Selected Speaking Engagements

• “State of America” Summit at 92nd Street Y. March 2024.

• “Deepfakes and Democracy in the Age of AI.” Invited Speaker at New York Academy of Sciences. September 2024.

• “The Struggle to Realize Enlightenment Ideals.” April 2024. NYU Brademas Center event on civil rights.

• “Crash Course on Congressional Committees.” Invited Speaker at June 2023 Congressional Intern Orientation at US Capitol Building.

• “Making Congress Work in a Divided Nation.” March 2023. Spoke alongside former member of Congress Adam Kinzinger at the NYU Brademas Center, Washington DC.

• “The Importance of Legislatures in Promoting Democratic Resilience.” Invited speaker at 2023 Summit for Democracy Legislative Track Event at US Congress. March 2023.

• “Book Talk - Inside Congressional Committees.” Greenlight Bookstore. February 2023.

• “Global Parliamentary Report: Global Lessons on Public Engagement.” November 2022. Invited speaker at the international legislators’ forum on democracy innovation.

• “Legislators and Citizens Working Together: Lessons from 80 Parliaments.” April 2022. Talk given at National Conference on Citizenship.

• “Beyond Parliamentary Representation: The Effect of MP Gender Identity on Public Engagement.” September 2022. Lecture at American Political Science Association Annual Conference.

• “Parliamentary Committees as a Tool for Pubic Engagement.” July 2022. Lecture at Wroxton Workshop for Parliamentarians and Parliamentary Scholars.

• “Lost in Translation: Communicating Science to Politicians.” November 2021. Invited Speaker at Annual Conference of the Society for Science at User Research Facilities.

• “Modern Committees for a Modern Parliament.” July 2021. Lecture at International Political Science Association Annual Conference.

• “Legislating in Crisis: Lessons from Around the World.” March 2021. Special briefing with U.S. congressional staff on what the U.S. can learn from other parliaments.

• “Legislative Capacity Building.” January 2020. Special lecture/training presented to the professional staff of the Israeli Parliament.

• “U.S. Midterm Election Analysis.” November 2018. Panel discussion at Oxford University’s Rothermere American Institute.

• “Can greater deliberation in congressional committees lead to more compromise?” March 2018. Lecture at the Annual Political Studies Association Conference.