Professor of Psychology
Office Location:
HSS 220E
ABOUT
Yoshito Kawabata is an associate professor with a background in developmental psychology. He received a B.A. and a M.A. in psychology from the University of Oregon and a Ph.D. in child psychology from the Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota.
Yoshi’s research interest focuses on interpersonal relationships and psychopathology and the roles of contextual factors such as schools, neighborhoods, and cultures on these domains.
He is particularly interested in examining risk and protective factors that may influence developmental processes involving parenting, peer relationships, and forms of psychopathology (i.e., anxiety, depression, and aggression) with a cross-cultural and ethnically diverse sample. In another line of research, Yoshi uses a combination of quantitative and qualitative data and analyzes how and why children and adolescents accept or reject intergroup contact or cross-ethnic friendships.
He has supervised undergraduate and graduate students with their thesis and provided considerable support for research and writing. He has enjoyed these mentoring experiences and is excited to work with students at University of Guam.
eDUCATION/CREDENTIALS
- B.A., Psychology, University of Oregon
- M.S., Psychology, University of Oregon
- Ph.D., Child Psychology, University of Minnesota
Associate Professor of Art / Chair of the Division of Communications, Media & Fine Art
Office Location:
EC 117E
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Tel:
(671) 735-2700
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ABOUT
Irena Keckes is an Assistant Professor of Art at the University of Guam. She received her Ph.D. in Fine Arts from The University of Auckland, New Zealand (2015), MFA in printmaking from Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan (2005) and B.A. in art education from the Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb, Croatia (2000). Integrating theory and practice has been a key element to her research through which she has been exploring connections between eco-Buddhism and printmaking, extended forms of print and art/craft relationship.
Her practice involves large-scale monochrome woodcuts and print installations. Irena’s artwork has been exhibited internationally in many group and independent exhibitions. She presented at the SGCI Print Conference 2016 in Portland, IMPACT 9 International Printmaking Conference in China (2015), 4th International Printmaking Symposium at The University of Auckland, New Zealand (2015), IMPACT 8 in Scotland (2013) and the 2nd International Mokuhanga Conference at Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan (2014).
She exhibited at the Festival of Pacific Arts in Guam Museum and Isla Center for the Arts (2016). Irena curated the International Exhibition of Contemporary Print UOG 2016 at Isla Center for the Arts (2016). Her work is exhibited the International Print Biennial, Northern Print, UK (2016), and SGCI Print Conference 2017 in Atlanta.
Education/CREDENTIALS
- B.A., Art Education – Printmaking, University of Zagreb (Croatia)
- MFA, Printmaking, Tokyo University of the Arts (Japan)
- Ph.D., Fine Arts, The University of Auckland (New Zealand)
Professor of Theatre
Office Location:
EC117G
CREDENTIALS
- BFA, Theater Technology, Drake University (Iowa), 1998
- MFA, Theater Design, Tulane University (La.), 2004
- Ed.D., University of Southern California, 2017
Instructor of Psychology
Office Location:
HSS 318C
ABOUT
Camarin G. Meno (Familian Lucas, Liberato, and Estefania) returned home to Guam and her alma mater at the University of Guam in 2021 to serve as a member of the psychology faculty in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. She is a doctoral candidate in the Clinical-Community Psychology program at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her research focuses on historical and community-based perspectives on social and psychological problems, including culturally relevant responses to gender-based violence and contemporary indigenous resistance to colonization.
CREDENTIALS
- Ph.D. Candidate, Clinical-Community Psychology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- M.S., Clinical Psychology, University of Guam
- B.A., Psychology, University of Guam
Assistant Professor of History
Office Location:
HSS 318E
CREDENTIALS
- B.A., History and Journalism, University of Iowa
- Ph.D., History, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Professor of Art
Office Location:
Fine Arts 202A
Expertise
ArtCREDENTIALS
- BFA, Kansas City Art Institute (Mo.)
- MFA, Montana State University
Instructor of English
Office Location:
EC 117B
Credentials
- B.A., Historical and Political Studies, Chaminade University (Hawaii)
- B.A., English, Chaminade University (Hawaii)
- M.A., English, University of Guam
ABOUT
Elizabeth Rutun became an English instructor with the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences in August 2020 after having taught a writing course the previous semester as adjunct faculty. She holds bachelor’s in English literature and historical and political studies from Chaminade University (Hawaii) and a master’s in English with an emphasis in literature from the University of Guam. Her master's thesis was titles "Churuu Nu Waab: An Analysis of Traditional Yapese Dances as Mediators of Change." She taught freshman composition as a graduate student at UOG, has been a tutor with UOG's Upward Bound program, and also previously taught summer school at Yap Catholic High School.
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Office Location:
HSS 220C
CREDENTIALS
- B.A., Psychology, University of Guam
- M.A., Psychology, Alliant International University (Calif.)
- Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, Alliant International University (Calif.)
Instructor of Critical Thinking
Office Location:
HSS 120H
Professor of Political Science
Office Location:
HSS 219B
ABOUT
Dr. Swamy received his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California (Berkeley). His research interests include democracy in developing countries, ethnicity and nationalism, political economy and corruption and state-building, and he has published on all these topics. His dissertation combined these various threads through an examination of populist appeals in Indian politics and he has since extended this argument to Asian politics generally. His special contribution to the study of populism has been the analysis of what he has termed "sandwich coalitions," an alliance of elites with marginalized groups against the middle.
CREDENTIALS
- B.A., Political Science, Williams College (Mass.)
- M.A., Economics, New School for Social Research (N.Y.)
- Ph.D., Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
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