Dani Bostick
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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.

Upcoming Presentations: 

Keynote, Res Difficiles (May 2020-- logistics t.b.a.)

"This is Not a Love Song: Distortions of Sexual Violence in Secondary Classics," FemClass, Wake Forest, May 2020.

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Selected Past Presentations & Events:

Society for Classical Studies Annual, Washington, DC (2020) 
If Latin Is For Everyone, Why Isn't Everyone In My Classroom?

Classical Association of the Atlantic States, 
Silver Spring, MD (2019) Beyond Content Warnings: Sexual Violence in the Secondary and Post-Secondary Classroom 


TEDx Greenville, Greenville, SC (2018) 
Breaking the Silence about Childhood Trauma

ACTFL National Conference, Nashville, TN (2017)

Social Justice in the Latin Classroom

TEDx Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO (2015) 
Victim, Unsilenced and Unashamed

Colorado Organization for Victim Assistance, Keystone, CO (2015) 
Reducing Risk for Retraumatization after Reporting: Tools for Healing and Empowerment

Maryland Counseling Association Conference, Annapolis, MD (2015)

Counseling Victims of Child Sexual Abuse through the Lifespan: Challenges and Opportunity

USA Swimming Safe Sport Conference, Colorado Springs, CO (2015)

Keynote: Staying in Your Lane: Preventing Abuse Through Boundaries


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.