Professional Service

Delegate, U.S.-New Zealand 1.5 Dialogue. Organized by the Centre for Defence and Security Studies at Massey University and the U.S. Institute of Peace, December 5-6, 2022

Member of the Pacific Film Award Jury, Hawai‘i International Film Festival. Served as a judge for the inaugural award with Bryson Chun and Heiura Itae-Tetaa, November 2022

Selection Committee, Oceania Student Support Specialist Coordinator, Division of Student Success/Student Diversity & Inclusion, University of Hawai‘i-Mānoa, November 2021 to January 2022

Member, Senior Study Group on China and the Freely Associated States, United States Institute for Peace, February to June 2022

Discussion Facilitator, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)-sponsored community discussions regarding how to elevate indigenous knowledge in Federal decision-making, UH West Oʻahu, April 19, 2022

Organizer of Pacific Colloquia, Technology, Colleges & Community  (TCC) Conference In partnership with the Learning Design and Educational Technology Department of the University of Hawaiʻi, I organized presentations in this track. April 12-14, 2022

External Evaluator, Native American Studies Program, Montana State University, World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium (WINHEC) Accreditation Site Visit Team, October 11-15, 2021

Reviewer, Association for Leadership Education (ALE) Annual Awards, May 2021

Multilingualism Policy Advisory Committee Member, Hawai‘i State Department of Education, October 2018-2020

East-West Center United States–South Pacific (USSP) Scholarship Program Selection Committee Member, Spring 2016, 2017, 2018

Mini-Grant Reviewer, Association for Leadership Educators, November 2018

Conference Paper Proposals Reviewer, Indigenous Peoples of the Pacific Special Interest Group, American Educational Research Association, September 1-15, 2018

Outstanding Program Award Reviewer, Association for Leadership Educators, May 2018

Peer Reviewer, Urban Science Journal, MDPI, February 2018

Peer Reviewer, Amerasia Journal, UCLA Asian American Studies Center, October 2017

External Evaluator,  Solano Community College, Accrediting Commission for Community & Junior Colleges, Western Association of Schools and Colleges, October 1-5, 2017

Conference Paper Proposals Reviewer, Indigenous Peoples of the Pacific Special Interest Group, American Educational Research Association, September 1-4, 2017

External Evaluator, Palau Community College, Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, Western Association of Schools and Colleges, February 26 – March 4, 2016

Organizer, Moving from Culturally Relevant to Culturally Sustaining Teaching, Hawai‘i P-20 Partnerships for Education Community Readiness Event, December 4, 2015

External Evaluator (Show-Cause Site Visit Team) for American Samoa Community College, Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), November 4-7, 2015

Convener, Indigenous Networked Improvement Community Meetings, Carnegie Project on the Educational Doctorate, California State University-Fullerton, June 10, 2015, University of St. Louis, October 24, 2014

External Evaluator, American Samoa Community College, Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, Western Association of Schools and Colleges, September 29-October 3, 2014

Talk Story Session with Service Providers, Family Support Hawai‘i, Kailua-Kona, February 28, 2019

Conference Paper Proposals Reviewer, American Educational Research Association – Administration, Organization and Leadership/Leadership Development, August 20-31, 2013

Co-host, UnConferenz Technology Conference, Kapi‘olani Community College, February 25, 2012

Planning Committee Member/Technical Support Lead, Micronesia Connects Conference for Micronesians in Higher Education, Kapi‘olani Community College, April 14, 2012

Intermediate MS Excel, Hawaiian Electric Company, December 16, 2011

Intermediate MS Excel and PowerPoint, American Savings Bank, August 8-9, 2011

MS Office 2010, Limtiaco Consulting Group, February 18, 2011
Member, Planning Committee for the 2007 Polynesian Voyaging Society’s voyage to Micronesia and Japan, 2006