Position, Department
Professor, History
Contact Information
Email address: ppatters@hawaii.edu
Phone: 808-845-9417
Courses Taught
HIST 151 World History to 1500 (Early College), Farrington High School, Honolulu, HI (2019)
HIST 152 World History Since 1500 (Early College), Farrington High School, Honolulu, HI (2018)
HIST 151 World History to 1500 (90 sections) Honolulu Community College
HIST 152 World History Since 1500 (96 sections) Honolulu Community College
HIST 231 European to 1500 (1 section) Honolulu Community College
HIST 232 Europe Since 1500 (1 section) Honolulu Community College
HIST 241 Civilizations of Asia I: Ancient Asia (5 sections) Honolulu Community College
HIST 242 Civilizations of Asia II: Modern Asia (5 sections) Honolulu Community College
HIST 250 World History through Film (5 sections) Honolulu Community College
HIST 251 History of Japan (2 sections for Tokai International College)
HIST 424 Twentieth Century Japan (1 section) University of Hawaii at M?noa
ASAN 201 Introduction to East Asia (3 sections) Honolulu Community College
ASAN 202 Introduction to South and Southeast Asia (1 section) Honolulu Community College
ASAN 296C Introduction to East Asian Popular Culture (5 sections) Honolulu Community College
ASAN 310 Asian Humanities (2 sections) University of Hawaii at M?noa
ASAN 312 Contemporary Asian Societies (3 sections) University of Hawaii at M?noa
ASAN 320Z Media, Beauty, and Desire in East Asia (1 section) University of Hawaii at M?noa
ASAN 464 Korean and Japanese Popular Music and Society (6 sections) Univ. of Hawaii at M?noa
Research
Music and Words: Producing Popular Songs in Modern Japan, 1887-1952. New York: Lexington Books, 2018, New Studies in Modern Japan series. Monograph:
“Review of Robert E. Niebuhr, When East Met West: World History Through Travelers Perspectives.” World History Connected, Vol. 8, no. 2. Champaign, IL:
University of Illinois Press
Planned Publications
“The Pop Pacific: A Study of the Global Flows of Popular Music in the Pacific Region” With Jayson M. Chun, University of Hawaii West Oahu.
Service
2018-20 Faculty Senate Chair, History Open Educational Resources Subcommittee, History Department Liaison, Division Personnel Committee, All Campus Council of Faculty Senate Chairs, Planning Council Representative.
2014-16 College Council on Institutional Effectiveness, Planning Council, Division Personnel Committee, Hawaiian Studies Faculty Search Committee
2013-14 Division Personnel Committee (chair), Division Curriculum Committee, Faculty Development Committee (chair)
2012-13 American Studies Instructor Search Committee (chair), Accreditation Self-study Standard 3 sub-committee
2009-16 Assessment Committee/Assessment Task Force (chair), Assessment Coordinator, Division Personnel Committee (chair)
2007-Present Asian Studies Academic Subject Certificate (chair), Distance Education Advisory Committee
2005-06 Accreditation Standard 4 Committee (co-chair), University of Hawaii System Foundations/Global Multicultural General Education Review Board, Ad Hoc Committee to Create Campus Governance Flow Chart, Distance Education Review Board
2004-12 History Department Liaison, African American Cultural Club Faculty Advisor, Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship Campus Selection Committee, Hawaiian, Asian, & Pacific (HAP) Review Board, University of Hawaii System HAP Articulation Committee, Campus Leadership Team, General Education Board (chair)
2003-04 Faculty Senate Executive Committee (chair)
2002-03 Faculty Writing Intensive Course Assessment Committee, Faculty Senate Executive Committee
2001-02 Committee on Student Affairs, Dean of Student Services Search Committee, Committee on Student Affairs
2000 Kahili Student Newspaper Advisor, Student Writing Skills Improvement Assessment Committee, HCC Title III Grant Proposal Committee
1999-2000 Faculty-High School Outreach Program (creator), Accreditation Standard 4 Committee, Student Life Board Faculty Advisor
Professional Activities
Conferences and Presentations
June 2019 Asian Studies Conference in Japan, Saitama University, Moderator for panel on Transnational Popular Culture in East Asia
November 2017 Pacific and Modern Language Association annual conference, Honolulu, HI, Presenter: “Who is Baby Metal?”
May 2016 Oceanic Popular Culture Association Conference, Honolulu, HI, Presenter: “Novel by Design: Reverse-engineering Pop Songs in the Early Twentieth century Pacific.”
April 2016 Kawaii Kon, Honolulu, HI, “Economics, Graduation, and Viewing “One Punch Man” in Japan”
May 23, 2009 Oceanic Popular Culture Association Conference, Honolulu, HI. Presenter: “One Night (Bakhtinian) Carnival: Asobi, Nostalgia, and High School Rebels in Japan”
March 12, 2008, Southwestern Historians Association Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV. Presenter: “Camptown Races and the Boatmans Song: Popular Song and National Belonging in Japan and America”
November 4-7, 2006, Osaka Gakuin University, Osaka, Japan. Presenter: Learner Centered Education Seminar & Workshop
Professional memberships:
Member of the Association for Asian Studies
Member of the World History Association
