Position, Department
Assistant Professor, Carpentry
Contact Information
Email address: dcrowell@hawaii.edu
Phone:
Courses Taught
Apprenticeship Carpentry: Basic carpentry, Advance blueprint reading, Rough framing, Finishing, 3day – Prescreening. Apprenticeship Electrician: Level & Transit. Apprenticeship Glazers: Blueprint reading. CARP 20 – Tools Hardware & maintenance, CARP 30 – Blueprint reading, CARP 22 – Concrete form Construction, CARP 41 – Rough framing, CARP 42 – Finishing.
Research
Currently studying sustainability in the construction industry and self sufficiency.
Service
2019 – 2020 COLLEGE COMMITTEES:
* Tenure Promotion Review Committee – Chairperson (HonCC)
* Tenure Promotion Review Committee – member (KauaiCC) 2X
* Program Coordinating Council – member (KauaiCC)
* S-Designation Application review Committee – member
* Sustainability committee – member
* FESTPAC planning committee – member
* 100 year Anniversary Committee – member
* Tech 1 Division Personnel Committee – member
* Hawaiian Instructor New Hire Screening committee – member
* Welding New Hire Screening Committee – member
2019 – 2020 COLLEGE SERVICES:
* HonCC General meeting opening ceremony participated in protocol Oli
* HonCC Commencement ceremony participated in protocol Oli
* HSSI Conference opening ceremony participated in protocol Oli
* Hazardous Communication Program Supervise various trades program in
building14 to comply with Hazard Communication
* Building Pelina with other HonCC Trades Program at Loi Kalo Park
Cleaning Loi of over grown weeds
* HCC Hoolaulea – Laau Lapaau & Holoholo, Cast net fishing demonstration
* Sheet Metal program- Refit & replaced 12 – 8x 3 work shop table tops
* Build 2- Display shelves – (HonCC Fire)
* Build Chain Link Fencing – (HonCC Native Hawaiian Center)
* Prep pieces for dry boxes & Supervise assembly process – (HonCC Native
Hawaiian Center)
* Build Runway, Stage & Backdrop – (HonCC Fashion)
* Build Fashion Stage, Back drop, stairs & platform – (HonCC Fashion show)
* Cut 18 Rolls of paper & 2 x 6 Spacer Blocks for Washer & Driers – (HonCC
Fashion)
* Make 8 Parking arrows on 4 wooden horses – (HonCC METC)
* Layout of Hale & Built batter boards for stone wall – (HonCC Hale)
* Built – 2 Standing desk sneeze ( HonCC TRIO program)
* Repaired & removed roofs from 12 picnic tables (On campus)
* Participated in the painting of mural (Building 5)
* Star Awards Banquet
* Donate blood – Hawaii Blood Bank
* Fire drill assistant
* Create Koa Plaque – Kapiolani Community College (KCC)
* Repair 2 Koa canoe paddles – Kapiolani Community College (KCC)
* Make a canoe paddle – Community College Leadership Champion (CCLC)
2019 – 2020 COMMUNITY COMMTTEES:
* Waimanalo Hawaiian Civic Club – member
* Waimanalo Limu Hui Cultural Advisor. Restore seaweed in the ocean
* Waimanalo Pahonu Cultural Advisor, Restore rock wall, Present Fishing &
Gathering
2019 – 2020 COMMUNITY SERVICES:
* Kapili Like Carpentry Academy Instructor Advisor
* ASA Affiliates – Cultural Impact Assessment for the Proposed Issuance of
Commercial Aquarium Permits.
* Aha Moku Koolaupoko Retreat – Community Leaders sharing Knowledge of
sustainability within their community. (Coconut Island)
* KUA Annual Limu Hui Gathering – Share knowledge on sustainability &
traditional practices. (Kauai)
* UH Agricultural – Build Restroom
* Kainalu Elementary School – Build a Pergola for Lemon Tree Project
* Maunalua Fishpond Heritage Center – Renovate Heritage Center
* Mokauea Fishing Association – Renovate Cultural Center
* Boy Scouts of America Troop 45 – Build 4 Picnic tables
* Hawaii Carpenter Union – Build Chicken Coop
* Kanaloa Kahoolawe Huaka’i – Repair Camp site Kitchen, Build road, &
Participated in Rain
Ceremony
* Waimanalo Limu Gala – Donate food & painting for auction
* Anueaue Fisheries Research Center – Clean Salt water Tanks
* Hawaii Habilitat Annual Fundraiser Luau – Imu Supervisor
* Hakipuu Charter School – Graduation Luau
* Hui Malama O Ke Kai – Help Thatch Traditional Halau
* Hawaii Habilitat – Annual Luau (Imu Supervisor)
2019 – 2020 COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS:
* Kina eha – Present CARP Program & the Power of Positive Thinking
* Puohala Elementary School Present Sustainable Hunting, Fishing & Gathering
Practices
* Waimanalo Pono Research Present Hawaiian Medicinal Plants
* Waimanalo Opio Leadership Association (OLA) Present Hawaiian
* Medicinal Plants
* One ula Beach Cleanup Present Sea Weed
* Ke ola mamo – Present Hawaiian Medicinal Plants (Windward mall)
* KUA: Moshi Moshi call – LE?ALE?A + LIMU, Collecting stories about our kupuna,
* Show & Tell: Scar Stories, Kanikapila, Creative Hour, Spooky stories,
Professional Activities
2019 – 2020:
* Title IX Training
* Hawaii ACTE Emerging CTE leaders Program Sharing Sustainability Ideas for a
better Hawaii
* HACTE Conference Presented on Cultural Base Education & Sustainability, &
served as proctor
* Hawaii Student Success Institute (HSSI) Conference Presented on holistic
teaching (Hawaii Convention Center)
* Hawaii National Great Teachers seminar
* Tenure & Promotion Review Committee (TPRC) Workshop
* UHCC Systemwide Online T/P and Contract Renewal Reviewer Training
Workshop for TPRC Members
* Hazardous Waste Retraining
* Minimum Security Standards & Compliance Mappings workshop
* Admin announcement request / COSE Presents: Addressing COVID-19 in our
community workshop
* Academic Accommodation COSE Workshop: Servicing special student population
* Training for Screening / Interviewing lecturer applicants (discuss the NeoGov
process)
* Laulima workshop – Ross Egloria
* Wireless network training Connie Montero
* Pathway to Apprenticeship Zoom Meeting
*Submit curriculum action: Changed title of course to meet articulate agreement
(CARP 22 Concrete form construction to Concrete forms)
* CARP 41 attained S Focused designation
* Protecting children and youth training
* Window Preservation Workshop – Historic Hawaii
* Kanaloa Kahoolawe Huakai – Cultural enrichment/professional development,
Repair Camp site Kitchen, Build road, & Participated in the Rain Ceremony
* Sustainability committee: Introduction to Xeriscape with Sheri Makami, Board of
Water Supply Presentation
* He Ukana Aloha K? K?lauea Series – Hawai?i CC Professor Taup?uri Tangar? will
lead a presentation on hula noho (hula danced in a seated or kneeling position. *
Amano Construction Presentation
* K? Kia?i Mauna & Kapu Aloha Forum
* Hazmat Training Refresher HIOSH Compliance
* Ho?ohui Kai?ulu Event Tour of Iolani Palace & State Archives
*Assessment for Hawaii – Workshop
* Hoala Hou – Sailing on Kamauhahau
* Malama aina & Pelina Day Clean LoI Kalo park & build new relationships with
other HCC trades.
* Hawaii Carpenters Union Apprenticeship & Training Fund Kapolei – Presentation &
Tour of Training Center
* Hawaii National Great Teachers Seminar – Participant
* Hawaii National Great Teachers panel Review Share Learning Experience.
* ACTE – Conference
* Hoowaiwai Hawaiian Language Training
* Hoohui Kaiaulu IN peace
* Hoala Hou Cohort 2
* Active shooter Response Training
* Hazmat Training Refresher HIOSH Compliance
* “IT All Campus Workshop”
2019 – 2020 WORKSHOP SERIES:
* Kipaipai Aloha Series – Kamawaelualani Ua Wehi ?, Waihona Online Repository, ?
Eli?eli Kapu, ?Eli?eli Noa: Huaka?i to K?lauea, Finding your Mental, Physical and
Spiritual Balance in Times of Stress: A Hawaiian Perspective.
* Hoomohalu Rejuvenating Summer series – 6 weeks workshop
* Interactive Technopedagogy – (T2EL) Workshop – How to incorporate varied
forms of technology into teaching
* Teachers and Educators Talk learning (T2EL) – I Presented on Cultural Base
Connection in Carpentry
* Year-End Reflection – (T2EL) Workshop – Share teaching Experience. culturally
aligned content for your students
* Syllabus focused (T2EL) – How to enhance course syllabus
* Assessment Workshop – (T2EL)
* Teaching online summer workshops – Pilina: Continuing to cultivate and preserve
class relationships, Anns top ten tools for remote learning, Using blog post for
students engagement, Use principles of neuroscience and psychology to ignite
online learning
* Chancellor Karen Lee for the second installment of Community Connections: Yes,
You Can Thrive in Uncertain Times: Lessons from the Construction Industry, UH
Protecting UH Research: An Overview of Data Governance, Information Security,
and Disclosure Requirements Confirmation
2019 – 2020 COLLEGE PRESENTATIONS:
* Present CARP program @ HonCC Auto Tech to Kamehameha students
* Present CARP program @ Washington Intermediate School – Career Fair
* Present CARP program @ Kamehameha High School – Career Fair
* HACTE Conference- Presented on Sustainable & Cultural base education
* Hawaii Student Success Institute (HSSI) Conference – Presented on Holistic
* Teaching (Hawaii Convention Center)
* Hawaii National Great Teachers Seminar (HNGTS) – Presentations
* Hawaii National Great Teachers Seminar (HNGTS) Panel Review – Share
Learning Experience.
* Present Cultural Base Connection in Carpentry – T2EL Workshop
* Online Hawaiian Center Commencement ceremony entertainment
* HonCC “Industrial & Engineering Technology” Virtual Campus Tour
* HonCC Outreach Campus Tour – Host DOE schools
* CNAC Campus Tour – Host DOE schools
