Queer Theory and Literature
"Rethinking Oppression: Revising our Approach to
Straight Allies." Conference on College Composition and
Communication. Louisville, KY. March 2010.
"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.
"The Correct Abject: Lesbianism vs. Homosexuality in the Novels of Toni Morrison." The Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture since 1900. Louisville, KY. February 2010.
"The Correct Abject: Male Homosexuality in the 1970s Novels of Toni Morrison." 25th Annual Symposium on African American Culture & Philosophy. West Lafayette, IN. November 2009.
“Transitioning from Transvestite Relationship to Transgender Friendship: Expanding and Re-reading Lives of the Cross-Dressed Saints Using the Lens of Transgender and Friendship.” 44th International Congress on Medieval Studies. Kalamazoo, MI. May 2009.
“Rewriting the Motherland: Transgender Challenges to Colonialism and Nationalism in Michele Cliff’s No Telephone to Heaven.” British Commonwealth and Postcolonial Studies Conference. Savannah, GA. February 2009.
“Reexamination of A Taste of Honey and its Effects on the Sexual Offences Act of 1967.” The Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture since 1900. Louisville, KY. February 2009.
“Peeling the Gum Off the Gumshoe’s Shoe: The Convention of Crime and Police to Critique Queer Social Rhetoric.” Popular Culture and American Culture Association. San Francisco, CA. March 2008.
“Queering the Composition Classroom.” Corby J. Roberson, co-presenter. Friday Forum. Department of English. Ball State University, Muncie, IN. October 2007.
“The Broken, Backward Green World of Annie Proulx and Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain.” Popular Culture and American Culture Association. Boston, MA. April 2007. Chair and Presenter.
“Boy Meets Girl, Boy Meets Nobody: Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation in Disney’s High School Musical.” The Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters. Ferris State University. Big Rapids, MI. March 2007. Panel Organizer, Chair, and Presenter.
“Intentional Targets: The Use of the ‘Gay Bashing Scene’ in GLBTQI Young Adult Literature.” Popular Culture and American Culture Association. Atlanta, GA. April 2006. Chair and Presenter.
“The Projection of Internalized Homophobia of White Males onto Black Males in Modern Literature.” The Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters.Oakland, MI. March 2006.
“Not Afraid to Ask: Helping Questioning Students Navigate GLBTQI Resources.” Frederick A. Kosinski, Jr., co-presenter. Michigan Counseling Association. Traverse City, MI. October 2005. Chair and Presenter.
“Polyxena Offstage: Patroclus and Homosexuality in Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida.” The 36th Annual Interdisciplinary Committee for the Advancement ofEarly Studies Conference, Muncie, IN. October 2004.
“A Little Lesser than the Women: Queering Machismo in José Antonio Villarreal’s Pocho.” The Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters. Grand Rapids, MI. March 2004.
“Briseis Removed: Patroclus and Homosexuality in Homer’s Iliad.” The 35th Annual Interdisciplinary Committee for the Advancement of Early Studies Conference. Muncie, IN. October 2003.
"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.
"The Correct Abject: Lesbianism vs. Homosexuality in the Novels of Toni Morrison." The Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture since 1900. Louisville, KY. February 2010.
"The Correct Abject: Male Homosexuality in the 1970s Novels of Toni Morrison." 25th Annual Symposium on African American Culture & Philosophy. West Lafayette, IN. November 2009.
“Transitioning from Transvestite Relationship to Transgender Friendship: Expanding and Re-reading Lives of the Cross-Dressed Saints Using the Lens of Transgender and Friendship.” 44th International Congress on Medieval Studies. Kalamazoo, MI. May 2009.
“Rewriting the Motherland: Transgender Challenges to Colonialism and Nationalism in Michele Cliff’s No Telephone to Heaven.” British Commonwealth and Postcolonial Studies Conference. Savannah, GA. February 2009.
“Reexamination of A Taste of Honey and its Effects on the Sexual Offences Act of 1967.” The Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture since 1900. Louisville, KY. February 2009.
“Peeling the Gum Off the Gumshoe’s Shoe: The Convention of Crime and Police to Critique Queer Social Rhetoric.” Popular Culture and American Culture Association. San Francisco, CA. March 2008.
“Queering the Composition Classroom.” Corby J. Roberson, co-presenter. Friday Forum. Department of English. Ball State University, Muncie, IN. October 2007.
“The Broken, Backward Green World of Annie Proulx and Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain.” Popular Culture and American Culture Association. Boston, MA. April 2007. Chair and Presenter.
“Boy Meets Girl, Boy Meets Nobody: Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation in Disney’s High School Musical.” The Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters. Ferris State University. Big Rapids, MI. March 2007. Panel Organizer, Chair, and Presenter.
“Intentional Targets: The Use of the ‘Gay Bashing Scene’ in GLBTQI Young Adult Literature.” Popular Culture and American Culture Association. Atlanta, GA. April 2006. Chair and Presenter.
“The Projection of Internalized Homophobia of White Males onto Black Males in Modern Literature.” The Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters.Oakland, MI. March 2006.
“Not Afraid to Ask: Helping Questioning Students Navigate GLBTQI Resources.” Frederick A. Kosinski, Jr., co-presenter. Michigan Counseling Association. Traverse City, MI. October 2005. Chair and Presenter.
“Polyxena Offstage: Patroclus and Homosexuality in Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida.” The 36th Annual Interdisciplinary Committee for the Advancement ofEarly Studies Conference, Muncie, IN. October 2004.
“A Little Lesser than the Women: Queering Machismo in José Antonio Villarreal’s Pocho.” The Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters. Grand Rapids, MI. March 2004.
“Briseis Removed: Patroclus and Homosexuality in Homer’s Iliad.” The 35th Annual Interdisciplinary Committee for the Advancement of Early Studies Conference. Muncie, IN. October 2003.