Dr. Meek has presented numerous scholarly lectures at universities and conferences, and she routinely moderates, participates as a panelist and keynotes at major film festivals, workshops, and other events. She also presented her TEDx talk in 2018.
To inquire about her speaking at your school or industry event, please contact Michele.
Here’s a selected list of speaking engagements:
“Let’s Talk About Sex—Movies, Youth, and Sex Education” at the Sexual Health Alliance in Amsterdam, Netherlands – (2024)
“Regulating Youth Sexuality Through U.S. Movies” at University of Sussex, UK (2024)
“Shaping Adolescent Sexuality through U.S. Teen Films” at University of Münster, Germany (2024)
“Regulating Adolescent Sexuality in U.S. Cinema” at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany (2024)
“Courting Controversy: Forbidden Desire in the Film Baby Doll” as Guest Scholar at MS Delta Tennessee Williams Festival in Clarksdale, Mississippi (2023)
Book launch event for Consent Culture and Teen Films, Brown University Bookstore (2023)
Invited Speaker for talk “Social Media with Purpose: Strategies for Small Businesses and Brands” at H. Lavity Stoutt Community College, British Virgin Islands (2022)
Presenter, New England Film Star Award at WGBH Boston (2021)
Moderator, Salem Film Festival Mass Reality Check Filmmaker Panel ( 2020)
“Inspire, not Aspire,” Keynote Speaker, Women in Film/Video New England Annual Meeting at WGBH Boston (2019)
“Beyond the Auteur: Legendary Independent American Filmmakers” at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany (2019)
Photo by Babette Tischleder
“Pitching in the Majors: Workshop on Pitching Your Film Projects” at Women in Film, Seattle (2019)
“Rape or Seduction? ‘Consent Puzzles’ in American Teen Films” at Humboldt-Universität, in Berlin, Germany (2019)
Moderator of the discussion with director Amy Adrion of Half the Picture at Bright Lights Emerson (2018)
Photo by Liz Aragao
“Why We’re Still Confused About Consent—Rewriting Our Stories of Seduction” at TEDx Providence (2018)
Moderator of Doc-a-chusetts Pitch at Salem Film Fest (2018 and 2017))
Stepping Up Your Film Career, Panel Hosted and Moderated by NewEnglandfilm.com Founder Michele Meek (2018)
Adventure Playground Screening & Panel at Campference in Los Verdes, CA (2017)
“Risk and Play: Imagining the Berlin Adventure Playground Kolle 37,” Extending Play 3 Conference, Rutgers University School of Communication & Information in New Brunswick, NJ (2016)
NewEnglandFilm.com Pitch Room Organizer and Moderator at ITVFest in West Dover, VT (2016)
Moderator, Writing Emerging Narratives: Hybrid, Web, and Virtual Reality at Scriptbiz inProvidence, RI (2016)
…plus many more not listed here.