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- B.B. King
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Aloha mai kākou!
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Here to help you be what our world needs.
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University of Hawaiʻi (UH) alumna, kanaka maoli (Native Hawaiian), and uchinanchu (local descendant of Okinawan immigrants). Born and raised on Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi; I grew up in Maunalua (Hawaiʻi Kai). I am an interdisciplinary marine ecologist with a forte in Coastal Resources Management, outreach education, and science communication. My position in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management (NREM) is an Instructor Faculty member (100% Instruction). My instruction focuses on experiential learning and I teach the NREM courses: 192; 203; 251; 492; and 665.
In-addition to Instruction
NREM Undergraduate Chair
Undergraduate Student Body Advisor
NREM Specialization Advisor
Watershed and Coastal Management
NREM Undergraduate Internship
Approval Administrator
Spring NREM 492 - Instructor
Fall NREM 492 - Dr. Travis Idol
UH Ocean Conservation Award
Mentor
Academic Year 2021 - 2022
Award Coordinator - Dr. Mark Hixon
Post Secondary Education
Doctor of Philosophy
Coastal Resources Management
Coastal and Estuarine Ecology, Geosciences, Social Science, and Policy
East Carolina University
Masters of Science
Zoology
Emphasis in Ecology, Evolution and Conversation Biology
University of Hawaiʻi - Mānoa
Bachelors of Arts
Marine Science
Biology Minor
University of Hawaiʻi - Hilo
Associates of Arts
Liberal Arts
Kapiʻolani Community College
Prior Work Experience
Hanauma Bay Education Program
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
Barnegat Bay Partnership
Toms River, New Jersey
The New School
New York, New York
Curriculum Vitae
Publications and more experiences!
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