Speaking and Training
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better, it's not. - Dr. Seuss, The Lorax
I am available for training, workshops, and speaking engagements in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia and elsewhere.
Selected Past Presentations & Events:
White Lies: Teaching About the Use and Abuse of Classics
Invited Lecture, Washington & Lee (2021)
The Classroom as a Building Block for Structural Change
Invited Lecture, Yale (2021)
Respondent, Greco-Roman Antiquity and White Supremacy
Society for Classical Studies Annual Meeting (2021)
We Don't Need a Roman Hero: Erasure of Oppression as a Weapon of White Supremacy in Classics
Invited Lecture, Wake Forest (2020)
From Awareness to Action
Keynote, Res Difficiles (2020)
If Latin Is For Everyone, Why Isn't Everyone In My Classroom?
Panel (Organized & Presented), Society for Classical Studies Annual, Washington, DC (2020)
Beyond Content Warnings: Sexual Violence in the Secondary and Post-Secondary Classroom
Classical Association of the Atlantic States, Silver Spring, MD (2019)
Breaking the Silence about Childhood Trauma
TEDx Greenville, Greenville, SC (2018)
Social Justice in the Latin Classroom
ACTFL National Conference, Nashville, TN (2017)
Victim, Unsilenced and Unashamed
TEDx Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO (2015)
Reducing Risk for Retraumatization after Reporting: Tools for Healing and Empowerment
Colorado Organization for Victim Assistance, Keystone, CO (2015)
Counseling Victims of Child Sexual Abuse through the Lifespan: Challenges and Opportunity
Maryland Counseling Association Conference, Annapolis, MD (2015)
Keynote: Staying in Your Lane: Preventing Abuse Through Boundaries
USA Swimming Safe Sport Conference, Colorado Springs, CO (2015)
Other topics:
I have also contributed to discussions of current events and issues in coverage on media outlets including Vice News, Huffington Post Live, ESPN Radio, Al Jazeera, Harper's Magazine, and the New York Times.
Selected Past Presentations & Events:
White Lies: Teaching About the Use and Abuse of Classics
Invited Lecture, Washington & Lee (2021)
The Classroom as a Building Block for Structural Change
Invited Lecture, Yale (2021)
Respondent, Greco-Roman Antiquity and White Supremacy
Society for Classical Studies Annual Meeting (2021)
We Don't Need a Roman Hero: Erasure of Oppression as a Weapon of White Supremacy in Classics
Invited Lecture, Wake Forest (2020)
From Awareness to Action
Keynote, Res Difficiles (2020)
If Latin Is For Everyone, Why Isn't Everyone In My Classroom?
Panel (Organized & Presented), Society for Classical Studies Annual, Washington, DC (2020)
Beyond Content Warnings: Sexual Violence in the Secondary and Post-Secondary Classroom
Classical Association of the Atlantic States, Silver Spring, MD (2019)
Breaking the Silence about Childhood Trauma
TEDx Greenville, Greenville, SC (2018)
Social Justice in the Latin Classroom
ACTFL National Conference, Nashville, TN (2017)
Victim, Unsilenced and Unashamed
TEDx Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO (2015)
Reducing Risk for Retraumatization after Reporting: Tools for Healing and Empowerment
Colorado Organization for Victim Assistance, Keystone, CO (2015)
Counseling Victims of Child Sexual Abuse through the Lifespan: Challenges and Opportunity
Maryland Counseling Association Conference, Annapolis, MD (2015)
Keynote: Staying in Your Lane: Preventing Abuse Through Boundaries
USA Swimming Safe Sport Conference, Colorado Springs, CO (2015)
Other topics:
- Overcoming adversity
- Authenticity & empathy
- Counseling skills for educators
- Facilitating healthy classroom conversations
- Trauma-informed teaching
- Motivation Interviewing for educators
- Childhood sexual abuse and sexual assault
- Silence, shame and resilience
- Boundaries and professional identity
- Impact of trauma on physical and emotional health
I have also contributed to discussions of current events and issues in coverage on media outlets including Vice News, Huffington Post Live, ESPN Radio, Al Jazeera, Harper's Magazine, and the New York Times.