Public Speaking

Keynote and Plenary Addresses

Keynote Address (with Neisha Anne Green). International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference, Auburn University, 2018.

Keynote Address (with Vershawn Ashanti Young). Mid-Atlantic Writing Centers Association, Rowan University, 2018

Keynote Address: Northeast Writing Centers Association, Pace University, Westchester, New York. April 2017.

Keynote Address: Canadian Writing Centres Association, OCAD University Toronto, May 2017.

Plenary Address: “The Racecraft of Islamophobia.” Renison University College, Studies in Islam, November 2015.

Plenary Address and Workshop: “Dog-Whistle Pedagogy: The Hidden Politics of White Supremacy in Teaching and Learning to Write.” University of Washington-Tacoma, November 2015.

Plenary Workshops/Consultation Co-presented with Jean Fei, State University of New York, Potsdam, October 2015 and April 2016

  • “Preparing and Organizing for Change: Teaching, Learning, and Practicing Racial Justice at SUNY Potsdam.”
  • “Action Planning for Change” SUNY  Potsdam Leadership Development.”
  • “Student Leadership and Development: Teaching, Learning, and Practicing Racial Justice at SUNY Potsdam.”

Keynote Address: “Creating Relations.” Survive and Thrive Annual Conference of the Medical Humanities, October 2014.

University Plenary Address/Consultation: “Between What Is and What Ought To Be: (Re)Claiming the Writing Commons.” Washington State University, October 2014.

Plenary Workshop/Consultation: “Diversity and Inclusion.” Co-Presented with Vershawn Ashanti Young. Metropolitan State University of Denver, September 2014.

University/Community Plenary Address/Consultation: “Let’s Talk about Race.” Invited Workshops: “Faculty and the Work of Antiracism;” “Writing Centres and the Work of Antiracism.” Salt Lake City Community College, February 2014

Plenary Address: “Writing Centres, Global Englishes, and Writing Centre Pedagogy: Auspicious Conditions for a Renewed Critical Engagement with Traditional Pedagogy.” Writing Centre Professionals Meeting. University of Waterloo, 8 November 2013.

Keynote Address: “Troubled Home: Writing Centers and the Work of the Writing Commons.” East Central Writing Centers Association, April 2013.