Fat Studies and Literature
“Fattening the Curve: A Fat Studies Comparison of the BMI and the Bell Curve in Grading” Conference on College Composition and
Communication. Atlanta, GA. April 2011.
"Bursting the Classical Bodily Canon: Using Bahktin's Grotesque to Expresee the Conept of Bear." Popular Culture and American Culture Association. St. Louis, Mo. March 2010.
“Cutting the Fat: The Misrepresentation of ‘Overweight’ Young Adult Literary Characters on the Silver Screen.” Popular Culture and American Culture Association. San Diego, CA. March 2005. Chair and Presenter.
“Cutting the Fat: The Misrepresentation of ‘Overweight’ Young Adult Literature Characters on the Silver Screen.” Kyla Marden-Steinkraus, co-presenter. The Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters. Grand Rapids, MI. March 2004.
"Bursting the Classical Bodily Canon: Using Bahktin's Grotesque to Expresee the Conept of Bear." Popular Culture and American Culture Association. St. Louis, Mo. March 2010.
“Cutting the Fat: The Misrepresentation of ‘Overweight’ Young Adult Literary Characters on the Silver Screen.” Popular Culture and American Culture Association. San Diego, CA. March 2005. Chair and Presenter.
“Cutting the Fat: The Misrepresentation of ‘Overweight’ Young Adult Literature Characters on the Silver Screen.” Kyla Marden-Steinkraus, co-presenter. The Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters. Grand Rapids, MI. March 2004.