A collection of presentations, publication, interviews, and creative scholarship exploring creativity, learning, music, and human possibility
Through conference presentations, workshops, panels, and invited talks, I engage audiences in conversations about creativity, learning, play, artistic inquiry, and human potential
Recent Presentations (2026)
International Conference on Knowledge, Innovation, and Enterprise (KIE)
Budapest, Hungary • July 2026
12th Annual Reisman Diagnostic Creativity Assessment Special Interest Group (RDCA SIG) Panelist
Panelist for the RDCA SIG, contributing to international conversations surrounding creativity research and assessment.
World Creativity Conference
Seoul, South Korea • June 2026
Sound as Canvas: Innovative Approaches to Interdisciplinary Creativity
Exploring connections among music, visual art, storytelling, and creative learning through interdisciplinary arts experiences.
Presentation, World Creativity Conference
Seoul National University, June 2026
World Creativity Conference
Seoul, South Korea • June 2026
Songs of Shadow, Whispers of Light
with Esra Ibil, Ph.D.
Examining collaborative storyweaving through shadow puppetry and music composition with children in Türkiye and the United States.
Debbi and co-presenter Esra Ibil
Seoul National University, June 2026
U.S. Play Coalition
Bloomington, Indiana • April 2026
Playing with Sound
Presentation and featured conference hands-on session exploring sound as a vehicle for play, creativity, experimentation, and learning.
Musicians setting up for interactive conference session exploring sound as vehicle for play and creativity
Post "Playing with Sound" session with
Ryan Schaben, Bloomington, IN, 2026
Selected Earlier Presentations
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Accelerate Rural Indiana Creative Communities Workshop, Opening Remarks (2026)
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KIE Lisbon, Portugal, Author Talkback (2025)
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Creativity Conference, Southern Oregon University, Informed by inquiry: Connecting experience to understanding and possibility through a child's perspective (2024)
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U.S. Play Coalition National Conference on the Value of Play, Play Ball, Play Music, and Play the Stock Market (2024)
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College Art Association of America, Chicago, Illinois (panelist), Sounding Bodies: Exploring the Intersections of Sound, Art, and Practice-Related Research Methodologies (2024)
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Bloomington Rotary Club (with Harold Popp, Ph.D.), Inside-Out Creativity (2023)
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Creativity Conference, Southern Oregon University, Cultivating Creativity in Children Through Music Composition (2023)
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NAfME Eastern Division (with Harold Popp, Ph.D.), Inside-Out Creativity (2023)
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KIE (online), Composing with children: Cultivating creativity, connection, and community (2020)
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Expert MOVErs, Motivation, Opportunity, Vision, Entertainment (M.O.V.E.) Civics, Community Service & Creativity, Creativity during quarantine: A reflection for M.O.V.E.rs (2020)
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SOU Creativity Conference, Orchestrating Creativity: An Instrumental Approach (2019)
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KIE Dubai, A Cellist's View of Creativity (2019)
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M.O.V.E. Gala, NYC, Kids Compose (2019)
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Speaking Topics
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Creativity & Creative Identity
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Cultivating Creativity Across Disciplines
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Music Composition with Children
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Play, Learning, and Imagination
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Arts-Based Inquiry & A/R/Tography
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Interdisciplinary Creativity
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Community Engagement Through the Arts
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Creative Learning for Schools and Organizations
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