Invited Workshops and Presentations

“Universal Design in the Classroom” (Workshop). The Theatre School at DePaul. Chicago, IL January 2024.

“Mapping Access” (Workshop). The Bushwick Starr. Virtual, December 2023.

“An Introduction to Disability and Access” (Workshop). IndieSpace. Virtual, December 2023.

“An Introduction to Disability and Access” (Workshop). The Bushwick Starr. Virtual, January 2023.

“Toward Culture Shift: Co-Creating Access” (Presentation following access audit). The Theatre School at DePaul. Chicago, IL, June 23.

“Disabled Artists and a History of Dance, Activism and Collective Care” by Corbett O’Toole (Keynote Respondent). Dance/NYC Symposium. Virtual, March 2022.

“Access as Aesthetic, Access as Relationship” (Lecture). 3 Arts Accessibility Retreat. Virtual, October 2021, September 2022, September 2023.

“Introduction to the Disability Justice Movement and Activism” (Lecture). Pacific University. Virtual, October 2021.

“Embracing Difference: Telling Our Stories, Building Disability Art, Culture, and Pride” (Workshop). Camp Horizons programming for disabled adults. Virtual, July 2021.

“Expanding Access, Creating Intersectional and Cross-Disability Community” (Workshop). Camp Horizons programming for disabled adults. Virtual, July 2021.

“New Works 2021 Artist Discussion” (Artist Talk Co-Moderator). Synapse Arts, Chicago, IL, June 2021.

“Disability Experience Panel” (Virtual panel). Disability and Policy. Department of Occupational Therapy, Midwestern University, Downers Grove, IL, December 2020.

“Maximizing Accessibility” (Virtual lecture). Disability Culture Activism Lab. Department of Art Therapy, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), Chicago, IL, October 2020.

“Disability Justice in the COVID-19 Pandemic” (Dance Workshops). Pedagogy/Intermediate Modern and Dance Practices (Indiana University), Bloomington, Indiana, April 2020.

“Sustaining Our Art: Time Travel as MadCrip Abundance” (CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19). Society for Disability Studies at Multiple Perspectives on Access, Inclusion, and Disability Conference. Columbus, OH, April 2020.

“Dancing Disability Justice” (Conference Presentation). College Art Association Conference (CAA). Chicago, IL, February 2020

“Dancing Disability Justice” (Invited Dance Workshop). Disability Art and Culture Symposium. Ypsilanti, Michigan, December 2019.

“Access and Aesthetics” (Invited Full Day Workshop). RS II—Peripheral Perspectives: The Marginalized Body. Department of Art Therapy, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), Chicago, IL, March 2019.

“Introduction to Disability Justice and Allyship” (Invited Lecture). Gallery 400, University of Illinois—Chicago (UIC), Chicago, IL, October 2018.

“Becoming an Access Ambassador” (Interactive Workshop). Open Engagement Conference. Queens Museum of New York, Queens, New York, May 2018.

“Disability and Dance” (Lecture). DHD204: Disability in the Humanities. Department of Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois—Chicago (UIC), Chicago, IL, November 2017.

“Disability Studies Panel” (Panel). Essentials of Clinical Practice and Professionalism. College of Medicine, University of Illinois—Chicago (UIC), Chicago, IL, November 2017.

“Mental Health Panel Presentation” (Panel). OT594: Special Topics in Occupational Therapy. Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Illinois—Chicago (UIC), Chicago, IL, October 2017.

“Episode 26: Exile and Pride with Alison Kopit” (Interview). Lit Review Podcast, September 2017.

“Disability Culture” (Lecture and Facilitated Conversation). OT Health Education. Department of Occupational Therapy, Midwestern University, Downers Grove, IL, May 2017.

“Embodied Realities: Exploring Disability Through Dance” (Lecture). LEND: Leadership and Education in Neurodevelopmental and related Disabilities. College of Applied Health Sciences, University of Illinois—Chicago (UIC), Chicago, IL, April 2016.