{"id":232868,"date":"2026-04-23T13:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T23:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=232868"},"modified":"2026-04-23T16:22:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T02:22:23","slug":"uh-manoa-chancellor-search-second-finalist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/23\/uh-manoa-chancellor-search-second-finalist\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa chancellor search: second finalist Amy Sueyoshi campus  visit April 30&#8211;May 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/manoa-gnrc-hawaii-hall-2023.jpg\" alt=\"Students sitting on the steps of Hawaii Hall\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-181489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/manoa-gnrc-hawaii-hall-2023.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/manoa-gnrc-hawaii-hall-2023-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/manoa-gnrc-hawaii-hall-2023-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The University of <span lang=\"haw\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M&#257;noa Chancellor Search Advisory Committee has named Amy Sueyoshi, San Francisco State University Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, as the second of three finalists for the position of chancellor for the <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> flagship campus. Sueyoshi will visit the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa campus April 30&#8211;May 1.<\/p>\n<p>To honor candidates&#8217; requests for confidentiality, the name of each finalist is being announced one week prior to their scheduled campus visit. Vassilis Syrmos, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa Interim Provost, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/20\/uh-manoa-chancellor-finalists\/\">was named the first finalist on April 20<\/a>, and the third candidate will be announced Sunday, April 26. More information is available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/executivesearch\/chancellor\/?info=home#home\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa chancellor search site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Students, faculty, staff, administrators and community members are invited to attend open forums to meet the finalists. Each candidate will share their vision for <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa, followed by a question-and-answer session. Presentations will be recorded and posted after the final campus visit.<\/p>\n<h2>Amy Sueyoshi campus forum<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Thursday, April 30, 10:30&#8211;11:30 a.m. <abbr>HST<\/abbr><\/li>\n<li>Kiawe Conference Room, Bachman Hall 106<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hawaii.zoom.us\/j\/85980274989?pwd=hrINaWYcXEwjnF43wxrqjOuVlHMRVm.1\">Webinar link<\/a>, webinar <abbr>ID<\/abbr>: 859 8027 4989 and password: 206404<\/li>\n<li>Campus visit, April 30 and May 1<\/li>\n<li>Bio and <abbr>CV<\/abbr> are posted on the <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/executivesearch\/chancellor\/?info=home#home\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa chancellor search site<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Feedback Link available starting April 30.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Finalist 3 Campus Forum<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Monday, May 4, 10:30&#8211;11:30 a.m. <abbr>HST<\/abbr><\/li>\n<li>Kiawe Conference Room, Bachman Hall 106<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hawaii.zoom.us\/j\/88494616302?pwd=u218vNn6GGCko8bxCA1iTR3qmePJzk.1\">Webinar link<\/a>, Webinar <abbr>ID<\/abbr>: 884 9461 6302 | Password: 015992<\/li>\n<li>Campus visit, May 4&#8211;5<\/li>\n<li>Bio and <abbr>CV<\/abbr> will be posted on the <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/executivesearch\/chancellor\/?info=home#home\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa chancellor search site<\/a> on April 26<\/li>\n<li>Feedback Link available starting May 4.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Vassilis L. Syrmos Campus Forum<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Monday, April 27, 2026<\/li>\n<li>10:30&#8211;11:30 a.m. <abbr>HST<\/abbr><\/li>\n<li>Kiawe Conference Room, Bachman Hall<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hawaii.zoom.us\/j\/81782613720?pwd=biQI7GOL1QLbRy8EHohszJEUsiprZU.1\">Webinar link<\/a>, webinar <abbr>ID<\/abbr>: 817 8261 3720 and password: 161256<\/li>\n<li>Campus visit, April 27&#8211;28<\/li>\n<li>Syrmos bio and <abbr>CV<\/abbr> on <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/executivesearch\/chancellor\/?info=home#home\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> <span lang=\"haw\">M&#257;noa<\/span> chancellor search site<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Feedback link available starting April 27<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Feedback is a critical part of the search process. Feedback links will be available on the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa chancellor search website beginning on the first day of each finalist&#8217;s campus visit. During their visits, finalists also meet with campus stakeholders and constituent groups.<\/p>\n<h2>Amy Sueyoshi<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_232889\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-232889\" style=\"width: 214px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/manoa-chancellor-candidate-sueyoshi-a-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-232889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/manoa-chancellor-candidate-sueyoshi-a-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/manoa-chancellor-candidate-sueyoshi-a-93x130.jpg 93w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/manoa-chancellor-candidate-sueyoshi-a.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-232889\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amy Sueyoshi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sueyoshi currently serves as San Francisco State University Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, a role she has held since 2022. She previously served as dean and interim dean of the College of Ethnic Studies and earlier as associate dean for five years. She has also served as director of Race and Resistance Studies at San Francisco State and as co-curator of the <abbr>GLBT<\/abbr> History Museum, the first queer history museum in the nation.<\/p>\n<p>Sueyoshi is a professor of Race and Resistance Studies and professor of Sexuality Studies. She has published books, articles and essays, presented at conferences, lectured at universities nationwide and received multiple community awards.<\/p>\n<p>She earned a bachelor&#8217;s degree in history from Barnard College of Columbia University, a <abbr>PhD<\/abbr> in history from University of California, Los Angeles and an <abbr>MBA<\/abbr> from San Francisco State University. Her research focuses on the intersection of Asian American Studies and Queer Studies. As provost, she has advocated for and secured funding for endowed faculty lines in under-resourced areas, most recently in disability studies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Information about each finalist will be posted on the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> <span lang=\"haw\">M&#257;noa<\/span> chancellor search website ahead of their forums.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":181487,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1193],"tags":[626,9],"class_list":["post-232868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administrative","tag-executive-search","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/manoa-hawaii-hall-wallethub.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232868"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":232965,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232868\/revisions\/232965"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}