Conference Presentations

Statera Arts Conference 2019
The role of data and sad pie charts in the revolution
Co facilitator with Porsche McGovern and Mimsi Janis 
In this session we gathered change makers together to facilitate a comparative study of gender statistics in the theatre industry. We then used emergent strategies and facilitation methods to unpack the data and imagine a more equitable future. As a community we discovered actionable tools and created accountability partnerships, while creating a forum for open discussion to disrupt the status quo.

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GMU: Emergency Virtual Conference on Undergraduate Theatre Education in July 2020
As the Spring 2020 semester came to a close and it became clear that we would be teaching online until a vaccine was developed, I was in a crisis of how to adapt my syllabi for online delivery. Many of my classes were built around in class demos, group projects and usage of theatre equipment. I recognized what a crisis this would be not only for me and my colleagues but for theatre education in general. I organized the GMU: Emergency Virtual Conference on Undergraduate Theatre Education in July 2020, which was supported by Kevin Murray, Interim Chair of GMU’s School of Theatre. I acted as the lead facilitator and organizer. We had about 50 attendees from over two dozen institutions around the country join us for presentations, panels and discipline specific working groups. Feedback from the conference was resoundingly positive, with many attendees (myself included) reporting that they felt much more prepared to move into a year of online teaching. 
​As part of the conference I presented on adapting learning outcomes for virtual courses, with an example of how I had adapted the learning outcome for THR 230 fundamentals of production.

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USITT 2022: Cultivating an Ethical Design Practice:The Intersection Between Artistry and Advocacy
with Alexis Chaney, Sherrice Mojgani, Porsche McGovern, Jesse Portillo, Margaret Toomey, and Katherine Freer

Session discussing how to cultivate an intentional, ethical design practice and offering strategies to designers for shifting the way they are working and the work they are making. I served as an additional support facilitator for this session, and I shared collaborative feedback strategies I had developed for THR 492 Advanced Practicum at Mason. These “Notes on notes” attempt to frame note giving sessions like production meetings after tech to make them more generative and less stressful.

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