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Portsmouth Institute, Keynote Speaker, February 2025
Yale School Divinity, Workshop on Boredom, Teaching, and the Cultivation of Leisure, December 2024
University of Nebraska’s Department of Education, “Boredom, Leisure, and the Good Life” October 2024
Hope College, Colloquium on Boredom and Leisure, September 2024
Goshen College Academic Symposium, Keynote Speaker, “Why You Should Not Trust Boredom,” April 2024.
NetVUE Conference Workshop, “Leisure: An Essential Element of Our Callings.” Workshop with Elizabeth Newman (Duke University) & Paul Wadell (St. Norbert), March 2024.
University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Educational Initiatives, “Boredom and Education: Recovering Leisure,” February, 2024
Ottawa Institute of Behavioral Cognitive Therapy, Podcast with Dr. Pete Kelly, “Coping With Existential Boredom,” February 2024.
New Books Network, “Podcast with Dr. Adrian Guiu,” December 2023
Loyola University New Orleans’ , “Why Boredom Matters,” November 2023
Teachers College , Columbia University, “Why Boredom Matters,” November 2023
The Art of Manliness Podcast, “A Cure for Existential Boredom,” September 2023
Interview with Duke Divinity’s Faith and Leadership, “Bored: Don’t Avoid That Feeling, Engage It,” August 2023
TedX Talk, “Why You Shouldn’t Trust Boredom,” May 2023
Yale Center for Faith and Culture Podcast, “What Boredom Means,” July 2023
Whole Person Revolution Podcast, “Bored Out of Our Minds,” April 2023
Teachers College , Columbia University, “Why Boredom Matters,” November 2023
The Art of Manliness Podcast, “A Cure for Existential Boredom,” September 2023
Interview with Duke Divinity’s Faith and Leadership, “Bored: Don’t Avoid That Feeling, Engage It,” August 2023
TedX Talk, “Why You Shouldn’t Trust Boredom,” May 2023
Yale Center for Faith and Culture Podcast, “What Boredom Means,” July 2023
Whole Person Revolution Podcast, “Bored Out of Our Minds,” April 2023
NEWS & REviews
Book Reviews
Don’t Just Do Something, Stand There!
The Critic, March 2024
by Michael Duggan
Leisure and Liberality
First Things, October 2023
by Elizabeth Corey
Bored Out of Our Minds
Law & Liberty, November 2022
by Elizabeth Amato
Valparaiso University Professor’s Book Tackles the Problem of Boredom
Valpo Life, October 2022