Department of Psychology Faculty
Our faculty contributes to the various disciplines in psychology with innovative research that has real world implications, with much of this research focused on how the cultural context impacts individual and community health and well-being.
Sakaria Laisene Auelua-Toomey
Assistant Professor
Office: Sakamaki C204C
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-0680
Email: sakaria4@hawaii.edu
Race, Racism, Colonization, Inequality
Charlene Baker
Professor, Department Chair
Office: Sakamaki C401
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-5669
Email: bakercha@hawaii.edu
Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, Prevention
John (Jack) Barile
Professor
Office: Sakamaki C404
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-6271
Email: barile@hawaii.edu
Health Disparities, Quality of Life, Poverty
Patricia Couvillon
Associate Professor
Office: PBRC 212
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-4761
Email: patc@hawaii.edu
Learning, Memory, Comparative Cognition
Patrick Goh
Assistant Professor
Office: Sakamaki D405
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-6708
Email: pgoh@hawaii.edu
ADHD, Comorbidity, Evidence-Based Assessment
Krista A. Haapanen
Assistant Professor
Office: Sakamaki C411
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-3695
Email: haapanen@hawaii.edu
Community Organizations, Prevention, Networks
Kentaro Hayashi
Associate Professor
Office: Sakamaki D403
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-2846
Email: hayashik@hawaii.edu
Quantitative Psychology
Cassandra L. Hendrix
Assistant Professor
Duties begin on 1/1/2025
Adversity, Pregnancy, Child Psychopathology
I sak Kim
Instructor
Office: Sakamaki D401
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-0679
Email: isak@hawaii.edu
Cognition, Perception, Virtual Reality
Janet Latner
Professor
Office: Sakamaki C407
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-6106
Email: jlatner@hawaii.edu
Eating Disorders, Obesity, Weight Bias
Akihiko Masuda
Professor
Office: Sakamaki D409
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-0287
Email: amasuda4@hawaii.edu
Health Disparity, ACT, Zen, Diversity
Ashley Maynard
Professor
Office: Sakamaki C402
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-7343
Email: amaynard@hawaii.edu
Culture & Human Development, Ecocultural Theory
Brad Nakamura
Professor, C-CCBT Director
Office: Krauss 101F
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-6359
Email: bradn@hawaii.edu
Evidence-Based Practice, Service Systems
Anthony Papa
Associate Professor, Director of Clinical Training
Office: Sakamaki D406
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-8107
Email: papaa@hawaii.edu
Grief, Posttraumatic Stress, Identity
Santiago Papini
Assistant Professor
Office: Sakamaki D411
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-3644
Email: spapini@hawaii.edu
Machine Learning, Trauma, Addiction
Kristin Pauker
Professor
Office: Sakamaki D410
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-9366
Email: kpauker@hawaii.edu
Intergroup Relations, Lay Theories, Social Dev.
Joni Sasaki
Professor
Office: Sakamaki C405
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-6673
Email: yjoni@hawaii.edu
Culture, Religion, Diversity, Social Cognition
Scott Sinnett
Professor, Undergraduate Chair
Office: Sakamaki D408
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-6272
Email: ssinnett@hawaii.edu
Cognitive Psychology
Lorey Takahashi
Professor, Honorʻs Program
Office: Biomed T701B
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-3898
Email: lkt@hawaii.edu
Stress, Emotional Learning and Memory, Anxiety
Jonas Vibell
Assistant Professor
Office: Sakamaki C204D
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-2522
Email: vibell@hawaii.edu
Multisensory Perception, Attention, EEG, ERPs
Yiyuan Xu
Professor, Graduate Chair
Office: Sakamaki C408
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-6268
Email: yiyuan@hawaii.edu
Social and Emotional Development