Tammy Haili’ōpua Baker 2023 Board of Regents Medal for Excellence in Teaching As steward of Indigenous knowledge and extension of her kumu, Professor Tammy Haili’ōpua Baker fulfills that kuleana from her position in the Department of Theatre and Dance, by building the Hawaiian Theatre Program, the only one of its… Read More »Tammy Haili’ōpua Baker
Alexander Stokes 2023 Board of Regents Medal for Excellence in Teaching Professor Alexander Stokes of Cell and Molecular Biology takes seriously the origins of the doctorate as a license to teach and has explicitly developed practices to create inclusive, rigorous classrooms with each student fully engaged. One method, Problem Based… Read More »Alexander Stokes
SummerMaunakea 2023 Board of Regents Medal for Excellence in Teaching Professor Summer Maunakea in the Department of Curriculum Studies grounds her teaching practices in academic rigor, agency, and aloha. A colleague describes observing her as “expertly weaving her expertise of place-based teaching and learning, ʻāina-based education and stewardship, and indigenous… Read More »Summer Maunakea
Monica LaBriola 2023 Board of Regents Medal for Excellence in Teaching History professor Monica LaBriola has worked to ensure that engaging yet challenging approaches to the strategic area Pacific studies are at the forefront of instructional excellence at Mānoa, as well as touching lives beyond the academic community. At public… Read More »Monica LaBriola
Rosanna Alegado 2023 Board of Regents Medal for Excellence in Teaching Oceanography Professor Rosie Alegado’s work involves meaningful academic collaborations and partnerships with Indigenous communities. So, when SOEST undertook a significant curriculum revision towards a required immersive course to ground all incoming graduate students in an understanding of working as… Read More »Rosanna Alegado
Richard C. Chen 2023 Board of Regents Medal for Excellence in Teaching In developing his exemplary teaching practices, Professor Richard Chen of the William S. Richardson School of Law brings patience and empathy to all his interactions with students, never assuming the problem is with the students. This tenet is… Read More »Richard C. Chen
Peiling Kao 2022 Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Teaching Professor Peiling Kao of Theatre and Dance is a working artist whose teaching is driven by a concept of embodied cognition: that while mind connects with body, body influences mind, and by integrating the complementary pedagogies of both Taiwan and the… Read More »P. Kao
Wei Zhang 2022 Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Teaching Students of Professor Wei Zhang of the Department of Sociology describe her as an “inspiring professor with a wealth of knowledge.” “She radiates genuine positivity and optimism that undeniably motives us to cultivate our curiosity for learning and empowers us to… Read More »W. Zhang
Bridget Smith-Konter 2022 Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Teaching Dr. Bridget Smith-Konter of Geophysics is masterful at connecting with students of all academic interests, abilities, learning styles and personal backgrounds. Her classes are dynamic learning experiences that mix lectures with interactive Q&A sessions highlighted with stunning still or animated imagery,… Read More »B. Smith-Konter
Daniel Harris-McCoy 2022 Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Teaching Daniel Harris-McCoy, professor of Classics, wants his students to develop a kind of vision; to see their lives as a series of wonders, ideas, and challenges to be solved. He has developed a productive dialectical relationship between his research and teaching.… Read More »D. Harris-McCoy