Speaking & Events
Book Dr. Vickery
Dr. Jacqueline Vickery has been making the case for evidence-based, youth-centered approaches to digital life since before most organizations knew they needed one. She brings decades of media scholarship in youth development and digital culture to keynotes, workshops, and community talks.
Audiences leave with a clearer understanding of how digital platforms shape young people's lives, shared language for talking about technology without panic, and greater confidence supporting young people through understanding rather than fear or restriction.
Beyond Bans and Panic
Fear and restriction dominate the conversation about youth and technology. These talks offer something different: a nuanced, evidence-based framework that holds risk and opportunity together and makes room for the complexity young people are living.
Understanding Digital Cultures
Every generation develops its own culture, language, and ways of making meaning. These talks explore how young people's digital culture works — the humor, the platforms, the norms — and why understanding it is essential for any adult who wants to connect across the generational divide.
Youth Voice and Advocacy
Young people have always had something to say. These talks explore how organizations can intentionally cultivate the civic voice, advocacy skills, and media literacy that turn that energy into action — building programs that center equity, invite youth to shape their own communities, and develop the next generation of engaged digital citizens.
Teens, Chatbots, and AI
AI chatbots have gone from novelty to daily habit for millions of teens in under three years, some using them for homework help, others for advice, connection, or company when nothing else is available. These talks address how teens are using these tools, where the real risks are, and where AI is filling a gap the adults in a young person's life haven't been able to fill. Audiences leave with a clearer, evidence-based understanding of the role AI already plays in teens' lives, and what trust, not just restriction, looks like in response.
Digital Wellbeing
Healthy digital lives are built through intention, rhythm, and values. These talks reframe digital wellbeing as an extension of how we think about wellness more broadly, exploring how platforms and systems shape our defaults and how organizations, educators, and families can cultivate more mindful, integrated approaches to media in young people's lives.
Formats
Keynotes
A high-impact talk for a conference, staff gathering, or community event, built to introduce an audience to the key ideas and leave them with a framework they can use right away.
Workshops
A more hands-on session for staff, educators, or families, with room for discussion, applied scenarios, and questions specific to your community.
Webinars
A virtual option for organizations that need to reach a distributed staff, multiple sites, or a broader audience without travel, covering the same content as an in-person talk or workshop.
Who Books Dr. Vickery
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National and regional conferences
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Youth-serving nonprofits
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Youth and arts festivals
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Libraries and community centers
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K-12 schools and districts
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International organizations
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Universities and research institutions
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Professional associations
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Faith-based communities
Where She's Spoken
Dr. Vickery has delivered keynotes, invited lectures, and community talks across the United States and internationally at universities, professional conferences, community organizations, festivals, and schools, including:
Schools, libraries, and community organizations: Latinitas Magazine, CASA of Larimer County, Powered by Partners, Birdville ISD, Dallas Public Library, Camarillo Academy of Progressive Education, CinemaKids Festival, Denton ISD, Wild Detectives Bookstore
Conferences and professional associations: National Association of Media Literacy Education, Association of Internet Researchers, Connected Learning Alliance, Technology in Education Annual Conference, National Conference for Engaged Scholarship on Foster Alumni
Universities and research institutions: London School of Economics, University of Sydney, Monash University, University of North Texas, California State University, Queensland University of Technology, Texas A&M University
International summits and convenings: Portugal Digital Inclusion and Participation Summit, EU Kids Online Symposium, International Refugee Summit