Areas of Specialization & Research Interests
- Special Education, Inclusion, & Disability Studies
- Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education settings
- Transition/Post High School
- Theory & practices in educating students with diagnosed exceptionalities
- Caregiver Perspectives and Educational Expectations
- Family engagement, involvement, & decision-making
- Stress, coping, & resilience
- Multicultural/Multiethnic Education: Theory, Research, & Practice
- Indigenous educational methods of Kanaka Māoli of Hawaiʻi
- Indigenous education methods of Māori of Aotearoa or New Zealand
- Performing Arts
- Māori culture, teaching, choreography, composition, performance, & analysis of waiata & kapa haka as avenues for education
- Hawaiian culture, teaching, choreography, composition, performance, and analysis of oli, mele, & hula as avenues for education
- Spirituality & Education
- Oral History
- Curriculum & Instruction
Teaching
- EDU 333 Developing an Effective School Culture
- SCED 491 Observation and Practicum
- SCED 492 Student Teaching
- SPED 300 Education of Students with Exceptionalities
- SPED 309 Theory and Practice for Students with Disabilities
Educational Background
- Ph.D. in Education (Curriculum & Instruction, Special Education emphasis) - University of Hawaiʻi - Mānoa
- M.A. in Education (Emphasis on Special Education) - University of Phoenix
- NZQA BA courses - Māori Performing Arts - Awanuiārangi
- NZQA Māori Performing Arts, certificate of completion - University of Auckland
- B.A. - Pacific Island Studies - Brigham Young University - Hawaiʻi