Facilitation

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Photos and Presentations

Day 1: Your First Day at Your First Job
Presenter and Reviewer
UX Days 2025
4/18/2025 – 4/19/2025

Article: Fueling the Future of UX at Illinois

Presenting First Job Tips + Tricks
Your First Day at Your First Job_ UX Days 2025Download

Stoking Social Impact Across Your Network
Keynote Speaker
Midwest Meetup 2025
4/13/2025

Article: Design for America’s Midwest Meetup Unites Student Designers

Explaining Design for America’s Current Numbers
MWMU 2025Download

DFA Projects: Past and Present
Speaker and Facilitator
Design-Thinking Conference
John’s Hopkins University
3/29/2025

Article: Dual-degree students design the future at Carey’s inaugural Design-Thinking Conference

Introducing the Conference
JHU _ MICA Conference 3.29.2025Download

The History of Design for America
Guest Speaker Series
The University of Washington
3/7/2025

Article: A Visit to the Evergreen State

Walking Participants Through a Recent Project of Mine
DFA UW 3.7.2025Download

Human-Centered Design in the
Post-Graduation World
Guest Speaker Series
Vanderbilt University
2/21/2024


My Presentation
Vanderbilt-PresentationDownload

Boosting the Network
Facilitator
Northwestern University
Design for America National
12/05/2023

Article: Fellows Create Distinct Resources for Key DFA Studio Themes

Myself and Other Fellows After Facilitation

Wallet-Making Empathy Workshop
Facilitator
North Central College
Design for America National
11/16/2023

Article: Celebrating a Year of Growth, Innovation, and Collaboration




Me Facilitating NCC Students
Click Here

Design Thinking in the Classroom
Guest Speaker
3rd Grade
Hough Street Elementary School
11/10/2023

Creating Groups for Students


FAA James Scholar Alumni Career Panel
Panelist
Fine and Applied Arts Department
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
03/22/2023

Zoom Screenshot of Our Conversation

Molecule Maker Lab All-Institute
Presenter
National Science Foundation Yearly Visit
7/6/2022

My Team and I With Our Research Poster

Molecule Maker Lab Institute, Thrust V
Presenter
Molecule Maker Lab Institute Retreat
National Science Foundation
10/5/2022

Presenting to the National Science Foundation

Design Bites + Billy Almon + Conversation
Interview Moderator
School of Art and Design
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
5/4/2022

Speaking with Billy Almon
billy-almon-interviewDownload

Sittin’ Pretty: A Tactical Urbanist’s Exploration of Public Seating Attraction
Presenter
Undergraduate Research Symposium
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
4/28/2022

Program: 2022 Undergraduate Research Week

Presenting at the Undergraduate Research Symposium


James Scholar Award Presentation
Speaker, Grant Recipient
Fine and Applied Arts Expo
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
4/22/2022

Explaining My Project

Midwest Meetup 2022
Keynote Speaker, Panel Moderator
Siebel Center for Design
Design for America UIUC
4/1/2022 – 4/3/2022

Moderating a Guest Speaker Panel

Weekly Design Education Lessons
Facilitator
Design for America UIUC
8/17/2019 – 05/14/2022

Article: Designing for Good with Design for America

  • Facilitating a workshop
  • Facilitating a practice poster session
  • Teaching the Design Process
  • Recruiting for Design for America
  • DFA Virtual Teaching 1
  • DFA Virtual Teaching 2

Project DJ
Speaker
UIDEA Idea Accelerator SP2019
University of Illinois Foundation
7/25/2019

Explaining Our Personas
Watch here

DFA Lifeguard Retention Solutions
Presenter
YMCA Headquarters
Design for America UIUC
4/26/2019

Speaking at YMCA Headquarters

Emotional Regulation in College Test-Taking Environments
Presenter
Midwest Meetup 2018
Design for America
10/22/2018

Presenting Our Group’s Work