CONFERENCES
2019 “Giving High Impact, Efficient Student Feedback,” Faculty Professional Development Summit: Best Practices for Teaching and Learning, Johns Hopkins University, Washington DC.
2019 “The French-American Relationship since 1945,” Odyssey Program, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
2019 “Virtual Commons: Online Classes and Programming,” Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs Conference, Washington, DC
2019 “The History of French LGBT Cultures,” The Alliance Française of Washington, DC, Washington, DC.
2019 “An Evening with Edouard Louis,” Moderator, The Alliance Française of Washington, DC, Washington, DC.
2019 “Paris Noir: A Short African American History of Paris,” The Alliance Française of Washington, DC, Washington, DC.
2019 “Queering Michael Jackson’s Thriller,” The Popular Culture Association Annual Conference, Washington, DC
2018 “The Deconstruction of Michael Jackson’s Thriller,” Advanced Academic Program, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC
2018 “Deconstructing Michael Jackson’s Thriller,” Georgetown Public Library, Washington, DC
2018 “The End of Eddy: Sexuality, Literature and the New Left in France,” The Alliance Française of Washington, DC, Washington, DC
2018 “Eddy Bellegueule: Sexuality, Race and Class in Le Pen’s Country,” Georgetown Public Library, Washington, DC
2017 “The Monument: Past, Pre sent and Future,” Panelist, Department of Art History, American University, Washington, DC
2017 “The Meaning of Thriller,” American Studies Month, American University Library, American University, Washington, DC
2017 “Ken Burn’s the Vietnam War,” Panelist, Vietnam Alternative Break, American University, Washington, DC
2017 “And the Band Played on,” The Books that Shaped America Series, American University Library, American University, Washington, DC
2017 “Dangerous and the Making of a Global Black American Culture,” Popular Culture Associate Conference, San Diego, CA
2016 “Doctoral Studies in the Social Sciences and Humanities in the USA,” University of Metz, Metz, France
2016 “Dangerous and the Making of a Global Black American Culture,” Mid-Atlantic Popular Culture Association Conference, Atlantic City, NJ
2016 “Spike Lee’s Off the Wall, Memory and Neoliberalism,” Association for the Study of African American Life and Culture, Richmond, VA
2015 “Teaching with Primary Sources,” Ann Ferren Teaching Conference, American University, DC
2013 “Race, Urban Boundaries and Gay Activism: The Early Days of the AIDS Epidemic in Chicago, 1978-1985,” The Center for Race Studies, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ
2013 “Raids, Racism and Gay Rights: Racial Segregation in Chicago’s Gay Communities, 1965-1975,” Organization of American Historians, San Francisco, CA
2012 “Race, Urban Boundaries and the AIDS Epidemic: Black Gay Activism in Chicago, 1978-1985,” Radically Gay: The Life and Visionary Legacy of Harry Hay, The Center for Gay and Lesbian Studies, New York City, NY
2012 “AIDS, Harold Washington and Gay Liberation: The Making of a Black Disease in Chicago, 1980-1985,” American Historical Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL
2011 “Sexuality, Black Capitalism and Culture: Shifting Discourses in The Johnson Publishing Company, 1950-1965,” Sexuality in African American Literature, Penn State University, Harrisburg, PA
2011 “Race, Urban Boundaries and Gay Activism: The Early Days of the AIDS Epidemic in Chicago, 1978-1985,” American Historical Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA
2011 “Race, Sexuality and Urban Boundaries,” Panel Organized, American Historical Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA
2010 “Sexuality in the New African American History,” Panel Organized, Association for the Study of African American Life and History Annual Meeting, Raleigh, NC
2010 “Rumors, Race and Sexuality: The Making of AIDS in Chicago 1975-1985,” Panel Organized, Organization of American Historians Annual Meeting 2010, Washington D.C.
2010 “Queer Bronzeville: A Virtual Exhibit,” Gender and Sexuality: A One-Day Interdisciplinary Symposium, DePaul University, Chicago, IL
2010 “Queers in History or Queering History,” Moderator, Queertopia! 3rd Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL
2010 “The Emergence of Queer Networks in Chicago’s Bronzeville, 1920-1940,” Annual Social Science History Association Meeting, Chicago, IL
2010 “Sexuality, Black Capitalism and Culture: Shifting Discourses in The Johnson Publishing Company, 1950-1965,” Association for the Study of African American Life and History Annual Meeting, Raleigh, NC
2010 “Race, Homosexuality and Culture in Black Chicago: The Early Days of the AIDS Epidemic, 1975-1985,” Queertopia! 3rd Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL
2010 “Rumors, Race and Sexuality: The Making of AIDS in Chicago 1975-1985,” Organization of American Historians Annual Meeting 2010, Washington, DC
2009 “Sexuality and Race,” Moderator, Queertopia 2.0.!, Center on Halsted, Chicago, IL
2009 “Civil Rights – Human Rights, Collegium for African American Research,” Moderator, Collegium for African American Research International Conference, Bremen, Germany.
2009 “Queer Bronzeville, A Virtual Exhibit,” Queer Hoods: LGBT Histories of Polk Street and Bronzeville, Panel moderated by Jonathan Ned Katz, Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies, City University of New York, Graduate Center, New York City, NY
2009 “Black Queer Networks in Bronzeville: Emergence and Interactions, 1920-1940,” Queertopia 2.0! Center on Halsted, Chicago, IL
2009 “Black Knowledge, Gay Struggles: At the Crossroads of Civil Rights Movements in Chicago, 1965-1975,” Collegium for African American Research International Conference, Bremen, Germany.
2008 “A Great Migration of Queers,” Association for the Study of African American Life and History Annual Meeting, Birmingham, AL
2008 “Writing Chicago’s African American Gay History,” Queertopia! Center on Halsted, Chicago, IL
2008 “African-American Female/Male Impersonators on Chicago’s South Side, 1920-1950,” The History of Sexuality, Graduate Student Conference, the University of Southern Illinois, Carbondale, IL
2008 “Race, Same-Sex Sexuality and Public Institutions in Bronzeville, 1950-1970,” Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association, San Francisco, CA
2008 “Stomping at the Savoy! Race, Culture and Homosexuality in Chicago’s South Side, 1950-1970,” Women and Gender History Conference, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, Best Essay Prize.
2007 “Remapping Sexuality: Female Impersonators in Bronzeville, 1940-1960,” Remapping America, Purdue American Studies Symposium, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
2007 “A Shifting Community: Homosexuals in Bronzeville, 1950-1970,” Shifting Communities, Loyola University History Graduate Student Conference, Loyola University, Chicago, IL
2007 “Race, Homosexuality and the Public Sphere in Bronzeville, 1935-1965,” The Cutting Edge: Young Scholars Share Their Work, Gerber/Hart Library, Chicago, IL
2007 “Race, Politics and Homosexuality on Chicago’s South Side in the 1970s,” Adodi Meeting, Chicago, IL
2007 ‘Joe’s Deluxe and the Making of an African-American Gay Identity,’ “The History of Our Community,” Black LGBT & Allies for Equality, Chicago, IL
2007 “Peace, Safety and Homosexuality in Bronzeville (1930-1950)” “Peace and Safety for our Community,” Black LGBT & Allies for Equality, Chicago, IL
2006 “Don’t Drag Me Down: The Boundaries of Afro-Homosexuality in Bronzeville’s Nightlife,” Second Loyola University History Graduate Student Conference, Loyola University, Chicago, IL