EDUCATION:

1975            Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Sociology
                    The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
                    Areas of Specialization: Social Psychology, Race and Ethnic Relations, Social 
                    Stratification
                    Dissertation Title: Gender Differences and Similarities in Coalition Behavior

1970            Master of Arts (M.A.) in Social Sciences: Sociology
                    University of Northern Colorado
                    Greeley, Colorado

1969            Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Sociology
                    Teaching Certification: Secondary Education
                    Chaminade University of Honolulu
                    Honolulu, Hawaii
 

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT:

1986-present        University of Hawaii-West Oahu
                             Professor of Sociology

1981-1986            University of Hawaii-West Oahu
                              Associate Professor of Sociology

1976-1981            University of Hawaii-West Oahu
                              Assistant Professor of Sociology

1779-1980            Chaminade University of Honolulu
                              Assistant Professor of Sociology
                              (one year leave from UH-West Oahu)

Winter1975-           Chaminade University of Honolulu
Summer 1976         Department of Sociology
                               Instructor (Evening Accelerated Sessions)
                               Introductory Sociology, Race Relations, Social Problems,
                               Juvenile Delinquency, Social Theory

1974-1975             Ohio State University, Department of Sociology
                               Graduate Administrative Associate – assistant to Chairperson of
                               Graduate Committee/Department: admissions, financial
                               assistance, academic affairs
                               Graduate students advisor: registration, organization and
                               administration of M.A. an Ph.D. examinations, coordination of
                               clerical, academic, and related activities

1971-1974             Ohio State University, Department of Sociology
                               Graduate Teaching Associate
                               Introductory Sociology courses: recitation sections and full responsibility

1970-1971              State of Hawaii, Department of Education (DOE)
                                Nanakuli High School, Secondary Teacher
                                World History, Basic Mathematics

Fall 1970                 Chaminade University of Honolulu
                                Department of Sociology Instructor
                                Introductory Sociology
 

HONORS, GRANTS AND AWARDS:

Fall 1997                Faculty participant/contributor, "The Fundamental Values of a
                              Good Community" – A Leeward Community College and
                              University of Hawaii-West Oahu Learning Community. $21,400
                               grant funded by UH-Educational Improvement Funds Grant.

Summer 1997         Faculty participant/contributor, "The Fundamental Values of a
                              Good Community: A Cross-Disciplinary Curriculum Development
                               Project." $25,000 grant funded by the National Endowment for
                               Humanities.

1996, 1993             Listed in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers

1995                       American Association of University Women, Honolulu Branch,
                               Service Recognition Award

1992                      Writer, Community Action Grant for "Girls Engaged in Math and
                               Science" (GEMS) Conference. $5,000 grant funded by the
                               American Association of University Women.

1981                      University of Hawaii Board of Regents’ Medal for Excellence in
                               Teaching

1980                       Teaching Award – Outstanding Faculty Member, Chaminade
                               University of Honolulu

1974                       Listed in Outstanding Young Women in America

1971-1975             Sociology Department Graduate Fellowship Award, Ohio State
                               University

1969                        Magna cum laude, B.A., Chaminade College of Honolulu
                                Recipient of Department of Sociology Senior Award
                                Recipient of Department of Education Senior Award

1965-1969             Dean’s List, Chaminade College of Honolulu

1965-1969             John F. O’Dea Maryknoll Scholarship

1968                       Listed in Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities
 

RESEARCH, CONSULTING AND CREATIVE ACTIVITIES:

"An Intercampus Learning Community: The Fundamental Values of a Good
Community" (1999). With Dr. Rebecca Lee.
http://www.edrs.com/Members/EricIR.cfm/ednumber=ED 434601

Unpublished papers: five papers written as part of the NEH grant for "The Fundamental Values of the Good Community." Shared with members of the grant team/learning community (two colleagues from UHWO and three from LCC), as well as a committee from NEH: (Summer /Fall 1997)
"The Ins and Outs of Community: Social Boundaries"
"Structural Similarities in the Chinese and Benedictine Communities"
"Crossing Racial-Cultural Boundaries in the Moral Community"
"Silencing Marginalized Communities"
"The Individual’s Triumph of Choice"

Pohai Nani Certificate of Need (CON) for the Good Samaritan Capital Project. July 1995.
My consulting role: data analysis, wrote 1/3 of the final report.

Historical Recollections of the American Association of University Women Honolulu Branch 1905-1995.
This is a 90+ page manuscript detailing the 90 year history of the AAUW, Honolulu Branch, printed by the Branch. I completed the research over a three year period and wrote the manuscript.

Hoola Lahui Hawaii: East Kauai Health Needs Assessment – Final Report. ca.90 pages. Hoola Lahui Hawaii, Inc. June 1992.
My consulting role: review of literature, data analysis, wrote final report.

Community Action Grants Proposal: Girls Engaged in Math and Science (GEMS) Conference. Awarded $5,000 from the American Association of University Women – national association. February 1992.

UH-WO Gerontology Certificate Program. Curriculum Research Project Report. With Dr. Joyce Chinen. August 1991.
Report on the Child Welfare Services Evaluation Project. ca. 130 pages. Department of Human Services. July 1991.
My consulting role: review of literature, wrote final report.

Final Report to the Human Services/Resources Task Force on the Evaluation of East Hawaii Tri-Agency Pilot Project. ca. 100 pages. Department of Human Services. June 1991.
My consulting role: review of literature, wrote final report.

UH-WO: Credit for Experience. Curriculum Research Project Report. Spring 1989.

Final Report to the Human Services /Resources Task Force on the Evaluation of West Hawaii Pilot Project. ca. 200 pages. Department of Human Services. September 1989.
My consulting role: review of literature, wrote final report.

Alu Like Health and Social Services Program Five Year Strategy and Implementation Plan: Comprehensive Final Report. Included Phase I and Phase II Reports. ca. 150 pages. Alu Like, Inc. May 1989.
My consulting role: review of literature, wrote final report.

Kula Hospital Elderly Housing Feasibility Study. ca 140 pages. Department of Health. 1989.
My consulting role: review of literature, wrote 1/3 of the final report.

Feasibility Study of a Moloka’i Senior/Youth Center at Kaunakakai. ca. 80 pages. Department of Human Services. February 1989.
My consulting role: review of literature, wrote final report.

Hale Ola Ho’opakolea – Waianae Coast Children and Youth Mental Health Services. ca. 96 pages. Hale Ola Ho’opakolea, Inc. September 1988.
My consulting role: review of literature, data analysis, wrote final report.

Hale Ola Ho’opakolea – Waianae Coast Children and Youth Mental Health Services: Executive Summary. 26 pages. Hale Ola Ho’opakolea, Inc. September 1988.
My consulting role: wrote summary report.

Hoola Lahui Hawaii: West Kauai Needs Assessment – Final Report. ca. 60 pages. Hoola Lahui Hawaii, Inc. January 1988.
My consulting role: literature review, data analysis, wrote final report.

"Running and Winning," in The Changing Lives of Hawaii’s Women. Edited by Ruth Lieban, Honolulu, Hawaii, Spring 1984, 18-20. With Dr. Anne Lee.

UH Outreach Survey. December 15, 1983. Report submitted to the University of Hawaii Office of the Vice President. Results of a system-wide survey of outreach educational needs for the State of Hawaii. With Dr. Frederick Mayer.

Social Behavior: A Guided Study, Fall 1980 (independent study guide). Published by West Oahu College and used by students as a supplement to main textbook, especially by students in Alternative Delivery System.

"Social Approval and Disapproval Cues in Anxiety-Arousing Communications and the Effects of Social Desirability as a Mediating Variable." Unpublished research paper. March 1979. With Dr. James R. Stock.

"Interpersonal Contact and Racial Prejudice: A Comparative Study of American and Chinese Students," The Sociological Quarterly, 15 (Autumn, 1974), 559-566. With Dr. Wen L. Li.
 

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

Reviewer/reader of book The Love Was Already , by Mark Hamamoto for Hoa’ Aina O Makaha, May 2000.

"An Inter-Campus Learning Community," Paper presented at the Eighth Annual National Conference on Creating the Quality School, Memphis, Tennessee,  March 25-27,1999. With Dr. Rebecca Lee.

Reviewer/reader of article "The Use of Ho’oponopono in a Welfare Reform Program Curriculum," for Social Process in Hawaii 38 (December 1997).

Program Committee member for the American Association of Asian Studies Conference – Honolulu, Hawaii, May 29-31, 1991.

"Gender Issues of Women of Color." Panel chair/discussant, American Association of Asian Studies Conference. Honolulu, Hawaii, May 29-31, 1991.

"New Age for Old." Paper presentation, Hawaii Pacific University: noontime culture break series funded by the Hawaii Committee for the Humanities, March 6, 1991.

American Society on Aging Conference, New Orleans, March 16-19, 1991. (Curriculum research report for the UH-WO Gerontology Certificate Program – With Dr. Joyce Chinen.)

Honolulu Branch delegate to the American Association of University Women’s Hawaii Pacific Division Annual Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, April 19-21, 1991. (Workshops on gender equity.)

"Japanese in Hawaii." Presentation, Ethnic studies class, UH-Manoa, March 19, 1990.

"Gerontology: Teaching Undergraduates." Paper presented at the Pacific Gerontologic Social Work Education meeting, UH-Manoa, May 30, 1990.

"Sociological Perspectives on Ethnicity and Race Relations." Moderator, Session B, Hawaii Sociological Association annual conference, February 28, 1987.

"Ethnicity and Factorial Structure." Paper presented at the Human Ecology Session, North Central Sociological Association 1985 Annual Meeting, Louisville, Kentucky. With Dr. Robert M. Jiobu.

"Crime and Delinquency." Organizer and moderator for session at the Hawaii Sociological Association annual conference, March 19, 1983.

"Alternative Perspectives on the Sociology Undergraduate Major." Panel participant, Hawaii Sociological Association annual conference, May 22-23, 1980.

Conference on Community Organizing Against Crime. Criminal Justice Department and Criminology Association, Chaminade University of Honolulu, April 23-24, 1980.

"Curriculum, Small Departments and General Education." Co-chair/discussion leader, Conference on Teaching Sociology, Hawaii Sociological Association, May 23-25, 1979.

"Sex Role Socialization in Sociological Theory." Paper presented at East-West Center Communications Workshop on Images of Women in the Media, January 15, 1979.

"Sociological Perspectives on Sex Role Socialization." Paper presented at Sex Role Research Seminar at East-West Center Communications Institute, December 1,1978.

"Costs to Coalescing: Implications for Small Group Dynamics." Paper presented at the Experimental Social Psychology Session, American Sociological Association 1977 Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois. With J. Ackelson, T. Curry, J. Dunham and J. Caron.
 

SELECTED COMMUNITY SERVICE

1999-present             Member, Women’s Concern Committee, Catholic women’s group. Yearly activities: 
                                 distribute violence education packets, conduct women’s conference.

1996-present             Pastoral Council, Sacred Heart Church, chair 1999-present.

1996-present             Lector, Sacred Heart Church.

Spring 1998-             Member, Diocesan Synod Committee, Catholic Diocese of
Fal1 1999                  Honolulu. Developed survey instrument used in state-wide survey
                                  of Catholics in preparation for Synod 2000.

July 1996                   Volunteer mentor, National Guard Youth Challenge Program.

1996                          Volunteer mentor, Haku/Kokua, UH-LCC Upward Bound Math/Science Center.

July 1996                    Volunteer worker – Hansen Disease Settlement , Kalaupapa, Molokai . July 1-8, 1996.

1995-present              Member, Hawaii Historic Places Review Board,
1988-1992,                Department of Land and Natural Resources,
1984-1988,                State of Hawaii

1991                          "Japanese Americans Today." Presentation, UH-Manoa International Programs – New
                                   Intensive Courses in English (NICE) program, Lifelong Education Seminar. September 4, 1991.

October 1989-           Volunteer, Institute for Human Services – women’s group March 1990 (4-6 hours per week)

1988-present             American Association of University Women, Honolulu Branch. Corresponding secretary
                                  2000-present;   Educational Foundation (EF) Committee chair 2000-present; EF co-chair
                                  and treasurer 1988-1997; Ruth E. Black Scholarship Committee and Pacific Fellowship
                                  Committee 1988-present; Girls Engaged in Math and Science (GEMS) Conference Planning
                                  Committee 1992-present.

1988                          "Social Conditions of Our Islands’ Schools." Presentation, ED 442 Class, Chaminade University
                                  of Honolulu, October 12, 1988.

1987                         "Surviving Loss." Workshop Presentation for "Hawaii’s Women on the Move: A Journey in Search
                                  of Self." Camp Timberline, Makakilo, Hawaii. With Serafina Smith. December 5, 1987.

1986                         "Self Concept for Enhancing Success." Workshop Presentation for "Hawaii’s Women Moving
                                  Ahead."   Waikiki Business and Professional Women’s Club, Ala Moana Americana Hotel, April 5,
                                  1986.

1985-1987                Volunteer, Suicide Crisis Center – Information and Referral Services phone lines (4 hours per
                                  week)

1984                         "Businessmen and Stress: Attitudinal and Behavioral Ways of Coping." Presentation, West Pearl
                                  Harbor Rotary Club. August 2, 1984.

June 1883-                 Volunteer, Hospice of Hawaii
March 1985                (4-6 hours per week)

1981                         "Perfection Through Group Participation." Workshop Presentation for International Association
                                  of Personnel in Employment Security, Hawaii Chapter, 17^th Annual Convention, May 27, 1981.

1980                          "Labeling Theory." Presentation, State Employment Service quarterly meeting, December 18, 1980.

Fall 1977-                    Faculty Representative, Planning and Coordination Committee for
Spring 1979                 Senior Citizens’ Community Workshops, District 3, Leeward-Central Oahu.

1968-1969                  Member, Advisory Board, Catholic Social Services, Honolulu, Hawaii
 

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

American Association of University Women
American Sociological Association
American Society on Aging
Hawaii Sociological Association – V.P. 1981-1982, 1986-1987
Sociologists for Women in Society