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Jan Cohn Keynote Lecture, 鈥淣uclear Anti-politics and the Queer Art of Logistical Failure.鈥 American Studies, Trinity College, March 10, 2022. 


Keynote Speaker, 鈥淣uclear Anti-politics and the Queer Art of Logistical Failure.鈥 The Failure of Knowledge/Knowledges of Failure Symposium, English and American Studies, FAU Erlangen-N眉rnberg, Germany, April 22, 2022.


Invited Speaker, 鈥淣uclear Anti-politics and the Queer Art of Logistical Failure.鈥 Geography Department Speaker Series, Rutgers University, April 8, 2022.


Invited Speaker, 鈥淣uclear Anti-politics and the Queer Art of Logistical Failure.鈥 Critical Theory Workshop, Institute for Critical Theory, Duke University. February 25, 2022.


Invited Speaker, 鈥淩eordering Hiroshima: Uranium Extraction and Indigenous Abandonment.鈥 Asian American and Global Asian Studies Speaker Series. Sponsored by the English Department, University of Chicago. Livestreamed January 19, 2022.


Gave the keynote lecture, 鈥淒iscontinuities in Anti-Asian and Anti-Black Racism鈥 at the National Forum on Anti-Asian Racism: Building Solidarities, from the Faculty of Arts, Ryerson University, in partnership with UBC and University of Manitoba on November 10, 2021.


Gave an invited talk, 鈥淎nti-Carceral Approaches to Sexual Violence: Lessons from Asian American Feminist Activism: A Panel Discussion鈥, sponsored by the Department of Women and Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst on November 16, 2021.


Was an invited speaker at UnOther: Navigating and Unpacking AAPI Now Symposium, sponsored by Division of Cinema and Media Studies, USC. Livestreamed November 18, 2021. Day gave a talk, "Social Justice and Activism."


Was interviewed on WGBY's Connecting Point on March 31, 2021 in "."


Was elected to the American Studies Association National Council.