Placement of Graduate Alumni

Job placements for our Graduate Alumni from 2005 to present. If you do not appear on this list and would like to be included, please contact histhelp@hawaii.edu.

Job Placement 2005-present
TT=Tenure Track

Stephen M. Flanigan
PhD Awarded: Fall 2019
Field: China
Institution: CTBC Business School (Tainan, Taiwan)

Mei Xu
PhD Awarded: Spring 2019
Field: China
Institution: Lenoir-Rhyne University TT

Brian Alofaituli
PhD Awarded: Fall 2017
Field: Pacific
Institution: National University of Sāmoa, Senior Lecturer

Alex Holowicki
PhD Awarded: Fall 2017
Field: American
Institution: San Diego Mesa College, Contract Faculty

Adam Witten
PhD Awarded: Fall 2017
Field: World
Institution: Kapiʻolani Community College, Lecturer

Hieu M. Phung
PhD Awarded: Spring 2017
Field: Southeast Asia
Institution: Rutgers University TT

Chi Tim Ho
PhD Awarded: Fall 2016
Field: Southeast Asia
Institution: Singapore University of Social Sciences, Lecturer

Robert Findlay
PhD Awarded: Spring 2016
Field: World
Institution: Solano Community College, Lecturer

Drew Gonrowski
PhD Awarded: Summer 2015
Field: Hawaiʻi
Institution: Reed College, Director of Academic Support

James Viernes
PhD Awarded: Summer 2015
Field: Pacific
Institution: East-West Center, Deputy Director of the Pacific Islands Development Program

John Welden
PhD Awarded: Spring 2015
Field: China
Institution: Licensed Acupuncturist, Faculty at Institute of Clinical Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine

Michael Johnson
PhD Awarded: Fall 2014
Field: World
Institution: University of Portland, Assistant Provost for Institutional Effectiveness

Patrick Patterson
PhD Awarded: Fall 2014
Field: Japan
Institution: Honolulu Community College TT

Sunny Kang
PhD Awarded: Summer 2014
Field: American
Institution: Hawaiʻi Pacific University, Adjunct Faculty

Andrew Peterson
PhD Awarded: Summer 2014
Field: World
Institution: Grand Valley University, Visiting Professor of History

Mark Ombrello
PhD Awarded: Summer 2014
Field: Japan
Institution: Kauaʻi Community College TT, Assistant Professor

Lance Nolde
PhD Awarded: Spring 2014
Field: Southeast Asia
Institution: California State University – Channel Islands TT

Zachary Martin
PhD Awarded: Fall 2013
Field: American
Institution: North Shore Community College

Ronald Williams
PhD Awarded: Fall 2013
Field: Hawaiʻi
Institution: Hawaiʻi State Archives

Joel Tannenbaum
PhD Awarded: Fall 2013
Field: Europe
Institution: Community College of Philadelphia TT

Bryce Beemer
PhD Awarded: Fall 2013
Field: Southeast Asia
Institution: Duke Kunshan University TT

Chungjoon Lee
PhD Awarded: Fall 2013
Field: World
Institution: U.S. Foreign and Diplomatic Service Administrator

Monica LaBriola
PhD Awarded: Summer 2013
Field: Pacific
Institution: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Assistant Professor TT

M. Effendy Bin Abdul Hamid
PhD Awarded: Summer 2013
Field: Southeast Asia
Institution: National University of Singapore, Lecturer

Melissa Esmacher
PhD Awarded: Spring 2013
Field: U.S.
Institution: El Paso Community College TT

RJ Martin
PhD Awarded: Fall 2012
Field: U.S.
Founder and CEO, Surfbreak HNL

John Porter
PhD Awarded: Fall 2012
Field: Japan
Institution: Tokyo University of Foreign Studies TT

Michael R. Clement
PhD Awarded: Fall 2011
Field: Pacific
Institution: University of Guam, Instructor TT

Michael Sprunger
PhD Awarded: Fall 2011
Field: Korea
Institution: Hendrix College TT

Manumaua L. Simanu-Klutz
PhD Awarded: Summer 2011
Field: Pacific
Institution: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Indo-Pacific Languages TT

Saiful Uman
PhD Awarded: Summer 2011
Field: Southeast Asia
Institution: State Islamic University Jakarta TT

Achmad Ubaedillah
PhD Awarded: Summer 2011
Field: Southeast Asia
Institution: State Islamic University Jakarta TT

Erin Cozens
PhD Awarded: Spring 2011
Field: Pacific
Institution: U.S. Foreign and Diplomatic Service Administrator

William Stevenson
PhD Awarded: Fall 2010
Field: Japan
Institution: Doshisha University TT