SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
“Memoir Across Format and Style”
Moderator, [margins.] Literary Conference, September 21, 2024
Panelists include: Katerina Jeng and Jessica Hoppe.
“How to work with bookstores outside of events”
Moderator, [margins.] Literary Conference, September 20, 2024
Panelists include: Deidre Dumpson (Edelweiss+), Diana Dominguez (Más Libritos Bookstore).
“Ethics of Serving as and Working with Diversity Readers”
Moderator, [margins.] Virtual Literary Conference, September 14, 2024
Panelists include: Britt Camacho, Melissa Yoon and Gionni Ponce.
“New Pathways for Expanding Access and Discovery”
Moderator, [margins.] Virtual Literary Conference, September 12, 2024
Panelists include: Franklin Leonard and Randy Winston.
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Annual Department of English Career Panel
Panelist, Fordham University, February 7, 2024
Panelists include: Nicole Valentine, Melanie Trinidad, Kevin Greene, Carole Alvino and moderator Professor Mary Bly.
“On the Road and at Home: The Role of Events”
Panelist, Author’s Guild, November 16, 2023
Panelists include: Randy Winston, Lily Philpott, J. Mae Barizo and moderator Katie Freeman.
“What do you do with a literary studies degree?”
Speaker, Undergraduate Seminar, Fordham University, September 22, 2023
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“Navigating Publishing and Bookselling”
Speaker, Graduate Seminar, Mile-High MFA, Regis University, February 13, 2023
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“Working with Bookstores”
Moderator, [margins.] Literary Conference, August 7, 2022
Panelists include: Angela Maria Spring (Duende District), Rick Griffith (Shop at MATTER) and Arvin Ramgoolam (Townie Books).
“Planning Your Publicity: Book Tours”
Panelist, [margins.] Literary Conference, August 6, 2022
Panelist included: Lara Phan (Penguin Random House).
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Keynote: "Novelist as Citizen"
Moderator, ABA Winter Institute Conference, February 19, 2021
Featured authors: Lauren Groff (Matrix), Viet Thanh Nguyen (Committed) and Colson Whitehead (Harlem Shuffle)
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One World Pre-Publication Bookseller Event
Host/Moderator, October 19, 2020
Featured guests: Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha Blain (Four Hundred Souls), Hanif Abdurraqib (A Little Devil in America), Heather McGhee (The Sum of Us), Chris Jackson (Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, One World) and Ben Greenberg (VP, Executive Editor, Random House)
"Digging Deeper with University Press"
Panelist, CALIBA/MPIBA Fall Conference, September 17, 2020
Panelists included: Brad Johnson (East Bay Booksellers), Jeff Deutsch (Seminary Co-op) and moderator Patricia Nelson (Sales Rep, University Press Sales Associates)
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"Independent Bookstore Day: Celebrate with Success"
Panelist, MPIBA Fall Conference, October 12, 2019
Panelist included: Dan Cullen (Senior Strategy Officer, ABA)
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"Finding Love in the Romance Section: Panel Discussion and Idea Exchange"
Panelist, MPIBA Fall Conference, October 13, 2018
Panelists included: Renee Becher (Old Firehouse Bookstore), Mikaley Osley (Tattered Cover), Carol Ritter (Deputy Executive Director, Romance Writers of America), Cindy Hwang (Executive Editor, Penguin Group USA), and moderator Pamela Jaffee (Senior Publicity & Brand Director, Avon Books)