UH Hilo Speakers’ Bureau 2024-2025

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• Seed Dispersal of Wild Pigs in Hawaiian Forests

• UH Hilo General Overview & Undergraduate Admissions Requirements
• College: Finding Your Best Fit
• UH Hilo’s Global Exchange Programs: Get Off This Rock On a Budget

• PISCES: Who We Are and What We Do
• Space Exploration from a Hawaiian’s Perspective
• In Situ Resource Utilization: “Don’t Take It If You Can Make It”
• Hawaiʻi as an Analog for Developing and Testing Lunar and Martian Surface Systems
• Hawaiʻi’s Unique Position for Developing and Testing Planetary Surface Systems

• Life
• Data Science
• Biology
• Marine Science and Data Science
• Coral Reefs
• Technology

• Nearshore Water Quality/Sewage Pollution
• Ocean Acidification/Oceans & Climate Change

• Coral Reefs
• Climate Change Impacts on Oceans
• Emerging Concerns for Coral Reefs
• Coral Restoration

• Self-Compassion, Self-Love & Self Care
• Giving Rockstar Presentations
• Goal Setting
• Resiliency in Business
• Letting Go of Imposter Syndrome
• Unlocking Effective Communication: Harnessing DISC Personality Types to Connect and Collaborate
• Emotional Intelligence: The Key to Boosting Profitability and Business Success

• Microplastics Aiding Invasive Plants in an Agricultural Setting
• Functional Traits in Vascular Plants among the Hawaiian Islands

• Community Service/Civic Engagement
• Vulcan Athletics
• Building a Team to Benefit the Community
• What is a Winner?

• Alzheimer’s Disease: What do we really know?
• Normal Aging: What is it and why does it matter?
• Attention Deficit Disorder: Common Misconceptions

• Why Groups Make Bad Decisions
• Effective Group Communication

• Naoko Tosa, New Media Artist of Japan
• Hung Keung, New Media Artist of Hong Kong
• New Media/Digital Media Art of Japan
• New Media/Digital Media Art of China

• World Mythology
• Veiling in Islam: Oppression or Empowerment?
• The Invention of Writing: How it Changed the Way
• We Think and Create
• The Wisdom of Scheherazade

• Humor at Work
• Organizational Culture

• Aloha Anxiety: Embracing Calm in Paradise

• How to Communicate and Share Relational Spaces with Pacific Islanders in Hawaiʻi
• Challenges to Case Workers Unfamiliar with Pacific Islanders in Prisons, Parole, Law Enforcement

• Social Justice Movements and “Allies”
• Why the Idea of “Western” Philosophy is a Racist Myth
• Why (and how many times) Did Philosophy Originate?
• Intimacy: A Dialectical Study
• Critical Race Theory (the real version, not the Fever dream)

• U.S.-China Rivalry
• (Outer) Space Security
• North Korea Nuclear Negotiations

• Understanding Substance Use and Substance Use Disorders
• Reducing Stigma Around Substance Use and Mental Health
• Does Tequila Make Clothes Fall Off? Myths and Truths About Alcohol
• Challenges with Workforce Development and Evidence-based Treatment in Hawaiʻi
• Various Substance Abuse Topics, including
  • Assessment,
  • Harm Reduction,
  • Relapse Prevention,
  • Motivational Interviewing,
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy,
  • Pharmacotherapy, Biopsychosocial Model

• STEM Education
• STEAM Education
• Use of Dramatic Inquiry in Primary School Classrooms
• Life of an Expat in Kazakhstan
• The Use of Scientific Modeling Instruction in Secondary & Undergraduate Classrooms

• SIGNALS: Unveiling Nearby Galaxies
• The UH Hilo Educational Telescope Project

• Bioeconomy & Climate Change Solutions in Hawaiʻi

• Communication and Conflict Resolution
• Practicing Communicating with Empathy
• Optimizing Your Nonverbal Game
• KPop and KDramas: The Korean Wave, A Global Craze

• 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

• How Climate Change Affects Invasive Species in the Pacific – the Pacific RISCC
• Scenario Planning as a Tool for Addressing Climate Change Impacts to Invasive Species in the Pacific Region
• The Tangled Web We Weave: The Proliferation of Invasive Species Terms and Definitions and
• Consequences for Management in the Face of Climate Change

• Rural Health
• Medication Management/Safety
• Evidence-based Leadership
• Evidence-based Strategic Management

• Rapid Ohia Death
• Invasive Species
• Drone Applications
• Shoreline Mapping

• Education and Outreach Programs on Maunakea
• Maunakea Wahi Pana - Keanakākoʻi and Waiau
• Focused Visitor Engagement Initiatives at the
• Maunakea Visitor Information Station
• Community-focused Stewardship Programs on Maunakea
• Incorporating Hawaiian Culture into CMS Daily Operations

• Pharmacists & the Quintuple Aim of Healthcare
• Digital Health Tools for Patients
• Healthcare-related Social Media
• Diabetes

• Liko Nā Pilina: Restoring Lowland Wet Forest by Creating Hybrid Ecosystems with Native and Non-Invasive Introduced Plants
• ʻAmakihi kaulana i ka hoʻōla maʻi: Assessing the Long-Term Impacts of Chronic Infection with Avian Malaria in Hawaiʻi ʻamakihi

• Native Hawaiian Land Snail Conservation Across the Islands
• Rare Native Hawaiian Species Research and Conservation, Plants & Invertebrates
• Herbarium Creation, Management, and Research
• Remote Field Work in Hawaiʻi: Methods, Applications, Results
• Building a Career in Hawaiʻi Conservation as a Young Professional

• Sewage Pollution in Hawaiʻi’s Coastal Waters
• Staphylococcus aureus and MRSA in Hawaiʻi’s Coastal Waters