UH Hilo Speakers’ Bureau 2022-2023

By Subject

Download the Speakers by Subject (PDF)

Agriculture, Aquaculture

• Christopher Knudson
  • Stream Restoration After the End of Sugar Production on Maui
  • Coffee Leaf Ruse, with a Focus on Jamaica
• Peter Matlock
  • Bioeconomy: What It Is, How It Helps Mitigate Climate Change, Hawai‘i's Role

Astronomy

• R. Pierre 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?

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

• Helen Tien
  • Entrepreneurship in Hawai‘i
  • Scaling Your Business in Hawai‘i

Careers

• Helen Tien
  • Career Development

Communication

• 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

Education

• Kathy Malone
  • STEM Education
• Julie Mowrer
  • Teaching English Language Learners

Gender

• Chris Holland
  • Diversity and Inclusion (LGBTQ+ issues, crucial conversations)

Geology

• Ryan Perroy
  • Lava Flow Monitoring

Goals & Objectives

• Chris Holland
  • Strategic Planning and Assessment
• Karen Pellegrin
  • Evidence-based Strategic Management

Health, Healthcare

• LA Gotshalk
  • Type II Diabetes: What Is It, and What Can We Do About It?
  • As Life Gets Easier, It Gets More Stressful: The Analysis of Stress and the Human Body
  • Can Evolutionary Logic Cultivate a Better Future for the Human Body?
• Eric Heuer
  • Senility, Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease: They’re Not the Same Thing?
  • Neurocognitive Development: A Developing Brain is Not Just Smaller
  • Cells are Not Alive: Lessons Learned Teaching Evolution to Buddhist Monks
• Randy Hirokawa
  • What Makes a Health Care Team Effective?
• Michelle Kim
  • Diabetes Management
• Karen Pellegrin
  • Rural Health
  • Medication Management/Safety

Human Interest

• Eric Heuer
  • Homebrewing: Life’s Too Short to Drink Bad Beer
• Kathy Malone
  • Life of an Expat in Kazakhstan
• Tracey Niimi
  • Thinking About Making Your Hobby More Than a Hobby?

Leadership

• Chris Holland
  • Leadership (7 Habits of Highly Effective People, 5 Dysfunctions of a Team)
• Karen Pellegrin
  • Evidence-based Leadership

Learning

• Kathy Malone
  • Use of Dramatic Inquiry in Primary School Classrooms
  • The Use of Scientific Modeling Instruction in Secondary & Undergraduate Classrooms

Literature

• Christopher Lauer
  • Intimacy: A Dialectical Study

Marketing

• Helen Tien
  • General Marketing
  • Specific Marketing Topics: Digital Marketing, Understanding Gen Z Consumers

Marine Science

• John Burns
  • 3D Mapping of Coral Reefs
• 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?
• Eric Heuer
  • Motivation and Dopamine: What Altruism?

Pharmacy

• Michelle Kim
  • What is Ambulatory Care Pharmacy?
• Miriam Mobley Smith
  • Update on the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy
  • The Role of the Pharmacist as Your Partner in Achieving and Maintaining Better Health
• Tracey Niimi
  • Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy Information and Admissions
  • Is the Pharmacy Profession Right for Me?

Philosophy

• Christopher Lauer
  • Why (and how many times) did Philosophy Originate?
  • Why the Idea of “Western” Philosophy is a Racist Myth
  • Critical Race Theory (the real version, not the fever dream)

Photography, Videography

• Tracey Niimi
  • Digital Photography and Camera Basics
  • Videography: Creative Production with Purpose

Repatriation

• Tarisi Vunidilo
  • Museums and Repatriation Work (working as a Post Doc researcher to return 1,000 human remains back to the Pacific)

Science

• John Burns
  • The Importance of Communicating Science
  • Innovation in Scientific Education and Research

Social Causes

• Kathleen Baumgardner
  • Stories of Hope from a Nonprofit Café (cofounder, FoCo Café, Colorado)
  • Founding a Nonprofit Organization/Social Entrepreneurship

Social Justice

• Christopher Lauer
  • Social Justice Movements and “Allies”

Student Success, Opportunities

• Chris Holland
  • Student Development
  • College Culture and Its Impact on Student Experience
• Julie Mowrer
  • UH Hilo’s GEER Grant: Starting a Bonner Program for Student Success
  • Student Engagement
• Todd Shumway
  • International Exchange at UH Hilo and its Impact on Students

By Speaker

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• Kathleen Baumgardner, Office of the Chancellor
  • Stories of Hope from a Nonprofit Café (cofounder, FoCo Café, Colorado)
  • Founding a Nonprofit Organization/Social Entrepreneurship
  • Organizational Health and Strategic Planning
• John Burns, Marine Science
  • Innovation in Scientific Education and Research
  • 3D Mapping of Coral Reefs
  • The Importance of Communicating Science
• Steven Colbert, Marine Science
  • Nearshore Water Quality/Sewage Pollution
  • Ocean Acidification/Oceans & Climate Change
• L.A. Gotshalk, Kinesiology & Exercise Science
  • Can Evolutionary Logic Cultivate a Better Future for the Human Body?
  • Type II Diabetes: What Is It, and What Can We Do About It?
  • As Life Gets Easier, It Gets More Stressful: The Analysis of Stress and the Human Body
• 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?
• Eric Heuer, Psychology
  • Senility, Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease: They’re Not the Same Thing?
  • Neurocognitive Development: A Developing Brain is Not Just Smaller
  • Cells are not Alive: Lessons Learned Teaching Evolution to Buddhist Monks
  • Homebrewing: Life’s Too Short to Drink Bad Beer
  • Motivation and Dopamine: What Altruism?
• 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? Empowerment?
  • War and Homecoming: How the Iliad and Odyssey Resonate Today
  • Did the Ancient Greeks Really Believe their Myths?
• Chris Holland, Student Affairs
  • Student Development
  • Diversity and Inclusion (LGBTQ+ issues, crucial conversations)
  • Strategic Planning and Assessment
  • College Culture and its Impact on Student Experience
  • Leadership: 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, 5 Dysfunctions of a Team
• Michelle Kim, Pharmacy Practice
  • What is Ambulatory Care Pharmacy?
  • Diabetes Management
• Christopher Knudson, Geography
  • Stream Restoration After the End of Sugar Production on Maui
  • Coffee Leaf Rust, with a Focus on Jamaica
• Christopher Lauer, Philosophy
  • 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)
• Kathy Malone, Physics & Astronomy
  • STEM Education
  • Use of Dramatic Inquiry in Primary School Classrooms
  • Life of an Expat in Kazakhstan
  • The Use of Scientific Modeling Instruction in Secondary and Undergraduate Classrooms
• 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
• Miriam Mobley Smith, DKICP
  • Update on the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy
  • The Role of the Pharmacist as Your Partner in Achieving and Maintaining Better Health
• Julie Mowrer, Center for Community Engagement
  • UH Hilo’s GEER Grant: Starting a Bonner Program for Student Success
  • Community Engaged Teaching and Learning
  • Student Engagement
  • Teaching English Language Learners
• Tracey Niimi, DKICP
  • DKICP Information and Admissions
  • Is the Pharmacy Profession Right for Me?
  • Digital Photography and Camera Basics
  • Videography: Creative Production with Purpose
  • Thing About Making Your Hobby More Than a Hobby?
• 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
• Todd Shumway, Global Exchange
  • International Exchange at UH Hilo and its Impact on Students
• Helen Tien, CoBE
  • Entrepreneurship in Hawai‘i
  • General Marketing
  • Specific Marketing Topics: Digital Marketing, Understanding Gen Z Consumers
  • Scaling Your Business in Hawai‘i
  • Career Development
• Tarisi Vunidilo, Anthropology
  • • Museums and Repatriation Work (working as a Post Doc researcher to return 1,000 human remains back to the Pacific)
• Tracy Wiegner, Marine Science
  • Sewage Pollution in Coastal Waters of Hilo