A. Kuʻulei Serna Chair
Interests: Teacher Education (Elem.); School Health/Health Education; Social and Cultural Contexts for Learning; Native Hawaiian well-being, education, and advancement.
Cherrie Aiona Junior Specialist
Chantelle Awana Instructor
Interests: Early childhood education ; Inclusion ; Teacher preparation ; Co-teaching
Sara Cook Professor
Interests: Evidence based practices, co-teaching/inclusion, teacher preparation
Sarah Fishstrom Assistant Professor
Interests: Reading difficulties and disabilities, evidence-based reading instruction/interventions, social emotional supports, effective instructional practices for emergent bilingual students.
Natalie Haggerty Assistant Professor
Interests: ; Early Literacy Reading Interventions, Mild to Moderate Learning Disabilities, Teacher Preparation
Rumi Heine Assistant Professor
Brian Kajiyama Instructor
Interests: Assistive technology, Universal Design for Learning, disability awareness, Heart of a Warrior scholarship; Student Council for Exceptional Children
Casey Keunhee Kim Assistant Professor
Interests: Culturally inclusive professional development, early childhood, autism, challenging behavior, social-emotional teaching practices, inclusion
Sarah King Assistant Professor
Interests: Mathematics Intervention ; Evidence-Based Practices; Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Mathematics Instruction
Steven Klein Junior Specialist
Rockey Knox Assistant Professor
Interests: Inclusive Practices; Neurodiversity; Teacher Education; Executive Function/ADHD
Paul Meng Assistant Professor
Interests: Reading instruction and intervention; Data-based decision making; Integrated academic and behavioral supports; Reading assessment; Racial equity in disciplinary and academic outcomes; Multi-tiered systems of support
Jennifer Ninci Associate Professor
Interests: Applied behavior analysis; Systems change; Early childhood education; Variables affecting motivation and engagement; Assessment and treatment of challenging behavior; Adaptive skill development and generalization; Validity in single-case research data analysis and aggregation; Applied behavior analysis supervision and consultation
Shawna Ortogero Assistant Professor
Interests: Special Education Teacher Preparation, English Learners
Linda Oshita Associate Specialist
Interests: special education teacher preparation, distance education advising
Kavita Rao Professor
Interests: Assistive and Instructional Technology; Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners; Universal Design for Learning (UDL); Online Learning; Inclusive Practices
Rachelle Reed Assistant Professor
Interests: Teacher preparation in Special Education; Teacher Preparation in Special Education
Michael Sheehey Assistant Specialist
Kevin Wilkins Instructor
Interests: Teacher Preparation; Data Based Instructional Practices, Acquiring Research-Supported Teaching Strategies for Application During Fieldwork
Marija Čolić Assistant Professor
Interests: Autism Spectrum Disorder; Quality of Life of Parents of Neurodivergent Children ; Stigma; Social Play