CDS Staff and Community Awards

In 2004, the Center on Disability Studies instituted an award to recognize individuals who have shown exemplary work for people with disabilities and their families in Hawai‘i. Two awards, one for a CDS staff member and one for a person in the community, are typically given out annually at the Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity. The awards are based upon nominations from CDS faculty and staff and focus on the CDS mission to support the quality of life, community inclusion, and self-determination of all persons with disabilities and their families through service, training, and research.

CDS Staff Award Recipients

Hye-Jin Park
2021

David Leake
2017

Mellanie Lee
2016

Velina Sugiyama
2015

Robert Stodden
2014

Kelly Roberts
2013

Steve Brown
2012

Sara Banks
2011

Charmaine Crockett
2010

Norma Jean Stodden
2009

Rebecca Rude Ozaki
2008

Madeline Harcourt
2007

Jean Johnson
2006

Beppie Shapiro
2005


Community Award Recipients

Daintry Bartoldus
2021

Albert Perez
2017

Donna Fouts
2016

Laura Poell
2015

Michael Moore
2014

Linda Lambrecht
2013

Suzanne Chun Oakland
2012

Alison Lee
2011

Susan Rocco
2010

Waynette Cabral
2009

Jacqueline Chun
2008

Jennifer Schember-Lang
2007

Jeffery Okamoto
2006

Mark Obatake
2005