2026
Christian Science Monitor expert quote · NPR/WOSU on Archival Intelligence · AI and Democracy, Ohio State University
Speaking
Speaking & Keynotes
Selected speaking, keynotes, and expert talks on AI safety, governance, creativity, cultural heritage, and democracy.
Highlights
Selected Keynotes & Invited Talks
Oct 2025 · Selected Faculty Speaker
OpenAI Higher Education Forum
Selected Education Guild speaker at OpenAI's invitation-only forum in San Francisco. Presented computational humanities research and human-centered AI curriculum.
Oct 2025 · Keynote
Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar — METC Conference
Keynote on AI and the humanities at Weill Cornell's international campus in Doha, addressing narrative medicine and high-stakes clinical decision-making.
2025
RALLY Innovation Conference
Spoke on human algorithms and the intersection of narrative, emotion, and AI systems. Indianapolis.
2022–23 · New York
Helix Center Roundtables
Roundtable discussions on AI, language, and emotion with Ned Block, Francesca Rossi, Joseph LeDoux, and Rosalind Picard.
Selected Talks and Invited Lectures
- Apr 2026OSU Chase Center, “Civic Education After AI” · panel with Michael Inzlicht and Sean Westwood, 2nd Annual Ohio Civics Centers Symposium · Video
- Oct 2025Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, METC Conference (keynote)
- Oct 2025OpenAI Higher Education Forum, Education Guild selected speaker
- Jun 2025Chronicle of Higher Education Virtual Forum (invited speaker)
- Feb 2025Worcester Polytechnic Institute Global Lab, “AI at a Crossroads: Who Shapes the Future?” (public lecture)
- 2024–25Bloomberg, AI Strategy course development
- 2024Carleton College Day of Digital Humanities, “Human-Centered AI: High-Impact Change from the Classroom to the Lab” (keynote)
- 2024Dartmouth, invited talk
- Nov 2023Mount St. Mary's University, Meredith Donovan Lecturer
- 2022Helix Center roundtable on natural language generation systems, with Ned Block, Francesca Rossi, and Kyunghyun Cho (one month before ChatGPT)
- 2019Modernist Studies Association, first transdisciplinary AI research presentation
Public Humanities
Three audio lecture series with The Modern Scholar, distributed via Audible and Recorded Books for broad public audiences.
Odyssey of the West, Part Six: Towards the Modern
Lectures on the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists, drawing on Elkins's specialization in nineteenth and twentieth century French culture.
The Giants of French Literature: Balzac, Flaubert, Proust, and Camus
Eight-lecture series on the four French literary titans whose works shaped modern literature. Reviewed in Library Journal as “a compelling survey course recommended for individuals seeking an intellectual challenge.”
The Modern Novel
Lecture series examining the development of the modern novel through Joyce, Kafka, Proust, and Woolf.
Selected Engagements by Year
2025
CHE Virtual Forum · OpenAI Higher Ed Forum · RALLY Innovation · Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar keynote · Yale Alumni in AI · NIST AISIC plenary · Concordia College · Smith College · ICML 2025 · Forbes · Schmidt Sciences
2024
ICML 2024 oral, Vienna · UNESCO MONDIACULT, Cairo · Meta Open Innovation, London · Bloomberg AI Strategy · Lafayette College · Austin College · Carleton College · Yale · Washington University in St. Louis
2023
Helix Center Emotion roundtable · Concordia University Montreal · Wofford College · McGill/Pitt/CMU · University of Tennessee, Knoxville · Al Jazeera
2022
Helix Center NLG roundtable × 2
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