OFDAS Staff
Happy Retirement, Kathie. Mahalo.
The staff would like to thank Kathie for her leadership and years of service at OFDAS. In addition to making OFDAS a place for faculty, by faculty, and cultivating a sense of community campus-wide, she has made our workplace a second home. We have been fortunate to work along with her as her passion for teaching excellence has inspired and positively impacted countless Mānoa faculty and their professional development. We want to reiterate that Kathie has left an indelible mark on campus and our staff’s ʻohana. Thank you for your guidance and dedication.
With our aloha,
The OFDAS team
Hazel Gedikli, PhD
OFDAS Interim Director, Faculty Specialist
Kuykendall Hall 107
Phone: (808) 956-6978
hgedikli@hawaii.edu
As the faculty specialist at CTE, Hazel Gedikli develops and facilitates professional development programs and services for faculty and teaching assistants at UH Mānoa. Hazel is committed to helping faculty and instructors in gaining teaching skills that lead to significant learning experiences.
Hazel considers and promotes the higher education classroom as a space for collaborative knowledge production and active learning. She aims to apply the same philosophy in her current role by engaging in pedagogic conversations across disciplines and bringing together faculty and instructors with diverse research interests and teaching expertise.
Hazel completed her PhD in English at the University of Massachusetts Amherst where she taught literature and composition courses. Her research focuses on contemporary ethnic American women‘s literature and women of color feminist movements. She holds an MA in English from the University of Rhode Island and a BA in foreign language education from Boğaziçi University.
A Fulbright alumna and devoted cultural nomad Hazel loves traveling and learning about new cultures. In Honolulu, she spends her spare time mostly in nature.
As the educational specialist at CTE, Eun Bin Ladner-Seok develops and organizes instructional and professional development programs for faculty and teaching assistants at UH Mānoa. Eun Bin is also currently a PhD student in Performance Studies at the Department of Theatre & Dance. Her research focuses on Korean popular cultures in relation to gender and sexuality. She holds an MA in American Studies from UH Mānoa and English Literature from Ewha Womans University and a BA in International Studies from Ewha. In her spare time, she walks, plays, and cuddles with her three furry shepherds.
Mark has been a professional graphic designer with OFDAS since 1988. His graphic works can be found in many local, national and international periodicals and books, as well as at conferences and lectures. In addition to his work in the graphics field, he has worked the fields of industrial relations and library and information sciences. His research contributions have been published in journals and books and he has lectured courses in labor-management relations.
Marween has been a professional graphic designer since 2004. After obtaining a BFA in Graphic Design from UH Mānoa, he has gained experience in design projects involving print, web, identity, packaging, advertising, and architectural signage and graphics. His wide-ranging experience has made him well-rounded in various media, knowledgeable with graphics production, consultation, and support.
Kathleen O. Kane, PhD
Retired OFDAS Director
Kuykendall Hall 107
Phone: (808) 956-6978
cte@hawaii.edu
As the retired director of the Office of Faculty Development and Academic Support from 2011–2024, Dr. Kathleen Kane oversaw three units, including a TA professional development program and two faculty development programs: the Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) and the Faculty Mentoring Program (FMP). Kathie has been associated with the development of CTE since 1991 and FMP since 2003. Her responsibilities included extending and expanding support for faculty and TAs to develop and thrive professionally in their teaching, research, and service.
Kathie earned a PhD in Political Science from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa in 1994 and has taught in Political Science and Women’s Studies as an affiliate faculty, with a focus on the intersections of theory, aesthetics, memory, and film.
Kathie has focused on the concept of Space Matters, a movement towards agility in education—as in educational spaces—as a response to more immersive, more engaged opportunities to teach and learn. More complex than the design of an agile physical environment is how to align agile design with agility in teaching and learning, schedules, curriculum, and subsequent demands on faculty development. She has been deeply involved in the development of transformative environments such as Sakamaki Innovation Zone, Webster 101 Collaborative Classroom, the Dean 104 Cultural Lab, and a number of classroom improvements in buildings across the Mānoa campus.
Kathie is the 2024 recipient of the UH Board of Regents (BOR) Willard Wilson Award for Distinguished Service to the University.