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Contact the Education Department

Email:
sehna@
hawaii.edu

Telephone:
(808) 974-7582

Fax:
(808) 974-7737

Mail:
Education Department
University of Hawaii at Hilo
200 W. Kawili St.
Hilo, HI 96720-4091

University of Hawaii at Hilo Education Department

• Professors:
  • Nina K. Buchanan, Ph.D.
  • Jan L. Zulich, Ph.D.
• Associate Professor :
  • Jeannine Hirtle, Ed.D.
• Manulani Meyer, Ed.D.
• Richard Biffle, Ph.D.
• Assistant Professor:
  • Michele Ebersole, Ph.D.
  • Douglas Carothers, Ed.D.
  • Darius Kalvaitis, Ph.D.
  • Pamela Thompson, Ph.D.
• Instructor:
  • Avis Masuda, M.Ed.
• Junior Specialist/Advisor
  • Terry Reveira, M.Ed.
• Secretary:
  • Madeline Sehna

The UHH Education Department provides preservice and inservice teachers with high quality, integrated, inquiry-and field-based professional development; serves as a resource to area educators who are meeting the challenges of teaching in a culturally rich, technologically advanced society; and conducts as well as guide action research to expand knowledge of teaching and learning. The Department offers a Teacher Education Program (TEP) which leads to initial licensure in the State of Hawaii, and a Master of Education Program (M.Ed.) for the professional development of inservice teachers.

The need for qualified teachers in Hawaii is constant. Shortage areas in the state include mathematics, science, vocational education, special education and Hawaiian Language, especially immersion programs.

Mission

The UH Hilo Education Department is dedicated to the holistic development of transformational educators who are committed to equity, empowerment, and a critical understanding of our world. The Department envisions its future as the heart of a learning community of caring, ethical, and creative people as faculty seek to fulfill the following mission: to promote the professionalization of teaching by providing and engaging in educational experiences that are holistic, empathic, artistic, rigorous, and transformational.