Merissa Bunton

Merissa Bunton serves as a Lecturer in the Language Arts department at Leeward Community College (University of Hawai'i system), based at the Waianae Moku Campus (Room 126). Her institutional roles extend beyond core teaching responsibilities through active participation in educational innovation initiatives:

• Primary appointment: Language Arts Lecturer
• Instructional Designer for campus curriculum development
• Open Educational Resources (OER) advocate and official textbook reviewer
• Committee member for Sustainability Focused & Writing Intensive Courses
• Contributor to the Kawaimonumonu Project

Her professional focus integrates language education with contemporary academic priorities, particularly through sustainability-infused writing curricula and OER implementation. As an instructional designer, she develops pedagogical frameworks that connect composition studies with environmental literacy, evidenced by her committee work on writing-intensive sustainability courses. Her advocacy for open educational resources demonstrates commitment to reducing student costs while maintaining academic rigor in language instruction.