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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

CREDENTIALS

• Ph.D., Marine Biology, James Cook University (Australia)
• M.S., Biology, University of Guam
• B.S., Biology, Silliman University (Philippines)

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

CREDENTIALS:

• Ph.D., Extension Education - Strategic Planning and Policy Studies, University of the Philippines Los Baños
• M.S., Extension Education - Development Communication, University of the Philippines Los Baños
• B.S., Development Communication - Educational Communication, University of the Philippines Los Baños