• Commentator, Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section on Administrative Law: New Voices in Administrative Law, San Francisco, California, January 11, 2025

• Panelist, AALS Workshop for Pretenured Faculty of Color: Navigating the Path to Tenure and Promotion, San Francisco, California, January 10, 2025

• Presenter, “Ethical, Legislative, and Political Responses to Assisted Reproductive Technology and Reproductive Genetic Innovation,” University of Texas Health, Innovation, and the Law Colloquium, Austin, Texas, April 9, 2024

• Presenter, “Personhood, Politics, Assisted Reproduction, and the Law Post-Dobbs,” Pace Law Review Symposium: Bioethics after Dobbs, White Plains, New York, April 5, 2024

• Presenter, “Ethical, Legislative, and Political Responses to Assisted Reproductive Technology and Reproductive Genetic Innovation,” University of Toronto Health Law, Policy, and Ethics Seminar, Toronto, Canada, November 14, 2023

• Presenter, “Ethical, Legislative, and Political Responses to Assisted Reproductive Technology and Reproductive Genetic Innovation,” Penn Bioethics Seminar Series, October 24, 2023

• Presenter, “Reproductive Innovation and Reproductive Exceptionalism: How Private Health Insurance Coverage of Fertility Treatment Complements Hostile Governmental Action and Expands Access to Assisted Reproduction in the United States,” 2023 Petrie-Flom Center Annual Conference, Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 23, 2023

• Presenter, “Subterranean Regulation: Science, Politics, and Reproductive Genetic Innovation,” Sturm College of Law Faculty Workshop, Denver, Colorado, March 8, 2023

• Presenter, “Subterranean Regulation: Science, Politics, and Reproductive Genetic Innovation,” UCLA Health Law Scholarship Workshop, Los Angeles, California, March 6, 2023

• Commentator, Seventh Annual Regional Health Law Works-in-Progress Retreat at Seton Hall Law School, Newark, New Jersey, January 13, 2023

• Commentator, Association of American Law Schools Section on Law, Medicine and Health Care’s New Voices Works-in-Progress Workshop, San Diego, California, January 4, 2023

• Presenter, “Religion, Embryos, Abortion, and the Meaning of Life: The Federal Politics of ‘Traditional’ Assisted Reproductive Technology in the United States and its Influence on Regulation,” Thirteenth Annual Constitutional Law Colloquium, Chicago, Illinois, November 4-5, 2022

• Presenter, “Subterranean Regulation: Science, Politics, and Reproductive Genetic Innovation,” Health Law Policy, Bioethics, and Biotechnology Workshopat Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 19, 2022

• Presenter, “Religion, Embryos, Abortion, and the Meaning of Life: The Federal Politics of ‘Traditional’Assisted Reproductive Technology in the United States and its Influence on Regulation,” Law & Society Association Annual Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal, July 13-16, 2022

• Chair and Discussant, “Pharmaceuticals: Cost and Access,” Law & Society Association Annual Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal, July 13-16, 2022

• Presenter, “Religion, Embryos, Abortion, and the Meaning of Life: The Federal Politics of ‘Traditional’ Assisted Reproductive Technology in the United States and its Influence on Regulation,” Lutie A. Lytle Black Women Law Faculty Workshop, June 23-26, 2022, Boston, Massachusetts

• Presenter, “Religion, Embryos, Abortion, and the Meaning of Life: The Federal Politics of ‘Traditional’ Assisted Reproductive Technology in the United States and its Influence on Regulation,” Family Law Scholars and Teachers Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 22-23, 2022

• Presenter, “Religion, Embryos, Abortion, and the Meaning of Life: The Federal Politics of ‘Traditional’ Assisted Reproductive Technology in the United States and its Influence on Regulation,” 45th Annual Health Law Professors Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, June 1-3, 2022

• Presenter, “Religion, Embryos, Abortion, and the Meaning of Life: The Federal Politics of ‘Traditional’Assisted Reproductive Technology in the United States and its Influence on Regulation,” Biolawlapalooza 4.2, Stanford, California, May 12-15, 2022

• Panelist, “Black Mistrust of the U.S. Health Care System & What We Can Do to Combat It,” William & Mary Black Law Students’ Association and Health Law & Policy SocietySymposium, “Medical Mistreatment: Tackling Historical & Contemporary Inequities in Health Care,” March 25, 2022

• Presenter, “Religion, Embryos, Abortion, and the Meaning of Life:The Federal Politics of ‘Traditional’Assisted Reproductive Technology in the United States and its Influence on Regulation,” Baby Markets Roundtable, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 18-19, 2022

• Presenter, “Normalizing Reproductive Genetic Innovation,” Sixth Annual Regional Health Law Works-in-Progress Retreat at Seton Hall Law School, February 4, 2022

• Presenter, “Segmented Innovation in the Legalization of Mitochondrial Transfer: Lessons from the U.S.’ Common Law Neighbors in Australia and the United Kingdom,” Houston Journal of Health Law & Policy Symposium, October 22, 2021

• Presenter, “Normalizing Reproductive Genetic Innovation,” Sixth Annual Administrative Law New Scholarship Roundtable, September 17, 2021

• Presenter, “Normalizing Reproductive Genetic Innovation,” Wiet Life Science Law Scholars Conference, September 10, 2021

• Presenter, “Normalizing Reproductive Genetic Modification,” Lutie A. Lytle Black Women Law Faculty Workshop, June 25, 2021

• Presenter, “How Analogizing Socio-Legal Responses to Organ Transplantation Can Further the Legalization of Reproductive Genetic Innovation,”Family Law Scholars and Teachers Conference, June 21, 2021

• Presenter, “Normalizing Reproductive Genetic Modification,” 44th Annual Health Law Professors Conference, June 11, 2021

• Presenter, “Normalizing Reproductive Genetic Modification,” Law & Society Association Annual Meeting, May 28, 2021

• Presenter, “Normalizing Reproductive Genetic Modification,” 5th Annual Regulation and Innovation in the Biosciences Conference, May 23-27, 2021

• Panelist, “The Future of Roe v. Wade co-sponsored with If//When/How,” William & Mary Law Health Law & Policy Society Symposium, April 10, 2021

• Panelist, “Health Care, the Affordable Care Act, and Reproductive Rights,” Washington & Lee Law Review Symposium, “Equal Justice: A Celebration of Judge Roger Gregory,” March 19, 2021

• Discussant, “Embryonic Injuries and Nascent Remedies in the Age of Crispr-Cas and Advanced IVF,” Chicago-Kent Law Review Symposium, November 19, 2020

• “Moral Panic, Mitochondria, and Genes: Changing the Discourse on Techniques Involving Genetic Modification,” Maine Law Colloquium, October 6, 2020

• “Moral Panic, Mitochondria, and Genes: Changing the Discourse on Techniques Involving Genetic Modification,” Third Annual Chicagoland Junior Scholars Conference, October 2, 2020

• “Moral Panic, Mitochondria, and Genes: Changing the Discourse on Techniques Involving Genetic Modification,” Wiet Life Science Law Scholars Conference, September 18, 2020

• “Moral Panic, Mitochondria, and Genes: Changing the Discourse on Techniques Involving Genetic Modification,” Virtual Health Law Workshop, August 14, 2020

• “Moral Panic, Mitochondria, and Genes: Changing the Discourse on Techniques Involving Genetic Modification,” Lutie A. Lytle Black Women Law Faculty Workshop, July 2, 2020

• Panelist, “Meeting the Needs of All Students Online,” AALS Faculty Focus, June 16, 2020

• “Is Germline Gene Editing Exceptional?,” Fourth Annual Regional Health Law Works-in-Progress Retreat at Seton Hall Law School, Newark, New Jersey, February 7, 2020

• “Is Germline Gene Editing Exceptional?,” University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, Virginia, January 31, 2020

• “The Coming Age of Gene Editing: Medical Promise, Regulation, and the Revival of Decades of Debate,” Nova Southeastern Law Review Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, October 11, 2019

• “The Coming Age of Gene Editing: Medical Promise, Regulation, and the Revival of Decades of Debate,” Third Annual Junior Faculty Forum on Law and STEM, Stanford, California, September 27-28, 2019

• “The Coming Age of Gene Editing: Medical Promise, Regulation, and the Revival of Decades of Debate,” Lutie A. Lytle Black Women Law Faculty Workshop, University Park, Pennsylvania, June 20-23, 2019

• “The Coming Age of Gene Editing: Medical Promise, Regulation, and the Revival of Decades of Debate,” American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics’ 42nd Annual Health Law Professors Conference, Chicago, Illinois, June 6, 2019

• “The Coming Age of Gene Editing: Medical Promise, Regulation, and the Revival of Decades of Debate,” Baby Markets Roundtable, Washington, D.C., June 2-3, 2019

• “The Coming Age of Gene Editing: Medical Promise, Regulation, and the Revival of Decades of Debate,” Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., May 31, 2019

• “The Coming Age of Gene Editing: Medical Promise, Regulation, and the Revival of Decades of Debate,” Seventh Annual Conference on Governance of Emerging Technologies & Science, Phoenix, Arizona, May 23-25, 2019

• “The Coming Age of Gene Editing: Medical Promise, Regulation, and the Revival of Decades of Debate,” Junior Faculty Forum at the University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia, May 21-22, 2019

• “Legal Cases Affecting Academic Dentistry,” American Dental Education Association Annual Session & Exhibition, Chicago, Illinois, March 17, 2019

• “Innovating Federalism in the Life Sciences,” University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, Kansas, February 6, 2019

• “The American Democratic Deficit in Assisted Reproductive Technology Innovation,” American Journal of Law and Medicine Symposium, Boston, Massachusetts, January 25, 2019

• “Improving Life Sciences Regulation: Solutions to the Current Impasse,” Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, November 1, 2018

• “Improving Life Sciences Regulation: Solutions to the Current Impasse,” FDA: Past, Present, and Future, Washington, D.C., October 19, 2018

• “Improving Life Sciences Regulation: Solutions to the Current Impasse,” Marquette University Law School’s Sixth Annual Junior Faculty Scholars Works-in-Progress Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 4-6, 2018

• “Improving Life Sciences Regulation: Solutions to the Current Impasse,” 2018 Health Law Scholars Workshop, St. Louis, Missouri, September 27-29, 2018

• “Improving Life Sciences Regulation: Solutions to the Current Impasse,” Wiet Life Science Law Scholars Conference, Chicago, Illinois, September 7, 2018

• “Improving Life Sciences Regulation: Solutions to the Current Impasse,” Southeastern Association of Law Schools Annual Conference, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, August 8, 2018

• “Improving Life Sciences Regulation: Solutions to the Current Impasse,” Lutie A. Lytle Black Women Law Faculty Workshop, Dallas, Texas, July 14, 2018

• “Improving Life Sciences Regulation: Solutions to the Current Impasse,” American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics’ 41st Annual Health Law Professors Conference, Cleveland, Ohio, June 9, 2018

• “Improving Life Sciences Regulation: Solutions to the Current Impasse,” Mid-Atlantic Junior Faculty Forum at the University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia, May 16, 2018

• “Halted Innovation: The Expansion of Federal Jurisdiction over Medicine and the Human Body,” Howard University School of Law Faculty Colloquium, Washington, D.C., April 10, 2018

• “Halted Innovation: The Expansion of Federal Jurisdiction over the Human Body and Medical Practice,” Second Annual Regional Health Law Works-in-Progress Retreat at Seton Hall Law School, Newark, New Jersey, February 9, 2018

• “Halted Innovation: The Expansion of Federal Jurisdiction over the Human Body and Medical Practice,” AALS Annual Meeting, AALS Section on Law, Medicine, & Health Care Works-in-Progress, San Diego, California, January 4, 2018

• “Medicine Instead of Enhancement: Changing the Discourse on Techniques Involving Genetic Modification,” Legal Perspectives on Synthetic Biology and Gene Editing, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, November 20, 2017

• “Halted Innovation: The Expansion of Federal Jurisdiction over the Human Body and Medical Practice,” Eighth Annual Constitutional Law Colloquium, Chicago, Illinois, November 3, 2017

• “Halted Innovation: The Expansion of Federal Jurisdiction over the Human Body and Medical Practice,” Wiet Life Science Law Scholars Conference, Chicago, Illinois, October 13, 2017

• “Halted Experimentation: The Expansion of Federal Jurisdiction over the Human Body and Medical Practice,” Lutie A. Lytle Black Women Law Faculty Workshop, Ann Arbor, Michigan, July 8, 2017

• “How Subterranean Regulation Hinders Innovation in Assisted Reproductive Technology,” IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law Faculty Workshop, Chicago, Illinois, September 7, 2016

• “Does the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Have Jurisdiction Over New Forms of In Vitro Fertilization?: The Legal Impacts of the FDA’s Unexpected Assertion of Jurisdiction Over New Forms of Assisted Reproductive Technology,” Tenth Annual Lutie A. Lytle Black Women Law Faculty Workshop, Iowa City, Iowa, July 9, 2016

• “Targeting, Searching, Seizing, & Prosecuting Pregnant Drug Addicts: An Analysis of the Constitutionality of Laws Criminalizing Prenatal Substance Abuse,” Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 4, 2016

• “Civil Commitment, Prosecution, and Pregnancy: The Consequences of State Actions that Target the Behavior of Pregnant Women,” Northern Illinois University Law School Chapter of the American Constitution Society, DeKalb, Illinois, April 12, 2016

• “Fostering and Hindering Innovation: A Comparison of the Institutional Structures that Regulate ‘Three-Parent’ In Vitro Fertilization,” American Society of Comparative Law’s Younger Comparativists Global Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 19, 2016

• “The New Nuclear Family: The Expansion of the Legal Definition of Family to Include Three or More Legal Parents,” 2013 Lavender Law Conference and Career Fair Junior Scholars Forum, San Francisco, California, August 23, 2013

• “Making Sex the Same: Ending the Unfair Treatment of Males in Family Law,” Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender, & Society Symposium “When Gender Norms Become Law: Recognizing and Correcting for Gender Bias,” Madison, Wisconsin, February 10, 2012

• “Unpredictable Risks: Considering the Environmental Impacts of Terrorism in Nuclear Energy Licensing,” Seminar on Environmental Conflict at the University of the Basque Country, San Sebastián, Spain, July 1-3, 2009 (Language: Spanish)

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