Faculty & Staff - Master of Education in Teaching

College of EducationMaster of Education in Teaching

The faculty consists of professionally and academically qualified personnel, each with many years of experience in different aspects of teacher education. The backgrounds and experiences of the faculty complement each other so that the department can offer an innovative, high quality, well-respected, field based instructional teacher education program.

Two graduates wrote the following on a survey asking about experience in the program, “The faculty work very well with each other and they seem like family. They are all incredibly supportive!” and “The MEdT program’s biggest strength was the opportunities they have opened up for us. There were countless means of communication with professionals of all different experiences that shaped the way we learned and molded our educational practices.”

The extended MEdT community includes faculty, staff, and school and community partners. Keiko Knudson is the office manager. All official business should be referred to Ms. Knudson who will either be able to resolve the matter directly, or assist in resolving problems in the most expeditious way possible.

Jon Yoshioka Director

Interests: Teacher Education, Professional Development Schools, P-20 Partnerships, International Partnerships, Science Education

(808) 956-7989 jonyoshi@hawaii.edu

Keiko Knudson Office Manager

knudsonk@hawaii.edu

Kahea Faria Assistant Specialist

(808) 956-2889 kaheaf@hawaii.edu

Stephanie Furuta Associate Specialist

furutas@hawaii.edu

Jaime Kent Instructor

jaimemk2@hawaii.edu

Mischa Lenchanko Assistant Specialist

mischa@hawaii.edu

Aaron Levine Partnership and Placement Coordinator

Interests: teaching as a creative act; the teacher as actor ; P-20 partnerships; international partnerships; teacher education; the classroom as a performance space

(808) 956-0726 alevine@hawaii.edu

Patricia Massoth Instructor

Interests: Elementary Education; Rural Schools; Place-Based Pedagogies; Arts Integration; Literacy Across the Content/ Interdisciplinary Approaches

pmassoth@hawaii.edu