Assistant Professor / Advanced Education & Research Services
After 30 years of service, Dr. Cardenas retired from the Guam Department of Education where she served as a Special Education teacher, a related service provider, and a program coordinator for the Office of Compliance under the GDOE Division of Special Education.
She joined the UOG SOE adjunct faculty in 2010 teaching undergraduate and graduate Special Education courses. In 2017 she became a full-time faculty member and currently serves as the Interim Program Chair for the MEd Special Education program. In addition, she is a graduate faculty for the Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program.
Her expertise focuses on training teachers to meet the needs of students with disabilities on Guam. She is currently collaborating with UOG CEDDERS to secure federal grants under the Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) for personnel development in Special Education for Guam and the region.
Professor of Reading
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Assistant Professor of Elementary Education
Associate Professor of Foundations and Educational Research / I Meyeng UOG-Certified Online Teacher
Assistant Professor of Education / I Meyeng UOG-Certified Online Instructor
Associate Professor / Chair of the Division of Advanced Education & Research Services
Kathrine Gutierrez, Ph.D., joined the School of Education as an associate professor in January 2021. She is originally from Guam and is an alumna of the University of Guam.
She comes to the University of Guam from the University of Oklahoma, where she was on faculty since 2006. She worked specifically as a graduate faculty member there teaching and advising master's and doctoral students.
Her higher education work experience includes research (scholarly publications and national/international conference presentations), teaching (graduate coursework), and service activities at the national/international levels. Dr. Gutierrez is interested in continuing research to focus on schools, school community, and culture. Her areas of emphasis are educational leadership and conducting educational research.
She has experience in teaching online using technology for teaching and learning and earned certificates from the Online Learning Consortium.
Upon joining UOG, she earned certificates from UOG’s Online Teaching Resources (OTR); and recently in Aug. 2023 completed a Quality Matters workshop earning a certificate for Applying the QM Rubric, re: the 7th edition standards.
She was selected to participate in the 2022 Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) cohort, a program of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), and having received a certificate of achievement, is now a 2022 Cohort alumna. Read more at Past ELP Cohorts - AASCU.
Assistant Professor of Advanced Education & Research Services
Dr. James is an Assistant Professor in the School of Education and the Program Chair for the Masters in Education School Administration and Supervision Program. She is also an Adjunct Professor for Argosy University/Hawaii’s doctoral education programs teaching graduate students in Guam, Hawaii, and American Samoa and chairing doctoral dissertation committees. Before coming to the University of Guam, Dr. James was an Associate Dean at the Guam Community College. Her professional career also includes over 25 years with the Guam Department of Education as a high school math teacher, school administrator, and Deputy Superintendent of Curriculum and Instructional Improvement.
Assistant Professor / Advanced Education & Research Services
Dr. ShinHwa Lee joined the University of Guam in January 2020. She previously worked at Eastern New Mexico University as an assistant professor, graduate coordinator, and program leader of the Counseling Program for five years. Lee is a Texas Licensed Professional Counselor and has clinical experience with children and parents under the Child Protective Services, victims of domestic violence, at-risk students, and in-and-out patients at a psychiatric hospital. Lee’s scholarly interests include multiculturalism, wellness, and early childhood mental health.
Assistant Professor of Advanced Education & Research Services
Core faculty for the Proposed EdD Program and serves in multiple roles as an instructor for Elementary Teacher Preparation Program and in Partnership with SOE Distance Learning Programs. The area of outreach and learning research topics connecting engagement with teaching partners and linguistic learners in Guam and beyond our borders.