Classroom in Rwanda
Lectures & Research
The Challenges of Contemporary Armed Conflicts and Its Impact on Children: Monitoring Health and Human Rights Violations
Boston University, Boston, March 2025
The Impact of Violence: Issues Confronting Women and Children During Complex Humanitarian Emergencies
California State University-Northridge, Northridge, CA, March 2022
Why Women and Girls Matter to U.S. Foreign Policy: A Close Look at Women’s Health
Institute of Politics, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, Spring 2019
To Empower Women is to Empower Nations: The Nexus Between Gender Equality, Economic Growth, Political Stability and Access to Care
California State University, Northridge, CA Fall 2017
Impact of Media on Policy and International Development
Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA April 2017
Module on Health and Human Rights
Boston University, Boston, MA March 2017
The Impact of Violence: Issues Confronting Women and Children During Complex Humanitarian Emergencies
California State University-Northridge, Northridge, CA, March 2021
Do Good Abroad: A Panel Discussion on Jobs in Humanitarian Aid
American University, Washington, DC, December 2012
Youth, Peace and Security
United Nations Program in New York, Occidental College, CA, October 2016
The Refugee Diaspora, 2016
The United Nations Association, Pasadena, CA, May 2016
Providing Humanitarian Assistance in Conflict-Affected States
Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA, April 2016
The Impact of Violence: Issues Confronting Women and Children During Complex Humanitarian Emergencies
Boston University, Boston, MA, March 2016
The Refugee Diaspora 2015
Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA November, 2015
The Refugee Diaspora 2015
Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA November, 2015
The Refugee Diaspora 2015
California State University, Northridge, CA November 2015
The Impact of Violence: Issues Confronting Women and Children During Complex Humanitarian Emergencies
Boston University, Boston, MA, March 2015
Providing Humanitarian Assistance in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States
California State University, Northridge, CA, November 2014
Providing Humanitarian Assistance in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States
Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA, October 2014
The Impact of Violence: Issues Confronting Women and Children During Complex Humanitarian Emergencies
California State University, Northridge, CA, April 2014
Gender-Based Violence in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies
University of Denver, Denver, CO, April 2014
The Effects of Armed Conflict on Women and Children
Boston University, Boston, MA, February 2014
The Effects of Armed Conflict on Women and Children
Boston University, Boston, MA, October 2013
Vulnerable Populations and the Incidence of Human Trafficking
Presbyterian Women’s Group, First Presbyterian Church, Columbia, MO, April 2013
Global Health: The Role of Government, NGOs, and Community-Based Organizations in Post-Conflict Reconstruction
Boston University, Boston, MA, March 2013
The Impact of Violence: Issues Confronting Women and Children During Complex Humanitarian Emergencies
California State University-Northridge, Northridge, CA, February 2013
The Impact of Violence: Issues Confronting Women and Children During Complex Humanitarian Emergencies
Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA, February 2013
The Impact of Violence: Issues Confronting Women and Children During Complex Humanitarian Emergencies
Boston University, Boston, April 2023
Visualizing Climate Refugees;
A Global Perspective
Occidental College, Los Angeles, March 2018
Beyond Direct Attack: The Effects of Conflict on Vulnerable Populations
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis, MD February 2017
The Impact of Violence: Issues Confronting Women and Children During Complex Humanitarian Emergencies
Yale University, New Haven, CT, November 2012
Introduction To Refugee Health Care
Boston University, Boston, April 2018
Contributing author, Global Mental Health: Trauma and Recovery, A Companion Guide for Field and Clinical Care of Traumatized People Worldwide edited by Richard F. Mollica, MD, MAR
Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma, 2012
Women, War & Peace: Understanding Armed Conflicts and the Applicable Law
Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA, March 2012
When Siege Becomes A Weapon Of War: The Effects of Conflict on Vulnerable Populations
Boston University, Boston, MA, November 2018
Global Health: Beyond Germs and Genes–Women, War & Peace
Boston University, Department of Health Sciences & Department of African Studies
Boston, MA, March 2012
Global Health, Global Responsibility: Health and Public Policy Issues
Boston University, Boston, MA, November 2011
Women and Leadership: Living Your Leadership Values
Public Service Management Wales, Cardiff, Wales, November 2011
The Impact of Violence: Issues Confronting Women and Children During Complex Humanitarian Emergencies
Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University, Medford, MA, October 2018
Standards of Practice for International Aid Workers: From Leadership Development to Cultural Fluency
Mount St. Mary’s College, Los Angeles, CA, October 2011
Observer, G(irls) Summit
The Académie Diplomatique Internationale, Paris, France, October 2011
The Interconnectedness of International Development and Humanitarian Aid
Women in Public Policy Caucus, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA, September 2011
The Importance of Global Awareness and Cultural Context When Treating Victims of Gender-Based Violence – Both Domestically and Internationally
Fourth Conference on International Social Work, USC, Los Angeles, CA, March 2011
Why Diplomacy Matters, Why Humanitarian Care
Department of Diplomacy and World Affairs, Occidental College, February 2011
Human Rights in the Americas
Chicano Studies Department, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, February 2011
Gender-Based Violence in Guatemala – California Association of Latin American Studies Conference
Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA, November 2010
The Impact of Climate Refugees and Homelessness in Global Cities
UN Week, Occidental College, February, 2018
Public Health: Problem Solving the Katrina Response
AME Church Open Forum, Los Angeles, CA, September 2005
Gender-Based Violence in Haiti
United Nations Association, Pasadena, CA, July 2010
Women in Power Course Participant – Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education
Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Boston, MA, Spring 2010
Women’s Health Round Table: Improving Women’s Health in Haiti – Women’s Health Bi-Weekly Seminar
Suffolk University, Boston, MA, January 2010
Needless Suffering, Endless Suffering – The State of Armed Conflict And Its Effects On Women And Children
Tel Aviv University, USC Sponsored Lecture Series, Department of Social Work, Tel Aviv, Israel, June 2009
A Humanitarian Response to Victims
of Armed Conflict
Boston University, Boston, April 2018
Crisis in Haiti Panel Discussant – Presented by Congressman Adam Schiff, 29th Congressional District
Altadena, CA, February 2010
Funding Mental Health Programs in Post-Conflict Societies: An Emerging Concern and Global Challenge (On-Going Research)
The Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma, Cambridge, MA, Spring 2009
DRC – Case Study Presentation: Gender-Based Violence
International Social Work Caucus, USC, Los Angeles, CA, April 2009
An Introduction to the Field of International Humanitarian Assistance
College of Communications, Cal State Fullerton, CA, April 2009
The State of Armed Conflict and Its Effects On Women and Children
School of Public Policy, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA, March 2009
Conflict, Nation Building, and the Humanitarian Response
International Social Work Caucus, USC, Los Angeles, CA, October 2008
Children at Risk: Growing Up in Conflict and Post-conflict Societies
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Adolescent Medicine, Los Angeles, June 2008
The Status of Mental Health Systems in Post-Conflict
Dashew Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, May 2008
Millennium Development Goal #3: The Effects of War, Weapons and Conflict Prevention on Women
United Nations Association of Pasadena, CA, April 2008
Virtual Mentoring and Women in Post-Conflict Societies
International Social Work Caucus, USC, Los Angeles, CA, October 2007
Gender-Based Violence & the Ethos of Resilience: Case Studies in Cross-Cultural Contexts
Department of Gender Studies, USC, Los Angeles, CA, October 2018
Virtual Mentoring and Active Learning – WIIS panel discussion
International Studies Association, West, San Francisco, CA, September 2007
Conflict, Trafficking, and UN Peacekeepers
Los Angeles Commission on the Status of Women, Los Angeles, CA, September 2007
Microlending in Post-Conflict Society: Women in Rwanda, A Case Study
Tiziano Project, Los Angeles, CA, June 2007
The Impact of Global Warming on Humanitarian Aid Efforts
United Nations Association of Pasadena, Pasadena, CA, June 2007
Zene: A Multimedia Presentation of Human Rights Abuses in Srebrenica, Bosnia
Harvard Refugee Trauma Center, Boston, MA, April 2007
Crisis Response to Disaster and Conflict: An Introduction to the IMC
Los Angeles World Affairs Council, Los Angeles, CA, December 2006
Children of the Night: A Community-Based Model Addressing the Issues of Child Prostitution in the United States
ISPCAN International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect, York, UK, September 2006
Human Rights Education in Schools: The Challenge of Building Multicultural Democracy
German Marshall Fund’s, US Transatlantic Young Leaders Program of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, March 2006
Introduction to Global Health
Sargent College of Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA, September 2010
The Status of Trafficking in Eastern Europe
UCLA, Student Chapter of UNICEF, Los Angeles, CA, May 2005
Landmines: The Invisible Barrier
UCLA, Student Chapter of UNICEF, Los Angeles, CA, April 2005