2012 Presenter, “Enhancing the Transition from High School to College for African-American Freshmen.” University of Pittsburgh Colloquium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

2012 Presenter, “Models of Success Program: Building the Capacity to Ensure Student Success.” USA Funds Symposium, Dallas, Texas.

2011 Presenter, “Curriculum Mapping: A Methodology to Define, Document, Demonstrate, and Improve the Coherence of Program Curricula.” 2011 SACSCOC Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida.

2011 Presenter, “High-Impact Practices (HIPs) in the General Education Classroom: Challenges and Strategies.” 35th Conference of the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network in Higher Education, Atlanta, Georgia.

2011 Presenter, “Helping Children Learn to Read: Community Empowerment in Improving School-Age Literacy.” Windsor Elementary School, Windsor, VA.

2011 Presenter, “Summer Bridge: An Empirical Study of a Summer Orientation Program for Achieving Student Retention.” EPI Retention 2011: An International Conference on Student Success, San Diego, CA.

2011 Presenter, “Effective Approaches to Cutting School District Budgets While Maximizing District Performance.” National School Board Association 71st Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA.

2011 Presenter, “Writing Assignments That Promote Self-Discovery and Empathy.” Old Dominion University 32nd Annual Spring Writing Conference on the Teaching of Writing, Norfolk, Virginia.

2010 Presenter, “21st Century Youth Culture: The Hidden Curriculum to Improve Student Success.” National Alliance of Black School Educators 38th Annual Conference, Fort Worth, TX.

2010 Presenter, “Nigrescence Theory Dramatized in August Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle.” 18th Annual National Association of African American Studies & Affiliates Conference, Baton Rouge, LA.

2010 Presenter, “iTeach: Exploring New Ways of Teaching with Technology in the Language Classroom.” 41st Annual Conference Virginia Association of Teachers of English, Virginia Beach, Virginia.

2010 Presenter, “Compressed Workweeks, Expanded Workdays: Campus Reactions to the Four-Day Workweek.” 35th Conference of the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network in Higher Education, Poster Session.

2010 Presenter, “Help-Seeking and Help-Giving Behaviors at Tutorial Sessions: Tutors' Perspective.” 23rd International Conference on The First-Year Experience, Maui, Hawaii.