Directory

Our faculty come from a variety of disciplines, providing students with the opportunity to learn different perspectives about important public issues. Faculty have recently published in Public Administration ReviewAmerican Review of Public AdministrationJournal of Public Administration Research and TheoryReview of Public Personnel AdministrationPublius, and Public Management Review.

Faculty

Jennifer Kagan

Jennifer Kagan

Associate Professor

Saunders 409

(808) 956-0978

Dave Nixon, PUBA

David Nixon

Associate Professor

Saunders 717

(808) 956-7718

Gowun Park

Gowun Park

Assistant Professor

Saunders 405

(808) 956-7060

Helen H. Yu, PUBA

Helen H. Yu

Professor

Director and Graduate Chair

Saunders 407

(808) 956-7375

Additional

Staff

Sarah Amend

Sarah Amend

Program Manager

Saunders 631

(808) 956-8260

pubadmin@hawaii.edu

Alex Sosa

Alex Sosa

Graduate Assistant

Saunders 631

(808) 956-8260

pubadmin@hawaii.edu

Cooperating Faculty

  • Makena Coffman — Professor, Department of Urban & Regional Planning
  • Mary K. Y. Danico, Professor, Department of Ethnic Studies
  • Ashok K. Das — Associate Professor, Department of Urban & Regional Planning
  • Colin D. Moore — Associate Professor, Matsunaga Institute for Peace
  • Vir Armajit Singh — Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Sanjeev Sridharan — Professor, Director of the Office for the Study of Healthcare Policy
  • Jenifer S. Winters — Professor, School of Communication and Information

Lecturer

  • Jaret K.C. Leong — Director, Mānoa Academy and Academic Pathways
  • Kenika M. Lorenzo-Elarco — Junior Specialist Faculty, College of Education, Center on Disability Studies

Retired/Emeriti Faculty

  • Susan Chandler — Emeritus Professor
  • Christopher Grandy — Retired Associate Professor
  • Richard (Dick) Pratt — Emeritus Professor