Vice President-University Relations
Professor, College of Communication, Hawai’i Pacific University
1132 Bishop Street, Suite 504-15 (FH 540-15)
Office Phone Number: 808-544-0824
Voice Mail: 808-544-0825

James D. Whitfield has been a Professor of Communication at HPU from January 2003 to the present. Prior to joining HPU he was a professor of journalism at the University of Louisiana—Monroe. He also taught at Texas A&I, Texas Tech and Tarleton State. James was a journalist in South Texas and North Texas for several years before beginning his career in education. He also has public relations experience in Louisiana, directing several strategic communication campaigns for state agencies. He taught for the Institute for Shipboard Education’s Semester at Sea program fall 2002 semester. Honors include election as Kappa Tau Alpha Journalism/Mass Communication Honor Society Advisor of the Year, 2002. He was a Fulbright scholar in China and Tibet in 2002 and was president of the Southwest Education Council for Journalism and Mass Communication in 2000 - 2001. He has a doctorate from Texas Tech University, a master of arts from the University of North Texas, and a bachelor of journalism degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia.