Background
Miyahira, Sarah Diane was born on May 13, 1948 in Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii, United States. Daughter of Ronald Takayoshi and Bertha Asae Miyahira.
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Sarah Diane Miyahira
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Education
Bachelor, U. Hawaii, l970; Master of Arts, Ohio State University, l973; Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, l976.
Career
Postdoctoral trainee, Los Angeles Department Mental Health, l977;
staff psychologist counseling services, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, l978-8l;
lecturer, Los Angeles, l978-80;
associate director counseling services, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, l98l-83;
director, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, l983-85;
dean student services, Honolulu Community College, l985-88;
dean student affairs and open grants, East-West Center, Honolulu, 1988-1994;
associate director of education, Pacific Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, since 1994. Psychotherapist, organizational behavior consultant, Los Angeles, l979-85. Member board behavioral science examiners State of California, l98l-84, member accreditation team postsecondary education committee, l98l.
Member of advisory committee Center for Non-Profit Management, Los Angeles, l984-85. Member of commission on status of women U. Hawaii, Honolulu, 1987, member committee human studies, since 1994, member clinical studies program advisory board department psychology, since 1994.
Achievements
Membership
Member steering committee Asian Pacific Women's Network, Los Angeles, l980. Board directors Asian Pacific American support group University of Southern California, l983-85. Member scholarship committee Japanese American Citizens League, San Francisco, l984-85.
Member nominating committee Young Women’s Christian Association, Honolulu, l986-88. Member APA (board ethnic minority affairs 1986-1988, chairman 1988, member ethics committee 1989-1990, commission on women in psychology 1992-1995, chairman, 1994, chair division 35 continuing education committee since 1993, member women's work group, rural health services delivery task force since 1995), Society for Study Ethnics and Minority Issues, National Association Foreign Student Advisors, National Association for International Educators, Asian American Psychological Association, Women in Higher Education Administration, Hawaii Network, Pacific and Asian Affairs Council, Honolulu Committee on Foreign Rels.
Connections
Married Justin Masakatsu Koizumi, September 7, 1974. 1 child, Jason Miyahira Koizumi.
