Department of Curriculum Studies

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Everly Hall 224
1776 University Avenue
Honolulu, HI 96822
Tel: (808) 956-4401
Fax: (808) 956-9905
Web: coe.hawaii.edu/cs/

Faculty

*P. E. Halagao, PhD (Chair)—social studies, multicultural education, Filipina/o curriculum and pedagogy
*K. Cashman, PhD—Aloha ʻĀina education and leadership, Hawaiian education, art education, storytelling, teacher leader, teacher professional development
*P. Chinn, EdD—preK-20 formal and informal science education, place-based, transdisciplinary, culturally sustaining STEM incorporating arts and ancestral knowledge
*R. Chun, MEd—early childhood education, projects and place-based early education
*L. H. L. Furuto, PhD (C & I Coordinator)—mathematics education, ethnomathematics, quantitative research,
*J. Kaomea, PhD—Indigenous education, qualitative research, elementary mathematics
*E. K. Kukahiko, PhD—Hawaiian language immersion education, teacher education
*M. Maaka, PhD—Indigenous education, language and cognition, research methodologies, politics in education
*S. Maunakea, PhD—Indigenous leadership, ʻĀina-based pedagogies, Indigenous land-based education, eco-justice, sustainability education, culturally responsive evaluation and assessment
*T. O’Neill, PhD—place-base science, STEMS2 education
*A. R. Smith, PhD—literacy, qualitative research methods, poststructural theories
*B. W. Taira, PhD—teacher education, literacy studies, migration and literacy, culturally responsive assessment
P. Tauiliili, PhD—place-based education, STEAM, ethnomathematics
*K. Umezawa, PhD—anthropology of education policy, bi/ multilingual education, early childhood education, place-based education
*D. Zuercher, PhD—place-based and culturally responsive education, teacher preparation and action research

Cooperating Graduate Faculty

*C. Au, PhD—teacher education, early childhood and elementary education, autoethnography and arts-based education, critical literacy, decolonization & power; democracy in education
*R. S. Black, EdD—mental retardation transition, students at risk, research design
*B. Bruno, PhD—geoscience research, education, broadening participation
*S. M. Buelow, PhD—literacy and reading education, elementary teacher preparation, 21st century literacies
B. Chapman de Sousa, PhD—children who are multilingual, teacher preparation for multilingual learners, sociocultural theory
M. Cheang, DrPh—family public policy, family resource management, family caregivers
*B. D. DeBaryshe, PhD—educational measurement, early childhood
C. Frambaugh-Kritzer, PhD—adolescent literacies, new literacies, disciplinary literacies
R. Fujii, PhD—teacher education, social studies, multicultural education, critical pedagogy, online learning
*L. A. Fulton, PhD—elementary science education, teacher education, qualitative research
S. A. Han, PhD—early childhood education; children’s place and space; qualitative research; teacher education
*I. F. Kimura, PhD—kinesiology, athletic training and biomechanics
*J. Lemus, PhD—STEM education and marine science; Makerspace learning environments; physiology of marine invertebrates symbioses, professional development
*D. Lipe, PhD—Indigenous and Western science; food sustainability
*K. Lipe, PhD—indigenizing educational institutions; educational leadership; ancestral knowledge for the 21st century and beyond
T. F. Lock, EdD—early childhood, leadership, admin & policy, literacy & curriculum
*C. Loong, PhD—music education
*A. Makaiau, PhD—social studies, philosophy for children, curriculum and instruction, international collaboration
*M. I. Martini, PhD—parenting and family relationships across cultures
*K. Mawyer, PhD—science literacy; ambitious science teaching, teacher preparation & professional development
*M. Meyer, EdD—culturally relevant teaching and learning
*C. Miller, PhD—philosophy for children, Democratic education, teacher education and preparation, mindfulness, history of education
*J. Moniz, PhD—multicultural education
*L. S. Muccio, PhD—early childhood education, inclusive education, teacher action research
*N. Murata, PhD—general physical education, pedagogy, adapted physical education, special education/transition, and professional development
*K. Oliveira, PhD—Hawaiian language, culture and geography
*H. K. Perreira, Ph.D—Classical Hawaiian literature and oratory, Hawaiian ethno-literary devices and lexical Items
*J. Philippoff, PhD—curriculum development; marine science education; participatory (citizen) science; place-based education; science education; STEM outreach; teacher professional development
*J. H. Prins, PhD—kinesiology
*M. Rivera, PhD—inquiry and place-based marine STEM education and research
K. Serna, PhD—health education, school health programs, elementary teacher education, Native Hawaiian well-being and advancement
*J. Simpson Steele, PhD—elementary teacher preparation, performing arts education, performance ethnography
*M. Smith, PhD—second language teacher education; content and language integrated learning; sheltered instruction
*M. Soetoro, PhD—multicultural, global and international education
L. Venenciano, PhD—educational psychology, mathematics education, teacher education
*K. Wong, PhD—Hawaiian language and culture
*S. Yagi, PhD—mathematics
J. Yoshioka, PhD—science education, teacher education

Emeritus Graduate Faculty

*A. Bartlett, PhD—literacy education, children’s literature
*S. Feeney, PhD—early childhood education
A. Freese, PhD
*M. E. Pateman, HSD, MPH—health education
*D. B. Young, EdD—science education

*Graduate Faculty

The Academic Program

The Department of Curriculum Studies (EDCS) offers advanced degrees at the master’s level in curriculum studies and early childhood education (MEd-CS and MEd-ECED), and, as part of a college-wide doctoral degree, a track in curriculum and instruction (PhD). Students may also study for a graduate certificate in Early Childhood Education (ECED), Ethnomathematics, Literacy Leader: Literacy Specialist, Multilingual Multicultural Professional Practice, Philosophy for Children Hawaiʻi (P4C), Sustainability & Resilience Education, or Teacher Leader. All programs focus on the educational needs of children and adolescents, teaching, learning, and curriculum.

The students at UH Mānoa are ethnically diverse as are the students in Hawaiʻi’s school system. Students in EDCS programs, therefore, learn and teach in a unique multicultural and multilingual environment.

Graduate Study

General information, policies, requirements, and procedures of Graduate Division are in the “Graduate Education” section of this Catalog.

Programs

• Curriculum Studies, MEd
• Early Childhood Education, MEd

• Education - Curriculum and Instruction Concentration, PhD

• Early Childhood Education, Graduate Certificate [requirements forthcoming]
• Ethnomathematics, Graduate Certificate [requirements forthcoming]
• Multilingual Multicultural Professional Practice, Graduate Certificate [requirements forthcoming]
• Philosophy for Children Hawaiʻi, Graduate Certificate [requirements forthcoming]
• Sustainability and Resilience Education, Graduate Certificate [requirements forthcoming]
• Teacher Leader, Graduate Certificate [requirements forthcoming]

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