The General Education Committee (GEC), a Permanent Committee of the UHM Faculty Senate, and the six General Education Boards, play vital roles in overseeing the educational effectiveness, policies and procedures governing the Gen Ed curriculum across our institution. Current members are listed below.
2024-25 Membership
| General Education Committee (GEC) |
Department |
| Sonja Giardina | Associated Students of the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa |
| Mahealani Kaneshiro (Secretary) | Natural Resources & Environmental Management |
| Keahiahi Long | Library & Information Science |
| Laura O’Rourke | Languages & Literatures of Europe & the Americas |
| Nadezna Ortega | Indo-Pacific Languages & Literatures |
| Shauna Sibonga | Mānoa Transfer Coordination Center |
| Brad Taylor (Chair) | Art & Art History |
| Sarah Widiasih Post (Vice Chair) | Mathematics |
| VACANT | —– |
| Garett Inoue, Senior Associate Director | Office of Admissions |
| Ashley Maynard, Interim Director | General Education Office |
| Paul McKimmy, Interim Associate Vice Provost | Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Excellence |
| Marguerite Butler (SEC Liaison) | School of Life Sciences |
| Lisa Fujikawa (GEO Liaison) | General Education Office |
| Foundations (F) Board | Department |
| Patrick Agullana | Outreach College |
| Kari Ambrozich | Student-Athlete Academic Services |
| Graham Crookes | Second Language Studies |
| Kimberly Galante-Wong | Languages & Literatures of Europe & the Americas |
| Elizabeth Gross | Mathematics |
| Dusko Pavlovic | Information & Computer Sciences |
| Seth Quintus (Chair) | Anthropology |
| Keahiahi Long (GEC Liaison) | Library & Information Science |
| Rosalie Paradise (GEO Liaison) | General Education Office |
| Diversification (Div) Board | Department |
| Dustin Crowther | Second Language Studies |
| Poonam Keral | Natural Resources & Environmental Management |
| Kelsey O’Brien | Student-Athlete Academic Services |
| Jesse Owens | John A. Burns School of Medicine |
| Jonathan Young (Chair) | Library Services |
| Laura O’Rourke (GEC Liaison) | Languages & Literatures of Europe & the Americas |
| Rosalie Paradise (GEO Liaison) | General Education Office |
| Contemporary Ethical Issues (E) Board | Department |
| John Allen (Vice-chair F24; Chair S25) | Mechanical Engineering |
| Nandini Chandra | English |
| Travis Idol (Chair F24; Vice-chair S25) | Natural Resources & Environmental Management |
| Karen Jolly | History |
| Jun Panee | Cell & Molecular Biology |
| Sarah Post (GEC Liaison) | Mathematics |
| Vicky Keough (GEO Liaison) | General Education Office |
| Hawaiian, Asian, and Pacific Issues (HAP) Board | Department |
| Rosela Balinbin Santos | School for Teacher Education – Elementary |
| Kahealani Lono (Vice Chair) | Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language |
| Donna-Marie Palakiko (Chair) | Nursing |
| Sanjeev Sridharan | Social Science Research Institute |
| Julieanne Walsh | Pacific Island Studies |
| Mahealani Kaneshiro (GEC Liaison) | Natural Resources & Environmental Engineering |
| Lisa Fujikawa & Vicky Keough (GEO Liaisons) | General Education Office |
| Oral Communication (O) Board | Department |
| Curtis Daehler (Chair) | School of Life Sciences |
| David Krolikoski | East Asian Languages & Literatures |
| Raezheen Pascua | Mānoa Advising Center |
| Nicole Sagapolutele | Student-Athlete Academic Services |
| Jay Stout | School of Communication & Information |
| Shauna Sibonga (GEC Liaison) | Mānoa Transfer Coordination Center |
| Lisa Fujikawa (GEO Liaison) | General Education Office |
| Writing (W) Board | Department |
| Christopher Au | School for Teacher Education – Elementary |
| Hazel Gedikli | Center for Teaching Excellence |
| Gary Glauberman (Vice Chair) | Nursing |
| Jennifer Kelly | Outreach College |
| Joel Moffett | ACM: The School of Cinematic Arts |
| Mark Nakamoto | Office of Student Academic Services (Shidler) |
| Justin Walguarnery (Chair) | School of Life Sciences |
| Priscilla Faucette, English Language Institute Director | Second Language Studies |
| Ashley Maynard, Interim Director | General Education Office |
| Jack Taylor, Composition & Rhetoric Director | English |
| Lisa Fujikawa (GEO Liaison) | General Education Office |
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