Professional Experience
2015-present Outreach
Director, Center for Pacific Islands Studies, School of Pacific and
Asian Studies, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa.
2015-present Cooperating
Faculty, Doctorate in Professional Educational Practice, University of
Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
2015-present Affiliate
Faculty, Indigenous Politics Program, Department of Political Science,
University of
Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
2002-2015 Associate
Professor of Information Technology & Coordinator,
Center for Excellence in Learning, Teaching and
Technology, Kapi'olani Community College (hired as Instructor in 2002,
tenured & promoted to Assistant Professor in 2007, promoted to
Associate Professor in 2011)
2004-2005
Consultant/Grant Reviewer, Hewlett-Packard Technology for Teaching
Grant Initiative, International Society for Technology in Education
2000-2001
Lecturer, Computers and Information Sciences, Chaminade University,
Honolulu
1997-present Lecturer,
Educational Technology/Learning Design and Technology Department,
University of Hawai'i at Mānoa.
1997-2000
Academic Advisor, Outreach College, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
1993-1996 Junior
Specialist (Academic Advisor), Office of Student Academic Services,
College of Education, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
1991-1993
Computer Specialist II, Arts & Sciences Student Services
Office, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
Grants
2015 Grant Support, National
Resource Centers Program grant and Foreign Language and Areas Studies
Fellowships Program grant, US Department of Education. $228K per year
for four years for the NRC grant, $177K per year for four years for the
FLAS grant.
2015
Co-leader, UH Community Colleges Pasefika Passion Pipeline (3P) to
recruit and retain Pacific Islanders in higher education, $125K
2013
Co-leader, UH Community Colleges Part Time Student Project: Peer
Mentoring for Online HAW Language Class, $19K
2011 Project
Lead, College Access Challenge Grant (Hawai'i P20),
Distance Learning Student Technology Help Desk, $61K
2009 Project
Lead, Improving and Expanding Distance Learning Across the
UHCC System, Career and Technical Education Program Improvement
Mini-Grants, $100K 2008 Project Lead, Distance Learning and
Technology-Enhanced Learning, 2008-2011, $535K
2008
Co-leader, Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education
Improvement Act of 2006 Grant to Recruit, Support and Graduate More
Male Educational Paraprofessionals, $19K
2005
Co-leader, Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education
Improvement Act of 2006 Grant for Recruitment and Retention of Women in
Information Technology, $7K