Faculty Advisors

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series is administered by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. Advisors include:

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PETER ARNADE
Dean, College of Arts and Humanities

Maile Au

MAILE AU
Director of Alumni Engagement
UH Foundation

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MICHAEL BRUNO
Vice Chancellor for Research and Interim Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

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QIMEI CHEN
Professor of Marketing and Associate Dean, Shildler College of Business

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C. H. (CHIP) FLETCHER
Professor of Geology and Geophysics and Associate Dean, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology

Lori Furoyama

LORI FUROYAMA
Educational Specialist
OVCAA

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ROY GAL
Assistant Astronomer and Outreach Coordinator, Institute for Astronomy

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NOELLE KAHANU
Assistant Specialist, American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

Landon Li

LANGDON LI
College Senator
Associated Students of the University of Hawaii

HANNAH LIEBREICH
Vice President
UH Mānoa Graduate Student Organization

JON MATSUDA
Director of Credit Programs Outreach College
Representative of Mānoa Faculty Senate

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NOREEN MOKUAU
Dean, Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work

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COLIN MOORE
Associate Professor of Political Science and Director, Public Policy Center, College of Social Sciences

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ROBERT PERKINSON
Associate Professor of American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities; speaker series coordinator

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MAYA SOETORO-NG
Director, Matsunaga Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution, College of Social Sciences

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AVI SOIFER
Dean, William S. Richardson School of Law

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CHAD WALTON
Research Program Officer
iLab Program Manager
Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research

ANIA WIECZOREK
Interim Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs
College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources

Sponsors

Events in this series are funded and sponsored by various UH units and community organizations, with assistance from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. Past contributors include:

Community Organizations

• Books and Spirits
• Center for Food Safety
• Chamber of Commerce Hawaii
• Civil Beat Law Center
• Conservation International
• Hawaii Conservation Alliance
• Hawaii Community Foundation
• Hawaii Council for the Humanities
• Hawaii Food Policy Council
• Hawai’i Pacific Health
• Kōkua Hawai‘i Foundation
• Ma‘o Farms
• Office of the Governor
• Office of the Lieutenant Governor
• Punahou School
• Scholars Strategy Network
• Sierra Club of Hawaii
• Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture and Design
• Sultan Ventures
• Surfrider Foundation
• University of Hawaii Foundation
• Western Museums Association

UH Units

• Academy for Creative Media
• Center for Biographical Research
• Center on Disability Studies
• College of Arts and Humanities
• College of Education
• College of Engineering
• College of Social Sciences
• College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources
• Dan and Maggie Inouye Chair in Democratic Ideals
• Department of American Studies
• Department of Ethnic Studies
• Department of History
• Department of Philosophy
• Department of Political Science
• Department of Theater and Dance
• Hawaiinuiakea
• Hawaii Institute for Marine Biology
• International Studies Certificate
• John A. Burns School of Medicine
• Matsunaga Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution
• Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work
• Office of Public Health Studies
• Public Administration Program
• Public Policy Center
• School of Architecture
• School of Communications
• School of Nursing and Public Hygiene
• School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
• SEED IDEAS
• Sea Grant
• UH Cancer Center
• UH Foundation
• UH Fund for the Promotion of Jewish Life and Studies
• UH Mānoa Alumni Relations
• University of Hawai‘i at West Oahu
• William S. Richardson School of Law

Donors

• Central Pacific Bank Foundation
• First Hawaiian Bank Foundation
• GEICO
• Halekulani
• Kahala Hotel and Resort
• Kamehameha Schools
• Rai Saint Chu and Richard Turbin
• Royal Hawaiian Resort