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“Innocents Lost: An Examination of the Presence of Child
Sexual Abuse in Three African
American Texts.” This manuscript is under contract
for publication
(2008).
Panelist on the "Emerging Women of Power"
presentation. Sponsored by the Multicultural
Programs Office at Edinboro University (2008).
"Back
to the Basics-(Re)learning and (Re)teaching Ourselves." To
be presented at the 2008 Pennsylvania Black Conference
on Higher Education (2008).
“(Re)
Defining the Native Son in Ann Petry’s The Street.”
Presented at Howard University Heart's Day Conference:
African American Fiction from Richard Wright to Edward
P. Jones (2008).
“Virginia is for Lovers and Rappers: The Impact of ‘New
Jack Swing’ on Hampton Roads’ Hip Hop Scene.” Accepted
for publication in Represent Where I'm From: The
Greenwood Guide to American Regional Hip Hop
(2007).
Special Session Organizer and Chair. “Children in Adult
Literature.” 49th Annual Midwest Modern
Language Association (2007).
“Bub Gone Bad: (Re)Visioning Childhood in Ann Petry’s
The Street.” Paper to be
presented at the 49th Annual Midwest Modern
Language Association (November, 2007).
“Learning Others, Learning Ourselves: Cultural Diversity
for Early Childhood Educators.” Presented at the 2007
Early Years and Learning Years Conference (2007).
Commencement Address. Memorial Field House, Indiana
University of Pennsylvania Graduate Commencement.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA.
(2006).
"Waiting to be Heard, Working for a Voice: Examining
Gayl Jones’s Eva’s Man Through an Ageist Lens.”
Paper presented at the 2006 Mid-Atlantic
Popular/American Culture
Association Conference (2006).
"The Ties That Bind." Paper presented at the 2004
English Association of Pennsylvania State Universities
Conference (2004).
"Every Day's a Bad Hair Day: The Significance of Hair in
Holocaust Literature." Paper presented at the 37th
Comparative Literature Symposium at Texas Tech
University (2004).
"Reynolds Price's Tongues of Angels: Portrait of a
Man as God in Training." Paper
presented at the 3rd Annual Pennsylvania College English
Association Conference (2004).
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