To celebrate our faculty, staff, and innovative teaching practices at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (UHM), the Office of Vice Provost for Academic Excellence, the Center for Teaching Excellence, the Assessment and Curriculum Support Center, and the General Education Office jointly launched the Innovation and Impact Showcase initiative in 2021.
The Showcase aims to celebrate innovative and high-impact teaching practices and to generate a repository of these practices as resources and inspirations.
We congratulate the 2023-2024 IIS Awardees:
- Sai Bhatawadekar (Indo-Pacific Languages and Literatures & Theatre and Dance, College of Arts, Language & Letters): Pedagogy of Care, Creativity, and Community
- Stephanie Buelow and Charlotte Frambaugh-Kritzer (School of Teacher Education, College of Education): Literacy Clinic: Innovative Field Experiences for K -12 Teacher Candidates
- Benjamin S Fairfield (College of Arts, Language & Letters): Kani ka ʻōpala: Give a second look & second chance
- Karen Jolly (History, College of Arts, Language & Letters): Storytelling: An Immersive and Interactive Learning Journey
- Rachel Mamiya Hernandez (Center for Language and Technology, College of Arts, Language & Letters): Project-Based Language Learning
- Natalie Nimmer (Curriculum Studies/Pacific Master in Education, College of Education): StoryCorp: A Tool for Qualitative Research and Community Engagement
- Brett Oppegaard (School of Communication & Information / Journalism, College of Social Sciences): UH Beat: Student Reporters, Real News, Novel Learning Opportunities
- Constancio Paranal III (Business Administration, Shidler College of Business): Client-Centric Pedagogy: Transformative Learning through Live Campaign Consultation.
- Yuka Wada, Tomoko Iwai, Emi Murayama, Miki Ogasawara (East Asian Languages & Literatures, College of Arts, Language & Letters): Musubi: Connecting Beginning Learners to Japanese Language and Culture
We thank the contributions of the committee members (Christina Beaule, Yao Hill, Paul McKimmy, and Rose Paradise) and reviewers who provided detailed and constructive feedback to our applicants: Troy Andrade, Richard Chen, Stephanie Furuta, Peter Leong, Scott Lozanoff, Summer Maunakea, Kevin Nute, Aaron Ohta, Lorinda Riley, Mary Shin Kim, and Jamie Steele
