Department of Political Science Faculty
Our faculty, many of whom are internationally recognized for their scholarly contributions, seek to create an environment for graduate education that facilitates innovative scholarship using a multitude of different types of methodologies.
Richard Chadwick
Professor
Office: Saunders 616
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-7180
Email: chadwick@hawaii.edu
International Relations, Global Modeling
Kathy Ferguson
Professor
Office: Saunders 640E
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-6933
Email: kferguso@hawaii.edu
Political Theory, Feminist Theory, Anarchism
Petrice Flowers
Associate Professor
Office: Saunders 612
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-8494
Email: pflowers@hawaii.edu
International Norms, Laws, Relations; Japan
Jonathan Goldberg-Hiller
Professor
Office: Saunders 632B
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-8563
Email: hiller@hawaii.edu
Law and Society/Philosophy, Indigenous Politics
Noelani Goodyear-Kaʻōpua
Professor, Department Chair
Office: Saunders 634A
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-8928
Email: goodyear@hawaii.edu
Hawai’i, Indigenous Feminisms, Sovereignty
Jairus Grove
Associate Professor, Graduate Chair
Office: Saunders 617A
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-8743
Email: jairusg@hawaii.edu
War Studies, Complexity & System Theory
Nicole Grove
Associate Professor
Office: Saunders 640
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-8357
Email: nsgrove@hawaii.edu
IR, Technology, Security, Gender, Middle East
Debora Halbert
Professor
Office: Sinclair Annex 1 Rm 5
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-9404
Email: halbert@hawaii.edu
Intellectual Property, Copyright, Futures, Law
Katharina Heyer
Associate Professor
Office: Saunders 615
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-7512
Email: heyer@hawaii.edu
Social Movements, Disability, Human Rights
Ehito Kimura
Associate Professor
Office: Saunders 610
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-8630
Email: ehito@hawaii.edu
Comparative Politics, Southeast Asian Politics
Sankaran Krishna
Professor
Office: Saunders 640D
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-8841
Email: krishna@hawaii.edu
International Relations, Postcolonial Studies
Lawrence Nitz
Professor
Office: Saunders 633A
Telephone:1 (808) 956-8665
Email: lnitz@hawaii.edu
American Politics, Methods, Public Policy
Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio
Assistant Professor
Office: Saunders 634B
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-8171
Email: osorio2@hawaii.edu
Moʻolelo, Aloha ʻĀina, Indigenous Theory
Michael Shapiro
Professor
Office: Saunders 606
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-8628
Email: shapiro@hawaii.edu
American Politics, Media and Popular Culture
Noenoe Silva
Professor
Office: Saunders 640C
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-8030
Email: noenoe@hawaii.edu
Hawaiian Politics, Language Revitalization
Nevzat Soguk
Professor, Undergraduate Chair
Office: Saunders 619
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-8929
Email: nevzat@hawaii.edu
States, Migration, Political Movements
Carolyn Stephenson
Associate Professor
Office: Saunders 618
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-8195
Email: cstephen@hawaii.edu
International, Peace, Conflict Resolution
Myungji Yang
Associate Professor
Office: Saunders 611
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-8362
Email: myang4@hawaii.edu
Social Classes, Social Movements, Korea
Kate Zhou
Professor
Office: Saunders 609
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-8777
Email: katezhou@hawaii.edu
Comparative Politics, Chinese Political Economy
Retired and Emeritus Faculty
- Dator, James (dator@hawaii.edu)
- Henningsen, Manfred (hennings@hawaii.edu)
- Kent, George (kent@hawaii.edu)
- Kuroda, Yasumasa (ykuroda@hawaii.edu)
- Milner, Neal (milner@hawaii.edu)
- Neubauer, Deane (deanen@hawaii.edu)
- Dae-Sook Suh (daesook@hawaii.edu)
- Turnbull, Phyllis (turnbull@hawaii.edu)
- Wilson, John (johnwils@hawaii.edu)