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Education

  • B.A., University of Hawai‘i
  • M.A., University of Hawai‘i

Awards

  • LLL Excellence in Teaching Award
  • Excellence in Teaching Award (Graduate Student Organization)
  • Membership in Phi Kappa Phi, Graduate Honor Society

Interests

Greek and Latin, Classical Archaeology, Computer Technology

I have traveled to France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, and Holland. I have visited the famous Roman Gate (the Porta Negra) in Trier, as well as several other Roman sites, and met with former colleagues in Berlin, Munich, and Luxembourg. I have also visited the Pergamum Museum in Berlin and the Louvre in Paris.

Courses usually taught

  • Elementary Greek (Greek 101-102)
  • Intermediate Greek (Greek 201-202)
  • Elementary Latin (Latin 101-102)
  • Intermediate Latin (Latin 201-202)
  • Greek and Latin Elements in English (LLEA 123)
  • Directed Readings (LLEA 399: Homer, Hesiod, Herodotus, and Xenophon)

Service

  • Department Assessment Coordinator, LLEA
  • Chair, Department Assessment Committee, LLEA
  • Chair and member, Technical Equipment Committee, LLEA
  • Coordinator, Elementary and Intermediate Greek
  • Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee for the conversion of Moore 151 into a technology equipped classroom.
  • Judge of the Fifth and Sixth Annual World Language Festival (sponsored by Mid-Pacific High School) and Judge (first round) of the Sterling Scholar Awards (Foreign Language Category.)
  • Member, College of LLL Instructor’s Award for Innovative Teaching Committee, 2000
  • Member, College of LLL’s Excellence in Teaching Committee, 2007
  • Academic Advisor, Student Services, College of Arts  and Sciences, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa , January 1983–July 1990

Moore Hall 434
Email: hamasaki@hawaii.edu

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