Talks, Presentations & Panels

  • May 2018 | Talk: “Our Relationship To Story.” TEDx Woodward Park, Fresno CA
  • February 2018 | Talk: “Using Videos in Fundraising Campaigns.” Coleman Workshops, California State University, Fresno , CA
  • February 2018 | Talk: “The Benefits of Being Uncomfortable.” Smittcamp Honors Colloquium, California State University, Fresno, CA
  • August 2017 | Panel: “International Documentary Storytelling As Community Engagement.” University Film and Video Association Conference, Los Angeles, CA (Presenter)
  • April 2017 | Talk: “100 Strangers Project.” BEA Ignite Invited Talk, Las Vegas, NV
  • April 2017 | Panel: “Documentary Filmmaking for a Cause.” Broadcast Education Association Conference, Las Vegas, NV (Presenter)
  • April 2017 | Talk: “Teaching Entrepreneurship to Media Students.” Broadcast Education Association Conference, Las Vegas, NV (Moderator, Presenter)
  • February 2017 | Panel: “Journalism, Fake News, and The First Amendment.” Peters Ethics Lecture, Fresno, CA
  • November 2016 | Panel: “Putting Study Abroad into Action.” CIEE President’s Leadership Workshop for Minority Serving Institutions, Los Angeles, CA (Panelist)
  • August 2016 | Talk: “Incentivizing Creativity Using Documentary Portraiture.” University Film and Video Association Conference, Las Vegas NV (Moderator, Presenter)
  • April 2016 | Talk: “Storytelling and Climate Change.” Broadcast Education Association Conference, Las Vegas, NV (Presenter)
  • April 2016 | Panel: “An Open Source Documentary Journal: A Place for Scholarship, Review, and Tools.” Broadcast Education Association Conference, Las Vegas, NV (Presenter)
  • April 2016 | Talk: “Tablets in an Audio Production & Storytelling Classroom.” Broadcast Education Association Conference, Las Vegas, NV (Moderator, Presenter)
  • March 2016 | Talk: “The Power of Entrepreneurship Storytelling.” Lyles Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship Coleman Fellows Workshop Series, CSU Fresno
  • February 2016 | Talk: “Curiosity and the Consequences of Living An Inquisitive Life.” Smittcamp Honors College Speaker Series, CSU Fresno
  • October 2015 | Talk: “Creating Fundraising Videos: Critiques, Considerations and Tips.” Lyles Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship Coleman Fellows Workshop Series, CSU Fresno
  • August 2015 | Talk: “Production and Academic Experience on International Service Learning Trips.” University Film and Video Association Conference, Washington DC (Moderator, Presenter)
  • April 2015 | Panel: “Documentary Research in Progress.” Broadcast Education Association Conference, Las Vegas, NV (Moderator)
  • February 2015 | Talk: “The stories we weave, the stories we believe, and the stories we leave behind.” Associated Students Inc Fresno State Talks Series, CSU Fresno
  • August 2014 | Talk: “Using Documentary Production in a short term Study Abroad Program to Enhance Media Literacy.” University Film and Video Association Conference, Las Vegas NV (Presenter)
  • August 2014 | Talk: “Ditching the Textbook: Assigning Video Lectures from Curated Sources.” Teaching, Innovation & Pedagogy Conference, CSU Fresno
  • April 2014 | Paper Presentation: “Teaching Documentary Production in a Study Abroad Session.” Broadcast Education Association Conference, Las Vegas, NV (Presenter)
  • April 2014 | Talk: “Flipped Production Classroom: Assigning Video Lectures for Homework.” Broadcast Education Association Conference, Las Vegas, NV (Moderator, Presenter)
  • February 2014 | Talk: “Documentary Filmmaking and Community Access.” Community Media Access Collaborative, Fresno, CA
  • October 2013 | Paper Presentation: “Five Faculty in search of a mission.” Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities Conference, St. Louis, MO (Co-author of presentation)
  • April 2013 | Talk: “Small, Medium and Large: Three Interdisciplinary Course Models in Environmental Media.” Broadcast Education Association Conference, Las Vegas, NV (Moderator, Presenter)
  • April 2013 | Panel: “Curriculum Swapshot: My favorite storytelling exercise – ideas for teaching students how to tell stories across media.” Broadcast Education Association Conference, Las Vegas, NV (Respondent)
  • February 2013 | Talk: “Filmmaking & Science: Fostering Dialogue and Discussion through Media.” Peters Auditorium, Craig School of Business, CSU Fresno
  • September 2011 | Talk: “Filmmaking in a Liberal Arts Environment.” Faculty Lecture Series, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
  • April 2011 | Talk: “Visual Communication and Science.” Geology Department Lecture Hall, College of William and Mary, Williamsbirg, VA