Speaking Engagements

“TBD”. Invited John Ruffin Lecturer. NIH/National Institute on Aging, Laboratory of Epidemiology and Population Sciences, Health Disparities Research Section, Bethesda, MD, March 11, 2022.

“Dirt On Our Hands: Recognizing Nature as a Healer of Wounds and Promoter of Health”. Invited Speaker to Center for Health and Nature Symposium. Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX, December 8, 2021.

“Green Books and Red Lines: Transit Patterned by Race and Place”. Invited Speaker to Seminar Series. Environmental Health Sciences Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, November 24, 2021.

"I am Black and the Trees are Green: Bestowing Mother Nature to Everyone", Parks and Public Spaces – Working to Achieve Health Equity Session, Invited Speaker to American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. Denver, CO, October 26, 2021.

“TBD”. Invited Speaker to Henson Honors Program in Science and Math. Clarke Honors College, Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD, October 7, 2021.

“Black Bodies, Green Spaces, White Minds: The Nature of Pandemics and Prejudice”. Invited Speaker to Art and Science of Health Promotion Conference. Hilton Head Island, SC, September 29-30, 2021.

“Green Books, Red Lines. Black Bodies: A Look at America’s Transit Inequity”. Invited Speaker to Conference on Advancing Transportation Equity. Transportation Research Board, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, Washington, DC, September 14, 2021.

“Intersectional Environmental Justice: Environmental Justice, Racism, Stress and Health”, Invited Speaker to Symposium on Environmental Justice and Health Disparities. University of Maryland, College Park, MD, August 20, 2021.

“I Can’t Breathe: The Many Sides of Environmental Racism”. Invited Speaker to Cardno ChemRisk Seminar, San Francisco, CA, August 18, 2021.

“Environmental Racism: Its Assault on the Mind, Body and Soul”. Invited Speaker to Summer Practicum, Graduate School of Professional Psychology, University of Denver, Denver, CO, June 28, 2021.

“The Sum of Us: A Community Book Conversation”. Invited Speaker to Community Book Group. Greater Washington Community Foundation, Washington, DC, June 25, 2021.

"Physical Activity and Nutrition Behavior Research in the Context of Structural Racism". Invited Speaker to International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, May 10, 2021.

“The Health of the Country Depends Upon the Health of the Negro': Nature of Pandemics and Protests in the 20th and 21st Centuries”. Invited Speaker to Spring 2021 Nature and Health Symposium. Nature and Health at the University of Washington. Seattle, WA, April 28, 2021.

“Environmental Racism: An Old Wine in a New Bottle”. Invited Speaker to Spring 2021 Seminar Series. Columbia Center for Environmental Health in Northern Manhattan, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. New York, NY, April 15, 2021.

“The Color of Greenspace: Optimizing the Value of Nature and Open Space for Everyone". Invited Speaker to 2021 Land Conservation Conference Webinar Series. Forever Maryland Foundation. Forest Hill, MD, March 31, 2021.

“Moving Targets: Racialized and Socialized Barriers to Active Transportation". Invited Speaker to Accelerating Active Transportation Change in Northern Virginia. George Mason University. Fairfax, VA, March 25, 2021.

“Nothing Can Change Until It Is Faced': Structural Racism and COVID-19 Outcomes". Invited Speaker to The Cheverly Community Forum for Accountability and Action. Cheverly, MD, March 19, 2021.

Expert Testimony. Senate Bill 0026, State Highway Administration - State Highways and Interstate Highways - Litter Collection and Mowing, Finance Committee, Maryland General Assembly, February 10, 2021.

“When White Folks Get a COVID Cough, Black Folks Catch the COVID Death”. Invited Speaker to Tale of Two Pandemics: Illuminating Structural Racism and COVID Panel. Research Commons at University Libraries, University of Maryland. College Park, MD, November 18, 2020.

“There is No Green Book for Walking: Transit Risks Patterned by Race and Place”. Invited Speaker to University of California Institute of Transportation Studies Seminar Series. University of California. Davis, CA, November 6, 2020.

“NatureRx@UMD: Origination, Launch, Roadblocks and Goals”. Invited Speaker to Campus Nature Rx Symposium. Cornell University. Ithaca, NY, October 23, 2020.

“Active Living Research: From Pupil to Professor”. Invited Speaker to University of California Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar Series. University of California. Los Angeles, CA , October 19, 2020.

“Do Better. Act Better. Live Better”. Invited “Harriet and Willcox Adsit Lecturer. Buffalo Seminary Convocation. Buffalo, NY, September 16, 2020.

"Health Determinants: Patterned by Place and Race. A Look at COVID-19 Disproportionalities and Disparities”. Invited Speaker to “Envisioning a Healthier and More Equitable Society Post-Pandemic”. UMD Alumni Association. College Park, MD, August 4, 2020.

“Unintended Realities of Youth Active Transit”. Invited Speaker to Action Committee for Transit. Silver Spring, MD, April 14, 2020.

“Public Health Outcomes and Effects of the Built Environment: A Look at PHOEBE Laboratory Research”. Invited Speaker to University of Michigan Precision Health Seminar Series. Ann Arbor, MI, February 11, 2020.

“Practicing Resilience in Graduate School and Preventing Burnout: A Health Wellness Model”. Invited Speaker to Dinner with IRT and McNair Graduate Students. University of Maryland. College Park, MD, March 28, 2019.

“Community Based Active Living Research in the Washington DC Area”. Invited Speaker to NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, DC Cardiovascular Health and Obesity Collaborative, Community Advisory Board Meeting. Howard University. Washington, DC, June 25, 2018.

“Transportation Equity Issues in the State of Maryland”. Invited Speaker to 4th Symposium on Environmental Justice and Health Disparities in Maryland and the Washington, DC Region. College Park, MD, May 12, 2018.

“Piscataway Park Rx Day Keynote Speaker”. Park Rx America and Accokeek Foundation. Accokeek, MD, April 29, 2018.

“Sedentary Behaviors Among Washington, DC Area Children: Findings from the BEAP Study”. Invited Speaker to Arlington Partnership for Children, Youth & Families Foundation. Arlington, VA, December 18, 2017.

“Transit, Obesity and Public Health”. Invited Speaker to Action Committee for Transit, Silver Spring Civic Center. Silver Spring, MD, October 10, 2017.

“Symposium Speaker Presentation - Active Living Among Washington, DC Area Youth”. Invited Speaker to International Symposium "Active Living and Environment: Towards a Healthier and More Sustainable Future", University of Otago. Dunedin, New Zealand, August 29, 2017.

“Active Transportation Behaviors and Perceptions Among Washington, DC Area Youth”. Invited Speaker to International Symposium "Active Living and Environment: Towards a Healthier and More Sustainable Future", University of Otago. Dunedin, New Zealand, August 28, 2017.

“Built Environment and Active Living Among Washington, DC Area Youth”. Invited Speaker to Active Living Laboratory Research Seminar Series, School of Physical Education, Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Otago. Dunedin, New Zealand, August 8, 2017.

“Kids, Let’s Stand Up!: Findings from the Built Environment and Active Play Study”. Invited Speaker to Counseling Center’s Research and Development Series, University of Maryland. College Park, MD, October 19, 2016.

“Active Transportation Among Washington, DC Area Children”. Invited Speaker to National Center for Smart Growth, 2016 Brown Bay Webinar Series, University of Maryland. College Park, MD, October 3, 2016.

“Sedentary Behaviors Among Washington, DC Area Children”. Invited Speaker to Fall Seminar Series, Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology. University of Maryland. College Park, MD, September 28, 2016.

“Where Have All the Children Gone: Findings from the Built Environment and Active Play Study”. Invited Speaker to Maryland Center for Health Equity (M-CHE) Collegium of Scholars, University of Maryland. College Park, MD, March 9, 2016.