Speaking engagements

2023_ Aug 17_ TypeCon Education Forum_ Portland, OR_ Hosts (event to be filmed and distributed)
2023_ July 24_ Underscore_ Chicago Graphic Design Club (recorded and launched)

2022_ Sep 20 & 26_ Design Colloquium_ UIC School of Design_ Chicago, IL_ Design Journey and Practice*

2021_ Aug 19–22_ TypeCon_ Virtual_ Opening address and co-host* (recorded for disttribution)
2021_ Aug 19_ TypeCon Education Forum_ Virtual_ Hosts (recorded for distribution)
2021_ Jan 22_ Type Types Studio_ UIC School of Architecture_ Chicago, IL / virtual_ Experimental Design and Typography*

2020_ Jul 18_ SoTA Town Hall_ Virtual_ Opening address and panelist_ Increasing Black Representation in the Type Community Now*
2020_ Mar 16–18 (postponed)_ Design Principles & Practices Conf_ Pratt Institute_ Brooklyn, NY_ Chicago Design Milestones
2020_ Feb 20_ Visual Communication: Foundations of Design Course_ SAIC_ Chicago, IL_ Current Practice**
2020_ Feb 14_ CAA Conference_ Design Incubation_ Chicago, IL_ Supporting the Design Community Roundtable
2020_ Feb 12–15_ CAA Conference_ Design Incubation 6.2_ Chicago, IL_ Chicago Design Milestones

2019_ Oct 21-22_ Design Colloquium_ UIC School of Design_ Chicago, IL_ Design Journey and Practice*
2019_ Oct 3-4_ Type Tales Chicago_ Held by TYPE magazine_ Chicago, IL_ Chicago Design Through The Decades
2019_ Aug 29_ TypeCon Education Forum_ Minneapolis, MN_ Hosts (filmed and live-streamed)
2019_ Aug 28–Sep 1_ TypeCon_ Minneapolis, MN_ Opening address and co-host (filmed and live-streamed)*
2019_ Jul 1_ Chicago Design Milestones_ 150 Media Stream_ Chicago, IL_ Opening address (in a team)
2019_ Jun 21_ CDA Preview Gala_ Archeworks_ Chicago, IL_ Opening address (in a team)
2019_ Feb 7_ Outlying_ Solo exhibition_ Seerveld Gallery_ Palos Heights, IL_ Outlying
2019_ Jan 18-20_ STA Design Inspiration Weekend_ Itasca, IL_ Dimensional Typography* and Outlying

2018_ Design Incubation 5.1_ Chicago Design Week_ DePaul University_ Chicago, IL_90 Years of The STA
2018_ TypeCon Education Forum_ Portland, OR_ Hosts (filmed and live-streamed)
2018_ AIGA Chicago_ Chicago, IL_ Moderator for PreFlight: Career and Portfolio Advice from the Pros**
2018_ TypeThursday Chicago_ Chicago, IL_ Dialogue Lead (conduct audience discussion and critique)*
2018_ STA Design Inspiration Weekend_ Itasca, IL_ 90 Years of The Society of Typographic Arts

2017_ TypeThursday Chicago_ Chicago, IL_ Host and Dialogue Lead*
2017_ ATypI_Montreal, Canada_ 90 Years of The Society of Typographic Arts
2017_ TypeCon Education Forum_ Boston, MA_ Hosts (filmed and live-streamed)
2017_ UIC Public Seminar Series_ Chicago, IL_ Panel discussion: Practice Maneuvers*
2017_ Design Principles & Practices Conference_ Toronto, Canada_ Chance Operations in Design
2017_ STA Design Inspiration Weekend_ Itasca, IL_ Chance Operations

2016_ HNTB Creative Summit_ Chicago, IL_ The State of GD or How to Stop Worrying and Find Inspiration**
2016_ TypeCon Education Forum_ Seattle, WA_ Hosts (filmed and live-streamed)
2016_ New Directions in the Humanities Conference_ Chicago, IL_ Literature and Information Design
2016_ STA Design Inspiration Weekend_ Itasca, IL_ Hosts

2015_ Brown Bag Lecture Series_ Columbia College Chicago_ Chicago, IL_ Beautiful Failures**
2015_ Education, Research and Innovation Conference_ Seville, Spain_ Data Typographics
2015_ Design Colloquium_ UIC School of Design_ Chicago, IL_ Origins and Threads*
2015_ TypeCon Education Forum_ Denver, CO_ Hosts (filmed and live-streamed)
2015_ Design Principles & Practices Conference_ Chicago, IL_ Typographic Ligatures
2015_ STA Design Inspiration Weekend_ Itasca, IL_ Typeface Specimen Design and Origins and Threads*

2014_ Design Colloquium_ UIC Design_Chicago, IL_ Origins and Threads*
2014_ Books, Publishing and Libraries_ Boston, MA_ The Role of Print-on-demand in Design Pedagogy
2014_ TypeCon Education Forum_ Washington, DC_ Mess With a Classic**
2014_ Concept & Literacy Seminar_ Purdue University_ Fort Wayne, IN_ From Inspiration to Retrospection*
2014_ STA Design Inspiration Weekend_ Itasca, IL_ The Lineage of a Curriculum
2014_ STA Design Inspiration Weekend_ Itasca, IL_ The Future of the Printed Magazine**

2013_ Design Colloquium_ UIC Design_ Chicago, IL_ Education Catalysts and Career Trajectory*
2013_ Conference on the Image_ Chicago, IL_ The Accidental Image
2013_ STA Winter Retreat_ Itasca, IL_ Reinterpreting the Book and Thematic Poster Design

2012_ TypeCon Education Forum_ Milwaukee, WI_ Shifting from Micro to Macro

2011_ Conference on the Constructed Environment_ Chicago, IL_ Objectified Alphabets*
2011_ Conference on the Book_ University of Toronto_ Ontario, CA_ Book Form and Content
2011_ TypeCon Education Forum_ New Orleans, LA_ Ligature Poetics
2011_ Design Principles & Practices Conference_ Sapienza University_ Rome, IT_ From Wordplay to Designplay

2010_ TypeCon Education Forum_ Los Angeles, CA_ Learning From Vernacular Typography
2010_ New Directions in the Humanities_ UCLA_ Los Angeles, CA_ Experimental Typography
2010_ Design Principles & Practices Conference_ UIC Forum_ Chicago, IL_ 3D Inspiration for 2D Design*

2009_ Show and Tell_ The Whistler_ Chicago, IL_ Using White Space**
2009_ Engineering, Research and Innovation Conference_ Madrid, ES_ Letterform Objects*
2009_ TypeCon_ Atlanta, GA_ 3-Dimensional Letterforms*
2009_ TypeCon Education Forum_ Atlanta, GA_ The Page

*    Sharon solo
**  Guy solo