Bonnie Irwin

Chancellor, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo

Bonnie Irwin has served as chancellor at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo since 2019. Chancellor Irwin previously served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at California State University (CSU) Monterey Bay and served as dean of Arts & Humanities and Honors at Eastern Illinois University. She holds A.B., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees in comparative literature from the University of California at Berkeley, where she specialized in medieval literature and folklore. Irwin serves on the boards of the Hawai‘i Island Chamber of Commerce and the ʻIole Stewardship Center and is a fellow of the National Collegiate Honors Council.