Presentations

Below you will find a list of the conferences which I have offered. Some of the conferences have video available, in which case I have provided the link. Talks for which there are no recorded videos will be uploaded as a podcast or as a power point presentation at a later time.

Procedural Rhetoric as Narrative (Concurrent Session Speaker). Far West PCA Annual Conference, February 2013.

The Digital World as a Classroom: Using Virtual and Augmented Spaces to Teach (Concurrent Session Speaker). PRTESOL 39th Annual Convention, November 2012.

A Curriculum for Digital Media and the Digital Humanities (Digital Contribution). THATCamp LAC 2012, June 2012.

The Psychology of Catherine: Fear of Relationships  and the Self (Concurrent Session Speaker). ACES Conference, March 2012.

Theorizing a Programming Course for the Digital Humanities (Unconference Panel co-facilitator with Fanny Ramirez and Tricia Dupey). ThatCAMP Texas 2012, March 2012.

The Fear of Fallout: Choices and the Self in Gaming (Concurrent Session Speaker). Far West PCA Annual Conference, February 2012.

Teaching Values through Gaming (Concurrent Session Speaker). PRTESOL 37^th Annual Convention, November 2011.

Exploring Romance in Final Fantasy VIII and Lunar (Concurrent Session Speaker). Popular / American Culture Association 2011 National Conference, April 2011.

The Effects of Using Role Playing Games in an Integrated, Skills-Based ESL Curriculum (Concurrent Session Speaker). ACES, UTA, March 2011.

The Evolution of Media in Education (Concurrent Session Speaker). PRTESOL 37^th Annual Convention, November 2010.

The History of Stand-Up Comedy (Guest Speaker). University of Puerto Rico, February 2010.
Using Technology to Motivate Students: Computer Adaptations of Classroom Activities (Concurrent Session Speaker / with Evelyn Nieves). PRTESOL 36^th Annual Convention, November 2009.

How Video Games Affect ESL Students’ Attitudes towards Learning English as a Second Language (Concurrent Session Speaker). X Congreso de la Investigación en la Educación, March 2009.

Video Games and the ESL Classroom: Taking Advantage of Video Games to Promote the Acquisition of Language (Concurrent Session Speaker). PRTESOL 35^th Annual Convention, November 2008.