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
Special Talk, "Power of Poppies"
Centenary of Armistice Day, Powers Museum | Carthage, MO
PRESENTATIONS
2024
Invited Lecture on Britain & India
Joplin Public Library, Joplin, MO, April 4 & 9
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
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
Faculty Panel on the War in Ukraine: Community Presentation and Q&A
Missouri Southern State University, Joplin, MO, March 10
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
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
SOCIAL MEDIA
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