Speaking

Dr. Pearson’s Panels and Keynote, Plenary, and Other Invited Lectures

2020

  • ASCE Industry Leaders Council. Social Justice in the Civil Engineering Profession. October 2020.
  • ASCE Convention. #Inclusion: Become a Change Agent to Rise Together. October 2020.
  • Women’s Transportation Seminar.  The Vulnerability Index: Global Inclusive Transportation Design. October 2020.
  • UN Foundation and Brookings Institution. American Leadership in Advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals. September 2020.
  • ASCE V-Tech 2020. Improving Our Profession, Improving Our World. September 2020.
  • ASCE Department Heads Conference. Toward Ubiquitous Inclusion in Civil Engineering Education. June 2020.
  • ABET Sponsored Session at the ASEE Annual Conference. ABET Criteria and Opportunities for Inclusion in Engineering Education. June 2020.
  • ASEE Virtual Panel: Anti-Racism in Engineering Education—From Dialogue to Action. June 2020.
  • ASCE Virtual Roundtable. Engineering a Culture of Inclusion in the Face of Injustice. June 2020.
  • ABET Symposium, Nashville, Tennessee.  Engineering Inclusive Engineers: Equity and Inclusion in Engineering Curricula. March 2020 (event cancelled due to COVID-19).

2019

  • World Federation of Engineering Organizations Committee on Education in Engineering, Melbourne, Australia. REDEFINE Engineering Education: Global Considerations. November 2019.
  • National Academy of Engineering, Grand Challenges Scholars Program Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. The U.N. Sustainable Development Goals and the NAE Grand Challenges. November 2019.
  • Society of Women Engineers Annual Conference, Anaheim, California. Confidence Crisis: How to Embrace Failure on Your Success Journey. November 2019.
  • National Science Foundation, Engineering Education and Centers Grantees Meeting, Washington, DC. A Conversation about Marginalization, Equity, and Inclusion. October 2019.
  • Florida International University School of Universal Computing, Construction, and Engineering Education Discipline-Based Education Research Speaker Series, Miami, Florida. REDEFINE Engineering Education. October 2019.
  • ASCE Education Summit, Dallas, Texas. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Civil Engineering Education. May 2019.
  • National Academy of Engineering Convocation of Professional Engineering Societies, Washington, DC. Ubiquitous Inclusion and User-Centered Design. April 2019.
  • ABET Symposium, Dallas, Texas. Sustainability and the Ethics of Inclusion. April 2019.
  • Rice Center for Engineering Leadership, Houston, Texas. The Gender Factor: Leadership Double Standards in Tech. January 2019.

2018

  • AIChE Institute for Sustainability/United Engineering Foundation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Technical and Engineering Challenges of Addressing the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Education and Professional Training of Engineers. November 2018.
  • Global Engineering Congress, London, UK.  Advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals through Inclusive Engineering Education. October 2018.
  • New York State Department of Transportation, Long Island City, New York. ASCE Canon 8 and User-Centered Universal Design in Civil Engineering.  October 2018.
  • ASCE Region 1 Assembly, Saratoga Springs, New York. ASCE Canon 8 and Climate Change: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Civil Engineering.  September 2018.
  • Bechtel Corporation, Houston Texas. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Academic and Professional Organizations.  August 2018.
  • ASCE Region 3 Assembly, Chicago, Illinois. ASCE Canon 8 and Climate Change: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Civil Engineering.  August 2018.
  • ASCE Environmental & Water Resources Institute Congress, Minneapolis, Minnesota.  Disasters and Decision Making: A Matter of Ethics.  June 2018.
  • ASCE San Antonio Branch. ASCE Canon 8: Codifying Diversity as Ethics. May 2018.
  • Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity (CoNECD). What’s Our “Time’s Up” Moment? May 2018 (Plenary Panelist).
  • ABET Symposium, San Diego, California. Great Minds, Greater Impact.  April 2018 (Plenary Panelist).
  • University of San Diego Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering. User-Centered Universal Design: Employing User Experiences (UX) to Ensure Equal Access.   April 2018.
  • Rice Center for Engineering Leadership (RCEL), Rice University, Houston, Texas. Ethics and Leadership for Engineers.  April 2018.
  • ASCE Committee on Advancing the Profession (CAP) Constituents Winter Meeting, Austin, Texas. Climate Change: Promising Practices for Inclusivity in Academic and Professional Organizations. January 2018 (Plenary Speaker).

2017

  • Diversity in Engineering Education with Perspectives on Inclusion as it Relates to ABET EAC’s Criteria 3 and 5. World Federation of Engineering Organizations, Engineering Education Committee, Rome, Italy, November 2017.
  • User-Centered Universal Design. University of San Diego, October 2017 (Guest Lecturer).
  • Strategies to Succeed in Graduate School. 2017 Mid-America Transportation Center (MATC) Scholars Conference, Lincoln, Nebraska, September 2017 (Keynote Speaker).
  • A Charge to the Scholars: Plan, Prepare, Persevere. Achievement through Leadership Foundation Scholarship Dinner, Houston, Texas, May 2017 (Keynote Speaker).
  • Ethics in Leadership Panel. Rice Center for Engineering Leadership (RCEL), Rice University, Houston, Texas, April 2017.

2016

  • Disability, Diversity, & Engineering: Strategies to Support and Encourage Individuals with Disabilities in Engineering. Annual Conference of the Society of Women Engineers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 2016.
  • Action on Diversity – Students with Disabilities: Now That We Know Who They Are, How Do We Respond? American Society for Engineering Education Diversity Committee. Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 2016.
  • Strategies and Resources for Incorporating Sustainability into Civil Engineering Curricula. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, May 2016 (Invited Speaker).
  • Strategies and Resources for Incorporating Sustainability into Engineering Curricula. ABET Symposium, Hollywood, Florida, April 2016 (Invited Speaker).

2015

  • Strategies for Including Principles of Sustainability in Civil Engineering Design. ASCE eLearning Webinar, November 2015 (Invited Presenter and Moderator).
  • A Broader View of Broader Impacts. Florida International University, Miami, Florida, September 2015 (Distinguished Lecturer).
  • Microagressions Experienced by Non-traditional Marginalized Groups in Engineering. American Society for Engineering Education Diversity Committee, Engineering Libraries Division and Educational Research and Methods Division, Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education, Seattle, Washington, June 2015.
  • Engineering for Humanity: A Broader View of Broader Impacts. Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers Southeastern Michigan Humanitarian Technology Conference, Livonia, Michigan, July 2015 (Keynote Speaker).

Pre-2015

  • Presenting with Power. GE Healthcare, Plano, Texas, December 2012 (Invited Speaker).
  • Engineering Sustainable Engineers through the Undergraduate Experience. Oxford Round Table on the Environment and Climate Change. Oxford, England, July 2012 (Invited Delegate).
  • Women in STEM: Challenges and Opportunities. DFW Women’s Transportation Seminar Statewide Leadership Conference, Dallas, Texas, September 2011 (Invited Speaker).
  • Analysis of Surface Temperature and Soil Temperature Trends in the United States Gulf Coast. Oxford Round Table on Global Warming and Sustainability, Oxford, England, August 2007 (Invited Delegate).
  • Overview of Hazardous Waste Management. US Geological Survey Safety Week, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, April 1999 (Invited Speaker).