closer to the Law and Society Association than I am to any political sc... read more >
Email: milner@hawaii.edu


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Luciano Minerbi
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): Problem solving, linking human ecology, ethnography to planning. Sustainable development, land use planning and environmental management. Place based watershed and ahupuaa management, community ... read more >
Email: luciano@hawaii.edu


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Sharon Miyashiro
Faculty

Interest(s): Public policy; public administration/human resources development; community development; labor & employment law;
Email: sharonmi@hawaii.edu


Carol Murry
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): Health policy, public health, health disparities, international health, community partnerships, policy issues related to HIV and Leprosy.
Email: murry@hawaii.edu


Lawrence Nitz
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): My interests include American government; methodology; political economy; public policy; research methods; topics in political economy. I have conducted research on long-term care financing for th... read more >
Email: lnitz@hawaii.edu


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David Nixon
Faculty

Interest(s): Public Management and Law; American political institutions; Methodology; Specializing in political appointments.
Email: dnixon@hawaii.edu


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Ilan Noy
Associate Faculty


Email: noy@hawaii.edu


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Jon Okamura
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): Race and ethnic relations, ethnic inequality in Hawai'i, global Filipino diaspora, minority access to higher education.
Email: okamuraj@hawaii.edu


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Carole Petersen
Associate Faculty

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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Richard Pratt
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): Areas of interest are educational innovation and the design of learning environments, which started with the design of the PUBA Program; organizational diagnosis and reform for public organizations; political- economy; and globalization and public institutions.
Email: pratt@hawaii.edu


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Mark Ridgley
Associate Faculty


Email: ridgley@hawaii.edu


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Alison Rieser
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): Ocean policy and marine conservation.
Email: rieser@hawaii.edu


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Ira Rohter
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): My fields of interest include politics of Hawai`i, media and politics, Green philosophy, sustainable development, and alternative futures.
Email: irohter@hawaii.edu


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James Roumasset
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): Environmental policy, water resource policy, agricultural development policy and financial market development policies.
Email: jimr@hawaii.edu


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Gerard Russo
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): Applied microeconomics, health economics, health Policy
Email: russo@hawaii.edu


Ann Sakaguchi
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): Health policy, medical malpractice legislation, global health inequities, globalization and its impact on emerging and re-emerging diseases, public health aspects of disaster management planning.
Email: annsakag@hawaii.edu


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Diane Sakai
Administrative and Fiscal Support Specialist

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


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Jungmin Seo
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): Comparative politics; Nationalism; Chinese/Korean politics; Social theory.
Email: seoj@hawaii.edu


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James Spencer
Associate Faculty


Email: jhs@hawaii.edu


John Steffen
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): Concentration Areas: Clinical Studies
Email: sjohn@hawaii.edu


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Carolyn Stephenson
Associate Faculty

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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Karen Umemoto
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): Teaching and research in planning and governance in multicultural societies, race and ethnic relations, youth and urban violence, and community building.
Email: kumemoto@hawaii.edu


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Eldon Wegner
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): Issues of health care and issues of aging.
Email: wegner@hawaii.edu


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William Wood
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): Micronesia/Photography/Cooking
Email: dwwood@hawaii.edu


Yiyuan Xu
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): Shyness/social withdrawal; Aggression and peer victimization; Acculturation, ethnic identity, and adjustment of immigrant children; Peer relationship in varying cultural contexts
Email: yiyuan@hawaii.edu


Kate Zhou
Associate Faculty

Interest(s): My main research areas focus on political economy of East Asia, the dynamics of transition from central planning to markets, Chinese economic development, Chinese business, globalization in East Asia, comparative studies of businesses and Asian entrepreneurship.
Email: katezhou@hawaii.edu


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