I have presented and/or consulted at over 60 colleges, universities, and public schools around the U.S. and the world. Those marked with a * have a video available at http://potowski.org/video
(This list does NOT include conference presentations, only invitations to campuses, schools, and community groups. Also, it is not complete; for a full list, see my resume)
About teaching heritage speakers:
Cervantes Institute, New York City, March 2017
Dennison College, February 2017
*Network of Illinois Educators of Spanish for Native Speakers, February 2017
University of Nevada, Reno. January 2017
*Polish Saturday School Network, December 2016
German Language School Conference, November 2016
Northwestern University, November 2016
University of Wisconsin Parkside, October 2016
Indiana University, September 2016.
Annual Conference for Community-Based Heritage Language Schools: Promoting Collaboration among Educators, Families, and Researchers. American University, Washington D.C., September 2016.
Luther College, September 2016
Archdiocese of Miami. August 2016.
Anáhuac University, Mexico: Puebla and Oaxaca campuses. May 2016, Sponsored by the U.S. Embassy
College of Staten Island - The City University of New York. April 2016
New York University (invited by Greg Guy), April 2016.
Centre College, KY. March 2016
Coastal Carolina University, October 2015
Monterey Institute for International Studies, September 2015
University of Colorado Denver, May 2015
Harvard University, May 2015
*Cervantes Institute, Boston, May 2015
Illinois Wesleyan University. April 2015
*Ohio State University, March 2015
Villanova University, February 2015
LaGuardia Community College, New York City. October 2014
Illinois Wesleyan University. February 2014
California State University, Long Beach. December 2013
*Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL. September 2013
Western Michigan University, April 2013
Evanston/Skokie School District, IL. April 2013
Valley View School District, Joliet, IL. March 2013
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. September 2012
St. Olaf College. September 2012
Universidad Autónoma de Benito Juárez, Oaxaca, Mexico. February 2012
* Cervantes Institute Online. November 2011
Beloit College, October 2011
The University of Genoa, Italy, May 2011
Harvard University, April 2011
Skidmore College, April 2011
Tulane University, April 2011
Cervantes Institute, New York City and Brown University, March 2011
Lehman College of the City University of New York. March 2011
California State University-Long Beach, February 2011
The University of Wisconsin-Madison. April 2010
Indiana University, Bloomington. April 2010
The University of Illinois at Chicago. March 2010
Northwestern University, February 2010
San Diego State University, October 2009
Brigham Young University. October 25- 29, 2009
University of Oregon, September 2009
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. April 2009
University of San Diego, April 2009
Ohio University, Athens, OH. October 2008
Austin Community College. November 2008
Western Illinois University, March 2008
University of North Carolina-Wilmington, February 2008 and February 2016
UNAM, San Antonio, TX. September 2008
University of Salamanca, Spain. March 26- 30, 2007
Monmouth College, Galesburg IL, September 2007
York High School, Elmhurst, IL. January 2007
Whitney Young High School, Chicago, IL. October 2006
Morton College, Cicero, IL. October 2006
Illinois State University, February 2006
DePaul University, February 2006
U of I at Urbana-Champaign, August 1999
About U.S. Spanish:
* Frank Porter Graham dual language school, Chapel Hill, NC. February 2016
Western Oregon University, January 2016
About dual language education:
University of Minnesota, April 2017
*University of Texas at Austin, April 2017
Berwyn South School District, IL, December 2016
Woodstock, IL, November 2016
Elgin, IL, October 2016. Article in the Chicago Tribune.
Reading in Motion presentation to Chicago area educators, October 2016
About the benefits of bilingualism:
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, February 2017
Dominican University, River Forest, IL, October 2016
Coastal Carolina University, October 2015
Illinois Wesleyan University. April 2015 and February 2014
LaGuardia Community College, New York City. October 2014
*Northern Illinois University. October 2014
Illinois Wesleyan University. February 2014
*TEDx, University of Illinois at Chicago. April 2013. "No child left monolingual."
* St. Olaf College. September 2012
Washington University in St. Louis, Merle Kling speaker series. March 2010