Featured Speaker (invited): Illinois Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (ITBE) Convention, Feb. 29, 2020 – “Language Learning as Playing a Role.”
Speaker (invited): MSU Department of Theatre Student Diversity and Inclusion Board, Feb. 21, 2020 - "Disability in Professional Theatre & Film."
Speaker (invited): MSU Department of Theatre, In the Aud podcast, Jan. 28, 2020
Speaker (invited): MSU, The Liberal Arts Endeavor podcast, Oct. 30, 2019
Co-Presenter (invited): International Association for Language Learning Technology, Sept. 26, 2019 – Webinar: “Cross-Cultural Communities through the Digital Dialect Archive.”
Presenter (refereed): Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) – Orlando, FL. Aug. 2019 – “Transdisciplinary Collaboration in Action.”
Presenter (refereed): Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) – Orlando, FL. Aug. 2019 – “With a Quaint Device: Changing the Shakespearean Scene.”
Presenter (refereed): Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) – Orlando, FL. Aug. 2019 – “Scene Changes in Performance Juries.”
Co-Presenter (invited): TESOL International Convention - Atlanta, GA. 2019 - "Teaching Language with Drama: Practical Activities."
Co-Presenter (refereed): Accessible Learning Conference - East Lansing, MI. Dec. 2018 - "Beyond the Able-Bodied Canon."
Co-Presenter (refereed): Midwest Association for Language Learning and Technology - East Lansing, MI, Oct. 2018 - "Global and Personal: Using the Digital Dialect Archive."
Presenter (refereed): Voice and Speech Trainers Association and the Pan-American Vocology Association (VASTA-PAVA) – Seattle, WA. Aug. 2018 – “Voice and English Language Learning.”
Co-Presenter (refereed): TESOL International Convention – Chicago, IL. 2018 – “Academic English and the Performing Arts.”
Co-Presenter (refereed): MITESOL – Oakland, MI. Oct. 2017 – “Finding Meaning in Playing a Part.”
Presenter (refereed): Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) – Las Vegas, NV. Aug. 2017 – “Journey to the West: The Interchange of Chinese and American Spectacle.”
Presenter (refereed): Mid-America Theatre Conference, Houston, TX, Mar. 2017 – Pedagogy Symposium. “International Students in Theatre Classes.”
Presenter (refereed): Midwest Association for Language Learning and Technology, Ann Arbor, MI, Oct. 2016. “Media, Performance, and Task-Based English Language Learning.”
Presenter (refereed): ATHE – Directing Pre-Conference, Chicago, IL, Aug. 2016. “Floating, Flipping, Flying, Tripping: The Interplay of Lighting, Media, Dance, and Direction in Hair.”
Presenter (refereed): Mid-America Theatre Conference, Minneapolis, MN, Mar. 2016. Pedagogy Symposium. “Variety Through Interdisciplinary Collaboration.” Co-authored with Carmela Romano Gillette.
Coordinator & Co-chair (refereed): Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE), Montreal, Canada, Aug. 2015. Panel: “The Performance of Fluency: Actor Techniques and Language Learning.”
Coordinator & Chair: “Conversations with the Dean and FEA on Diversity and Inclusion,” Wharton Center for the Performing Arts, East Lansing, MI, 2015. Assembled and conducted a panel on diversity and inclusion related to a performance of Hair.
Presenter (refereed): Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA), London, UK, Aug. 2014. “Disability and Voice Training.”
Presenter (refereed): Mid-America Theatre Conference (MATC), Cleveland, OH, Mar. 2014. Pedagogy Symposium:
“Revising the Role of Disability in Today’s Theatre Program”
Practice/Production Symposium:
“Revising Devising: Applying Universal Design to Devised Theatre.”
Presenter (invited): Accessing Higher Ground (Accessible Media, Web & Technology Conference), Nov. 2012. “Teaching Approaches Using UDL.”
Presenter (refereed): Graduate Teacher Program (GTP) College Teaching Symposium, Sept. 2012. “Technology in the Arts Curriculum.”
Presenter (refereed): Colorado Learning and Teaching with Technology (COLTT), Aug. 2012. “iActor: Technology and Performance Training.”
Presenter (refereed): Mid-America Theatre Conference (MATC), Mar. 2011. “Diversity In Sight: Visually Impaired Actors in Professional and Educational Theatre.”
Director (refereed): Mid-America Theatre Conference (MATC), Mar. 2011. One-act play at the New Play Symposium
Participant: Colorado Learning and Teaching with Technology, 2010-12.
Participant: Energy Justice Conference, 2010.
Speaker (invited): MSU Department of Theatre Student Diversity and Inclusion Board, Feb. 21, 2020 - "Disability in Professional Theatre & Film."
Speaker (invited): MSU Department of Theatre, In the Aud podcast, Jan. 28, 2020
Speaker (invited): MSU, The Liberal Arts Endeavor podcast, Oct. 30, 2019
Co-Presenter (invited): International Association for Language Learning Technology, Sept. 26, 2019 – Webinar: “Cross-Cultural Communities through the Digital Dialect Archive.”
Presenter (refereed): Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) – Orlando, FL. Aug. 2019 – “Transdisciplinary Collaboration in Action.”
Presenter (refereed): Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) – Orlando, FL. Aug. 2019 – “With a Quaint Device: Changing the Shakespearean Scene.”
Presenter (refereed): Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) – Orlando, FL. Aug. 2019 – “Scene Changes in Performance Juries.”
Co-Presenter (invited): TESOL International Convention - Atlanta, GA. 2019 - "Teaching Language with Drama: Practical Activities."
Co-Presenter (refereed): Accessible Learning Conference - East Lansing, MI. Dec. 2018 - "Beyond the Able-Bodied Canon."
Co-Presenter (refereed): Midwest Association for Language Learning and Technology - East Lansing, MI, Oct. 2018 - "Global and Personal: Using the Digital Dialect Archive."
Presenter (refereed): Voice and Speech Trainers Association and the Pan-American Vocology Association (VASTA-PAVA) – Seattle, WA. Aug. 2018 – “Voice and English Language Learning.”
Co-Presenter (refereed): TESOL International Convention – Chicago, IL. 2018 – “Academic English and the Performing Arts.”
Co-Presenter (refereed): MITESOL – Oakland, MI. Oct. 2017 – “Finding Meaning in Playing a Part.”
Presenter (refereed): Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) – Las Vegas, NV. Aug. 2017 – “Journey to the West: The Interchange of Chinese and American Spectacle.”
Presenter (refereed): Mid-America Theatre Conference, Houston, TX, Mar. 2017 – Pedagogy Symposium. “International Students in Theatre Classes.”
Presenter (refereed): Midwest Association for Language Learning and Technology, Ann Arbor, MI, Oct. 2016. “Media, Performance, and Task-Based English Language Learning.”
Presenter (refereed): ATHE – Directing Pre-Conference, Chicago, IL, Aug. 2016. “Floating, Flipping, Flying, Tripping: The Interplay of Lighting, Media, Dance, and Direction in Hair.”
Presenter (refereed): Mid-America Theatre Conference, Minneapolis, MN, Mar. 2016. Pedagogy Symposium. “Variety Through Interdisciplinary Collaboration.” Co-authored with Carmela Romano Gillette.
Coordinator & Co-chair (refereed): Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE), Montreal, Canada, Aug. 2015. Panel: “The Performance of Fluency: Actor Techniques and Language Learning.”
Coordinator & Chair: “Conversations with the Dean and FEA on Diversity and Inclusion,” Wharton Center for the Performing Arts, East Lansing, MI, 2015. Assembled and conducted a panel on diversity and inclusion related to a performance of Hair.
Presenter (refereed): Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA), London, UK, Aug. 2014. “Disability and Voice Training.”
Presenter (refereed): Mid-America Theatre Conference (MATC), Cleveland, OH, Mar. 2014. Pedagogy Symposium:
“Revising the Role of Disability in Today’s Theatre Program”
Practice/Production Symposium:
“Revising Devising: Applying Universal Design to Devised Theatre.”
Presenter (invited): Accessing Higher Ground (Accessible Media, Web & Technology Conference), Nov. 2012. “Teaching Approaches Using UDL.”
Presenter (refereed): Graduate Teacher Program (GTP) College Teaching Symposium, Sept. 2012. “Technology in the Arts Curriculum.”
Presenter (refereed): Colorado Learning and Teaching with Technology (COLTT), Aug. 2012. “iActor: Technology and Performance Training.”
Presenter (refereed): Mid-America Theatre Conference (MATC), Mar. 2011. “Diversity In Sight: Visually Impaired Actors in Professional and Educational Theatre.”
Director (refereed): Mid-America Theatre Conference (MATC), Mar. 2011. One-act play at the New Play Symposium
Participant: Colorado Learning and Teaching with Technology, 2010-12.
Participant: Energy Justice Conference, 2010.