"Rising to the Challenge of Creative Teams"

 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 2025

This talk explored self-reflective practices and practical tools to help you manage conflict, negotiate for mutually beneficial outcomes, and model ethical leadership. Whether you’re kicking off a big project or gearing up for a future leadership role, this guide will help you navigate the challenges and opportunities that come with leading creative teams!  

IndieCade 2024 Artist talk

ASU in California

I was invited to join the Artist Talks at the IndieCade Creators Retreat in 2024 to discuss my work on Memoirscape.

"Solarpunk and the Virtuous Player: Philosophical Affect in Game Design"

Games for Good 2025

Clark University

I propose a theoretical model for creating utopian games. By extending the scholarly conversation on emotional game design, the model highlights the imaginative dimensions that go beyond measurable player emotions. The model draws on theatrical scenography, operational logics from media theory, and Deleuzian affect to establish a system for generating latent utopian capacities. To demonstrate its critical utility, the framework is critically applied to two solarpunk games. The analysis shows that visual fidelity alone cannot sustain meaningful engagement. Instead, aesthetic, systemic, and ethical unity strengthen potential capacities for moral action. Taken together, these insights suggest that games may serve as possible sites of utopian worlding. Feminist utopian critique further informs the model.