The General Education Committee (GEC), a Permanent Committee of the UHM Faculty Senate, and the six General Education Boards, play vital roles in overseeing and implementing the Gen Ed curriculum across our institution. Current members are listed below.
2022-23 Membership
| General Education Committee (GEC) |
Department |
| Matt Eng | Mānoa Advising Center |
| Kahea Faria | Master of Education in Teaching |
| Daniel Harris-McCoy (Secretary) | Religious Traditions & Ancient Civilzations |
| Keahiahi Long | Hawaiian Studies |
| Nadine Ortega (Vice-chair) | Indo-Pacific Languages & Literatures |
| Scott Rowland (Chair) | Earth Sciences |
| Mandy Westfall-Senda | Student Life & Development |
| June Zhang | Electrical Engineering |
| Jenny Brown | Associated Students of the University of Hawaii at Mānoa |
| Christine Beaule | General Education Office (Director) |
| Shana Brown | Senate Executive Committee (Liaison) |
| Paul McKimmy | Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Excellence |
| Ryan Yamaguchi | Office of Admissions |
| 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 |
| Baoyan Cheng | Educational Foundations |
| Elizabeth Gross | Mathematics |
| Seth Quintus | Anthropology |
| Malte Stuecker (Co-chair) | International Pacific Research Center |
| Dawn Sueoka (Co-chair) | Library Services |
| 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 |
| Camaron Miyamoto | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Queer+ Center |
| Jesse Owens | John A. Burns School of Medicine |
| Jonathan Young | Library Services |
| TBD | |
| Daniel Harris-McCoy | GEC Liaison |
| Rosalie Paradise | GEO Liaison |
| Contemporary Ethical Issues (E) Board | Department |
| Rayna Fujii (Co-chair) | Institute for Teacher Education |
| Atsushi Hasegawa | East Asian Languages and Literatures |
| Eve Millett | Mānoa Advising Center |
| Seungoh Paek (Co-chair) | Learning Design & Technology |
| Garrett Clanin | Student- Athlete Academic Services |
| Matt Eng | GEC Liaison |
| Vicky Keough | GEO Liaison |
| Hawaiian, Asian, and Pacific Issues (HAP) Board | Department |
| U’ilani Chow-Rule | Nursing |
| Joseph Foukona | History |
| Konia Freitas (Co-chair) | Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies |
| Donna-Marie Palakiko (Co-chair) | Nursing |
| Pia Arboleda | Indo-Pacific Languages & Literatures |
| Kahea Faria | GEC Liaison |
| Christine Beaule | GEO Liaison |
| Oral Communication (O) Board | Department |
| Mark Branner | Theater |
| Dustin Crowther (Chair) | Second Language Studies |
| Rayna Tagalicod | Student Equity, Excellence & Diversity |
| Emiko Taniguchi-Dorios (Vice-chair) | Communicology |
| Shelece Easterday | Linguistics |
| Mandy Westfall-Senda | GEC Liaison |
| Rosalie Paradise |
GEO Liaison |
| Writing (W) Intensive Board | Department |
| Sarah Allen (Chair, F22) |
English/Composition & Rhetoric Director |
| Christopher Au | Elementary Education |
| Christine Beaule | General Education Office Director |
| Priscilla Faucette | Second Language Studies |
| Clare Fujioka-Sok (Vice-chair) | Office of Student Academic Services (Shidler) |
| Gary Glauberman | Nursing |
| Peter Hoffenberg | History |
| Ji Young Kim (Chair, S23) |
Communications |
| TBD | |
| TBD | GEC Liaison |
| Lisa Fujikawa | GEO Liaison |