SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION
2021, Virtual
Pioneer Park Kids Art Project: Connecting Place to Person in a Virtual Environment
(Re)Centering Indigeneity in Ecological Grief
MIDWEST POPULAR CULTURE / AMERICAN CULTURE ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE
2020, Virtual
Watching It Burn: The Confrontational Rhetoric of "A Very Happy Young Girl"
Culture, Communication, and Childish Gambino: A Musical Critique
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE
2020, Virtual
Framing the End: Analyzing Media and Meaning Making During Cape Town's Day Zero
CENTRAL STATES COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONVENTION
2019, Omaha, NE
The Wait for Water: An Analysis of Water.org's Digital Campaign Messaging Strategy
Dollars for Decisions: Encouraging Dialogue in Group Decision Making Processes
NATIONAL COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONVENTION
2018, Salt Lake City, UT
Boom Before Bust: Communication of Rhetorical Metaphors of Economic Risk Prior to the 2008 Financial Crisis*
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*Top Paper Panel Presenter in the Economics, Communication, and Society Division
NATIONAL COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONVENTION
2017, Dallas, TX
Sun, Sand, and Satire: A Generic Criticism of the Great Barrier Reef's Obituary
Youth in Action: A Summary, Synthesis, and Analysis of Youth Civic Engagement Practices
NATIONAL COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONVENTION
2016, Philadelphia, PA
Distracted Speaker: Preparing Students for the Unprepared
History Has Its Eyes on You: A Burkean Analysis of Hamilton*
​Next Steps: An Environmental Campaign Addressing the Flint Water Crisis
*Second place Top Student Paper in the Theatre, Film, and New Multi-Media Division
FLORIDA COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONVENTION
2016, Orlando, FL
Fracking for Fans: The Ethos of Promised Land*
Silent Struggles: Tensions Associated with Feelings of Anxiety in Forensics Competitors
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*Second place Competitive Communication Graduate Scholar Award
INVITED TALKS
September 22, 2021
ANNENBERG SCHOOL FOR COMMUNICATION AND THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
One of three contributing authors invited to speak at the book launch for Climate Change and Journalism: Negotiating Rifts of Time (2021).
February 18, 2020
AMERICAN ASSOCIATIONÂ OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN
Presented on environmental disinformation and my chapter in Water, Rhetoric, and Social Justice: A Critical Confluence.