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National and International Presentations
“The Life and Times of Zora Neale Hurston.” University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, July 2003.
Cultural Diversity Festival Keynote Speaker: “You Don't Live But Once: The Life and Times of Zora Neale Hurston,” Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT, April 2003.
Zora Neale Hurston Stamp Unveiling:, USPS, Hartford, CT, March 2003.
Zora Neale Hurston Stamp Unveiling:, USPS, Brooklyn, New York, February 2003.
Zora Neale Hurston Stamp Unveiling: Actors Theatre of Louisville, KY , January 2003.
Zora Neale Hurston Stamp Unveiling: Washington, DC, January 2003.
Zora Neale Hurston Stamp Unveiling: Washington, DC, February 2003.
Hurston Wright Legacy Award - Keynote Address, Washington, DC - October 2002.
NYC Central Park Summerstage - August 2002.
CSPAN American Writer's Series - April 2002.
White House Symposium on the Harlem Renaissance - March 2002.
“Zora Neale Hurston: Every Tongue Got To Confess!” New York City Library - Donnell Branch, Manhattan. Feb. 2002.
National Public Radio Interviews on Zora Neale Hurston, Feb/Mar/Apr. 2002: WNYC, WAMC, WYSO, WQCS.
“American Women in Jamaica's Prison.” Sociological Practice Association. Anaheim, CA, August 2001.
“Trapped in Paradise.” Association of Black Sociologists, Anaheim, CA, August 2001.
"Women and the Workplace." Alpha Beta Gamma Induction Ceremony Keynote Address. Waterbury, CT, May 2001.
"Women's History Month: Zora Neale Hurston - Affirmative Action Presentation for the State of Connecticut, March 2001.
“Zora Neale Hurston: Portrait of a Writer.” Bergen Community College, New Jersey, February 2001.
“Martin Luther King - The Dream Continued.” Manchester Unitarian Universalist, Manchester, Connecticut, February 2001.
“Hurston and Fieldwork.” Naugatuck Valley Community College, Connecticut, October 2000.
“Inquiry and Ethnography.” University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, August 2000.
“After the Last Breath: The Culture of the Nine Night Burial Practice in Jamaica” Association of Black Sociologists, Washington, DC, August 2000.
“An Introduction to African Feminist Theory” Society for Applied Sociologists, Washington, DC, August 2000.
“Familial Arrangements of Domestic Workers in Jamaica” Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, IL April 2000.
“Mules of the World: An Analysis of the Women Created by Zora Neale Hurston” National Association of African American Studies, Texas, February 2000.
“What Do You Want To Know? A Reflection on Doing Qualitative Fieldwork in Jamaica.” University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, November 1999.
“Sociology for Studying Women's Lived Experiences.” Society for Applied Sociology, Dallas, Texas, October 1999.
“Political Activism and Symbolism in the Works of Zora Neale Hurston.” Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, Connecticut, October 1999.
”Grounding With My Sisters: African Feminist Theory and Domestic Workers in Jamaica.” American Sociological Association, Toronto, Canada, Aug. 1997.
Guest speaker at the National Conference of the Zora Neale Hurston Society in Baltimore, MD.
Guest speaker at Central Connecticut State University
Guest speaker at University of Connecticut
Moderator/Presenter at Annual Conference of Society for Applied Sociology
Guest speaker at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama
Key Note speaker at the 1998 Finer Womanhood Luncheon for Zeta Phi Beta, Inc.
Guest speaker at the 1997 Writer's Conference at Naugatuck Valley Community College in Waterbury, Connecticut
Keynote speaker at the New Hampshire Association of Teachers of English Spring Conference
Guest of Florida Secretary of State James Smith to induct Zora as the 6th member to join the Florida Artist Hall of Fame
Lifetime accomplishment award from Pennsylvania House of Representative citation to celebrate Zora's numerous achievements
Honorary chair-person for the Zora Neale Hurston Exhibit of the Arts at the Free Library of Philadelphia (Co-chaired by WGBS-57 and Temple University)
Recipient of the Philadelphia Citation to celebrate Zora Neale Hurston Week
Annual panelist/guest speaker at the Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts in Eatonville, Florida with Alice Walker, Ruby Dee, and Cicely Tyson
Panelist at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York in conjunction with the Hurston/Hughes play "Mule Bone"
Guest speaker at Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
Commencement speaker at Manchester Community College in Manchester, Connecticut
Guest speaker to open the Zora Neale Hurston Library in Fort Pierce, Florida
Guest speaker at Broward Community College, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida