Presentations
Workshops, Panels, Presentations
Panel
"Symphony of the Hawaiʻi Seas: A Multisensory Experience For All Ages 2 hour forum." ʻImi i ke Ēwe o ka ʻĀina 2026 Hawai'i Conservation Conference. July 2026.
Panel
Symphony of Hawaiʻi Seas Talk Story Panel. Symphony of Hawaiʻi Seas, Neal S. Blaisdell Center Concert Hall, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. July 2026.
Workshop
“Write the Seas.” Capitol Modern. July 11, 2026.
Poster
"Knowledge and Language Resurgence: Creative Resources for Native Hawaiian Health and Education." Canadian Association for Social Work Education Conference, K Detwiler;* JL Funakoshi; M Ibrao; S Muneoka; KL Braun. Ottawa, Canada. June 2026.
Workshop
“Writing for Animation and Pre-Visualization.” School of Cinematic Arts, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. March 31, 2026.
Panel
“Cultural Realities: Blurring Barriers of Magic Realism and Genre Expectations.” Association of Writers and Writing Programs. Mary Leuna Christensen (Moderator), Asa Drake, Annie Wenstrup, Kalilinoe Detwiler, m.s. RedCherries. Baltimore, MD, March 2026.
Panel
“Shape-Shifting: Visions of Resurgence in Indigenous Art-Poetry.” Association of Writers and Writing Programs. Kalilinoe Detwiler (Moderator), Kimberly Blaeser, Abigail Chabitnoy, Kenzie Allen, Heid E. Erdrich. Baltimore, MD, March 2026.
Workshop
“Language of Belonging: A Poetry and Place Workshop.” Papahana Wailau Ola, University of Hawaiʻi West Oʻahu, November 10, 2025.
Conference
“Creating Dementia-Friendly Communities: Innovations in Dementia Awareness and Education.” Navigating the Map of Aging 2025 Biennial Conference. Co-presented with Tani Kalei Salazar, Shelley Muneoka, and Miquela Ibrao. Honolulu, HI, September 2025.
Workshop
“Mai ka Pō Mai: Poetic Terrains of Dreamscapes.” Craft talk, Indigenous Nations Poets 2025 Retreat, Center Circle NYC, August 2025.
Poster
“In Our Own Voices and Words: English– and Hawaiian-language Media on Dementia.” ʻAha Hoʻolōkahi Native Hawaiian Health & Well-Being Summit. Co-developed by J. Kepo'o Keli'ipa'akauaʻa , Shelley Muneoka, Kapali Jeffrey Lyon, and Kathryn L. Braun. Honolulu, HI, July 2025.
Conference
“Indigenous Story Literacies in Film.” Hawaiʻi International Conference on Film, Literature & Culture, April 2025.
Conference
“Write Indigenously: Poets on Language Revitalization & Sovereignty.” Association of Writers and Writing Programs. Co-presented with Mary Leuna Christensen, Annie Wenstrup, Arielle Lowe, and Casandra Lopez. March 2025.
Workshop
Ekphrastic Poetry: A workshop connecting art and memory, Honolulu Museum of Art. April 20, 2024.
Conference
“AAPI Women’s Voices in Composition: Writing Abundance Through Indigenous Feminisms and Collaborative Pedagogies.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Chair Arielle Taitano Lowe, Panel members Ashley Somwaru and Kohaku Flynn, Spokane, WA, April 2024.
Conference
“Our Sovereign Body: A Native Hawaiian Methodological Approach to Indigenous Rhetorics.” Native American and Indigenous Studies Association Conference, Facilitator: Kali Fermantez, Toronto, ON, May 2023.
Conference
“Answering the Call to Rise: Re-centering our Writing Center Stance.” International Writing Center Association Conference, Chair Georganne Nordstrom, Vancouver, B.C., October 2022.
Conference
"Growing Evaluators in Indigenous Spaces: Culturally Appropriate Perspectives and Pathways to becoming an Evaluator Chosen by Kanaka Cultural Practitioners, Postgraduate Interns, and Early Career Professionals." H-PEA Annual Conference, CREA-Sponsored Roundtable, Honolulu, HI., April 2022.
Panel
"Building the First Majority API Creative Media School." LEAP 40th Anniversary Celebration Panel, Chris Lee, Honolulu, HI., April 2022.
Colloquium
“Indigenizing the Writing Center.” Georganne Nordstrom, Kayla Watabu. Brown Bag Biography Spring 2022, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Center for Biographical Research, March 2022.
Conference
“Ea and FYW: Re-Locating the Writing ‘Center.’” First-Year Writing Symposium, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, March 2022.
Panel
“Film Animation Showcase.” Hawaiʻi Book and Music Festival, Facilitator: Laura Marguiles, Honolulu, HI., October 2021.
Conference
“Sustaining Ea in the Writing Center.” International Writing Center Association Conference, October 2021.
Workshop
“Thesis Construction Workshop.” The Writing Center, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, October 2021.
Panel
“Centerpiece Q&A: Cane Fire with Where Smoke Rises and The Pākalā Kids.” DisOrient Film Festival, March 2021.
Conference
“Pivoting the Mānoa Writing Center: A Conversation.” First Year Writing Symposium, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, March 2021.
Panel
“Cultural Inspiration for a New Generation.” Culture Animation Film Festival, Twiddle Productions, Facilitator: Cheng-Cheng Li, Honolulu, HI., September 2020.
Conference
“Education in Hawaiʻi.” Archival Research Symposium and Conference, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, June 2019.
Conference
“Lale Mānoa Advocacy Research.” Lāhui Research Conference, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, May 2019.