Public Speaker & Workshop Facilitator
Represented by OutMedia Publicity
2010–2017
25+ campuses across the US and Canada
Overview
Over seven years, Zed delivered lectures, workshops, and spoken word performances at more than 25 colleges and universities across the United States and Canada — booked through OutMedia and SBC Productions. Engagements ranged from single-session workshops to multi-day campus visits, covering topics including gender identity, consent culture, interpersonal communication, and creative writing. Campus appearances were organized end-to-end by Zed, including all outreach, media creation, marketing, promotion, and post-event surveying.
Confirmed Venues Include:
Harvard University • Brown University • Duke University • Syracuse University • Stanford University • New York University • Columbia University • Georgetown University • American University • Rice University • Vassar College • William & Mary • Bryn Mawr College • Smith College • MIT • Lewis & Clark College • Western Washington University • University of Delaware • UC Santa Barbara • Swarthmore College • Hofstra University • Bryant University • Claremont Colleges • Brandeis University • Pasadena City College • Mills College • Drew University • IvyQ Conference (Yale & Princeton)
Workshop Topics Included:
- Gender identity, expression, and the politics of gender nonconformity
- Consent culture, boundaries, and interpersonal communication
- Queer identity, community, and self-advocacy
- Creative writing, personal narrative, and writing ourselves into existence
- Sexuality, relationships, and healthy interpersonal dynamics
Contributions
- Organized all campus engagements end-to-end: outreach, booking, travel, media creation, marketing, and promotion
- Delivered workshops and lectures to student audiences ranging from small seminars to large auditorium events
- Adapted facilitation style and content to diverse campus communities, student populations, and engagement formats
- Conducted post-event surveys and incorporated feedback into ongoing program development
- Built and maintained relationships with campus programming offices, student organizations, and diversity and inclusion departments across 25+ institutions
- Performed spoken word poetry at select campus engagements as part of a broader programming offer
Outcome
Seven years of sustained campus programming across 25+ institutions — from community colleges to Ivy League universities — building one of the most geographically broad independent speaker and workshop programs in the queer education space, and establishing long-term relationships with campus programming offices across the US and Canada.
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