Speaking

Past Speaking Events:

“Creative Writing for Brain Injury.” Wounded Warriors Independence Project. Online. April 2026.

“Rooted Words: Mindful Writing on Place.” Write Wilmington. UNC Wilmington, October 2025.

“Repairing and Reforging: How Writing Can Heal Brain Injury.” Brain Injury Association of North Carolina. Wrightsville, NC; April 2025.

“Yoga as a Compliment to EMDR” and “Yoga as a Treatment for Anxiety.” Gardner Webb Univ., NAMI (National Association of Mental Illness) Conference. Boiling Springs, NC; May 2017. 

“Graphic Organizers Facilitate the Discovery of Hidden Relationships in the Contested Knowledge of  Literature: Academic Writing Students CAN write Comprehensive and Polished Literature Reviews!” Conference on College Composition and Communication.  Atlanta, GA; April 8, 2011.

“Writing and Autism: Autism’s Effects on Writing Skills and Methods for Writing Improvement.” Penn State York, Summer Institute for Teachers.  York, PA; June 2011.

“Autistic Students Making Waves in the Services Provided by Colleges: The Rhetoric of College Autism Support Services (Or the Lack of Autism Support Services at the College Level).”  Conference on College Composition and Communication. San Francisco, CA; March 13, 2009.

“Teaching, Engaging, and Identifying Students with Asperger’s Syndrome and High Functioning Autism.” Penn State York, Summer Institute for Teachers. York, PA; June 2009.

“Asperger’s Goes to College: Teaching College Students on the Spectrum.” York College of Pennsylvania, Faculty Development Workshop.  York, PA; October 2009.

“Pedagogical Realities in the Rearview Mirror: Applying Backward Design to the Composition Classroom in Order to Improve Student Learning.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. New Orleans, LA; April 3, 2008.