![image of Patricia Halagao](https://kudos.coe.hawaii.edu/attachments/kapa/persons/photos/000/000/033/original.jpg?1666137635)
Patricia Halagao Professor, Department & Graduate Chair
Interests: Filipino curriculum & pedagogy; Multicultural education; Social studies; Cultural & linguistic policy
![image of Kimo Cashman](https://kudos.coe.hawaii.edu/attachments/kapa/persons/photos/000/000/059/original.jpg?1564625098)
Kimo Cashman Specialist
Interests: Aloha ʻĀina Education and Leadership, Hawaiian Education, Art Education, Storytelling, Teacher Leader, Teacher Professional Development
![image of Pauline Chinn](https://kudos.coe.hawaii.edu/attachments/kapa/persons/photos/000/000/043/original.png?1567047470)
Pauline Chinn Professor
Interests: My research and instructional interests focus on place-based education with a focus on Hawaiʻi and the Pacific Islands, sustainability science, professional development and teacher leadership, Indigenou science education; and transdisciplinary, culturally sustaining curriculum development.
![image of Robyn Chun](https://kudos.coe.hawaii.edu/attachments/kapa/persons/photos/000/000/068/original.jpg?1564625119)
Robyn Chun Assistant Specialist
Interests: Early Childhood Higher Education and Professional Development Systems; Implications of Hawai'i's Indigenous and Local Culture on Professional Development and Teacher Preparation; Project Work in the Early Years
![image of Linda Furuto](https://kudos.coe.hawaii.edu/attachments/kapa/persons/photos/000/000/276/original.png?1567047546)
Linda Furuto Professor of Mathematics Education
Interests: Mathematics achievement; Quantitative research methodology; Ethnomathematics; Access and equity; ; STEM
![image of Julie Kaomea](https://kudos.coe.hawaii.edu/attachments/kapa/persons/photos/000/000/108/original.png?1567987421)
Julie Kaomea Professor
Interests: Decolonizing Research Methodologies; Native Hawaiian Education; Indigenous Education
![image of Eomailani Kukahiko](https://kudos.coe.hawaii.edu/attachments/kapa/persons/photos/000/000/003/original.jpg?1564625320)
Eomailani Kukahiko Specialist
Interests: Mathematics Education; Hawaiian Language Immersion Education; STEMM Education
![image of Margaret Maaka](https://kudos.coe.hawaii.edu/attachments/kapa/persons/photos/000/000/106/original.png?1570156674)
Margaret Maaka Professor
Interests: Educational psychology/Indigenous educational psychology; Language and cognitive development; Multiliteracies; Educational policy; Indigenous development and advancement; Indigenous Leadership
![image of Summer Maunakea](https://kudos.coe.hawaii.edu/attachments/kapa/persons/photos/000/000/253/original.png?1569357699)
Summer Maunakea Assistant Professor
Interests: Eco-justice Pedagogy; Research Methodologies; Dismantling Settler Colonial Perspectives of Place and Place-based Education; Culturally Relevant Evaluation & Assessment; Sustainability Education; ʻĀina-based Pedagogies; Indigenous Land-based Education
![image of Natalie Nimmer](https://kudos.coe.hawaii.edu/attachments/kapa/persons/photos/000/000/934/original.jpg?1695068437)
Natalie Nimmer Associate Director & Instructor, PACMED
Interests: Indigenous Learning Frameworks, Micronesia, Marshall Islands
![image of Tara O'Neill](https://kudos.coe.hawaii.edu/attachments/kapa/persons/photos/000/000/114/original.png?1567047621)
Tara O'Neill Professor
Interests: STEMS^2 Education, STEM Education, Multicultural Ed, Place-Based Ed, Secondary Science, Culture-Based Ed, equity, social justice
![image of Amanda Smith](https://kudos.coe.hawaii.edu/attachments/kapa/persons/photos/000/000/403/original.jpg?1564625249)
Amanda Smith Associate Professor of Literacy Education
Interests: Philosophy and Social Theory (particularly Poststructuralism & Feminist New Materialisms); Literacies; Qualitative Research Methods; Art, Making, and Visuality
![image of Kiyomi Umezawa](https://kudos.coe.hawaii.edu/attachments/kapa/persons/photos/000/000/956/original.jpg?1697756088)
Kiyomi Umezawa Assistant Professor
Interests: Place-Based Education; Anthropology of Education Policy; Bi/Multilingual Education; Early Childhood Education
![image of Brooke Ward Taira](https://kudos.coe.hawaii.edu/attachments/kapa/persons/photos/000/000/786/original.png?1567047669)
Brooke Ward Taira Assistant Professor
Interests: Migration and Literacy; Culturally Responsive Assessment; Literacy Studies; Teacher Education; Multicultural Education
![image of Deborah Zuercher](https://kudos.coe.hawaii.edu/attachments/kapa/persons/photos/000/000/083/original.jpg?1564625265)
Deborah Zuercher Professor and Director of PACMED
Interests: Hawaiian and Place-based Education; Multicultural and International Education; Technology and STEM; K12 Instruction and Teacher Preparation; Leadership, Admin and Policy
![image of Jaime Lum](https://kudos.coe.hawaii.edu/attachments/kapa/persons/photos/000/000/312/original.jpg?1697758382)
Jaime Lum STEMS^2 & ECE Educational Specialist
![image of Larson Ng](https://kudos.coe.hawaii.edu/attachments/kapa/persons/photos/000/000/094/original.jpg?1567722726)
Larson Ng Educational Specialist / Graduate Faculty
Interests: Island-Based Economics; Hawaiian Kingdom Public School System; Educational Leadership Professional Development; Renationalization Methodologies and Curriculum; Applied Econometric and Mixed Research Methods
![image of Joelle Takayama](https://kudos.coe.hawaii.edu/attachments/kapa/persons/photos/000/000/968/original.jpg?1697744685)
Joelle Takayama Academic Support Specialist