Educational technology, distance learning, information technology, culturally responsive and culturally sustaining education, leadership development, arts education, multilingualism, indigenous research methodologies, Micronesians in the US.
Dr. Mary Therese Perez Hattori is Director of the Pacific Islands Development Program. Prior to this, she was a Scholarship Program Specialist in the East-West Center’s Education Program, Director of the Center for Teaching & Learning and Associate Professor of Education at Chaminade University; Outreach Director of the Center for Pacific Islands Studies at UHM; and Associate Professor of Information Technology and Director of the Center for Excellence in Learning, Teaching and Technology at Kapiʻolani Community College.
A native Chamoru of Guåhan (Guam), she is a community organizer and advocate for Pacific islanders in Hawaiʻi, co-organizer of cultural events such as the Annual Cultural Animation Film Festival, the Annual Celebrate Micronesia Festival, Micronesian Women’s Summit, and Oceania on the Reel, and teacher/mentor of students in Pacific Studies, Learning Design & Technology, and the UHM & San Francisco State University Educational Doctorate programs which are part of the Carnegie Project on the Educational Doctorate. She is Affiliate Graduate Faculty of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and the USC Rossier School of Education. Dr. Hattori is also an author, poet, public speaker, and philanthropist.
Education
- EdD, Professional Educational Practice, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, 2014
- MEd, Educational Technology, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, 1993
- Professional Diploma, Secondary Education (Social Studies), University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, 1989
- BEd with distinction, Secondary Social Studies (Pacific Islands History), University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, 1989
Publications
- Pacific Migrants Are Caught in the Tangled Web of US Healthcare Politics, The Diplomat, April 1, 2023, Co-authored with Dr. Sandeep Kandikuppa & Paulina Perman
- Kantan Tåsi: Song of the Sea, Waves: A Confluence of Women’s Voices, A Room of Her Own Foundation, April 2023
- China’s Influence on the Freely Associated States Report, US Institute for Peace, September 2022
- Kantan Tåsi: Song of the Sea, Indigenous Pacific Islander Eco-Literatures, Edited by Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner, Leora Kava, and Craig Santos Perez, August 2022
- A Micronesian Perspective on Migration to the United States: Salty Feet Among Fellow People of the Sea, co-authored with Mr. James A. Naich, part of the East-West Center-Washington Asia-Pacific Bulletin Special Series on the Pacific, June 2022
- Chamoru Leadership Lessons, A Marianas Mosaic, Edited by Kimberly Bunts-Anderson and Ajani Burrell, University of Guam Press, 2022
- Bridging Cultures, A Marianas Mosaic, Edited by Kimberly Bunts-Anderson and Ajani Burrell, University of Guam Press, 2022
- Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Book Recommendation, Coconut Ratz & Kung Fu Cowboys: Tales of a Pacific Islander’s Childhood, Honolulu Magazine, May 4, 2021
- Why It Matters Poetry Workshop Lesson Plan: Witness / Inagofli’e / Kadehde, co-authored with Carol Ann Carl, Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities, April 10, 2021
- We Are Art, The Value of Hawai’i 3: Hulihia, The Turning, University of Hawaiʻi Press and the Center for Biographical Research, 31 October 2020
- Living with Dementia the Wabi-Sabi Way, Media Pasefika, February 2020
- “Fuetsan Famalåo‘an: An Anthem to Women,” Yellow Medicine Review: A Journal of Indigenous Literature, Art & Thought, Spring 2019
- “Fino’ Gualaffon (Moonlight Talk),” Indigenous Literatures from Micronesia, UH Press, April 2019
- The Center for Teaching and Learning – Improving Active Learning through Enhanced Faculty Development, Co-author with R. Kido and H. Whippy, Network: A Journal of Faculty Development, Faculty Resource Network, New York University, April 2019
- Thoughts: Eating Up Easter, Film for Thought 2018 Hawai‘i International Film Festival, Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities, November 2018
- “Self Portrait of a Dinga’,” Kinalamten Gi Pasifiku Anthology, Festival of Pacific Arts Literary Council, Guam, 2018
- Stories of Native Educators in Hawai‘i Navigating Their EdD Journeys, Co-author. Exploring the Impact of the Dissertation in Practice, Edited by Valerie A. Storey, Information Age Publishing, North Carolina, 2017
- “i piluña,” Local Voices: An Anthology, 12th Festival of Pacific Arts, Guam 2016
- “Culturally Sustaining Leadership: A Pacific Islander’s Perspective.” Education Sciences 2016, 6(1), 4; doi:10.3390/educsci6010004
- Guam, Mariana Islands, Co-author. Resistance in Paradise: Rethinking 100 Years of U.S. Involvement in the Caribbean and the Pacific, Edited by Deborah Wei and Rachel Kamel, American Friends Service Committee, Philadelphia, PA.; Philadelphia School District, PA. Office of Curriculum Support, 1998
- Classroom Lesson Plans on the WorldWideWeb, Real World Learning Objects Resource Library, PT3 Community Colleges Pathways to Improved Teacher Preparation through Technology Project with funding from the US DOE, a peer-reviewed library, 2006
Dr. Mary Therese Perez Hattori is Director of the Pacific Islands Development Program. Prior to this, she was a Scholarship Program Specialist in the East-West Center’s Education Program, Director of the Center for Teaching & Learning and Associate Professor of Education at Chaminade University; Outreach Director of the Center for Pacific Islands Studies at UHM; and Associate Professor of Information Technology and Director of the Center for Excellence in Learning, Teaching and Technology at Kapiʻolani Community College.
A native Chamoru of Guåhan (Guam), she is a community organizer and advocate for Pacific islanders in Hawaiʻi, co-organizer of cultural events such as the Annual Cultural Animation Film Festival, the Annual Celebrate Micronesia Festival, Micronesian Women’s Summit, and Oceania on the Reel, and teacher/mentor of students in Pacific Studies, Learning Design & Technology, and the UHM & San Francisco State University Educational Doctorate programs which are part of the Carnegie Project on the Educational Doctorate. She is Affiliate Graduate Faculty of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and the USC Rossier School of Education. Dr. Hattori is also an author, poet, public speaker, and philanthropist.
Education
- EdD, Professional Educational Practice, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, 2014
- MEd, Educational Technology, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, 1993
- Professional Diploma, Secondary Education (Social Studies), University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, 1989
- BEd with distinction, Secondary Social Studies (Pacific Islands History), University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, 1989
Publications
- Pacific Migrants Are Caught in the Tangled Web of US Healthcare Politics, The Diplomat, April 1, 2023, Co-authored with Dr. Sandeep Kandikuppa & Paulina Perman
- Kantan Tåsi: Song of the Sea, Waves: A Confluence of Women’s Voices, A Room of Her Own Foundation, April 2023
- China’s Influence on the Freely Associated States Report, US Institute for Peace, September 2022
- Kantan Tåsi: Song of the Sea, Indigenous Pacific Islander Eco-Literatures, Edited by Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner, Leora Kava, and Craig Santos Perez, August 2022
- A Micronesian Perspective on Migration to the United States: Salty Feet Among Fellow People of the Sea, co-authored with Mr. James A. Naich, part of the East-West Center-Washington Asia-Pacific Bulletin Special Series on the Pacific, June 2022
- Chamoru Leadership Lessons, A Marianas Mosaic, Edited by Kimberly Bunts-Anderson and Ajani Burrell, University of Guam Press, 2022
- Bridging Cultures, A Marianas Mosaic, Edited by Kimberly Bunts-Anderson and Ajani Burrell, University of Guam Press, 2022
- Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Book Recommendation, Coconut Ratz & Kung Fu Cowboys: Tales of a Pacific Islander’s Childhood, Honolulu Magazine, May 4, 2021
- Why It Matters Poetry Workshop Lesson Plan: Witness / Inagofli’e / Kadehde, co-authored with Carol Ann Carl, Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities, April 10, 2021
- We Are Art, The Value of Hawai’i 3: Hulihia, The Turning, University of Hawaiʻi Press and the Center for Biographical Research, 31 October 2020
- Living with Dementia the Wabi-Sabi Way, Media Pasefika, February 2020
- “Fuetsan Famalåo‘an: An Anthem to Women,” Yellow Medicine Review: A Journal of Indigenous Literature, Art & Thought, Spring 2019
- “Fino’ Gualaffon (Moonlight Talk),” Indigenous Literatures from Micronesia, UH Press, April 2019
- The Center for Teaching and Learning – Improving Active Learning through Enhanced Faculty Development, Co-author with R. Kido and H. Whippy, Network: A Journal of Faculty Development, Faculty Resource Network, New York University, April 2019
- Thoughts: Eating Up Easter, Film for Thought 2018 Hawai‘i International Film Festival, Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities, November 2018
- “Self Portrait of a Dinga’,” Kinalamten Gi Pasifiku Anthology, Festival of Pacific Arts Literary Council, Guam, 2018
- Stories of Native Educators in Hawai‘i Navigating Their EdD Journeys, Co-author. Exploring the Impact of the Dissertation in Practice, Edited by Valerie A. Storey, Information Age Publishing, North Carolina, 2017
- “i piluña,” Local Voices: An Anthology, 12th Festival of Pacific Arts, Guam 2016
- “Culturally Sustaining Leadership: A Pacific Islander’s Perspective.” Education Sciences 2016, 6(1), 4; doi:10.3390/educsci6010004
- Guam, Mariana Islands, Co-author. Resistance in Paradise: Rethinking 100 Years of U.S. Involvement in the Caribbean and the Pacific, Edited by Deborah Wei and Rachel Kamel, American Friends Service Committee, Philadelphia, PA.; Philadelphia School District, PA. Office of Curriculum Support, 1998
- Classroom Lesson Plans on the WorldWideWeb, Real World Learning Objects Resource Library, PT3 Community Colleges Pathways to Improved Teacher Preparation through Technology Project with funding from the US DOE, a peer-reviewed library, 2006
