· Chair for the panel “Should I Stay or Should I Go?: Metaphors of Motion in Contemporary American Women’s Poetry,” which has been accepted for inclusion in the 40th Annual NEMLA Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, February 26 through March 1, 2009
· “‘I can be outdoors and on my feet’: Metaphors of Motion in Contemporary American Women’s Poetry” will be presented as part of New York University’s Colloquium on American Culture on December 3, 2008
· Chair for the panel on women playwrights at the American Drama Conference at St. Francis College, Brooklyn, NY on November 9, 2008
· “‘Let’s say she didn’t’: Escape and Immobility in Kathryn Stripling Byer’s ‘Blood Mountain’ Sequence” presented at the Lifting Belly High conference at Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 13, 2008 (Thoughtmesh abstract at http://vectors.usc.edu/thoughtmesh/publish/225.php)
· “Faith, Hope and Despair: Anne Sexton’s The Awful Rowing Toward God” presented at the National Poetry Foundation’s Conference on Poetry of the 1970s, University of Maine at Orono, June 13, 2008 (Thoughtmesh abstract at http://vectors.usc.edu/thoughtmesh/publish/224.php)
· “Violence, Identity and the Irish Gangster in Road to Perdition” presented at the 39th Annual NEMLA Conference, Buffalo, New York, April 11, 2008
· “Why Women’s Studies?” presented at the Women’s Studies Minor Luncheon, St. Francis College, Brooklyn, NY, November 5, 2007
· “Negotiating Visibility” (co-author and producer) presented at the CUNY-Wide WAC/WID Conference, Baruch College, New York, New York, April 20, 2007
· “‘Translation’ and Adaptation in Road to Perdition” presented at the PCA/ACA Annual Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, April 7, 2007
· “These Boots are Made for Walkin’: Women Poets in NYC” presented at New York: City in Motion, New York Institute of Technology’s 2nd Annual Interdisciplinary Conference, NYIT, New York, March 10, 2006
· “Why Women’s Studies?” presented at the Women’s Studies Minor Luncheon at St. Francis College, Brooklyn, New York, November 28, 2005
· “Dancing on the Head of a Pin: Anne Sexton’s Balancing Act” presented at the Faculty Liberal Arts Colloquium at St. Francis College, Brooklyn, New York, April 21, 2005
· “What is it About Buffy?: Vampire Slayer as Moral Icon” presented at the St. Francis College Philosophy Club, Brooklyn, New York, April 18, 2005
· Chair, “Literary History in/of the 1940s” panel at Poetries of the 1940s – American and International Conference of the National Poetry Foundation, University of Maine at Orono, June 25, 2004
· “Air Raids, Alchemy and Redemption: H.D.’s Trilogy” presented at Poetries of the 1940s – American and International Conference of the National Poetry Foundation, University of Maine at Orono, June 24, 2004
· “How to Read A Movie” presented at the St. Francis College Philosophy Club, Brooklyn, New York, April 5, 2004
· “Mother Dearest/Daughter Mine: Mothers and Daughters in Some Contemporary American Women’s Poetry” presented at the 9th Annual English Students’ Association Conference at the City University of New York Graduate Center, New York, March 26, 2004
· “Dancing on the Head of a Pin: Anne Sexton’s Balancing Act” presented at the Women’s Caucus panel on poetry at the 2004 NEMLA Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 6, 2004
· “‘Translation’ and Adaptation in Road to Perdition” presented at the St. Francis College Liberal Arts Colloquium, Brooklyn, New York, February 19, 2004
· “Getting Started/Breaking Writer’s Block/Getting Published: A One-Day Writing Workshop” presented at the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library, Boothbay Harbor, Maine, July 28, 2003
· “Canticles, Quakers and God: Religion and Redemption in Science Fiction” presented at Voices Far and Near: Myth, Legend, Folktale, Fantasy, the Northeast Region Conference of Christianity & Literature, St. Francis College, Brooklyn, New York, October 26, 2002
· “The Mirrored Pool in the Forest: How Poetry Can Lead Us Through the Darkling Woods” presented at Reflections in the Mirror, the 7th Annual English Students’ Association Conference at the City University of New York Graduate Center, New York, March 8, 2002
· “She’s Poetry in Motion: Movement and Stasis in Contemporary Women’s Poetry,” presented at These Boots Are Made For Walking: Women in Motion Graduate Student Conference, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, March 2, 2002
· “Poetry Can Save Your Life” presented at Humanities Day, St. Francis College, Brooklyn, New York, February 7, 2002
· “Women and Poetry: Writing Our Lives” presented to Dr. Suzanne Forsberg’s course, Women in the Arts & Sciences, St. Francis College, Brooklyn, New York, April 2001
· “Rhyme and Reason: Poetry’s Place in Education” presented at the Liberal Arts Evening Colloquium at St. Francis College, Brooklyn, New York, April 25, 2000
· “Masters in Library Science at Pratt Institute: The Process” presented at the Special Interest Roundtable on the Humanities at Getting Into Graduate School: A Workshop Sponsored by the CUNY Baccalaureate Alumni Fund, City University of New York, New York, January 19, 1999
· Student Keynote, “CUNY BA Mentors” presented at the CUNY Baccalaureate Program Mentoring Breakfast and Awards, Baruch College, New York, February 28, 1996
