Directory

Our faculty brings expertise in local, national, and global political and economic trends, with a focus on the intersections of race, class, ethnicity, gender, and indigeneity. Through research, teaching, and community engagement, we examine critical issues such as power, identity, social justice, and decolonial practices. By advising and mentoring students, our faculty train a new generation of critical thinkers and compassionate community leaders, prepared to tackle the complex challenges of today’s world.

Faculty

Ethan Caldwell

Ethan Caldwell

Associate Professor

Academic Advisor

George 304

(808) 956-5354

Mary Kunmi Yu Danico

Mary Kunmi Yu Danico

Professor

Academic Advisor

Director, Center for Oral History

George 338

(808) 956-6963

Monisha Das Gupta

Monisha Das Gupta

Professor

(808) 956-8086

Ulla Hasager

Ulla Hasager

Associate Specialist

Director of Civic Engagement

Dean Hall 5-7

(808) 956-4218

Kyle Kajihiro

Kyle Kajihiro

Assistant Professor

George 305

(808) 956-3484

Roderick Labrador

Roderick Labrador

Professor

Department Chair

George 341

(808) 956-6915

Ty P. Kāwika Tengan

Ty P. Kāwika Tengan

Professor

George 308

(808) 956-5144

Emeritus/Retired Faculty

  • Ibrahim G. Aoude (aoude@hawaii.edu) - Hawai‘i Political Economy, the Middle East
  • Noel Kent (noelk@hawaii.edu) - Race/Ethnic Conflict, Identity, Social Justice
  • Davianna Pōmaikaʻi McGregor (davianna@hawaii.edu) - Hawaiian, Land, Culture, Governance, Nature
  • Richard C. Rath (rrath@hawaii.edu) - Sound Studies, New Media, Atlantic World
  • Jonathan Y. Okamura (okamuraj@hawaii.edu) - Race/Ethnicity, Ethnic Identity, Asian Americans

Affiliate Faculty

  • Ellen-Rae Cachola - Information Studies (militarism in the Pacific/Asia/U.S., settler colonialism, decolonization)
  • Anthony Castanha - Political Science (Indigenous Cultures)
  • Jennifer Darrah - Sociology (race and ethnicity, urban sociology)
  • Sue P. Haglund - Political Science (Latin American studies, Indigenous studies, international and domestic public policy)
  • Ruth Hsu - English (Asian American and Asian diaspora literary and cultural studies, race and ethnicity)
  • Willy Kauai - Political Science (race, law, and the political history of Hawai‘i)
  • Liana Petranek - Political Science (Political Economy)
  • Christine Quemel - Educational Administration (student affairs in higher education, Asian American and Pinay studies, sexual assault and domestic violence in Asian American and Pacific Island communities)
  • John Rosa - History (20th-century Hawai‘i, Asians and Pacific Islanders in the U.S.)