Recent


"Drama-based activities to improve student confidence and motivation." AE Live - Webinar - Mar. 29, 2023

Featured Speakers - ITBE Conference - Chicago, Illinois. Mar. 2020.

"Performing Fluency: Improv and Acting Techniques for Language Learning." What Works! Symposium: Research and Practice in Adult Education, hosted by Florida's Adult and Family Literacy Resource Center, a program of the Florida Literacy Coalition - Tampa, FL, Dec. 7, 2019.

"Interactive Session - Yes… And: Identity as Improv." University of Michigan LSA Student Employee Diversity Conference - Ann Arbor, MI, Oct. 19, 2019.

Webinar. "Cross Cultural Communities through the Digital Dialect Archive." International Association for Language Learning Technology. September 26, 2019.

"Interactive Workshop: Performing Fluency for English Language Learners." University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Summer Institute for International Students – Ann Arbor, MI. August, 2019.

"Transdisciplinary Collaboration In Action." Association for Theatre in Higher Education – Orlando, FL. Aug. 2019.

"Improv and Acting Techniques for Language Teaching." University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, MI. March, 2019.


Selected as a "Best of Affiliate" presentation
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"Teaching Language Skills with Drama: Practical Activities for All Classrooms." TESOL International Convention – Atlanta, GA. Mar. 2019.

"Global & Personal: How a Digital Archive Creates Community." Midwest Association for Language Learning and Technology (MWAALT) – East Lansing, MI, Oct. 2018.

"Voice and English Language Learning." Voice and Speech Trainers Association and the Pan-American Vocology Association (VASTA-PAVA) International Conference – Seattle, WA. Aug. 2018.

“Academic English and the Performing Arts.” TESOL International Convention – Chicago, IL. Mar. 2018.

“Finding Meaning in Playing a Part.” MITESOL – Oakland, MI. Oct. 2017. Winner: Best of Affiliate Award.

“International Students in Theatre Classes.” Mid-America Theatre Conference (MATC) – Houston, TX, Mar. 2017.

“Media, Performance, and Task-Based English Language Learning.” Midwest Association for Language Learning and Technology (MWAALT) – Ann Arbor, MI, Oct. 2016.

“Variety Through Interdisciplinary Collaboration.” MATC – Minneapolis, MN, Mar. 2016.

“The Performance of Fluency: Actor Techniques and Language Learning.” Coordinator & Panel coordinators, chairs, and presenters. Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) – Montreal, Canada, Aug. 2015.