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The online faculty listing has been arranged alphabetically. Please click on a letter to jump to the corresponding section:

Endowed Chairs : A : B : C : D : E : F : G : H : I : J : K : L : M :
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PADWE, Jonathan E., Assistant Professor of Anthropology; BA 1990, Virginia; MS 2001, MA 2004, PhD 2011, Yale

PAEK, Seungoh, Associate Professor of Learning Design and Technology; BA 2000, MEd 2002, Sungshin Women's U; MEd 2010, MS 2012, EdD 2012, Columbia

PAGANO, Ian, Assistant Specialist in UHCC; BS 1992, BA 1995, Vermont; MA 1998, PhD 2008, Hawai‘i

PAGE, Jonathan, Assistant Specialist in UHERO; BS 2007, MS 2008, BA 2010, North Carolina-Charlotte; PhD 2016, Hawai‘i

PAGKALINAWAN, Leticia C., Assistant Professor of Filipino (Tagalog); BS 1983, MA 1993, UST-Philippines; PhD 2002, DLSU-Philippines

PAK, Gary, Professor of English; BA 1974, Boston; MA 1990, PhD 1997, Hawai‘i

PALAFOX, Neal A., Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health, UHCC; BA 1974, Whitman College; MD 1980, Hawai‘i; MPH 1993, Johns Hopkins

PALIA, Aspy P., Professor of Marketing; BE 1966, Bangalore; MBA 1976, Hawai‘i; DBA 1985, Kent State; Presidential Citation for Meritorious Teaching, 1989

PAN, Patrick, Specialist-UH Physician; MD 2007, Hawai‘i

PANE'E, Jun, Associate Researcher Cell and Molecular Biology; BS 1992, Nanjing U (China); MS 2000, PhD 2002, Lund U (Sweden)

PANG, Adam Q., Junior Specialist in Learning Assistance Center; BS 2001, Eastern New Mexico; MA 2006, Hawai‘i

PANG, Calvin G. C., Associate Professor of Law; BS 1976 Case Western; MPH 1981, JD 1985, Hawai‘i; Robert W. Clopton Award for Distinguished Community Service, 2013

PAP, Ruby, Assistant Extension Agent in SGCP; BA 1996, Denver; MS 2002, Michigan

PARK, Hyoung-June, Associate Professor of Architecture; BS 1992, Yonsei U (South Korea); MArch 1995, Michigan; MS 1997, MIT; PhD 2005, Michigan

PARK, Mee-Jeong, Associate Professor of Korean; BA 1993, MA 1996, PhD 2003, UCLA

PARK, Song-Yi, Assistant Specialist in UHCC; BS 1996, MS 1998, PhD 2002, Seoul National (South Korea)

PARK, Taryn, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry; BS, Washington; MD, Hawai‘i

PARK, Young-a, Associate Professor of Asian Studies; BA 1993, MA 1995, Seoul National (South Korea); PhD 2006, Harvard

PARKER, Sherwood I., Researcher in Physics and Astronomy; BS 1953, Illinois; MA 1955, PhD 1959, UC Berkeley

PASCUA, Atina T., Director of Service Learning Program; BA 1984, New Jersey; MA 1985, MEd 1989, Columbia

PASENG, Rohayati, Librarian V in Library Services; BA 1987, Universitas Riau (Indonesia); MLIS 1995, Hawai‘i; MA 2001, National U of Singapore

PASTORINO, Sandra, Assistant Professor of UHCC; PHD 2002, Pavia and Genova (Italy)

PATEL, Nimesh, Assistant Professor of Finance; BCA 2008, MCA 2010, Victoria U of Wellington (New Zealand); PhD 2016, UCLA

PAUKA, Kirstin, Director of Center for Southeast Asian Studies and Professor of Theatre; MA 1989, Justus-Liebig-U, Giessen (Germany); PhD 1995, Hawai‘i; Regents' Medal for Excellence in Teaching, 2011

PAUKER, Kristin, Associate Professor of Psychology; AB 2002, Dartmouth College; MS 2006, PhD 2009, Tufts; Regents' Medal for Excellence in Research, 2016

PAUL, L. Pua, Junior Specialist in Social Work; BSW 1995, MSW 1996, Hawai‘i

PAULL, Robert E., Professor of and Researcher in Tropical Plant and Soil Science, CTAHR; BSc 1966, Sydney; PhD 1974, UC Berkeley

PAVLOVIC, Dusko, Professor of Information and Computer Sciences; MS 1986, PhD 1990, Utrecht U (Netherlands)

PAXTON, Laurence, Professor of Music; BM 1977, Ohio Wesleyan; MM 1980, Indiana

PAYNE, Phillip Darin, Associate Professor of English; BA 1991, Victoria (Canada); MA 1996, Eastern Washington; PhD 2001, Arizona-Tucson

PEARCE, James, Associate Professor of Psychiatry; BA 1969, Walla Walla; MD 1973, Loma Linda

PEARSON, Thomas C., Professor of Accounting; AB 1980, Dartmouth College; JD/MBA 1984, Vanderbilt; CPA 1986, Wyoming; LLM 1987, Denver; LLM 2005, NYU; Regents' Medal for Excellence in Teaching, 1994

PENG, Yun, Assistant Professor of Chinese Literature; BS 1988, MA 1991, Fudan U (China); MA 1997, Cincinnati; PhD 2008, Minnesota

PENNER, Reinhold, Adjunct Professor of UHCC; MS 1984, PhD 1986, Justus-Liebig Giessen (Germany); MD 1990, Gottingen (Germany)

PEPPARD, Eileen, Assistant Extension Agent in SGCP; BS 1985, SUNY-Albany; MS 1989, Louisiana State

PEREZ, Craig S., Associate Professor of English; BA 2002, Redlands; MFA 2006, U of San Francisco/ PhD 2015, UC Berkeley

PERKINS, Franklin, Professor of Philosophy; BA 992, Vanderbilt; PhD 2000, Penn State

PERKINSON, Margaret, Director of Center on Aging and Associate Specialist in Social Work; BA 1072, St. Mary's College of Notre Dame; MA 1978 Missouri; PhD 1090, UC San Francisco

PERKINSON, Robert, Associate Professor of American Studies; BA 1994, Colorado-Boulder; MA 1996, PhD 2001, Yale

PERRY, W. Kekailoa, Associate Professor of Hawaiian Studies; BA 1989, JD 1996, Hawai‘i; Chancellor's Citation for Meritorious Teaching, 2011

PETERSEN, Carole J., Professor of Law and Matsunaga Institute for Peace; BA 1981, Chicago; JD 1984, Harvard; Postgrad. Dip. Law of the PRC 1994, Hong Kong

PETERSON, Christian, Associate Professor of Anthropology; BA 1999, Toronto; MA 2005, PhD 2006, Pittsburgh

PETTIT, Jonathan E. E., Assistant Professor of Religion; BA 2001, Indiana; MA 2004, U Colorado Boulder; PhD 2013, Indiana

PHAN, Le-Ha, Professor of Education; BA 1997, BA 1999, Vietnam National U (Hanoi); MEd 1999, PhD 2005, Monash (Australia)

PHILIPPOFF, Joanna, Assistant Specialist in Education in CRDG; BA 2002, Delaware; MS 2001, Hawai'i

PHILLIPS, Kathy J., Professor of English; BA 1972, Dickinson College; PhD 1977, Brown; Presidential Citation for Meritorious Teaching, 1990

PIAVIS, William J., Junior Researcher in HNEI; BS 2007, North Carolina State; MS 2010, Hawai‘i

PIETSCH, James H., Director of Elder Law Program and Director of Pro Bono Program and Professor of Law; AB 1970, Georgetown; JD 1974, Catholic U of America; Hung Wo and Elizabeth Lau Ching Foundation Award for Faculty Service to the Community, 2003; Robert W. Clopton Award for Distinguished Community Service, 2017

PIRKLE, Catherine, Assistant Professor of Public Health; BSc 2004, McGill U; MSc 2008, PhD 2013, U of Montreal

PITTS, Matthew, Assistant Researcher in Cell and Molecular Biology; BS 2000, UCLA; PhD, Hawai‘i

POAI, Avis, Assistant Faculty Specialist in Law; BA 2000, MLISc 2005, JD 2004, Hawai‘i

POISSON, Guylaine, Associate Professor of Information and Computer Sciences; BSc 1994, MSc 1997, Montreal U; PhD 2004, U Quebec-Montreal

POKHREL, Pallav, Assistant Professor of UHCC; BA 2004, Occidental College; MPH 2007, PhD 2009, USC

POLANSKY, Patricia, Librarian V in Library Services; BA 1967, MLS 1969, Hawai‘i; Fujio Matsuda Fellow, 1986

POPE, Holly Y., Assistant Professor in Elementary Mathematics Education; BS 2000, Geneva College; MEd 2011, Gannon U; PhD 2017, Stanford

POPP, Brian N., Professor of Geology and Geophysics; BS 1978, Michigan; MS 1981, PhD 1986, Illinois

PORT, Daniel, Associate Professor of Information Management Technology; BA 1989, UCLA; PhD 1994, MIT

PORTER, John N., Associate Researcher in HIGP; BA 1986, Point Loma College; MS 1988, PhD 1993, Hawai‘i

PORTER, Megan L., Assistant Professor of Biology; BA 1996, Wittenberg; MS 1999, Cincinnati; PhD 2005, Brigham Young

POST, Sarah, Associate Professor of Mathematics; BA 2004, St. Lawrence U; MSc 2008, PhD 2009, Minnesota

POTEMRA, James, Specialist in HIGP; BS 1986, Stevens Institute of Technology; MS 1990, Florida State; PhD 1998, Hawai‘i

POURJALALI, Hamid, Professor of Accounting; BA 1982, Tehran Business School (Iran); MS 1986, Tarbiat Modares U (Iran); PhD 1992, Oklahoma State

POWELL, Brian S., Associate Professor of Oceanography; BS 1993, MS 2000, PhD 2005, Colorado

PREPOSE-FORSEN, Lauren S., Junior Specialist in Manoa Transfer Coordination Center; BA 2004, MEd 2007, Hawai‘i; EdD 2015, USC

PRESTING, Gernot, Professor of and Researcher in Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, CTAHR; BS 1984, Delaware; PhD 1991, Wisconsin

PREVEDOUROS, Panos D., Chair and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Diploma 1984, Aristotle; MS 1987, PhD 1990, Northwestern

PRICE, Melissa R., Assistant Professor in Natural Resources and Environmental Management, CTAHR; BS 2002, Walla Walla; PhD 2011, Loma Linda U

PRINS, Jan H., Associate Professor of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Science; BS 1974, Hawai‘i; MS 1975, PhD 1978, Indiana

PUNIWAI, Noelani, Assistant Professor of Hawaiian Studies; BA 2000, UH Hilo; MSc 2002, Washington State; PhD 2015, Hawai‘i