Forthcoming Presentations:
Western Social Science Association, Australia & New Zealand session, April 2006.
Oral History Association, October 2006.
Western Social Science Asssociation, Rural & Agricultural Studies session, April 2007
Completed Presentations:
“Augusta Metcalfe, Memory Painter: Preserving an Era and a Place,” paper presented at Agricultural History Society Symposium,
Dearborn, MI, June 2005.
"Layman's Guide to Writing a National Register Nomination," paper presented at Preservation North Dakota Conference,
Fargo, ND, May 2005.
"Emily Lunde: Memory Painter of North Dakota and Minnesota," paper presented at Western Social Science Association Conference,
Albuquerque, NM, April 2005.
The Whitemud Leader and the Eastend Enterprise: Wallace Stegner's Windows on Eastend, Saskatchewan,” paper co-presented at
Midwestern Association for Canadian Studies in Nebraska, September 2004.
“Break O’Day Farm: Memory Art and Vernacular Architecture on an Oklahoma Farmstead,” paper presented at Western Social
Science Association conference in Utah, April 2004.
“Coming of Age in North Dakota: Gender and the Editing of Memory,” co-keynote presentation at Red River Women’s Studies
Conference, Minnesota State University Moorhead, MN, October 2003.
“Why Study History: Or, is Cultural History a Trivial Pursuit?” by Nelson Rosit, Commentary, Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference,
24 April 2003.
“Augusta Metcalfe: The Self-Promotion of the Sagebrush Artist,” paper presented at Western History Association, Ft. Worth,
October 2003.
“Ada Soule’s Diary, 1900: A Child’s Perspective of Plains Living,” paper presented at Northern Great Plains History Conference,
Fargo, ND, October 2003.
“The Museum Internship: Searching for Excellence in the Oklahoma Sand Hills,” paper presented at Mountain Plains Museum
Association, Topeka, KS, Student Panel, October 2002.
“Half World: The Boyhood Environment of Wallace Stegner,” paper co-presented at Nordic Association for Canadian Studies,
Stockholm, Sweden, 10 August 2002.
“Fred Harvey: How One Man Civilized the West,” paper presented at Liberal Arts Symposium, Phi Alpha Theta panel, 17 April 2002.
“Fading into the Woodwork: The Disappearance of Mermaids and an Eagle at UCO,” paper presented at Liberal Arts Symposium,
Museum Studies panel, 17 April 2002.
“Legacy of Conquest vs. Victory of Decorum,” paper presented at Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference, UCO; second prize
graduate division, American Studies, 2 March 2002.