Talks & Events
I present at public programs and professional gatherings of all sizes. I also organize convenings for institutional and community stakeholders, creating equitable spaces for creative collaboration. In working with communities, artists and students, I practice deep listening — earning trust through patient and respectful engagement.
Ultimately I love learning from the people who inform my work.
Fifty Shades of Green Podcast Live
Climate Group, 2025
I took part in the Climate Group's three-part series on Communicating Climate Change, which aimed at getting to the heart of how the way we talk about climate has shifted and how stakeholders across sectors are adapting to meet communities where they are. It was hosted in partnership with the Impact Communications Institute as part of the US Climate Action Summit.
The Hub Live
Climate Week NYC, 2024
I moderated a conversation about health as key to climate narratives, and how we talk about climate's impact on our bodies and our communities. We dug into how we get better at telling the stories about climate through the lens of health in ways that actually move people to act.
“Outside the Climate Bubble”
Climate Week NYC, 2024
I moderated a Climate Week NYC event \ with CUNY and The New York Climate Exchange on Governors Island, a discussion on how to democratize conversations about climate through the lens of health, bridging divides across communities and bringing together arts, policy, and research.
Mindscapes Convening and Working Group
The Center for the Humanities, CUNY Graduate Center, 2020
At the end of 2020, I gathered a group of 45 people for Mindscapes, Wellcome’s international cultural program about mental health.
Optics: Health, Crisis and Care
International Center for Photography, 2020
This three-part sub-series of Optics: A New Way of Seeing Contemporary Culture focused on Health, Crisis, and Care. For this first virtual conversation, ICP Director of Exhibitions and Collections Erin Barnett, host Reya Sehgal and I looked at visualizing viruses.
Care for the Polis: Germ City
Heyman Center for the Humanities, Columbia University, 2020
Humans and microbes have always co-habited, and their relationship has had a profound influence on human history—especially in cities. I was invited to discuss my work as co-curator of Germ City: Microbes and the Metropolis.
Mapping Contagion at New York Public Library
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, NYPL, 2019
A research methods event with a distinctly cartographic focus. Through the unifying lens of infectious disease, each presentation addressed the role of mapping in their given research field. Scholars and curators from the worlds of public history, medicine, and sociology discussed the variety of methodologies they use.
Resonant Spaces: Finding Well Being Through Parks and Music
Hamwe Festival, University of Global Health Equity, 2020
I moderated this panel discussion between Ellen Reid, Mitchell Silver and Adedayo Perkovich about music and mental health in New York’s parks.
Additional Presentations
“History, Science, and Art in Germ City,” Chancellor’s Day: Microbes and the Metropolis, Museum of the City of New York, November 2018.
“Ethnographic Practice and Curatorial Work,” American Studies Association Conference, November 2018.
“‘I Have to Multitask to Survive’: Flexible Manufacturing at the Brooklyn Navy Yard,” Urban History Association Conference, October 2016.
“Waste Incineration, Job Creation, and the Politics of Environmental Justice at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, 1986-Present.” Society for American City and Regional Planning History Conference, Los Angeles, 2015.