Adam has lectured at the University of Illinois, Austin Community College, and Texas Tech University School of Law. He has also been a featured speaker at South by Southwest, the University of Texas Immigration and Nationality Conference, and the Austin Film Festival.

As a media arts and performance curator, Adam has produced programs with major contemporary artists including Claudia Rankine, Xu Bing, Deborah Hay, Paul Pfeiffer, and Jack Whitten.

His writing has been featured by the Cincinnati Enquirer, Fusebox Festival, the Immigration and Human Rights Law Review, and the Blanton Museum of Art.