
Speaking Engagements
Recent “The Neuroscience of…” Community Talks (2024–2025)
· The Mind of and Imposter: Neuroscience Insights
The power of Neuroplasticity and brain games
Brain Boost Memory
· Healthy Brain Aging
· Mental Health and Illness
· Biochemistry of Love
· Neuroscience of People Pleasing
· Neuroscience of Prejudice
· Brain Games and Training
· Neuroscience of Emotion
· Brain Stars of Learning
· Sleep, Dreams, and Consciousness
· Mental Health and Illness in the Brain
· SAD: Winter Blues in the Brain
· Mind of a Woman: Insights from Neuroscience
· 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)
