Speaking
I was invited to the following events as a moderator:
“Humanitarian data, information and AI: Exploitation and possibility,” Stockholm Internet Forum, Stockholm, May 2023
“A better approach to child welfare: From within or without the system?”, Juvenile Law Center Conversation with Sixto Cancel and Dorothy Roberts, Philadelphia, May 2022 [Video]
As a speaker:
“Adding friction to mandatory reporting: The case for survivor-centered research,” Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference, Chicago, October 2023
“A typology of participation in participatory research,” Advancing Research, Virtual, March 2023 [Slides]
“Pro-Palestinian anarchism: Far from an oxymoron,” Anarchist Studies Conference, Virtual, August 2022 [Slides]
“Unraveling the links between design and policing,” Allied Media Conference, Virtual, July 2022 [Slides]
“Shifting power in research,” University of Pennsylvania’s Actionable Intelligence for Social Policy, Virtual, June 2022
“Ceding power in design,” DotGov Design Conference, Virtual, May 2021
“Learning and unlearning design” (Keynote), Interventions, Virtual, April 2021
“Lessons from my (design) trials and tribulations,” Design Justice Network, Virtual, March 2021 [Video]
“Speaking as a means of critical reflection,” Women Talk Design, Virtual, December 2020 [Video]
“Authentic connection in BIPOC communities,” AIA Community Engagement Forum, Virtual, October 2020 [Slides]
“Rapid prototype planning,” CIID Lightning Talks, Virtual, May 2020
“Lessening the research burden on vulnerable communities,” Advancing Research, Virtual, March 2020 [Video, Slides]
“Conducting research with vulnerable communities“, Joint Futures, Helsinki, September 2019 [Video, Slides]
“The power of proverbial expression in design research,” Design Research, Melbourne, March 2018 [Audio, Slides]
“ولو أنه عالم الرجال (Even if it is a world of men),” SheDesigner, Amman, January 2018
“Exploratory research in UX design,” UX Burlington, Burlington, June 2017 [Video, Slides]
“Sahel Shake,” Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, February 2013 [Slides]
“Made in the Lower East Side,” TEDxDUMBO, Brooklyn, October 2012
“Research in design for development,” Better World by Design, Providence, September 2012 [Slides]
As a panelist:
“Is AI holding up a broken mirror? SWANA and the fragmentation of AI ambitions,” Mozilla Festival, March 2022
“Design as resistance,” Critical UX: Critique As A Signal of Hope, Virtual, November 2021
“Trauma-informed research,” Rosenfeld Videoconference, Virtual, October 2021
“Researching together: A Discussion on participatory approaches to design,” Radical Research Summit, Virtual, September 2021
“Content strategy for change,” Confab, Virtual, May 2021
“Race in the field: Navigating user research as designers of color,” Independent Event, Virtual, January 2021
“Trauma-informed design,” Restorative Design Conference, Virtual, October 2020 [Video, Slides]
“Doing design remotely: A discussion in the time of COVID-19,” Designing Tech for International Aid & Development, Virtual, March 2020 [Video]
“What it means to be a healthy designer,” SF Design Week, San Francisco, June 2019
“Are designers becoming the new activists?,” General Assembly, San Francisco, June 2017
“How did you get into service design?",” Service Experience Chicago, Virtual, February 2016
As a workshop facilitator:
“Understanding youth perspectives on LGBTQIA+ caregiver inclusion,” National Independent Living Conference, Denver, August 2023
“Unpacking experiential hurdles to prevention efforts,” National Independent Living Conference, Denver, August 2023
“Design for social impact,” Independent Event, Beirut, December 2018
“"What’s a rapid prototyping plan and how to make one?”, UC Berkeley CMYK Designathon, Berkeley, October 2018
“Human-centered design,” 3EA Education in Emergencies: Evidence for Action, Istanbul, October 2018
“Prototyping for service design,” Lab@OPM's Summer Design School, Oakland, June 2018
“A new handy storyboarding tool,” Service Design Global Conference, Amsterdam, October 2016 [Slides]
“Service blueprinting for improved user experience,” Design Thinking: DC, Washington, DC, March 2014 [Slides]
I also took over the World Design Organization’s Instagram as part of their PepTalk series in March 2021.