Teaching
Kapi'olani
Community College · Honolulu, Hawai'i · 1997 -
1998
· 1999 - Present
REL 150
·
Introduction to the World's Major Religions
REL 151
· Religion
and the Meaning of Existence
REL 151 &
ENG 270E
· Learning Community · Inventing Eternity: Early
Religion
and Literature
REL 202
·
Understanding Indian Religions
REL
209 ·
Understanding Islam
REL 215
·
Contemporary Religions
REL 215 &
ENG 270F
· Learning Community · Reinventing Eternity:
Modern Religion and Literature
REL 222/HIST 222
· Religion
and Conflict in the Modern Era
Academic Coordinator · International Education · Fall 2012 - Spring 2013
Philosophy & Religion Assessment Coordinator · Arts and Humanities Department · Fall 2011
Chair · Arts and Humanities Department · Spring 2009 - Fall 2010
Coordinator · International Studies · Fall 2006
Coordinator · Asian Studies · Fall 2001 - Fall 2005
Co-Coordinator · Kapi'olani Asia Pacific Emphasis (KAPE) · Fall 2001 - Spring 2003
College Service
Presenter · “Religion: Real Jobs in the Real World” · Career Exploration & Transfer Fair · 27 February 2013
Presenter · “The Successful Promotion Dossier” · PROMO C4ward · 6 February 2013
Presenter · “The Academic Study of Myth and Religion” · HWST 270 · 20 March 2008 · 30 August 2011 · 30 August 2012 · 17 January 2013
Robespierre · The Scarlet Pimpernel · KCC Spring Production · Spring 2011
Panelist · Got Philosophy? Professional Philosophy Workshops · 8 May 2009 · 12 April 2010
Interviewer · Engaged in Education Intake Sessions · 6 March 2009 · 5 March 2010 · (Professional Development Days)
Peer Coach · Laulima · Sharon Rowe · 13 May 2009
Presenter · “Lactating Virgins, Exploding Turbans, and the Politics of Beer” · 9 November 2007 (THINK Seminar) · 6 March 2009 (Professional Development Day Seminar)
Presenter · “Holy Land, Contested Lands: The Politics of Myth and Identity in the Modern Middle East” · 20 March 2008 (KCC International Festival) · 5 March 2009 (POLS 207)
Presenter · WAC+ Critical Thinking Workshop · Wo Innovations in Learning Day (WILD) · 7 March 2008
Tour Guide · KCC Ambassadors · Campus Tour Program · Fall 2006 – Spring 2007
Guest
Lecturer · REL 680B · Teaching Religion
·
Presenter
· “In the Footsteps of Prophets: Travels in the
Middle
East” · International Education Week ·
16 November 2006
Guest
Speaker · “Gold, Gods, and Glory: Power and the
Rhetoric of
Religious Absolutism” · Phi Theta Kappa Induction
Ceremony
· 4 November 2006
Member · Tenure and Promotion Review Committee · Spring 2011 · Spring 2013 (2)
Member · Student Services Department Personnel Committee · Fall 2011 · Fall 2012
Co-Facilitator · Standard III Accreditation Committee · Standard III.D. · Fall 2010 - Fall 2012
Arts and Humanities Representative · Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Ad Hoc Faculty Senate Committee · Spring 2007 - Spring 2012
Member · Student Services Screening Committee · Spring 2011
Member · Student Learning Outcomes General Education Subcommittee on Self and Community · Fall 2008 - Spring 2009
Chair · Tenure and Promotion Review Committees · Spring 2007 · Spring 2009
Religion Representative · Asian Studies Board · Fall 2006 - Spring 2009
Chair · Student Learning Outcomes Subcommittee on Accreditation Communications · Fall 2007 - Spring 2008
Member · Excellence in Teaching Award Selection Committee · Fall 2002 - Spring 2003 · Spring 2007
International Education Representative · Center for Excellence in Learning, Teaching, and Technology (CELTT) Advisory Committee · Fall 2005 - Fall 2006
Member
· Combined Personnel Committee · Fall 2005
Religion Discipline Coordinator · Arts and Humanities Department · Spring 2007 - Present
Peer Evaluator · Arts and Humanities Department · Spring 2004 · Fall 2004 · Spring 2005 · Fall 2006 · Spring 2007 · Fall 2007 · Spring 2008 · Fall 2008 · Spring 2011 · Fall 2011 · Spring 2012 · Fall 2012 · Spring 2013
Curriculum Updates · REL 150 · REL 151 · REL 200 · REL 201 · REL 202 · REL 209 · REL 210 · REL 215 · REL 222 · HIST 222 · Fall 2011
Religion Discipline Assessment Coordinator · Arts and Humanities Department · Spring 2011
Editor · Revised Arts and Humanities DPC Guidelines · Fall 2010
Member · Arts and Humanities Department Personnel Committee · Fall 2005 · Fall 2007 · Fall 2008
Member · Arts and Humanities DPC Review & Revision Committee · Spring 2008Independent
Study · “The Scholarship of Religious
Violence” ·
Spring 2004
Volunteer · 'Ahahui Mālama I Ka Lōkahi · Ulupō Heiau and Lo'i Restoration · 10 March 2013
Volunteer · Na Kupuna a me na Kako'o o Halawa · Heiau Restoration · 2 March 2013
Volunteer · Paepae o He'eia · Loko I'a Restoration · 23 February 2013
Guest
Speaker · “In the Footsteps of Prophets: Travels
in the
Islamic Mediterranean” · Kahala Nui Retirement
Home
· 6 June 2011
Guest
Speaker · “Behind the Wall: Arab East Jerusalem
and the
West Bank” · Rotary Club of Kahala Sunrise
· 25 May
2011
Volunteer · Mālama Maunalua Limu Huki · 6 March 2010
Participant · Pahua Heiau Talk Story · Liveable Hawaii Kai Hui and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs · 25 February 2010
Client · Tamra Ambulance Project · Tamra, Israel and Kapi'olani Community College eBusiness · Fall 2008 - Fall 2009
Host · “The Israeli Palestinian Reality” · Lecture and Book Signing by Susan Nathan · Kapi'olani Community College · 23 October 2008
Host · “Palestinian Encounters: Youth Voices from Behind the Wall” · Palestine Symposium · Who Are the Palestinians? Understanding the Nakba · Kapi'olani Community College · 10 March 2008
Interviewer · Library of Congress Veterans History Project · Fall 2003 - Fall 2007
Minister
· Ota and Nakamoto Wedding Ceremony · 18 March
2007
Panel
Moderator · 2006 Student Conference on Historical,
Political, and International Studies · Chaminade University
of
Honolulu · 11
November 2006
Minister
· Kinard and Dawrs Wedding Ceremony · 08 August
2006
Minister
· Kam and Martin Wedding Ceremony · 19 June 2005
Presenter
· “Islam and the Hijacking of Religious
Essences” ·
Mini-Conference on Religious Pluralism and Religious Tolerance
·
Chaminade
University of Honolulu · 16 April 2005
Presenter
· “Islam in Iraq: Diversity and
Interpretation” ·
Current Affairs Forum · Hawaii Pacific University
· 11
April 2005
Co-Presenter
· “Inventing Eternity: A Fully Integrated Learning
Community” · League for Innovations Conference
· New
York, New York · March
2005
Minister
· Cochrane and Vandermeer Wedding Ceremony · 19
February
2005
Presenter
· “Islam in Iraq: Diversity and
Interpretation” ·
Current Affairs Forum · Chaminade University of Honolulu
· 4 February 2005
Guest
Speaker · “The World’s Major
Religions” · Farrington High
School History Classes · 20 February 2004
Expert
Testimony · “The
Dietary Laws of Coptic Christianity” ·
Hawai‘i State Department
of Public
Safety, Corrections Division · 30 July 2003
Professional
Development
Lecture · “The Indian Equator: Mark Twain's India Revisted” · Lord Ian Strathcarron · English-Speaking Union · Kapi'olani Community College · 9 April 2013
Arabic Language Course · "A Taste of the Arabic Language" · Kapi'olani Community College Continuing Education · 26 January - 09 March 2011
Achieving the Dream: Hawai'i Strategy Institute · "Student Success: What We're Learning About What Matters Most" by Dr. Kay McClenney · "Application of Universal Design for Learning" by Megan Conway · Windward Community College · 4 March 2011
Lecture · “Islamic Calligraphy: Form, Function and Decoration” · Dr. Wheeler M. Thackston, Jr. · Honolulu Academy of Arts · Shangri La · 11 December 2010
Lecture · “Borders of Sorrow: Violence and Politics of Religious Identities in Modern Indo-Pakistani Fiction” · Dr. Alok Bhalla · Honolulu Academy of Arts · Shangri La · 26 June 2010
Secrets of Success Workshop · “Let's Honor Queen Kapi'olani” · Colette Higgins · Kapi'olani Community College · 24 June 2010
Summer Leadership Academy · Community College Leadership Development Initiatives (CCLDI) · Hawai'i Tokai International College · 6-10 July 2009
Lecture · “Does Art Have a Religion? Islamic Art Revisited” · Dr. Aslam Syed · Honolulu Academy of Arts · Shangri La · 23 May 2009
Lecture · “Israel and Palestine: A Journey through Despair” · Dr. Joseph Overton · The Hidden Intellectual Network at KCC (THINK) Seminar · 24 April 2009
Panel Presentation · “The Roles of Women in Contemporary Iran” · Farideh Farhi, Marcia Morse, and Marty Nikou · Honolulu Academy of Arts · Shangri La · 21 March 2009
Retreat on Student Learning and Assessment, Level I · Western Association of Schools and Colleges · Honolulu, Hawai'i · 29-31 January 2009
Lecture · “The Dream of the Poem: Islamic Art, Arab Verse and Andalusian Hebrew Poetry” · Peter Cole · Honolulu Academy of Arts · Shangri La · 24 January 2009
Conference · American Academy of Religion · Chicago, Illinois · 1 - 3 November, 2008
Conference · North American Association for the Study of Religion · Chicago, Illinois · 31 October - 1 November, 2008
Lecture · “Introducing the Qur'an as Literature” · Dr. Carl W. Ernst · Honolulu Academy of Arts · Shangri La · 26 June 2008
Lecture · “In Search of the Memory of Al-Andalus” · Prof. Maria Rosa Menocal · Honolulu Academy of Arts · Shangri La · 8 March 2008
Lecture
· “The Prison-House of the Orient: A History of
Contemporary Architecture in the Islamic World” ·
Prof. Nasser
Rabbat ·
Honolulu Academy of Arts · 27 May 2007
Title VI
Workshop · “Beyond Asia and the Pacific”
· Kapi'olani
Community College · 17-18 May 2007
Learning
Information Literacy Online (LILO) Workshop · Windward
Community College · 16 May 2007
Skip
Downing Student Engagement Techniques Workshop · Journey to
the Center Professional Development Day · Kapi'olani
Community
College · 2
March 2007
Ruth
Stiehl Student Learning Outcomes Workshop · Windward
Community College · 16-17 February 2007
ePortfolio
Workshop · Center for Excellence in Learning, Teaching,
and Technology (CELTT) · Kapi'olani Community College
·
26 January 2007
Sabbatical
Leave · Spain, Morocco, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, the West
Bank, Turkey, Romania, Hungary, and Bosnia-Herzegovina ·
December 2005 – May
2006
Title VI
Workshop · “Beyond Asia and the Pacific”
· Kapi'olani
Community College · 16-18 May 2005
League
for Innovations Conference · New York, New York ·
March
2005
Fulbright-Hays
Group Project Abroad in Malaysia and Indonesia ·
Asian Studies Development Program · June – August
2004
Learning
Communities Institute · Kapi'olani Community College
·
April 2004
Lecture
· “Soldiers Zen in WWII Japan: A Classic Case
Study of
Holy War” · Dr. Brian Victoria ·
University of Hawai'i at
Mānoa · 11 March 2004
Teachers
Talking to
Teachers about Teaching · Kapi'olani Community College
·
14 November 2003
Awards and Recognition
Promotion · Professor of Religion · Kapi'olani Community College · 1 August 2012
Nomination, Election, and Appointment · Chair of Arts and Humanities · January 2009 - December 2010
Travel Grants · Faculty Development Council · Kapi'olani Community College · 2001 · 2004 · 2005 · 2008
Promotion · Associate Professor of Religion · Kapi'olani Community College · 1 August 2008
Who’s
Who
Among America’s Teachers ·
2005
Tenure · Assistant Professor of Religion · Kapi'olani Community College · 1 August 2005
Promotion · Assistant Professor of Religion · Kapi'olani Community College · 1 August 2004
Fulbright-Hays
Scholarship
· Asian Studies Development Program · Group
Project
Abroad · Malaysia and
Indonesia · 2004
“Teacher Most Likely to Promote Critical Thinking”
· Kapi'o
Newspaper ·
2003
Board of Regents' Award for Teaching Excellence · University of Hawai'i · Kapi'olani Community College · 2001 - 2002