chiggins' resume

Colette Higgins

(Associate Professor, History)

Kapi'olani Community College

Office: Ohia 103B

Phone: 734-9174

Email: chiggins@hawaii.edu

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	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

	Teaching Experience
As of 8/1/2007	Associate Professor of History, Kapi'olani Community College
2003 to 2007	Assistant Professor of History, Kapi'olani Community College; tenured in 2005
1996 to 2003	Instructor in History, Kapi‘'olani Community College
1992 to 1996	Lecturer in History at Kapi'olani Community College, Windward Community College, and Honolulu Community College

	Courses Taught
History 151	World Civilizations I (48 sections or 144 credits)
History 152	World Civilizations II (31 sections or 93 credits)
History 284	Hawaiian History (21 sections or 63 credits; 18 sections as WI)
History 284	My History 284 has been designated as fulfilling KCC's HAP and UH-Manoa's Focus (H) requirements (Spring 2006 to Summer 2009).
History 288	Survey of Pacific Islands History (4 sections or 12 credits; all as WI)
History 288	My History 288 has been designated as fulfilling KCC's HAP and UH-Manoa's Focus (H) requirements (Fall 2006 to Summer 2009).
IS 198 (a.k.a. IS 103)	College Success: Kupu A‘e (1 section or 3 credits)
Eng 257M & Hist 288 Learning Community	Time Traveling & Island Hopping: Connecting the Stories (4 sections or 12 credits, all as WI)

	Grants, Awards and Honors
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 & 2002	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 National Honor Society
1988	Inducted into the Phi Theta Kappa National Honor Fraternity

	Other Professional Activities
Fall 2008 to present	Honors Education Coordinator (incl. serving as Phi Theta Kappa faculty advisor)
Fall 2007 to Spring 2009	Facilitator/Coordinator of KCC's Malama Pono workshops
2007	Co-Facilitator of Kahikoluamea Institute for 18 faculty from three KCC units (Malama Hawai'i, Holomua, and First-Year Experience), May 14-18
Summer 2007	Served as a lead facilitator and faculty advisor at KCC's New Student Orientations
Spring 2007	Acting Coordinator of KCC's First-Year for Faculty Program
Spring 2007	Co-Facilitator of KCC's Malama Pono workshops
Fall 2006	Facilitator of KCC's Hawaiian Values workshops
Fall 2006 to Spring 2009	Serve on KCC's Center for Excellence in Learning, Teaching & Techonology (CELTT) Professional Development Leadership Team
2005-2006	Facilitator of KCC's Teachers Talking to Teachers (4Ts) workshops
2005-2006	Coordinator of KCC's First-Year Experience Task Force
2005	National Pacific American Leadership Institute Ho'ala Hou class, June 10-17
2004	Served as a facilitator for Negotiating Pacific Identities: Ethnicity, Encounters and Self-Determination, a United Nations University Global Seminar that was held at UH Manoa's Law School (March)
2003	Hawai‘i National Great Teachers Seminar, Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, Aug. 10-15
2001	Institute on Campus Leadership for Sustainable Innovations, Association of American Colleges and Universities (part of KCC's six member team), Leesburg, VA, Jul. 10-15
2001 to present	Member of KCC's First-Year Experience Task Force
2000 to 2006	Faculty Mentor Coordinator for KCC's Title III grant; Faculty Liaison to Kaimuki High School
2000 to 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
1997	Writing Across the Curriculum Summer Institute, May 19-Jun. 6

	Presentations
2008	"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, Hawai‘i, April 26

	Queen Kapi`olani Presentation Handout	Annotated Bibliography
2007	Queen Kapi'olani presentation for the Pediatric Unit of Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women & Children, September 17, 18 & 27
2007	with Paige Wilmeth and Keith Kashiwada. "'Comm' and Stay: Creating and Sustaining the First-Year Experience at a Community College," 20th International Conference on the First-Year Experience, Waikoloa, Hawai‘i, Jul. 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, Pohnpei, FSM, Feb. 21
2002 to present	"Queen Kapi‘olani's Life and Legacy" for AAC&U visitors to KCC, Feb 16; (presented to various groups of KCC faculty and students when asked)
	a 6 minute streaming video on Queen Kapi'olani is available by clicking on Chapter 2 of KCC's online New Student Orientation
	as part of the Secrets of Success series at KCC (once each semester since Fall 2006)
2002	with Keala Losch and Joe Chilton. "Students Crossing Borders: Community College Connections," Remaking Asian & Pacific Studies Conference, Honolulu, Hawai‘i, Dec. 5
2002	"E-Mail Correspondence: Using Technology to Promote Collaborative Learning," 19th Pacific Educational Conference, Pago Pago, American Samoa, Jul. 25
2001	with Keala Losch and Kawika Napoleon. "Service Learning: Learning the Pacific Way," 18th Pacific Educational Conference, Mangilao, Guam, Jul. 25
2000	with John Cole. "Methods of Engagement: Strategies for Helping Students Become More Effective Learners," Pacific Teaching: A Collaborative Workshop for Regional Community College Instructors, Koror, Palau, Jul. 28
1997 to present	with Brian Cassity. "Thinking Through History" workshop as part of the Secrets of Success series at KCC (once each semester)
1996 to present	"Learning Styles" workshop as part of the Secrets of Success series at KCC (once each semester)

	Community Service
2000-2002	School Board, St. Anthony Parish School, Kailua
1999-2001	Lector Coordinator, St. Anthony's Kailua
1995 to present	Lector & Homebound Minister, St. Anthony's Kailua
1995 to 2007	Judge, Hawai‘i History Day, Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities

last updated on 6/23/09