Alumni Panelist at New York University’s Steinhardt School of Education’s Professional Development Seminar.  November 15, 2013.

“Soul Children 2.0: Reflections of an AfroDigital Writing Teacher.”  Teachers College Columbia. New York, NY. November 13, 2013.

“Black Mammies, White Managers, and Male Corporations: Cha(lle)nging Administration with Black Radical Female Subjectivity.” National Women Studies Association (NWSA).  Cincinnati, OH. November 2013.

” ‘Come into My House….Give Me BODeeee’: An Introduction to AAL…AfroDigitized.”  Invited Lecture. City College of the City University of New York.  October 23, 2013.

Alwakil (Praxis Team Coordinator) at the Black Education Congress.  Chicago, IL. October 8-10 2013.

“ ‘Pancake Days is Happy Days’: Aunt Jemima, White Corporate Managers, and Racialized Authority in WPA.” Writing Program Administration (WPA) Conference. Savannah, Georgia.  July 2013.

” ‘Fear of a Black Planet’: The Histories of African American Literacy, Schooling, & Life and What We Can Learn from Them.”  Youth Build Talk/Community Teach-In Series. Newark, NJ. June 2013.

Parks, Steve, Brian Baile, Shannon Carter, Timothy Dougherty, Laurie Grobman, Ben Kuebrich, Carmen Kynard, Deborah Mutnick, Micah Savaglio, Rachael Shapiro, Kurt Spellmeyer, Nancy Welch.  “The Political Turn: Writing Democracy for the 21st Century.”  Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC). Las Vegas, NV. March 2013. CLICK HERE FOR WORKSHOP PROGRAM.