Speaking

I love sharing my work in web technology, accessibility, and general development practices with audiences big and small. I have been speaking at conferences, meetups, and classrooms since 2015. Below is a list of my past and upcoming talks.

Upcoming events

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Past speaking events

  1. Post Status

    Guest

    October 15, 2025

    Online

    Women in WordPress: Joni Halabi

  2. Hallway Chats

    Guest

    October 8, 2025

    Online

    Hallway Chats: Episode 178 – A Chat With Joni Halabi

  3. The State of WordPress in Higher Education Research Webinar

    Expert panelist

    July 24, 2025

    Online

    The State of WordPress in Higher Education: Research and Opportunities with WPCampus and Human Made

  4. Gutenberg Changelog #110

    Guest host

    October 27, 2024

    Online

    Gutenberg Changelog #110 – Gutenberg 19.5, WordPress 6.7, Create Block Theme Plugin and a Thousand Block Themes at the Repository

  5. Gutenberg Changelog #97

    Guest host

    March 15, 2024

    Online

    WordPress 6.5, Gutenberg 17.8 and 17.9

  6. Gutenberg Changelog #91

    Guest host

    October 19, 2023

    Online

    WordPress 6.4, Gutenberg 16.8, and beyond

  7. WordPress A11y Day 2023

    Speaker

    September 28, 2023

    Online

    Creating accessible SVG charts in WordPress

  8. Gutenberg Times Live Q&A

    Panelist

    July 21, 2023

    Online

    Design systems & theme.json

  9. WPCampus 2023

    Speaker

    July 12-14, 2023

    New Orleans, LA, USA

    Integrating Twig templates with your WordPress block theme

  10. HighEdWeb 2022

    Speaker

    October 4, 2022

    Online

    The magic of block transforms

  11. Gutenberg Developer Hours

    Panelist

    March 22, 2022

    Online

    Open-forum discussion on WordPress development

  12. WordPress Social Learning Meetup

    Panelist

    February 22, 2022

    Online

    Open-forum discussion on WordPress development

  13. HighEdWeb 2021

    Speaker

    October 4-5, 2021

    Online

    Customize Gutenberg without living in fear of validation errors

  14. WPCampus Online 2021

    Speaker

    September 21-22, 2021

    Online

    Customize Gutenberg without living in fear of validation errors

  15. WPCampus Online 2020

    Speaker

    July 29-30, 2020

    Online

    Data visualization in WordPress

  16. JavaScript for WordPress Conference 2020

    Speaker

    July 8-10, 2020

    Online

    Data visualization in WordPress

  17. WPCampus Online 2019

    Speaker

    January 31, 2019

    Online

    Customizing Gutenberg: Lessons learned at Georgetown

  18. edUi

    Speaker

    September 25-27, 2017

    Charlottesville, VA, USA

    Accessible web development

  19. ConvergeSE

    Speaker

    June 14-16, 2017

    Columbia, SC, USA

    Accessible web development

  20. NoVA CodeCamp

    Speaker

    April 1, 2017

    Washington, DC, USA

    Accessible web development

  21. Georgetown University

    Instructor

    2017

    Online

    Accessible development class

  22. General Assembly

    Instructor

    September 2016

    Washington, DC, USA

    Introduction to JavaScript

  23. Northern Virginia Community College

    Guest Instructor

    November 2015

    Annandale, VA, USA

    Introduction to SVG

  24. General Assembly

    Instructor

    May 2016

    Washington, DC, USA

    Design tools mini-course

  25. General Assembly

    Instructor

    2015-2016

    Washington, DC, USA

    Front-end web development