Speaking Engagements

  1. Recent “The Neuroscience of…” Community Talks (2024–2025)

  1. · The Mind of and Imposter: Neuroscience Insights

  2. The power of Neuroplasticity and brain games

  3. Brain Boost Memory

  4. ·       Healthy Brain Aging

  5. ·       Mental Health and Illness

  6. ·       Biochemistry of Love

  7. ·       Neuroscience of People Pleasing

  8. ·       Neuroscience of Prejudice

  9. ·       Brain Games and Training

  10. ·       Neuroscience of Emotion

  11. ·       Brain Stars of Learning

  12. ·       Sleep, Dreams, and Consciousness

  13. ·       Mental Health and Illness in the Brain

  14. ·       SAD: Winter Blues in the Brain

  15. ·       Mind of a Woman: Insights from Neuroscience

  16. ·       Age-less Eats: Foods That Protect Your Cells & Slow Aging

Selected Academic & Keynote Presentations

1.       Crafting Your Narrative and Storytelling – Global Psi Chi Webinar (2025)

2.       The Psychology of Prejudice – Webinar with Rudel, Bart & O’Brien (2025)

3.       Unleashing Neuroplasticity – Keynote at NEPA (2025)

4.       Hair Cortisol and Chronic Social Discrimination – Emerson College (2021)

5.       STEM Initiatives and #MeToo/Times Up – National Women in Leadership Conference (2018)

6.       Global Competency Training – Model UN via Knovva Academy

7.       Social Devaluation and Health – UMass Boston (2017)

8.       Mental Health, Microaggressions, and Self-care – WPI/NSBE (2017)

9.       Microaggressions and Academic Performance – WPI/Can We Talk Series (2017)

10.  Stress and Cognition – Worcester Polytechnic Institute (2017)

11.  Resilience to Social Stress – UMass Boston (2016)

12.  Discrimination and Biomarkers of Stress – SPSP (2014)

13.  Health Disparities and Chronic Stress – Summit on Health Disparities, DC (2013)

14.  Embodied Bias and Infrahumanization – Univ. of Wisconsin Symposium (2012)

15.  Polyvictimization and Physiological Stress Systems – ISDP (2011)

16.  Vagal Tone and Moral Dilemmas – SPSP (2011)

17.  Autonomic Reactivity and Moral Stability with Age – SPSP (2011)

18.  Implicit Racial Bias in Arab/White Interactions – Harvard Kennedy School (2010)