Violet Horvath, Ph.D., MSW, MFA
Director
Pacific Disabilities Center
Dr. Horvath is Director of Pacific Disabilities Center, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai'i at Manoa. She has a Ph.D. in social welfare, master’s degrees in social work and theater, and bachelor’s degrees in psychology and theater. She is also a field instructor in social work for the University of Hawai'i and Hawai'i Pacific University. She previously held positions at the Thompson School of Social Work, University of Hawai'i, Honolulu Community College, and the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Horvath is on the combined research/human studies committee for the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center and is a member of the Disability and Communication Access Board. She is a planning committee member for the annual Hawai'i Summit for the Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma and recently joined the Ho’omaluhia Advisory Board. In her spare time, to date, she has volunteered for 79 professional golf tournaments since 1999, including PGA, LPGA, and USGA events in Hawai'i and in several other states.
