Professor of Music
Office Location:
EC 117I
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Tel:
(671) 735-2734
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Fax:
(671) 734-3575
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CREDENTIALS
- B.M., Clarinet Performance, New England Conservatory (Mass.)
- M.M., Conducting, University of South Carolina
- DMA, Conducting, University of South Carolina
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Office Location:
HSS 216B
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Tel:
(671) 735-2891
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CREDENTIALS
Ph.D., Psychology, Ateneo De Manila University (2022)
M.A., Applied Social Psychology, Ateneo De Manila University (2015)
B.S., Psychology, Ateneo De Manila University (2013)
Associate Professor and Program Coordinator of CHamoru Studies
Office Location:
HSS 318b
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Tel:
(671) 735-2818
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ABOUT
Dr. Kisha Borja-Quichocho-Calvo joins the university as an assistant professor of CHamoru studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Division of Humanities. She has taught various courses at UOG since 2010 and recently earned her doctorate in political science with a specialization in indigenous politics from the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa.
CREDENTIALS
- Ph.D., Political Science - Indigenous Politics, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
- M.A., Pacific Island Studies, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
- MAT, University of Guam
- B.A., English, Hawai'i Pacific University
PUBLICATIONS
Her poetry was published in 2019 in “Effigies III” (edited by Allison Hedge Coke, Brandy Nālani McDougall, and Craig Santos Perez), which featured chapbook-length poetry from four Indigenous poets from Oceania.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Indigenous education in Guåhan
- CHamoru culture and identity
Associate Professor of Sociology, Micronesian Studies, and Women & Gender Studies
Office Location:
HSS 219C
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Tel:
(671) 735-2871
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ABOUT
Dr. Debra T. Cabrera most recently taught at St. John’s School in Upper Tumon, Guam while she served as adjunct faculty for sociology at the University of Guam.
Prior to St. John’s School, Dr. Cabrera was a social science instructor then dean of Academic Programs and Services at the Northern Marianas College in the Northern Mariana Islands.
She has been active in local, regional, and national organizations, namely the Northern Mariana Islands Council for the Humanities, President Obama’s White House Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, Humanities Guåhan, and the Scientific and Statistical Committee for the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council.
Her current research interests focus on neighborhood crime, juvenile delinquency in the Marianas, and environmental deviance.
CREDENTIALS
- B.A., Sociology, Washington State University
- M.A., Sociology, Ohio University
- Ph.D., Sociology, University of Kentucky
- I Meyeng UOG-Certified Online Teacher

Program Coordinator III
Office Location:
HSS Bldg., Dean's Office, 3rd Floor
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Tel:
(671) 735-2853
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Fax:
(671) 734-3410
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Professor of Art
Office Location:
Fine Arts 202A
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Tel:
(671) 735-2743
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Fax:
(671) 734-3575
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CREDENTIALS
- A.S., Specialized Technology in Visual Communication, Art Institute of Pittsburgh
- BFA, University of Pennsylvania
- MFA, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Assistant Professor, Music
Office Location:
EC 118H
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Tel:
(671) 735-2700
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Fax:
(671) 735-2700
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CREDENTIALS
- B.M., Piano Performance, University of Cincinnati, College Conservatory of Music
- M.M., Piano Performance, Rice University, Houston Texas
- M.M., Piano Pedagogy, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
- D.M.A., Piano Performance, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Associate Professor of History
Office Location:
HSS 312
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Tel:
(671) 735-2811
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Fax:
(671) 734-7930
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CREDENTIALS
- B.A., History, University of Hawaii at Manoa
- M.A., Micronesian Studies, University of Guam
- Ph.D., History, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Assistant Professor of Communication Studies
Office Location:
EC 213B
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Tel:
(671) 735-2704
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ABOUT
Manuel Cruz has returned to his alma mater at the University of Guam as an instructor of communications and media within the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. He has previously been a reporter for multiple news agencies in Guam and has experience as a policy analyst for the Guam Legislature. He holds a master’s in English and a bachelor’s in communication studies, both from the University of Guam. He recently submitted his doctoral thesis, “An(i)ti: An Examination of Settler Discourse and Politics in Guåhan,” in the communication studies program at Auckland University of Technology.
CREDENTIALS
- Ph.D. Candidate, Communication Studies, Auckland University of Technology
- M.A., English, University of Guam
- B.A., Communication Studies, University of Guam
Associate Dean, CLASS / Associate Professor of Political Science, Micronesian Studies, and CHamoru Studies
Office Location:
Humanities & Social Sciences Bldg., 3rd Floor, Dean's Office
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Tel:
(671) 735-2854
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Fax:
(671) 734-5255
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CREDENTIALS
- B.A., Political Science and Communication, University of Guam
- M.A., Political Science, University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Ph.D., Political Science, University of Hawaii at Manoa
- I Meyeng UOG-Certified Online Teacher

