Associate Professor of Archaeology
Mike T. Carson (Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of Hawaii, 2002) investigates archaeology and natural-cultural landscape histories throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
External link for access to published works: https://uog.academia.edu/MikeCarson
Extension Associate I
Graphic Designer
Assistant Professor of Political Science, CHamoru Studies, and Micronesian Studies
Director / Associate Professor of Spanish Pacific History
Dr. Carlos Madrid Álvarez-Piñer is an associate professor of Spanish Pacific history within the Micronesian Area Research Center. He came to UOG in 2019 from the Instituto Cervantes de Manila, where he served as director from 2014–2018. He has conducted research projects on Micronesia, Spain, and the Philippines since 1996 and has previously worked in the International Cultural Cooperation at the Ministry of Culture of Spain and curated exhibits on permanent display in the Museo de Baler in the Philippines and the Belau National Museum in Palau.
His master's thesis was on "Political Deportation to the Mariana Islands," and his doctoral thesis was on "The Siege of Baler and the Transmission of Perceptions About the Philippines in Spain. His areas of research include CHamoru cultural expressions in the 19th and 20th centuries, human exchanges in Micronesia (16th–20th centuries), cartography, the Manila Galleon Trade, heritage preservation and rehabilitation, and cultural tourism.
Extension Associate III, Textbook Lead Designer and Production Manager
Graphic Designer
Assistant Professor
Hilary “Larry” Raigetal joined the University of Guam in 2021 as an assistant professor for the University Libraries teaching courses in traditional seafaring and working with other related indigenous efforts by the University, including the Island Wisdom Center being developed.
He co-founded Waa’gey, a nonprofit organization in Yap that works with communities to promote cultural heritage of the reimethau (people of the ocean) living in the central Caroline Islands, and serves as its president/chairman. He is also a volunteer instructor in traditional canoe carving and celestial navigation. Raigetal is an accomplished master canoe carver and a pwo navigator under the traditional navigation school of Weriyeng.
He served as a Federated States of Micronesia diplomat in his capacity as deputy assistant secretary of the Foreign Affairs Department and represented his country to numerous international and regional negotiation forums. He also served a cabinet post as director of the Department of Youth and Civic Affairs for the government of Yap.
Raigetal graduated from Xavier High School in Chuuk in the FSM and obtained his undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of San Francisco. As a Chevening Scholar, he received his graduate degree from The University of Oxford (U.K.) in international relations.
Professor of Anthropology, Public Health, and Micronesian Studies
Assistant Professor of Library Science / Library Technical Services