Mike Pak was born and raised in Kāneʻohe, HI. His research interests include composition pedagogy, rhetoric, ethnic American literature, critical theory, and popular culture.
Ph.D. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, English
M.A. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, English
B.A. University of Washington, Comparative Literature
Assistant Professor, English, University of Hawai‘i - West O‘ahu, 2020-present.
Lecturer, English, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, 2017-19.
Ph.D. Graduate Teaching Assistant, English, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, 2013-17.
Assistant Director of the Writing Center, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, 2014-16.
Writing Center Tutor, Windward Community College, 2012-13.
M.A. Graduate Teaching Assistant, English, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, 2011-12.
UH West Oʻahu (2020-present)
English 100: Composition I
English 200: Composition II
English 240: Intro to Literary Studies
English 274: Intro to Rhetoric and Composition
English 316: Writing Fellows: Peer Tutoring
English 357: Rhetorical Theory
English 467/HPST 467: Contemporary Literature of Hawaiʻi
English 480/HPST 480: Contemporary Literature of the Pacific
*English 490: Senior Practicum
*English 491: Senior Project
Humanities 300: Humanities Seminar
*UHWO Senior Capstones
Brittany Ceballos, Emerging Student-Scholars Journal. (ENG 490, Fall 2022)
Remelyn Fagela, Student Feedback for Secondary Teachers. (ENG 491, Fall 2022)
Capri Nakaima, Downfall: A Short Story. (ENG 491, Fall 2021)
UH Mānoa (2013-2019)
English 100: Composition I
English 200: Composition II
English 272: Introduction to Literature: African-American Literature
English 306: Argumentative Writing I
“Circulation Essay: Racial Identities, Visual Representations, and Performative Capacities: Rhetorical Production(s) of/by Asian/Americans in Hawai‘i.” Co-authored with Scott Ka‘alele, Edward Lee, and K. Hyoejin Yoon. Building a Community, Having a Home: A History of the Conference on College Composition and Communication Asian/Asian American Caucus, edited by Jennifer Sano-Franchini, Terese Guinsatao Monberg, and K. Hyoejin Yoon, New City Community Press, 2016, pp. 184-199.
“‘Just Do It and People Will Know’: An Interview with Coach Vincent Goo.” Co-authored with Gary Pak. Amerasia Journal, vol. 41, no. 2, 2015, pp. 132-148.
“Self-Reflective Writing in the FYC Classroom.” Beyond the Frontier: Innovations in First-Year Composition, edited by Jill Dahlman and Piper Selden, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015, pp. 71-78.
Embracing Absurdity: Reimagining Failure in Composition Studies. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, ProQuest, UMI Dissertations Publishing, 2019.
Composition Studies
Rhetoric
African American Literature
Asian American Literature
Local Literature
Pacific Literature
Chair. Writing Committee. Fall 2022-Present.
Member. Open Educational Resources Committee. Fall 2021-Present.
Senator. Faculty Senate for the Humanities Division. Fall 2022-Present.
Writing Program Coordinator. English Concentration. Spring 2020-Present.
Writing Placement Coordinator. English Concentration. Fall 2022-Spring 2023.
Co-Chair. Writing Committee. Spring 2020-Spring 2022.
Member. Academic Affairs Committee. Fall 2020-Spring 2021.