Speaker Announcement – Executive Director of the Athens CASA/GAL Program Jenny Stotts
We are pleased that Jenny Stotts has agreed to speak at #TEDxOhioUniversity! An Athens County native and graduate of Ohio University, Jenny works as the Executive Director of the Athens CASA/GAL Program and the Regional Director of Southeast Ohio CASA. She has focused her career and volunteer work on supporting youth and families, particularly children…
Speaker Announcement – MFA Student and Performance Artist Quinn Hunter
We are thrilled that Quinn Alexandria Hunter will join #TEDxOhioUniversity. A sculptor and performance artist who works primarily with hair and the African American female body as material, she completed her MFA at Ohio University. Using hair weave, a material that is culturally, socially, and physically connected to the Black female body to make her…
Speaker Announcement – Director of Project Development for True Pigments, LLC, Michelle Shively
We are so pleased Michelle Shively has joined the #TEDxOhioUniversity speaker panel. She serves as Director of Project Development for True Pigments, LLC, which was founded as a social enterprise of Rural Action in 2018 to turn the environmental destruction of yesterday’s extractive industries into vibrant and regenerative environments and economies for the future.
Speaker Announcement – Award Winning Performance Poet and Photographer Kari Gunter-Seymour
We are so fortunate to have Kari Gunter-Seymour Peterson join #TEDxOhioUniversity on March 23. An award winning performance poet and photographer, Kari is founder and executive director of the Women of Appalachia Project™, (WOAP™) a 501(c)(3), non-profit arts organization she created to empower a growing network of spoken word and visual artists, providing opportunities for…
Speaker Announcement – Ohio University Honors Tutorial College Student Melissa Damico
We are excited to announce that Ohio University Honors Tutorial College student Melissa Damico will speak at #TEDxOhioUniversity on March 23! A sophomore majoring in Environmental Studies, Melissa is currently doing research with the Grey Green Alliance, an initiative she founded, and looks forward to working to mitigate the vulnerability of those who will be…
Speaker Announcement – Dr. Tanisha King-Taylor, Chief Inclusion Officer for Ohio University’s Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
Chief Inclusion Officer for Ohio University’s Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dr. Tanisha King-Taylor, will present at #TEDxOhioUniversity on March 23. She is well-known for her research on “Black women, microaggressions and the myth of the Strong Black woman”.