Denise Konan is Dean of the College of Social Sciences and Professor of Economics at UH Mānoa. As Dean, she provides leadership to twelve academic departments that deliver nearly a fifth of the degrees offered on campus. She is also a Research Fellow at the UH Economic Research Organization and founding Director of the Center for Sustainable Coastal Tourism at the UH Sea Grant College Program. She received her undergraduate degree from Goshen College and her doctorate from the University of Colorado.