Talks
2025 | Event Adolescents & AI: Designing Anthropomorphism for Well-Being, EveryoneAI and Paris Peace Forum – Is it an It? How AI Characters Make it Challenging to be Perceived As Nonhuman
2025 | Webinar Vietnam AI for Education Project – Designing Developmentally Appropriate AI Characters for Kids
2025 | Guest Lecture Stanford Graduate School of Education – Characters, Emotions, and Learning
2025 | Guest Lecture University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education – AI and Kids’ Creativity
2025 | Webinar National Geographic EduLab – Character Design for Children’s Education
2025 | Webinar UNICEF Learning Passport CoP – Evoking Joy in Learning for Kids
2025 | Guest Lecture Art Center, Pasadena – Sustainable Play Design
2025 | Guest Lecture Pacific University – Child Developmental Science for AI Character Design
2024 | Webinar Child Experience Group – Supporting Children’s Grief-Processing through play
2024 | Guest Lecture Harvard Graduate School of Education – Designing developmentally appropriate AI for kids
2024 | Guest Lecture Harvard Graduate School of Education – Worldbuilding for children’s educational media
2024 | Guest Lecture Texas A&M University – Technology Integration in Early Childhood Education
2024 | Guest Lecture University of Tennessee Knoxville – Learning Environment Visual Mapping
2024 | Webinar Child Experience Group – How to Conduct Research on AI Products for Kids
2024 | Guest Lecture Harvard Graduate School of Education – Co-designing Learning Experiences for Children with GenAI
2024 | Guest Lecture Indiana University, School of Education – Tech Tales: Stories of Success in the EdTech Revolution
2023 |Guest Lecture Carnegie-Mellon University Silicon Valley – Learning Experience Research Methods and Case Studies
2022 | Webinar UXTalks Webinar (ADP List) – Kid-friendly UX Research
2022 | Guest Lecture Syracuse University – Designing Learning Experiences for Children Informed by Developmental Milestones
2022 | Webinar AECT - Design & Development Division Webinar – Learning Environment Visual Mapping
2022 | Guest Lecture University of the Fraser Valley –Personal Branding and How Authenticity Leads to Relevant Jobs
2022 | Guest Lecture Carnegie-Mellon University Silicon Valley – Potential Careers in Learning Design and Adjacent Fields for Product Managers
2020 | Guest Lecture University of Florida – Educational Game Design and Development Challenges
2020 | Guest Lecture University of Tampa – Pursuing a Doctoral Program in Education
2019 | Guest Lecture Penn State Graduate School of Education – Early Childhood Makerspaces and Toy Design
2018 | Webinar AECT - Technology Integrated Learning Division – Designing Transmedia Learning Experiences
