Dr. Denise Eby Konan is Dean of the College of Social Sciences and Professor of Economics at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa (UHM). Konan has long been active in local economic research. She is a Research Fellow at the University of Hawai'i Economic Research Organization (UHERO), where she previously served as the Director of the Energy & Greenhouse Gas Solutions (EGGS) research program, which specialized in issues of energy and greenhouse gas emissions reduction in Hawai'i. She also is the founding Director of the Center for Sustainable Coastal Tourism at the University of Hawai'i Sea Grant College Program. Konan is an award-winning teacher and a Leadership Fellow with Science Education for New Civic Engagement and Responsibility (SENCER) of National Science Foundation. Konan served for two years as the Interim Chancellor and for three years as the Assistant Vice Chancellor of UHM. She received her undergraduate degree from Goshen College and her doctorate from the University of Colorado.