Presentations

L3: Legal Landscape of Librarianship: Know Your Rights and Options, Virtual Conference, February 18-20, 2025

IASL 2024 Conference, Virtual, October 26-29, 2024 (with Dr. Lucy Santos Green & Valerie Byrd Fort)

• READCON

NC School Library Media Association Annual Conference, Greensboro, October 2024

• Fifty Fantastic Finds in Kids Lit (with Tammy Gruer & Karen Meier)

• Stop the Carnivores! 

ALISE Annual Conference, Portland, OR, September 2024 (with Dr. Lucy Santos Green & Valerie Byrd Fort)

• READCON

United for Libraries webinar, July 9, 2024 (with Dr. Lucy Santos Green & Valerie Byrd Fort)

• READCON

ALA Annual Conference, San Diego, June 24-July 2, 2024 (with Dr. Lucy Santos Green & Valerie Byrd Fort)

• READCON

NC Curriculum Materials Center (CMC) Directors Association, June 14, 2024

• Curriculum Materials Centers in Challenging Times

Metrolina Library Association Conference, Keynote, Charlotte, NC, June 13, 2024

• Prepared for the Challenge

NWRESA Mini-Conference, North Wilkesboro, April 15, 2024

• Handling Difficult Conversations

• Leading the Reconsideration Committee

Principal Preparation for Excellence and Equity in Rural Schools (PPEERS), January 18, 2024, Browns Summit, NC (with Dr. Heather Moorefield-Lang)

• Roles of the School Librarian & Building a Culture of Reading

Ethical Humanist Society of the Triangle, January 21, 2024, Chapel Hill, NC

• Facing Censorship Challenges: Librarians & Community Members Working Together

NCSLMA 2023 Conference, Oct 5-7, Winston Salem

• Fifty Fantastic Finds in Kids Lit (with Tammy Gruer & Lori Sands)

• Empowering Your Community to Stand Up for Students' Right to Read

• Where are all the Nonfiction Read Alouds? (With Karen Meier)

Great Decisions Lecture, Pittsboro, NC, Oct 11

AASL 2023 Conference, Oct 18-21, Tampa, FL

• Community of Scholars (with Dr. Rita Soulen)

• Bloomsbury Publishing - New Textbooks Session (with Dr. Joyce Valenza & Dr. Rebecca Morris)

• Research into Practice: Revising or Creating Your Selection and Reconsideration Policies

• AASL Research Paper Award - Selection Policy Content Analysis

United for Libraries Webinar series, November 8

• Get Ready, Stay Ready: Supporting Proactive Community Advocacy for Library Professionals (with Dr. Lucy Santos Green & Valerie Byrd Fort)

NC Region 5 School Library Media Coordinator Conference

• Trends in Censorship, 2023 Edition