Speaking Engagements and Presentations

2023 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL

Symposium “Gaming and Literacies: Implications for Equitable Futures,” with Thorkild Hanghøj, Kristine Kabel, Signe Hannibal Jensen, and others, April.

2023 Fourth Regional Mixed Methods Conference (MMIRA Caribbean Chapter), University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago

Workshop with Anthony Onwuegbuzie: “A Contemporary Integrated Mixed Research Meta-Framework: Collecting, Analyzing, and Interpreting Nonverbal Data,” July 11.

2019 Literacy Research Association Annual Conference, Tampa, FL

“Illuminating the Future of Videogame Programming and Literacy Practices in US Libraries,” with Richard Van Eck, December 4.

2018 Annual Conference for Middle Level Education, Orlando, FL

"What Middle Grades Students Discovered while Researching with Parents,” October 25-27

2018 Jean Piaget Society Conference , Amsterdam, The Netherlands

"Rethinking Piaget and adolescent intellectual development through play: Adolescent co-researchers examine multimodal digital activities,” May 31

2018 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, New York, New York

“Collaborative Testing and Game-Based Learning in High School Mathematics Classes,” April 17

2018 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, New York, New York

“Middle Grades Children and Their Parent-Researchers Co-Examine Metacognitive and Self-Regulatory Processes,” April 15

2018 American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies, Queens, New York

“Crossing Boundaries and Challenging Assessment Paradigms,” April 11

2018 E-Learning & Innovative Pedagogies Conference. New York, New York

St. John’s University. March 2-3, 2018 http://ubi-learn.com/2018-conference

2018 11th International e-Learning and Innovative Pedagogies Conference,” New York, New York

“e-Learning and Innovative Pedagogies: Social Justice & Paradigm Shifts,” March 2

2019 MMIRA Caribbean Chapter Conference (MMRACC 2019), University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad

Workshop with Tony Onwuegbuzie: “Beyond Words: Mixed Methods Approaches to Examining Non verbal communication,” March 28.

2017 Literacy Research Association Annual Conference, Tampa, FL

“Empowered Literacy Processes: Young Adolescents Co-Researching their Digital and Nondigital Practices,” December 1

2017 National Council of Teachers of English. St. Louis, MO

“Young Adolescents as Critical Media Literacy Learners: What Parent-Researchers’ Children Say about Their Digital Practices,” November 17

2017 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX

“Exerting Power through Language: An Examination of Two Preservice Educators’ Discourse,” April 27-May 1

2017 American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies, San Antonio, TX

“Game-Based Curriculum and Social Responsibility,” April 26

2017 38th Annual Ethnography in Education Research Forum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

“Children as Co-Researchers of their Digital Activities,” February 24-25

2016 Association for Educational Communications & Technology Convention, Las Vegas, NV

"Layering Literacies: Experiencing and Making Meaning," October 20

2016 Long Island Libraries and Pop Culture Conference, Oakdale, NY

"Minecraft and Makerspaces," April 14

2016 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C

"Literacy, Learning and Digital Games: Situated Learning, Imagination and Play." April 8-12

2016 37th Annual Ethnography in Education Research Forum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

"Playful Improvisations and Multimodalities Community Practices." February 26-27

2015 National Council of Teachers of English Conference on English Education, New York, NY

"Promoting Contemporary Literacies, Popular Culture, and Out-of-School Spaces in English Teacher Education . July 6-9

2015 International Linguistic Association Conference, Teacher College, Columbia University

"Digital Literacies, Digital Stories: Supporting Multimodal Reflection," April 24-26

2014 National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention, National Harbor, MD

“New Landscapes for Learning about Writing: Empowering Pre-Service Teachers through Digital Stories,” research roundtable with Nancy Morabito, November 20–23.

2014 National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention, National Harbor, MD

“Understanding Complex Landscapes of Digital Literacies and Identities,” panel with Hannah Gerber, Jason Lee, and Mijin Im, November 20–23.

2014 National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention, National Harbor, MD

“Gamification and Vocabulary Learning Landscapes,” CEE Commission on New Literacies roundtable, November 20–23.

2014 National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention, National Harbor, MD

Co-chair, NCTE Collaborative on Contemporary Literacies, Popular Culture, and Out-of-School Spaces, November 20–23.

2013 National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention, Boston, MA

Chair and presenter, “(Re)Envisioning Popular Culture and Literacy in the English Classroom,” with Hannah Gerber, Jason YunJoon Lee, Alan Brown, and Thor Gibbons, November 23.

2013 National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention, Boston, MA

“Teaching with Videogames: Promises and Pitfalls,” CEE Commission on New Literacies roundtable, November 23.