2022

“Preferred Names & Gender in Higher Education.” Social Equity Leadership Conference, National Academy for Public Administration. June 9, 2022.

“Preferred Names & Gender Advocacy at CUNY.” LACUNY Institute. May 12, 2022.

2021

“Grants & Funding: Strategies for Academic Libraries.” Metropolitan Library Council (METRO). June 21, 2021.

“Open Resources for LGBTQ Studies.” With Kate Angell, May 12, 2021.

“Visions of Open: Digital Humanities & Archival Praxis.” Event organizer and co-host with Anthony Wheeler. Featuring the work of August Smith (Sociology), Daniel Valtueña (LAILAC), Wendy Barrales (Urban Education), and Riah Lee Kinsey (MALS/DH). April 26, 2021.

“Towards a Critical, Decolonized Pedagogy: An Interactive (Re)Visioning.” With Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz, Veronica Arellano Douglas. Supported by a Transformative Learning in the Humanities grant. April 21, 2021.

“Grant Prospecting Strategies & Resources.” Invited presentaton, CUNY Research Foundation. With Kate Angell. April 2, 2021.

“From Newsletter to Scholarly Record: Unveiling the CLAGSNews Digital Archive.” With Justin Brown, Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz, Jill Cirasella, Sarah Chinn, Kate Angell. April 1st, 2021.

Eastern New York ACRL. Invited presentation, webinar on Open Educational Resources. March 26, 2021.

“Open Knowledge and the Emerging Field of Black Girlhood(s).” Featuring Sherry Deckman and Kristen Miller. Open Knowledge Intensive Series, supported by a Doctoral Curriculum Enchancement Grant. March 23, 2021.

“Exploring & Expanding Open Pedagogy.” Co-organizer. Featuring Inés Vañó Garcia, Tania Avilés, and Anthony Harb. Open Knowledge Intensive Series, supported by a Doctoral Curriculum Enchancement Grant. March 9, 2021.

“Abolition Science Radio.” Co-organizer. Featuring LaToya Strong, Aderinsola Gilbert, and Atasi Das. Open Knowledge Intensive Series, supported by a Doctoral Curriculum Enchancement Grant. February 25, 2021.

“A Journey into Zines & Archives.” Tufts University. February 3, 2021.

2020

Mina Rees Faculty Showcase. December 17, 2020.

“Open Pedagogy at CityTech: A Faculty Discussion.” 2020. CUE Conference and CUNY OER Showcase. Baruch College. New York, New York.

“Towards an Open Future.” April 24, 2020. The Graduate Center. New York, New York. Held virtually due to COVID-19, organized and coordinated. Keynote speakers: Audrey Watters, Walis Johnson (Red Line Archive Project).

“OER and the Humanities.” February 28th, 2020. LACUNY Dialogues. The Graduate Center. New York, New York.

“Open Knowledge: Theory & Praxis.” February 27, 2020. Invited classroom presentation. School of Information. Pratt Institute. New York, New York.

2019

“Zines as Open Pedagogy.”  January 7, 2019. Faculty professional development workshop coordinated by the CUNY Office of Research. John Jay College. New York, New York.

“Breaking Open: Race and Labor in Open Pedagogies at CUNY.” December 6, 2019. Presentation with Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz, Allison Cabana, Sheena Philogene, Betsy Yoon. ACRL/NY Annual Symposium. Baruch College. New York, New York.

“Weird, ephemeral, magical, dangerous, and emotional”: Creating the Zine Librarian Code of Ethics. December 6, 2019.
Presentation with Jenna Freedman, Rhonda Kauffman, Violet Fox. ACRL/NY Annual Symposium. Baruch College. New York, New York.

“Open Pedagogy: Theory and Praxis.” December 3, 2019. Invited faculty workshop with Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz. John Jay College of Criminal Justice. New York, New York.

“A (Mini) History of Bluestockings Bookstore.” October 25, 2019. Grace-Ellen McCrann Lectures, The Graduate Center. New York, New York.

“Advocating Open.” October 25, 2019. Presentation with Kate Angell. Grace-Ellen McCrann Lectures. The Graduate Center. New York, New York.

“By the Force of Our Presence: Curatorial Salon.” October 17, 2019.
Invited panel presentation with Flavia Rando, Cassandra Grant, Ashley-Luisa Santangelo, Alexis Clements (Moderator). New-York Historical Society. New York, New York.

Queer & Trans Zines at the Rainbow Book Fair. Saturday, October 12, 2019.
Presentation with JB Brager, Cassandra Leveille, J. Henry Hansen, Quinn Milton, Zefyr Lisowski, Charles Theonia, and Ximena Izquierdo. Bureau of General Services: Queer Division. New York, New York.

Zine Workshop at the Queer Zine Fair. October 5, 2019. Brooklyn Public Library. Brooklyn, New York.

“Zines for Everyone.” September 25, 2019. Invited workshop for LIB 1201,
Research & Documentation in the Information Age, Prof. Nandi Prince. New York City College of Technology. Brooklyn, New York.

“By the Force of Our Presence: Curatorial Projects at the Lesbian Herstory Archives.” July 6, 2019. Invited panel presentation with Saskia Scheffer, Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz, Ashley-Luisa Santangelo. Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn, New York.

“Get on Your Feet and Up To Speed: Ways to Start-Up or Scale-Up an OER Initiative.” May 22, 2019.
Presentation with Linda Miles, Cailean Cooney, Madeline Ford, Leslie Ward, Stacy Katz. Northeast Regional OER Summit. University of Massachusetts Amherst. Amherst, Massachusetts.

“Non-Fiction Comics/Comics Journalism.” May 18, 2019.
Invited panel presentation with MK Czerwiec (Moderator), Rosa Colón, Jess Ruliffson, Martina Schradi, Alison Wilgus. Queers and Comics Conference. School of Visual Arts. New York, New York.

“Responsive OER Programming at CityTech.” March 22, 2019.
Presentation with Cailean Cooney, Sarah Nguyen. CUNY OER Showcase. Baruch College. New York, New York.

“Queering the History of Zines.” March 6, 2019.
Invited classroom presentation. Course: Feminist Theory. Long Island University. Brooklyn, New York.

“Opening Access: OER and Zines.” March 5, 2019.
Invited classroom presentation. School of Information. Pratt Institute. New York, New York.

2018

“Open Educational Resources for Student Success.” December 7, 2018.
Poster presentation. ACRL Symposium – Libraries in Direct Action. Baruch College. New York, New York.

“Synergistic Breakthroughs in the SAW Working Group’s Graphic Memoir Collaboration.” August 18, 2018. Presentation with Elizabeth Kadetsky. Graphic Medicine: The Ways We Work Conference. Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. Hanover, New Hampshire.

“Exhibiting the Lesbian Herstory Archives.” June 7, 2018.
Presentation with Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz. New York Archives Week. University at Albany: State University of New York. Albany, New York.

“Queer Words, Queer Worlds.” June 1, 2018.
Invited panel presentation with Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz. The Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn, New York.

“Zines and Librarianship: Advocacy, Digital Privacy, and Intellectual Freedom.” May 11, 2018.
Poster presentation with Katelyn Angell. LACUNY Institute 2018: Librarianship in Challenging Times: Advocating for Intellectual Freedom, Democracy, and Equity. John Jay College. New York, New York.

2016

“Queering Institutions: Collecting, Preserving, and Presenting.” November 16, 2016.
Invited panel presentation with Flavia Rando (Lesbian Herstory Archives), Nelson Santos, (Visual AIDS), Jim Saslow (Leslie Lohman Museum of Lesbian and Gay Art). Fashion Institute of Technology. New York, New York.

“Lesbian Posters & Zines, 1970-Today.” October 27, 2016.
Panel presentation with Flavia Rando and Ann Pachner. The Graduate Center, City University of New York. New York, New York.

“Our Comics, Ourselves.” March 31, 2016.
Invited panel presentation with Monica Johnson (Moderator), Hazel Newvalent, Maggie Thrash, Jan Descartes. Interference Archives. Brooklyn, New York.

“The Archives and Zines: Graphic Activism.” March 23, 2016.
Panel presentation with Colette Montoya-Sloan (Moderator), Sherley C. Olopherne, Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz. EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop. New York, New York.

2015

“QZAP: Queer Zine Archive Project Residency.” May 8, 2015.
Invited panel presentation with Rachael House, Christopher Wilde, Anthony Arena. Queers & Comics Conference. The Graduate Center, City University of New York. New York, New York.

“Zines & Minicomics.” May 7, 2015.
Invited panel presentation with Nia King, Bill Roundy. Queers & Comics Conference. The Graduate Center, City University of New York. New York, New York.