Conference Presentations

I greatly enjoy the opportunity to present my research at conferences. I have found the discussions to be very helpful, allowing me to grow as a scholar. This has motivated me to attend a wide variety of conferences where I can connect with new people, and just as important, new ideas.

“PA GOAL Getters: Pursuing Affordable Learning in Cycle One OER and Course Development Projects” with Sara Parme (PA GOAL), Kim Armstrong (Franklin & Marshall College), Kimberly Auger (Millersville University), Jessica Ghilani (University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg), and Laura Richardson (Lebanon Valley College). Affordable Learning PA Summit Annual Conference. Online. August 17-19, 2021.

“Under the Watchful Eye: Users’ Perceptions of Online Privacy and Surveillance.” Association of Internet Researchers Annual Conference. Online. October 26-31, 2020.

“Beyond Data Protection: Understanding the Social Attitudes and Strategies of Privacy Management Among College Age Adults.” Eastern Sociological Society Annual Conference. Philadelphia, PA. February 27-March 1, 2020.

“Opening the Door: Supporting First-Generation Students in the Classroom and Beyond.” Eastern Sociological Society Annual Conference. Philadelphia, PA. February 27-March 1, 2020.

“Privacy, Security, and the Capacity of Algorithms.” The Digital Sociology Collective “Un”Conference. Philadelphia, PA. February 27-29, 2020.

“Planes, Prescriptions, and Panic: Prompting/Responding to Student Needs Pre-Departure” with Kimberly Longfellow (Gettysburg College Center for Global Education Program Coordinator). Pennsylvania Council for International Education & Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association Annual Conference. State College, PA. October 24-26, 2019.

“Rethinking Intimacy: How the Use of Online Interpersonal Technologies has Reshaped College Students’ Relationships.” American Sociological Association Annual Conference. New York, NY. August 10-13, 2019.

“Privacy, Surveillance and Identity: An Ongoing Exchange in the Digital Age” with Francesca Rizzi and Josephine Rivera (Gettysburg College Student Researchers). Eastern Sociological Society Annual Conference. Boston, MA. March 14-17, 2019.

“Doing Your Homework: Using Social Media as a Friendship Filter.” Association of Internet Researchers Annual Conference. Montreal, Canada. October 10-13, 2018.

“Finding Friends: Understanding the Role of Social Media in the Construction of Offline Social Networks.” American Sociological Association Meeting. Philadelphia, PA. August 11-14, 2018.

“Humans, wildfire, and the (un)management of ridgetop forests in the Pennsylvania Anthracite Region, 1900-2016” with Thomas Saladyga and Nate Lawrence. Annual Association of Geographers Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA. April 10-14, 2018.

“Finding Friends: Understanding the Role of Social Media in the Construction of Offline Social Networks.” Mini-Conference on Digital Sociology, Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD. February 22-25, 2018.

“Finding Your Friends: Understanding Relationships within Techno-mediated Social Networks.” Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA. February 24, 2017.

“Digital Ethnography and Youth Culture: Methodological Techniques and Ethical Dilemmas.” Mini-Conference on Digital Sociology, Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting. Boston, MA. March 18, 2016.

“Friends and Romance Online: Techno-Interaction and Relationships Among College Students.” Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting. New York, NY. February 27, 2015.

“Technology and Making Meaning in College Relationships: Reconsidering Presence.” Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD. February 23, 2014.

“Context and Hyper-Connection: Being Present in College Relationships.” Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting. Boston, MA. March 23, 2013.

“Monsters, Ghosts and Cyborgs: Techno-organic Systems and Cybercommunications.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Las Vegas, NV. August 22, 2011.

“Technologies of Relationships: Meaning Making and Interconnection in the Techno-Social World.” Theorizing the Web 2011. College Park, MD. April 9, 2011.

“The (ICT) Revolution continues… (& is still not televised)” with Dr. Julia Loughlin and Dr. Arthur Paris. Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting. Boston, MA. March 19, 2010.

“Living a Techno-organic Life: Interpersonal Relationships and Social Networking Technology Among College Students.” Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting. Boston, MA. March 19, 2010.

“Real Research in the Undergraduate Classroom: Team Ethnography as an Introduction to Qualitative Methods” with Dr. Marjorie DeVault. Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD. March 20, 2009.

“The Value of Hard Work: Low Wage Labor and the Construction of Work as a Moral Virtue.” Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Conference. Boston, MA. August 2, 2008.

“Shifting Spheres: Gender, Labor and the Construction of National Identity.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Boston, MA. August 1, 2008.

“Imperial Images: Gender, Panoptic Time and the Construction of the Nation State through World War II Propaganda.” Binghamton Graduate Student Conference in Historical Sociology. Binghamton, NY. April 29, 2007.

“Worship of Work: The Discourse of Labor in America and Work as a Site of Vulnerability.” North Central Sociological Association. Indianapolis, IN. March 28, 2006.

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