Academics: Liberal Arts

The Social Sciences Department offers courses in Anthropology, Economics, Geography, Political Science, Psychology, Social Science, Sociology and Women’s Studies.

Contact: Kara Kam-Kalani (845-9208, kamkara@hawaii.edu), Ronald Pine (845-9163, pine@hawaii.edu)

Faculty & Staff

• Vicky Chiu-Irion, Lecturer, Email, 845-9249
• John DeLay, Instructor Geography, Email, 845-9419
• Donna Duellberg, Lecturer, Email, 842-2056
• Rob Edmondson, Assistant Professor, Email, 845-9260
• Kali Fermantez, Lecturer, Email, 845-9160
• Jennifer Higa-King, Assistant Professor, CC, Email, 845-9160
• Krista Hodges, Lecturer Sociology, Email, 845-9421
• Lena Low, Associate Professor, CC, Email, 845-9205
• Mark (Alapaki) Luke, Instructor , Email, 845-9121
• Lawrence Meacham, Lecturer, Email, 845-9161
• Fumiko Takasugi, Asst Professor, Email, 845-9152
• Reginald Wood, Professor, CC, Email, 845-9252

The Natural Sciences Department offers courses in Astronomy, Biochemistry, Biology, Botany, Chemistry, Engineering, Geology and Geophysics, Meteorology, Microbiology, Oceanography, Physics, General Science and Zoology.

Contact: Femar Lee, 847-9841, femar@hawaii.edu

Faculty & Staff

• Richard Brill, Professor, CC, Email, 845-9488
• Arsenia Cagauan, Lecturer CC Biology, Email
• Bebi Davis, Lecturer, Email, 845-9489
• Michael Ferguson, Asst Professor, Email, 845-9494
• Anne Gasc, Lecturer, Oceanography, Email, 847-9848
• Muhammad (Nasir) Gazdar, Lecturer, 847-9846
• Kakkala Gopalakrishnan, Professor, CC, Email, 847-9824
• Jo Kanehiro, Lecturer, 845-9494
• Evelyn McClure, Faculty, Email, 845-9491
• John Porter, Lecturer, Email, 682-6390
• Summer Ragosta, Lecturer, 844-2395
• Brent Rubio, Instructor, Chemistry, Email
• Mark Schindler, Associate Professor, CC, Email, 845-9490
• Eric Shaw, Lecturer, Email, 847-9848
• John Shen, Associate Professor, CC, Email, 845-9489
• Paul Sherard, Assistant Professor, CC, Email, 847-9862
• Kerry Tanimoto, Associate Professor, CC, Email, 845-9154
• Gregory Witteman, Asst Professor, Email, 847-9847
• Leonard Young, Lecturer, Email, 847-9847

Students planning to take courses in Mathematics at Honolulu Community College should be aware that the courses are arranged in a defi nite sequence, with each course either serving as preparation for a succeeding course or as a final course in one part of the sequence. To help the student better visualize this sequence, a schematic is presented in the "Course Descriptions" section of the catalog under Mathematics. Specific prerequisites also are listed in the Course Descriptions section. A grade of "C" or higher in prerequisite courses is required.

Contact: Femar Lee, 847-9841, femar@hawaii.edu

Emeritus Faculty: Alice Bertram, Jim Reeder

Faculty & Staff

• Robert Bates, Instructor, Email, 847-9863
• Leticia (Letty) Dalit, Personnel Clerk, Email, 845-9181
• Sterling Foster, Instructor, Mathematics, Email, 845-9255
• Carol Hiraoka, Assistant Professor, Email, 845-9405
• Michael Kaczmarski, Professor, CC, Email, 845-9256
• Adrienne Kamaura, Educational Specialist, Email, 845-9451
• Linda Laine, Lecturer, Email, 845-9223
• Sang Lee, Instructor, Email, 845-9405
• Steven Mandraccia, Asst Professor, Email, 847-9807
• Frank Mauz, Associate Professor, CC, Email, 845-9441
• Laurel Schuster, Lecturer, Email, 474-6340
• Cory Takemoto, Associate Professor, CC, Email, 845-9232
• Faye Tamakawa, Associate Professor, CC, Email, 845-9443
• Calvin Uhlig, Lecturer CC, Email, 845-9251
• Timothy Wilson, Professor, CC, Email, 845-9244
• Arlene Yee, Professor, CC, Email, 845-9156

The Language Arts Department offers non-credit and credit courses in English as a Second Language, Technical Reading, Technical Writing, Composition, Hawaiian Studies, Journalism, Linguistics, and Literature. It also offers Chinese, Hawaiian, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish language courses.

Contact: Eric Shaffer, 845-9258, eshaffer@hawaii.edu

Faculty & Staff

• Lori Adolewski, Lecturer, Email, 844-2348
• Tiani Akeo-Basques, Lecturer, Email, 845-9157
• Cara Chang, Lecturer, Email, 847-9840
• Eunyoung Cho, Lecturer, Email, 845-9250
• Donald Frost, Associate Professor, Email, 845-9284
• Muriel Fujii, Professor, CC, Email, 845-9433
• Charlene Gima, Assistant Professor, CC, Email, 847-9840
• Christine Hacskaylo, Lecturer, Email, 847-9803
• LeiLani Hinds, Associate Professor, CC, Email, 845-9440
• Mayumi Hirata, Lecturer, Email, 845-9250
• Melissa Holroyd-Hatch, Lecturer, Email, 847-9855
• Gary James, Professor, CC, Email, 845-9248
• Hyeri Joo, Lecturer, Email, 845-9250
• Kaeo Kaleoaloha, Lecturer, Email, 845-9157
• Ralph Kam, Lecture/Pearl Harbor, Email
• Kahokuokekai Kamake\'eaina, Lecturer, Email, 845-9157
• Jerald (Kimo) Keaulana, Assistant Professor, CC, Email, 845-9121
• Brenda Kwon, Assistant Professor, CC, Email, 845-9238
• Michael Leidemann, Instructor, Email, 845-9213
• Jenny Lundahl, Lecture, Email, 845-9855
• Conred Maddox, Instructor, Email, 845-9239
• Margo McGrath, Lecturer, Email, 845-9855
• Christopher McKinney, Associate Professor, CC, Email, 845-9433
• Kaiulani Murphy, Instructor, Email, 845-9157
• Earl Nakahara, Professor, CC, Email, 847-9838
• Azadeh Nikou, Lecturer CC, Perisian, 845-9164
• K. Justin Ota, Lecturer, Email, 845-9250
• Derek Otsuji, Instructor, Email, 847-9803
• Bed Paudyal, Lecture, Email, 844-2329
• Lori Rawleigh, Instructor CC , Email, 844-2317
• Michael Salling, Lecturer, Email, 473-8000 x6290
• Jerry Saviano, Professor, CC, Email, 845-9276
• Eric Shaffer, Assistant Professor, CC, Email, 845-9241
• Jeff Stearns, Instructor, Email, 845-9276
• David Terada, Lecture, Email, 847-9801
• Tanya Torres, Lecturer, Email, 845-9117
• Kevin Traynor, Lecture, Email, 847-9801
• Emily Viglielmo, Lecturer, Email, 845-9117
• Jenny Webster, Lecturer, Email, 844-2317
• Shioko Yonezawa, Instructor, Email, 845-9159

Although the College does not offer a major in Computer Science, it does offer several courses designed to acquaint students with computer fundamentals and computer programming. The College offers courses that support the Liberal Arts and Pre-Business programs.

Contact: Jim Poole, 845-9168, pooleric@hawaii.edu

Faculty & Staff

• Tiffany Akiyama, Lecturer, Email, 845-9277
• Pei Chia Chang, Lecturer , Email, 845-9277
• Michael Cress, Instructor, Email, 847-9870
• Petersen Gross, Lecturer, Email, 845-9277
• Sue Lao, Lecturer , Email, 844-2339
• Richard (Jim) Poole, Professor, Div. Chair-Tech 2/Liaison, Email, 845-9168
• Ashiyan Rahmani-shirazi, Lecturer, Email, 845-9277
• Vadim Shteyman, Lecturer CC, Email, 844-2339
• Vern Takebayashi, Professor , Email, 847-9849

The Humanities Department off ers courses in American Studies, Art, Asian Studies, Communications, Drama, History, Humanities, Music, Philosophy, Religion, and Speech.

Contact: Kara Kam-Kalani (845-9208, kamkara@hawaii.edu), Ronald Pine (845-9163, pine@hawaii.edu)

Emeritus Faculty: David Cleveland, Norman Hallett, Doric Little, Walter McGoldrick, Barbara Peterson, Alan Yonan

Faculty & Staff

• William Boryk, Lecturer, Email, 845-9261
• Erin Brown, Lecturer, Email, 845-9411
• Barbara Dias, Lecturer, Email, 845-9262
• Rebecca Horne, Lecturer, Email, 845-9164
• Karadeen Kam-Kalani, Assistant Professor, CC, Email, 845-9208
• Alan Kamaura, Lecturer, Email, 847-9881
• Julie Kim, Lecture, Email, 845-9262
• Richard Lightner, Lecturer, Email, 845-9418
• Doric Little, Professor, Emeritus, CC, Email, 845-9208
• Mieko Matsumoto, Lecturer, History, Email, 845-9418
• James McKeon, Lecture
• Faith Milnes, Lecturer, Email, 845-9165
• Chris Ann Moore, Assistant Professor, Email, 845-9424
• Lorna Mount, Lecturer, Email, 845-9415
• Stuart Nago, Lecture, 845-9424
• Sharleen Nakamoto-Levine, Lecturer, Email, 845-9261
• Moana Nikou, Lecturer, CC, Email, 845-9164
• Mitchell Okamura, Lecture, 845-9262
• George (Dave) Panisnick, Professor, CC, Email, 845-9423
• Patrick Patterson, Professor, CC, Email, 845-9417
• Ronald Pine, Professor, CC, Email, 845-9163
• Douglas Raphael, Instructor, Email, 844-2388
• Cynthia Smith, Professor, CC, Email, 845-9253
• Judy Sokei, Lecturer, Email, 845-9425
• Lorenn Walker, Lecturer, Email, 473-9430
• David Wong, Assistant Professor, CC, Email, 845-9254

Brief Program Description/Goals

Lower division courses are offered to meet the University of Hawai‘i general education requirements, which are similar to the requirements of many other four-year colleges or universities. The College also provides lower division courses for many arts and science majors as well as courses to meet pre-professional requirements (College of Business, College of Education, School of Social Work, etc.)