Speaking Engagement
As an international expert on disability, Dr. Hong works with educators and government agencies worldwide in the areas of teaching and learning from the cognitive science perspective.
Her research and practices target areas of reading, writing, handwriting, and spelling at all levels. She also coaches students on how to develop skills of self-determination, including self-advocacy, self-awareness, and self-regulation, so students learn to take charge of their own lives in a meaningful way.
SELECTED Presentation at Professional Meetings
7 Habits of Equitable Accommodations for College Students with Disabilities. 44th Annual Conference on the First-Year Experience, Feb 2025.
STOP the Leak: Retention Through the Eyes of the Students. 44th Annual Conference on the First-Year Experience, Feb 2025.
Support At-Risk Students through Intention Intervention, First Year Experience National Resource Center, Jan 2023.
Support At-Risk Students with Proactive Tutoring Strategies, Oxford Educational Research Symposium, Oxford, England, Dec 13-15, 2022.
Mixed Methods Framework for Implementing Best Practices for Supplemental Instruction STEM Programs at Minority Serving Institutions. Transforming STEM Higher Education Conference, Washington, DC, Nov 3-5, 2022.
Myths of Learning Chair of International Conference on Teaching Learning Innovation & Educational Technology. Singapore, July 27-29, 2018.
Making Sense of Your Child’s IEP. PACE Symposium—Parents as Advocates for Change in Education, Brigham Young University, Hawaii, School of Education, October 7, 2017.
College Tutor and Academic Advisor Understanding in Working with Students Identified as Learning Disabled, Oxford University Education Research Symposium, Oxford, UK, Dec 7-9, 2016.
Six Essential Milestones Every Parent Should Know. PACE Symposium—Parents as Advocates for Change in Education, Brigham Young University, Hawaii, School of Education, August 27, 2016
Faculty Perceptions of College Students with Disabilities. Oxford University Education Research Symposium, Oxford, UK, March 17-20, 2016.
Why American Schools Should Not Be Like Asian Schools. American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies Annual Conference, Acadia University, March 31-April 3, 2014.
Have Technology and Multitasking Changed the Way We Learn? Workshop at the World Congress on Education, Sept 2-4. 2013, London, UK. BEST WORKSHOP AWARD.
Impact of Institutional Support Services on the Persistence and Graduation of College Students with Disabilities. 26th International Conference on The First-Year Experience. Waikoloa, Hawaii. June 17-20, 2013.
Qualitative Analysis of the Barriers College Students with Disabilities Experience. Oxford University Education Research Symposium, Oxford, UK, March 17-20, 2013