The faculty and staff at the Curriculum Studies department are dedicated to helping Hawai'i's educators continue in their quest to become life-long learners in field of education.
Main Office
Bartlett, Andrea , PhD
Department Chair, Professor, literacy, reading, language arts
Department of Curriculum Studies
University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
1776 University Ave, Everly 224
Honolulu, HI 96822
Phone: (808) 956-4403
Email: bartlett@hawaii.edu
Curriculum Studies Faculty
Bettencourt, Eomailani, MEd
Assistant Specialist, Hawaiian language immersion education, teacher education
Phone: (808) 956-8918
Email: eomai@hawaii.edu
Cashman, Kimo A., MEd
Assistant Specialist, Indigenous Education, Teacher Education, Visual Arts Education, Special Education
Phone: (808) 956-3370
Email: kcashman@hawaii.edu
Chinn, Pauline, EdD
Professor, elementary and secondary science education, culture and science studies
Phone: (808) 956-4411
Email: chinn@hawaii.edu
Website: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~chinn/
Cobb-Adams, Shane, MA
Assistant Specialist
Phone: (808) 956-4401
Email: scobbada@hawaii.edu
Website: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~scobbada/
Deering, Paul, PhD
Professor, social studies, middle school curriculum
Phone: (808) 956-9993
Email: deering@hawaii.edu
Website: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~deering/
Freese, Anne R., PhD
Specialist, elementary and secondary education, educational psychology Department of Curriculum Studies
Phone: (808) 956-3996
Email: freese@hawaii.edu
Furuta, Stephanie, MAT
Junior Specialist
Halagao, Patricia E., PhD
Associate Professor, social studies, multicultural education
Phone: (808) 956-9295
Email: phalagao@hawaii.edu
Kaomea, Julie, PhD
Associate Professor, elementary mathematics
Phone: (808) 956-3994
Email: julie.kaomea@hawaii.edu
Klemm, E. Barbara, EdD
Professor, Elementary and Secondary Science Education, Marine Science
Phone: (808) 956-3823
Email: klemm@hawaii.edu
Krug Jr., Gary (Kalehua), MEd
Assistant Specialist, Hawaiian language immersion education, teacher education
Phone: (808) 956-3866
Email: krug@hawaii.edu
Lenchanko, Kauaanuea, MEdT
Junior Specialist, indigenous education, curriculum development
Phone: (808) 956-4401
Email: mischa@hawaii.edu
Kukea Shultz, P. , MEd
Junior Specialist, Hawaiian language immersion education, teacher education
Maaka, Margaret J., PhD
Associate Professor, Indigenous education, language & cognition, research methodologies, teacher education
Phone: (808) 956-4230
Email: marg@hawaii.edu
O'Neill, Tara, PhD
Assistant Professor, Science Education
Pateman, Neil, EdD
Professor, Mathematics education
Phone: (808) 956-4413
Email: pateman@hawaii.edu
Schonleber, Nanette S.
Assistant Professor, Early Childhood Education
Email: schonleb@hawaii.edu
Website: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~schonleb/
Slaughter, Helen B, EdD
Professor, language arts, literacy, qualitative research, reading
Phone: (808) 956-4404
Email: slaughte@hawaii.edu
Website: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~slaughte/
Torralba, Jose A. (Tony), PhD
Assistant Professor, Mathematics Science and Technology Education
Phone: (808) 956-6517
Email: torralba@hawaii.edu
Website: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~torralba
Twomey, Sarah J, PhD
Assistant Professor, critical literacy, teacher education, poststructuralism, feminist theory, drama education
Phone: (808) 956-5898
Email: twomey@hawaii.edu
Website: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~twomey/
Williams, Betty Lou, PhD
Associate Professor, art education
Phone: (808) 956-4415
Email: bettylou@hawaii.edu
Yim, Christopher D
Junior Specialist, Hawaiian language immersion education, teacher education
Phone: (808) 956-4401
Email: cyim@hawaii.edu
Cooperating Graduate Faculty
Bayer, Ann S, PhD
Professor, reading, composition, collaborative learning
Department of Educational Psychology
Phone: (808) (808) 956-4385
Email: abayer@hawaii.edu
Black, Rhonda S., EdD
Professor, mental retardation transition, stucents at risk, research design
Department of Special Education
Phone: (808) 956-2367
Email: rblack@hawaii.edu
Website: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~rblack/
Davidson, Dana H, PhD
Professor, child development, early childhood education
Department of Family and Consumer Science
Phone: (808) 956-7722
Email: ddavidso@hawaii.edu
Website: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~ddavidso/
Dawson, Alexander (Sandy), PhD
Professor, elementary & middle level mathematics education Institute for Teacher Education
Phone: (808) 956-4410
Email: dawsona@hawaii.edu
Debaryshe, Barbara, PhD
Associate Specialist, educational measurement, early childhood
Center on the Family
Phone: (808) 956-4140
Email: debarysh@hawaii.edu
Website: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~debarysh/
Ericson David P., PhD
Professor, philosophy of education, educational policy
Department of Educational Foundations
Phone: (808) 956-4243
Email: ericson@hawaii.edu
Website: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~ericson/
Grace, Donna J., EdD
Professor, language, literacy, media studies, early childhood
Phone: (808) 956-7877
Email: dgrace@hawaii.edu
Herring, Jennifer, EdD
Associate Specialist, art education
Phone: (808) 956-4409
Email: herring@hawaii.edu
Hetzler, Ronald K. PhD,
FACSM Graduate Chairperson Associate Professor, Health/Exercise Science & Lifestyle Management
Department of Kinesiology & Leisure Science
Phone: (808) 956-3802
Email: hetzler@hawaii.ed
Hijirida, Kyoko , EdD
Professor, Japanese teaching methodology, curriculum theory & development
Phone: (808) 956-2063
Email: hijirida@hawaii.edu
Website: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~hijirida/
Johnson, Richard T , EdD
Professor, elementary and early childhood education
Phone: (808) 956-4414
Email: rich@hawaii.edu
Kawakami, Alice J PhD
Associate Professor, educational psychology
Phone: (808) 956-4245
Email: alicek@hawaii.edu
Website: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~alicek/
Kessler, Cristy, PhD
Assistant Professor, social studies education
Phone: (808) 956-4408
Email: ckessler@hawaii.edu
Kimura, Iris F., PhD,
ATC, PT Department Chairperson and Professor, Athletic Training
Department of Kinesiology & Leisure Science
Phone: (808) 956-3797
Email: ikimura@hawaii.edu
King, Irvin L, PhD
Secondary Program Chair, Professor, mathematics education, supervision
Institute for Teacher Education
Phone: (808) 956-4405
Email: irvin@hawaii.edu
Krohn-Ching, Waldtraut, MFA
Professor, art education
Curriculum Research & Development Group
Phone: (808) 956-4941
Email: vching@hawaii.edu
Landau, Barbara, PhD
Associate Professor, education law, equity in education, democratic classroom management
Institute for Teacher Education
Phone: (808) 956-0724
Email: blandau@hawaii.edu
Website: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~blandau/
Martini, Mary I PhD
Professor, parenting and family relationships across cultures
Family and Consumer Science
Phone: (808) 956-4401
Email: martini@hawaii.edu
McEwan, Hunter T., PhD
Chair of Educational Foundations, Professor, curriculum theory, philosophy of teaching
Educational Foundations
Phone: (808) 956-4242
Email: hunter@hawaii.edu
Website: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~hunter/
Moniz, Jeffrey, PhD
Assistant Professor, multicultural education
Institute for Teacher Education
Phone: (808) 956-9679
Email: jmoniz@hawaii.edu
Website: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~jmoniz/
Murata, Nathan M., PhD,
CAPE Associate Professor, Physical Education
Department of Kinesiology & Leisure Science
Phone: (808) 956-4714
Email: nmurata@hawaii.edu
Nowak, Rhonda, PhD
Assistant Professor, elementary language, literacy
Institute for Teacher Education
Phone: (808) 956-5359
Email: rnowak@hawaii.edu
Website: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~rnowak
Pateman, Mary E (Beth), HSD-MPH
Interim Associate Dean, Professor, health education
College of Education Dean's Office
Phone: (808) 956-7704
Email: mpateman@hawaii.edu
Prins, Jan H. PhD
Associate Professor, Exercise Physiology
Department of Kinesiology & Leisure Science
Phone: (808) 956-4844
Email: jprins@hawaii.edu
Roberts, Stacey B, EdD
Associate Professor, curriculum administration, policy, professional socialization, school administration
Department of Educational Administration
Phone: (808) 956-4119
Email: sroberts@hawaii.edu
Serna, Alethea (Kuulei), PhD
Assistant Professor, school health education
Institute for Teacher Education
Phone: (808) 956-4412
Email: kserna@hawaii.edu
Skouge, James “Jim,” PhD
Associate Professor, exceptionalities
Department of Special Education
Phone: (808) 956-7078
Email: jskouge@hawaii.edu
Speitel, Thomas, PhD
Professor, science curriculum research & development, computer communications
Curriculum Research & Development Group
Phone: (808) 956-4401
Email: speitel@hawaii.edu
Stodden, Robert A, PhD
Director, Professor, mental retardation, career/vocational special education
Center on Disability Studies
Phone: (808) 956-9199
Email: stodden@hawaii.edu
Taylor, Marilyn J, PhD
Associate Professor, middle level and secondary language arts
Institute for Teacher Education
Phone: (808) 956-8882
Email: mjtaylor@hawaii.edu
Walton, Frank C, PhD
Specialist, technology education and vocational education
Institute for Teacher Education
Phone: (808) 956-7908
Email: franwal@hawaii.edu
Website: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~franwal/
Wong, Laiana, PhD
Assistant Professor, Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language, Hawaiian language, Indigenous worldview, linguistics
Phone: (808) 956-6419
Email: kwong@hawaii.edu
Young, Donald B, EdD
Interim Associate Dean, Professor, science education
College of Education Dean's Office
Phone: (808) 956-7961
Email: young@hawaii.edu
Zilliox, Joseph, EdD
Professor, elementary & middle level mathematics education
Phone: (808) 956-5358
Email: zilliox@hawaii.edu
Emeritus
Feeney, Stephanie, PhD
Professor, Early Childhood education
Picard, Anthony, PhD
Professor, Mathematics education
Whitman, Nancy, PhD
Professor, Mathematics education