“Contemporary Hawaiian Poetry: Resistance Writing”
International Center for Writing and Translation, University of California at Irvine (2003)

“Decolonizing Hawaiian Poetry: Indigenous Metaphors”
Translation and the Reproduction of Culture Conference, University of California at Irvine (2002)

“Conflicts in the Arts Landscape: Defining Hawaiian Art”
First Nations Arts Conference, Ottawa/Hull, Canada (1998)

“Writing in Captivity: Hawaiian Writers”
First International and Eleventh National Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the United States Conference, Honolulu (1997)

“Indigenous Poetry in a Time of Conflict”
Pacific Writers Forum, Eight Week Residency, East-West Center, Honolulu (1994)

“Native Writing and Contemporary Political Issues”
Returning the Gift: Native American Writers Conference, University of Oklahoma (1992)