presentations + engagement/attendance

2026
- RBMS conference [Milwaukee, WI and virtual], Panelist for “The Emotional Weight of Archival Debt: An Affective Exploration“

2025
- Women’s History Network annual conference, “Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums and Personal Collections” [virtual]
- Society of American Archivists annual conference [Anaheim, CA; virtual]
  - Interviewee, “Catalyzing Opportunities with SAA Foundation Grants and Financial Support for Archivists” session
- Society of American Archivists Collection Management section annual meeting [virtual]
  - Co-presenter for “From Seed to Bloom: Harvesting from the Community Garden of Accessioning”
- RBMS conference [New Haven, CT]
- Rare Book School [New Haven, CT]
  - Invited speaker, Introduction to Archives for Special Collections Librarians, Booksellers & Collectors course

2024
- Society of American Archivists annual conference [Chicago, IL]
  - Co-presenter for “Conversation Lounge–> Meet the Editors: American Archivist Special Section on Accessioning”
- Archival Accessioning Best Practices Symposium [School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL]
  - Invited speaker
- New England Archivists spring meeting [Providence, RI]

2023
- Society of American Archivists annual conference [Washington, D.C.]
- RBMS conference [Bloomington, IN]
  - Co-discussant for “Wait, I’m the Boss Now?: Challenges & Burdens of Transitioning to Frontline Collection Management”
- National Best Practices for Archival Accessioning summit [Providence, RI]
2022
- Society of American Archivists annual conference [Boston, MA]
  - Invited speaker for Standards Committee annual business meeting and program
- RBMS conference [virtual conference]
- Conference on Academic Library Management [virtual conference]
- Provenance in Place [Archival Technologies Lab virtual symposium]
2021
- The Ethics of Collecting in the 21st Century [Penn State virtual symposium]
- Invited speaker by New-York Historical Society to present on my work with the Walter Evans Collection of Frederick Douglass and Douglass Family Papers
- Society of American Archivists Research Forum
  - Co-presenter for “Caring for Collections: The Role of Accessioning in Effective Archival Stewardship“
- Archival Education and Research Initiative (AERI)
  - Co-presenter for “Caring for Collections: The Role of Accessioning in Effective Archival Stewardship“
- Invited speaker for “The Power of Archival Accessioning” book launch and critical conversation [recording available]
- RBMS conference [virtual] –> delayed from 2020 due to COVID-19
  - Chair/speaker for “Invisible Interdependencies: Unveiling Hidden Labor in Collection Management” –> Every Little Thing She Does… Isn’t Actually Magic: Labor & Relationship Management in Archival Accessioning
- BLOSSOM symposium: Building Life-long Opportunities for Strength, Self-Care, Outlook, Morale, and Mindfulness
- Archival Imaginaries 2021 [Penn State virtual symposium]
- Storytelling for Justice: How Libraries and Archives Hold History to Account [Mellon panel]
- Mondays at Beinecke
  - Walter Evans Collection of Frederick Douglass and Douglass Family Papers –> recording available
2020
- Society of Georgia Archivists annual meeting [virtual due to COVID-19]
  - Co-presenter for “Caring for Collections: The Role of Accessioning in Effective Archival Stewardship” –> recording available
- New York Archives Week Symposium [virtual due to COVID-19]
- Society of American Archivists annual conference [virtual due to COVID-19]
  - Chair/speaker for “Major Revisions Required: Archival Scholarship and the Complexities of Publishing”
- New England Archivists spring meeting –> cancelled due to COVID-19
  - Chair/speaker for “Caring for Collections: The Role of Accessioning in Effective Archival Stewardship”

2019
- Society of American Archivists annual conference [Austin, TX]
  - Speaker for “Low Pay in Archives: Review of Recent Events, and Where Do We Go From Here?” –> “maybe she just has to sing for the sake of the song“
- RBMS conference [Baltimore, MD]
- Flair Symposium “Ethical Challenges in Cultural Stewardship” [Austin, TX]
- The Rapidly Changing Landscape of Archive Stewardship in Contemporary Art Symposium organized by the Hauser and Wirth Institute [New York, NY]

2018
- New England Archivists fall meeting [Boston, MA]
  - Speaker for “Appraisal and Acquisitions” –> “Obligations and Expectations: Pushing Collections to the Front of the Queue“
- Society of American Archivists annual conference [Washington, DC]
  - Chair/speaker for “Making the Invisible Accessible: The Complex Labor of Archival Accessioning“–> “Memories Can’t Wait: the Confluence of Emotional, Physical, and Intellectual Labors in Accessioning Work“
- Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies Colloquium [Boston, MA]
- Is This Permanence: Preservation of Born-digital Artists’ Archives symposium [New Haven, CT]
- Artist Archives Initiative symposium at Fales Library & Special Collections, Bobst Library, New York University [New York, NY]
- New England Archivists spring meeting [New Haven, CT]
  - Speaker for “Radical Empathy in Archival Practice” session

2017
- Bibliography Among the Disciplines [Philadelphia, PA]
- New England Archivists fall meeting “Infinite Conversations” [Cambridge, MA]
- Society of American Archivists annual conference [Portland, OR]
  - Chair for “Intersectionality in Identity-Focused Archives: Lightning Talks Presented by the Women’s Collections Roundtable“
- RBMS conference [Iowa City, IA]
  - Chair/speaker for “The Work of Finding Work: Strategies for Success, Self-Care, and Professional Sustainability“
- Artist Archives Initiative symposium at Fales Library & Special Collections, Bobst Library, New York University [New York, NY]
- New England Archivists spring meeting [Hyannis, MA]
  - Received NEA Meeting and Travel Assistance Scholarship

2016
- MARAC spring conference [Pittsburgh, PA]
  - Chair/speaker, “Grant Cycles, Deadlines, and Labor Advocacy: A Roundtable about the Changing Work of Project Archivists“
- Documenting Punk Social Change Colloquium [Amherst, MA]

2015
- Invited speaker by ASTR/TLA joint conference [Portland, OR]
  - TLA plenary speech on my work with the Samuel French collection at Amherst College
- Performing the Archive conference [Galway, IRL]
  - Speaker –> “Stepping Into the Spotlight: The Samuel French Collection at Amherst College“
- RBMS conference [Oakland, CA]
- Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives Symposium and Unconference: Innovation, Collaboration, and Models [Philadelphia, PA]

2014
- Society of American Archivists annual conference [Washington D.C.]

2012
- Art Museum Libraries Symposium at the Peabody Essex Museum [Salem, MA]
  - Received Kress Foundation attendance scholarship
- Society of North Carolina Archivists annual conference [Greenville, NC]

2011
- Society of American Archivists annual conference [Chicago, IL]
  - Received ArchivesNext spontaneous scholarship
- MARAC spring conference [Alexandria, PA]
  - Speaker –> “Art, Activism, & Grrrl Power: Archiving Contemporary Feminism”
  - Received Marsha Trimble MARAC meeting travel scholarship
- ARLIS/NA + VRA joint spring conference [Minneapolis, MN]

2010
- MARAC fall conference [Harrisburg, PA]
- Contemporary Artists Books conference [Long Island City, NY]
- Society of American Archivists annual conference [Washington D.C.]
- ARLIS/NA annual conference [Boston, MA]
  - Received Celine Palatsky travel award from ARLIS/NY
- Digital Archives: Navigating the Legal Shoals symposium at Columbia University Law [New York, NY]