Nahiku Archives - College of Education, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Sign-in Opens –8:15am HST

Opening Session & Welcome 8:45am–9:00am HST

Presentation Session I 9:10am–10:20am HST

Wist Hall 129 9:10am–10:20am HST

Faculty Reviewer: TBD | Room Moderator: TBD

Hawaiʻi Education Research Network (HERN): Facilitating Capacity Building and Systems Change through Research-Practice Partnerships

Oral Presentation

Carl Francis Moog

“It’s not a Choice. It’s a Kuleana:” Rethinking Teacher Retention through the Eyes of Homegrown Educators

Oral Presentation

Lydia Saffery

JET Professional Learning Community: Informing Professional Development

Oral Presentation

Joseph Peters

Wist Hall 130 9:10am–10:20am HST

Faculty Reviewer: TBD | Room Moderator: TBD

Designing for Implicit Interactional Feedback: A Game-Based Approach to Asynchronous Language Learning

Oral Presentation

Justin Quezon

FlourishED: Stress Management and Well-Being Strategies for Preservice Teachers

Oral Presentation

Justice Kanaulu

LIBI: A Game about Indonesian Affixes for Foreign Language Users

Oral Presentation

Ruadhán Hughes

Wist Hall 131 9:10am–10:20am HST

Faculty Reviewer: TBD | Room Moderator: TBD

Searching for What School Left Out: Colonial Schooling and Intergenerational Educational Experiences in Hawaiʻi

Oral Presentation

Kristi Desuacido

The Engine Mathematics: Understanding Mathematics’ Abundant Cognitive, Psychological, and Ecological Purpose

Oral Presentation

Joseph Manfre

Pakasaritaan: Storying Filipino Survivor Persistence in Higher Education

Oral Presentation

Leslie Cabingabang

Laulima A (Lima A) 9:10am–10:20am HST

Faculty Reviewer: TBD | Room Moderator: TBD

Engaging All Learners: The Impact of MLL Strategies in Elementary Classrooms

Oral Presentation

Freedom Fallin

Integrating Social-Emotional Learning to Support First Graders’ Engagement in Mathematics

Oral Presentation

Amber Chu

A REFLECTIVE SELF-STUDY ON ʻŌLELO HAWAIʻI AND TEACHER IDENTITY

Oral Presentation

Mckenna Chang

Laulima B (Lima B) 9:10am–10:20am HST

Faculty Reviewer: TBD | Room Moderator: TBD

Making Sense Through Discussion: How Turn-And-Talk Supports Middle School Science Learning

Oral Presentation

Luke Fia

A Self Study of a Novice Teacher Teaching Implementing a Third Grade Place-Based Learning STEM Learning Project

Oral Presentation

Aidan McCarty

The Effect of Scaffolding and Differentiation Teaching Strategies Focused On Building Students’ Math Efficacy On Learning Math Engagement of 8th Grade Students

Oral Presentation

Hien Ha

Ku‘ono‘ono A (Ono A) 9:10am–10:20am HST

Faculty Reviewer: TBD | Room Moderator: TBD

Examining the effects of building student-teacher rapport on student motivation in secondary science learning

Oral Presentation

Anthony Banda

“I paʻa i kona kupuna ʻaʻole kākou e puka” Had our ancestors died in bearing our grandparent, we would not have come forth.

Oral Presentation

Chavella Espinosa-Ramos

Incorporating Daily ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi Routines in a Fifth-Grade Classroom: A Self-Study of Engagement and Relational Classroom Management

Oral Presentation

Mary Davis

Ku‘ono‘ono B (Ono B) 9:10am–10:20am HST

Faculty Reviewer: TBD | Room Moderator: TBD

Ike ia ka Lahui o ke Kanaka ma Kana Olelo

Oral Presentation

Keokapukoa Kaohelaulii

Nā Leo o Nā Kupuna: Ka Hoʻohana ʻAna i Ke Mele Hawaiʻi Ma Ke ʻAno He Kahua E Aʻo Aku Ai

Oral Presentation

Tiana Keopuhiwa

He Pua Lei Au na Kahelelani: Ka Hoomau Ana i ka Leo Ao o Na Kupuna

Oral Presentation

Rosemary Keamoai-Strickland

Makawalu 9:10am–11:40am HST

Special Session: Curriculum Studies Hawai’i-Pasifika Education (Oral Presentations)

If Can, Can. If No Can, Still Can: The Risks, Protections, and Resilience of Emerging Adults from Hawaiʻi Public Schools

Oral Presentation

Lance Namihira

Finding Pu‘uhonua: Assessing the Efficacy of Indigenous Education within Hawai‘i’s Carceral Institutions

Oral Presentation

Miki Cook

He Nanea No Ka Lawaiʻa Kole

Oral Presentation

Jeffrey Chun-Lum

ʻIke and Indigenous Overachieving: Student empowerment through Hawaiian Studies at BYU-Hawaiʻi

Oral Presentation

Keanupōhina Manoa

Restoring ʻĀina and Kānaka Health: Education, Food Sovereignty, and Cultural Renewal

Oral Presentation

Janelle ʻĀnela Matsuura

Special Session: Curriculum Studies Hawai’i-Pasifika Education (Oral Presentations)

A Drug Dealer’s Daughter to Daughter of Madre Tierra: Autoethnography of Healing and Place-Based Learning

Oral Presentation

Amanda Ponce

Reconnecting Through Place: Exploring Okinawa’s Shima-based Education as Indigenous and Decolonial Practice

Oral Presentation

Hatsuho Kinjo

Ke kālai aʻo ʻenehana ma ke kaiapuni: A Professional Development Model for Kaiapuni Teachers

Oral Presentation

Keʻalohi Foster

ke ola o ka olelo i kauhale

Oral Presentation

Christian Tabor

Nahiku 9:10am–11:40am HST

Educational Psychology Special Session

Preschool as Equalizer? Long-Term K–5 Growth When Controlling for Race, SES, and Language

Oral Presentation

Hansuh Seo

Exploring First-Generation Filipino Students’ Postsecondary Motivations to Attend the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa

Oral Presentation

Dazhaelen Billete

Measuring the 5Cs: IRT Validation of the Academic PYD Short Scale (A-PYD5)

Oral Presentation

Renz Louis Montano

Educational Psychology Special Session

Examining Grade 3 Academic Outcomes in Hawai’i Before and After a Change in the Minimum School Starting Age

Oral Presentation

Sean Richardson

Achievement Goals as Pathways Between Academic Perfectionism and Psychological Distress Among Filipino Secondary Students

Oral Presentation

Renz Louis Montano

Beyond Access: Ecological Inequities Shaping College Students’ Generative AI Use

Oral Presentation

Sohyeon Lee

Presentation Session II 10:30am–11:40am HST

Wist Hall 129 10:30am–11:40am HST

Faculty Reviewer: TBD | Room Moderator: TBD

Navigating Racially Pluralistic Societies as Graduates of a Southern Segregation Academy: A Phenomenological Case Study

Oral Presentation

Betsie Cutrer

Parents as Adult Learners in Family–School Partnerships

Oral Presentation

Akie Kozuka

Beyond the Autonomous Individual: Liberalism, Relationality, and Human Rights Education

Oral Presentation

James Parker

Wist Hall 131 10:30am–11:40am HST

Faculty Reviewer: TBD | Room Moderator: TBD

Plan A: Expanding Access to Kinesiology: Student Engagement and Perceptions in a Culturally Grounded Introduction Course

Oral Presentation

Kiana Fuller

Aquatic Safety Education for Elementary Students: A Systematic Review to Inform School-Based Drowning Prevention Education

Oral Presentation

Karl-Richard Hennebach

Functional PCA and Clustering Comparison for Identifying Distinctive Gait Phases in Post-ACLR Running Waveforms

Oral Presentation

Jingyu Hu

Laulima (Lima A) 10:30am–11:40am HST

Faculty Reviewer: TBD | Room Moderator: TBD

Civic Engagement Through Historical Inquiry

Oral Presentation

Quinn Griffiths

The use of the gender-complex model of education in a teacher preparation program

Oral Presentation

Yasaman Ford

Tapping Out Stress: Jiu-Jitsu’s Effect on Teacher Resilience

Oral Presentation

Teana Motoyama

Laulima B (Lima B) 10:30am–11:40am HST

Faculty Reviewer: TBD | Room Moderator: TBD

Development of Student Understanding of Generative AI as an Artist Tool

Oral Presentation

Shawna Vanapruks

Self Perception Impacts of Math Stereotypes on Accelerated 7th and 8th Grade Math Students

Oral Presentation

Allison Roeder

Empathy in the Eras

Oral Presentation

Trinity Oshiro

Ku‘ono‘ono A (Ono A) 10:30am–11:40am HST

Faculty Reviewer: TBD | Room Moderator: TBD

Perceived Impacts of Brief, Teacher-Led Meditation on Student Stress Regulation, Focus, and Physiological Awareness in a High School Classroom

Oral Presentation

Michelle Rincon

Signs of Learning: A Self-Study on Integrating Japanese Sign Language in a High School Japanese Classroom in Hawaii

Oral Presentation

Kelsi Watanabe

The Balancing Act: Early-Career Teachers Navigating Full-Time Teaching and Graduate Study

Oral Presentation

Marie Eriel Hobro

Ku‘ono‘ono B (Ono B) 10:30am–11:40am HST

Faculty Reviewer: TBD | Room Moderator: TBD

Ma Ka Hana Ka ‘Ike: Ka Mana‘o O Nā Kumu Pilikanaka Kaiapuni No Ka Project-Based Learning I Loko O Ke A‘o ‘Ana A Me Ka Hopena I Mana‘o ‘Ia Ma O Ke Komo ‘Ana O Nā Haumāna

Oral Presentation

Kamūaliʻi Estrada

An Action Research Study on the Role of Place-Based Learning in Fostering Ninth-Grade Students’ Sense of Belonging in Science Education

Oral Presentation

Gigi Fernandez

Break/Lunch 11:40am–12:10pm HST

Poster Session 12:10pm–1:00pm HST

Developing Aloha ʻAina Studies for Teachers: Are Teachers Receiving Sufficient Knowledge to Teach Hawaiian Knowledge

Poster

Kylie Aurello

Parent-Reported Changes in Child Quality of Life After a 10-Week Inclusive Physical Activity Program

Poster

Chiayi Tseng

Developing the Self-Efficacy of Novice Programmers Through a Turn-based Multi-player Game

Poster

Genta Togashi

An Action Research Study Exploring the standard of “Neatness” and its effect on student confidence levels in a Secondary Photography Classroom

Poster

Erica Santos

Expanding Literacy Through Graphic Memoirs: A Self-Study of Multimodal Teaching and Teacher Identity in Middle School ELA

Poster

Elia Rivera

Evaluating Second Step’s (An SEL Curriculum) Alignment with the Nā Hopena A’o Framework

Poster

Erica Kao

Nana ka Maka, Hoolohe ka Pepeiao, Pani ka Waha

Poster

Konrad Heather

Shifting Classroom Practice: A Self Study on the Impact of Transitioning from Whole Group Instruction to Small Group Station Rotation in Middle School Social Studies

Poster

Pualilia Hanamaikaʻi

Addressing Health Disparities Through Expanding Access to Athletic Trainers in Rural US Secondary Schools

Poster

Leina Ann Garana-Takizawa

Improving Math Focus Through Music How Music Affects Attention and Performance in 3rd Grade Mathematics

Poster

Michael Drzymkowski

Limb Reactance Is Associated With Improved Whole-body Phase Angle

Poster

Sophie Donaldson

ʻO Mākou Nā Kiaʻi Wai: The Process and Ethics of Creating Children’s Literature and Curriculum in Relation to ʻĀina

Poster

Riky-Jaye Chung

Science for All Our Keiki: Effective Strategies for Inclusive Secondary Science (A Systematic Review)

Poster

Maureen Burnham

Graduate Student Research Symposium 2026

April 25, 2026 | 8:15 AM - 1:15 PM UH Mānoa College of Education

Schedule

April 25, 2026

Sign-in Opens | –8:15am HST

Opening Session & Welcome | 8:45am–9:00am HST

Presentation Session I | 9:10am–10:20am HST

Wist Hall 129 | 9:10am–10:20am HST

Hawaiʻi Education Research Network (HERN): Facilitating Capacity Building and Systems Change through Research-Practice Partnerships

“It’s not a Choice. It’s a Kuleana:” Rethinking Teacher Retention through the Eyes of Homegrown Educators

JET Professional Learning Community: Informing Professional Development

Wist Hall 130 | 9:10am–10:20am HST

Designing for Implicit Interactional Feedback: A Game-Based Approach to Asynchronous Language Learning

FlourishED: Stress Management and Well-Being Strategies for Preservice Teachers

LIBI: A Game about Indonesian Affixes for Foreign Language Users

Wist Hall 131 | 9:10am–10:20am HST

Searching for What School Left Out: Colonial Schooling and Intergenerational Educational Experiences in Hawaiʻi

The Engine Mathematics: Understanding Mathematics’ Abundant Cognitive, Psychological, and Ecological Purpose

Pakasaritaan: Storying Filipino Survivor Persistence in Higher Education

Laulima A (Lima A) | 9:10am–10:20am HST

Engaging All Learners: The Impact of MLL Strategies in Elementary Classrooms

Integrating Social-Emotional Learning to Support First Graders’ Engagement in Mathematics

A REFLECTIVE SELF-STUDY ON ʻŌLELO HAWAIʻI AND TEACHER IDENTITY

Laulima B (Lima B) | 9:10am–10:20am HST

Making Sense Through Discussion: How Turn-And-Talk Supports Middle School Science Learning

A Self Study of a Novice Teacher Teaching Implementing a Third Grade Place-Based Learning STEM Learning Project

The Effect of Scaffolding and Differentiation Teaching Strategies Focused On Building Students’ Math Efficacy On Learning Math Engagement of 8th Grade Students

Ku‘ono‘ono A (Ono A) | 9:10am–10:20am HST

Examining the effects of building student-teacher rapport on student motivation in secondary science learning

“I paʻa i kona kupuna ʻaʻole kākou e puka” Had our ancestors died in bearing our grandparent, we would not have come forth.

Incorporating Daily ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi Routines in a Fifth-Grade Classroom: A Self-Study of Engagement and Relational Classroom Management

Ku‘ono‘ono B (Ono B) | 9:10am–10:20am HST

Ike ia ka Lahui o ke Kanaka ma Kana Olelo

Nā Leo o Nā Kupuna: Ka Hoʻohana ʻAna i Ke Mele Hawaiʻi Ma Ke ʻAno He Kahua E Aʻo Aku Ai

He Pua Lei Au na Kahelelani: Ka Hoomau Ana i ka Leo Ao o Na Kupuna

Makawalu | 9:10am–11:40am HST

If Can, Can. If No Can, Still Can: The Risks, Protections, and Resilience of Emerging Adults from Hawaiʻi Public Schools

Finding Pu‘uhonua: Assessing the Efficacy of Indigenous Education within Hawai‘i’s Carceral Institutions

He Nanea No Ka Lawaiʻa Kole

ʻIke and Indigenous Overachieving: Student empowerment through Hawaiian Studies at BYU-Hawaiʻi

Restoring ʻĀina and Kānaka Health: Education, Food Sovereignty, and Cultural Renewal

A Drug Dealer’s Daughter to Daughter of Madre Tierra: Autoethnography of Healing and Place-Based Learning

Reconnecting Through Place: Exploring Okinawa’s Shima-based Education as Indigenous and Decolonial Practice

Ke kālai aʻo ʻenehana ma ke kaiapuni: A Professional Development Model for Kaiapuni Teachers

ke ola o ka olelo i kauhale

Nahiku | 9:10am–11:40am HST

Preschool as Equalizer? Long-Term K–5 Growth When Controlling for Race, SES, and Language

Exploring First-Generation Filipino Students’ Postsecondary Motivations to Attend the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa

Measuring the 5Cs: IRT Validation of the Academic PYD Short Scale (A-PYD5)

Examining Grade 3 Academic Outcomes in Hawai’i Before and After a Change in the Minimum School Starting Age

Achievement Goals as Pathways Between Academic Perfectionism and Psychological Distress Among Filipino Secondary Students

Beyond Access: Ecological Inequities Shaping College Students’ Generative AI Use

Presentation Session II | 10:30am–11:40am HST

Wist Hall 129 | 10:30am–11:40am HST

Navigating Racially Pluralistic Societies as Graduates of a Southern Segregation Academy: A Phenomenological Case Study

Parents as Adult Learners in Family–School Partnerships

Beyond the Autonomous Individual: Liberalism, Relationality, and Human Rights Education

Wist Hall 131 | 10:30am–11:40am HST

Plan A: Expanding Access to Kinesiology: Student Engagement and Perceptions in a Culturally Grounded Introduction Course

Aquatic Safety Education for Elementary Students: A Systematic Review to Inform School-Based Drowning Prevention Education

Functional PCA and Clustering Comparison for Identifying Distinctive Gait Phases in Post-ACLR Running Waveforms

Laulima (Lima A) | 10:30am–11:40am HST

Civic Engagement Through Historical Inquiry

The use of the gender-complex model of education in a teacher preparation program

Tapping Out Stress: Jiu-Jitsu’s Effect on Teacher Resilience

Laulima B (Lima B) | 10:30am–11:40am HST

Development of Student Understanding of Generative AI as an Artist Tool

Self Perception Impacts of Math Stereotypes on Accelerated 7th and 8th Grade Math Students

Empathy in the Eras

Ku‘ono‘ono A (Ono A) | 10:30am–11:40am HST

Perceived Impacts of Brief, Teacher-Led Meditation on Student Stress Regulation, Focus, and Physiological Awareness in a High School Classroom

Signs of Learning: A Self-Study on Integrating Japanese Sign Language in a High School Japanese Classroom in Hawaii

The Balancing Act: Early-Career Teachers Navigating Full-Time Teaching and Graduate Study

Ku‘ono‘ono B (Ono B) | 10:30am–11:40am HST

Ma Ka Hana Ka ‘Ike: Ka Mana‘o O Nā Kumu Pilikanaka Kaiapuni No Ka Project-Based Learning I Loko O Ke A‘o ‘Ana A Me Ka Hopena I Mana‘o ‘Ia Ma O Ke Komo ‘Ana O Nā Haumāna

An Action Research Study on the Role of Place-Based Learning in Fostering Ninth-Grade Students’ Sense of Belonging in Science Education

Break/Lunch | 11:40am–12:10pm HST

Poster Session | 12:10pm–1:00pm HST

Developing Aloha ʻAina Studies for Teachers: Are Teachers Receiving Sufficient Knowledge to Teach Hawaiian Knowledge

Parent-Reported Changes in Child Quality of Life After a 10-Week Inclusive Physical Activity Program

April 25, 2026 | 8:15 AM - 1:15 PM
UH Mānoa College of Education

Sign-in Opens –8:15am HST

Opening Session & Welcome 8:45am–9:00am HST

Presentation Session I 9:10am–10:20am HST

Wist Hall 129 9:10am–10:20am HST

Wist Hall 130 9:10am–10:20am HST

Wist Hall 131 9:10am–10:20am HST

Laulima A (Lima A) 9:10am–10:20am HST

Laulima B (Lima B) 9:10am–10:20am HST

Ku‘ono‘ono A (Ono A) 9:10am–10:20am HST

Ku‘ono‘ono B (Ono B) 9:10am–10:20am HST

Makawalu 9:10am–11:40am HST

Nahiku 9:10am–11:40am HST

Presentation Session II 10:30am–11:40am HST

Wist Hall 129 10:30am–11:40am HST

Wist Hall 131 10:30am–11:40am HST

Laulima (Lima A) 10:30am–11:40am HST

Laulima B (Lima B) 10:30am–11:40am HST

Ku‘ono‘ono A (Ono A) 10:30am–11:40am HST

Ku‘ono‘ono B (Ono B) 10:30am–11:40am HST

Break/Lunch 11:40am–12:10pm HST

Poster Session 12:10pm–1:00pm HST

Close 1:00pm–1:15pm HST