Diversity Webinars: APS Diversity Webinars (6)

Talks:

Invited Scientific Talks at Conferences, Schools, etc. (Only the most recent four are listed below. Please see curriculum vitae for a complete listing.)

1. Presentation at RHS iSTEAM Experience Event, Randallstown High School, Randallstown, MD, May 15, 2025.

2. “How Quantum Gravity Became an Arena for Art, Mathematics and Science”, Seminar at North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC, April 7, 2025.

3. “Maybe This is What the “Jazz of Physics” Looks Like and What it May Point Toward”, Plenary Talk, Caribbean Future of Science Symposium, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies, March 22, 2022.

4. Panel Discussion and Q&A re global/transnational collaborations in scientific research @ SPP International Policy Event, UMD, College Park, MD, March 29, 2025.

Invited Technical, Non-Scientific Talks atnces, Schools, Webinars, etc. (Only the most recent four are listed below. Please see curriculum vitae for a complete listing.)

1. “Adinkras – 2- Adinkras”, Morgan Lecture at Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, October 21, 2025.

2. Part of the panel on “bridging the STEM and public policy communities”, NASPAA Panel @ NASPAA 2024 Conference, Washington, DC, Oct. 24, 2024.

3. “Terrapin Teachers – From the Beginning “, guest lecture at the Terrapin Teachers 10th Anniversary Celebration, ESJ Bldg at UMCP, College Park, MD, Nov. 13, 2024.

4. “How Quantum Gravity Became An Arena for Art, Mathematics & Science”, the lecture for Loyola University’s Grand Seminar, Baltimore, MD, Oct. 8, 2024.

Colloquia and Seminars (Only the latest four are listed below. Please see curriculum vitae for a complete listing.)

1. “A Physicist Following Faraday’s Hint in the Search for Quantum Gravity”, Morgan Lecture at
Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, October 21, 2025.

2. “A Physicist Following Faraday’s Hint in the Search for Quantum Gravity”, John Hopkins
University, Student Chapter NSBP, Feb. 27, 2025.

3. “Adinkras2Adynkras”, Royal College of Art (RCA BLK), London, England, Feb. 7, 2025.

4. “Following Faraday’s Hint: The Search for Quantum Gravity”, Royal Institution/Faraday Inst.,
London, England, Feb. 8, 2025.

Non-Technical Lectures (Only the latest four talks are listed below. Please see curriculum vitae for a complete listing.)

1. “Leadership as a Lifelong Practice”, Keynote Address at 2025 Student Leadership Development Summit (SLDS), Washington, DC, August 2, 2025.

2. “Key Achievements & Impacts, Challenges & Obstacles, Future Priorities & Leadership Advice”, Part of the NSBP Past Presidents Roundtable via Zoom, June 9, 2025.

3. “The Islamic Tradition of the Art-Mathematics Connection, Quantum Gravity, and Our Understanding of the Universe”, NYUAD, St. Regis Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Jan. 14, 2025.

4. “Terrapin Teachers – From the Beginning “, talk at Terrapin Teachers 10th Anniversary, College Park, MD, Nov. 13, 2024.