MICRO-BIO

• Patsy Y. Iwasaki, assistant professor, English, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo. PhD in Learning Design and Technology and an MEd in Education

  Patsy Y. Iwasaki, assistant professor, English, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo. PhD in Learning Design and Technology and an MEd in Education Less

EXPERIENCE

• University of Hawaii at Hilo

  • Assistant Professor
  • English
  • 200 W. Kawili Street
  • January 2012 to Present

• University of Hawaii at Hilo

  • Instructor
  • English and Communication
  • August 2008 to Present

EDUCATION

• University of Hawaii at Manoa

  • Learning Design and Technology
  • August 2015 to Present

  Doctoral dissertation will focus on documentary film as research inquiry and arts based representation while applying connectivist learning theories for digital media.

• University of Hawai‘i at Hilo

  • Ph.D. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa; M.Ed. University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
  • September 2012 to Present

  Dr. Iwasaki teaches media writing, composition, rhetoric, multicultural literature and professional writing. Her research interests and teaching practices include instructional design and development, migration narratives in graphic novels, documentary film, English studies, diversity, place- and community-based, culturally relevant resources in education, and cross cultural exchange and collaboration.

DISCIPLINES

• Journalism

• Digital Communication And Media/Multimedia

• Educational/Instructional Media Design

• Educational/Instructional Technology

• Rhetoric And Composition/Writing Studies, Other

• Intercultural/Multicultural And Diversity Studies

• English Language And Literature, General

Interests

• Instructional Design And Development

• Graphic Novels In Migration Narratives

• Documentary Film

• English Studies

• Diversity And Equity

• Place Based Culturally Relevant Resouces In Education

• Cross Cultural Exchange And Collaboration

Languages

• English

• Japanese

Links

• The Katsu Goto Film