Keynotes & public lectures

“To catalyze Berkeley Lab’s thinking around incorporating equity data into research, we brought in Chad to facilitate a virtual seminar. Chad has an effective presentation style, using simple, beautiful slides, and incorporating a storyline with compelling research examples. We received unsolicited glowing feedback from colleagues, including those on our leadership team. It was a treat to see a brilliant researcher and impactful public speaker in one package.”

“Chad’s lecturing style is immediately engaging the moment you enter the room. He is one of the few speakers I have seen who greets everyone as they arrive and forms a relationship with the audience so that you feel he is having a conversation with you individually. Both myself and other faculty members have adapted our teaching styles to incorporate many of Chad’s suggestions and ideas.”

“You may ask yourself what mathematics has to do with social justice? Much more than you imagined. Everything, in fact, as Prof. Topaz convinced his audience in his highly compelling talk. His elegant and easily accessible explanations of the complexities of mathematics inspired us all to dive deeper into the subject.”

“Chad is a dynamic and passionate speaker on issues of social justice. He brings a creative approach combining statistics and crowdsourcing to explore questions of equity and justice. Our audience connected with what Chad has to say, but students particularly found his approach eye-opening and inspiring.”