REMS Research Coordination Network
The REMS Research Coordination Network (RCN) is a NSF-funded initiative that supports a network to build and strengthen undergraduate STEM pathways via the development of a cumulative, culturally responsive, course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) in Hawai'ʻi: the Research Experiences in Marine Science (REMS) Program.
The goals of the network are 1) to conduct a series of workshops and meetings to facilitate knowledge exchanges among network partners and outline network needs, 2) create and pilot novel modules for the REMS curriculum, and 3) develop detailed plans for expanding and sustaining the program.
The map above highlights some of the Windward Oʻahu campuses and field sites participating in the REMS network. Located on an islet called Moku o Lo‘e in Kāne‘ohe Bay off the island of O‘ahu is the host campus: the Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB). HIMB is an ideal setting for place-based experiential education and engaged student learning. Moku o Lo‘e itself is surrounded by 64-acres of fringing coral reef designated as the Hawai‘i Marine Laboratory Refuge. HIMB’s state-of-the-art facilities, combined with its unique location and proximity to estuarine, coastal, and offshore environments promote the integration of cutting-edge laboratory experimentation, rigorous fieldwork, and science education. Although the host campus and REMS curriculum are based within the ahupuaʻa (Native Hawaiian socio-ecological land division) o Heʻeia, partner programs and network members represent the diverse communities and geographies of Oʻahu and the broader Pacific.
REMS RCN Project
PI-Team and Steering Committee
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Malia Rivera, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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W. Kekailoa Perry, J.D.
Co-PI
Educational Foundations, College of Education
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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Summer Maunakea, Ph.D.
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Christine Ambrosino, Ph.D.
Project Coordinator
Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology, School of Earth Science and Technology
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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Herb Lee, Jr.
Waikalua Aquatic Institute
Pacific American Foundation
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Bonnie Kahapeʻa-Tanner
Kānehūnāmoku Voyaging Academy
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Mackenzie Manning
Windward Community College
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Shimi Rii, PhD
Heʻeia National Estuarine Research Reserve
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RCN Partner Programs
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Malia Rivera, Ph.D.
Faculty Specialist and Professor, graduate faculty in both Marine Biology and Curriculum Studies with specialization in molecular systematics, marine population genetics, marine science curriculum development and education research.
Role – PI, new curriculum development, overall network and project coordination
Christine Ambrosino, Ph.D.
Senior Personnel, with specialization in education research, curriculum development, neuroethology and shark sensory biology.
Role – REMS program coordination and lead instructor, contributes to guiding assessment activities and continued development of new aspects of REMS curriculum and website development.
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Summer Maunakea, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, with specialization in place-based and Indigenous land-based education research and culturally relevant evaluation and assessment.
Role – Co-PI guiding place-based evaluation and community building efforts within a culturally responsive framework and advising on place-based pedagogies. Leading coordination with External Evaluator.
Margaret Maaka, PhD.Professor, with specialization in Indigenous education, educational policy and psychology.
Role – informing education and networking endeavors through Indigenous methodological frameworks and facilitating coordination with external networks.
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W. Kekailoa Perry, J.D.
Associate Professor with specialization in law, race and culture and the practical application of those subjects through advocacy.
Role – Co-PI strengthening community connections in the practice of scientific research via discourse with students on environmental and cultural stewardship advocacy.
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K. Laiana Wong, Ph.D.
Professor and graduate faculty in Curriculum Studies, with specialization in Hawaiian language revitalization and Hawaiian world view.
Role – strengthening a Hawaiian worldview in the practice of science via ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi.
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Jenna Komatsu
Early College Coordinator and Assistant Director of Summer Sessions for the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Role – coordination, administration and enrollment of REMS related UHM courses associated with the network.
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Janis Dela Cruz
METS Program Director
Role – recruiting and supporting early college students into/in REMS and RCN supported pathways targeting Title I schools in rural West O‘ahu.
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Edmond Lee
Gear UP Mānoa Director
Role – recruiting and supporting early college students into/in REMS and RCN supported pathways targeting Title I schools in rural Central O‘ahu
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Nicole Atwood
Early College Program Director for Hawaiʻi P-20, a statewide partnership led by the Executive Office on Early Learning, the Hawai‘i State Department of Education, and the University of Hawai‘i System
Role – strengthening the education pipeline to postsecondary education and training through network related early college programs.
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Herb Lee Jr.
CEO and President and Derek Esibill, Lead Instructor of an early college course Kilo Kai (SCI 295) at UH Windward Community College (WCC).
Roles – recruiting early college students into REMS pathways targeting Title I schools in rural Windward O‘ahu and facilitating culturally relevant research and laulima at Waikalua Loko I‘a.
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Yoshimi Rii, Ph.D.
Research Coordinator and MBGP graduate faculty, and Fred Reppun, Education Coordinator.
Roles - facilitating place-based and culturally relevant research and laulima (community based environmental restoration work experiences) within the He‘eia NERR, including the Loko I‘a o He‘eia, and expanding REMS RCN to He‘eia NERR related education networks.
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Bonnie Kahape‘a-Tanner
Director and Mahealani Treaster, Project Coordinator.
Roles – recruiting early college students into REMS pathways targeting a Hawaiian focused public charter school on O‘ahu, part of an early college undergraduate course in Hawaiian Voyaging (Hawaiian Studies 110) at WCC, and facilitating place-based and culturally relevant research within Kāne‘ohe Bay.
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Megan Donahue, PhD.
HIMB Research Professor and Co-Director of the UH Mānoa Marine Biology Graduate Program.
Role – facilitating creation of new graduate level courses anchored in REMS curriculum to train graduate students in place-based marine science teaching and pedagogies.
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Rosie Alegado, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Oceanography and UH Sea Grant College Program, Co-PI of the Hālau Ola Honua Partnership funded by NSF PAGE, a multi-institutional collaboration between UH Windward Community College, Honolulu Community College, Kaua‘i Community College and UHM and PI of the SOEST Maile Mentoring Bridge Program.
Role – facilitate transitions of early college REMS students to SOEST undergraduate courses such as the place-based Oceanography 201 summer bridge course and broader SOEST undergraduate degree programs.
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Mackenzie Manning
Professor of Biology and Marine Biology and MOP coordinator.
Role – REMS senior instructor and curriculum developer, facilitation of early graduate students transitioning to community college within the UH system and advising on prospective MOP Certificate pathways for UH Community College students that matriculate through REMS programs.
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Bradley ‘Kai’ Fox Ph.D.
UHSG Aquaculture Extension Specialist and Principal Investigator of the Waikalua Aquatic Institute, a collaboration between the Pacific American Foundation and UHSG to conduct restoration research on pua (juvenile fish) and limu (edible seaweed) production at Waikalua Loko I‘a and for eventual outplanting at Loko I‘a across the Hawaiian Islands.
Role – support REMS students conducting place-based, community driven fishpond aquaculture research at Waikalua Loko I‘a.
