December 3, 2020, “Research Ethics: Access and Inclusion”, Disability Research Network, Trinity College, Dublin (online lecture)
November 4, 2020, “A Deaf Philosopher’s Lessons on Music Appreciation: Opera, Mariachi, and the Bison Song”, American Society for Aesethetics Annual Meeting (online)
October 21, 2020, “Parent Choices, Language Choice, and Deaf Flourishing”, Wolf Humanities Center/ASL Lecture Series, University of Pennsylvania (online lecture)
October 20, 2020, “COVID-19, Bioethics and Language: A DAFN Snapshot”, The Sleeping Giant vs. COVID-19: Reflections on Disability Ethics, Law, and Justice panel, American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Annual Conference (online)
October 17, 2020 “Deaf Identity and Implantable Hearing Devices: Aesthetic and Ethical Choices”, American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Annual Conference (online)
October 15, 2020 “Reader’s Theater: Deaf Bioethics, Cochlear Implants and Universal ASL”, coauthored with April Dworetz, MD, Emory University School of Medicine, American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Annual Conference (online)
June 19, 2020, “Germline Genome Editing (GGE) Policy Implications for Disability Communities: The Case of the Signing Deaf Community”, 16th World Congress on Bioethics, International Association of Bioethics (online)
February 27, 2020, “Group Identity and Anti-Vax Impact: Learning from Deaf Perspectives”, American Philosophical Association, Central Division Meeting, Chicago, IL (in absentia)
January 9, 2020, “On Developing a Deaf Feminism: Language, Modality, and Culture”, Society for Analytical Feminism session, American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division Meeting, Philadelphia, PA
October 18, 2019, “Doing Public Deaf Philosophy”, Public Philosophy Network, Lansing, MI
September 17, 2019, ““Controversial or Irreversible Treatments: Deaf Community Perspectives”, Expert Group Meeting: Bioethics and Disability, United Nations Human Rights, Special Procedures (Special Rapporteur on Disability), Geneva, Switzerland
July 24, 2019, “Choosing A Deaf Child”, International Association of Law and Mental Health Annual Meeting, Rome, Italy
April17-20, 2019, American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
April 5-6, 2019, Keynote, Translating Across Boundaries, Critical Juncture 2019, Emory University
February 28, 2019, 2019 Rutgers Climate Lecture, Rutgers Philosophy Department, New Brunswick, NJ
February 12, 2019, Keynote, “Wood & Glass: Windows, Barriers, and Borders”, Information Without Borders, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
April 2, 2018, “On Creating A Deaf Child: Parental Choice, Genetic Technology and Human Flourishing”, Distinguished Visitor Lecture Series, Haverford College.
March 31, 2018, “Disability Calculus: Silencing and Speaking Out”, American Philosophical Association Pacific Division Meeting, Divisional Program, APA Committee Session: Doing Philosophy with a Disability.
March 25, 2018, Keynote, “The End of Deaf Community? Genetics, Technology, and Human Flourishing”, Temple University, Disability and Change Symposium, The End of Disability: Peril or Promise?
January 26, 2018, Lecture, “Labelling Disability: Deaf and Hard of Hearing Perspectives in Medical Settings”, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City.
March 3 2017 “Philosophical Challenges to Developing a Philosophical Lexicon in ASL”, Philosophy Colloquium at Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
February 2, 2017 Panelist, Conversations in Bioethics, Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, Washington DC
January 3-6, 2017 Celebrating Disability: A Review of Elizabeth Barnes’ “The Minority Body” (Author Meets Critics Session), American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division Meeting, Baltimore, MD
October 28, 2016 “Deaf Feminism and Interpreter Interactions: A Role for Relational Autonomy?” Philosophy Colloquium, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
September 21, 2016 “Deaf Well-Being: What It Means for Bioethics”, The Hastings Center, Garrison, NY
September 16-18 2016 “On Developing a Deaf Feminism: Language, Modality, and Culture” Keynote Address at Society for Analytical Feminism, University of Massachusetts at Lowell
July 22, 2016 “Signs of Deaf Philosophy: Philosophy For and By Deaf People” PIKSI Boston, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
April 28 2016 “Hooking Up: Viral Videos and Cochlear Implants as a Case Study of Deaf Feminism” University of Colorado, Center for Values and Philosophy Think! Talk
April 8, 2016 “Signs of Deaf Philosophy: Developing an ASL Lexicon” UCLA MAP Colloquium on Feminist Philosophy of Disability (with professor Elizabeth Barnes)
April 6, 2016 “Signs of Deaf Philosophy: Ethics of Signed Language Interpreting” Philosophy Colloquium at California State University, Northridge
April 5, 2016 “Hooking Up: Viral Videos and Cochlear Implants as a Case Study of Deaf Feminism” AnnGarry-Sharon Bishop Endowed Lecture in Feminist Philosophy, California State University, Los Angeles
March 30-April 3 2016 “Deaf Well-Being: Conceptions of the Flourishing Deaf Life” American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division Annual Meeting, San Francisco
March 29, 2016 “You’re Not From Around Here, Are You? Adventive Experiences of a Deaf Philosopher” Foreigners in Philosophy Workshop, University of California, Berkeley (keynote)
January 20, 2016 “The Ethics of Video Remote Sign Language Interpreter Use in Medical Settings”, Evening Ethics Series, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City
September 17, 2015 “Well-Being, Deaf Lives, and Interpreting Ethics” UNM High Desert Linguistics Society, Albuquerque
September 13, 2015 “Our Lives Are Our Own: Privacy, Interpreting Ethics, and Flourishing Deaf Lives” Special Symposium for Phyllis Perrin Wilcox (plenary), University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
