Denise Konan

Denise Eby Konan is a Professor of Economics at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. She received her undergraduate degree from Goshen College and her doctorate from the University of Colorado.  Between 2005 and 2007 she was the interim Chancellor of the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.  During her leadership, she launched the Year of the Student campaign and promoted sustainability and international education.  She has also served as Department Chair and Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.

A noted international trade economist, Konan has worked extensively in countries in the Middle East and North Africa.  She has been a consultant to the World Bank, the Council of Foreign Relations and various foreign and national governments.  Her current research interests include regional economic integration, multilateral trading systems (WTO), trade in services, foreign direct investment, and greenhouse gas mitigation policy.

Konan is affiliated faculty in the UH-Mānoa Global Environmental Sciences program and a Fellow in the International Center for Climate and Society.