Talks

* invited

Upcoming

"Why Should Those Who Speak for Us Be Anything Like Us?"

The Practical, the Political, and the Ethical Seminar Series, Institute of Philosophy, University of London, May 28, 2021 * (on Zoom)

"Speaking for Others From the Bench"

Judges as Representatives Workshop, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, June 21-23, 2021 * (on Zoom)

Not Just Speaking for Ourselves

Manuscript Review Workshop, Stanford Humanities Center, December 2021

TBA

PPE2022 on Race and PPE, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 11-12, 2022 *

"Representation and Expertise"

Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, California, March 31-April 2, 2022 *

"You Say I Want a Revolution"

Philosophy Desert Workshop, Moab, Utah, April 29-May 1, 2022 *

TBA

Dartmouth Summer Economics and Philosophy Workshop, Summer 2021 or 2022 *

TBA

Constructing Social Hierarchies Workshop, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, July 2022 *

COVID-19 Cancellations

"The Conscription of Political Representatives," Political Representation Panel, Pacific Division Meeting of the APA (Cancelled) *
TBA, PPE Workshop, King's College London Political Economy Department, London (Cancelled) *

Previous

"Speaking for Others From the Bench"

Legal Theory Workshop, University of Virginia, April 13, 2021 * (on Zoom)

"Why Should Those Who Speak for Us Be Anything Like Us?"

Rutgers Feminist Philosophy Workshop, Rutgers University, March 30, 2021 * (on Zoom)
Workshop on Gender and Philosophy, MIT, December 10, 2020 *
Clayman Institute for Gender Research, Stanford University, December 3, 2020 *

"Democracy Within, Justice Without: The Duties of Informal Political Representatives"

Stanford Political Theory Workshop, September 18, 2020 *
UCLA Legal Theory Workshop, April 16, 2020 *
California Philosophy Workshop, Malibu, October 2018 *
The New York City Minorities and Philosophy Spring Workshop Series, NYU, May 2018
Harvard Horizons Symposium, Harvard University, April 2018
Princeton Workshop in Social Philosophy (PWISP), Princeton University, February 2018
Submitted Symposium, Central Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association, Chicago, February 2018
Feminism, Philosophy, and Engaging the Public, Philosophical and Political Communities and Representation Panel, CSWIP, October 2017
Philosophers' Cocoon Philosophy Conference, University of Tampa, October 2017
Feminist Ethics and Social Theory (FEAST), Justice Panel, October 2017
MANCEPT, Moral Equality and Equal Respect Panel, September 2017
APSA, Representative Legitimacy Under Strain Panel with Jane Mansbridge, Laura Montanaro, and Nadia Urbinati, August 2017
Caribbean Philosophical Association Annual Meeting, New York, June 2017
Mentoring Workshop for Pre-tenure Women in Philosophy, University of Utah, June 2017
Harvard Race and Ethnicity Working Group, Harvard University, March 2017
Workshop on Gender and Philosophy (WOGAP), MIT, February 2017
Department of Philosophy, San Francisco State University, January 2017 *
Department of Philosophy, Northwestern University, January 2017 *

"Speaking for Others From the Bench"

Legal Philosophy Workshop, June 30, 2020 (on Zoom)

"Race and Representation"

Race and Representation course, Hackensack High School (Instructor: Caseen Gaines), June 2, 2020 * (on Zoom)

"The Conscription of Political Representatives"

Political Science Spring Workshop, Stanford University, May 1, 2020 * (on Zoom)
UCSD Political Theory Workshop, San Diego, April 13, 2020 * (on Zoom)
The Center for Ethical and Sustainable Business, San Francisco State University, November 21, 2019 *
Department of Philosophy, University of California-Merced, November 2019 *
Vancouver Summer Philosophy Conference, Vancouver, August 2019
Department of Law, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, June 2019 *
Bechtel Workshop, Northwestern University, September 2018
Rights and Wrongs: A Constitution Day Conference, San Francisco State University, September 2018
Workshop on Economics and Philosophy, Santa Fe, August 2018 *
ConceptLab, University of Oslo, June 2018 *

"The Limits of Similitude and Deference: Reexamining Core Principles of Political Representation"

North American Society for Social Philosophy, San Francisco, July 2019
Gender, Race, and Sexuality Seminar, Department of Philosophy, Universitat de Barcelona, June 2019 *
Stanford Minorities and Philosophy (MAP) Conference, Stanford University, April 2019 *
PPE Society, Costs and Benefits of Diversity Panel, New Orleans, March 2019 *

"Judicial Representation: Speaking for Others from the Bench"

PPE Society, Law and Economics: Criticisms and Alternatives Panel, New Orleans, March 2019 *
Beyond Disadvantage: Disability, Law, and Bioethics, Petrie-Flom Center, Harvard Law School, June 2018

"Faceless Witnesses and the Frustration of Due Process"

Conceptual Engineering in the Ethics of War, ConceptLab, University of Oslo, January 2019 *

"When Academic Freedom Becomes Responsibility: The Relationship Between Scholarship and Spokespersonship"

Pacific Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association, San Diego, March 2018 *

"A Triadic Distinction and the Fourth Estate"

Talk-Shop, Department of Philosophy, Harvard University, November 2017

"Speaking For, Speaking About, Speaking Out"

Moral and Political Philosophy Workshop, Harvard University, October 2017

"Episode 029: Wendy Salkin on Informal Representation," The UnMute Podcast with Myisha Cherry, October 2017

"Why Stop Snitching? Morally Evaluating Confidential Informants"

Harvard-Edinburgh Legal Theory Colloquium, University of Edinburgh, February 2017
Legal Philosophy Workshop, Queen’s University, Ontario, June 2016
Talk-Shop, Department of Philosophy, Harvard University, April 2016
Police, Prisons, and Power Conference, CUNY Graduate Center, 2013
Society of the Dirty Leviathan Political Philosophy Retreat, Stanford, 2013

"Free Speech / Hate Speech" with Ronni Gura Sadovsky

MIT Day of Action, Day of Engagement, April 2017

"Muscular Dystrophy and Medical Solidarity: An Essay on Rare Diseases and Common Causes"

Petrie-Flom Center Student Fellows Lunch Talk, Harvard Law School, March 2017

"The Perils and Promise of Informal Political Representation"

Moral and Political Philosophy Workshop, Harvard University, October 2016

"Informal Political Representation and the Possibility of Democratic Legitimacy"

Philosophy of ‘Race’ and Racism Conference, University of Oxford, June 2016

"The Complaints of the Represented"

Moral and Political Philosophy Workshop, Harvard University, April 2016

"Informal Political Representatives"

UCLA Law and Philosophy Graduate Conference, April 2016
Talk-Shop, Department of Philosophy, Harvard University, November 2015

"Informal Group Representation"

Society of the Dirty Leviathan Political Philosophy Retreat, Stanford, 2011
Moral and Political Philosophy Workshop, Harvard University, 2010

Discussant

On Jake Monaghan, "Policing Ourselves," Stanford Ethics Center Junior Scholars Workshop, May 2021 *
On Aleksy Tarasenko Struc, "Objectification and Domination," Bay Area Feminism and Philosophy Workshop, May 2019
On Peter Railton, "A Convenient Truth? Subjective Well-Being and Global Climate Change," NUSTEP Keynote Lecture, May 2019
On Colin Bossen, "The Populist Imagination: A White Man's Republic," The Minns Lectures, Boston, MA, April 2019 *
On Chris Lewis, "Inequality, Risk, and the Principles of Punishment," Workshop on Law and Philosophy, Stanford University, December 2018 *
On Amy Berg, “Bright Lines in Juvenile Justice,” Mentoring Workshop for Pre-tenure Women in Philosophy, Salt Lake City, June 2017
On Lee-Ann Chae, “Hoping for Peace," Mentoring Workshop for Pre-tenure Women in Philosophy, Salt Lake City, June 2017
On Joseph Frigault, “Fair Play, White Privilege, and Black Reparations," Pacific Division Meeting of the APA, Seattle, April 2017
On Freeman and Stewart, “Microaggressions in Clinical Medicine” Eastern Division Meeting of the APA, Baltimore, January 2017
On Karl Schafer, “Rationality as the Capacity for Understanding,” Midsummer Philosophy Workshop, Cambridge, June 2016

Invited Panelist

Law in the Public Interest, Stanford Women in Law, Stanford University, February 2021
New Perspectives in Critical Race Scholarship, CCSRE, Stanford University, February 2020
Ask a Philosopher Panel, Department of Philosophy, San Francisco State University, November 2018
Philosophy in an Inclusive Key (PIKSI) Boston, MIT, Cambridge, MA, June 2017
Censorship in South Florida and Beyond, Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, August 2016
Feminist Philosophy and Essentialism Conference, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2012