Conference Presentations

• "IM Talking about Literacy: Instant Message Use and the Literate Identiy." Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC). New York, NY. March 2007.
• "The Eulogy: Grief and the Wisdom of the Ancients." Rhetoric Society of America (RSA) Conference. Memphis, TN. May, 2006.
• “Online Writing Instruction: Professional Development and Training ‘In Between’.” NCTE Conference. November 2005, Pittsburgh, PA. Co-presenter with Christa Ehmann Powers.
• “A Practical Workshop of Preparing Educators for Online Writing Instruction: Principles and Processes.” Computers and Writing Conference, May 2005, Stanford, CA. Co-author with Christa Ehmann (Ehmann as presenter).
• “Enabling Student Success & Teacher Training through Effective Synchronous Online Writing Instruction.” Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), March 2005, San Diego, CA. 
• “An Interdisciplinary, Team-Taught Honors Course on Jack the Ripper.” Northeast TYCA Conference, November 2004, Annapolis, MD. With Beverly Peterson and Debra Evans-Rhodes.
• “Whether and How Students Use Online Writing Instruction (OWI) to Develop and Revise Their Writing.” CCCC, March 2004, San Antonio, TX. 
• Participant. First Meeting of the Alliance of Rhetoric Societies. Northwestern University. Evanston, IL. September 11-14, 2003.
• “A Report on Research into Individualized Online Learning and Instruction.” PSU Fayette Faculty Colloquia. April 2003.
• “Creating a Culture of Mutual Self-Reflection: Using the Internet to Transform Teaching.” With Christa Ehmann, MSC. CCCC, New York, NY. March 2003.
• “Transforming Tutor Training: Online and at a Distance.” In the Writing Center pre-Conference Workshop (“The Writing Center as a Site of Transformation.”) With Christa Ehmann, MSC. CCCC, New York, NY.  March 2003.
• "Developing New Theory in Online Writing Pedagogy: An Analysis of Teacher/Tutor Expectations and Assumptions for Synchronous Tutorials."  CCCC, Chicago, IL. March 2002.
• "Synchronous OWL Tutorials: Grounding Assessment in the Tutorial Student-to-Writing Relationship." Pre-Convention Writing Center Workshop. CCCC, Chicago, IL. March 2002.
• “Individualized Online Learning and Instruction: Considering Methods and Critiquing Efficacy.” PSU Fayette Faculty Colloquia. Fall 2001.
• "Creating Cyber-Associations": Using Computer Technology to Develop and Maintain Interactive Teaching Teams." NWCA Workshop at the Computers and Writing Conference, Ball State University. May 2001.
• "Enlarging the College Community through Internet-Based Learning Support: Redefining Our Boundaries.” CCCC, Denver, CO. March 14, 2001.
• “Synchronous OWL Tutorials.” Pre-Convention Writing Center Workshop, CCCC, Denver, CO. March 15, 2001.
• “Revisioning the Vision: The Intersections of Rhetoric, Reality, and QUE.”  National Meeting of Quality in Undergraduate Education (QUE). Long Beach, CA. March 2001.
• “Taking Wing: Distance Training for OWL Tutors.” National Writing Center Association (NWCA), Baltimore, MD. November 2000.
• “Franklin Pierce: A Rhetorical President.” Rhetoric Society of America (RSA) Conference, University of Maryland. May 2000.