D. Brent Edwards Jr. Chair
Interests: Policy implementation (esp. decentralization/participation and market-based reforms); Policy Borrowing and Traveling; International Organizations; Political Economy of Education Reform; Global Education Policy; Global Governance of Education; Knowledge production and mobilization
Baoyan Cheng Graduate Chair
Interests: Comparative/International Education with special interest in Chinese education; international student mobility; equity issues in higher education ; globalization and cultural issues in education; liberal arts education in the global context
Marsha Ninomiya Office Manager
Interests: Ballroom dancing Traveling/Cruising
Xu Di Professor
Interests: Educational Foundations, Philosophy, Multicultural and International educ., teacher education
Vara Mann Faculty
Interests: Multicultural education and cross-cultural studies
Alexander Means Associate Professor
Interests: Sociology of Education; Social Theory and Cultural Studies; Work, Media, and Technology; University Studies; Academic Freedom; Environmental Education; Critical Pedagogy; Social Movements
Kekailoa Perry Associate Professor
Interests: Aloha ʻĀina Theory, Guerrilla Intellectualism, Hulikua Refusal Pedagogies, Activist-scholarship, and Sovereignty.The Intersection of race and culture in education policy, emancipatory pedagogies centered on Kanaka ʻŌiwi refusal and Guerrilla Intellectualism.
Manca Sustarsic Faculty
Interests: International Education, Exchange Programs, Global Citizenship Education, Global Education Policy, Youth Development
Hannah Tavares Associate Professor
Interests: ; Multiculturalism and education, philosophies of race and ethnicity, feminist theory, and postfoundational research approaches to the educational world.
Steven Bell Affiliated Faculty
Akiko Hayashi Affiliated Faculty
Interests: Comparative Education, Social Emotional Development of Young Children, Qualitative Research Methods
Lori Ideta Affiliated Faculty
Keiichi Ogawa Affiliated Faculty
Interests: Economics of Education, Education Finance, Education Policy and Planning, Impact Evaluation, Comparative International Education
Puakea Staff