Conference Presentations

Co-presenter, Carrying Culture: Micronesia, Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching, Hawai‘i State Department of Education Inaugural Multilingualism Symposium, March 2, 2019

Culturally Sustaining Practices for Online Courses, Hawai‘i Student Success Institute, UH Community Colleges Professional Development Conference, Honolulu, March 1, 2019

Giving Breath to Our Words | Enabling Indigenous Narrative through Technology, Pacific Circle Consortium, Tamuning, Guam, July 10, 2019

Sustaining Culture through Online Pedagogy: An Online Faculty Professional Development Course, Hawaiʻi Student Success Institute, UH Community Colleges Professional Development Conference, Honolulu, March 1, 2019

The Center for Teaching and Learning: Improving Active Learning through Enhanced Faculty Development, Faculty Resource Network National Symposium, Orlando, November 17, 2018

Indigenous Methodologies: Charting our Collective Journey. A Talanoa Panel with ‘Ema Wolfgramm-Foliaki and Hinekura Smith, (Re)Mapping Indigenous and Settler Geographies in the Pacific, Honolulu, October 20, 2018

Gathering a Spectrum of Culturally Sustaining Educational Programs for Micronesian Families in Hawai‘i, Co-presenter with Dr. Jerelyn Watanabe, (Re)Mapping Indigenous and Settler Geographies in the Pacific, Honolulu, October 19, 2018

Spoken Cartographies, Co-presenter with Māpuana Hayashi-Simpliciano, (Re)Mapping Indigenous and Settler Geographies in the Pacific, Honolulu, October 19, 2018

Culturally Responsive Assessment & Teaching, Micronesian Teachers Education Conference, Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia, July 9-13, 2018

Giving Breath to Our Words | Enabling Indigenous Narrative through Technology, Oceanic Popular Culture Association Conference, Honolulu, May 25, 2018

Video introduction of Navigating Pacific Islander Values of Language and Culture Through Culturally-Sustaining Education Panel, Native American and Indigenous Association Conference, Los Angeles, May 18, 2018

Leadership for Diverse Schools, Keaau-Kau-Pahoa Complex Learning Summit, Kea‘au, August 1, 2017

Culturally Sustaining Education for Micronesians, Keaau-Kau-Pahoa Complex Learning Summit, Kea‘au, August 1, 2017

Mobilizing our Past to Succeed in the Future, World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education, Toronto, Canada, July 27, 2017

Ignite Session Stories of Native Educators Navigating Their Doctoral Journeys, co-presenter with Dr. Walter Kahumoku III, World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education, Canada, July 27, 2017

Action Research as a Path to Inafa’ Maolek: Researching the Past to Shape the Future of Educational Technology, 22nd Pacific History Association Conference, May 20, 2016

Culturally Responsive Educational Technology, Maui Independent Schools Organization (MISO) Conference,   

September 25, 2015

Co-presenter, Meditation as a Tool for Teachers, Maui Independent Schools Organization (MISO) Conference, September 25, 2015

Panelist: Tips for Supporting Pacific Islander Students Navigating Success in College, Hawai‘i Island College Access Network Summit Ho‘okahi ka ‘ilau like ‘ana. Kona, September 18, 2015

Carrying Culture: Pacific Women Leadership Challenge, University of Hawai‘i-Hilo Ka Lama Ku Student Leadership Conference with support from the Wo Speaker’s Bureau, February 28, 2015

Culturally Responsive Educational Technology, 45th Annual Convention & Trade Show National Indian Education Association, Anchorage, Alaska, October 16, 2014

Indigenizing Educational Technology: Stories of Dissonance and Resonance, WIPCE 2014, World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education, Honolulu, May 20, 2014

Mobilizing Cultural Identity in Leadership: A Pacific Island Model, Hawai‘i Strategy Institute and Wo Innovations in Learning Day, Kāne‘ohe, March 7, 2014

Co-presenter, Abolishing Death by PowerPoint, Hawai‘i Strategy Institute and Wo Innovations in Learning Day, Kāne‘ohe, March 7, 2014

Co-presenter, Mobilizing Cultural Identity in Leadership, Maui Independent Schools Organization (MISO) Conference, Makawao, October 4, 2013

Co-presenter, Meditation as a Tool for Teachers, Maui Independent Schools Organization (MISO) Conference, Makawao, October 4, 2013

Co-presenter, Aesthetic Engagement with PowerPoint, Maui Independent Schools Organization (MISO) Conference, Makawao, October 4, 2013

Co-presenter, Defining Success for Hawaiian Immersion Graduates, Fourth International Conference on Language Immersion Education, Immersion 2012: Bridging Contexts for a Multilingual World, Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition, St. Paul, Minnesota, October 19, 2012
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