Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Science, Arts, and Technology, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 246, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of:

begs leave to report as follows:

Your Committee has reviewed the personal history, résumé, and statements submitted by the nominee, and finds the nominee to have the necessary qualifications to be appointed to the position of nomination.

Your Committee received testimony in support of JOYCE NAOMI CHINEN, Ph.D., from the Department of Land and Natural Resources. Dr. Chinen was born and raised in Hawaii and earned her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Dr. Chinen has thirty years experience teaching and conducting research in the field of sociology at the university level and is currently a Professor of Sociology at the University of Hawaii, West Oahu. Dr. Chinen's long standing research interests in the fields of race, ethnicity, gender, and class relations will ensure that historic properties nominated to the Hawaii and National Register of Historic Places adequately reflects the State's various ethnic and social groups as well as their histories. Dr. Chinen has served on the Hawai`i Historic Places Review Board under a previous administration and has been serving as an interim appointee since last year. Dr. Chinen's impressive educational background, diverse research interests, and prior experience makes her well qualified for appointment to the Hawai`i Historic Places Review Board.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Science, Arts, and Technology that is attached to this report, your Committee, after full consideration of the background, experience, and qualifications of the nominee, has found the nominee to be qualified for the position to which nominated and recommends that the Senate advise and consent to the nomination.