Lectures

  • AIA Cincinnati VISION, invited presentation, title TBD, June 21, 2019
  • AIA Cincinnati VISION, invited lecture, Whichcraft, June 20, 2019
  • Kansas State University, invited lecture, Cowboys & Farmers, April 10, 2019
  • American University of Sharjah, UAE, invited lecture, Whichcraft, March 2019
  • University of Texas at Austin, invited lecture, Cowboys & Farmers, March 21, 2018
  • Texas Tech University El Paso, invited lecture, Cowboys & Farmers, December 14, 2017
  • AIA Western Nebraska Conference, invited lecture, Cowboys & Farmers, April 21, 2017
  • University of Texas at Arlington, invited lecture, Cowboys & Farmers, November 16, 2016
  • Mississippi State University, invited lecture, Cowboys & Farmers, November 11, 2016
  • Emerging Voices Lecture, The Architectural League of New York, honorary invited speaker, “Emerging Voices spotlights individuals and firms based in the United States, Canada, or Mexico with distinct design voices and the potential to influence the disciplines of architecture, landscape architecture, and urbanism.” New York, April 5, 2016
  • Univ. of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture, invited lecture, Whichcraft, Nov.13, 2014
  • AIA California Council, Now Next Future, invited lecture, Whichcraft, October 25, 2014
  • Broad Art Museum, East Lansing, MI, invited lecture, Anything Goes, July 10, 2014
  • University of Illinois-Chicago, invited lecture, Anything Goes, April 1, 2013
  • Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK, invited lecture, Recent Abductions, May 2, 2012
  • University of Cincinnati, invited lecture, Recent Abductions, January 30, 2012
  • University of Idaho, invited lecture, Recent Abductions, October 17 2011
  • AIA Omaha, invited lecture, Recent Abductions, May 19, 2011
  • University of Kansas, invited lecture, Recent Abductions, April 22, 2011
  • South Dakota State University Dept. of Architecture, keynote lecture, Recent Abductions, March 26, 2011 this is the first public lecture scheduled by the new school of architecture.
  • ACADIA @ UNL, keynote lecture, Parametric Noopolitik, Lincoln, NE March 12, 2011
  • Residential Architect Reinvention Symposium, 2010 Rising Star speaker, Bridging Design and Construction: A New Paradigm in Practice, New Orleans, Dec. 7, 2010
  • Texas Tech University, invited lecture, Infrathin, March 25, 2010
  • AIA South Dakota, invited keynote lecture, Questioning the House, October 15, 2009
  • Virginia Commonwealth University, Doha, Qatar, Urbanized Fabrics, March 11, 2009
  • AIA Kansas, invited keynote lecture, Infrathin, October 11, 2008
  • Drury University, invited lecture, Infrathin, February 8, 2008
  • Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE, invited lecture, Art Farm @ Sheldon, Jan. 22, 2008
  • Louisiana State University, The Washer Hill & Lipscomb Lecture, Infrathin, Oct. 24, 2007
  • Monterey Design Conference, Emerging Talent Lecture, October 20, 2007
  • University of Arkansas, invited lecture, Infrathin, September 24, 2007
  • University of New Mexico, invited lecture, Infrathin, January 29, 2007
  • Roger Williams University, invited lecture, Infrathin, November 1, 2006
  • University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Hyde Lecture, Bemis = Art Landscape, Jan. 30, 2003
  • Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, ARTalk Series, invited lecture, Fact1: Bemis = Art Landscape, October 9, 2002
  • Kansas State University, invited lecture, Sites and Tactics, April 2001
  • University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Fall 2000 Hyde Chair Lecture, Sites and Non-sites: recent and not-so-recent work, November, 2000
  • University of Nebraska-Lincoln, lecture, Tibetan Architecture: A Dialectic of Center and Periphery, April, 2000
  • University of California at Berkeley, invited lecture, Tibetan Architecture: A Dialectic of Center and Periphery, March, 2000
  • University of California at Berkeley, invited lecture, Stairs, Fall, 1996
  • University of California at Berkeley, A Survey of Tibetan Architecture, Spring, 1995

Panels & Presentations

  • Matthew Hansen, “Revealing the Hidden Beauty of Brutalism”, front-page column based on walking tour and interview with Jeffrey L. Day, Omaha World Herald December 22, 2017
  • OPN Architects 2017 retreat, invited presentation & tour, Designing and Building the BLUEBARN Theatre, October 13, 2017
  • Neighborhoods USA Annual Conference, invited session moderator/presenter, “Creative Placemaking: Using Cultural, Design, and Planning Assets to Stabilize and Grow Communities” Omaha, NE, May 26, 2017
  • Neighborhoods USA Annual Conference, BLUEBARN Theatre / KETV 10th street neighborhood tour leader, Omaha, NE, May 24, 2017
  • AIA Nebraska Annual Conference, Omaha, NE continuing education presenter, BLUEBARN Theatre seminar / tour, September 10, 2015
  • Hammons School of Architecture, Design in the Middle: Making Place in the American Small Town, invited panelist, April 10, 2015
  • Make Me A Millionaire Inventor, invited video audition for proposed television production, December 2014
  • Eli and Edyth Broad Art Museum, East Lansing, MI, invited panelist, UniverCity, East Lansing 2030 Collegeville Re-envisioned, November 15, 2014
  • AIA Nebraska Annual Conference, Lincoln, NE continuing education presenter, 21st Century Architectural Education, October 3, 2014
  • KMTV Channel 3, Truck-A-Tecture Gets Gears Turning, TV appearance, July 8, 2014
  • KMTV Channel 3, Omaha Morning Blend, invited television interview about Truck-A-Tecture, July 2, 2014
  • Truck-A-Tecture, gallery talk featuring Pneumad, Kaneko, Omaha, June 27, 2014
  • KIOS 91.5FM Events Calendar interview with Michael Lyon, Truck-A-Tecture, June 2014
  • Great Plains Theatre Conference, invited presentation for the Design Wing, Designing the BLUEBARN Theatre, May 27, 2014
  • AIA Colorado North, invited presentation, Anything Goes precis, November 1, 2013
  • AIA Nebraska Annual Conference, Omaha, NE continuing education presenter, Benson Psychogeographic Tour, October 3, 2013
  • AIA National Conference 2013, invited panelist / presenter, Pro Bono Publico: S:M:L Firms Serving Society, June 20, 2013 (ranked 9th out of 202 by attendee evaluators)
  • AIA Nebraska Annual Conference, Lincoln, NE continuing education moderator, UNL Healthcare Design Initiative, October 5, 2012
  • AIA Nebraska Annual Conference, Lincoln, NE continuing education presenter, Architecture for Good, October 27, 2011
  • AIA South Dakota Convention, Sioux Falls, SD, invited presentation, Recent Work, Oct. 13, 2011
  • Pecha Kucha Night, Omaha Volume 10, invited presentation, January 20, 2011
  • Residential Architect Reinvention Symposium, 2010 invited panelist, The Case for Art In Architecture: Even Now, New Orleans, December 7, 2010
  • Moderator, public discussion at “Koolhaas Double Feature”, film screening co-sponsored by Design Alliance Omaha, Omaha Creative Institute and Film Streams. Nov. 10, 2010
  • Pecha Kucha Night, Lincoln Volume 2, invited presentation, June 16, 2010
  • World Environment Day 2010 Omaha, invited panelist, Arts & Environment, April 28, 2010
  • University of Nebraska, invited lecture, Recent Abductions, March 10, 2010
  • Kansas State University, invited panelist, Analog and Digital, February 25, 2010
  • Filmstreams Omaha, NE. invited panelist with a screening of Objectified, (Gary Hustwit, 2009), December 17, 2009
  • AIAS Midwest Quad Conference, invited panelist, Values, October 31,2009
  • BVH Architects, Lincoln, NE, invited lecture, Detail Diffusions, August 20, 2009
  • Winner’s Symposium, New Practices San Francisco, Center for Architecture, New York City, June 5, 2009
  • The Clark Enersen Partners, Lincoln, NE, invited lecture, Detail Diffusions, May 7, 2009
  • HDR, Inc., Omaha, NE, invited lecture, Detail Diffusions, March 23, 2009
  • Virginia Commonwealth University, Doha, Qatar, invited presentation, Material Manifest, March 10, 2009
  • Pecha Kucha Night, Omaha Volume 1, invited presentation, November 13, 2008
  • AIA Central States, Pecha Kucha Night, invited presentation, October 23, 2008
  • ACADI@, invited presentation at ACADIA Conference, October 17, 2008
  • AIA Kansas, invited panelist, Emerging Professionals, October 11, 2008
  • Midwest Architecture Forum, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE, invited lecture, Landscapism, panel discussion and tour of Okoboji House July 19-20, 2008
  • Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, invited panelist, State of the Art, August 26, 2007
  • Architectural League of New York, invited panelist, November 11, 2004
  • AIA NE 2004 conference invited panelist: Getting Published, October 2004