Education & Academic
Positions

University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Honolulu, Hawai‘i, USA

Professor of
Mathematics Education (Tenured)

August 2017 - Present

Associate Professor of
Mathematics Education (Tenured)

August 2013 - July 2017

University of Hawai‘i - West O‘ahu

Kapolei, Hawai‘i, USA

Associate Professor of Mathematics (Tenured)

August 2012 - July 2013

Assistant Professor of Mathematics

August 2007 - July 2012

Director of Mathematics Program

August 2007 - July 2013

University of California
Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California, USA

Ph.D., Mathematics Education

June 2007

University of Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan

Visiting Scholar of Mathematics

June 2007

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Ed.M. Education, Mathematics Concentration

June 2003

Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana, USA

M.S. Mathematics

June 2009

Brigham Young University

Provo, Utah, USA

B.A. Mathematics Education,

minor in Music, Organ Performance

(Graduated with Honors)

Punahou Academy School

Honolulu, Hawai‘i, USA

(Graduated with Honors &
Recipient of Punahou Presidential Award)

Projects

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

• 2002 - 2003; Harvard University Project "IF" (Inventing the Future)
• 2002 - 2003; Harvard University Research Conference/International Forum

Honolulu, Hawai‘i, USA

• 2021 - Present; Hawai‘i P–20 Partnerships for Education and Hawai‘i State Department of Education Mathematics Data Achievement Project
• 2013 - 2018; U.S. Department of Education, Ethnomathematics and STEM Institute
• 2014 - 2018; University of Hawai‘i System and Kamehameha Schools Hui Ho‘opili ‘Āina Partnership
• 2013 - 2015; UH Mānoa General Education Quantitative Reasoning Workgroup
• 2007 - Present; Polynesian Voyaging Society Worldwide Voyage Education Hui
• 2012 - 2013; UHWO Hawai‘i Graduation Initiative Lead Team
• 2008 - 2013; National Science Foundation, UHWO Mathematics Center
• 2010 - 2011; Hawai‘i Pacific Islands Campus Compact (HIPICC) EcosySTEM
• 2010 - 2011; U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Native Hawaiian Career and Technical Education Program
• 2010 - 2016; University of Hawai‘i Student Equity, Excellence, and Diversity Office, Ethnomathematics Curriculum Project
• 2009 - 2015; University of Hawai‘i and State of Hawai‘i Department of Education Standards Streamlining Project Advisory Council
• 2008 - Present; Hawai‘i P-20 Partnerships for Education, American Diploma Project, Mathematics Acceleration Workgroup, and UH Campus Common Core Liaison Workgroup
• 2006 - 2007; East-West Center Asia Pacific Leadership Program
• 2006 - 2008; East-West Center Education 2020
• 2003, 2007, 2013-2016; Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL), Pathways to College Network and Pacific Regional Comprehensive Center

Los Angeles, California, USA

• 2004 - 2007; UCLA Center for International Development in Education
• 2003 - 2005; UCLA Education Abroad Program

Provo, Utah, USA

• 1998 - 1999; BYU Mathematics Lab

Suva, Fiji, and Hamilton, New Zealand

• 2000; Fiji Ministry of Education
• 2000; University of the South Pacific

Tokyo, Japan

• 2005 - 2006; Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT)

Washington, D.C., USA

• 2018 - 2019; National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Mathematics Visioning Panel
• 2008 - 2015; National Science Foundation
• 2004; Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs

Lectures & Presentations

• Khon Kaen, Thailand; July 2021
• Hanoi, Vietnam; December 2006
• Hiroshima, Japan; September 2017
• Tokyo, Japan; December 2005
• Hamburg, Germany; July 2016
• Nairobi, Kenya; August 2019
• Mangilao, Guam; February 2015, November 2013
• Pago Pago, American Samoa; February 2015, September 2014
• Perth, Australia; November 2008
• Auckland, New Zealand; March 2015
• Hamilton, New Zealand; April 2000
• Suva, Fiji; March 2000
• Juneau, Alaska, USA; June 2018
• Los Angeles, California, USA; February 2004
• San Diego, California, USA; April 2019, January 2013, April 2010
• San Francisco, California, USA; April 2016
• Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; March 2020
• Denver, Colorado, USA; April 2013
• New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; April 2014, January 2011
• Orlando, Florida, USA; February 2017
• Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; April 2011
• New York City, New York, USA; April 2018, June 2016, March 2008
• Boston, Massachusetts, USA; April 2015, January 2012, February 2003
• Washington, D.C., USA; April 2018, May 2016, October 2013, April 2009, September 2006
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; April 2012, April 2014
• Towson, Maryland, USA; July 2011
• Baltimore, Maryland, USA; February 2007
• Charleston, South Carolina, USA; March 2009
• Honolulu, Hawai‘i, USA; August 2022, July 2019, March 2017, April 2015, January 2014, February 2011, March 2008, February 2008, January 2007