Selected Presentations

• Hamilton County (TN) Department of Education
• Southern Connecticut State University
• Alcorn State University
• Public Education Foundation
• University of Mississippi
• Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences

Conference Presentations

"Sometimes Plugged in, Sometimes Unplugged: The Shifting Strategies of Literacy Teacher-Preparers in the 21st Century," San Antonio, TX, November 2008.

"Creating Community and Promoting Diverse Literacies through Lesson Design Study," New York City, November 2007.

"Seeing the Whole Picture, Not Just the Big Picture: A K-16 Collaboration that Works," Nashville, TN, November 2006.

“Funding Professional Development Programs in the Lean Years,” Conference on College Composition and Communication. San Francisco, CA, March 18, 2005.

“Validating AAVE through Directed Self-Placement at a Regional University.”  Conference on College Composition and Communication. San Francisco, CA, March 19, 2005.

“Transforming the Outcomes Statement into Expectations for Entering College Writers.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. San Antonio, TX, March 24-27, 2004. 

“A “TOTAL” Overhaul:  From Composition House to Writing Program Home.” Council of Writing Program Administrators Annual Conference. Grand Rapids, MI,  July 2003.

“Getting Tenure as a WPA in a Composition-Phobic English Department.”  Conference on College Composition and Communication. Chicago, IL,  March 20-23, 2002.

“Getting ‘There’ From Here:  A Polylog on Possibilities for Professional Development in Writing Studies.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Minneapolis, MN, April 12-15, 2000.

“Making a Tenureable Identity Visible:  The Rhetoric of Tenure Portfolios.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Atlanta, GA, March 25-28, 1999.

“Resuscitating the Research Paper.”  Panel Respondent. National Council of Teachers of  English National Conference. Nashville, TN, November 19-24, 1998.

“Reconsidering Reflexivity in Qualitative Research:  What Research Participants can Tell Us About the Value of Reflexivity.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Chicago, IL, April 1-4, 1998.

“If Buying a Car From a Friend Can Mean Trouble, What Happens When Friends Become Research Participants (and Participants Become Friends)?” 1997 Conference on College Composition and Communication. Phoenix, AZ, March 12-15, 1997. 

“The Authority to Evaluate Without the Authority of Experience?:  Exploring the Complicated Relationships Among Seasoned and Novice Instructors in a Portfolio-Based Writing Program.”  Conflict and Consensus:  Exploring Diversity and Standards in the Portfolio Movement (an NCTE-sponsored conference). New Orleans, LA, January 16-18, 1997. 

“Cover(t) Letters:  How New Graduate Instructors Experience Portfolio Evaluation.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Milwaukee, WI, April 1996.

“Talking About Race and Racism in the Classroom.” Celebration of Teaching and Diversity Faculty Conference. Louisville, KY, 1996. 

“Teaching Assistants, Authority, and Ideological Becoming.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Washington, DC,  April 1995.

“Professional Development for Graduate Students and Those Who Mentor Them.”  Presenter. Pre-Conference Workshop. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Washington, DC, April 1995.

“Portfolio Pedagogy and Teacher Reflexivity.” National Council of Teachers of English Conference on Portfolios, Reflection, and Teacher Research. Baltimore, MD, 1994.

“Beyond Black and White:  Confronting Personal Prejudices Through Writing.” 1993 Alabama-Mississippi Conference on Social Work Education, Cleveland, MS.

“The New ‘Lost Cause’:  Considering Difference at Ole Miss.” National Council of Teachers of English Conference. Louisville, KY, November 18-21, 1993.

“The Problem of Merlin’s Pardon in Walker Percy’s Lancelot.” Twentieth-Century Literature Conference. Louisville, KY, February 1993.

“Teaching Conflict:  Negotiating Literacies in the Classroom.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. San Diego, CA, April, 1993.