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Published a letter in the New York Times on August 16, 2020, "The Moves Against the Census: A reader says the government's actions obscure accuracy and harm the country." New York Times (print and online editions). 


Interviewed for the radio show, 鈥2020 Talks鈥 by Pacifica Network and the Public News Service.  "鈥 and aired April 22, 2020.


Delivered the research presentation, "Smothering Asylum: Kids, Cages, and Political Currency in Migrant Processing," at the Issues in Mental Health Policy Seminar at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City on January 29, 2020.


Presented twice at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in November: (1) first delivering a research presentation, "From OTMs (other than Mexicans) to YAMS (you're all Mexicans): Conflating Latina/o/x Migrants,鈥 at the Institute for Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies, on November 14, 2019; (2) as a panelist for the Social Science Matters series, "Critical Issues for the 2020 Election Cycle: U.S. Immigration Policy,鈥 on November 19, 2019.


Delivered the closing keynote address, "The Global Next Door: Local Engagement, Accompaniment, and New Forms of Diversity," at the American Association of Colleges and Universities conference, "Crossing Borders and Boundaries: Global Citizenship for Campus, Community, and Careers." San Antonio, Texas, October 19, 2019.


Hong, A.M. (2024) Invited Reader, 鈥淩eading and Interview with Ellen Miller-Mack, Riley Bowen, and Jon Plodzik.鈥 Poet Talk, WMUA, UMass Amherst, Amherst, MA, August 29, 2024.


Anna Maria Hong judged the 2024 Graybeal-Gowen Prize for Shenandoah literary magazine, selecting poems by Majda Gama as the winner and by Desiree Santana as the runner-up.


Anna Maria Hong judged the 2024 Academy of American Poets Jean Burden Poetry Prize at the University of Redlands.


Hong, A.M. (2024) Invited Speaker, 鈥淥n Traversals: A Folio on Walking.鈥 Visiting Writers Series, University of Redlands, Redlands, CA, February 22, 2024. https://www.redlands.edu/study/schools-and-centers/college-of-arts-and-sciences/undergraduate-studies/creative-writing/visiting-writers-series/


Anna Maria Hong emceed a reading by contributors to Traversals: A Folio on Walking at the Poetic Research Bureau and 2220 Arts + Archives in Los Angeles, CA on February 21, 2024. https://www.poeticresearch.com/events/traversals-a-folio-on-walking