International / National Presentations
Programming Future Conduct: How Big Data Affects Subjectivation and Self-Care at International Communication Association Conference, Fukuoka, Japan, June 9, 2016.
Visual Representations of Big Data on the Web at International Communication Association Conference, Fukuoka, Japan, June 9, 2016.
Techno-Teaching Philosophy Workshop (and handout) with Cristian Damasceno, and Jason Buel, at Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, May 28, 2015.
Critical Making and Creativity in the Classroom at Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, May 28, 2015.
For the Win: Gamifying Introduction to Science, Technology and Society at Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, May 28, 2015.
Give Me Hope, a Pencil, and a Phone: What Students Can Teach Instructors about Creativity with Damasceno, C., and Baker-Whitaker, D. at Born Digital: Reformatting the Humanities in the 21st Century, University of Miami, Miami, FL, March 21, 2015.
The Text Talks Back: Choric Construction of New Information Environments at National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, November 22, 2014.
Scaling Data for Local Resistance at Rethinking Globalization and the Question of Scale, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, April 25, 2014.
On the Possibility of an Aristotelian Complete Friendship Via the Internet at Interdisciplinary Approach to Philosophical Issues Conference at the University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL: September 19th, 2008.
Meta Much? The Philosophy of Teaching Philosophy Using Comics about Philosophy at Comics and Popular Arts Conference, Atlanta, GA: August 29, 2008.
Postmodernism and Buffy: Challenging Mass Media’s Ideological Grip on the Simulacra at Buffy the Vampire Slayer International Scholar Conference, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN: May 28-30, 2004.
Regional / Local Presentations
Using Social Media and Moodle for Digital Pedagogy at Franklin Humanities Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, March 31, 2015.
The MOOC Dropout: Analysis of Course Completion Obstacles at Graduate Student Research Symposium, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, March 25, 2015.
Game On: Implementing Gamification in Higher Education with Leonora Shell at THATCamp Digital Knowledge, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, March 28, 2014.
Using Bloom’s Taxonomy To Assess Social Media Assignments at North Carolina Symposium on Teaching Writing, Raleigh, NC: March 1, 2014.
Running AMOOC: On the Possibility of Algorithmic Massive Open Online Courses at SpeedCon, Raleigh, NC: February 8, 2014.
No Philosopher Left Behind: Critical Thinking Makes a Comeback in the Science Classroom with Leonora Shell at Mississippi Academy of Sciences Conference, Hattiesburg, MS: February 21, 2013.
Happiness and the Good Life: The Intersection of Science and Philosophy at Mississippi Academy of Sciences Conference, Hattiesburg, MS: February 21, 2013.
An Exploration of the Range of Values in the Moral Landscape at Mississippi Academy of Sciences Conference, Hattiesburg, MS: February 23, 2012.
Social Media, Cell Phones, and Education, Oh My! at Delta Technology Summit, Greenville, MS: September 23, 2011. [Download animated PPT]
An Inquiry into the Alleged Death of Philosophy at Mississippi Academy of Sciences Conference, Hattiesburg, MS: February 18, 2011.
Social Media and Education at Delta Technology Summit, Greenville, MS: May 19, 2010.
A Study of Contrast – The Modern Sikh Diaspora at University of Southern Mississippi Graduate Student Symposium, Hattiesburg, MS: March 27, 2009. Prize winning student paper.
Logical Probability as a Qualitative System of Epistemic Warrant at Mississippi Academy of Sciences Conference, Olive Branch, MS: February 26-27, 2009.
Ethical Dilemmas with Studies on Economically Deprived Populations at University of Southern Mississippi Graduate Student Research Symposium, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS: April 11, 2008. Prize winning student paper.
The Success of Modal Fictionalism at Mississippi Philosophical Association meeting, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN: February 23, 2008. Prize winning student paper.
A Critical Assessment of the Resurrection of Logical Probability at Mississippi Academy of Sciences Conference, Olive Branch, MS: February 20-22, 2008.
Modern Television News and Plato’s Theory of Art at University of Southern Mississippi Philosophy Colloquium, Hattiesburg, MS: November 8, 2007.
The Development of Reality TV: A Postmodern Affair at philosophy club meeting, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS: January 27, 2005.