After 30+ years of service to the University of Hawaiʻi, Dr. Lori Miyo Ideta retired on October 31, 2023. She most recently served as the Vice Provost for Student Success at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and in 2024 was gifted the distinction of Emerita by the Board of Regents. Dr. Ideta is also a tenured, Faculty Specialist, and graduate faculty of the University of Hawaiʻi College of Education, where she teaches courses and serves in guiding master’s and doctoral students through their graduate programs. Dr. Ideta served as the co-coordinator of the EdD in Professional Practice Program. She received her Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Higher Education Administration, with a focus on student affairs administration, from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Dr. Ideta holds regional, national, and international positions with the National Coalition Building Institute (NCBI), the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA), and the Asian Pacific Americans in Higher Education (APAHE). As an internationally trained facilitator, Dr. Ideta has conducted diversity, social justice, conflict resolution, and leadership development workshops in Hawaiʻi, on the continental United States, and in Europe. As a qualitative researcher, Dr. Ideta’s interests center on leadership development, higher education, Asian culture, women’s issues, and the intersectionality of all of these topics. Dr. Ideta is a proud product of Hawaiʻi’s public school system and is a first-generation college attendee. She has been recognized with numerous regional and national awards including but not limited to a NASPA Pillar of the Profession, national recipient of the NASPA Asian Pacific Islander Knowledge Community Henry Gee Outstanding Mentoring Award, regional recipient of the Scott Goodnight Award for Outstanding Performance as a Dean/Vice President, and a national recipient of the Fred Turner Award for Outstanding Service to NASPA.
Publications & Accolades
Kahumoku, W.K., III and Ideta, L. (Eds.). (in press). Indigenous Ed.D. research and researchers. Planning and Changing: An Educational Leadership and Policy Change. Illinois State University.
Kahumoku, W.K., III and Ideta, L. (2024). The University of Hawaiʻiʻs EdD Program in Professional Educational Practice – Voyages of discovery, service and continuous improvement. Innovation and Impact: The Origins and Elements of Ed.D. Program Excellence. W.K. Ingle and H.T. Rasmussen. (Eds.). Myers Education Press.
Kahumoku, W.K., III and Ideta, L. (2024). Traditional Indigenous knowledges: A foundation of the dissertation-in-practice. The Importance of the Dissertation in Practice (DiP): A Resource Guide for EdD Students, Their Committee Members and Advisors, and Departmental and University Leaders Involved with EdD Programs. K. Everson, L. Hemmer, K.M. Torres, and S. Tamim. (Eds.). Myers Education Press.
2023 NASPA Region VI Sandra Kuchler Excellence in Mentoring Award
2020 Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation and Transformation Kū Makani Leaders Fellowship
2018 NASPA Region VI Distinguished Service to the Profession Award
2017 Fred Turner National Award for Outstanding Service to NASPA
2016 Fred Turner Region VI Award for Outstanding Service to NASPA
2016 Pillar of the Profession, National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA)
2013 NASPA Region VI Scott Goodnight Award for Outstanding Performance as a Dean
2013 Kanalu Award, Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Hawaiʻi
2013 Henry Gee Outstanding Mentoring Award, NASPA Asian Pacific Islander Knowledge Community