11/12/2022 “The Transgressive Woman in Hallmark’s Signature Mysteries,” Mid-Atlantic Popular and American Cultural Association [virtual conference]
11/11/2021 “Nancy Drew and the Other ‘F’ Word: Feminism on the CW’s Nancy Drew Series,” Mid-Atlantic Popular and American Culture Association [virtual conference]
05/18/2021 “Marketing Kodak’s Bicycle Cameras,” Economic and Business History Society, [virtual conference]
11/07/2019 “Bessie Agnes Dwyer, An American Pioneer,” Mid-Atlantic Popular Culture Association, Pittsburgh, PA
06/08/2019 “Slip Sliding Around the Pitfalls of Searching Online Newspapers,” Economic and Business History Society Conference, Detroit, MI
03/30/19 “Trips Awheel: Early Philadelphia Bicycle Route Narratives,” Eastern American Studies Association, Harrisburg, PA
11/08/18 “Trips Awheel: A Nineteenth Century Bicycle Travel Blog,” Mid-Atlantic Popular Culture Association, Baltimore,MD
06/01/18 “Political Animals: Chief Mousers and First Dogs,” Westhampton Public Library, Westhampton, NY
11/11/17 “Twitter Habits of Britain’s Feline Civil Servants,” Mid-Atlantic Popular Culture Association, Philadelphia, PA
10/17/17 “Buffy, Batgirl, and ComicCons: Organizing a Conference or a Convention,” [poster session] Pennsylvania Library Association, Pittsburgh, PA [co-presented with Zara Wilkinson
05/26/17 “Bicycle Route Coupons: An Early Example of Travel Discounts,” Economic and Business History Society, Oklahoma City, OK
11/05/16 “Unchained: Girls, Dragons, and Power in Young Adult Literature,” Mid-Atlantic Popular Culture Association, Atlantic City, NJ
06/04/16 “New Girls on the Block: Laureline and the Lumberjanes,” Philadelphia Wizard World Comic Con, Philadelphia, PA [panel – I spoke on Laureline]
01/15/16 “But I’m a Librarian! Planning an Academic Conference on Your Campus,” (with Zara Wilkinson), VALE, New Brunswick NJ
11/07/15 “Fantomette: French Girl Superhero,” Mid-Atlantic Popular Culture Association, Philadelphia, PA
10/08/15 “Geeks in the Stacks: Engaging Your Library Community with Popular Culture,” New York Comic Con [professional day panel], New York, NY
05/02/15 “Fantomette: France’s Most Famous (Only?) Girl Superhero,” Pippi to Ripley: Gender and Sexualities in Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Comics, Ithaca, NY
11/08/14 “Nancy Drew and the Ivory Tower,” Mid-Atlantic Popular / American Culture Association, Baltimore, MD
08/07/14 “Trips Awheel: Historical Bike Routes in Pennsylvania and New Jersey,” International Cycling History Conference, Baltimore, MD
05/24/13 “His Better Half: A History of the Corporate Wife,” Economic and Business History Society, Baltimore, MD
05/04/13 “Sybel and Menolly: Blazing a Trail in Literature and Media,” Pippi to Ripley: The Female Figure in Fantasy and Science Fiction, Ithaca, NY
03/27/13 “The Origins of Sisters in Crime,” Popular Culture Association / American Culture Association, Washington, DC (based on an archival collection at Rutgers)
11/02/12 “The Helicopter Parent: A History of Advice for Scout Parents,” Mid-Atlantic Popular / American Culture Association, Pittsburgh, PA
11/04/11 “Because I Said So: Parental and Peer Creation of Happy Childhoods Using Scrapbooks and Other Visual Media,” Mid-Atlantic Popular / American Culture Association, Philadelphia, PA
11/02/11 “Librarians Use of Social Media Profile Photos,” Library 2.0 Online Conference, with Katie Anderson
04/22/09 “Managing Your Brand: Personal PR for the Average Librarian,” Montana Library Association, Kalispell, MT
04/21/09 “The Accidental Fundraiser,” Montana Library Association, [full day preconference] Kalispell, MT
11/02/07 “The Male Lead in the Animated Barbie Remakes of Classic Tales,” Mid-Atlantic Popular / American Culture Association, Philadelphia, PA
04/19/05 “Winning Funds and Influencing Politicians,” Alabama Library Association, Birmingham, AL
03/15/05 “Managing Your Brand: Personal PR for the Average Librarian,” [preconference] Computers in Libraries. Washington, D.C.
01/06/05 [respondent] “the Tyranny of Copyright,” VALE Users Conference, New Brunswick, NJ
03/12/04 “Marian Goes to Washington: A Political Primer for Librarians,” Computers in Libraries, Washington, D.C.
01/07/04 “Managing Your Brand: Personal PR for the Average Librarian,” VALE Users Conference, New Brunswick, NJ
11/06/01 “Invisible Web,” Staff Development Day, Somerset County Library System, NJ
04/12/01 “Reading Between the Lines: Librarians as Authors of Fiction,” Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA
05/18/00 “Divided by a Common Language: A Look at University Library Web Sites in English Speaking Countries,” National Online Meeting, New York, NY
05/22/98 “Launching a Library Home Page: The Painless Approach to Webmastering.” [panel] NJ Library Association Technology Committee, New Brunswick, NJ
03/04/98 “Barbarians at the Gates: Ethical Considerations of Public Access Internet Stations,” Computers in Libraries ’98, Washington, DC
05/14/97 “Designing Outstanding Library Web Pages,” Integrated Online Library Systems, New York, NY
04/10/97 “Using the WWW to Deliver Library Instruction,” NJ Library Association, Caldwell, NJ
04/30/96 “The Image of Libraries and Librarians in Discipline Specific Pedagogical Journals,” Research Forum, NJ Library Association, Atlantic City, NJ
06/28/95 “European Connections: Electronic Resources for Western Europe” (panel respondent), American Library Association, Chicago, IL
06/21/95 “The Library as Publisher and Organizer of the Internet,” NJIN, New Brunswick, NJ
05/06/95 “Multifaceted Evaluation of User Education,” LOEX Conference, Denton, TX
06/27/94 “Culture or National Character as a Factor in Online Searching: Strategy Formation and Search Results,” Library Research Round Table, American Library Association, Miami, FL
04/27/94 “What Now? Practical Use of the Internet in Libraries,” New Jersey Library Association, Long Branch, NJ
04/12/94 “Are You a Cybrarian?” Connecticut Library Association, Cromwell, CT
05/06/93 “How Online is Taught in British and American Library Schools: A Comparison,” National Online Meeting, New York, NY
03/24/93 “Cybernauts and Imagineers,” Tri‑State College Library Consortium, Valley Forge, PA
10/21/92 “Introduction to the Internet,” Consortium for Health Information and Library Services, Upper Darby, PA
12/12/91 “Further Investigations of Cultural Differences in Online Search Strategy Formation,” International Online Information Meeting, London, England
05/07/91 “Cultural Differences in Online Search Strategy Formation,” National Online Meeting, New York, NY
09/27/90 “Beguines in Outer Space, or the Undergraduate Research Process,” Southeastern Medieval Association, Raleigh, NC
11/08/89 “Common Command Language,” Online ’89, Chicago, IL
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