DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP
Four new 2024-2025 CSS department chairs take the helm: Ashok Das, Urban and Regional Planning; Jonathan Goldberg-Hiller, Political Science; Manfred Steger, Sociology; and Nori Tarui, Economics.
TENURE AND PROMOTION
Congratulations to CSS faculty who received tenure and/or promotion in 2024:
Tenure and promotion
Ethan Caldwell, Associate Professor, Ethnic Studies
Jennifer Kagan, Associate Professor, Public Administration
Dan Milz, Associate Professor, Urban and Regional Planning
Justin Tyndall, Associate Professor, Economics
Tenure
Orhon Myadar, Associate Professor, Geography and Environment
Promotion
Joni Sasaki, Professor, Psychology
Helen Yu, Professor, Public Administration
FORGING CONNECTIONS
UH Mānoa’s Center for Southeast Asian Studies, headed by Anthropology Professor Miriam Stark, will launch a two-year Asia-Pacific Museum Exchange Program committed to diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility. Funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of State’s Cultural Heritage Center, the program aims to empower museum and heritage professionals who are at the forefront of preserving the culture, collections and traditions across the Asia-Pacific Region.
