“Do I Have to Grade Everything?”
Co-presented with Philhower, J.
2023
APSU Faculty Conference and Meeting
(Clarksville, TN)
“The Bridge Initiative”
Co-presented with Shea, D.P., Harris, J., Thompson, J.M., Williams, L., White, P.W., and Atkinson, R.W.
2023
APSU Faculty Conference and Meeting
(Clarksville, TN)
“Culturally Responsive K12 School Leadership”
Co-presented with James M. Thompson I
2023
Association of Teacher Educators, ATE Summer Conference
(Washington, DC)
“Two institutions moving as one: A teacher education collaboration with a local VoTech department”
Co-presented with James M. Thompson I
2023
Association of Teacher Educators, ATE Summer Conference
(Washington, DC)
“Using Questioning Theory to Navigate Diverse – not divisive – Concepts in the K-12 Classroom”
2023
Association of Teacher Educators, ATE Summer Conference
(Washington, DC)
“A college of education’s journey: One year after implementing our Strategic Diversity Plan”
Co-presented with James M. Thompson I
2023
Association of Teacher Educators, ATE Summer Conference
(Washington, DC)
“Thriving – not just surviving – as an early career university faculty (and beyond)”
Co-presented with James M. Thompson I
2023
Association of Teacher Educators, ATE Summer Conference
(Washington, DC)
“Stories of Humanizing Assessment: Disrupting, Dismantling, and Reimagining Assessment in Teacher Education and Beyond”
Co-presented with Katarina Silvestri & Alexia Buono
2023
American Educational Research Association, AERA Annual Meeting
(Chicago, IL)
“Forging Third Spaces in Teacher Education: Cultivating the Agency and Imagination to
transgress”
Co-presented with Amy L. Tondreau & James M. Thompson I
2023
Association of Teacher Educators, ATE Annual Conference
(Jacksonville, FL)
“Grace Over Grades: Meeting Students Where They Are – Beyond Academics”
Co-presented with James M. Thompson I
2023
Association of Teacher Educators, ATE Annual Conference
(Jacksonville, FL)
“Supporting teacher candidates’ successful completion of edTPA at Southern rural-serving institutions”
Co-presented with Donna Short
2023
American Council on Rural
Special Education, ACRSE Annual Meeting
(Pittsburgh, PA)
“Learning About Our Community’s Past to Grow Toward a Culturally Relevant Future”
Co-presented with Donna Short
2022
Center for Rural Education Conference
(Clarksville, TN)
“Being an ultimate Gov for our students”
Co-presented with James M. Thompson I
2022
Austin Peay State University’s Faculty Conference
(Clarksville, TN)
“Not just surviving: Thriving as an early career university faculty (and beyond)”
Co-presented with James M. Thompson I
2022
Association of Teacher Educators Summer Conference
(Nashville, TN)
“A college of education’s journey: From stakeholder engagement study to strategic diversity”
Co-presented with James M. Thompson I
2022
Association of Teacher Educators Summer Conference
(Nashville, TN)
“Honing Humanizing Practices:
Nurturing Resilience, Mindfulness, and Justice in Teacher Education”
Discussant
2022
American Educational Research Association
(San Diego, CA)
“Considering marginalized students’ perspectives: Implications on teaching practices”
Co-presented with James M. Thompson I
2022
Austin Peay State University- 2nd Annual Center for Rural Education Virtual Conference
(Clarksville, TN)
“Supporting pre-service and in-service teachers in continuing to be culturally sustaining
and antiracist”
Co-presented with James M. Thompson I
2022
Austin Peay State University- 2nd Annual Center for Rural Education Virtual Conference
(Clarksville, TN)
“CAEP standard I: Content and pedagogical knowledge”
Co-presented with James M. Thompson I
2022
Spring CAEPCon Virtual Conference – Success Through Continuous Improvement
(Clarksville, TN)
“Critically Reflective of the Past to Grow Toward a Culturally Relevant Future”
Co-presented with Donna Short
2021
Mid-Southern Interdisciplinary Sciences Conference
(virtual)
“Rural Special Education During a Pandemic: Challenges for Meaningful Implementation of Universal Design for Learning”
Co-presented with Donna Pitts
2021
American Council on Rural Special Education (virtual)
“Uninterrupted Interventions During a Global Pandemic: Collaboration as Support for Rural Special Education Students”
Co-presented with Lori Allen
2021
American Council on Rural Special Education (virtual)
“Transformed by our arts-based research:
Actioning into bodily justice in teacher education”
Co-presented with Alexia Buono
2020
Artful Inquiry Research Group
(virtual)
“A brief study: The impact and implications of COVID-19 on an HBCU.”
Co-presented with James M. Thompson I
2020
Mid-Southern Interdisciplinary Sciences Association (MISA) 4th Annual Conference (Clarksville, TN)
“Maintaining relationships and building antiracist classroom practices: Virtual teaching during a global pandemic.”
Co-presented with James M. Thompson I
2020
Mid-Southern Interdisciplinary Sciences Association (MISA) 4th Annual Conference (Clarksville, TN)
“Knowing Our Research Differently:
Multimodal and Arts-Based Methods of Data Analysis and (Re)Presentation”
Co-presented with Alexia Buono & Nichole Barrett
2019
American Educational Research Association (Toronto, ON)
“Developing Teacher Identities:
Dialogue as Negotiation in an Online Multicultural Literature Class”
Part of the roundtables for the Commission on Social Justice in Teacher Education
2018
National Conference on Teachers of English (Houston, TX)
“Using Bodily Writing and Performative Inquiry as Arts-Based Research Methodology in Collaborative Doctoral Research”
Co-presented with Alexia Buono
2017
American Educational Research Association (San Antonio, TX)
“Centering Intersectional, Justice-Oriented English Education”
Co-presented with Noah Asher Golden, Robert Petrone, Sophia Sarigianides, Melissa Schieble, & Amy Vetter
2017
Conference on English Education (The Ohio State University)
“Shedding Light on Teacher Education With Multicultural Literature”
Part of the roundtables for the Commission on Social Justice in Teacher Education
2017
National Conference on Teachers of English (St. Louis, MO)
“Blending Social Worlds: Using Pop Culture to Engage with Multicultural Literature”
Co-presented with Nichole Barrett
2016
Journal of Language and Literacy Education Conference (University of Georgia, Athens)
“Using Multicultural Texts to Address Diversity with Pre-Service Teachers”
2016
American Educational Research Association (Washington, DC)
“Pre-Service Teachers Narrate Their Preparedness For Reaching Students from Diverse Backgrounds”
2016
University at Buffalo’s Graduate School of Education Research Symposium (Buffalo, NY)
“Using an arts-based research methodology to (re)present qualitative educational research: A work in progress showcase”
Co-presented with Alexia Buono
2016
University at Buffalo’s Graduate School of Education Research Symposium (Buffalo, NY)
“New Directions for Preparing ELA Teachers: Methods, Media, and Movements”
2016
National Conference on Teachers of English (Atlanta, GA)
“Remixing Multicultural Literature: Building Culturally Inclusive Classrooms Through Popular Culture”
Co-presented with Nichole Barrett
2016
Buffalo Urban League Young Professionals Education Conference (Buffalo, NY)
“Pre-Service Teachers Address Diversity Using Multicultural Texts”
2015
Buffalo Urban League Young Professionals Education Conference (Buffalo, NY)
“Knowing it to My Core”
Co-presented with David Bruce
2015
International Federation of Teachers of English at the Conference of English Educators (Fordham University, NYC)