International Speaking and Teaching Sensation

Leading a gallery critique of participants' creations detailing The Future of Leadership at the Dent Conference.	One of my favorite places on earth. At the whiteboard. Taken during TA office hours for MIT's D-Lab Design course.	Presenting research findings at the Stanford FabLearn Conference.
Creating safe spaces for our youngest to jump in and give their thoughts on the future of leadership— I gotta say he had quite the candid perspective.	When asked to prototype their solutions, this group of participants created this cootie catcher to exemplify the optionality, personalization, and agency that they'd like to see in leaders of the future.	Prompted to create visualizations of their ideas, this group drew on the natural systems that govern sustainable creations as an inspiration for the future of leadership.
Presenting in Portuguese for the first time, I brought our metrics and assessments to a Rio de Janeiro audience and shared our research findings.	After a 4-day workshop in Cartagena, Colombia making great gains and triumphs, this group of participants surprised me with a signed photo of us and their kind words of gratitude forever captured.	I was a resident innovator at NAVE, the innovation accelerator of Estacio de Sá, the largest university in Brasil, and was honored to capacitate the faculty with our hands-on design thinking methods.

Background

I'm constantly communicating what I've learned and establishing new directions for my work by presenting at conferences, facilitating workshops, and leading design studios. From teaching 300 engineering undergraduates in India and Colombia to coaching 30 Brazilian professors in Portuguese, my curriculum spans across disciplines, languages, and all ages. I’ve got a special way of engaging and connecting with my audiences that has shown in their outpouring of love post-sessions, and I’m humbled to be able to make a difference in their careers.

Speaking and Teaching Engagements

Dent the Future, Main Stage Workshops, October 17-20, 2021, The Future of Right-Brained Leadership Workshop
TransTechnology Conference, Panel Host, December 2020, New Ventures
Dent the Future— Friday Fireside Chats, Panelist, May 2020, Turning Chaos into Opportunity
Design Thinking Tour through Asia, 2018— Hong Kong, Beijing, Bali, Indonesia, Taichung City, Taiwan
TEDx, Praça do Santos, Invited Speaker, March 2016, The Art of Y: Big Learning through Big Data
American Society of Engineering Education, Annual Conference, Technical Paper Presentation, June 14-17, 2015, Ta-Da! You’re a design thinker! Validating the DesignShop as a Model for Teaching Design Thinking to Non-Designers and Achieving Systemic Re-Design in the Education System
Harvey Mudd Design Thinking Workshop, Panelist Paper Presentation, May 26-28, 2015, The Education DesignShop: Transforming Non-Designers into Design Thinkers through Real-World Project-Based Learning
Harvard LearnLaunch Conference, Workshop, Jan 30, 2015, What is coding code for? Design thinking to achieve meaningful computing for youth and you
Stanford FabLearn Conference, Panelist Paper Presentation, Oct 25-26, 2014, Methods for Innovation: Observations from The Education DesignShop
Design Thinking Research Symposium at Purdue University, Invited designee, Oct 12-15, 2014
Creative Scholars Project at Brown University, Invited Speaker, Apr 25, 2014, The Education DesignShop Proposal: Achieving Education Reform through Design Thinking
Congresso Nacional de Inovação, Trabalho e Educação Corporativa no Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, Jun 10-11, 2014, Discobrindo o potencial do "design thinking"
International Conference on Transformations in Engineering Education in Hubli, India, Oral Paper Presentation, Jan 16-18, 2014, The Education DesignShop: A case study on education reform through design thinking
Washington State University Mechanical and Materials Engineering Symposia, Invited Speaker, Feb 26, 2014, Pushing the Frontiers of Engineering Education Methodologies: A Quantified Comparison of Global Learning Practices
India International Students Forum, Design Instructor, Jan 13-16, 2014
World Engineering Education Forum in Cartagena, Colombia, Oral Paper Presentation, Sep 24-27, 2013, Borrowing from Hackathons: Overnight Designathons as a Template for Creative Idea Hubs in the space of Hands-On Learning, Digital Learning, and Systems Re-Thinking
SPEED Global Students Forum in Cartagena, Colombia, Design Instructor, Sep 21-24, 2013

TESTIMONIAL

“I love you Jessica. Your ideas, energy, and dedication are truly inspiring. I hope we can develop many ideas together. Thanks for everything.”

—Catalina A. Colombia Participant

“Your spirit and strength is what most characterizes you.”

—Carolina O. Colombia Participant

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International Speaking and Teaching Sensation

Leading a gallery critique of participants' creations detailing The Future of Leadership at the Dent Conference.

One of my favorite places on earth. At the whiteboard. Taken during TA office hours for MIT's D-Lab Design course.

Presenting research findings at the Stanford FabLearn Conference.

Creating safe spaces for our youngest to jump in and give their thoughts on the future of leadership— I gotta say he had quite the candid perspective.

When asked to prototype their solutions, this group of participants created this cootie catcher to exemplify the optionality, personalization, and agency that they'd like to see in leaders of the future.

Prompted to create visualizations of their ideas, this group drew on the natural systems that govern sustainable creations as an inspiration for the future of leadership.

Presenting in Portuguese for the first time, I brought our metrics and assessments to a Rio de Janeiro audience and shared our research findings.

After a 4-day workshop in Cartagena, Colombia making great gains and triumphs, this group of participants surprised me with a signed photo of us and their kind words of gratitude forever captured.

I was a resident innovator at NAVE, the innovation accelerator of Estacio de Sá, the largest university in Brasil, and was honored to capacitate the faculty with our hands-on design thinking methods.

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Speaking and Teaching Engagements

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