Faculty & Staff - Educational Administration, University of Hawaiʻi

EDEA Faculty

The faculty consists of educational professionals dedicated to teaching, research, and service that informs and enhances the work of K-12 and higher education institutions in the State, nation, and Pacific Region. The faculty is actively engaged in providing leadership within the College, University, and affiliated professional organizations.

Their collective professional experience provides for the delivery of a strong, integrated curriculum of professional preparation in leadership, student diversity and development, legal/fiscal issues, and research skills, as well as advanced doctoral seminars on current K-12 and postsecondary educational concerns and scholarship.

Marilou Matsuura Office Manager

(808) 956-7919 marylou4@hawaii.edu

Ethan Chang Assistant Professor

Interests: Collaborative Community-Based Research, Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, Organizations, Learning

change3@hawaii.edu

Walter Kahumoku Associate Professor

Interests: Indigenous and Hawaiian Culture Based Education, Public Policy impacting the education of Native learners, Indigenous-Aboriginal-Native Leadership, History of Education in Hawaiʻi, Indigenous-Aboriginal-Native Research Methodologies

(808) 956-4244 wk@hawaii.edu

Chris Lucas Associate Professor

Interests: Leadership theories and models, Professional development, Student affairs; Higher Education

(808) 956-4119 cmlucas@hawaii.edu

Nicole Reyes Associate Professor

Interests: Higher Education, Issues of Indigeneity, Faculty and Students of Color, Minority Serving Institutions, Qualitative Research Methods

reyesn4@hawaii.edu

Erin Kahunawaikaʻala Wright Associate Professor

Interests: Higher Education; Native Hawaiian Higher Educational Journeys, Indigenous Student Success

(808) 956-4116 ewright@hawaii.edu

Lori Ideta Affiliated Faculty

ideta@hawaii.edu