Creating Characters (Presenter), Peaker Writers Mini-Conference, Oct 16, 2021
Small Publishers & the Traditional/Odd Ways to Get There (Presenter), Peaker Writers Mini-Conference, Oct 16, 2021
What it Means to Be an Antiracist Teacher in a College Classroom, Black Hawk College, Sep 28, 2021
OCCRL Faculty Virtual Equity Academy, Office of Community College Research and Leadership, Sep 9, 2021
Applying the Quality Matters Rubric, Quality Matters, July 27-Aug 10, 2021
Beyond White Feminism: Envisioning an Intersectional Future, Brooklyn Public Library Presents, Feb 2021
White Feminism and the Worker of Color, Brooklyn Public Library Presents, Feb 2021
Let’s Vote: Social Responsibility and How Your Vote Makes a Difference (Panel Member), Kishwaukee College, Oct 2020
Black Minds Matter, CORA, July 2020
Identity is Impolite, DeKalb Public Library, DeKalb, IL, July 2020
LGBTQ Indigenous Youth Panel, Diné Pride and Equality , June 2020
Addressing Anti-Blackness on Campus: Implications for Educators and Institutions, CORA, June 2020
Undocumented Student Mental Health in School and College Settings, Sharing the Dream, June 2020
Legal Rights of Transgender Your, ICSPS, May 2020
Supporting Transgender and Gender Expansive Students, ICSPS, May 2020
Creating Affirming Learning Environments for LGBT+ Students, ICSPS, May 2020
LGBTQ+ Families Panel (Panel Member), DeKalb, IL, Feb 2020
UntitledTown Book and Author Festival, Green Bay, WI, April 2019
Association of Writers & Writing Programs, Portland, OR, March 2019
Identifying Microaggressions, ALA Office for Diversity, Literacy & Outreach, Feb 6, 2019
CODE (Conversations on Diversity & Equity) Facilitator Training, Northern Illinois University, Dec 18-19, 2018
Reducing Remediation (Facilitator), Illinois Community College Board, Sept 24, 2018
Reducing Remediation, Illinois Community College Board, March 27, 2018
Summer Poetry Teachers Institute, Poetry Foundation, Chicago, IL, July 2017
Illinois Consortium for International Studies and Programs Professional Exchange, Xi’an, China, Oct 2015 & May/June 2016
Xi’an International University, Xi’an, China, June 2016 (Presenter: The Community College)
Midwest Bisexual, Lesbian, Gay, Transgender, Ally College Conference, Purdue University, Feb 2016
International Education, Kishwaukee College, Feb 2016 (Presenter: Costa Rica Culture and Education)
Association of Writers & Writing Programs, Minneapolis, April 2015
International Education Week, Kishwaukee College, Nov 2014 (Presenter: Memoir Writing for Empowerment: My Summer in Kenya)
Out of the Closet and Intro the Classroom or Workplace, Elgin Community College, Nov 2014
5th Annual Best Practices Learning Symposium for Developmental Educations, Kishwaukee College, Oct 2014 (Presenter: Supplemental Instruction for Success in Developmental Writing)
National Association for Developmental Education, Dallas, March 2014
Association of Writers & Writing Programs, Seattle, Feb 2014
Celebrate Diversity Training Series, Kishwaukee College, April 2013 (Presenter: I Think There’s a Gay Kid in My Class) (Presenter: A Primer for LGBT Sensitivity in the Classroom/Office)
Teaching Learning Center, Kishwaukee College, April 2013 (Presenter: Navigating Trans* Identities in the College Classroom)
Association of Writers & Writing Programs, Boston, March 2013
Midwest Bisexual, Lesbian, Gay, Transgender, Ally College Conference, Michigan State University, Feb 2013
Richland Conference on Diversity and Globalization, Richland Community College, June 2012 (Presenter: Ally Training at a Community College)
Association of Writers & Writing Programs, Chicago, Feb-March 2012
Midwest Bisexual, Lesbian, Gay, Transgender, Ally College Conference, Iowa State University – Ames, Feb 2012
Developmental Education Summit, Lake Land College, Oct 2011
Two-Year College Association (TYCA) Midwest, Columbia State Conference Center, Oct 2011
3rd Annual Best Practices Learning Symposium for Developmental Educators, Harper College, April 2011
Pan African Connection, Oakton Community College, Feb 2011
Association of Writers & Writing Programs, New York, Feb 2018
Midwest Bisexual, Lesbian, Gay, Transgender, Ally College Conference, University of Illinois, Feb 2008
South Central Service Cooperative Young Writer’s Conference, North Mankato, March 2007 (Presenter: Literary Arts Journals)
Midwest Bisexual, Lesbian, Gay, Transgender, Ally College Conference, U of Minnesota – Twin Cities, Feb 2007
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