Dean and Professor
Hawai‘i Pacific University
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Halaevalu F.O. Vakalahi, PhD, is the Dean and Professor of the College of Health and Society at Hawai’i Pacific University. Prior to her current post, she was a Professor and Associate Dean in the School of Social Work at Morgan State University, Baltimore MD. Her areas of teaching include social policy, human behavior and the social work environment, organizational leadership, and cultural diversity. Her two areas of scholarship are: Pacific Islander culture and community, and Women of Color in academia, in which she has contributed extensively through peer-reviewed articles, chapters/references, co-edited/co-authored books, and co-founded “Urban Social Work”, a peer-reviewed journal, a partnership between Morgan State University, Lehman College, Hawai'i Pacific University, New York Community Trust, and Springer Publishing. Her eclectic educational background with a B.S. in Business Management (BYU-Hawaii), MSW (University of Hawai’i-Manoa), and M.Ed. and PhD in Social Work (University of Utah), have informed her leadership, scholarship, teaching, and service which she hopes have forwarded social and economic justice in some small way.
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Friday, November 11, 2022
7:45 AM – 8:45 AM