Position, Department
Assistant Professor, Language Arts
Contact Information
Email address: gimac@hawaii.edu
Phone:
Courses Taught
ENG 100/T, 100/S, 100, 250, 251, 252, 254, 255, 257G, 257O, 257X, EALL271
Research
Okinawan literature, Okinawan performing arts
Service
Health & Wellness Sub-Committee, Co-chair (2020-present)
Honolulu CC International Education committee (2015-present)
Composition Co-Coordinator (2006-present)
Center for Okinawan Studies associate faculty (2008-present)
Center for Okinawan Studies Executive Committee (2021- 2023)
Professional Activities
Co-presenter, “Integrating the Writing Center with ENG 100 Co-Requisite Classes,” Hawaii Student Success Institute, March 2020.
Co-developer of new courses ENG 257A (Literary Perspectives in Japanese Anime) and ENG 257G (Manga as Literature). Instructor for ENG 257G (Spring 2020 and Spring 2021).
Co-presenter, “Improve Your Aloha with Culture-Based and Place-Based Learning,” Hawaii Student Success Institute, March 2019.
Member of Ho?la Hou Cohort, 2018-2019.
Presented paper, “Engaging the Locals: Developing an Okinawan Literature Class,” Center for Okinawan Studies Symposium on Post-War Okinawan Literature in Translation, Hamilton Library, UH M?noa, Sept. 11, 2015.
Instructor/developer, ENG 257O, “Okinawan Literature,” at Honolulu Community College, Fall 2015, Fall 2017, and Fall 2019.
