May 19, 2020
"Treasured Textiles: The Science Behind Preservation"
April 23, 2020
"Common Threads: African Objects of the Textile & Costume Collection
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Africa in the Arts of Philadelphia: Bullock, Searles, & Twins Seven-Seven."
February 15, 2020
Poster presentation: “‘Little Willie’s sewing buttons’: The mother-of-pearl button industry in Muscatine, Iowa”.
American Everyday: Resistance, Revolution, and Transformation, Columbia College, Chicago.
February 6, 2020
“Treasures of the Textile & Costume Collection”.
Philadelphia Guild of Handweavers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
November 8, 2019
"The Muscatine Button Queen".
Costume Society of America, Southeastern Region Symposium, Charlotte, North Carolina.
September 17, 2019
"Coptic textiles of Jefferson’s Textile & Costume Collection: A collaborative project with Bryn Mawr College".
Gutman Library, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
May 9, 2019
"History & Holdings of the Textile & Costume Collection".
Harmony Weavers Guild, Bear, Delaware.
March 21, 2019
"Celebration of Fibers" exhibition judge.
Philadelphia Guild of Handweavers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
February 3, 2018
"History & Holdings of the Textile & Costume Collection".
South Jersey Guild of Spinners and Handweavers, Moorestown, New Jersey.
October 21, 2017
"Creating Character Through Costume". Threads of History: From fiber to fabric, from chemistry to cloth.
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Duke University. Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
June 19, 2015
"'Do you call this thing a coat?' The sartorial choices of Regency men".
Jane Austen Summer Program, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
June 14, 2014
"'But he talked of flannel waistcoats.' How clothing makes the men (& women) of Sense & Sensibility".
Jane Austen Summer Program, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
June 27, 2013
"The Placement of a Waist. Character through Costume in Joe Wright’s Pride and Prejudice".
Jane Austen Summer Program, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
2012
"Creating Comedy Through Costume".
Program in the Humanities and Human Values, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
2011
"Costume History".
Elsewhere Living Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina.
2009
"Mass Production and Social Distinction: Costume in Victorian Britain".
Program in the Humanities and Human Values, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
"Crisp Cravats and Empire Waists: What clothes reveal about the men and women of Pride and Prejudice."
Program in the Humanities and Human Values, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
"Mass Production and Social Distinction: Costume in Victorian Britain.
Program in the Humanities and Human Values, Universality of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
2007
"Costuming a Classic: Charles Dicken's A Christmas Carol.
Program in the Humanities and Human Values, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.