Interim Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Dr. Camonia Graham-Tutt
The Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs provides executive leadership by assisting the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs in the development and administration of academic programs. As the interim Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Dr. Camonia Graham-Tutt serves as senior advisor to the Vice Chancellor and Chancellor in matters involving complex and precedent setting complaints, issues, and grievances. Her duties include administering and interpreting the faculty collective bargaining provisions and University policies and procedures as well as providing leadership in the areas of professional development, the tenure and promotion process, and the implementation and direction of academic programs.
Associate Vice Chancellor Graham-Tutt has worked at UH West O‘ahu since 2016, serving the campus in a variety of roles, including Director of the Student Research and Creative Works Symposium, Coordinator for the Office of Professional Development and Academic Support, and faculty contact for the Community Health concentration. She earned tenure and promotion to Associate Professor as a member of UH West O‘ahu’s faculty. She was a member of Cohort 9 of the University of Hawai‘i’s President’s Emerging Leaders Program (PELP) and was accepted into the inaugural PELP 201 program.
Trained as a community health educator, Associate Vice Chancellor Graham-Tutt has published extensively on community health promotion, health behavior interventions, ethnic health disparities, and perceptions of health screening. Since becoming an O‘ahu resident, she has also conducted research on methods for supporting undergraduate research. She has been awarded a number of scholarships and grants from prominent institutions, including the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the National Cancer Institute, and the Hawai’i Department of Health.
Associate Vice Chancellor Graham-Tutt earned both her Bachelor of Science degree in Health Education followed by a Master of Science in Health Education degree at Baylor University. She earned her Doctor of Philosophy degree in Medical Sociology at Howard University, where she was an Edward A. Bouchet Scholar. When she is not working or spending time with her family, Graham-Tutt enjoys organizing, hosting, and designing events in service to the community.