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 Presentations 

History of Science Society | Co-present with Anna Reser: “Personal Practices: Contraceptive Technologies and Scientific Vision.” Seattle, WA. November 2018

Midwest Modern Language Society | "Creating Openly: Scholarship as Activism and Outreach." Cincinnati, OH. November 2017. 

Society for Science, Literature, and the Arts | Co-present with Anna Reser, “Lady Science: Women and Gender Studies on the Open Web.” Atlanta, GA., November 2016.

American Association for the History of Medicine | “Converging Histories: Anna Fischer-Duckelmann as Naturopath and Physician for Women in Imperial Germany.” Minneapolis, MI., April 2016.

Midwest Junto for the History of Science | Co-present with Anna Reser, "Lady Science: Women and Gender Studies on the Open Web." Norman, OK, April 2016.

Popular Culture Association/ American Culture Association | Co-present with Anna Reser, “‘Easy for you to explain...easy for her to use’”: Advertising the Pill.” Seattle, WA., March 2016.

Midwest Modern Language Society | “Plant Sex and Gender: Nineteenth Century Popularizations of Botany.” MMLA Convention: Arts and Sciences. Columbus, OH., November 2015.

Midwest Modern Language Society | “Speaking as Nature: Woman, Animals, and the Language of Domestication.” Detroit, MI., November 2014.

Midwest Junto for the History of Science | "Anna Fischer-Duckelmann as Naturopath and Physician for Women." Kirksville, MO. March 2014.

Midwest Modern Language Society | “Chaotic Time in Borges’ ‘The Garden of the Forking Paths.’ Milwaukee, WI., November 2013.

Panels Organized/Chaired 

American Historical Society | Round table “Feminist Loyalties/Academic Disloyalties in Public,” Chicago, IL., January 2019.

Midwest Modern Language Society | Co-chair with Chris Martiniano. "Forms of Academic Activism." Cincinnati, OH., November 2017. 

Midwest Modern Language Society | "Literary Histories of Science." Columbus, OH., November 2015.

Invited Talks

New Approaches to Representing Women in Science: In Conversation with Leila McNeill, Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya, and Anna Reser | Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. March 2022

Women Empowering Women | Federal Energy Regulatory Commission | March 2022.

Pierson Memorial Lecture | Midwest Junto for the History of Science | April 2021.

Perspectives on Science | University of Texas at Dallas, Classroom sessions. Dallas, TX., December 2019

History of Science Society | Finding Room for Appreciation in a More Liberatory History of Science. Seattle, WA., November 2018.

Midwest Modern Language Society | Professionalizing Workshop: Public Writing. Cincinnati, OH., November 2017. 

Royal Meteorological Society | “Seeing Ourselves in the Future: Women as Leaders in Climate Science.” Influential Voices in Meteorology and Climate: From Activists to Journalists and Leading Scientists. Reading, UK. March 2017.