· Contributor, “The Not So Ivory Tower: What Today’s College Students are Learning and Why It Matters,” The Atlantic, Washington, D.C., April 4, 2012.
· Speaker, “Innovations in Digital Didactics: Bridging Cultural Divides,” World Innovation Summit on Education, Qatar Foundation for Education, Science, and Community Development, Doha, Qatar, October 31-November 4, 2011.
· Speaker, “Doing More with Less in The New Normal,” Registry for College and University Presidents 19th Annual Seminar, Savannah, Georgia, October 28-30, 2011.
· Speaker, “Urban Design Revisited,” Worktech11 West Coast, Unwired Ventures, Sunnyvale, California, October 11, 2011.
· Speaker, “Building a Better Educational System: The Road to Economic Recovery,” This Economy and You Seminar, Sponsored by Valley Wealth, Gallo Center for the Arts, Modesto, CA, May 24, 2011.
· Mentor, 6th Biennial Education Without Borders (EWB) International Student Conference, sponsored by the Higher Colleges of Technology, Abu Dhabi, UEA and the Abu Dhabi Ministry of Education, Dubai, UAE, March 28 – 31, 2011.
· Speaker-Panelist, “In the World, But Not of the World: What it Means to be a Christian College Student Today.” The Veritas Forum, St. Mark’s University Parish, Isla Vista, CA, January 13, 2011.
· Speaker-Panelist, “Promoting a Culture of Student Success: How Colleges and Universities are Improving Degree Completion,” Southern Regional Education Board Annual Meeting, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, June 28, 2010.
· Keynote Speaker, California State Student Association: California Higher Education Student Summit XIV, Sacramento, California, April 19, 2009.
· Speaker, The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem: Mid-Year Conference, Modesto, California, April 5, 2009.
· Speaker-Panelist, Education Without Borders 2009 World Forum, Conference sponsored by the Higher Colleges of Technology, Abu Dhabi, UEA and the Abu Dhabi Ministry of Education, Dubai, UAE, March 30 – April 1, 2009.
· Speaker-Panelist, Education Without Borders – North American Forum, Joint conference sponsored by Institute of International Education and Higher Colleges of Technology, Abu Dhabi, UAE, Institute of International Education, New York, October 21, 2008.
· Speaker, “Architecture and Design Education Within Broader Educational Contexts,” Urban Design By Design Symposium, Catholic University School of Architecture and Planning, Washington DC, April 2, 2008.
· Keynote Speaker, “A Tribute to Dr. Daisaku Ikeda,” Gandhi, King, Ikeda: A Legacy of Building Exhibit Opening Reception, University of California, Merced, October 2, 2007.
· Speaker, “The Challenge of Higher Education in the United States: Perspectives of a Public University President,” Iranian & Middle Eastern Studies Center (IMESC), California State University, Sacramento, March 18, 2007.
· Keynote Speaker, Association of Professors and Scholars of Iranian Heritage 8th Annual Graduation Ceremony for Outstanding Students of Iranian Heritage, University of California, Los Angeles, May 7, 2006.
· Moderator, “Governing the Universities of the Future,” World Academy of Arts and Sciences Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, February 4-6, 2005.
· Inaugural Speaker, Orange County Great Park Symposium, City of Irvine, California, May 27, 2004.
· Speaker, “Athletics and Academics.” The Council of Independent Colleges 29th Annual Institute for Chief Academic Officers, Palm Springs, California, November 3-6, 2001.
· Speaker, “American Higher Education and High-Tech: Text in Context,” Silicon Valley Power Luncheon, Sunnyvale, California, October 19, 2001.
· Keynote Speaker, “Globalization and Spatical Transformation,” An International Conference on Globalization, Regionalization and Democratization, Magdalen College, Oxford University, September 15-18, 2001.
· Keynote Speaker, California Electric Sign Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, May 15, 2001.
· Conference Chairman, “Livable Communities,” The American Society of Landscape Architects, New York Chapter Annual Conference, March 24, 2000.
· Conference Chairman, “The American Landscape” and “What Happened to Modernism,” The American Society of Landscape Architects, New York Chapter Centennial Conference, March 5, 1999.
· Speaker, Ministry of Machinery Industry, People’s Republic of China, Shanghai, China, October 27-28, 1997.
· Case Study Discussion Leader, Annual Meeting of the Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Portland, Oregon, November 16-19, 1994.
· Contributor, The Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Seminar, San Francisco, California, April 21-22, 1994.
· Speaker, City of Wichita Design Symposium, Sponsored by the City of Wichita, Wichita, Kansas, January 29, 1994.
· Case Study Discussion Leader, Annual Meeting of the Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Cincinnati, Ohio, November 17-20, 1993.
· Speaker and Panelist, “Steps Academic Departments Can Take to Promote Pluralism,” Strategies for Combating Racism and Promoting Civility, Conference Sponsored by The University of Massachusetts system, Amherst, Massachusetts, September 28-29, 1993.
· Session Chair, “Environmental Values and Social Policy,” 20th Conference on Value Inquiry sponsored by the American Society of Value Inquiry and the Journal of Value Inquiry, Drew University, Madison, New Jersey, April 2-4, 1992.
· Moderator, “Landscape History and Theory,” Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Annual Conference, Denver, Colorado, October 4-7, 1990.
· Chairman of the Panel, “American Art Forms and the Public,” 42nd Annual Conference on World Affairs, University of Colorado at Boulder, April 12, 1989.
· Moderator, “Built Environment: Street,” Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California, November 6-11, 1987.
· Speaker, “The Architecture of the City,” National League of Women Voters, Pikes Peak, Colorado, October 2, 1987.
· Moderator, “Guggenheim Museum Extension,” American Planning Association National Conference, New York, New York, April 25-29, 1987.
· Speaker, “Shaping Design,” A Forum to Discuss Design Issues in Planning, American Planning Association Colorado Chapter, Golden, Colorado, April 9, 1987.
· Moderator, “City Growth Dynamics—Management and Form,” Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 10-12, 1986.
· Moderator, “Urban Design: Visionary Architecture for the City,” Southern California Institute of Architecture Public Lecture Series, SCI-ARC, Santa Monica, California, June 16, 1982.
· Panelist, The Second Annual Irvine Symposium on Environmental Psychology, University of California, Irvine, California, April 1-2, 1982.
· Panelist, First Annual Conference on The Role of Minorities in Engineering, Science and Technology, R.P.I., Troy, New York, February 24-25, 1977.