Events & News
Latest happenings at the COE
Current and Upcoming Events
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2026 Graduate Student Research Symposium
Event Details: Join Us The Graduate Student Research Symposium ’26 (GSRS ’26) will take place on Saturday April 25, 2026 from 8:15am-1:15pm. This symposium will be an in-person event held at the UH College of Education. All UH College of Education Graduate Students and recent graduates (Summer/Fall 2025 grads) are invited to present at the GSRS ’26. You can present: Visit the…
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2026 GSRS Webinar #2: Developing Conference Posters and Presentations
Wed, Apr 1, 2026, 3:30 – 4:15 PM Event Details: Join us at this working session to get started or continue working on your GSRS ‘26 poster or oral presentation. We’ll share the GSRS Poster Guidelines and some best practices for presentations. During the session, you will have time to get started on your poster/presentation…
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Mar 31, 2026: UH Human Studies Program (HSP) and Hawai‘i DOE Research Approval Procedures
Event Details: Join us for an overview of the research approval processes for the UH Human Studies Program (HSP – the IRB) and the Hawai‘i Department of Education (HIDOE). This session is designed for faculty and graduate students engaged in human subjects research. Presenters: Kristin Bacon, UH HSP Manager, will share tips on How to…
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GSRS 2026 Webinar #1: Developing Conference Proposals
Event Details: Join us to learn more about the Graduate Student Research Symposium (GSRS ʻ26) and how to write a successful proposal for different types of professional conferences. Faculty will describe what a GSRS proposal includes and give you time to develop your proposal during the session. Come get started on your proposal or bring…
Research News Highlights
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COE Faculty Member Receives Outstanding Dissertation Award from AERA
Associate Professor Kekailoa Perry, of the UH Mānoa College of Education (COE) Department of Educational Foundations (EDEF), was selected for the Outstanding Dissertation Award by the American Educational Research Association (AERA). His work, Hulikua: Aloha ʻĀina Theory, ʻŌiwi Guerrilla Praxis, and Pedagogy of Refusal, is a critique of the state of higher education in Hawaiʻi. “This…
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COE Students Present at National Educational Research Meeting
The UH Mānoa College of Education (COE) Department of Educational Psychology (EDEP) had a large presence at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) annual meetings on April 7–12, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. Four COE doctoral students and a recent graduate of the EDEP MEd program presented their…
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COE Faculty Member Presents Research on Culturally Responsive ABA at University of Washington
Assistant Professor Marija Čolić, in the UH Mānoa College of Education Department of Special Education, was a visiting scholar at the University of Washington (UW) on April 4, 2026. Each year, UW selects one individual from the Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) field whose research is innovative, thought-provoking, and impactful to visit their program. In Čolić’s…
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New Book on Global Education Policy
Congratulations to Professor Brent Edwards for Best Edited Book award from the Globalization and Education Special Interest Group of the Comparative & International Education Society for 2026! The Global Education Policy Field: Theorization and Problematization This book challenges conventional approaches to global education policy (GEP) by exploring its often-overlooked onto-epistemic and religio-spiritual dimensions. Through eight thought-provoking chapters, leading scholars critically examine how…
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COE Professor and PhD Students Present at American Mathematical Society Meeting
UH Mānoa College of Education (COE) Professor of Mathematics Education Linda Furuto was chosen by the American Mathematical Society (AMS) to deliver this year’s prestigious Einstein Public Lecture at the AMS Spring Western Sectional Meeting at Boise State University on March 7–8, 2026. Furuto presented a keynote speech, titled Voyaging Toward Mathematical Unity Through Ethnomathematics, which provided insights about mathematics…
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Call for Proposals – Educational Perspectives Special Issue “Hawaiian Places of Learning”
We are pleased to announce the relaunch of Educational Perspectives, the Journal of the College of Education, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Our first issue will feature the theme “Hawaiian Places of Learning.” We invite proposals for articles with a diversity of perspectives on the multiple ways that kumu, haumāna, and kaiāulu across our pae…
Congratulations to our AY 2024-2025 Doctoral Graduates!
Tiffany Akiyama, Alicia Balcombe, Tierney Barcarse, Andrea Blackwell, Darian Brothers, Ashley Callahan, June Davids, Anita Huang, Francisco Jumawan, Warren Kawano, Jewel Mahoe, Jennifer Matayoshi, Sean Mosier, Koran Munafo, Wendell Perry, Michael Saunderson, LaJoya Shelly, Jennifer Solmirin, Megan Terawaki, Faith Vietti, Robin Watson, Lauren Wetzell, Chanel Wong, Yu-Chieh Wu
