(A More Thorough List.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“In Praise of ‘B’ Papers: A Conversation About Generative AI and Student Learning at Union.” Pair of breakout sessions for the Union University Fall Faculty Workshop. Union University, Jackson, TN (Aug. 13, 2025).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“How I Learned to Write, or, There was a Frog with a Switchblade.<\/a>” Featured lecture for the Whitworth University Annual Writing Awards. Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (May 6, 2025). <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cStrike Down the Band They Don\u2019t Know the Notes,\u201d \u201cI Yell Out at This Fool Deer in the Road,\u201d \u201cA Fair Queen,\u201d and other poems at the Westminster Round Off-Campus Reading, Little Garden Cafe, Spokane, WA (April 24, 2025).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Breakout Session Chair, \u201cThe Art of Creaturely Intelligence in an AI Bubble\u201d with Jeffrey Bilbro (Grove City College; Front Porch Republic<\/em>), for the Renewing Mind and Heart Conference, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Oct. 18, 2024).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cGuiding Faculty through Promotion and Tenure: Notes for New Chairs\u201d for New Department Chair Orientation, Whitworth University (August 28, 2024).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Panel Moderator, \u201cCultures of Postmodernism\u201d at the Spokane Intercollegiate Research Conference (SIRC\/Undergraduate Conference), Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (April 20, 2024). Papers by Megan Necochea, Caleb McGever, and Michael St. Marie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Screening Host and Discussion Facilitator, Raven Jackson\u2019s All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt, <\/em>for the Whitworth Film Festival, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (April 29, 2024).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Possum\u2019s Last Free Lunch\u201d and other poems with possums at the Westminster Round Off-Campus Reading, Little Garden Cafe, Spokane, WA (April 27, 2024).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Discussion Facilitator, Reading Group for Marilynne Robinson\u2019s Gilead<\/em>. President\u2019s Book Club. Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Mar. 19, 2024). <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOf Course Chewbacca is the Drummer: Play, Patterns, and Expectant Reading, Even in a Multiverse\u201d at the Faith, Film, and Philosophy Seminar, Gonzaga Faith and Reason Institute, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA (Sep. 2023).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Invited Co-Presenter (with Peter Moe) on AI, writing pedagogy, and helping students think about AI as a tool. Whitworth Student Life leadership team retreat, Ross Point Camp, Post Falls, ID (Aug. 15, 2023).<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Teaching Demo: Stop with the Green Light” for Visiting High School Counselors (“Counselor’s College”), Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Oct. 19, 2015); for Parents of Prospective Students (“Parent’s College”), Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Mar. 12, 2016; Feb. 17, 2018; Feb. 25, 2023).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Discussion Facilitator, Faculty Reading Group for Willa Cather\u2019s Song of the Lark<\/em>. Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Nov. 3, 2022). In advance of Brent Edstrom\u2019s Dec. 2022 premiere<\/a> (at Whitworth) of a jazz song cycle inspired by the novel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Invited Consultant on Preparing Secondary Students for College Writing, Spokane “Bridge to College” Planning Group, The Saranac Building, Spokane, WA (Feb. 23, 2022). A discussion with Language Arts faculty members from area public high schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Guest Scholar, Prof. Casey Andrews’s Introduction to Critical Strategies (EL 267). Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Nov. 11, 2019; Apr. 30, 2021; Nov. 17, 2021). Talked with students about “Perspicuous Objects<\/a>.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLoving Tomorrowland for Tomorrowland (Some Ideas About Community and Villainy in Thomas Pynchon\u2019s The Crying of Lot 49<\/em>).\u201d Whitworth University Department of English Faculty Scholarship Presentation (for campus community). Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Sept. 15, 2021). <\/p>\n\n\n\n “A Small Airplane, Right in the Teeth,” “After the End, a Greater Depression,” and “Windmill in a Storm” at The Curator<\/em><\/a> Presents: an Evening of Poetry, a Live Virtual Reading in Celebration of National Poetry Month, Virtual (Apr. 29, 2021).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Invited Introduction for Laurie Lamon<\/a>, Amy Ryan Reading, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Apr. 23, 2021). An introduction for Laurie’s final reading as the inaugural Amy Ryan Professor at Whitworth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Faculty President’s Reports, for the Academic Affairs Committee, Whitworth University Board of Trustees, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Oct. 10, 2019; Apr. 16, 2020; Oct. 15, 2020; Apr. 15, 2021).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSomething About Fox Mulder\u2019s Face: Understanding Research through Transmedia Storytelling\u201d at the Conference on College Composition and Communications, Spokane, WA (Apr. 2021). (Accepted and scheduled, but then cancelled due to a shift from hybrid to all-virtual conference, which shrank the meeting by about half.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Remarks from the Faculty” (Faculty Welcome to Whitworth\u2019s New Provost and Executive VP), Whitworth University, Spring Convocation 2021. Recorded for digital distribution (Feb. 4, 2021).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Invited Panel Member, “Lessons Learned from HyFlex: Lived Experiences at Three Universities,” with Bryce Bernard (Corban University) and Tim Bergsma (Calvin University). Biola University Faculty Senate (Nov. 9, 2020).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Panel Member, “Teaching Strategies for the Pandemic,” for the FLEXable Course Design Boot Camp, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (July 14, 2020; August 12, 2020).<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Opossum, Opossum (The Possum Prays),\u201d \u201cThe Boy Unbent,” \u201cParisian One-Reeler,\u201d \u201cMiddle Sky No. 4,\u201d and selections from \u201cGleaming the Quarantine\u201d at Things Beautiful and Life-giving, a Whitworth English Faculty Reading, Virtual (May 1, 2020).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Panel Member, Q and A for New Department Chairs, New Chair Workshop, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Aug. 27, 2019).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Faculty President Greeting \/ General Education Introduction, New Faculty Orientation, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Aug. 23, 2019).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Department Representative for \u201cBucs Bound<\/a>\u201d at Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Apr. 8, 2019; Apr. 9, 2018; April 10, 2017). Presentation \/ discussion for admitted English students (and parents).<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Update from the General Education Implementation Task Force,” with Aaron Putzke, Erica Salkin, and Meredith Shimizu. Keynote presentation for annual Faculty Retreat, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Aug. 30, 2018). Presentation of progress on new shared curriculum model and preparation for discussions. Passed with overwhelming faculty support (90%) in Fall 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “True Lines: Art, Truth Telling, and Creative Nonfiction in Joe Sacco\u2019s War Zone Comics” at the American Literature Association Conference (May 2018).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Department Representative for “Pirate Preview<\/a>” at Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (May 7, 2018). Presentation \/ discussion for prospective English students (and parents).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Four Inquiries.\u201d Presentation of proposed general education model to faculty. Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Mar. 19, 2018). Model ranked 1st or 2nd (of 6 presented models) by more than 80% of gathered faculty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cResponse: Against Eloquence.\u201d President’s Colloquy on Civil Discourse<\/a>, Evening Two: Can We Disagree Without Being Disagreeable? Seeley G. Mudd Chapel, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA. (Feb. 19, 2018). One of three responses to Nathan King\u2019s keynote, \u201cBuilding Better Discourse.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n “A Honda Civic on the Narrow Ridge: Liberal Arts, Liturgy, and General Education.” Keynote talk for Faculty Development Day, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Oct. 27, 2017).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCasting Cartoons: Comics Theory, Film Analysis, and Edgar Wright\u2019s Scott Pilgrim<\/em>\u201d at the Rocky Mountain MLA Annual Convention, Spokane, WA (Oct. 14, 2017).<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Why Liberal Arts is the Best Career Preparation,” with Kathy Storm. Talk for prospective students and parents (“Admissions Snapshot Event”), Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Oct. 9. 2017).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Panel Member, Q and A for New Department Chairs, New Chair Workshop, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Aug. 29, 2017).<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Stories He Can\u2019t Tell: Abraham Cahan\u2019s Yekl<\/em> and the Consequences of Illiteracy in New York\u2019s Late-Nineteenth Century Jewish Immigrant Community\u201d at the American Literature Association Conference, Boston, MA (May 2017).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Presenter\/Organizer, Honors Program Workshop, with Prof. Doug Sugano. 4-day workshop on pedagogy and course building for the George F. Whitworth Honors Program. Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (June 2012, June 2013, May 2014, May 2015, May 2016, May 2017). <\/p>\n\n\n\n Reading\/Discussion of Works in Progress, Prof. Laurie Lamon\u2019s Poetry Writing course (EL 343). Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (May 6, 2017).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWrist,\u201d \u201cThe Liturgy of Turning Screws,\u201d and “Scenes from the Midcentury Chlorophyll Craze” (poems) at the Westminster Round Off-Campus Reading, Boots Bakery, Spokane, WA (April 7, 2017).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Panel Member, Post-Screening Discussion of Ryan Graves and Kelly McCrillis’s Emily<\/em>, Magic Lantern Theatre, Spokane, WA (Mar. 10, 2017).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Invited Consultant on Preparing Secondary Students for College Writing, Spokane “Bridge to College” Planning Group, The Saranac Building, Spokane, WA (Mar. 3, 2017). A discussion with Language Arts faculty members from three area public high schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Panel Member, Pre- and Post-Screening Discussions of Paul Thomas Anderson’s adaptation of Thomas Pynchon’s Inherent Vice<\/em>. The 9th Annual Leonard Oakland Film Festival, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Feb. 11, 2017).<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Academic Freedom and Trigger Warnings,” with Erica Salkin (Communication) and Mark Baird (Psychology). Teaching Roundtable Discussion for Whitworth University Faculty, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Oct. 10, 2016).<\/p>\n\n\n\n “How to Get Images to Say Things” for On Track Academy (Alternative High School), Spokane, WA (June 2, 2016). Seminar session for students studying graphic novels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Teaching 100-Level Courses: Strategies and Challenges,” with Megan Hershey (Political Science), Martha Gady (Mathematics), Karen Peterson-Finch (Theology), and Ben Brody (Music). Teaching Roundtable Discussion for Whitworth University Faculty, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Mar. 14, 2016).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLiberal Arts for Everyone,\u201d with Nicole Sheets (English), Carol Simon (Philosophy), Patty Bruininks (Psychology), and Erica Salkin (Communications). Teaching Roundtable Discussion for Whitworth University Faculty, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Feb. 15, 2016).<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Ten Dramatic Scenarios for the North American Possum” (poem) at Poetry and Pie, Mind and Hearth Coffee Shop, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (November 13, 2015).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Guest Speaker on Harvey Pekar\u2019s American Splendor<\/em>. Prof. LuElla D\u2019Amico\u2019s \u201cReading in Action\u201d course (EL 115, Honors). Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Nov. 2014; Nov. 2015).<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Assembling Your Own U2: Reading, Research, and Writing in Transmediated Territories” at Computers and Writing 2015<\/a>, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, WI (May 2015).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAbout Possums\u201d and \u201cThe Middle Sky\u201d (poems) at the Inland Northwest Faculty Reading, Get Lit! Festival 2015 (Eastern Washington University). Barrister Winery, Spokane, WA (April 26, 2015). \u201cThe George F. Whitworth Honors Program.\u201d Presentation for admitted honors students (and parents) at Whitworth\u2019s Honors Colloquium weekend. Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Feb. 2014; Mar. 2015).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Faculty Panelist\/Respondent, This Whitworth Life<\/a> (a reading of creative non-fiction organized by Prof. Nicole Sheets). Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Nov. 2014).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moderator\/Interviewer, Linford Detweiler and Karin Bergquist of Over the Rhine. Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Nov. 2014).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Facilitator, Discussion of Elizabeth Strout\u2019s Olive Kitteridge<\/em>. President\u2019s Book Club. Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Oct. 2014).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBatman-Bono-Colbert,\u201d with John Pell. Whitworth University Department of English Faculty Scholarship Presentation (for campus community). Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Oct. 2014). <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cRelationship, Trust, and Learning in the Classroom.\u201d Breakout session, with Brooke Kiener. Whitworth University Faculty Retreat, Fall 2014: Teaching with Heart: How Attachment Research Can Support Learning. Keynoted by Kent Hoffman (Gonzaga University). Camp Spalding, Newport, WA (Aug. 2014).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDesigning Resumes.\u201d Resume and cover letter design sessions for Freshman Seminar (GE 125) students (Department of English section), Composition Commons Consultants (2013), and English Senior Portfolio students. 1-3 sessions each Fall. Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Fall Semesters, 2011-2014).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cProgramatic Agility and the Small Liberal Arts College Ecosystem: A Panel and Discussion on the Evolution of Multimodal Composition Programs at Smaller Colleges and Universities,\u201d with John Pell and Jessica Clements, at Computers and Writing 2014<\/a>, Washington State University, Pullman, WA (June 2014).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Reading\/Discussion of Works in Progress, Prof. Laurie Lamon\u2019s Poetry Writing course (EL 343). Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (April 2014).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Kids with Keys\u201d (poem) at the Westminster Round Off-Campus Reading, Holly Mason Rocket Bakery, Spokane, WA (March 7, 2014).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cInventory\u201d and \u201cCollections\u201d (poems) at Poetry and Pie, Mind and Hearth Coffee Shop, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (November 7, 2013).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cVisual Patterns, Narrative Paths: Chris Ware\u2019s New Graphic Novel, Building Stories<\/em>, as User Interface,\u201d at Computers and Writing 2013<\/a>, Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD (June 2013).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDavis Guggenheim\u2019s Edge: U2\u2019s Guitarist as a Transmedia Character in the Films of Davis Guggenheim,\u201d at the U2 Conference<\/a>, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, OH (April 2013).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTeaching Honors Courses,\u201d with Deanna Ojennus and Casey Andrews. Teaching Roundtable Discussion for Whitworth University Faculty, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Nov. 2012).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Panelist, \u201cWhy English?\u201d (event for prospective majors and minors). Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Oct. 2012).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cScribbly Lines and Peripheral Foreshadowing: What a Comics Page Can Teach Us About Composing Interfaces\u201d<\/a> at Computers and Writing 2012, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (May 2012).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBlogging for Teaching and Scholarship.\u201d Breakout session, with Jim McPherson. Faculty Development Day, Fall 2011: Technology for Teaching and Learning: Best Practices. Keynoted by Thomas E. Ludwig (Hope College); Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Nov. 2011).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Selected\/Funded Participant, The Humanities and Technology Camp, Liberal Arts Colleges (THATCamp LAC 2011)<\/a>, St. Norbert College, De Pere, WI (June 2011). Interdisciplinary conference of scholars and students exploring the intersection of the humanities and technology; funded by the Mellon Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “MacGuffins and Mad Science: How Lost Dodges Moral Consequences by Ignoring the Bloody Promise of Its Premise<\/a>.\u201d Opening remarks for \u201cReligious Themes and Human Prospect in Lost,\u201d a public panel discussion with Dave Calhoun, Michael Collender, and Daniel Walter. Faith, Film, and Philosophy Lecture Series, Whitworth and Gonzaga Universities, Spokane, WA (Oct. 2010).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSome Easy Slide Designs That Work (PowerPoint Therapy 2).\u201d Teaching Roundtable Discussion for Whitworth University Faculty, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Oct. 2010).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Story of \u2018Digital Storytelling’<\/a>: Developing a No-Budget Course in Emerging Writing Technologies\u201d at Computers and Writing 2010, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (May 2010).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNew Historicism.\u201d Guest Teaching for Prof. Melissa Sprenkle\u2019s Introduction to Critical Strategies course (EL 267). Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Apr. 2010).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cA Little PowerPoint Therapy.\u201d Presentation for Prof. Mary Alberts\u2019s Human Resources Management course (BU 373). Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Apr. 2010).<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Sharing Culture<\/a>.” Media Unlimited: Technology, Ethics, and Life at Whitworth in the 21st Century. Panel Discussion. Sponsored by Weyerhaeuser Center for Faith and Learning & The Center for Ethics at Whitworth University. Robinson Teaching Theatre, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Mar. 2010).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cA Little PowerPoint Therapy.\u201d Teaching Roundtable Discussion for Whitworth University Faculty, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Mar. 2010).<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Grad School in English: An Interactive Roundtable Discussion, with Snacks.” Roundtable Discussion for English students. (w\/Laurie Lamon, Casey Andrews, and Thom Caraway). English Department, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Oct. 2008, Oct. 2009).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cStarting with Bad PowerPoint<\/a>: Slideware Instruction and the New Media Composition Course\u201d at Computers and Writing 2009, UC Davis, Davis, CA (June 2009).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cChinua Achebe vs. Joseph Conrad.\u201d Presentation for Prof. Rai Peterson’s Introduction to English Studies course (EL 210). Ball State University, Muncie, IN (Oct. 2007).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Awe of Arrival: The Devil in the White City<\/em> and \u2018End of the Road\u2019 Stories\u201d at the Indiana College English Association Annual Conference, Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, IN (Oct. 2007).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTechnology in the Writing Program.\u201d Writing Program orientation session\/workshop, Ball State University, Muncie, IN (Aug. 2007).<\/p>\n\n\n\n “A Portable Ecology: Planning Your Next Move” (workshop session), as part of the “Technological Ecologies: Methods, Modes and Assessment” workshop chaired by Dickie Selfe at Computers and Writing 2007, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI (May 2007).<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Teaching with Laptops.” Two workshop sessions for Writing Program faculty, Ball State University, Muncie, IN (May 2007).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSimple Tactics for Efficient Web Design.\u201d Workshops for Dr. Carole Papper’s undergraduate course on public discourse (2 sessions) and graduate seminar on teaching in higher education (3 sessions), Ball State University, Muncie, IN (Apr. 2007).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHow to Refuse Friendship and Irritate People: The Formation, Fracturing, and Control of Social Networks in Flannery O’Connor’s The Violent Bear It Away<\/em>\u201d at the Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture Since 1900, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY (Feb. 2007).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHelp Me Find It: Teaching Research as a \u2018Long Tail\u2019 Conversation\u201d at the Indiana College English Association Annual Conference, Indiana University East, Richmond, IN (Sep. 2006).<\/p>\n\n\n\n “A Network Approach to The Rise of Silas Lapham<\/em>.” Presentation for Dr. Kecia McBride’s graduate seminar on American Realism and Naturalism. Ball State University, Muncie, IN (Sep. 2006). <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTeaching in Laptop Classrooms.\u201d Ball State Writing Program orientation session\/workshop, Ball State University, Muncie, IN (Aug. 2006).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFrom the \u2018Long Tail\u2019 to the Center: How Blogging and the Internet Make Little Things Big\u201d at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, Chicago, IL (Mar. 2006).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTrading on the Bass Line,\u201d \u201cQueen Anne Through and Through,\u201d \u201cSafe as Houses,\u201d and \u201cSweaty Quarters\u201d (poems) at the Westminster Round Off-Campus Reading, Boots Bakery, Spokane, WA (April 18, 2015).<\/p>\n\n\n\n