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

 

"Histories on the Run: Hmong Refugee Ways of Knowing: A Conversation with Ma Vang." 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.” Virtual panel organized by Dr. Robyn Rodriguez, University of California—Davis, and Dr. Diane Fujino, 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.” Virtual panel organized by Dr. Yang Lor, 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.