Jeffrey Tripp

I-2 Faculty Member

Degree

PhD, American Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Area of Interest

U.S.-East Asia Relations
American Empire
U.S. and the World
Historic Preservation (US, Asia, Pacific)

Biography

Jeffrey Tripp is an Instructor in the department. Raised in a military family that lived in various
locations around the globe, he became curious about the spaces and places with an American
military presence. These experiences informed his research and scholarly interests leading to
work on America’s political, military, and cultural role in the world, with particular focus on East
Asia. He also teaches courses in Historic Preservation, focusing on the history of American
Architecture, and preservation in the Asia-Pacific. He served as the Interim Director of the
Historic Preservation Graduate Certificate Program for two years (2020-2022). He also directs
the Semester in Hawai‘i program, which brings undergraduates (primarily from the US
continent) to the UHM for one-semester of coursework.

He has published in the Journal of Asian and American Studies, authored (and co-authored)
numerous studies on historic/cultural sites throughout the Asia Pacific, including Hawai‘i, the
Northern Marianas Islands, and Korea, and co-translated a book project that examined East
Asian history by scholars from Korea, Japan, and China.

His personal interests are in family and travel. His trips have brought him around the world, but
he has most extensively explored the Asia-Pacific region. Among his most interesting trips
included a week in North Korea and a bus trip across the Demilitarized Zone during a brief
period of détente between the two Koreas in 2008.

Contact

jtripp@hawaii.edu
Moore Hall 331
(808) 956-8570