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.
Spring 2024 Membership
| General Education Committee (GEC) |
Department |
| Kahea Faria | School of Teacher Education – M.Ed. in Teaching |
| Sonja Giardina | Associated Students of the University of Hawaii at Mānoa |
| Mahealani Kaneshiro | Natural Resources & Environmental Management |
| Keahiahi Long | Library & Information Science |
| Nadine Ortega (Chair) | Indo-Pacific Languages & Literatures |
| Scott Rowland | Earth Sciences |
| Shauna Sibonga | Mānoa Transfer Coordination Center |
| Brad Taylor (Vice Chair) | Art & Art History |
| June Zhang | Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| Christine Beaule | General Education Office (Director) |
| Gerald Busch | Senate Executive Committee (Liaison) |
| Paul McKimmy | Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Excellence |
| Pheng Xiong | Enrollment Management |
| Lisa Fujikawa | General Education Office (Liaison) |
| Vicky Keough | General Education Office |
| Rosalie Paradise | General Education Office |
| Foundations (F) Board | Department |
| Kari Ambrozich | Student-Athlete Academic Services |
| Kimberly Galante-Wong | Languages & Literatures of Europe & the Americas |
| Elizabeth Gross | Mathematics |
| Dusko Pavlovic | Information & Computer Sciences |
| Seth Quintus (Chair) | Anthropology |
| Malte Stuecker | International Pacific Research Center |
| Yanyan Wu | Office of Public Health Studies |
| Keahiahi Long | GEC Liaison |
| Rosalie Paradise | GEO Liaison |
| Diversification (Div) Board | Department |
| Derek Furukawa (Chair) | Advising Center for the College of Arts, Languages & Letters |
| Poonam Keral | Natural Resources & Environmental Management |
| Camaron Miyamoto | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Queer+ Center |
| Jesse Owens | John A. Burns School of Medicine |
| Jonathan Young | Library Services |
| June Zhang | GEC Liaison |
| Rosalie Paradise | GEO Liaison |
| Contemporary Ethical Issues (E) Board | Department |
| John Allen | Mechanical Engineering |
| Atsushi Hasegawa (Chair) | East Asian Languages & Literatures |
| Travis Idol | Natural Resources & Environmental Management |
| Eve Millett | Mānoa Advising Center |
| (vacant) | — |
| Scott Rowland | GEC Liaison |
| Vicky Keough | GEO Liaison |
| Hawaiian, Asian, and Pacific Issues (HAP) Board | Department |
| Rosela Balinbin Santos | School for Teacher Education – Elementary |
| U’ilani Chow-Rule | Nursing |
| Joseph Foukona | History |
| Kahealani Lono | Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language |
| Donna-Marie Palakiko | Nursing |
| Kahea Faria | GEC Liaison |
| Christine Beaule | GEO Liaison |
| Oral Communication (O) Board | Department |
| Curtis Daehler | School of Life Sciences |
| Raezheen Pascua | Mānoa Advising Center |
| Jay Stout | School of Communication & Information |
| Emiko Taniguchi-Dorios (Chair) | School of Communication & Information |
| (vacant) | — |
| Shauna Sibonga | GEC Liaison |
| Rosalie Paradise |
GEO Liaison |
| Writing (W) Intensive Board | Department |
| Sarah Allen |
English/Composition & Rhetoric Director |
| Christopher Au | School for Teacher Education – Elementary |
| Christine Beaule | General Education Office Director |
| Priscilla Faucette | Second Language Studies/English Language Institute Director |
| Gary Glauberman | Nursing |
| Ji Young Kim | School of Communication & Information |
| Mark Nakamoto | Office of Student Academic Services (Shidler) |
| Justin Walguarnery | School of Life Sciences |
| (vacant) | — |
| Mahealani Kaneshiro | GEC Liaison |
| Lisa Fujikawa | GEO Liaison |
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