# Conversations that challenge, connect, and inspire action.
I speak about science, democracy, learning, leadership, and collective action, with an emphasis on how we can practice the worlds we want to build together.
Whether I'm delivering a keynote, facilitating a conference session, or joining a panel, my goal is the same: helping audiences leave with new questions, new relationships, and new possibilities for action.
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## Topics I speak on
### Reimagining Science as a Public Good
How can science become more accountable to the communities it serves?
### Building Belonging in Science
Power, identity, and participation in science communication.
### From Information to Collective Action
What community organizing can teach us about science communication.
### Practicing Democracy
Why participation, creativity, and rehearsal matter for social change.
### Learning Through Play
Improv, Theatre of the Oppressed, and embodied learning for leadership.
### Designing Transformative Learning
How to create workshops people can help us rehearse the cultures we want.
## Past speaking
*A selection of my past speaking engagements*
Reclaiming STEM Institute's Putting Science to Work (People, Power, Change)
[Video recording](https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/my-drive)
[NSF AISL Awardee Meeting: “Stories for Impact: Responsive Storytelling for AISL Projects”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BpSQ64y9fU)
Reimagining Climate Futures Through Participatory Theatre [Green Moment to Share Rehearsal and Performance Photos](https://photos.google.com/u/1/share/AF1QipMre2Hl3ERyQ8Vbb9Fo8aT1EEE-BIPwmKcK7UVGt2xbfl6HFgKKFfsWbr_RnVbf3Q) from Cohen New Works Festival, University of Texas at Austin
[Webinar: National Academy of Engineering Report: “Impacts of National Science Foundation Support Engineering Research on Society”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2yC10_Vyf4)
[PCST Teaching Forum webinar - Participatory Approaches to Teaching Science Communication](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI6u_R9ckks&ab_channel=PCSTNetwork)
- Presentation: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oRF5CGMMOCMzhSmVGWLmJBqIwWDCM6fT/view
[Willingness to Engage Series Part One: Indirect Effects of Science Communication Training on Scientists’ Public Engagement, Alda-Kavli Learning Center Online Learning for Scientists and Researchers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMA8hLQPgZo&t=1s)