Presentations

• Community-centered Family Engagement: Using a Strengths-based Understanding for Family Engagement with Underserved Groups (2024)
  American Educational Research Association - Philadelphia
• Mirrors for All: Creating Culturally Rich Read-In Celebrations (2024)
  Washington Library Association Conference - Spokane, WA
• Read-a-Rama Training (2024)
  Seattle, WA
• Wild About Books: A Read-a-Rama Workshop (2024)
  Richland Library, Columbia, South Carolina
• Bringing Reading to Life in an Online Space: Designing Active Virtual Literacy Programming for Children (2023)
  Washington Library Association Conference - Wenatchee, WA
• Interview for Community Analysis, LIS 512 (2023)
  LIS 512, UW iSchool - Virtual
• Learning About What’s Most Important: Incorporating Values Into the Design of Library Learning Experiences for Underserved Groups (2023)
  86th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology - Novotel London West, London, UK
• Read-a-Rama Workshop for Sno-Isle Libraries and Boys and Girls Clubs of Snohomish County (2023)
  Snohomish County
• Representation on Both Sides of the Book (2023)
  Libraries Today - Virtual
• Welcoming Black Children into Literary Wildscapes: Wildness in African American Children's Picture Books (2023)
  University of Richmond, English 203 - Virtual
• Wild About Books: A Read-a-Rama Workshop (2023)
  Virtual
• WLA Around the Campfire (2023)
  Washington Library Association Conference - Wenatchee, WA
• Black Joy: People of Color Enjoying Nature (2022)
  American Library Association Conference - Washington, DC
• Black Kids Camp Too, Don’t They? Wildness in African American Children’s Picture Books (2022)
  ALSC Institute - Kansas City, MO
• Centering Community, Building Equity: A Social Justice Approach to Outreach with Families and Children in Underserved Communities (2022)
  Association for Library Service to Children - Virtual
• Children’s Literature to Change the World: an Interviewer with Juana Martinez-Neal (2022)
  NatStart 22: Nature-Based Early Learning Conference - Virtual
• Cicadas, Pebbles, and Stillness in Patterned Gardens Examining the Child’s Gaze in Nature (2022)
  Social Science History Association Conference - Chicago, IL
• Co-Constructed Scholarship: A Tale of Collaboration in Children’s Literature Research (2022)
  University of British Columbia, CHIL 500 - Vancouver, BC, CA
• Collaboration, In and Out of Academia (2022)
  College of Information and Communication Annual Diversity Symposium, University of South Carolina - South Carolina, US
• Communities Rise Up as Libraries Reach Out: Utilizing Social Justice in Outreach with Children and Families in Underserved Communities (2022)
  Conference Presentation for the Association of Bookmobile & Outreach Services Annual Conference - Scottsdale, Arizona
• Community Counts: Centering Outcomes in Community Values (2022)
  Washington State Library - Virtual
• Harnessing Research to Strengthen Literacy and Learning (2022)
  IMLS Citizen Readers Convening - Virtual
• Identifying and Serving Underserved Populations.” Empowering Readers, Empowering Citizens Virtual Events (2022)
  Institute of Museum and Library Services - Virtual
• Librarian Camp!: Fully-engaged Learning with Camp Read-a-Rama (2022)
  2022 WLA Conference - Bellevue, Washington
• Library Programming’s Pandemic Pivots: What?! We’ve Learned!?! (2022)
  Washington Library Association - Bellevue, WA
• Panel for authors Lalena Garcia (How We Can Live), Caroline Brewer (Say Their Names) and Taimani Emerald (We are Allies!) (2022)
  School Library Journal Day of Dialogue: Black Lives Matter - Virtual
• Rooted in Community: Using Community Values in Public Library Outreach (2022)
  PLA 2022 - Portland, OR
• Roundtable: 50 Years of Children’s Literature (2022)
  Children’s Literature Association Conference - Atlanta, GA
• Work Smarter, Not Harder: Collaboration, Inside and Outside the Academy (2022)
  College of Information and Communication Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Research Symposium - Columbia, South Carolina
• A Celebration of the Black Child in Song, Story and Pictures (2021)
  Education Department at Pfeiffer University in North Carolina - Virtual
• Black Kids Camp Too, Don’t They? (2021)
  King County Library System Black History Month Program - Virtual
• Check Deficit Thinking at the Door (2021)
  Whatcom County Library System. All-Staff Learning Day - Virtual
• Check Deficit Thinking at the Door: Culturally Relevant Approaches to Serving Your Community (2021)
  Cincinnati Public Library Youth Services Planning Conference - Hamilton County, Ohio
• Cicadas, Pebbles, and Stillness in Patterned Gardens: Examining the Child’s Gaze in Nature (2021)
  Children’s Literature Association Conference. 12 June 2021. Virtual
• Food Literacy at the Library: Growing Communities and Making Cultural Connections through Food (2021)
  Washington Library Association Conference - Pre-recorded and virtual
• Intellectual Freedom and the Seuss Enterprise (2021)
  Free Library of Philadelphia - Virtual
• Keywords for Aesthetic and Pedagogic Entanglements (2021)
  International Research Society for Children’s Literature - Virtual
• Knowledge, Artistry and Reflection: Designing Thoughtful Programming for Children (2021)
  Youth Services Institute, Vancouver, BC - Virtual
• Knowledge, Artistry, and Reflection: Designing Thoughtful Programming for Children (2021)
  Youth Services Institute, British Columbia Library Association - Virtual
• Rompin’ Outside: Books to Get Our Kids Outdoors (2021)
  Equity in Education Conference, Columbia, SC - Virtual
• A Tribute to Black Childhood in Music, Story and Pictures (2020)
  Redmond Library - Redmond, Washington
• African American Read-in (2020)
  Dearborn Park International School - Seattle, WA
• African-American Read-In: A Celebration of Black Childhood through Song, Story and Pictures (2020)
  Kent Library - Kent, Washington
• Bats Eat Bugs, and Other Natural Wonders: Inclusive Learning with Camp Read-a-Rama (2020)
  Natural Start Conference (National organization of Nature-Based Preschools) - Virtual
• Black History Month & Black Lives Matter ... All Year Long (2020)
  Seattle Reading Council, Olympic View Elementary School - Seattle, Washington
• Black Kids Camp, Too: Children's Literature & Immersive Nature Experiences for Children of Color (2020)
  National Council for Teachers of English 2020 Virtual Conference - Virtual
• Brown Gold: African American Children’s Literature as a Genre of Resistance (2020)
  Book Club of California - San Francisco, California
• Checking Deficit Thinking at the Door: Culturally Relevant Pedagogy for the 21st Century (2020)
  StudySync SyncUp Symposium: For Teachers, By Teachers - Virtual
• Diversifying Your Outdoor Experience (2020)
  Natural Start Conference (National alliance of Nature-Based Preschools) - Virtual
• Fostering Anti-Racism through Study Abroad and Community Outreach in LIS (2020)
  ASIS&T - Virtual
• Holiday Book Fair (2020)
  Natural Start Alliance - Virtual
• John Okada’s No-No Boy (2020)
  UW Alumni Book Club - Seattle, WA
• Leverage Assessment and Advocacy to Demonstrate Community Outreach Impact (2020)
  Public Library Association - Nashville, TN
• MLIS Alumni Talk: An Evening with Doc Martin (2020)
  UW Information School - Virtual
• More Kitchens, Edges and Other Nappy Spaces: Children’s Picture Books About Hair (2020)
  2020 Equity in Education Conference, Center for the Education and Equity of African American Students - Columbia, SC
• Racism Isn’t Just an American Problem: International EDI Issues in Information Science (2020)
  2020 ASIS&T Virtual Annual Meeting - Virtual
• Read-a-Rama E-Camp (2020)
  Virtual
• Read-a-Rama Virtual Storytimes (2020)
  Virtual
• Reading Life Between the Lines: Using Children's Literature to have Tough Conversations about Diversity (2020)
  Anchorage Museum Staff - Virtual
• Reading Life Between the Lines: Using Children's Literature to have Tough Conversations about Diversity, Part 2 (2020)
  Sno-Isle Public Library Youth Services Staff Training (65 participants) - Virtual
• Reading Life Between the Lines: Using Children’s Literature to Have Tough Conversations about Diversity (2020)
  Youth Services Librarians, Sno-Isle Library - Marysville, WA
• Welcoming Black Children into Literary Wildscapes: Wildness in African American Children's Picture Books (2020)
  Nature-Based Early Learning Virtual Conference - Virtual
• What’s Missing in Children’s Literature? Reimagining the Wooded "White Space" (2020)
  StudySync SyncUp - Petaluma, California
• A Celebration of Black Childhood in Music, Story and Pictures (2019)
  Information School Research Symposium - Seattle, Washington
• A Tribute to Black Childhood in Music, Story, and Pictures (2019)
  UW iSchool Research Symposium - Seattle, Washington
• Engage, Cultivate, Provide, and Assess: An Outreach Model for Serving All Children and Families (2019)
  2019 ALA Annual Conference - Washignton, DC
• Facing the Black Child in the 21st Century: African American Children's Picture Books Confronting Everyday Racism (2019)
  Children's Literature Summer School - Antwerp, Belgium
• Forgotten and Invisible Childhoods (2019)
  Children's Literature Summer School - Antwerp, Belgium
• Francelia Butler Lecture: A Tribute to Black Childhood in Music, Story & Pictures (2019)
  Children's Literature Association Conference - Indianapolis, IN
• From Solitude and Silence to Stories: Exploring Social Grief in Long Way Down and We Are Okay (2019)
  International Research Society for Children’s Literature 2019 Congress - Stockholm, Sweden
• Guest lecture on Project LOCAL (2019)
  LIS 553 Info and Social Justice - Seattle, Washington
• Keeping it Local: A Research-Based Model of Public Library Outreach Programs for Families and Children in Underserved Communities (2019)
  UW iSchool Research Symposium - Seattle, Washington
• Reaching beyond library walls: A mixed-methods study of library outreach to families in underserved communities (2019)
  Library Research Seminar (LRS VII) - Columbia, SC
• Reading Life Between the Lines: Using Children’s & Young Adult Literature to Have Tough Conversations About Diversity (2019)
  CAYAS Fall Workshop - Lacey, Washington
• Reading Life Between the Lines: Using Children’s & Young Adult Literature to Have Tough Conversations About Diversity (2019)
  Pierce County Public Library - Tacoma, Washington
• Reading Life Between the Lines: Using Children’s & Young Adult Literature to Have Tough Conversations About Diversity (2019)
  ECFS 410: Language & Literacy Development in Preschool University of Washington - Seattle, Washington
• Reading Life Between the Lines: Using Children’s & Young Adult Literature to Have Tough Conversations About Diversity (2019)
  Spokane Public Library - Spokane, Washington
• Reading life between the lines: Using Children’s Literature to have Tough Conversations about Diversity (2019)
  Washington Library Association First Tuesday Webinar - Online
• Reading life between the lines: Using Children’s Literature to have Tough Conversations about Diversity (2019)
  ALSC Webinar: Early Childhood Expertise Beyond Libraryland - Online
• Reimagining the Wooded 'White Space': Picture Book Representations of Children of Color in Nature (2019)
  University of British Columbia (UCB) iSchool - Vancouver, British Columbia
• Resistance through Racial Counteraggressions (2019)
  Children's Literature Summer School - Antwerp, Belgium
• The Role of Community Data in Helping Public Libraries Reach and Serve Underserved Communities (2019)
  iConference 2019 - Washington, D.C.
• TwitterChat on Culturally Responsive Teaching for StudySync (2019)
  StudySync - Online
• Welcoming Black Children into Literary Wildscapes: Wildness in African American Children's Picture Books (2019)
  Children's Literature Association Conference - Indianapolis, IN
• A Different Kind of Education, “Surely is!”: Rita Williams- Garcia’s One Crazy Summer Trilogy (2018)
  Australasian Children’s Literature Association for Research Conference - Wellington, New Zealand
• A Library for Everyone: Community Centered Design to Promote Inclusive Librarianship (2018)
  American Library Association Annual Conference - New Orleans, Louisiana
• An Ecological 14 Model of Outreach: Examining Library Programs, Services, and Partnerships Using Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Model (2018)
  LIDA 2018 - Zadar, Croatia
• Bats Eat Bugs, and Other Natural Wonders: Camp Read-a-Rama for Big Kids (2018)
  Virginia Hamilton Conference - Kent, OH
• Bats, Bubbles & Boogaloo: Cultivating Fully-Engaged Learning with Camp Read-a-Rama (2018)
  Washington Library Association Conference - Yakima, WA
• Black History Month Performances (2018)
  LaMora Park Elementary and Harvest Learning Preschool - Battle Creek, MI
• Brown Gold: African American Children’s Literature as a Genre of Resistance (2018)
  Willard Public Library and Kellogg Community College - Battle Creek, Michigan
• Building a Future Through STEM Learning for Children in Underserved Communities (2018)
  Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T 2018) - Vancouver, Canada
• Expanding Literacies Across the LIS Education Universe (2018)
  Association of Library and Information Science Education Conference (ALISE) - Westminster, Colorado
• Keynote Address and Tutor (2018)
  Children's Literature Summer School - Antwerp, Belgium
• Like Raindrops on Granite: A Dialogic Analysis of Full Cicada Moon as Crossover Scholarship (2018)
  Children’s Literature Association Conference - San Antonio, Texas
• Mind the Gap: Bringing Research Methods out of the Classroom and into Everyday Youth Services to Build Research Literacy (2018)
  Association of Library and Information Science Education Conference (ALISE) - Westminster, Colorado
• Neighborhood Walks and Community Talks: A Research Study of Public Library Family Outreach Strategies & Challenges (2018)
  Works-in-Progress Poster Session, Association of Library and Information Science Education Conference - Westminster, Colorado
• Public Libraries—A Valuable Anchor in Early Childhood: Supporting Early Learning for Families Who Need It Most (2018)
  National Research Conference on Early Childhood - Arlington, Virginia
• Radical Sisterhood in Children’s and Young Adult Literature (2018)
  Modern Language Association Convention - New York, NY (remote)
• Read-a-Rama Teacher Camp (2018)
  Compass on Dexter - Seattle, Washington
• Reading Life Between the Lines Using Children’s and Young Adult Literature to Have Tough Conversations about Diversity (2018)
  School Library Journal Basecamp, Seattle Public Library Central Branch - Seattle, Washington
• Reading Life Between the Lines: Using Children's and Young Adult Literature to have Tough Conversations about Diversity (2018)
  University of Washington College of Education - Seattle, WA
• Reading Life Between the Lines: Using Children's and Young Adult Literature to have Tough Conversations about Diversity (2018)
  Virginia Hamilton Conference - Kent, OH
• Sisterhood, Motherhood, and the Personal as Political in Rita Williams-Garcia’s One Crazy Summer (2018)
  Modern Language Association Convention - New York, NY (remote)
• Boy as Borderland: Arna Bontemps & Langston Hughes’s Boy of the Border (2017)
  International Research Society for Children’s Literature Congress (IRSCL) - Toronto, Ontario
• Child Pedagogues of Dissent: Reading the Lessons of Young People in Literature and Performance (2017)
  American Studies Association - Chicago, Illinois
• Exploring Mildred Taylor’s Historical Fiction as Imagined Future (2017)
  Children’s Literature Association Conference - Tampa, Florida
• Exploring Mildred Taylor’s Historical Fiction as Imagined Imagining the Future of Keywords for Children’s Literature: Diaspora (2017)
  Children’s Literature Association Conference - Tampa, Florida
• Gendered Childhoods (2017)
  International Research Society for Children’s Literature Congress (IRSCL) - Toronto, Ontario
• Like Raindrops on Granite (2017)
  iDiversity Month Brown Bag Lunch, University of Washington - Seattle, Washington
• No Mirrors in My Nana's House: Celebrating Children's Diversity through Multicultural Literature & Artwork (2017)
  Virginia Hamilton Conference on Children's Literature - Kent, OH
• Promoting Inclusion, Social Equity, and Diversity in Your Library (2017)
  Follett Community Webinar - https://www.follettcommunity.com/p/bl/et/blogid=1&blogaid=337
• Radical Change, What Does it Mean Today?” (In honor of Eliza Dresang’s academic legacy) (2017)
  International Board of Books for Young People (IBBY) Regional Conference - Seattle, Washington
• Workshop on Diverse Children’s Literature (2017)
  King County Youth Librarians’ Training, Issaquah Service Center - Issaquah, Washingon
• Away from Home: Finding Black Identity in the Children's Literature of Arna Bontemps and Langston Hughes (2016)
  American Studies Association annual meeting - Denver, CO
• Brown Gold: African American Children’s Literature as a Genre of Resistance (2016)
  Schubert Center for Child Studies, Case Western Reserve University - Cleveland, OH
• Bug Eyes, Bird Brains and Bat Wings: Read-a-Rama® Brings Nature to Life (2016)
  Seven Stories, The National Centre for Children’s Books (supported by Newcastle University School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics) - Newcastle, UK
• Camp Read-a-Rama & Fully-Engaged Literacy Learning: Implications for LIS Education (2016)
  Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) 2016 - Boston, MA
• Kitchens and Edges: The Politics of Hair in African-American Children’s Picture Books (2016)
  National Centre for Research in Children’s Literature (NCRCL), University of Roehampton - London, UK
• Little Brown Girl, Dreaming of Community Ben Hatke’s <i>Little Robot</i> and Black Female Archetypes (2016)
  Children's Literature Association Conference - Session: "Black Female (Stereo/Arche) types: Contemporary and Historical Visual Representations" (presenter and chair) - Columbus, OH
• Mildred Taylor: Combating 'the Danger of the Single Story' through the Logan family novels (2016)
  Mildred Taylor Symposium, Cambridge University - Cambridge, UK
• "Lynching 101: Young Adult Primers on the Murder of Emmett Till" on the panel "Black Lives Matter: Narrating Child Death in Word and Image" (2015)
  Children's Literature Association Conference - Richmond, VA
• "The Affordances of Picture Books for Early Literacy Learning", a part of the "Doors to the World Summer Institute: Global Children's Literature for Critical Multicultural Literacies" (2015)
  Eric Carle Museum - Amherst, Mass.
• From the Kitchen to the Edges: Hair Representations in African-American Children’s Picture Books (2015)
  Prindle Institute for Ethics, DePauw University - Greencastle, IN
• How Critical Race Theory Speaks to the (Still) All-White World of Children’s Books, 2015 (2015)
  22nd Congress of the International Research Society for Children's Literature - University of Worcester/Worcester/England
• Opening Keynote (2015)
  2015 Simmons College Children's Literature Institute - Boston, MA