chiggins' resume

Colette Higgins

Dean of Academic Affairs, Division I & Academic Support

Windward Community College

Email: chiggins@hawaii.edu

Education
1992	M.A. in History (Pacific Islands), University of Hawai'i at Manoa
1990	B.A. in History and Anthropology, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
1988	A.A. in Liberal Arts, Kapi'olani Community College
1984	Kaimuki High School

Work Experience
2016 to present	Dean of Academic Affairs, Division I (Humanities, Language Arts) & Academic Support, Windward Community College
2011-2016	Professor of History, Kapi'olani Community College
2007-2011	Associate Professor of History, Kapi'olani Community College
2003-2007	Assistant Professor of History, Kapi'olani Community College; tenured in 2005
1996-2003	Instructor in History, Kapi‘'olani Community College
1992-1996	Lecturer in History at Kapi'olani Community College, Windward Community College, and Honolulu Community College

Courses Taught
History 151	World Civilizations I (50 sections or 150 credits)
History 152	World Civilizations II (30 sections or 90 credits)
History 284	Hawaiian History (29 sections or 87 credits; 26 sections as Writing Intensive)
	My History 284 has been designated as fulfilling KCC's HAP and UH-Manoa's Focus (H) requirements.
History 288	Survey of Pacific Islands History (4 sections or 12 credits; all as Writing Intensive)
	My History 288 has been designated as fulfilling KCC's HAP and UH-Manoa's Focus (H) requirements .
IS 198 (a.k.a. IS 103)	College Success: Kupu A‘e (1 section or 3 credits)
Eng 272M & Hist 288 Learning Community	Time Traveling & Island Hopping: Connecting the Stories (8 sections or 24 credits, all as Writing Intensive)

Grants, Awards and Honors
2017	Alumnus Profile for University of Hawai'i Alumni Association
2007	Received the Board of Regents' Excellence in Teaching Award, Kapi'olani CC
2004	Alumnus Speaker at KCC's Commencement exercises, May 13
2002	Frances Davis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
2000	Nominated for the Excellence in Teaching Award, Kapi'olani CC
1991	Taraknath Das Prize in Asian History given by UH-Manoa's History Department for a paper titled "Anti-Chinese Sentiments in Hawai'i from 1862-1886"
1990-1992	East-West Center grantee
1990	Inducted into The Phi Beta Kappa Society
1988	Inducted into the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
Publications
2018	Book Review of "Facing the Spears of Change: The Life and Legacy of John Papa 'I'i" by Alohalani Brown in The Hawaiian Journal of History, Vol. 52: 161-163.
2016	In the Footsteps of Kapi'olani travel blog
2016	Book Review of "North Shore Place Names: Kahuku to Ka'ena" by John R. K. Clark in The Hawaiian Journal of History, Vol. 50: 167-169.
2015	Book Review of "Kalaupapa: A Collective Memory" by Anwei Skinsnes Law in The Hawaiian Journal of History, Vol. 49: 204-206.

Professional Activities
2019	Early College administrator
2018	Interview for Espanoles en el mundo - Aloha Hawai featuring WCC lecturer Gemma Cubero Del Barrio
2018	Voice over for the WCC & Oikonos Seabird Preserve Ceramics Nest project's promotional video
2018	Member of selection committee for WCC's Student Employee of the Year award
2017 to present	Hokupa'a Committee (aka Guiding Students with Aloha, or Student Success Pathways advisory group)
	UHCC's Student Success Council
	2017 to present	Strategic Professional Development Committee
	AY 2017-2018	Convener of English Sub-group
2018	Chancellor Advisory Search Committee
2017 to present	UHCC's Hawai'i Student Success Institute Planning Committee
2017 to present	Ke Kumu Pali (WCC's Native Hawaiian Council)
2016 to present	Academic Affairs Advisory Committee
2016 to present	Accreditation Steering Committee
2016 to present	Chancellor's Administrative Staff Committee
2016 to present	Creative Media Committee
2016 to present	Distance Education Committee
2016 to 2018	Institutional Effectiveness Committee
Fall 2014	Mistress of Ceremony at General Faculty & Staff Convocation
2014	Voice over for three Kapi'olani Community College commercials
	Never Turning Back
	Listen to Your Heart
	Think About Your Next Move
2014	Volunteer at the World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education E Mau Ana Ka Mo'olelo Our Narratives Endure at KCC in Honolulu, May 19-24
2014-2015	Member of Enrollment Management & Marketing Work Group
2014-2015	Member of Faculty Senate's Faculty & Student Relations committee
2013-2015	KCC's Kalaualani Council representative on the larger UH systemwide Puko'a Council
2011-2015	Chair of the Arts & Humanities Department
2010-2015	Member of Kalaualani (KCC's Native Hawaiian Council)
Summer 2009 & 2010	Faculty Advisor at New Student Orientations
Summer 2008	Kapi'olani Community College - Advice for Parents YouTube video interview
2008-2015	On-site Faculty for the Service Learning Malama i na Ahupua'a Project (formerly Adopt an Ahupua'a)
	Ulupo Heiau Lo'i Kalo	Kaniakapupu
	Waikalua Loko Fishpond	Ka'a'awa Valley
2008-2010	Honors Education Coordinator (included serving as Phi Theta Kappa faculty advisor)
Spring 2009	Chair of the Excellence in Teaching Award selection committee
2008-2015	Faculty Coordinator for the Service Learning Kalaupapa Names Project
2008-2009	Member of Ke Kumu committee to honor Queen Kapi'olani's legacy at KCC
2007-2009	Facilitator/Coordinator of Malama Pono workshops
	Co-Facilitator of Kahikoluamea Institute at Kapi'olani Community College
	2009	for 11 faculty and staff from six different units, August 5-8
	2007	for 18 faculty from Malama Hawai'i, Holomua, and First-Year Experience, May 14-18
2007-2012, 2015 to present	Facilitator for the Servant Leadership round-table discussion, National Pacific American Leadership Institute, every July
Summer 2007	Lead Facilitator and Faculty Advisor for New Student Orientations
Spring 2007	Served on Hawaiian, Asian and Pacific (HAP) multi-campus committee
Spring 2007	Acting Coordinator of First-Year for Faculty Program
Fall 2006	Facilitator of KCC's Hawaiian Values workshops
2006-2010	Served on KCC's Center for Excellence in Learning, Teaching & Techonology (CELTT) Professional Development Leadership Team
2005-2009	Member of Malama Hawai'i
2005-2006	Global/Multicultural representative on General Education Foundations Board
2005-2006	Malama Hawai'i representative on Accreditation Steering Committee
2005-2006	Facilitator of Teachers Talking to Teachers (4Ts) workshops
2005-2006	Coordinator of First-Year Experience Task Force
2004-2005	Member of Faculty Senate's Evaluation committee
2004	Facilitator during Negotiating Pacific Identities: Ethnicity, Encounters and Self-Determination, a United Nations University Global Seminar at UH Manoa's Law School, March
2001-2007	Member of First-Year Experience Task Force
2000-2005	Faculty Mentor Coordinator for Title III grant; Faculty Liaison to Kaimuki High School
2000-2002	KCC's Moving Cultures Coordinator for a Ford Foundation grant given to the University of Hawai‘i-School of Hawaiian, Asian, and Pacific Studies; developed an e-mail correspondence program for students at KCC and Palau Community College
1999-2001	Faculty Advisor at Registration
1999-2000	Member of Accreditation Standard Five: Student Support & Development committee
Professional Development
2018	Hawai'i Great Leaders Seminar at Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, February 6-9
2017	Fulbright Scholar Program Workshop in Los Angeles, May 26
2017	Pamantasan Conference at KCC, March 17
	Hawai'i Student Success Institute
	2018	at Hawai'i Convention Center & HCC, March 28-29
	2017	at LCC and WCC, March 3-4
2017	Achieving the Dream 13th Annual Conference in San Francisco, February 21-24
2016	Traveled in the Footsteps of Queen Kapi'olani, April 19-June 13
	WCC's dean follows the footsteps of Queen Kapi'olani by Cynthia Sinclair in WCC's Ka 'Ohana, December 12
	Scholar travels in the footsteps of Hawaii's 'forgotten queen' by Lee Cataluna in Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 11
	Following the footsteps of a Hawaiian Queen in Broadland District Council Newsroom, May 31
	May 19, 1887 - The Day the Queen of Hawai'i Visited Hunter College by Dr. Louise Sherby, Hunter College Archives & Special Collections
	A Royal Visit Wherein the Royal Visitor Is Inspired in Blackwell's Almanac, May (Vol II, No 2, 2016)
	Who is Hawaii's Queen Kapiolani? by Maria Johnson, May 3
2015	Engaging in Promising Practices Conference for Asian American, Native American, Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISI) at South Seattle College in Washington, February 6-7
2014	Annual Hawaii Sustainability in Higher Education Summit at Windward Community College, March 13-14
2014	AAC&U General Education and Assessment: Disruption, Innovations, and Opportunities Conference in Portland, Oregon, February 27-March 1
	Partnership Convention & Trade Show for the Association of Partners for Public Lands
	2014	in Albuquerque, NM, Februrary 23-26
	2012	in Las Vegas, NV, March 4-7
	Hawai'i Strategy Institute for the University of Hawai'i Community Colleges
	2014	Wo Innovation in Learning Day (WILD) at Windward CC, March 7-8
	2013	Achieving the Dream (AtD) meeting on student success, Kane'ohe, HI, Februrary 22-23
2013	ACCJC's Degree Qualifications Profile Project (DQPP) Associate Degree Cohorts Conference in Oakland, CA, April 25-26
2012	Learning Community Coordinators meeting in Washington, plus visit to six campuses, October
2012	Park Teachers Workshop at Everglades National Park in Florida, May 14-18
2010	National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) college teacher workshop, History and Commemoration: Legacies of the Pacific War in Honolulu, July 25-30 (video about my experience)
2009	Hawaii Summer Academy of the Community College Leadership Development Initiatives at Hawaii Tokai International College in Honolulu, July 6-10
2005	National Pacific American Leadership Institute Ho'ala Hou class, June 10-17
2003	Hawai‘i National Great Teachers Seminar at Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, August 10-15
2001	Institute on Campus Leadership for Sustainable Innovations, Association of American Colleges and Universities (part of KCC's six member team) in Leesburg, VA, July 10-15
1997	Writing Across the Curriculum Summer Institute at KCC, May 19-June 6

Presentations
2017	"Hawaiians Abroad: A Historical View of Early International Education" for NAFSA at LCC, December 1
2017	"Our Last Reigning Monarch: A Centennial Reflection" with Dr. Paul Brennan at Pohai Nani, November 11
2016 to present	"In the Footsteps of Queen Kapi'olani"
	Hui o Hawai'i of San Diego, CA, February, 23, 2019
	talk story live stream with Lori Halemano from Long Beach to San Diego, February 22, 2019
	Hawaiian language classes at Kapi'olani CC library, November 20, 2018
	"A Catholic Historian Follows an Anglican Queen's Journey" for the Damien and Marianne Catholic Conference at the Hawai'i Convention Center, October 6, 2018
	UH Foundation, Office of Alumni Relations, UH Maui College, September 25, 2018
	Haha Mena Lima Club (for the blind) at Malulani Hale, May 12, 2018
	Federal Detention Center, March 23, 2018
	Kapunawai Room at Leeward Community College, March 8, 2018
	Keynote Address for the Hawai'i International Conference, Arts & Humanities at Hilton Hawaiian Village, January 10, 2018
	Remembering Queen Kapi'olani interview on Think Tech Hawaii, December 7, 2017
	UH Alumni Association at Hawai'i Community College, November 30, 2017
	Docent Enrichment program at 'Iolani Palace, November 13, 2017
	RC-2020 meeting of urban community college CEOs at KCC, October 12, 2017
	American Association of University Women, Windward Oahu Chapter, September 2, 2017
	Hui Aloha Aina o Honolulu at 'Iolani Palace, August 25, 2017
	interview on the Jessica Lani Rich Show (aired on KWHE - TV 14), August 2017
	National Pacific American Leadership Institute, July 18, 2017
	Castle High School Early College IS 103 (College Success) class, July 21, 2017
	Ke Kula 'o Samuel M. Kamakau Early College IS 103 (College Success) class, June 21, 2017
	Ho'opili Presents at Paliku Theatre, April 24, 2017
	Native Hawaiian Education Association Conference at WCC, March 30, 2017
	UH Women's Campus Club at Laniakea YWCA, February 10, 2017
	Phi Theta Kappa Induction ceremony for Alpha Kappa Psi chapter at KCC, December 5, 2016
	two Rotary Clubs: Kane'ohe (November 29, 2016) and Downtown Honolulu (December 16, 2016)
	interview on Among Women podcast #217: The Final Lap in the Year of Mercy (November 1, 2016)
	as part of the Secrets of Success series at KCC, October 26, 2016
	Kapi'olani Community College's Alumni Association dinner, October 22, 2016
2013	"Miha Lana'au: Place- and Culture-Based Curriculum" and "Kahikoluamea Institute (Native Hawaiian Leadership Institute" table talks at Why Reinvent the Wheel? Sharing Professional Development Across the UHCC System, Windward CC, May 24
2012	"Waikalua Loko Fishpond" at Sustainability & Service Learning Institute, KCC, July 6
2009, 2012 & 2013	"Assignment Design: Writing Project," Writing Across the Curriculum Summer Institute, at KCC & Windward CC, May
2008 to present	"Queen Kapi'olani's Visit to Kalaupapa"
	"Queen Kapi'olani and the Saints of Moloka'i" for Damien and Marianne Catholic Conference at the Hawai'i Convention Center and at Chaminade University, October 21 & 25, 2017
	"The Relationship of Three Queens With the People of Kalaupapa" for Ka 'Ohana O Kalaupapa retreat, August 19, 2017
	as part of the Secrets of Success series at KCC (once each semester from Fall 2010 - Spring 2015)
	National Pacific American Leadership Institute (once each summer since 2011)
	Leeward Community College, July 29, 2013
	Hickam Officers' Club, May 20, 2013
	'Iolani Palace, July 2009 & March 17, 2012
	Judiciary History Center, June 2009
	"Queen Kapi'olani: Visit to Kalaupapa (July 1884) & Dedication of Kapi'olani Home for Girls (November 1885)," Distinctive Women in Hawaiian History, He Ho'olaule'a No Na Mo'olelo o na Wahine (Celebration of Women's History), Honolulu, April 2008 (see link for a handout and annotated bibliography)
2007	"'Comm' and Stay: Creating and Sustaining the First-Year Experience at a Community College," with Paige Wilmeth and Keith Kashiwada at 20th International Conference on the First-Year Experience, Waikoloa, Hawai‘i, July 10
2007	"Gold, Gods, and Glory: The Global Dynamics of Power -- How did Kalakaua maintain power in an age of neo-imperialism?" KCC's Phi Theta Kappa induction ceremony, April 20
2003	"A.L.T.E.R. = Awareness, Listening, Trial, Error, Revision," the keynote address for Staff Development Day at the College of Micronesia in Pohnpei, FSM, February 21
2002 to present	"Queen Kapi'olani: Her Life and Legacy"
	for UH Foundation Development (lunch) and UH Alumni Association (evening) at Kaua'i Community College, March 7, 2018
	for UH Foundation Development at UH Hilo, November 30, 2017
	Hawai'i Hiroshima Heritage Study Group at the Japanese Cultural Center, July 29, 2017
	Ho'opili Presents at Paliku Theatre in March 22, 2017 and at WCC's Hale A'o in July 28, 2017
	UH Foundation's Heritage Society Symposium at Hawai'i Prince Hotel, March 30, 2016
	presented to various groups of KCC faculty and students when asked
	as part of the Secrets of Success series at KCC (once each semester from Fall 2006 - Spring 2015)
	for the Pediatric Unit of Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women & Children, September 2007
	for visitors to KCC from the Association of American Colleges & Universities, February 2002
2002	"Students Crossing Borders: Community College Connections," with Keala Losch and Joe Chilton at Remaking Asian & Pacific Studies Conference, Honolulu, Hawai‘i, December 5
2002	"E-Mail Correspondence: Using Technology to Promote Collaborative Learning," 19th Pacific Educational Conference, Pago Pago, American Samoa, July 25
2001	"Service Learning: Learning the Pacific Way," with Keala Losch and David Napoleon at 18th Pacific Educational Conference, Mangilao, Guam, July 25
2000	"Methods of Engagement: Strategies for Helping Students Become More Effective Learners," with John Cole at Pacific Teaching: A Collaborative Workshop for Regional Community College Instructors, Koror, Palau, July 28
1997-2015	"Thinking Through History" workshop with Brian Cassity as part of the Secrets of Success series at KCC (once each semester)
1996-2015	"Learning Styles" workshop as part of the Secrets of Success series at KCC (once each semester)

Community Service
December 2017 to present	Board of Directors, Hawai'i Council for the Humanities
2016 to present	Board of Directors, National Pacific American Leadership Institute
2011-2017	Board of Directors, Pacific Historic Parks
2011-2015	Board Member, Waikalua Loko Fishpond Preservation Society
2010-2013, 2016-present	Program Advisor, Distinctive Women in Hawaiian History
2000-2002, 2016 to present	School Board Member, St. Anthony of Padua School, Kailua
1999-2001, 2008-2015	Lector Coordinator, St. Anthony of Padua Church, Kailua
1995 to present	Lector & Homebound Minister, St. Anthony of Padua Church, Kailua
1995-2007, 2017 to present	Judge, Hawai‘i History Day, Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities

last updated on 03/22/19