UH Hilo Speakers’ Bureau 2021-2022

Please call Alyson “Aly” Kakugawa-Leong , Interim Director University Relations, at (808) 932-7339 or email alyson@hawaii.edu with your programming requests.

Subjects
All Speakers

By Subject

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Agriculture, Aquaculture

Maria Haws
- General Aquaculture and Fisheries
- Climate Change Adaptation
- Using Shellfish and Limu for Water Quality and Conservation Purposes
- Hilo Bay Shellfish Farming and Water Quality
- Pearl Farming
Chris Knudson
- Stream Restoration After the End of Sugar Production on Maui
- Coffee Leaf Rust, with a Focus on Jamaica
Peter Matlock
- Bioeconomy: What It Is, How It Helps Mitigate Climate Change, Hawaiʻi’s Role

Astronomy

R. Peirre Martin
- SIGNALS: Unveiling Nearby Galaxies
- The UH Hilo Educational Telescope Project

Athletics

Patrick Guillen
- Vulcan Athletics
- Building a Team to Benefit the Community
- Why Do We Need Coaches?
Todd Inouye
- Sport Management

Biology

Rebecca Ostertag
- Restoration Ecology
- Invasive Species
- Long-term Forest Dynamics in Relation to Climate
- Hawaiian Ecology and Natural History
- Tropical Forest Ecology and Management
- Hybrid and Novel Ecosystems
Ryan Perroy
- Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death

Business, Finance

Todd Inouye
- Business Strategy/Strategic Management
- Business Startup
- Negotiations
- Strategic Planning
Kelly Moran
- Re-launching the Hawaiʻi Innovation Center in Downtown Hilo
Karen Pellegrin
- Evidence-based Strategic Management

Communication

Farrah-Marie Gomes
- Communication Skills
Randy Hirokawa
- Communication and Group Decision-Making Effectiveness?

Community Service, Engagement

Patrick Guillen
- Community Service/Civic Engagement
Julie Mowrer
- Community-Engaged Teaching and Learning

Decision-Making

Randy Hirokawa
- Why Do Smart People Make Bad Decisions in Groups? The Case of the Space Shuttle Challenger

Diversity, Inclusion

Farrah-Marie Gomes
- Diversity and Inclusion

Education

Bonnie D. Irwin
- The Invention of Writing: How It Changed the Way
Kelly Moran
- Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) With Partner Universities in the Asia Pacific Region
- Using the Cybercanoe Classroom to Facilitate COIL Virtual Exchange
- How Intercultural Student Teams are Learning to Cooperatively Define Problems and Present Solutions
Julie Mowrer
- Teaching English Language Learners
Kris Roney
- Importance of a Liberal Arts Education
- Trends in Higher Education (in the age of the pandemic)

Ethics

Christopher Lauer
- Ethics

Gender

Farrah-Marie Gomes
- Women’s Issues [broad (i.e., feminism) to specific (i.e., equal pay data)]
Bonnie D. Irwin
- Veiling in the Muslim World: Oppression or Empowerment?

Geology

Ryan Perroy
- Lava Flow Monitoring

Health, Healthcare

Patricia Hensley
- Nursing
Randy Hirokawa
- What Makes a Health Care Team Effective?
Carolyn Ma
- Update on the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy
- Why and How to Return Unused Medications in the Home
- The Role of the Provider Pharmacist
Karen Pellegrin
- Evidence-based Leadership

Leadership

Farrah-Marie Gomes
- Women’s Leadership
Karen Pellegrin
- Evidence-based Leadership

Legends, Myths

Bonnie D. Irwin
- Who’s Really in the Bottle? Genies East and West
- Did the Ancient Greeks Really Believe their Myths?

Literature

Bonnie D. Irwin
- War and Homecoming: How the Iliad and Odyssey Resonate Today
Christopher Lauer
- Intimacy: A Dialectical Study
Kris Roney
- Faustian Literature (“The devil made me do it.”)

Marine Science

Steven Colbert
- Nearshore Water Quality/Sewage Pollution
- Ocean Acidification/Oceans & Climate Change
Tracy Wiegner
- Sewage Pollution in Coastal Waters of Hilo

Motivation

Patrick Guillen
- What is a Winner?

Music

Kris Roney
- Punk Rock History
- Heavy Metal

Philosophy

Christopher Lauer
- History of Western Philosophy
- Why the Idea of “Western” Philosophy is a Racist Myth
- Philosophy for Children

Student Success, Opportunities

Farrah-Marie Gomes
- Student Development, Empowerment, Motivation and/or Leadership
Julie Mowrer
- Student Engagement
- UH Hilo’s GEER Grant: Starting a Bonner Program for Student Success
Kris Roney
- Holistic Student Success
Todd Shumway
- International Exchange at UH Hilo and its Impact on Students

By Speaker

Download the Speakers List (PDF)

Steven Colbert, Marine Science
- Nearshore Water Quality/Sewage Pollution
- Ocean Acidification/Oceans & Climate Change
Farrah-Marie Gomes, Student Affairs
- Student Development, Empowerment, Motivation and/or Leadership
- Women’s Issues [broad (i.e., feminism) to specific (i.e., equal pay data)]
- Women’s Leadership
- Diversity and Inclusion
- Communication Skills
Patrick Guillen, Intercollegiate Athletics
- Community Service/Civic Engagement
- Vulcan Athletics
- Building a Team to Benefit the Community
- What is a Winner?
- Why Do We Need Coaches?
Maria Haws, Aquaculture
- General Aquaculture and Fisheries
- Climate Change Adaptation
- Using Shellfish and Limu for Water Quality and Conservation Purposes
- Hilo Bay Shellfish Farming and Water Quality
- Pearl Farming
Patricia Hensley, School of Nursing
- Nursing
Randy Hirokawa, Communication
- Why Do Smart People Make Bad Decisions in Groups? The Case of the Space Shuttle Challenger
- What Makes a Health Care Team Effective?
- Communication and Group Decision-Making Effectiveness?
Todd Inouye, Management
- Business Strategy/Strategic Management
- Business Startup
- Negotiations
- Strategic Planning
- Sport Management
Bonnie D. Irwin, Administration
- The Invention of Writing: How It Changed the Way We Think and Create
- Who’s Really in the Bottle? Genies East and West
- Veiling in the Muslim World: Oppression or Empowerment?
- War and Homecoming: How the Iliad and Odyssey Resonate Today
- Did the Ancient Greeks Really Believe their Myths?
Chris Knudson, Geography
- Stream Restoration After the End of Sugar Production on Maui
- Coffee Leaf Rust, with a Focus on Jamaica
Christopher Lauer, Philosophy
- Ethics
- History of Western Philosophy
- Why the Idea of “Western” Philosophy is a Racist Myth
- Philosophy for Children
- Intimacy: A Dialectical Study
Carolyn Ma, Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy
- Update on the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy
- Why and How to Return Unused Medications in the Home
- The Role of the Provider Pharmacist
R. Pierre Martin, Physics & Astronomy
- SIGNALS: Unveiling Nearby Galaxies
- The UH Hilo Educational Telescope Project
Peter Matlock, College of Agriculture, Forestry & Natural Resource Management
- Bioeconomy: What It Is, How It Helps Mitigate Climate Change, Hawaiʻi’s Role
Kelly Moran, Finance
- Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) With Partner Universities in the Asia Pacific Region
- Using the Cybercanoe Classroom to Facilitate COIL Virtual Exchange
- How Intercultural Student Teams are Learning to Cooperatively Define Problems and Present Solutions
- Re-launching the Hawaiʻi Innovation Center in Downtown Hilo
Julie Mowrer, Center for Community Engagment
- Community-Engaged Teaching and Learning
- Student Engagement
- UH Hilo’s GEER Grant: Starting a Bonner Program for Student Success
- Teaching English Language Learners
Rebecca Ostertag, Biology
- Restoration Ecology
- Invasive Species
- Long-term Forest Dynamics in Relation to Climate
- Hawaiian Ecology and Natural History
- Tropical Forest Ecology and Management
- Hybrid and Novel Ecosystems
Karen Pellegrin, Pharmacy/Rural Health
- Rural Health
- Medication Management/Safety
- Evidence-based Leadership
- Evidence-based Strategic Management
Ryan Perroy, Geography & Environmental Science
- Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death
- Lava Flow Monitoring
Kris Roney, Academic Affairs
- Punk Rock History
- Heavy Metal
- Faustian Literature (“The devil made me do it.”)
- Holistic Student Success
- Trends in Higher Education (in the age of the pandemic)
- Importance of a Liberal Arts Education
Todd Shumway, Global Exchange
- International Exchange at UH Hilo and its Impact on Students
Tracy Wiegner, Marine Science
- Sewage Pollution in Coastal Waters of Hilo