Lectures & Guest Speaking

Featured Speaker

“The Art of Independent Filmmaking,”
Featured Speaker (Invited), Cavanaugh Lecture Series in conjunction with LSU Alexandria and the Alexandria Museum of Art, March 14, 2014.

Invited Lectures & Guest Speaking

“Genre Courses as a Backdoor to Introducing Complex Theory”
Invited Speaker, The Art Institute of Dallas, Admissions Training for Media Arts, August 29, 2018.
 
“The Capstone Project”
Invited Speaker, The Art Institute of Dallas, Admissions Training for Media Arts, April 18, 2018.
 
“Digitizing Footage for Editing”
Invited Speaker, The Art Institute of Dallas, DFVA103 (Fundamentals of Video Production), August 22, 2017.

“Building Your Network in Digital Media,”
Invited Speaker, The Art Institute of Dallas, DFVA101 (Survey of Digital Filmmaking), November 21, 2016.

 “Crediting & Credits in Narrative Short Films,”
Invited Speaker, The Art Institute of Dallas, DFVA101 (Survey of Digital Filmmaking), March 22, 2016.

“The Role of Director in the Independent Film,”
Invited Speaker, The Art Institute of Dallas, DFVA101 (Survey of Digital Filmmaking), March 15, 2016.

“The History & Evolution of Science Fiction,”
Invited Speaker, The Art Institute of Dallas, GE3114 (Humanities: Film Appreciation), September 4, 2015.

“The Evolution of the Horror Genre,”
Invited Speaker, The Art Institute of Dallas, GE3114 (Humanities: Film Appreciation), August 7, 2015.
 
“Making a Single Element Lens,”
Invited Speaker, Southern Methodist University, FILM6389 (Experimental Camera), September 9, 2014.

“The Horror Film & Its Impact on Independent Filmmakers,”
Invited Speaker, The Art Institute of Dallas, GE3114 (Humanities: Film Appreciation), May 21, 2014.

“The History & Significance of the Horror Film,”
Invited Speaker, The Art Institute of Dallas, GE3114 (Humanities: Film Appreciation), October 23, 2013.

“The Style & Cinematography of the Horror Film,”
Workshop Presentation, College Connection, The Art Institute of Dallas, August 23, 2013. 

“Using Technology in the Classroom,”
Graduate Student Orientation, Department of English, University of Louisiana Lafayette, August 2002.