News, information and highlights from the CSS family.
New department chairs
Welcome to our new department chairs:
- Department of Anthropology, Christopher Bae, professor
- Department of Economics, Sang-Hyop Lee, professor
New members of the CSS family
A warm welcome to our new CSS family members:
- Department of Geography and Environment:
- Marina Karides, professor
- Department of Psychology:
- Anthony Papa, associate professor
- Department of Sociology:
- Ivee Yamada, secretary
- Media Design and Production:
- Bernadette Baraquio
- Dean’s Office:
- David Taga, academic support
- Osher Lifelong Learning Institute and International Programs:
- Ryan Tanaka, institutional support
Congratulations to our award and grant recipients
The importance of research in the social sciences is measured not only by the amount of the award, but also by the impact it has on communities and individuals. The following projects demonstrate the diversity of research in the social sciences. They are in addition to perennial major award winners: Karl Kim, executive director, National Disaster Preparedness Training Center, and professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning; Norman Okamura, director, Telecommunications and Social Informatics Program (TASI)/Pacific Health Informatics Data Center (PHIDC) and Christina Higa, associate director, TASI/PHIDC, and the TASI group; Brad Nakamura, professor, Department of Psychology; and Michael Hamnett, principal investigator, Hawai‘i Coral Reef Initiative.
- Department of Anthropology:
- Patrick Kirch, professor, Samuel Chapman Armstrong Humanitarian Award by Punahou School, Debra and Arlen Prentice Research Fund for Pacific Island Archaeology and Anthropology
- Miriam Stark, professor, Henry Luce Foundation
- School of Communications:
- Gerald Kato, associate professor, Willard Wilson Distinguished Service Award
- Department of Ethnic Studies:
- Davianna McGregor, professor, honorary doctorate from Laval University in Quebec City, Canada
- Ty Tengan, associate professor, Kamehameha Schools Grant to continue the North Shore Ethnographic Field School
- Department of Geography and Environment:
- David Beilman, associate professor, grants from National Science Foundation and FACE Foundation
- Marina Karides, professor, National Science Foundation grant
- Department of Political Science:
- Jairus Grove, associate professor, Peter V. Garrod Distinguished Graduate Mentoring award
- Nicole Grove, associate professor, 2020 College of Social Sciences Award for Excellence in Teaching
- Ehito Kimura, associate professor, 2020 College of Social Sciences Award for Excellence in Teaching
- Noenoe Silva, professor, 2020 Presidential Citation for Meritorious Teaching at UH Mānoa
Service Award Recognition
Congratulations and thank you to the following individuals for their many years of service:
- 50 years:
- Manfred Henningsen, professor, Department of Political Science
- 40 years:
- Peter Flachsbart, associate professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning
- 30 years:
- Carl Bonham, executive director, UHERO; professor, Department of Economics
- Byron Gangnes, professor (ret.), Department of Economics
- Sankaran Krishna, professor, Department of Political Science
- Nancy Marker, academic support, SSRI
- Ross Sutherland, associate dean, CSS
- 20 years:
- Rose-Anne Allen, research services, SSRI
- Theresa Greaney, associate professor, Department of Economics
- Sang-Hyop Lee, professor, Department of Economics
- Ekaterina Sherstyuk, professor, Department of Economics
- Noenoe Silva, professor, Department of Political Science
- Lorey Takahashi, director, ACCESS; professor, Department of Psychology
- Gail Yamamoto, FA support specialist, SSRI
- 10 years:
- Morgen Johansen, professor, Public Administration Program
Geospatial Information Science certificate available
Did you know that the Department of Geography and Environment now offers an undergraduate certificate in Geospatial Information Science? The certificate offers a systematic set of courses that focus on the acquisition, processing, generation, visualization, analysis, management, and dissemination of geospatial data.
UHERO wins national award for website
The University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization (UHERO) website has been nationally recognized for excellence by the Association for University Business and Economic Research (AUBER). This is the second time that UHERO has won the AUBER website award. In 2011, the additions of a new chart gallery, a blog with analysis of Hawaiʻi’s economy, and a forum on Facebook led to UHERO’s first recognition.
