CONFERENCE AND COMMUNITY EVENT ORGANIZING

• 2020, October 10. Fifteenth Annual Colloquium on Scholarship in Employment and Labor Law. University of Louisville, Brandeis School of Law. [Presentation] The Impact of Charter Schools on Civil Service Workers in Hawai‘i

• 2020. Labor Race and Indigeneity. Collaboration with CLEAR, William S Richardson School of Law Library and the Center for Oral History.

• 2020 Sisters Under the Skin: Diversity of Women & Labor in Hawai’i. Landscape Industry Council of Hawai’i. Honolulu, HI

• 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 LaborFest Hawai'i
• 2017, Conference Chair, Summer Institute for Union Women
• 2015, Conference Chair, TechLogic@UH: Let’s Tech Story!, System-wide Conference, University of Hawai'i
• 2007, Volunteers Chair, Local Planning Committee; National Indian Education Association Conference; Honolulu, HI

INVITED COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS

AFSCME Council 18. 

Keep Food Services Local! Invited Presentation on the impact of 3rd party contracts on public services. April, 2021.

Hawai‘i State AFL-CIO.

• Common Sense Economics Discussion. April, 2021 
• Hawai'i State AFL-CIO Learning Sessions. Leadership Facilitator. Janus Decision in Hawai'i. International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Local 142. August 9, 2018
• Hawai'i State AFL-CIO Learning Sessions. Communicating and Formulating a Focused Message to Better Represent Your Union and Organized Labor. February, 2017
• Hawai'i State AFL-CIO Learning Sessions. Leadership Facilitator. Right to Work and Davis Bacon. International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Local 142. April, 2017
• College of Education PBCSE Orientation, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Creating Collegial Communities of Practice with Classmates,  2015
• E Komo Mai, MSW Distance Education Orientation, Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work, Strategies for creating community in an online cohort, 2014
• Kanaka Maoli Faculty Professional Development. University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Improving eCAFE with mid-semester evaluations. February 2014.
• Kapi‘olani Community College Paralegal Faculty. Community Building Strategies for Creating a Climate of Respect. 2014
• Hawai‘i Council Teachers of English. RTI & Culturally Responsive Research Project.  2010
• Elementary Faculty, College of Education. ESL, ELL and TESOL Methodology.  University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, 2008

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS, WORKSHOPS, AND SERIES

American Association for University Women (AAUW). Women in Civil Service in Hawaii. Kailua, HI. October 2019.

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1260. Stewards Training. IBEW 1260. Honolulu, HI. December 2017.

United Public Workers Stewards Training. United Public Workers. Honolulu, HI. September, 2018, 2020, 2021

International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 142, O'ahu Division Executive Board. Conflict Mediation. May 2017

Mānoa Teaching Exchange: Creating a Socially Engaged Community of Best Practices in Teaching and Learning. Center for Teaching Excellence. University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Honolulu. October 2014. Sole presenter.

M&M Mondays: A film series with media literacy related feature films followed by discussions about the curriculum implications of media literacy in higher education. Center for Teaching Excellence. University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Honolulu. August 2014. Developed series.

Using Technologies to Enhance Teaching Across the Disciplines. TA Training and Orientation. Center for Teaching Excellence. University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Honolulu. August 2014. Sole presenter.

Popcorn & Pedagogy Summer Series: A film and discussion series exploring the intersectionality between theories of teaching, learning, technology and mochi-crunch popcorn. Center for Teaching Excellence. University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Honolulu. July 2014. Developed series.

TechLogic@ Mānoa: A four-day mini-conference seeking localized and logical solutions for using technology for teaching and learning. Center for Teaching Excellence. University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Honolulu. February 2014. Developed series.

Media Literacy Path with Indigenous Secondary Students. Digital Arts and Humanities Initiative. University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Honolulu. December 2013. Sole presenter.

The Melbourne Method (with Dr. Alex Golub). Center for Teaching Excellence. University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Honolulu. November 2013. Developed collaborative workshop. Sole presenter.

TechnoPedagogy: Models and Methods. Center for Teaching Excellence. University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Honolulu. April 2013. Sole presenter.

Local to Global Connections: The Use of Video to Demonstrate Culturally Responsive Teaching in Teacher Education in Hawai‘i. Education Technology Department. College of Education. University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Honolulu. February 2013. Dissertation Defense.

Challenges, Instructional Theory, and Methods: Creating the Flipped Classroom in Higher Education. Center for Teaching Excellence. University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Honolulu. November 2012. Sole presenter.

The difference between ratemyprofessor and eCAFE: How mid-semester evaluations formative evaluations improve eCAFE summative evals. Center for Teaching Excellence. University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Honolulu. September 2012. Sole presenter.

Ideas for enhancing media literacy in the classroom. Center for Teaching Excellence. University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Honolulu. September 2012. Sole presenter.

Culturally Responsive Teaching: Best Practices with Student Veterans and Servicemembers. Center for Teaching Excellence. University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Honolulu. September 2012. Sole presenter.

Active Learning Strategies. Center for Teaching Excellence. University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Honolulu. June 2012. Sole presenter.

Orienting the Disoriented: Ways to engage an online class. Center for Teaching Excellence. University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Honolulu. May 2012. Sole presenter.

Culturally Responsive Response to Intervention Strategies, Session #3. Center on Disability Studies. University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Professional Development for Secondary Public School Teachers, Kua O Ka La, Pahoa, Hawai‘i. October 15, 2009, September 21, 2009, August 20, 2009. Sole presenter.

Culturally Responsive Response to Intervention Strategies, Session #2. Center on Disability Studies.University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Professional Development for Secondary Public School Teachers, King Intermediate School, Kaneohe. September 26, 2009, August 28, 2009. Team presentation, I presented on culturally responsive teaching.

SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Chair Labor & Literature. 116th Annual conference: Pacific, Ancient and Modern Language Association. Bellingham, WA. November, 2018.

Lopez, L. (2016) Core Instructor. Summer Institute for Union Women. University of California, Los Angeles.

Lopez, L., (2014, June) Observing the Observer: Using CORDTRA Analysis with Pre-service Teacher Video Observations in an Online Course. Virtual paper presentation. EdMedia 2014: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology. Tempere, Finland. 

Lopez, L.  (November 2013). Agile Classrooms and Pedagogy. 75-minute interactive workshop. 38th Annual POD Conference. Pittsburgh, PA. .

Lopez, L. (2011). Culturally Responsive Teaching Strategies for Engaging All Students. 42nd Annual National Indian Education Association Convention & Trade Show. Albuquerque, NM.