  {"id":7653,"date":"2020-06-24T23:08:16","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T23:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/?page_id=7653"},"modified":"2025-08-18T09:08:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T19:08:14","slug":"recent-ma-in-sla-sls-alumni","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/recent-ma-in-sla-sls-alumni\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent MA in SLS Alumni"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p>If you are interested in corresponding with any of our alumni, please email sls@hawaii.edu with your request. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list.<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">\n<b>Name<\/b>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100\">\n<b>Year of Graduation<\/b>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"400\">\n<b>Current Position and Affiliation<\/b>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">Nicholas Coney<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100\">2023<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"400\">English Instructor, International Mid Pac College (IMPAC), Honolulu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">Krissa Guevara<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100\">2023<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"400\">Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) in South Korea<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">Cade Christensen<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100\">2022<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"400\">Coordinator of Intensive English Program at Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">Adam Bramlett<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100\">2021<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"400\">PhD Student at Carnegie Mellon University, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">Youngmeen Kim<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100\">2021<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"400\">PhD Student at Georgia State University, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">Victoria Lee<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100\">2021<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"400\">Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) in South Korea<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">Inyoung Na<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100\">2021<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"400\">PhD Student at Iowa State University, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">Austin Barton<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100\">2020<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"400\">English Language Teacher at Renhe Elementary School in Daxi District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">LeeSeul Park<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100\">2020<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"400\">PhD Student in East Asian Language and Literature (EALL) at University of Hawai&#8217;i at M\u0101noa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">Les Black<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100\">2019<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"400\">Assistant Professor at Ehime University, Japan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">Jennifer Monje<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100\">2016<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"400\">Assistant Professor IV at University of the City of Manila, Philippines<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">Kristi Smith<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100\">2016<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"400\">Professor at Hawaii Tokai International College<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">Ding Wang-Bramlett<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100\">2016<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"400\">PhD Student in Modern Languages at Carnegie Mellon University, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">Wonguk Cho<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100\">2015<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"400\">Lecturer at Chongqing University, China<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">Alex Kasula<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100\">2015<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"400\">Director of Studies at Central Pacific College, Honolulu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">Ji Eun Lee<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100\">2015<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"400\">Middle School Teacher for Hawai&#8217;i Department of Education<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">Darlin Sia<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100\">2015<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"400\">Deputy Principal at Paduka Seri Begawan Sultan Science College, Brunei<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">Pamela Stacey<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100\">2014<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"400\">Director of Learning Support at Fulbright University, Vietnam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">Lisa Houghtailing<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100\">2014<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"400\">Immigration Specialist at University of Hawai&#8217;i International Student Services<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">Sunhee Kim Fujii, PhD<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100\">2013<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"400\">Assistant Faculty Specialist, Study Abroad Office, University of Hawai\u02bbi at M\u0101noa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">Daisuke Kimura, PhD<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100\">2013<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"400\">Associate Professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">Valerie Meier<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100\">2013<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"400\">PhD Student in Education at University of California Santa Barbara, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">Karl Neergaard, PhD<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100\">2013<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"400\">Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Macau, Macau<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">Joseph Peters<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100\">2013<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"400\">University of Hawai\u02bbi at M\u0101noa, IT Specialist<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">Wonguk Cho<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100\">2012<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"400\">Japanese language lecturer at the University of British Columbia, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">Noriyuki Kawada<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100\">2012<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"400\">Lecturer at Chongqing University, China<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">Brandon Narasaki<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100\">2012<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"400\">English Instructor at Tokyo International University, Japan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">Kazuyo Noda<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100\">2011<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"400\">High School Teacher for Kyoto Prefectural Board of Education, Japan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">Jacob Kletzien<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100\">2010<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"400\">English Teacher for NET Scheme, Hong Kong<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">Julie Bouchard, PhD<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100\">2008<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"400\">Assistant Professor at Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Chicoutimi, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">Elizabeth Lavolette, PhD<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" 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