Introducing Dr. Andrea S.D. Hazzard
As a result of the Excellence in Academic Advising (EAA) self-study conducted in 2018-19, the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa now has a Director of Mānoa Academic Advising. Dr. Andrea S.D. Hazzard joined the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in July 2023 and serves as the inaugural Director.
Dr. Hazzard hails from New York and Florida. She graduated from Case Western Reserve University with a bachelor’s degree in psychology, a minor in medical anthropology, and a pre-med concentration. She served as a full-time volunteer for three years after graduation, working with adolescents in Alaska and the Marshall Islands. Dr. Hazzard is a proud graduate of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Master’s in English as a Second Language (now Second Language Studies) program, which shaped her formation as an educator. She earned her doctorate in Developmental Education Administration from Sam Houston State University. Dr. Hazzard's academic interests include teaching English in a global context and promoting student success in higher education. Her 30 years of educational experience spans the Pacific, Caribbean, Continental U.S., and Hawaiʻi. Dr. Hazzard’s roles have encompassed teaching, advising, academic support, residential life, faculty development, and assessment coaching. She possesses experience in a broad spectrum of educational environments, encompassing elementary, secondary, post-secondary, and medical education, as well as working with the Minstry of Education in the Marshall Islands.
Dr. Hazzard believes that student success requires a holistic approach to education, informed by dynamic meaningful relationships.
Dr. Hazzard enjoys spending time with her husband Terry and their two sons, Dante and Sebastian. She is an avid knitter/crocheter/crafter and believes that life is enhanced with coffee, conversation, and board games.
A Message from the Director of Mānoa Academic Advising
As the inaugural Director of Mānoa Academic Advising, I am grateful for the comprehensive and collaborative work done by UH Mānoa's advising community, which resulted in the Excellence in Academic Advising report. In addition to the report's guidance, I have enjoyed meeting and listening to advisors and those across campus units with whom advising intersects. I am also working collaboratively with others to promote student success. What follows are my associated initial goals:
- To understand and build relationships across advising units
- 'Talk story' to understand advising successes and needs from advisors and share my vision of collaboration
- To understand and build relations across campus 'non-advising' units
- Meet key personnel in offices that intersect with advising to discuss how we can work together to promote student success
- Meet key personnel in offices that intersect with advising to discuss how we can work together to promote student success
- To understand and begin taking steps towards improving policy and practices affecting advising and student success, including but not limited to
- New student orientation and advising
- Advising and admissions partnership
- Continuing student registration (regular and priority; holds and clearances)
- Transfer process within UH System