• “Sexuality, Belonging, and Race Among Asian Americans in the Midwest.” Americanist Dinner Forum Series, Washington University in St. Louis, April 2026. 

 

• “The Potential of Queer Diaspora: Hmong American Critical Imaginations and Queer Subjectivities.” University of Notre Dame, March 2026.

 

• “Queering the Hmong Diaspora.” California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, April 7, 2025. 

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• "Histories on the Run: Hmong Refugee Ways of Knowing." Macalester College and East Side Freedom Library, March 28, 2025.

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• “Queer Hmong American Activism: Liberation at the Intersection of Hmong and Queer Identities.” Asian Heritage Month, University of Wisconsin—Oshkosh, April 25, 2022.​

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• “Building a Queer Hmong Vernacular Activism.” Winona State University, Expanding Perspectives Speaker Series, September 2020. ​

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• “Asian American and Pacific Islander Activism: A Roundtable Discussion.” University of California—Santa Barbara, August 18, 2020.

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• “Hmong American Responses to George Floyd and Black Lives Matter: A Conversation Among Hmong American Professors.” University of California—Merced, June 25, 2020.

 

• “Legislating Conjugalities: Gender, Sexuality, and The Hmong Marriage Bills.” Hmong Studies Consortium, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, WI, October 2018.

 

• “The Politics of Hmong ‘Culture’ and History.” Eau Claire Area School District Professional Development Workshop for Middle and High School Social Studies Teachers, Eau Claire, WI, August 2018. 

 

• “Queer Refugeeism: Constructions of Race, Gender, and Sexuality in the Hmong Diaspora.” SEASSI Summer Institute, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, WI, July 2017.

 

• “Hmong in the Twin Cities.” Macalester College, St. Paul, MN, April 2017.

 

• “Community Oriented Direct-Action Research and Graduate School Workshop.” California State University—Stanislaus, Turlock, CA, March 2017.

 

• “Hmong LGBTQ Communities.” SHE Pab: Voices of Hmong Women, St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN, April 2016.

 

• “The Model Minority Myth Goes to College: Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Higher Education.” Macalester College, St. Paul, MN, April 2016.  

 

• “Hmong Community Speaker Series: Trials and Triumphs of Hmong and Asian LGBTQ.” Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN, February 2016.

 

• “Queering SEAS: Mashing up Queer, Southeast Asian American, and Critical Refugee Studies.” Southeast Asian American Legacies: 40 Years After the End of the Vietnam War. University of California—Merced, Merced, CA, December 2015.

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• “A Forum on Hmong Sexualities.” University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, October 2015.

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• “Voicing AAPI LGBTQ Issues.” National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum – Twin Cities Chapter, AAPI Women’s Leadership Summit, St. Paul, MN, June 2015.

 

• “This is My Story: A Conversation on Race and Ethnicity.” Hamline University, St. Paul, MN, February 2015.