Meetings, Lectures, Conferences, and Programs Organized

St. Francis College        November and December 2017
Women’s Poetry Initiative Poetry Contest
        Conceived, organized, and presented a poetry competition open to all female undergraduates in the college.

St. Francis College        November 29, 2017
Organizer, Poetry Reading
        Organized and introduced reading by Susan Miller.

St. Francis College        March 23, 2015
Organizer, Women’s Poetry Initiative Spring Reading Series
        Organized and introduced reading by Barbara Crooker.

St. Francis College        October 4, 2016
Organizer, Women’s Poetry Initiative Fall Reading Series
        Organized and introduced reading by Marilyn Hacker.

Humanities NY        September 2016 to April 2017
Scholar-Facilitator and Organizer
        Organized, coordinated and led the grant-funded reading and discussion series Influential People at St. Francis College.

St. Francis College        April 25, 2016
Organizer, Student Recognition Day
        Organized and introduced event.

St. Francis College        April 18, 2016
Organizer, Respect Initiative Speaker Neil Maher
        Organized and introduced program on NASA’s influence on the Environmental Movement.

St. Francis College        April 16, 2016
Organizer, Symposium in Honor of Gerald J. Galgan, Ph.D.
        Organized and introduced event.

St. Francis College        April 11, 2016
Organizer, Respect Initiative Speaker Kathleen Neville
        Organized and introduced presentation on workplace issues (sexual harassment, bullying).

St. Francis College        March 30, 2016
Organizer, Respect Initiative Screening of The Hunting Ground
        Organized event and introduced film.

St. Francis College        March 14, 2016
Organizer, Respect Initiative Screening of The Hitch-Hiker
        Organized screening of film directed by Ida Lupino.

St. Francis College        March 7, 2016
Organizer, Respect Initiative Speaker Alyscia Cunningham
        Organized and introduced event.

St. Francis College        February 2, 2016
Speaker, Screening of It Was Rape
        Was one of two speakers discussing the film.

St. Francis College        November 6, 2015
Organizer, Faculty Workshop
        Organized faculty workshop, led by the consultant Dr. James Raymond, on writing across the disciplines.

St. Francis College        November 2, 2015
Organizer, Women’s Poetry Initiative Fall Reading Series
        Organized and introduced reading by Maria Lisella.

New York Council for the Humanities        September 2015 to April 2016
Scholar-Facilitator and Organizer
        Organized, coordinated and led the NYCH grant-funded reading and discussion series The Experience of WWII at St. Francis College.

St. Francis College        April 27, 2015
Organizer, Student Recognition Day
        Organized and introduced event.

St. Francis College        March 26, 2015
Organizer, Women’s Poetry Initiative Spring Reading Series
        Organized and introduced reading by Alicia Ostriker.

New York Council for the Humanities        January 2015 to April 2015
Scholar-Facilitator and Organizer
        Organized, coordinated and led a second section of the reading and discussion series Our World Remade: World War I. The series was sponsored by the NYCH and hosted by St. Francis College.

St. Francis College        October 9, 2014
Organizer, Women’s Poetry Initiative Fall Reading Series
        Organized and introduced reading by Evie Shockley.

New York Council for the Humanities        September 2014 to December 2014
Scholar-Facilitator and Organizer
        Organized, coordinated and led the reading and discussion series Our World Remade: World War I. The series was sponsored by the NYCH and hosted by St. Francis College.

St. Francis College        May 1, 2014
Organizer, Student Recognition Day
        Organized and introduced event.

St. Francis College        April 24, 2014
Poetry Coordinator, Yom Ha’Shoah Commemoration
        Chose poems to be read at Yom Ha’Shoah program. Member of group coordinating the event.

St. Francis College        March 12, 2014
Organizer, Presentation of Gettysburg: One Woman’s War
        Organized play’s performance at St. Francis College.

St. Francis College        March 5, 2014
Organizer, Women’s Poetry Initiative Spring Reading Series
        Organized and introduced reading by Daisy Fried.

New York Council for the Humanities   January 2014 to May 2014
Scholar-Facilitator and Organizer
        Organized, coordinated and led the reading and discussion series Lincoln on the Civil War. The series was sponsored by the NYCH and hosted by St. Francis College.

St. Francis College        October 20, 2013
Organizer, Women’s Poetry Initiative Fall Reading Series
        Organized and introduced reading by Grace Schulman.

New York Council for the Humanities        September 2013 to December 2013
Scholar-Facilitator and Organizer
+++ Organized, coordinated and led the reading and discussion series Making Sense of the Civil War. The series was sponsored by the NYCH, the National Endowment for the Humanities,
+++ and the American Library Association, and was hosted by St. Francis College.

St. Francis College        March 20, 2013
Organizer, Women’s Poetry Initiative Spring Reading Series
        Organized and introduced reading by Kathryn Stripling Byer.

St. Francis College        April 21, 2012
Organizer and Chair, Brooklyn Aesthetics Conference
        Developed, organized, and chaired the conference.

St. Francis College        December 2010 to February 2011
Member, Organizing Committee for Volpe Lecture with E.L. Doctorow

St. Francis College        December 2010 to February 2011
Organizer, “Journey, Memory and the Collaborative Interplay Between Light and Breath”
        Organized and introduced presentation by poet Kim Bridgford and visual artist Jo Yarrington.

St. Francis College        March 2009 to March 2011
Organizer and Workshop Leader, Faculty Writing Workshop
        Coordinated and led workshops for faculty working on writing projects.

St. Francis College        April 5, 2008
Organizer and Chair, Why Study Women’s Poetry? Conference
        Organized and chaired conference on women’s poetry. Featured speakers included Meena Alexander, Mary Ann Caws, Marilyn Hacker, Alicia Ostriker and Grace Schulman.