“Unlikable Protagonists,” “Stephen King’s Parks and Rec: A Trip to Widow’s Bay,” “The Rebirth of Dark Academia,” and “Is There an American Vampire Story?
Armadillocon, September 2026

“Night Terrors: Menopause as Template for Character Change,” “Tasty Mortals: History of Vampires in Fiction,” “Vampires Never Die,” and “Bless Your Heart: Middle-Aged Women as Epic Adventurers”
Worldcon: The World Science Fiction Convention, August 2026

“Night Terrors: Menopause as Template for Character Change”
Stonecoast MFA Winter Residency, January 2026

“JAWS at 50” and “Is ‘Elevated Horror’ Over?”
Armadillocon, September 2025

“Kikimora: The Missing Female Archetype”
International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, March 2025

“Reading as Writers,” “Rescuing Horror from the 80s,” and “Apple TV+ a Day”
Armadillocon, September 2024

“Horror for the 21st Century: Film and Literature,” and “What Historical Fiction Can Teach Us”
Comicpalooza, May 2024

“Female Rage in SFF,” “House of the Dragon: Feminist or Not?” and “What You Should Have Watched This Year”
Armadillocon, August 2023

“Conventional Creativity: The Generative Power of Tropes”
Stonecoast MFA Summer Residency, 2023

“Monsters, Villains and Heroes,” and “SFFH Films that Changed Everything”
Boskone, February 2023

“Getting People Through Your Doors”
Art House Convergence, January 2018

“What’s Your Brand Strategy?”
ShowCanada, June 2017

“Building a Cohesive Brand…on a Budget”
Art House Convergence, January 2017