Events

Take a look at my past speaking experience and register for upcoming events.

2024

UC Irvine UX Spring Intensive
"Tales of Accessibility Specialist: I wish I had better news..."
Guest speaker

Black Research Support Network event @ UNCC
Panel Discussion: "Tech PhD's in industry"
Guest panelist

2023

#A11yTO - Accessibility Toronto
"The Double-edge Sword of A11y: How Both Academia and Industry Get Accessibility Wrong"
Conference presenter

Deque's axe con
"Research through broken lens: The need to 'shift left' in UX Research"
Conference presenter

UW CREATE Dub Series
"The double-edged sword of a11y: How both academia and industry get accessibility wrong"
Guest speaker

2021

Webflow's No-Code Conf
“Accessibility at Webflow: How We Design with Disability in Mind”
Conference co-presenter

Greater Than Code
Putting Accessibility into Action
Podcast guest

Accessibility Talks
“Whole-to-Part vs. Part-to-Whole: How Sighted and Blind Web Navigation Differs”
Invited presenter

New York Times
“Accessibility as a Journey: A Panel Discussion”
Invited panelist

Duke University
“Accessibility is Not New, and Neither is Ableism”
Invited speaker for "Bias in Computing" series

Carnegie Mellon University
“Making Accessibility Work in Industry”
Guest lecturer

Duke Energy Corporation
“How Accessibility Applies to Industrial Spaces”
Invited speaker for UX Lunch and Learn

blackcomputeHER Conference
“Being All-Around Advocates: Teaching and Creating Accessible Technology Inclusive of People with Disabilities”
Conference presenter

PDX A11y MeetUp (Portland Accessibility)
“Whole-to-Part versus Part-to-Whole: How Sighted and Blind Web Navigation is Seen Differently”
Invited speaker

2020

Inclusive Design 24 (ID24)
“Responsive Design vs. Magnification: Designing for Users with Low Vision”
Conference co-presenter

Collab Lab's Tech Talks Series
“What is UX?”
Guest speaker

AnitaB.org Elevating Conversations
“The Accessible Future of Tech”
Invited panelist

University of Michigan
“The Almighty Tab Key: Testing for Accessibility”
Guest lecturer

Carnegie Mellon University
“UX Research in Industry”
Guest lecturer

University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC)
“Intro to Web Accessibility”
Guest lecturer

CSUN Assistive Technology Conference [Cancelled] 
“Equation Editors: Designing for the Needs of All Users”
Conference presenter

2019 - 2017

Technica11y
Accessibility User Research: What's Really Needed?
Webinar presenter

CSUN Assistive Technology Conference
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic: Experiences of US Students with Disabilities
Conference presenter

Austin Accessibility and Inclusive Design MeetUp
“Conducting UX Research with Users with Disabilities”
Guest presenter

Accessing Higher Ground
“The question still remains: How do I know you know accessibility?”
Conference presenter