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.
2026-27 Membership
| GENERAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (GEC) | DEPARTMENT |
| Nalani Balutski (vice chair) | Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge |
| Kahealani Lono | Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language |
| E. Kalikoaloha Martin, Jr. | Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language |
| Samia Valeria Ozorio Dutra | Nursing and Dental Hygeine |
| Kapena Shim (chair) | Library Services |
| Michelle Tagorda-Kama | Student Academic Services |
| Kevin Wilkins | Special Education |
| Paulette “Paully” Yamada Tamashiro | Kinesiology & Rehabilitation Science |
| (Vacant) | Associated Students of the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa |
| GEC Non-voting Members | |
| Garett Inoue | Sr. Assoc Director of Admissions |
| Paul McKimmy | Interim Assoc VP of Acad Excellence |
| Thanh Truc Nguyen | Interim Director of General Education Office |
| Sarah Widiasih Post | Senate Executive Committee Liaison |
| Lisa Fujikawa | General Education Office Liaison |
| FOUNDATIONS (F) BOARD | DEPARTMENT |
| Patrick Agullana | Outreach College |
| Michael Cooney | Hawaii Natural Energy Institute |
| Graham Crookes (co-chair) | Second Language Studies |
| Derek Furukawa (co-chair) | Advising Center for the College of Arts, Languages & Letters |
| Georganne Nordstrom | English |
| Hejin Shin | Library Services |
| Yang Xu | School of Travel Industry Management |
| Rosalie Paradise | General Education Office Liaison |
| DIVERSIFICATION (Div) BOARD | DEPARTMENT |
| Dustin Crowther (chair) | Second Language Studies |
| Sothy Eng | Family and Consumer Sciences |
| Oceana Francis (vice chair) | Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering |
| Clare Fujioka-Sok | Shidler College of Business Student Academic Services |
| Courtney Nomiyama | Library Services |
| Rosalie Paradise | General Education Office Liaison |
| CONTEMPORARY ETHICAL ISSUES (E) BOARD | DEPARTMENT |
| Katie Azama | Nursing and Dental Hygeine |
| Shamila Janakiranam (co-chair) | Learning Design & Technology |
| Karen Jolly (co-chair) | History |
| Michael-Brian "MB" Ogawa | Information and Computer Sciences |
| Jun Panee | Cell & Molecular Biology |
| Lisa Fujikawa & Vicky Keough | General Education Office Liaisons |
| HAWAIIAN, ASIAN, AND PACIFIC ISSUES (HAP) BOARD | DEPARTMENT |
| Shin Ae Han (co-chair) | School of Teacher Education - Elementary |
| Poonam Keral | Natural Resources & Environmental Management |
| RJ Ozoa-Aglugub | Student-Athlete Academic Services |
| Stacey Potes | Teacher Education |
| Julieanne Walsh (co-chair) | Pacific Island Studies |
| Lisa Fujikawa & Vicky Keough | General Education Office Liaisons |
| ORAL COMMUNICATION (O) BOARD | DEPARTMENT |
| Curtis Daehler | School of Life Sciences |
| David Krolikoski (chair) | East Asian Languages & Literatures |
| (Vacant) | |
| Nicole Sagapolutele (vice chair) | Student-Athlete Academic Services |
| Jay Stout | School of Communication and Information |
| Rosalie Paradise | General Education Office Liaison |
| WRITING (W) BOARD | DEPARTMENT |
| Jun Wook Chi | School of Travel Industry Management |
| Naiyi Xie Fincham | College of Arts, Languages & Letters |
| Hazel Gedikli (co-chair) | Center for Teaching Excellence |
| Krista Haapanen | Psychology |
| Jennifer Kelly | Outreach College |
| Justin Walguarnery (co-chair) | School of Life Sciences |
| (Vacant) | |
| W Board Ex-officio Members | |
| Priscilla Faucette | Director of English Language Institute |
| Thanh Truc Nguyen | Interim Director of General Education Office |
| Jack Taylor | Director of Composition & Rhetoric |
| Lisa Fujikawa | General Education Office Liaison |