UH Hilo Speakers Bureau

UH Hilo Speakers’ Bureau 2023-2024 - By Subject

Please call Alyson Kakugawa-Leong, Director of Media Relations, at (808) 932-7669 or email alyson@hawaii.edu with your programming requests.

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Admissions

Lisa Ann Amaral

  • 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

Art

Jean Ippolito

  • 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

Biology

Kūpono Aguirre

  • Seed Dispersal of Wild Pigs in Hawaiian Forests

Emma Stierhoff

  • 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

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

Business

Arliss Dudley-Cash

  • 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

Center for Maunakea Stewardship

Ian Kaleo Pilago

  • 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

Chancellor

Bonnie Irwin

  • 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

Communication

Colby Miyose

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

Randy Hirokawa

  • Why Groups Make Bad Decisions
  • Effective Group Communication

Education

Rick Kobayashi

  • Aloha Anxiety: Embracing Calm in Paradise

Geography & Environmental Science

Ryan Perroy

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

History

Line-Noue Kruse

  • 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

Intercollegiate Athletics

Patrick Guillen

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

Marine Science

John Burns

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

Steven Colbert

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

Steve Doo

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

Tracy Wiegner

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

Management

Hee Sun Kim

  • Humor at Work
  • Organizational Culture

Office of Research

Peter Matlock

  • Bioeconomy & Climate Change Solutions in Hawaiʻi

Philosophy

Christopher Lauer

  • 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)

Physics & Astronomy

Kathy Malone

  • 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

R. Pierre Martin

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

Pharmacy/Rural Health

Karen Pellegrin

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

Pharmacy Practice

Jarred Prudencio

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

PISCES

Christian Andersen

  • 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

Political Science

Su-Mi Lee

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

Psychology

Diane Logan

  • 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

Eric Heuer

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

Student Affairs

Chris Holland

  • 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

TCBES

Lilly Thomey

  • 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

Elliott Parsons

  • 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

Kelli Elliott

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