April 7, 2022 "Tools of the Trade: Women & Textiles in the 19th Century" The Library Company. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania March 31, 2022 "A Hidden Gem. Treasures From the Textile & Costume Collection" Toronto Friends of the Visual Arts |
March 8, 2022 "Women Makers & Designers: Inside the Textile & Costume Collection" Thomas Jefferson University Alumni. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania June 7, 2021 "Little Willie's Sewing Buttons: The Mother-of-Pearl Industry in Muscatine, Iowa, United States" The New Research in Dress History Conference, The Association of Dress Historians April 29, 2021 “The Devil’s in the Details: What the dress of the Teackle sisters reveals” Woodmere Art Museum April 9, 2021 "Fabrics and Fashion in Philadelphia" East Falls Villages. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania March 24, 2021 "À la mode: Men’s and Women’s Dress of the Regency Era" Osher Life Long Learning Institute, North Carolina State University March 21, 2021 "The Muscatine Button Queen" New Jersey Button Society January 11, 2021 “A Hidden Gem: The Textile & Costume Collection” East Falls Villages. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania October 10, 2020 "Buttons, Beads, & Brocades" New Jersey Button Society |
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."
Woodmere Art Museum
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.