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Media, Talks, and Outreach

Girl Scout Assistive Robotics Workshop

Jan 25, 2025
Tufts University - Joyce Cummings Center

Full-day free workshop for 44 Girl Scouts ages 5-15 and their chaperones, teaching about assistive technology and robotics generally to cover the three Daisy Robotics badges and the Brownie, Junior, Cadette, and Senior "Designing Robots" badges.

Accessible Robotics for Girl Scouts

Jun 7, 2024
Tufts University

Workshop on building robots to meet our own access needs, with tours of the AABL robotics lab, for a group of 13 middle school Girl Scouts. Included all steps of the 3 Girl Scout Robotics Badges (Programming, Designing, and Showcasing Robots)

Human-Robot Haptic Collaboration

Nov 6, 2023
Haptics for Inclusion Symposium, Boras, Sweden

Presentation at and participation in an international symposium on haptic technologies, hosted by the University of Boras and supported by MuseIT, Include - Center for Inclusive Studies, the University of Borås, Forte, and ACM SIGCHI

ASSETS Doctoral Consortium

Oct 22, 2023
25th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

Presentation and feedback on my past, current, and future work to student peers, senior academics, and industry representatives.

Barriers and Benefits: The Path to Accessible Makerspaces

Oct 10, 2023
Center for Engineering Education and Outreach all-hands meeting

Presented on my accessible makerspace work to the monthly all-hands DEIJ meeting of the CEEO, including a hands-on exercise reflecting on the accessibility of the CEEO "makerspace"

Inventive by Nature, Engineers by Calling

Feb 16, 2023
Tufts Now

Article featuring several Tufts engineering students and our work.

Barriers and Benefits: The Path to Accessible Makerspaces

Oct 16, 2023
AccessComputing Partner Meeting

Presented on my accessible makerspace work to the monthly multimedia conference of the AccessComputing partner team

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