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Other Scholarly Presentations: 

Chair of Committee, Organized the Department of English 2004 Annual Tag Lecture, March 4, 2004. Over 100 in attendance. See
           http://core.ecu.edu/engl/deenas/events.html
Chaired a session on “What’s In A Name,” Ledonia Wright Cultural Center, Spring 2004. Discussion of the “N” word, the “B” word, Native
           American Mascots, Ethnic Names on Resumes, and other contradictory references related to names and titles.
Served on Panel on “Racial Issues,” Sponsored by Kappa Sigma Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, INC., ECU, Spring 2004.
Organized African American Reading Day, Feb. 19, 2004. 80-90 in attendance and 40 readers.See
           http://core.ecu.edu/engl/deenas/events.html
“Credibility in Michael Malone’s Time’s Witness.” Lecture in Series Let’s Talk About It, Sponsored by North Carolina Humanities Council,
           Williamston, NC, April 1, 2004.
"Implications of Alienation in Jean Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea." Lecture in Series Let's Talk About It, Sponsored by the North Carolina
           Humanities Council, Edenton, NC, Nov. 17, 2003.
"War, Motherhood, and History in Toni Morrison's Sula." Lecture in Series Let's Talk About It, Sponsored by North Carolina Humanities
           Council, Rocky Mount, NC, Nov. 4, 2003.
“Christianity and Slavery in Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” Lecture in Series Let’s Talk About It, Sponsored by North Carolina Humanities
           Council, New Bern, NC, Feb. 11, 2003.
“Celie’s Quest for Love in Walker’s The Color Purple.” Lecture in Series Let’s Talk About It, Sponsored by North Carolina Humanities
           Council, Columbia, NC, Nov. 21, 2002.
“Religion, Slavery, and Feminism in Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” Lecture in Series Let’s Talk About It, Sponsored by North Carolina
           Humanities Council, Rocky Mount, NC, Sept. 5,2002.
“Exploring Themes of Beauty, Love, War, Motherhood, and History in Toni Morrison’s Sula.” Lecture in Series Let’s Talk About It, Sponsored
           by North Carolina Humanities Council, Beaufort City, NC, April 8, 2002.
“Searching for Love and Home in Toni Morrison’s Sula.” Lecture in Series Let’s Talk About It, Sponsored by North Carolina Humanities           Council, Lexington, NC, March 3, 2002.
“Language, Identity, Culture, and Politics in Christina Garcia’s Dreaming in Cuba.” Lecture in Series Let’s Talk About It, Sponsored by North           Carolina Humanities Council, Albemarle, NC, Feb. 25, 2002. "Faith Differences and Different Faiths: Exploring Religion in Modern           American Fiction: The Color Purple." Lecture in Series Let's Talk About It, Sponsored by North Carolina Humanities Council, Wilson,
          NC, October 16, 2001. 
"Exploring Spiritual Identity in Modern Fiction: The Color Purple." Lecture in Series Let's Talk About It, Sponsored
          by North Carolina Humanities Council, Raleigh, NC, October 13, 2001. 
"Identity Quest in Mother-Daughter Relationship in Immigrant Literature: Dreaming in Cuba." Lecture in Series Let's Talk About It, Sponsored
          by North Carolina Humanities Council, Durham, NC, October 8, 2001. 
"Lecture-Discussion on Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God." Book Talk at Onslow County Public Library, Jacksonville,
           NC,  May 10, 2001. 
"Lecture-Discussion on Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things." Book Talk at Onslow County Public Library, Jacksonville, NC, May 10,
          2001. 
"The Mad Woman In the Attic in Jean Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea." Lecture in Series Let's Talk About It, Sponsored by the North Carolina
          Humanities Council, Jacksonville, NC, September 26, 2000. 
"One Race's Quarrel with Another's God in Alice Walker's The Color Purple." Lecture in Series Let's Talk About It, Sponsored by North
          Carolina Humanities Council, Archdale, NC, March, 2000. 
"Implications on the Bases of Style, Message, Race, Gender, and Theme in Michael Malone's Time's Witness." Lecture in Series Let's Talk
          About It, Sponsored by North Carolina Humanities Council, Washington County Public Library, February 15, 2000. 
"Religion, Relation, and Redemption in The Color Purple." Lecture in Series Let's Talk About It, Sponsored by Duke University, New Bern
          Library, March 17, 1999. 
"Rebirth of a Nation: Nationalism and the Civil War in Uncle Tom's Cabin." Lecture in Series Let's Talk About It, Sponsored by Duke
          University, Archdale, NC, Feb. 11, 1999. 
"Rebirth of a Nation: Nationalism and the Civil War in Uncle Tom's Cabin." Lecture in Series Let's Talk About It, Sponsored by Duke
          University, Edenton, NC, September 28, 1998. 
"African American Family Tree." Pitt Community College, Feb. 1998. 
"Religion in The Color Purple." Lecture in Series Let's Talk About It, Sponsored by Duke University, Edenton Library, Oct. 6, 1997. 
"Religion in The Color Purple." Lecture in Series Let's Talk About It, Sponsored by Duke University, Hickory Library, March 11, 1997. 
"Religion in The Color Purple." Lecture in Series Let's Talk About It, Sponsored by Duke University, Winston Salem Library, Feb. 10, 1997. 
"Religion in The Color Purple." Lecture in Series Let's Talk About It, Sponsored by Duke University, Onslow County Library, Oct. 8, 1996. 
"Religion in The Color Purple." Lecture in Series Let's Talk About It, Sponsored by Duke University, Hickory Library, March 11, 1997. 
"Religion in The Color Purple." Lecture in Series Let's Talk About It, Sponsored by Duke University, Winston Salem Library, Feb. 10, 1997. 
"Religion in The Color Purple." Lecture in Series Let's Talk About It, Sponsored by Duke University, Onslow County Library, Oct. 8, 1996. 
Reader, Black History Month, Department of English, ECU, Feb. 1995. 
Panelist, "Round table Discussion of English Graduate School Options." Sigma Tau Delta, ECU, Nov. 15, 1994. 
Panelist, "The Academic Job Search: Expense, Expectation, and Endurance." A Round table discussion. Kappa Delta Pi, Beta Gamma
           Chapter, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, April, 1994. 
Panelist and Speaker, "Cultural Diversity and Distinctiveness." New York Youth Aflame (Urban Youth Camp). YMCA. Pawling, NY,
           August, 1994.