Apr 27, 2026  
2026-2027 UH Mānoa Catalog [DRAFT] 
    
2026-2027 UH Mānoa Catalog [DRAFT]

Administration



*Dates and institutions of degrees are listed under “Faculty.”

University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents

LEE, Gabriel (Chair)
MIYAHIRA, Mike (Vice Chair)
FAUMUINA, Joshua (Vice Chair)
HIGAKI, Wayne
HANING, William F. III
PALOMA, Diane
LOO, Laurel 
TOCHIKI, Laurie
ABERCROMBIE, Neil
AKITAKE, Lauren

Former Presidents

POPE, Willis T., 1907–1908 (Acting) (Deceased); BS 1898, Kansas State; MS 1916, California; DSc 1926, Hawaiʻi
GILMORE, John W., 1908–1913 (Deceased); BSA 1898, MSA 1906, Cornell
DONAGHHO, John S., 1913–1914 (Acting) (Deceased); AB 1889, AM 1897, Marietta
DEAN, Arthur L., 1914–1927 (Deceased); BA 1900, Harvard; PhD 1902, Yale; LLD 1947, Hawaiʻi
CRAWFORD, David L., 1927–1941 (Deceased); BA 1911, LLD 1933, Pomona; MA 1912, Stanford; LLD 1957, Hawaiʻi
KELLER, Arthur R., 1941–1942 (Acting) (Deceased); LLB 1907, National University Law School; MS 1916, MIT; ScD 1942, Hawaiʻi
SINCLAIR, Gregg M., 1942–1955 (Deceased); BA 1912, LLB 1949, Minnesota; MA 1919, LLD 1954, Columbia; LLD 1951, Ohio State; LLD 1955, UC Berkeley; HHD 1956, Hawaiʻi; DLit 1960, Keio
BACHMAN, Paul S., 1955–1957 (Deceased); BS 1922, Ohio State; MA 1925, PhD 1927, Washington
WILSON, Willard, 1957–1958 (Acting) (Deceased); BA 1929, LLD 1961, Occidental College; MA 1930, Columbia; PhD 1939, Southern California
SNYDER, Laurence H., 1958–1963 (Deceased); BS 1922, ScD 1947, Rutgers; MS 1924, ScD 1926, Harvard; ScD 1960, Ohio State; HHD 1962, North Carolina
HAMILTON, Thomas H., 1963–1968 (Deceased); BA 1936, LLD 1961, DePauw; MA 1940, PhD 1947, Chicago; LHD 1960, Alfred; LLD 1961, Rollins College; LLD 1961, Colgate; DH 1967, Oakland U (Michigan); LLD 1967, Southern California
HIATT, Robert W., 1968–1969 (Acting) (Deceased); BA 1936, San Jose State; PhD 1941, UC Berkeley
TAKASAKI, Richard S., 1969 (Acting) (Deceased); BS 1940, Hawaiʻi; MA 1949, Columbia; MPA 1960, Harvard
CLEVELAND, Harlan, 1969–1974 (Deceased); AB 1938, Princeton; LLD 1956, Rollins College; 1960, Franklin and Marshall College; 1962, Middlebury College; 1962, Kent State; 1968, Arizona State; 1972, Korea U; LHD 1958, Alfred; 1966, Kenyon College; DCL 1966, American; LittD 1968, Pittsburgh
MATSUDA, Fujio (Deceased), 1974–1984; BS 1949, Rose Polytechnic Institute; ScD 1952, MIT SIMONE, Albert J., 1984-1992; BA 1957, Tufts; PhD 1962, MIT
YUEN, Paul C., 1992–1993 (Acting) (Deceased); BS 1952, Chicago; MS 1955, PhD 1960, Illinois Institute of Technology
MORTIMER, Kenneth P., 1993–2001; AB 1960, MBA 1962, Pennsylvania; PhD 1969, UC Berkeley 
DOBELLE, Evan S., 2001–2004; BA 1983, MEd 1970, EdD 1987, Massachusetts-Amherst; MPA 1984, Harvard
McCLAIN, David, 2004–2009; BA 1968, Kansas; PhD 1974, MIT
GREENWOOD, M. R. C., 2009–2013; AB 1968, Vassar; PhD 1973, Rockefeller
LASSNER, David, 2014–2024; BA 1976, MS 1981, Illinois Urbana-Champaign;  PhD 1998, Hawaiʻi

University of Hawaiʻi System Administration

HENSEL, Wendy F., President
THOMPSON, Nainoa, Advisor on Hawaiian Affairs
GOUVEIA, Jan, Vice President for Administration
HALBERT, Debora, Vice President for Academic Strategy
YOUNG, Kalbert, Vice President for Budget and Finance/Chief Financial Officer
LACRO, Erika, Vice President for Community Colleges
YOSHIMI, Garret, Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer
OKINAGA, Carrie K. S., Vice President for Legal Affairs and University General Counsel
WALTON, Chad, Interim Vice President for Research and Innovation
DOLAN, Tim, Vice President of Advancement

Intercollegiate Athletics

ELLIOTT, Matt, Athletics Director; BA, Amherst College; JD, Northwestern
BALDEMOR, Vincent, Associate Athletics Director; BS 1992, DePaul; MBA 1995, Notre Dame; EdD 2019, USC
​MANIN, Lois, Associate Athletics Director; BA 1990, Colorado State
KURAOKA, Tiffany K., Assistant Athletics Director for Business Operations; BA 2000, Claremont McKenna College

UH Mānoa Administration

SYRMOS, Vassilis L., Interim Provost; PhD 1991, Georgia Tech
QUINN, April N., Senior Advisor to the Provost; BA 2002, Hamline U; MIPA 2008, Wisconsin-Madison; PhD 2019, Hawaiʻi
*COFFMAN, Makenakauhaneola, Director of the Institute for Sustainability and Resilience
KAʻAI, Elmer, Director of Government Relations & Community Affairs, Office of the Provost, BS 1983, Hawaiʻi
MATAYOSHI, Jennifer Sur, Interim Director for Mānoa Campus Awareness, Response, Education and Solutions (CARES), PhD 2025, Hawaiʻi
McMANUS, Margaret Anne, Director for Campus Advancement (Chief Academic Advancement Officer), PhD 1996, Old Dominion U
PELICAN, Katharine ‘Katey’, Director of the Health Sciences Institute, BA 1992, Wesleyan; DVM 1997, Minnesota; PhD 2002, Maryland
SESOKO, Jennel, Director of Branding & Marketing; BA 2008, Seattle U

Academic Excellence

*LYONS, Laura, Interim Vice Provost for Academic Excellence
*MCKIMMY, Paul, Interim Associate Vice Provost for Academic Excellence
KONO, Teresa, Director of Faculty Excellence; MBA, Hawaiʻi
*STITT-BERGH, Monica, Interim Director of Program Development and Review
MORIARTY, Sarah, Executive Program Officer; JD, Hawaiʻi

Enrollment Management

CHUN, Nikki K., Vice Provost for Enrollment Management; BS 2003, MSEd 2006, U of Miami

Research and Scholarship

*WRIGHT, Robert, Interim Vice Provost for Research and Scholarship
*SENTELL, Tetine L., Interim Assistant Vice Provost for Research and Scholarship
MCNALLY, Tarra K., Research Program Officer; BA 1997, Macalester College; MA 2002, Boston U; MPH 2003, Arizona; PhD 2023, Victoria U of Wellington

Business and Finance

FRENCH, Alexandra (Sandy), Chief Business Officer for Business and Finance; BA 1980, Reed College; MPA 1987, Lewis & Clark College

Student Success

*OLIVEIRA, Katrina-Ann R. Kapāanaokalāokeola, Interim Vice Provost for Student Success
*QUEMUEL, Christine, Interim Assistant Vice Provost for Student Success (Student Diversity and Inclusion)
*HUBBARD, Amy S. E., Interim Assistant Vice Provost for Student Academic Success

Graduate Division

*MAEDA, Julienne K., Interim Dean and Associate Professor of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Science
*KAALOA, Rochelle Piʻilani H., Interim Associate Dean

Global Engagement

MU, Xiaoxin (Ivy), Acting Chief Global Officer, PhD 2024, Hawaiʻi

Academic Administration

School of Architecture

ZELL, Mo, Dean

College of Arts, Languages & Letters

*ARNADE, Peter, Dean
*BEREZ-KROEKER, Andrea, Associate Dean for Administration & Operations
*KONDO-BROWN, Kimi, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Shidler College of Business

*ROLEY, V. Vance, Dean
*DAVIDSON, Elizabeth J., Interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
VARLEY, Richard, Director, Internships and Career Development
NAKATA, Unyong, Executive Director, Development Office
FITZGERALD, Deborah, Director of Internship and Career Development (Travel Industry Management)
SOMA, Rachel, Director of Professional Development Program (Travel Industry Management)

College of Education

*MURATA, Nathan M., Dean
*ORNELLES, Cecily, Interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
*NAKAOKA, Denise, Director of Student Academic Services
ABARA, Denise, Associate Director of Student Academic Services
TASHIMA, Sheryl, Chief Administrative Officer; BBA 1982, Hawai’i

College of Engineering

*MORIOKA, Brennan T., Dean
*DURBIN, Steven M., Associate Dean
*CHOI, Song K., Assistant Dean of Student Services

Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge

*OSORIO, Jonathan K. K., Dean
CASHMAN, Edward Makahiapo, Jr., Director, Ka Papa Loʻi ʻo Kānewai; BA 1991, Hawaiʻi
*BEAMER, Kamanamaikalani, Director, Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies
*KAUAI, Willy D. K., Director, Native Hawaiian Student Services
*LOPES, R. Keawe, Jr., Director, Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language

William S. Richardson School of Law

*NELSON, Camille A., Dean
*ANDRADE, Troy J.H., Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
LARSEN, Shari, Associate Dean for Student Services
CAROLAN, Kari, Director of Online Legal Education
GERRARD, Jill, Interim Director of Career Services and Professional Development
*SKILLING, Liam, Director of Academic Success
*SZYMCZAK, Victoria, Director of Law Library

John A. Burns School of Medicine

SHOMAKER, Samuel T., Dean; BS 1976, St. Louis University; JD, 1979, Georgetown; MD, 1986, Hawaiʻi; MSM 2017, Stanford
*BUENCONSEJO-LUM, Lee, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
SEYMOUR, Corinne, Interim Kakaʻako Chief Financial Officer; BA 1983, MEd 2008, Hawaiʻi
*WARD, Steven W., Interim Associate Dean for Research
*WOO, Russell, Associate Dean for Clinical Programs at Hawaiʻi Pacific Health

College of Natural Sciences

*WILLIAMS, Philip G., Interim Dean
*SHERWOOD, Alison R., Associate Dean

School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene

*CERIA-ULEP, Clementina, Dean
*WONG, Lorrie, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
*FONTENOT, Holly, Associate Dean for Research

School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology

*FLETCHER, Charles, Dean
*LEMUS, Judith, Interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
*LERNER, Darren, Interim Associate Dean for Research
ANDAYA, Juanita C., Director of Administrative Services; BBA 1993, Washington State; MBA 2004, Hawaiʻi
LOPEZ, Anita, Director of Research Vessel Operations
GRABOWSKI, Marcie, Outreach Specialist; BA 2001, Missouri; MS 2005, Hawaiʻi
SAITO, Heather, Director of Student Services; BS 2004, MA 2006, Sonoma State

Outreach College

*SLAUGHTER, Tim, Interim Dean
*DOI, Saori, Interim Associate Dean

College of Social Sciences

*KONAN, Denise E., Dean
*ZHANG, Wei, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
*BARILE, John, Associate Dean for Research

Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health

*ORTEGA, Alexander, Dean
*SENTELL, Tetine, Chair, Public Health
*LEWIS, Jordan, Director, Center on Aging
*STOTZER, Rebecca, Chair, Social Work

College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience

*GREWAL, Parwinder, Dean and Director
*ASHWELL, Christopher, Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs
*OLIVAL, Kevin, Associate Dean and Associate Director