Dr. Anne Perez Hattori retired as Professor of History, CHamoru Studies and Micronesian Studies at the University of Guam in 2026 after 27 years.  An indigenous CHamoru born and raised on Guam, her research interests surround US colonialism on the island in the early 20th century, in particular its impact on health and culture. She authored Colonial Dis-Ease: US Navy Health Policies and the Chamorros of Guam, 1898-1941 (1999, 2023). Dr. Hattori is also a co-editor of The Cambridge History of the Pacific Ocean, Volume 2 (2022). She is past president of the Pacific History Association and served as an editor for The Journal of Pacific History.

Other publications include articles on the 1918 Influenza Pandemic, the treatment of Hansen’s Disease (leprosy) in Guam, cultural and biomedical research on betel nut (Areca catechu) in Guam, and the impact of US militarization on health in post-World War II Guam.