Denise Eby Konan is the Interim Chancellor at the University of Hawai`i at Manoa. She assumed office on August 1, 2005 following approval of her appointment by the University of Hawai`i Board of Regents.

Dr. Konan joined the Manoa faculty in 1993 and was named full professor in 2002. She teaches international trade and microeconomics at the graduate and undergraduate level. Students selected her for the College of Social Science’s Excellence in Teaching award in academic year 1997/98. The faculty elected her to the Manoa Faculty Senate Executive Committee in 2005. She is an affiliated faculty member in Global Environmental Sciences and is a Fellow in the International Center for Climate and Society at Manoa.

Dr. Konan served for nearly three years as the interim assistant vice chancellor for academic affairs, and more recently as chair of the Economics Department at Manoa. While in the Manoa Academic Affairs Office, Konan played a leadership role in facilitating a collaborative process that resulted in Manoa's visionary strategic plan.

A noted international trade economist, Konan has published numerous articles on a wide variety of topics – including the economics of regionalism and the multilateral trading system, international trade in services, and intellectual property rights. She has been a consultant to the World Bank, the Council of Foreign Relations, World Economic Forum and various foreign and national governments.

Konan is chair of the Women Leaders in Higher Education chapter in Hawai`i. She has served on the boards of the Organization of Women Leaders, Hawai`i Economics Association, and the Hawaii Council for Economics Education. She has been a Pacific Century Fellow in Hawai`i.

Dr. Konan was raised in Philadelphia and Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She received her undergraduate degree from Goshen College and her doctorate from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She resides with her husband, Abel, and their two sons, Joseph and Roy.