“Student Perceptions of Instructor-Produced Video Materials in Online Writing Courses” Computers & Writing Conference 2009, Ubiquitous and Sustainable Computing @school, @work, @play” University of California-Davies, CA June 18-21, 2009.

“Text, Audio, or Video? Students’ Media Preferences for Online Course Materials” Conference on College Composition and Communication. San Francisco, CA, 2009.

“Providing Effective Feedback on Student Writing in an Online Environment” Panel Presentation. FaCET Summer Conference “Engaging Ideas to Improve Student Success” at WKU, Bowling Green, KY, June 2008.

“Strategies for Student Retention in an Online Environment” FaCET Summer Conference “Engaging Ideas to Improve Student Success” at WKU, Bowling Green, KY, June 2008.

“Online Students’ Learning Preferences in Multimedia-Rich Writing Courses: Towards an Effective Online Course Design” Computers & Writing Conference 2008, Athens, GA, May 21, 2008. Also presented at the Kentucky Conference on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, “Creating Prepared Learners” Lexington, Kentucky, May 20-21, 2009.

“The Syllabus and Academic Integrity” Online Teachers’ Summer Camp 2008 Sponsored by Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching, Academic Technology, and the Office of Distance Learning at WKU. May 20, 2008.

“Multimedia Technology Solutions in Face-to-Face and Online Environments” The Cherry Hall TechKnowledg-E Mini-Conference for the Humanities 2008 at WKU, May 14, 2008.

“The Video Syllabus” Technology for Instruction Showcase by Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching at WKU, Bowling Green, KY, April 11, 2008.

“Video Chat Using Skype” Technology for Instruction Showcase by Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching at WKU, Bowling Green, KY, April 11, 2008.

“Multimedia Technology Solutions in Support of Online Pedagogy: Better Tools Make for Better Products” The Office of Distance Learning, TSOnline Center Liaison Workshops Series at WKU. Bowling Green, KY, April 7, 2008.

Pedagogical Possibilities for Multimedia Applications in Online Environments” Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching Seminar Series at WKU, Bowling Green, KY, March 26, 2008.

“The Talk of the Town: Video-Mediated Virtual Communication in Distance Education” The Tenth E-Train Fall 2007 Conference at WKU, Bowling Green, KY, 2007.

“The Visual Turn in Virtual Pedagogies: Imagining the Two-Way Interactive Video” Computers & Writing Conference 2007: Virtual Urbanism. Detroit, MI, 2007.

“The Challenges of Integrating Video into Online Teaching from the Instructor’s Perspective” E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, & Higher Education. Honolulu, HI, 2006.







“Emerging New Genres in Education: The Video Syllabus” The Ninth E-Train Fall 2006 Conference at WKU, Bowling Green, KY, 2006.

“The Interactive Multimedia Syllabus” GRN at Computers & Writing Conference 2006. Lubbock, TX, 2006.

“Constructing the Video Syllabus For Online Writing Classes” Computers & Writing Conference 2006. Lubbock, TX, 2006.

“Student Attitudes toward General Education Writing Courses” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Chicago, IL, 2006. Paper a

ccepted, but not delivered due to personal emergency.

“Student-Produced Videos for Engagement and Active Learning” The Eighth E-Train Conference at WKU. Bowling Green, KY, 2005.

“Online Assessment Horror Stories: Is Ensuring Academic Integrity Virtually Impossible?” “Teaching Writing On Line and Face to Face” 3rd Conference of the European Association for the Teaching of Academic Writing. Athens, Greece, 2005.

“Multimedia Solutions for the Online Classroom.” “New Writing and Computer Technologies” Computers and Writing Conference 2005. Palo Alto, CA, 2005.

“Strategies to Deal with Cultural Differences in the Classroom.” Roundtable discussion with Sandra S. Hughes and Kelly Reames. “Ideas for Engaging Students Across the Curriculum” 3rd Annual FaCET Summer Mini-Conference. Bowling Green, KY 2005.

“The Place of Multimedia Literacy in the English Curriculum: Lighting Techniques For Digital Imagination” “Lighting the Imagination: Teachers Inspiring Teachers” 69th Annual Kentucky Council of Teachers of English/Language Arts. Bowling Green, KY 2005.

“Teaching, Learning, and Assessment in the Online Classroom: Back to the Traditional Paradigm?” Computers and Writing Conference 2004. Honolulu, Hawaii, 2004.

“Distance Learning in Close-Up: Reflections on Assessing Teaching and Learning.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. San Antonio, TX, 2004.

“Ctrl C, Ctrl V or the Patchwork of Literacy: Ethical Considerations in the Cut-and-Paste Culture of the Academy.” “Piecing the Quilt of Literacy” 68th Annual Kentucky Council of Teachers of English/Language Arts. Louisville, KY 2004.

“Bridging the Gap Between the ‘Creative’ and the Academic.” “Tutoring and Teaching Academic Writing” 2nd Conference of the European Association for the Teaching of Academic Writing. Budapest, Hungary 2003.

“Conscientization As Transforming Possibility.” RNF Conference on College Composition and Communication. New York, NY, 2003.

“Losing Heart Versus Moving Heart: Student Encounters with the Personal and the Scholarly in College Composition.” “Voices of the Heart” 67th Annual Kentucky Council of Teachers of English/Language Arts. Lexington, KY 2003.

“Perceiving Difference: Issues of Diversity From an Eastern-European Perspective.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Chicago, IL, 2002.

“‘Can A Snake Teach a Bird How to Fly?’ Teaching Writing Across Cultures.” Symposium on Second Language Writing. West Lafayette, IN, 2000.

“Challenges to Teaching Writing Across Cultures: A Non–Native, Eastern–European Perspective.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Minneapolis, MN, 2000.

“Seeing Is Believing and Believing Is Seeing: When Cultural Differences Become Visible: The Experience of a Non–Native Instructor Teaching Freshman English To American College Students.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Atlanta, GA, 1999.

“Liberatory Pedagogy and the Newly Liberated: Negotiating Power in the Hungarian College Classroom.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Phoenix, AZ, 1997.

“Degrees of Freedom: First Steps toward Learner Autonomy Through Writing at a Hungarian University.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Milwaukee, WI, 1996.

“Feminism in Eastern Europe.” Your Struggle is My Struggle, The Other in Liberation Movements. UNCG Department of Women’s Studies. Greensboro, NC, 1995.

“Challenges and Solutions of Integrating Digital Video into Online Teaching” E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, & Higher Education. Honolulu, HI, 2006.

“Thinking Through Practice: Reconsidering Historiographic Access to Rhetoric and Composition” Conference on College Composition and Communication. San Francisco, CA, 2005.

“Crazy Quilting -- Spinning the Story: Fabricating Truth in Creative Writing” “Piecing the Quilt of Literacy” 68th Annual Kentucky Council of Teachers of English/Language Arts. Louisville, KY 2004.

“Ethos-Centered Rhetorics: Challenging, Transforming, and Preserving Cultures.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. New York, NY, 2003.