“A Female Refusal Denied: The case of the Princesse de Clèves” presented at the Women in French conference, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, March 2024.
“Research Method for An All-Divine Love: Conjugal Love Versus Romantic Love in Lafayette’s Princesse de Clèves” presented at the 42nd annual conference of the Society for Interdisciplinary French Seventeenth-Century Studies, University of Rochester, New York, October 2023.
Paper “Racial Marginalization and Romanticism in Claire de Duras’s Ourika” presented at the 75th annual Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association Convention, Albuquerque, October 2022.
Chair of the Women In French session entitled “Violence against Women in French and Francophone Literature and Film” at the 2021 Pacific Ancient and Modern Languages Association convention, Las Vagas, Nevada, November 2021.
“An All-Divine Love: Conjugal Love Versus Romantic Love in Lafayette’s Princesse de Clèves” presented at the 51st annual Northeast Modern Languages Association Convention, Boston, March 2020.
Chair of the special Women In French session entitled “Women’s Infidelity” at the 2019 Pacific Ancient and Modern Languages Association convention, San Diego, California, November 2019.
Paper “Seduction or Harassment? The Case of Lafayette’s Princesse de Clèves [Séduction ou harcèlement? Le cas de La Princesse de Clèves]” presented at the 50th annual Northeast Modern Languages Association convention, Georgetown University, Washington DC, March 2019.
Chair of the special Women In French session entitled “Married Female Characters of French Women Authors” at the 2018 Pacific Ancient and Modern Languages Association convention, Bellingham, Washington, November 2018.
Chair of the session entitled “French Literature Before 1800” at the 2017 Rocky Mountains Modern Languages Association convention, Spokane, Washington, October 2017.
“Confession as a Cure to Seduction in La Princesse de Clèves [« La confession comme remède à la séduction dans La Princesse de Clèves.]” Paper presented at the 35th annual conference of the Society for Interdisciplinary French Seventeenth-Century Studies, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, November 2016.
“Secrets of France Unveiled: Teaching Intercultural Skills”. Keynote address delivered at the biannual meeting of the American Association of Teachers of French’s Central Texas Chapter, Saint Edwards University, Austin, Texas, October 2016.
“Eloquence, Espionnage and Subversion in Marie-Catherine de Villedieu’s Les Désordres de l’amour [Eloquence, espionnage et subversion au féminin dans Les Désordres de l’amour de Marie-Catherine de Villedieu.]” Paper presented at the 113th annual Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, November 2015.
“« Louanges Empoisonnées » : Rhetoric, Education and Erudition in La Princesse de Clèves [« Louanges empoisonnées » : rhétorique, éducation et érudition dans La Princesse de Clèves.]” Paper presented at the 33rd annual conference of the Society for Interdisciplinary French Seventeenth-Century Studies, Western University, Ontario, Canada, October 2014.
“Political Crime Versus Respect for the Law in Villedieu’s Nitétis [Crime politique contre respect des lois dans Nitétis de Mme de Villedieu.]” Paper presented at the 32nd annual conference of the Society for Interdisciplinary French Seventeenth-Century Studies, California State University Long Beach, November 2013.
Rousseau’s Novelistic and Rhetorical Genius [Rousseau ou le genie de la rhétorique Romanesque].” Paper presented at the 66th Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, University of Kentucky, Lexington, April 2013.
Chair of the session entitled “Women and Philosophy in the 17th and 18th Century” at the 2012 Women in French conference, University of Arizona, Phoenix, February 2012.
“Civility, Good Manners and the Regulation of Affects in Mme de Lafayette’s La Princesse de Clèves [Civilité, bienséances et régulation des affects dans La Princesse de Clèves de Mme de Lafayette.]” Paper presented at the 2012 Women in French conference, University of Arizona, Phoenix, February 2012.
“To See and to Know: The Rhetoric and Didactics of the Image in the French Classical Novel [Voir et savoir : Rhétorique et didactique de l’image dans le roman classique.]” Paper presented at the 30th annual conference of the Society for Interdisciplinary French Seventeenth-Century Studies, University of Kentucky, Lexington, November 2011.
“Mme de Clèves and Courtesy: Analyzing La Princesse de Clèves in the Light of a Treatise on Civility [Mme de Clèves modèle de bienséances: Lecture de La Princesse de Clèves à la lumière d’un traité de civilité.]” Paper presented at the 29th annual conference of the Society for Interdisciplinary French Seventeenth-Century Studies, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, October 2010.
Chair of the session entitled “Unmasking Aesthetics” at the 16th annual Carolina Conference on Romance Literatures, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, March 2010.
“Libertine Subversion and Parody of the French Classical Esthetic in Crébillon’s Les Lettres de la marquise [Subversion libertine et parodie de l’esthétique classique dans Les Lettres de la marquise de Crébillon Fils.]” Paper presented at the 16th annual Carolina Conference on Romance Literatures, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, March 2010.
“The Rhetoric of Exemplum in the Novel: The Discordant Harmony of Literary Entertainment and Instruction [La Rhétorique de l’exemplum dans le roman : L’harmonie discordante du « plaire » et de l’« instruire ».]” Paper presented at the 41st annual conference of the North American Society for Seventeenth-Century French Literature, New York University, New York, May 2009.
“Staging Louis XIV’s Power of Divine Right: Legitimizing Absolutist Monarchy in Racine’s Bérénice.” Paper presented at the regional conference on “Power and its Influences”, James Madison University, April 2009.
Chair of the session entitled “Appetites and Desires” at the 40th annual conference of the North American Society for Seventeenth-Century French Literature, Lafayette College, Easton, April 2008.
“Mme de Lafayette and the Triumph of Feminine Reason: Refusal and Retreat in La Princesse de Clèves [Mme de Lafayette et le triomphe de la raison au féminin: Le Refus et la retraite dans La Princesse de Clèves.]” Paper presented at the 2008 Women in French conference, University of north Texas, Fort Worth, April 2008.
“Variations on the Theme of Love: Mme de Villedieu and the Rhetoric of Exemplarity in Les Désordres de l’amour [Variations sur le même « t’aime »: Mme de Villedieu rhétoricienne de l’exemple dans Les Désordres de l’amour.]” Paper presented at the international colloquium on Femmes, rhétorique et éloquence sous l’Ancien Régime, University of Québec at Rimouski, September 2007.
“Exemplarity and Anthropological Determinism Versus « natural light » in Descartes’s Discourse on the Method [Exemplarité et déterminisme anthropologique contre « lumière naturelle » dans Le Discours de la méthode de Descartes.]” Paper presented at the 39th annual conference of the North American Society for Seventeenth-Century French Literature, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, May 2007.
“Wholehearted Passion: Pascalian Reading of La Princesse de Clèves [La Passion corps et âme: lecture pascalienne de La Princesse de Clèves.]” Paper presented at the 25th annual conference of the Society for Interdisciplinary French Seventeenth-Century Studies, University of Iowa, Iowa City, October 2006.
“Rhetorical and Moral Alchemy: Exemplarity and Novelistic Genres in the French Classical Era [Alchimie rhétorique et morale: l’exemplarité et les genres romanesques à l’âge classique.]” Paper presented at the 26th Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, May 2006.