Guampedia Authors

Guampedia Author. Velma Jean Yamashita is a graduate of Academy of Our Lady of Guam, and holds a BA in art history from Barnard College, Columbia University and an MA in Asian/Pacific art history from the University of Hawai’i at Manoa.

Guampedia Author. Tammy Jo Anderson-Taft has loved Guam ever since she was a little girl growing up in the middle of snow-swept North Dakota.

Guampedia Author. Ric R. Castro, an associate professor of art at the University of Guam since the 1990s, is a native Chamorro, raised on the family beach in the north of the island of Guam.

Guampedia author. Nekola Leon Guerrero Fitzgerald received her BA in communication from the University of Guam in 2000.

Guampedia Author. Michael Lujan Bevacqua, PhD, is the grandson of Elizabeth De Leon Flores Lujan (Familian Bådu, Kabesa) and the Chamorro Master Blacksmith, Joaquin Flores Lujan (Familian Kåtson, Bittot).

Guampedia Author. Lawrence A. Reid holds an MA and a PhD in linguistics from the University of Hawai’i awarded in 1964 and 1966, respectively, as a grantee of the East-West Center in Honolulu.

Guampedia Author. Carlos Madrid Alvarez-Piñer, born in Spain in 1976, holds a PhD cum laude in Contemporary History from Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

Guampedia Author. Bruce L. Campbell earned a BA in history from the University of Guam in 1984 and an MA in Micronesia history and economics from the Pacific Islands program at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa awarded in 1987.

Guampedia Author. Wakako Higuchi earned her PhD in Pacific and Asian history from The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia and an MA in Micronesian studies from the University of Guam. She also holds a BA in Oriental history from Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.

Guampedia Author. Vincent P. Diego earned a BA in biology from the University of Guam in 1995. He went on to earn his MA and PhD in biological anthropology from Binghamton University, State University of New York in 2001 and 2005, respectively.