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Will deliver a lecture and lead a workshop on Interface Design and Human/Machine teaming at the University of South Carolina, Feb 17-19. “Walking the A.I. Tightrope: How Designers can Enable Human-Machine Teams via Skepticism and Trust.”

Will deliver a lecture on Interface Design and Trust Calibration at the University of Houston, Feb 6, 2025.

Spoke at SECAC Conference, panel entitled: “Working with Design Clients: Experience and Advice for Faculty Advisors.” Oct 25, 2024.

Led a workshop on Human/Machine Teaming at Boise State University, Oct 21-23, 2024.

Delivered lecture at Federal Reserve Bank’s UX Conference, August 22, 2024. “Walking the A.I. Tightrope: How Designers can Enable Human-Machine Teams via Skepticism and Trust.”

Participated in AI Ethics Panel & Workshop, The Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), July 25, 2024. Fort Liberty, NC.

LAS Guest Lecturer for United States Air Force Representatives, May 14, 2024. NC State University.

Delivered AI lecture for Portland State University, May 1, 2024, “Building Trust Between Humans and AI.”

Spoke at AI @ NC State Hot Topics Series Forum, Data Science Academy, March 20, 2024, with industry leaders from SAS and IBM

Delivered lecture & workshop on “Discriminative & Generative A.I..” at Brigham Young University, January 16 & 17, 2024.

Participated in Annual LAS Research Symposium, December 6, 2023. 2023 Voice Language Analysis Project.

Gave AI lecture on Generative AI at SVA, NYC. November 21, 2023.

Delivered keynote, “Augment the Human. Interrogate the System” at Experiential Horizons Symposium, Oct 20, 2023. San Jose State University.

Virginia Tech Guest Lecturer, Sept 21, 2023. Virginia Tech University. Delivered lecture to undergrad design students: “Interface Design and A.I.” Virtual. (Invited).

Delivered Keynote: “The Critical Intersection of A.I. and Design,”at Data Driven: Design Research for Collaborative Futures, NCSU, Ddes Program, August 18, 2023.

Lecture: “Augment the Human. Interrogate the System.” Enterprise UX 2023 Conference, Rosenfeld Media. June, 2023.

Spoke at A.I. Summit. University of Indiana and Notre Dame. April, 2023.

Delivered lecture: “Why Designers Should Care about A.I.” Northeastern Guest Lecturer, March, 2023.

Gave talk for panel on A.I. Ethics Bill of Rights. NC State University Research Symposium, March, 2023.

Moderated AIGA DEC Roundtable Discussion: “The Ethics of A.I.” March, 2023.

Guest Lecture for Carefirst XD Learning Series:“Leveraging A.I. to Design Experiences.” January, 2023.

Guest Lecture for NCSU Thought-Leaders Breakfast:“Interface Design + Machine Learning.” SAS, March, 2023.

Presented MGXD work at Annual LAS Research Symposium, NC State, December, 2022.

Panel entitled, “Educate / Interrogate / Augment: The Critical Intersection of A.I. and Design Practice,” at the AIGA National Conference, Seattle, Oct 2022.

Invited talk entitled, Why Designers Should Care about A.I.,” at UX YA’LL Conference, Raleigh, NC, Sept 2022

Keynote at Grafist 25, at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Turkey, Nov 2021

Keynote entitled, “Big Data, Big Design,” at Bowling Green State University’s opening of Aligned, Oct 2021

Invited lecture entitled, “Why Designers Should Care About AI,” at Massachusetts College of Art, Feb 2021

Participated in Design Research panel discussion, at SHIFT, an AIGA DEC Virtual Summit, on August, 2020

Invited lecture entitled, “AI and Design: Why Should You Care?” Bowling Green State University, April 2020.

Jury of Taipei International Design Award competition(TIDA)’Competition & lecture at symposium, Taipei, Taiwan, Sept 2019

AIGA National Boarding Meeting and Leadership Retreat, Atlanta, Aug 22-24, 2019

Participated in AIGA Design Futures event, NCSU, August, 2019

Keynote entitled, “Big Diversity: Can Collaboration, Data, and Yes, AI, Lead to More Inclusive Design?,” to open Collaborate: UCDA Design Education Summit, May 20, 2019, Johnson City, Tennessee.

Lecture for NCSU PhD Colloquium, “Research Ethics in Action,” April 11, 2019 .

Led round table at AIGA National Design Conference, 2019, Pasadena, CA, April 5, entitled, “Design and Accessibility.”

Panel session, “Is Universal Design Dead?” at DRS Limerick Conference 2018, June 25-28, 2018, with Dr. Elizabeth Guffey, Dr. Bess Williamson, and Dr. Farnaz Nickpour.