I speak to audiences that rarely sit in the same room: police officers and academics, parliamentarians and university students, HRD scholars and community organizations. The through line is the same across all of them: how organizations shape the people inside them, and what it takes to do that ethically. Selected engagements are described below.
Lalla Rookh Building, Paramaribo, Suriname
Upcoming (January 2027)
I will present my current research on artificial intelligence and the onboarding of new professionals. The talk examines what happens to newcomer socialization when the routine, entry-level tasks that once carried new employees into a profession are absorbed by AI systems. Those tasks were never only about output. They were how newcomers learned the unwritten rules of a workplace, built relationships with colleagues, and earned the judgment that comes from doing the work. The presentation sets out what organizations stand to lose when that developmental ground disappears, and what deliberate design can do to replace it.
Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD)
Applying Conditioning Theories to Law Enforcement Organizational Development through Education | February 2024
Presented at the international conference of the Academy of Human Resource Development, this paper brought learning theory into the study of police organizations. It argued that conditioning processes, both formal and informal, help explain why officers behave as they do long after training ends, and that organizational development in law enforcement therefore has to be approached as an educational problem rather than only a policy or disciplinary one.
The Pennsylvania State University
Horizon Europe and Erasmus+: Research Funding Opportunities for U.S. Institutions | May 2026
A briefing for faculty and administrators on the European Union’s research and education funding landscape, covering which instruments are open to U.S. institutions, how partnerships and eligibility work in practice, and how to position an American university within a European consortium.
Global Career Institute: Resources for Success | April 2025
A session for students on the resources, competencies, and decisions that shape internationally connected careers, delivered as part of Penn State’s global career programming.
Global Leadership Forum Conference
Minimize Police Brutality through Behavioral Psychology | October 2022
An international audience of leaders and practitioners heard an argument that excessive force is not only a matter of individual character but of conditioning, environment, and organizational reinforcement. The talk drew on behavioral psychology to identify the points at which police organizations can intervene before harm occurs, rather than only after.
Korps Politie Suriname (Suriname Police Force)
Strategic Police Leadership: Building Trust, Ethics, and Resilience | December 2024
Delivered in Dutch to police leadership, this presentation addressed what strategic leadership asks of senior officers under conditions of public scrutiny and organizational strain. It connected three demands that are often treated separately: earning and holding public trust, embedding ethical standards in daily practice, and sustaining the resilience of officers and units over time.
Women’s Rights and Gender-Based Violence
Selected engagements with advocacy organizations and national institutions
Much of my public speaking in Suriname has addressed violence against women and the responsibility of institutions to respond to it. I have presented on the prevention of femicide for Stichting Projecta, and addressed the Parliament of the Republic of Suriname on domestic violence, speaking to policymakers about what the police can and cannot do under existing frameworks and what would have to change. Related work includes a lecture at Anton de Kom University on how police officers should respond to domestic violence, and a presentation on the professional relationship between the LGBTQ+ community and the police in Suriname.
Anton de Kom University of Suriname (ADEK)
Empowering Educators: Navigating the Ethical Landscape of AI in Education | December 2024
A lecture for educators on the ethical terrain that artificial intelligence opens up in teaching and assessment. Rather than treating AI as either a threat or a shortcut, the session worked through the judgments teachers now have to make about authorship, evaluation, equity of access, and the kind of learning they are actually trying to produce.
