Photo by Nora Lewis, URI photography

Selected Talks

2021 - Arms Control

2021 - Marine Plastic

Panel discussion on the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapons Free Zone, hosted by the U.N. Office for Disarmament Affairs and the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies.

Dr. Mendenhall was invited to speak to a Plenary Session of the 9th Fisheries Scientific Conference held in Manila, The Philippines.

2021 - Coastal Zones

This lecture reviews UNCLOS coastal zones for high school students at the University of Michigan policy debate summer institute.

2020 - Seabed Mining

This 'lightening talk' with Elizabeth Nyman was recorded for the American Geographical Society Fall Symposium.

2019 - Marine Plastics

 Dr. Mendenhall sat for an interview on the University of New Haven's campus news station prior to a Freshmen Common Experience lecture.

2018 - Sea Level Rise

This TEDx talk on the problem of baselines and sea level rise was featured in the first TEDxURI series.

2015 - Arctic Images

As a PhD student, Elizabeth was invited to present her paper "The Discursive Construction of the New Arctic" to the University of California-Irvine Symposium on Arctic Governance.