Events

To date, Alex has participated in 50 public presentations, run 23 workshops and shared his work at 22 conferences. To inquire about a speaking engagement at a future event, please get in touch.

Upcoming Events

National Museum of the Great Lakes March 18, 2026 in Toledo, OH

Past Events

Democracy + Place August 4, 2025 with PlacemakingUS

Detroit Book Fest/Detroit Public Library July 18, 2025 in Detroit, MI

Book Beat Detroit June 8, 2025 in Oak Park, MI

IMAGIN Conference June 3, 2025 in Kalamazoo, MI

Next Chapter Books May 28, 2025 in Detroit, MI

UM Detroit Center Demystify Detroit, February 2025 in Detroit, MI

Next Chapter Books June 13, 2024 in Detroit, MI.

MSU Museum Food Deserts and Public Policy, January 2024 in East Lansing, MI

27th Letter Books November 10, 2023 in Detroit, MI.

Grosse Pointe Public Library November 1, 2022 in Grosse Pointe Woods, MI.

Troy Public Library July 19, 2022 in Troy, MI.

Detroit Public Library Author Series, July 13, 2022.

Novi Library Kaleidoscope Speaker Series, May 18, 2022 in Novi, MI.

City of Detroit Department of Neighborhoods, April 25, 2022.

MSU James Madison College April 11, 2022 in East Lansing, MI.

UM Clark Library March 31, 2022 in Ann Arbor, MI.

Boston Public Library Leventhal Map and Education Center, March 9, 2022 in Boston, MA.

WSU Alumni Association February 24, 2022 in Detroit, MI.

UM Flint, Office of Research, February 4, 2022 in Flint, MI.

Book Suey December 1, 2021 in Hamtramck, MI.

Pages Bookshop November 17, 2021 in Detroit, MI.

OCAD ON:SITE Gallery, September 2018 in Toronto, ON

AIA Detroit Intersections: The City Through Cartography, February 2018 in Detroit, MI

OpenIDEO Civic Innovation, Open Data, and Community Engagement, May 2016 in Detroit, MI

Past Workshops

WSU Reuther Library Mapping the Past: Interpreting Maps as Primary Sources, October 2017 in Detroit, MI

UM Institute for Humanities Digital Humans and Geography, November 2016 in Ann Arbor, MI

Past Conferences

Conference on Community Writing October 23, 2025 in Detroit, MI

Geographical Association Annual Meeting, April 2025 at Oxford Brookes University, UK.

NACIS Annual Meeting, October 2023 in Pittsburgh, PA. 

NHCHC Annual Meeting, Food Access and Social Determinants of Health, October 2022.

WSU Black Health and Racial Equity Symposium, March 2022 in Detroit, MI.

USF Counter-Mapping the City: International Virtual Conference, March 2022.

AAG Annual Meeting, February 2022 in Denver, CO.

MLFCN Redesigning Our Food System, October 2021.

MPHN Social and Political Determinants of Health, April 2021.

WSU Digital Humanities Theory and Practice Conference, September 2018 in Detroit, MI.

AHA Detroit Solutions Summit, February 2018.

APHA 143rd Annual Meeting, November 2015 in Chicago, IL