Patricia Halagao Professor, Department & Graduate Chair
Interests: Filipino curriculum & pedagogy; Multicultural education; Social studies; Cultural & linguistic policy
Kimo Cashman Specialist
Interests: Aloha ʻĀina Education and Leadership, Hawaiian Education, Art Education, Storytelling, Teacher Leader, Teacher Professional Development
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.
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
Linda Furuto Professor of Mathematics Education
Interests: Mathematics achievement; Quantitative research methodology; Ethnomathematics; Access and equity
Julie Kaomea Professor
Interests: Decolonizing Research Methodologies; Native Hawaiian Education; Indigenous Education
Eomailani Kukahiko Specialist
Interests: Mathematics Education; Hawaiian Language Immersion Education; STEMM Education
Margaret Maaka Professor
Interests: Educational psychology/Indigenous educational psychology; Language and cognitive development; Multiliteracies; Educational policy; Indigenous development and advancement; Indigenous Leadership
Summer Maunakea Assistant Professor
Interests: Eco-justice Pedagogy; Indigenous Land-based Education; Research Methodologies; Dismantling Settler Colonial Perspectives of Place and Place-based Education; Culturally Relevant Evaluation & Assessment; Sustainability Education; ʻĀina-based Pedagogies
Tara O'Neill Professor
Interests: STEMS^2 Education, STEM Education, Multicultural Ed, Place-Based Ed, Secondary Science, Culture-Based Ed, equity, social justice
Amanda Smith Assistant Professor
Interests: Philosophy and Social Theory (particularly Poststructuralism & Feminist New Materialisms); Literacies; Qualitative Research Methods; Art, Making, and Visuality
Brooke Ward Taira Assistant Professor
Interests: Multicultural Education; Culturally Responsive Assessment; Migration and Literacy; Literacy Studies; Teacher Education
Deborah Zuercher Professor and Director of PACMED
Interests: Leadership, Admin and Policy; K12 Instruction and Teacher Preparation; Hawaiian and Place-based Educaiton; Technology and STEM; Multicultural and International Education
Jaime Lum STEMS^2 & ECE Educational Specialist
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