Executive Director | Assoc. Professor
MEDIA & Presentations
Below you will find a list of my recent and upcoming talks, as well as where you can find me on social media
IN THE NEWS
On the War in Ukraine
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Reacting to the Past
Missouri Southern State University | Joplin, MO
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Special Talk, "Power of Poppies"
Centenary of Armistice Day, Powers Museum | Carthage, MO
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PRESENTATIONS
2024
Invited Lecture on Britain & India
Joplin Public Library, Joplin, MO, April 4 & 9
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2023
Invited Lecture on Swedish History and Culture
Joplin Public Library Book Club, Joplin, MO, April 5 & 6
Faculty Panel on Generative AI and Chat GPT: The Futures of Teaching
Missouri Southern State University, Joplin, MO, April 4
International Connections & Community: Building Overseas Partnerships
Southern Summit, Missouri Southern State University, Joplin, MO, March 30
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2022
Ukrainian Refugees in Prague: 1930 & Today
Czech-American Society Workshop, Hradec Králové, November 29
Living in the Heart of Europe: An MSSU Professor’s Journey in Czechia
Themed Semester Event Lecture, Missouri Southern State University, November 11 (virtual presentation)
Constructing Transnational Identities by Healing the Mind, Heart, and Soul: Psychology, Emotions, and Mysticism in Interwar European Federalists’ Activism
Britain and the World, Plymouth, UK, June
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Faculty Panel on the War in Ukraine: Community Presentation and Q&A
Missouri Southern State University, Joplin, MO, March 10
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2021
“Hate Will Destroy the Earth Should Europe Not Federate” : European Federalists’ Attempt to Create an Inclusive Emotional Community and a Model for Global Citizenship
American Historical Association, Virtual Roundtable, February 12
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2020
Pedagogical Strategies and Adaptations for Teaching at a Midsize Regional University
Invited Guest Speaker, Florida State University, Virtual Presentation, November 3
Prioritizing Allegiances: The British Women’s International League and the League of Nations
Britain and the World Annual Conference, Plymouth, UK, June 17-20 (postponed due to COVID-19)
2019
Europe Should Not Threaten the League: WILPF’s Debate over European Integration and Protecting the League of Nations
A Century of Internationalisms: The Promise and Legacies of the League of Nations, Lisbon, PT, September 18-20
Divided over United: The Controversy within WILPF over Supporting a "United States of Europe"
Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations, Washington D.C., June 22
Reimagining the State: The Life, Travels, and Ideas of Cecil Agnes Eastgate
Britain and the World Conference, Kansas City, MO, April 11-13
2018
The Power of Poppies
Powers Museum Veterans and Centenary of Armistice Day Commemorative Ceremony, Invited Talk, Carthage, MO, November 11
2017
Women’s Initiative for a New European Order, 1931-1939
Center for Peace History, Gendering Peace in Europe Conference, Sheffield, UK, January 20-21
2016
Brexit, Euroscepticism, and Interwar Federalists: Gaining Perspective on Advocates for European Unity
Florida State Fellows Society Luncheon, Invited Talk, Tallahassee, FL, July 7
Conserve and Unite: Women in the New Europe Group’s Plans for a European Federation
Southeast Regional Graduate Conference, Tallahassee, FL, March 19
2015
To Prevent Another War: Transnational Notions of European Integration and Gender, 1919-1933
Sorbonne LabEX, EHNE, Colloque International: Le genre de l'intégration européenne, Paris, FR, November 19-20
Birthing a Peaceful Political Order: Maternalism and the European Idea, 1919-1939
Centre for Peace History, Invited Lecture, Sheffield, UK, October 9
Emerging from the Shadows: Perceptions of Guilt and Responsibility for Mass Murder in the Name of the State
Southeast Regional Graduate Conference, Ugly Truths, Glorious Lies: Politics of Culture and Memory, Tallahassee, FL, March 16
2014
War, Gender, and Feminist Pacifists in Weimar Politics, 1918-1921
DEP (Deportate, esuli, profughe) Conference, Living War, Thinking Peace, Venice, IT, November 27-28
The Threat of the New England Non-Resistance Society: Women, Peace, and a Universal Reformation
Southeast Regional Graduate Conference, Identity, Patriotism, and the Nation-State, Tallahassee, FL, March 18
2013
Die Frau und der Paneuropa Gedanke
German Studies Association Annual Conference, Denver, CO, October 3-6
Women, Pacifism, and the Pan-European Union: Searching for Support in Weimar Political Culture
Europe in the World Conference, Pour la Paix, Coimbra, PT, April 4-5

