conferences & invited presentations
“Aspirational Systems Change: How to find your agency and use it to create a system you believe in,” Featured Speaker, Utis Online Conference, Iceland, September 2022
Virtual Commencement Speaker, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA, May 2020
“Engagement in Practice,” Conference Paper, 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference, 2020
“Can Design Thinking Save the World?,” Reimagine Communities Summit, Capital One, Plano, TX, & the Center for Public Interest Design, Portland State University, 2019
“Models for Deploying a Mobile Makerspace,” Presentation, Maker Education Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, 2019
“Maker-Based Instruction: Sustainably Integrating Making into Classrooms,” reMake Education Conference, Sonoma County Office of Education, Sonoma County, CA, 2018
“Supporting the Development of a Maker,” Parent Education Presentation, The Kessler School, Dallas, TX, 2018
“Affordances of Immersive Design Challenges in Academic Makerspaces,” Presentation, International Symposium on Academic Makerspaces, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 2018
“Extending the Reach of Academic Makerspaces into K-12 Schools: Delivering Maker-Based Instruction with a Mobile Makerspace,” Presentation, International Symposium on Academic Makerspaces, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 2018
“Here Comes Maker-Based Instruction,” SXSWedu Panel, Austin, TX, 2018
“Chicken-Centered Design,” Lausanne Learning Institute Southwest, Arlington, TX, 2018
“Introduction to Maker-Based Instruction,” Informal Science Educators Association of Texas Conference, Fort Worth, TX, 2018
“Designing an Immersive Design Challenge: Digitally Fabricated, Solar Charging Station for Public Spaces,” Poster & Presentation, International Symposium on Academic Makerspaces, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 2017
“Designing to Support a Robust Maker Culture in a University Makerspace,” Poster, International Symposium on Academic Makerspaces, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 2017
“Immersive Design Challenge: Digitally Fabricated, Solar Charging Station for Public Spaces,” Poster, International Symposium on Academic Makerspaces, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 2017
“University makerspaces as workplaces for K-12 STEM educators,” Poster, International Symposium on Academic Makerspaces, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 2017
“Maker Pedagogy: A Vision for the Future,” SXSWedu Meet Up, Austin, TX, 2017
“How to Build a Maker Lesson,” Lausanne Learning Institute Southwest, Arlington, TX, 2017
“Supporting the Development of a Maker,” Parent Education Presentation, daVinci School, Dallas, TX, 2017
“Maker Pedagogy: Sustainably Integrating Making into Classrooms,” Olin College, Needham, MA, 2017
“Design Methods for Learning,” STEM Meet-Up, Independent Schools of Dallas, 2017
“Making & Design in K12,” Future Ready Superintendents, SMU, Dallas, TX, 2017
“reMAKING Math Education: Moving from Abstract Concepts to Hands-On Learning,” Research in Math Education Conference, SMU, Dallas, TX, 2016
“Introduction to Design Thinking,” Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA, 2012
“Designing a Values-Driven Career,” Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA, 2012
Trained new teachers at Whitman in China Orientation, Spring 2009 & 2010
“Teaching English at the University Level,” China Teachers’ Consortium conference, Changsha, P.R.C., 2007
“Analysis of Bilingual Education Models in Walla Walla,” National Association for Multicultural Education, Seattle, WA, 2003