Faculty

Gartley Hall Rm. 004B
Phone: 808.956.9885
Fax: 808.956.5964
E-mail: rgarndt@hawaii.edu

• Technology in practice and education
• Lifelong learning and professional development/competency
• Values, ethics, & reflective practice
• Leadership
• Interprofessional education

Gartley Hall Rm. 205C
Phone: 808.956.6245
Fax: 808.956.5964
E-mail: clifford.bersamira@hawaii.edu

• Addiction/Behavioral Health Policies and Service Delivery
• Addiction/Behavioral Health Services and Healthcare Reform
• Recovery Support Services and Mutual Aid
• Asian, Pacific Islander, and Native Hawaiian Behavioral Health Disparities
• Behavioral Health Systems and Services Integration

Gartley Hall Rm. 009
Tel: 808.956.6205
E-mail: skboone@hawaii.edu

• Depression
• Suicide Prevention

Tel: 808.956.5768
E-mail: kbraun@hawaii.edu
Website: www.hawaii.edu/aging/

• Asian and Pacific Islander aging
• End-of-life decision making
• Minority health
• Community-based research and evaluation

Gartley Hall Rm. 201D
Phone: 808.956.6240
Fax: 808.956.5964
E-mail: rburrage@hawaii.edu

• Indigenous well-being
• Culture and mental health
• Historical and collective trauma
• Individual and community resilience

Gartley Hall Rm. 004A
Phone: 808.956.5715
Fax: 808.956.5964
E-mail: aimee.chung@hawaii.edu

• Trauma Informed Care
• Wellness, Well-being, & Culturally-Grounded Self-Care
• Child Abuse Prevention
• Interpersonal Violence
• Issues facing oppressed, marginalized, and differently-abled populations
• Interprofessional Social Work
• Field Education

Gartley Hall Rm. 006
Tel: 808.956.6135
E-mail: mdmattos@hawaii.edu

• Teens & their families
• Substance abuse
• Best practice

Gartley Hall Rm. 216
Tel: 808.956.6239
E-mail: meripa@hawaii.edu
Website: Child and Family Research Lab

• Juvenile delinquency prevention
• Social and adjustment issues of Pacific Islander adolescents
• Multi-culture and cross-culture issues

Gartley Hall Rm. 201A
Tel: 808.956.2195
E-mail: jingguo@hawaii.edu
Website: Child and Family Research Lab

• Comparative family policy
• Work, family and Gender
• Migration and child education
• Asian Americans, Immigrants and child welfare
• Social policy and social services in China

Gartley Hall Rm. 215
Tel: 956-4605
E-mail: shong9@hawaii.edu
Website: Child and Family Research Lab

• Neighborhood Contexts
• Immigration
• Mental Health
• Community-Based Practice
• Research Methodology

Gartley Hall Rm. 205B
Phone: 808.956.4929
Fax: 808.956.5964
E-mail: fjjc@hawaii.edu

• Organizational and workforce issues in child welfare
• Child welfare outcomes including: permanency; well-being; kinship; and foster care.

Gartley Hall Rm. 205A
Phone: 808.956.6127
Fax: 808.956.5964
E-mail: kawaii@hawaii.edu

• Multiracial Microaggressions
• Anti-Racism & Mental Health
• Mental Health Policy and Advocacy
• Multiracial, Black, Native Hawaiian, & Pacific Islander Populations

Gartley Hall Rm. 203B
Tel: 808.956.3831
E-mail: jenkishi@hawaii.edu

Gartley Hall Rm. 204E
Tel: 808.956.6120
E-mail: kreif@hawaii.edu

• Community Development
• Social and Economic Development
• International Social Work – Geographic Region of Micronesia

Gartley Hall Rm. 008
Phone: 808.956.6123
Fax: 808.956.5964
E-mail: sophiabk@hawaii.edu

• Socio-Cultural Determinants of Health
• Healthcare Disparities Including in Health Behaviors and Health Service Utilization
• Mental Health Literacy
• Help-Seeking Patterns.

Gartley Hall Rm. 214
Phone: 808.956.9614
Fax: 808.956.5964
E-mail: Yeonjung@hawaii.edu

Gartley Hall Rm. 004C
Phone: 808.956.6139
Fax: 808.956.5964
E-mail: wendyrs@hawaii.edu

• Immigrant and Refugee Rights
• Equity and Social Welfare
• International/Global Social Work

Gartley Hall Rm. 001B
Phone : 808.956.6237
Fax: 808.956.5964
E-mail: azurelm@hawaii.edu

• Child Welfare
• Field Education/Experiential Learning
• Organizational Culture & Change
• Leadership
• Indigenous Education, Reconciliation & Decolonization

E-mail: smm93@hawaii.edu

• Substance use prevention among NHPI youth
• Social, behavioral, and cultural determinants of health among NHPI populations
• Indigenous CBPR methodologies that promote the decolonization of social work research

Gartley Hall Rm. 001E
Tel :: 808.956.7009
Fax :: 808.956.5964
E-mail :: muneokas@hawaii.edu

Hā Kūpuna National Resource Center for Native Hawaiian Elders at MBTSSW

• Intergenerational wellness
• Aging and later life
• Kānaka maoli population

Gartley Hall Rm 001A
Phone: 808.956.6974
Fax: 808.956.5964
E-mail: dnisthal@hawaii.edu

• Child Welfare
• Sexual Assault
• Domestic Violence
• Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Being
• Community Engagement
• Healthy Masculinity
• Leadership

Gartley Hall Rm. 007
Tel: 808.956.6121
E-mail: rstotzer@hawaii.edu
Website: Child and Family Research Lab

RESEARCH BRIEF: Bias Against Micronesians in Hawai’i

• Hate Crimes
• Violence
• Sexuality and Gender Identity
• Prejudice and Stereotypes
• Oppression and Discrimination
• Intergroup Conflict

Gartley Hall Rm. 201E
Phone: 808.956.6244
Fax: 808.956.5964
E-mail: amandaym@hawaii.edu

• Youth Homelessness
• Former Foster Youth
• HIV Risk, Drug Risks
• Sex Risks
• Social Network Analysis
• Advanced Statistical Analysis