Faculty
Tokiko Bazzell
Japan Specialist Librarian
UH Library Asia Collection
Phone: 956-2315
tokiko@hawaii.edu
Lonny Carlile
Associate Professor
Asian Studies
Phone: 956-2661
lonny@hawaii.edu
John Casken
Associate Specialist
School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene
Phone: 956-5750
casken@hawaii.edu
Joyce N. Chinen
Director, Center for Okinawan Studies
Professor
Dept of Sociology at West Oahu
Phone: 689-2378
chinen@hawaii.edu
Stewart A. Curry
Instructor of Japanese Language
East Asian Languages & Literature
Phone: 956-2080
scurry@hawaii.edu
John Cusick
Assistant Specialist
Environmental Center
Phone: 956-7362
jcusik@hawaii.edu
Charlene Gima
Instructor
Language Arts at Honolulu Community College
Phone: 847-9840
gimac@hawaii.edu
Robert N. Huey
Professor
East Asian Languages & Literature
Phone:
huey@hawaii.edu
Masato Ishida
Assistant Professor
Philosophy
Phone: 956-8250
masatoi@hawaii.edu
Satoru Izutsu
Vice Dean, Director of Admission
Office of Dean of Medicine
Phone: 692-0890
sizutsu@hawaii.edu
David T. Johnson
Professor
Sociology
Phone: 956-8462
davidjoh@hawaii.edu
Kenneth Kaneshiro
Director, CCRT/Dir, HEBP/Rschr
Pacific Biosciences Research Center
Phone: 956-6739
kykanesh@hawaii.edu
Norman Kaneshiro
Lecturer
Music
Phone: 956-8833
nkaneshi@hawaii.edu
Mire Koikari
Associate Professor
Women’s Studies
Phone: 956-8579
mire@hawaii.edu
Diane Masuo
Associate Professor
Family & Consumer Science
Phone: 956-2231
masuo@hawaii.edu
Ronald F. Matayoshi
Director of Practicum
School of Social Work
Phone: 956-6139
ssw1@hawaii.edu or ron.matayoshi@hawaii.edu
Mari Matsuda
Professor
William S. Richardson School of Law
Phone: 956-9391
mmatsuda@hawaii.edu
Mary McDonald
Associate Professor
Director, Center for Japanese Studies
Geography
Phone: 956-2662
mcdonald@hawaii.edu
Mark McNally
Associate Professor
History
Phone: 956-6759
mmcnally@hawaii.edu
Nobuko M. Ochner
Associate Professor
East Asian Languages & Literature
Phone: 956-2055
ochner@hawaii.edu
Dennis M. Ogawa
Professor
American Studies
Phone: 956-8685
dogawa@hawaii.edu
Jonathan Y. Okamura
Associate Professor
Ethnic Studies
Phone: 956-4632
okamuraj@hawaii.edu
Katsuhiro Ota
Lecturer
Japanese at Honolulu Community College
Phone: 845-9250
ota@hawaii.edu
Robert Perkinson
Associate Professor
American Studies
Phone: 956-6599
perk@hawaii.edu
Cheryl Nakasone Penhart
Lecturer
Theatre & Dance
Phone: 956-7677
penhart@hawaii.edu
Gay Satsuma
Associate Director of Center for Japanese Studies
Center for Japanese Studies
Phone: 956-2664
gay@hawaii.edu
Patricia G. Steinhoff
Professor
Sociology
Phone: 956-7676
steinhof@hawaii.edu
Frank Stewart
Professor
English
Phone: 956-3059
fstewart@hawaii.edu
Ty P. Kawika Tengan
Associate Professor
Ethnic Studies and Anthropology
Phone: 956-5144 or 956-7831
ttengan@hawaii.edu
Russell K. Uyeno
Dean
Communications and Services at Honolulu Community College
Phone: 845-9135
ruyeno@hawaii.edu
Alexander Vovin
Professor
East Asian Languages & Literature
Phone: 956-2074
vovin@hawaii.edu
Brian Yamamoto
Professor
Biological Science at Kauai Community College
Phone: 808-245-8241
btyamamo@hawaii.edu
Christine R. Yano
Professor
Anthropology
Phone: 956-4447
cryano@hawaii.edu
Mari Yoshihara
Professor
American Studies
Phone: 956-8542
myoshiha@hawaii.edu
