"Towards a Method: The Criticism of Orature," paper presented to Speech Communication Association, Miami Beach, Florida, 1993.

“World View and Beyond: Identifying Cultural Differentiation and Accessing Intercultural Sensitivity,” paper presented to Eastern Communication Association, New Haven, Connecticut, 1992.

Orature": Towards A Theory of Human Communication," African American Rhetoric, A Reader, Kendall Hunt Publishing, Dubuque, Iowa (Book chapter), 1992

“Orature: Formative Years in Theory,” paper presented to Eastern Communication Association, New Haven, Connecticut, 1992.

“A Response to the Rhetoric of Revitalization,” respondent, Speech Communication Association, Atlanta, Georgia, 1991

“The Dynamics of Kumina Communication,” paper presented to Eastern Communication Association, Atlanta, Georgia, 1991.