IDD Department 

Peter Chan

IDD Coordinator/Instructor | JSF 108 | peterchanbyuh@gmail.com | http://soe.byuh.edu/soepeterchan.htm

Peter Chan Dr. Peter Chan is an Associate Professor of Instructional Technology at Brigham Young University Hawaii. He assists the university in developing its Instructional Design & Development curriculum and was recognized as the "Teacher of the Year" in 2005 for his leadership in a number of international academic collaborations. His research and development work in using video ethnography for training in higher-level thinking has been applied in China, Mongolia, and the United States. Dr. Chan was awarded an honorary professorship at the Health Sciences University of Mongolia earlier this year for his contribution in improving medical instructions in the country. He has also received awards for his dissertation study from the American Educational Research Association and the Association for Educational Communications and Technology.

 

Marilee Ching--"A good teacher has an open heart."

Academic Advisor | SEB 119 | chingm@byuh.edu | 808-675-3891 | Marilee Ching Website

Marilee Ching Sister Ching is available to assist you in making a timely graduation plan, adding, dropping and scheduling classes, sorting through admission, testing, and licensing requirements, evaluating transfer credits, and in general, trying to solve problems. Please don't hesitate to contact her with any questions.

 

John Bailey

Dean, College of Human Development | SEB 124 | baileyj@byuh.edu | 808-675-3458 | John Bailey Website

John Bailey

John L. Bailey came to BYUH in 1997 after teaching for 20 years at the high school level in New Zealand where his subject areas were mathematics and computing. John completed his Ph.D. in 1985 in Instructional Science at Brigham Young University - Provo. John teaches education courses, and builds programs, faculty and students as the Dean of the College of Human Development and the director of the International Teacher Education Program (ITEP).

John and Lorretta met here at the Church College of Hawaii (now BYUH) in 1974. They are the parents of 6 children including 5 returned missionaries, 3 graduates, 3 daughters-in-law (also graduates) and 9 grandchildren (3 more coming in July).

 
 

Adjunct Instructors

David Merrill

Special Instructor | mdavid.merrill@gmail.com | 435-760-0419 | http://cito.byuh.edu/merrill/

David Merrill

M. David Merrill is a professor of instructional technology. Since receiving his Ph.D. in 1964 his primary interest has been and still is investigating what makes for effective, efficient and appealing instruction. In the pursuit of this goal he has made several major contributions to the field of instructional technology. In the 1970s he was a primary designer of the authoring system for TICCIT an early CBT system. In the 1980s he developed Component Display Theory and Elaboration Theory that are still widely used as guides for effective instructional development. In the 1990s his work included knowledge objects and instructional transaction theory primarily aimed at facilitating the automation of instructional design. His recent work is an attempt to identify those first principles of instruction that are common to most theories and models of instruction. He was recently awarded the 2001 Distinguished Service Award by AECT "for advancing the field of Instructional Technology through scholarship, teaching, and leadership."

 

Daniel Skaf

Special Instructor | daniel.skaf@byuh.edu | www.corporatehawaiiproductions.com

Daniel Skaf

Native to São Paulo, Brazil, Skaf graduated in 2005 with a M.F.A. in Film & Television Production from Chapman University. In 2001 he graduated Magna Cum Laude from Brigham Young University-Hawaii with a B.A. in International Cultural Studies, communications emphasis, and a minor in Information Systems. Skaf currently teaches video production courses at BYU Hawaii and Hawaii Pacific University. He also teaches intercultural communication courses at Chaminade University. In addition, he does consulting work for Kahuku High School, where he’s developing a video production curriculum. He also runs his video production company called Corporate Hawaii Productions where he produces videos for marketing and training purposes.

 

Monique Ragazzo Saenz--“Making art is my way of getting in touch with an inner part of myself in relation to life.”

Special Instructor | saenzm@byuh.edu | 808-675-3494

Monique Saenz

Born and raised in the big metropolitan city of São Paulo, Brazil. Currently working on her MFA with the Academy of Art University, her strong motivation to become an artist helped her to get into a competitive Art School in Brazil, where she received a Technical Degree in Art/Design at the young age of 18. After traveling to several destinations in South and North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific, she moved to Hawaii in 1999 and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Brigham Young University-Hawaii in 2002, with a Bachelor in Fine Arts. Monique works as the University Photographer at BYU-Hawaii and teaches visual design classes as a special instructor. She has also worked as a freelance photographer and designer for the past 7 years. As a multidisciplinary artist, she is interested in experimenting with the fusion of different art forms.