Speaking
2017
Presenter, 'Data Journalism from Space', NICAR 2017, Jacksonville, FL
2014
Keynote, 'Free The Data', and workshop on Human-Centered Design, Hacks/Hackers BA Media Party, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Presenter, with Ryan Pitts, 'Human-Driven Design: How to Know Your Users and Build Just What They Need', SRCCON,
Philadelphia, PA
Presenter, 'How To Data Enable Your Stories with Census Reporter', AAJA National Convention, Washington, D. C.
Presenter, 'How Can You Improve Elections Data in Mere Minutes', with Derek Willis, Transparency Camp, Washington, D.C.
Presenter, 'Easy and Beautiful Census Data with Census Reporter', Transparency Camp, Washington, D.C.
Presenter, 'Census Reporter and Institutionalizing User-Centered Design Processes', US Census Bureau (for web leadership team), Washington, D. C.
2013
Presenter, Kavli Frontiers of Science national meeting, first ever session on the 'Art/Science Interface,' Irvine, CA
Panelist, 'Turning Civic Information Into Civic Narrative' session, Online News Association Conference, Atlanta, GA
Presenter, 'Arts for LA Cultural Asset Map Prototype', LA Convergence, Los Angeles, CA
Visiting Artist, California State, Fullerton, Photography Dept., Irvine, CA
Visiting Artist and 'Network Gestures' workshop facilitator, Upgrade! San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Visiting artist and workshop facilitator, 'Three-dimensional Data Visualization', 72U, 72 and Sunny creative agency, LA, CA
2012
Artist Talk, International Symposium on Electronic Art 2012 Albuquerque: Machine Wilderness, Albuquerque, NM
2011
Panelist, Leveraging Resources to Serve Artists, Alliance of Artists Communities Conference, Chicago, IL
Artist's Talk, Artists Connect Series, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Visiting Artist, Why Make Art Now, Visual Critical Studies Dept., SAIC, Chicago, IL
Presenter, ORD Camp, Google invitational Midwest technology innovators conference, Chicago, IL
2010
Presenter, IN>TIME Symposium: Performing Futures, Chicago Dept. of Cultural Affairs, Chicago, IL
Panelist, Cartography 2.0, threewalls project space, Chicago, IL
Panelist, Visual Art and Performance Art grant review panels, Rasmuson Foundation, Anchorage, AK
Visiting Artist, Graduate Seminar, Performance Dept., SAIC, Chicago, IL
Visiting Artist, Landscape Architecture Program, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL
Presenter, ORD Camp, Google invitational Midwest technology innovators conference, Chicago, IL
2009
Visiting/Demonstrating Artist, Works In Progress, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Featured Artist, Talking Point, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
Visiting Artist, Performing Bodies, Graduate Seminar, DIY Text Machine, Performance Dept., SAIC, Chicago, IL
Visiting Artist, Database Aesthetics, Art and Technology Studies Dept., SAIC, Chicago, IL
Visiting Artist, New Media Seminar, Visual Art Dept., Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Featured Lecturer, Harrington College of Design, Chicago, IL
Visiting Artist, Digital Art and Activism, Professional Practices Seminar, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
Visiting Artist, Black Box (computational design) Studio, Skidmore Owings and Merrill Architecture Firm, Chicago, IL
Visiting Artist, Experimental Architecture Studio, Architecture Department, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL
Presenter, Social Media Strategies for Arts Orgs., One State Together in the Arts Conference, Peoria, IL
Presenter, talk series in conjunction Architecture and Vision exhibit, Italian Cultural Institute, Chicago, IL
Presenter, ORD Camp, Google invitational Midwest technology innovators conference, Chicago, IL
2008
Visiting Artist, Goat Island Summer School Symposium, SAIC, Chicago, IL
Visiting Artist, Experimental Practices, Performance Dept., SAIC, Chicago, IL
Visiting Artist, Why Make Art Now, Visual Critical Studies Dept., SAIC, Chicago, IL
Visiting Artist, Digital Art and Activism, Professional Practices Seminar, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
Presenter, Online Marketing Strategies for Arts Orgs., One State Together in the Arts Conference, Carbondale, IL
Presenter, Penguin Day (open source technology conference), New Orleans, LA
2007
Visiting Artist, Live and Virtual, Graduate Seminar, Performance Dept., SAIC, Chicago, IL
Visiting Artist, Why Make Art Now, Visual Critical Studies Dept., SAIC, Chicago, IL
Visiting Artist, Goat island Summer School, SAIC, Chicago, IL
Panelist, Session Designer, Technology in The Arts Conference, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
2006
Visiting Artist, Goat Island Summer School, SAIC, Chicago, IL
Panelist, Session Designer, Technology in The Arts Conference, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Panelist, Session Designer, Nonprofit Technology Network National Conference, Seattle, WA
Presenter, Penguin Day (open source technology conference), Seattle, WA
2005
Panelist, Session designer, Nonprofit Technology Network National Conference, Chicago, IL
Presenter, Americans for the Arts' first ever Technology Innovation in the Arts session, Austin, TX
2004
Instructor, Found Object: From Collage to Installation, University of Saint Francis, Joliet, IL
Panelist, Nonprofit Technology Network Regional Conference, Chicago, IL