Xu Di Chair
Interests: Educational Foundations, Philosophy, Multicultural and International educ., teacher education
Alexander Means Graduate Chair
Interests: Sociology of Education, Education Policy, Critical Theory, Urban Education, Political Economy, Learning, Work, and Technology, Cultural Studies, Social Movements
Marsha Ninomiya Office Manager
Interests: Ballroom dancing Traveling/Cruising
Baoyan Cheng Associate Professor
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
D. Brent Edwards Jr. Associate Professor
Interests: Global Education Policy; Global Governance of Education; Knowledge production and mobilization; International Organizations; Policy Borrowing and Traveling; Political Economy of Education Reform; Policy implementation (esp. decentralization/participation and market-based reforms)
Derek Taira Assistant Professor
Interests: cultural diversity in education; 20th century social and cultural American History; History of American Education; History of Education in Hawaiʻi; History of Territorial Hawaiʻi; Settler Colonialism; U.S. Education Policy
Hannah Tavares Associate Professor
Interests: Multiculturalism and education, philosophies of race and ethnicity, feminist theory and body politics, media and cultural studies, postfoundational research approaches to the educational world.;
Lori Ideta Affiliated Faculty
Keiichi Ogawa Affiliated Faculty
Interests: Economics of Education, Education Finance, Education Policy and Planning, Impact Evaluation, Comparative International Education