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Guampedia Author. Marjorie Cushing Falanruw has experienced three careers thus far. As the daughter of...
Guampedia Author. Marie Ada Auyong is delighted to write for Guampedia, as her research has paved the...
Guampedia Author. Lawrence J. Cunningham received a BS in education and an MEd from the University of...
Guampedia Author. Kelly G. Marsh-Taitano has long participated in local cultural and historical efforts....
Guampedia Advisor and Author. Katherine B. Aguon earned her associate’s degree in elementary education...
Guampedia Author. Julian Aguon is a hybrid attorney-author-activist whose work centers around international...
Guampedia Author. John Camacho Salas (1948-2018) earned a bachelor’s degree in industrial education from...
Guampedia Author. John L. Craib earned a BA and an MA in anthropology from California State University...
Guampedia Author. James D. Sellmann earned a PhD in Chinese philosophy in 1990 and an MA in philosophy...
Guampedia Author. Gretchen Grimm earned a BS in biology from Hartwick College in New York in 1973 and...
Guampedia Author. Gina Eclavea Taitano graduated summa cum laude from the University of San Francisco...
Guampedia Author. Gigi York earned an MA in anthropology with an emphasis in archaeology from Northern...
Guampedia Author. Fred Tenorio Rodriguez (Familian Supianu) is the eldest of three brothers born to Priscilla...
Guampedia Author. Douglas W. Plate graduated summa cum laude with a BA in English from the University...
Guampedia Author. Donald Platt received a BA in history from the University of the Philippines (Diliman...
Guampedia Author. Don A. Farrell came to Guam from California as a teacher in 1977. He taught at Inalåhan...
Guampedia Editorial Staff and Contributor. Dominica Tolentino was the first Executive Director of the...
Guampedia Author. Daryl A. Haun earned a BA in secondary education with an emphasis in English from the...
Guampedia Author. Darlene R. Moore attended University of Oregon and University of Guam. She earned both...
Guampedia Author. Connor Murphy is a 2008 graduate of the University of California, Berkeley with a BA...
Guampedia Author. Carol Fitch Baulos graduated with a BA from The College, University of Chicago in 1987....
Guampedia Author. Bruce G. Karolle earned a PhD in geography from Michigan State University in 1978 and...
Guampedia Author. Bernard T. Punzalan is the founder and principal collaborator of the Chamorro Roots...
Guampedia Author. Antonio Salas (Familian Kan, Saipan; Damoa, Luta; and Fangu, Guam) is a former Capuchin...
Guampedia Advisor and Author. Anne Perez Hattori earned a PhD in Pacific history in 1999 and an MA in...
Guampedia Author. Anne Brooke holds a PhD in ecology and evolutionary biology from the University of...
Guampedia Author. Sometimes life is short. Short, but no less eventful, especially in the case of Andrew...
Guampedia Author. Alice Hadley earned a master of library science from Florida State University in 1975...
Guampedia rubric chair. Thomas E. Marler earned a PhD in plant physiology from University of Florida...
Guampedia Rubric Chair. Roseann Murphy Jones earned a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania. She also...
Guampedia Rubric Chair. Rosa Salas Palomo retired from the University of Guam (UOG) in 2007, as acting...
Guampedia Author and Adviser. Leo Babauta is a writer, former journalist and former editor of the Pacific...
Guampedia Rubric Chair and Author. Judith (Judy) Selk Flores, PhD, retired in March 2011, after serving...
Guampedia rubric chair. John Finoña Blas is currently the executive director for the Guam Election Commission...
Guampedia Rubric Chair and Author. Eric Forbes, OFM Cap., earned a BA in history at San Francisco State...
Guampedia Rubric Chair. Donald Rubinstein earned his doctorate in anthropology from Stanford University...
Guampedia Rubric Chair and Author. Donald R. Shuster earned a doctorate from the University of Hawai'i...
Guampedia Author. Dirk Anthony Ballendorf earned an EdD in planning and administration from Harvard University...
Guampedia rubric chair. David G. DeFant earned a BA in political science and history from Northern Michigan...
Guampedia rubric chair. Daniel J. Tydingco holds a BA in political science from Regis University, De...
Guampedia Rubric Chair and Author. Clarisa Quan studied at the Alliance Francaise de Manille and the...
Guampedia rubric chair. Bruce Best holds a BA in aquatic biology from the University of California, Santa...
Guampedia Rubric Chair and Author. Aline A. Yamashita earned her BA in human services and early childhood...
Guampedia Editorial and Author. Victoria-Lola M. Leon Guerrero (Familian Cha’ka) is from the village...
Victor Consaga is a Guam resident and professional photographer. He received his training through his...
Guampedia author. Vanessa Estella is the executive director for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Guam, a youth...
Former Guampedia Staff and Author. Tanya M. Champaco Mendiola was a member of the Guampedia team from...
Guampedia’s first Managing Editor. Shannon J. Murphy (1953 - ) was the Managing Editor of Guampedia.com,...
Guampedia Managing Director. Part of the Galaide, Diaz and Kotla clans of Sånta Rita-Sumai and ancestral...
Guampedia’s Humanities Scholar. Nicholas J. Goetzfridt holds a PhD and an MLS in library science from...
Former Guampedia editorial staff. Nathaniel D. Entilla graduated with valedictorian honors from the University...
Guampedia Website & Archive Manager. Nathalie Pereda earned a BFA in material studies with an emphasis...
Former Guampedia editorial staff. Melissa FP Camacho is a caregiver, cultural teacher, and event coordinator...
Former Guampedia Editorial Staff. Marguerite Blythe Saussotte (Flores, Familian Cabesa) received a BA...
Former Guampedia editorial staff. Leslie Reynolds earned an MA in second language studies with a specialization...
Guampedia Author. Jillette Leon-Guerrero graduated with summa cum laude honors from the University of...
Former Guampedia editorial staff. Janice SN Furukawa earned a BA in journalism with an emphasis on Pacific...
Guampedia Advisor and Author. James Perez Viernes, PhD, is from the village of Sånta Rita-Sumai and is...
Guampedia Author. Fanai Castro graduated with honors from Mills College in 2003 with a BA in ethnic...
Former Guampedia Editorial Staff. Deniz Smith is a student at University of the Arts in Philadelphia,...
Former Guampedia editorial staff. Bernadette Matthews served as a fact-checker for Guampedia during late...
Guampedia author. Audreya J.P. Taitano (Audi) earned a BS in Public Administration from the University...
Former Guampedia administrative team. Anya M. Perez, Familian Boñu, is from the village of Barrigada...
Guampedia Author. Annette Donner and her two young children came to Guam in 1974 for adventure. She taught...
Guampedia advisor. Wesley T. Gima, of Guam Community College, runs the Instructional Technology Center,...
Guampedia Advisor and Author. Antonio “Tony” Palomo (1931 - 2013) received his early education in Guam...
Guampedia Advisor. Peter R. Onedera earned a master’s degree in Micronesian studies from the University...
Guampedia advisor. Monique RC Storie earned a BS in Spanish from Arizona State University,an MA in library...
Guampedia Advisor and Author. Marjorie G. Driver (1924 - 2019) was one of the co-founders of the Micronesian...
Guampedia advisor. Kimberlee S. Kihleng earned both her MA and PhD in anthropology from the University...
Guampedia advisor. Keith L. Camacho earned a PhD in history and an MA in Pacific Islands studies from...
Guampedia advisor. Jeff DT Barcinas (1956 - 2011) earned a BA in agricultural business management from...
Guampedia advisor. Eloise R. Sanchez earned an MEd in Curriculum and Instruction, a Masters of Public...
Guampedia advisor. Cathleen Moore-Linn earned an MFA in English and writing from Long Island University...
These maps of Guam were put together with the intent to illustrate the evolution of the cartography of...
Editor’s note: This glossary was reprinted from ”Cultural Traditions,” of the Hale’-ta Series, with permission...
Guampedia acknowledges organizations and individuals for photo contributions used to develop the Guampedia...
Guam, the largest and southernmost of the Mariana Islands chain, has a unique and complex cultural h...
The Guam seal is an oval outlined in red that tapers and comes to two pointed ends. This shape is in...
The composition of the Guam Hymn was greatly influenced by the socio-cultural and political history of...
Permission to use from Dipåttamenton i Kaohao Guinahan CHamoru. Leblon Numiru, Government of Guam. Department...
Manuel Ulloa Lujan Elementary School, more commonly referred to as MU Lujan Elementary School, was built...
For more than fifty years, scholars, researchers, journalists, and students intent on finding out more...
Notre Dame High School was established on Guam in 1968 by the School Sisters of Notre Dame, an order...
Established in 1966 as Dededo Junior High School, Dededo Middle School was renamed Vicente SA Benavente...
Established in 1961, the East Barrigada Elementary School was renamed the Pedro Camacho Lujan Elementary...
Maria Arceo Ulloa (1898 – 1968), a teacher and school administrator, was born in the village of Hagåtña,...
Luis Palomo Untalan Middle School, more commonly known as Untalan Middle School, was established in 1958...
Carlos Lizama Taitano Elementary School was first established in 1958 as the Sinajana Elementary School....
Established in 1965, the Barrigada Elementary School was renamed the Baltazar P. Carbullido Elementary...
Agueda Iglesias Johnston (1892 – 1977) was an educator, civic leader, patriot and a woman of great internal...
Antonio Carbullido Yamashita (1930 – 1992) was the middle child of thirteen born to Felicita and Raymundo...
Following World War II, the people of Guam faced not only the looming reconstruction of community structures...
In 1985, 96 years after his birth on 5 August 1889, in the capital city of Laoag in the province of Ilocos...
Since Governor Richard P. Leary, US Navy, issued General Order No. 12 on 22 January 1900—the development...
As a result of America’s victory in the Spanish-American War, Spain sold Guam to the United States in...
Following the Treaty of Paris in 1899 that ended the four-month Spanish-American War, the United States...
When Captain Richard Leary arrived in Guam in 1899 to initiate American rule under the US Navy, he found...
During most of the Spanish administration of the Mariana Islands (1668-1898), Spain provided a subsidy...
The Christianization of the Marianas began under the direction of Jesuit priest Diego Luis de San Vitores...
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