Over the years, I have presented about my UX work and run design workshops across the world and around the internet. I've been lucky enough to have my work highlighted in my favorite Baltimore NPR program, Out of the Blocks and in the MIT Technology Review. I'll talk for you too, especially if you pay me.

I've highlighted my favorites!


Email me to say hello, or if you'd like 5-minute faces at your event. I do limited freelance design.
November 2024 | Malta (remote)
Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems

Enabling Science with Good Design

Watch Talk
October 2024 | Fort Mead, MD
National Disability Employment Awareness Month

Keynote: Making Data Accessible

I was invited to talk about data accessibility.

November 2023 | Online
Rubin Observatory

Notebook Accessibility Hackathon

Watch Talk and Hackathon
November 2023 | Montevideo, Uruguay
III Workshop on Astronomy Beyond the Common Senses for Accessibility and Inclusion

Accessible Astronomical Data at MAST

Watch Talk
June 2023
MIT Technology Review

How sounds can turn us on to
the wonders of the universe

Read Article

I was interviewed in MIT Technology Review about Data Accessibility in Astronomy

June 2023 | Norrköping, Sweeden (remote)
ICAD Astronomical Data Sonification session

Astronify

Session website
June 2023
Astrobites

Notebooks For All: Making Jupyter Notebooks More Accessible

Read Article

Astrobites highlighted a Hackathon I helped organize.

May 2023 | Paris, France
JupyterCon

Accessibility & Jupyter Notebooks
(Talk & Poster)

Watch Talk Read Talk Abstract Read Poster Abstract
December 2022 | Leiden, the Netherlands
Audible Universe 2 workshop

Invited attendee

May 2022 | Online
Sonification to Access Information Workshop

Create with Light - student art with data sonification

Watch Talk
April 2022
Sustain Open Source Design Podcast

Episode 27: Jenn Kotler on Astronomical Sonification and Designing UX for Science & Open Data

Listen to Episode
June 2021 | online
The Loud Numbers Sonification Festival

Sonification Game Show

Watch Gameshow
January 2021 | online
American Astronomical Society 221

Sonification Splinter Workshop

Open Workshop Document

I helped organize and led this workshop to brainstorm sonifications potential in astronomy.

November 2020 | Baltimore, MD (online because COVID)
STScI public lecture series

Hearing The Light: How Sonification Deepens
our Understanding of the Cosmos and
Makes Astronomy More Accessible

Watch Talk Read Description
September 2020
WYPR: Out of the Blocks

Space Sonification

Listen to Episode

I was thrilled to be featured on my favorite podcast, Out of the Blocks (on NPR!)

September 2020
Perkins Blog

Hearing the Sound of Light

Read Blog

The Perkins blog featured animations I made to explain sonification.

July 2020 | Online (because of COVID)
American Astronomical Society 236

UX for Astronomy

Watch Talk
September 2019 | Sydney, Australia
Astronomical Data Archives Meeting

Workshop: User Engagement: Creating Social Infrastructure for Digital Communities
BoF session: UX for Astronomy

Download Slides
October 2019 | Rochester, NY
The Future is Open

Panel: How FOSS kick-started our careers
Talk: 5 Years Working as a Designer - from Corporate Tech to Open Science

Photos from Conference
October 2019 | Baltimore, MD
The Art of Digital Stewardship

Lighting talk: Astronomical Data Archives