“Teaching Professional Writing in the Composition Classroom,” at the Minnesota Colleges and University English and Writing Conference in St. Paul.
“Multimodal Projects and Source-Based Writing: A Quest for Compatibility” at the Great Plains Alliance for Computers and Writing Conference in Ames, Iowa.
“Matching Practice to Outcome” (November, 2008) Presented with A. Dursun, S. Feyissa & T. Tacheny at the Teaching with Technology Conference Mankato, Minnesota.
“Online Tools for Active Learning” (November, 2008) Presented with A. O'Meara, J. Arnold, & G. Perbix at the Teaching with Technology Conference Mankato, Minnesota.
“The ‘Treaty’ Is Not the Piece of Paper.” Dakota Lands in Minnesota Before 1862: Discussions of a Collaborative, Cross-Disciplinary Study. Native American &
Indigenous Studies Association Conference. Minneapolis, MN. May 22, 2009.
“On Being a ‘Total English Major.’” Keynote Speaker. Red River Graduate Student Conference. North Dakota State University. Fargo, ND. April 25, 2009.
“Generosity in Continuance: The Works of Simon J. Ortiz.” Spring Wind Coming: A Tribute to the Works of Simon Ortiz. Native American Literature Symposium.
Albuquerque, NM. February 28, 2009.
“Representation in Art, Literature, and Cultural Production: Or, Don’t Rain on My Indian Parade.” American Indian Identity Conference. Native American Institute at
Michigan State University. Lansing, MI. October 16, 2008.
“Decolonizing Projects and Indigenous Literatures.” Western Literature Association Conference. Boulder, CO. October 3, 2008.
Readings
South Puget Sound Community College, Olympia, WA; Swing, Olympia, WA; Magers and Quinn, Minneapolis, MN; Barnes and Noble, Mankato, MN; Elliot Bay Bookstore, Seattle, WA; Tattered Cover, Denver, CO; Square Books, Oxford, MS; The Book Shelf, Winona, MN; Good Thunder Reading Series, Mankato, MN; Best of Times Bookstore, Red Wing, MN
Presentation. “The Nature of ‘Nature’: Multicultural Perspectives on a Complex Word.” Nature and the Humanities: Interdisciplinary and Intercultural Perspectives. Humanities Education and Research Association. Chicago, IL. April 9-11, 2009.
Panel Participant. “Organizing for Self-Study.” 2009 PEAQ Workshop on Self-Study. NCA Higher Learning Commission 2009 Annual Meeting. April 18, 2009.
Roundtable Organizer. “Collaborators, Provocateurs, or Partners? Faculty Governance in Collective Bargaining Environments.” NCA Higher Learning Commission 2009 Annual Meeting. April 18, 2009.
"Online Tools for Active Learning: Facilitating Peer Response Groups for Writing." Teaching with Technology (TWT) Conference. MSU. 7 November 2008.
“Wikis in the Workplace: An Exploratory Study.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. San Francisco, CA: March 2009.
“Online Tools for Active Learning.” Teaching with Technology Conference. Mankato, MN: November 2008.
“Technical Communication in IT.” Council on Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication Conference. Minneapolis, MN: October, 2008.
"Anne on the Lam: Rosa Campbell Praed's Lost-Race Novel Fugitive Anne." 18th and 19th-Century British Women Writers Conference.
Visiting faculty, University of Nebraska MFA in Writing, Nebraska City, NE, 7/17/08.
Reading, Montana Festival of the Book, Missoula, MT, 11/25/08.
Reading, Yellowstone Writers Collective, Billings, MT, 11/27/08.
Reading, Winona State University, Winona, MN, 11/12/08.
“Developing Personal Poetic Forms,” Whidbey Island Writers Conference, Langley, WA, 2/27/09
“Writing the Poem that’s Impossible to Write,” Whidbey Island Writers Conference, Langley, WA, 2/28/09
Open Books, Seattle, WA, 2/26/09
Village Books, Bellingham, WA, 2/24/09
Willamette University, Salem, OR, 3/3/09
Panel Presentation: “A Tribute to Barry Silesky” AWP National Conference, Chicago, February 2009
Panel Presentation: “Writing on Family,” Loft Literary Center, May 2009
Readings
Rhinelander, Wisconsin Public Library, July 2008
Loft Literary Center (Minneapolis), December 2008
Good Thunder Reading Series, April 2009
"Multi-modal communication pedagogy: Is this what it looks like?" at 9 am, November 7, 2008 at 2008 Great Plains Alliance for Computers and Writing at Iowa State University.
"What is the state of online pedagogy in Palestinian universities?" by Lee S. Tesdell and Osama Mimi. International Conference on Multimedia and ICT in Education (m-ICTE2009) April 22-24, 2009, Lisbon, Portugal (We are delivering this presentation online.)
