Previous & Upcoming Speaking Engagements

Mycology as a Queer Discipline, New Moon Mycology Summit, August 2019

The Science Underground: Mycology as a Queer Discipline, Early Queer Scholarship Series at Syracuse University, April 2020

The Science Underground: Mycology as a Queer Discipline, Oakland Hyphae May 2020  

Fantastic Fungi: Can Mushrooms Help Heal the Planet?, Al Jazeera September 2020

The Science Underground: Mycology as a Queer Discipline, POC Fungi Community; Fall 2020  

Queendom Fungi: Mycology as a Queer Discpline, The Mushroom Hour (podcast), March 2021 

The Science Underground: Mycology as a Queer Discipline, New York Mycological Society.  March 2021 

The Science Underground: Mycology as a Queer Discipline, University of Michigan. March 2021 

Mushroom, Molds, and Society, George Mason University. March 2021 

Biology of Laboulbeniales Fungi, Purdue University. April 2021  

The Science Underground: Mycology as a Queer Discipline, University of Pittsburgh. April 2021

Biology of Laboulbeniales Fungi, Cascade Mycological Society, May 2021 

Queer Mycology, For the Wild (podcast), November 2021 

Mycologia Obscura: the Hidden and Layered Realms of Fungal Diversity Bard College, February 2022 

Scientific and Theoretical Lessons from Mycology, Northeastern University, March 2022 

Mycological Guest Expert, Mycelial Workgroup for Maerzmusik - Festival For Time Issues in Berlin, March 2022

Scientific and Theoretical Lessons from Mycology, Vassar College, April 2022

Deconstructing the Individual: how science can materially advance using queer and feminst theory, Microbes and Social Equity Speaker Series, April 2022

Mycological Guest Expert, Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness (podcast), April 2022 

Mycology in Armenia, Glendale Community College, May 2022 

Mycology Educator, Elsewhere & Otherwise, Performing Arts Forum, St. Erme, France, June-July 2022

Nonbinary, Cryptic, and Subversive: Queer Mycology with Dr. Patricia Kaishian, Swarthmore College, supported by the Cooper Serendipity Fund, the Sager Fund, the Environmental Studies Department, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program, and the Libraries, September 2022

Scientific and Theoretical Lessons from Mycology, The Ladonne Heaton Schulman Lecturer, Wheaton College, MA, October 2022 

Scientific and Theoretical Lessons from Mycology, The 2022 Lambert Lecture, Connecticut College, December 2022

Lichenized Lovers: rewilding romance with symbiosis, Rewilding Mythology Speakers Series, Advaya, December 2022

Mycology, Redwoods, and Eugenics, Under the Redwoods webinar with Sempervirens Fund, February 2023.

Queer and Trans Ecologies Interdisciplinary Initiative, University of Minnesota, March 2023.

Scientific and Theoretical Lessons from Mycology, Morris Arboretum, University of Pennsylvania, April 2023.

Panelist, Go Gently TV Show with Bonnie Wright and Pattie Gonia, April 2023.

Parallel Natures: A Conversation with Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian and Deborah Czeresko, Hannah Traore Gallery, NYC. April 2023.

Briarcliff High School Science Research Symposium, Briarcliff High School, NY, April 2023.

Exploring Microbial Futures — Microbes Amidst Global Change, New York University, April 2023.

Scientific and Theoretical Lessons from Mycology, Washington D.C. Mycological Society, June 2023.

Introduction to Queer Ecology and Tree Thinking: Introduction to Phylogenetics, New Moon Mycology Summit, August 2023.

Tree Thinking: Introduction to Phylogenetics and Mycology Returns to the New York State Museum, Northeastern Mycological Federation (NEMF), September 2023.

Mycology Returns to the New York State Museum, For the Love of Fungi, September 2023.

Panelist, How Do Fungi Perceive Us?, Fungal Diversity Survey, December 2023.

Panelist, Impacts of Ethnic Cleansing: Armenian Interdisciplinary Insights, Columbia University Human Rights Institute, March 2024.

Queer Ecology: The Science Underground, 6 Week Course hosted on the educational platform Advaya, April—May 2024.

Human Entanglements with More-Than-Human Worlds, Religion & Ecology Summit, California Institute of Integral Studies, April 2024.

Queering Nature, TWENTY SUMMERS X ATMOS GATHERING, May 2024.