{"id":82106,"date":"2018-07-17T11:11:50","date_gmt":"2018-07-17T21:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=82106"},"modified":"2019-03-29T16:47:47","modified_gmt":"2019-03-30T02:47:47","slug":"chandler-honorary-doctorate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/07\/17\/chandler-honorary-doctorate\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish professor receives honorary doctorate in Greece"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Paul Chandler, center, is conferred the title doctor honoris causa<\/em> from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Professor Paul M. Chandler<\/a> was conferred the title doctor honoris causa<\/em> by Rector Meletios-Athanasios K. Dimopoulos of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens<\/a> for his outstanding contributions to the field of Spanish education after unanimous approval from its Spanish faculty in May. This unique honor is the first for Chandler, and a first for a faculty member in the College of Languages, Linguistics and Literature<\/a> at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“I was honored with a beautiful ceremony as part of the IV<\/abbr> International Conference on Ibero-America, which was hosted by the university,” Chandler reflected. <\/p>\n

Chandler is chair of the Department of Languages and Literatures of Europe and the Americas<\/a>, which he joined in 1992. This honorary doctorate is the latest of several prestigious awards he has received throughout a stellar career. Among them are the university\u2019s Presidential Citation for Meritorious Teaching and the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Association of Language Teachers\u2019 Excellence in Teaching Award. Chandler also earned Fulbright scholarships to Argentina and Paraguay.<\/p>\n

Chandler has published, edited and contributed to textbooks, journals, articles and books. He serves on editorial boards for the University of Seville and Ediciones de Orto in Madrid. He has presented papers and workshops at more than 150 venues in over a dozen countries, and has served on boards for the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, the Southwest Conference on Language Teaching and the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Association of Language Teachers.<\/p>\n

This distinct honor from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens acknowledges Chandler\u2019s numerous accomplishments and his impact across the profession.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Paul M. Chandler is honored for his outstanding contributions to the field of Spanish education by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[163,598,134,9],"class_list":["post-82106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-college-of-languages-linguistics-and-literature","tag-faculty-recognition","tag-international","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t