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Presentations and Conference Involvement

Language and Linguistics

"Biological Models and Linguistic Evolution."Invited Presentation to the Linguistics Department at the University of Chicago(with honorarium).May 4, 2001.

Presentation on the narratives about Ebola outbreaks and their effects on scientific research and writing. MLA Conference.December 1998.

"Types of Memory: Biological, Immunological, and Experiential."Society for Science and Literature.October 1998.Atlanta, Georgia. 

Seminar for the center for teaching and learning on publication of theses or thesis-related material. Spring 1997.

"Punctuated Equilibrium or Steady State Language Change." Science and Technology Conference. Atlanta, Georgia, October 12, 1996.

Lecture at English Department Research Forum.October 1995.Western Kentucky University.

Lecture on Effective Writing in Grant Applications.Center for Teaching 

Learning. Western Kentucky University.April 1995.

Poster--"The Evolution of an English Word Class."Sigma Xi Research Society,Western Kentucky University, Fall 1991.
"Neurolinguistics:What It Shows about Language Learning and Teaching Composition."Kentucky Philological Association Conference, Covington, Kentucky, March 1990.
"Linguistic Drift, Genetic Drift, and Diachronic Selection."American Dialect Society--South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Atlanta Georgia, November, 1989.
"Some Not-So-Obvious Implications of the Concept of Cultural Literacy."Florida State University Conference on Cultural Literacy, Tallahassee, Florida,January 1989.

"What to Do If There's No ESL Class."Georgia-South Carolina College English Association, Sumter, South Carolina, March 1986.

Literature

"Alienation from Self and Society:The Anthropological Correlative in the Works of Ursula K. Le Guin."West Georgia College Conference on The Outsider in Literature and Film, Atlanta, Georgia, August 1988.

"Codes, Contexts, and Darl's Insanity in As I Lay Dying."Kentucky Philological Association, Richmond,Kentucky, March 1988.

Session Chair--"Science and Technology:Faulkner and Le Guin."University of Louisville, Twentieth Century Film and Literature Conference: Literature and Science,Louisville, Kentucky, February 1988.

"Susanna, Peter Quince, Wallace Stevens:Inter- and Intratextuality in 'Peter Quince at the Clavier.'"Florida State University, Conference on Intertexuality, Tallahassee, Florida, January 1988.

"The Narrator's Role and the Perception of Evil in Wuthering Heights and The Heart ofDarkness."West Georgia College, Conference on Expressions of Evil in Literature and Film,Atlanta Georgia, November 1987.

"Thesis + Antithesis = Synthesis:Capitalism and Communism in Brave New World."Florida State University, Conference on Politics and Literature, Tallahassee, Florida, January 1987.

Biology


"Isolation and Partial Purification of DNA Polymerase-Beta from Soybean."Seminar. Biology Department.Western Kentucky University.September 12, 1996.
Poster with Stacie N. Day and Valgene L. Dunham."Isolation and Partial Purification of Polymerase-Beta."Sigma Xi Research Society, Western Kentucky University, Fall 1991.
"DNA Polymerases."Eastern China University of Chemistry and Technology, Shanghai, Peoples Republic of China, July 1991.
"African Populations and the Evolution of Human Mitochondrial DNA."Western Kentucky University, Biology Department, Journal Club, October 1991.

"Language Genes."Western Kentucky University, Biology Department, Journal Club, April 1992.

Other

"How to Publish Your Thesis." With Mary Ellen Pitts.Invited presentation to graduate students at Western Kentucky University.Spring 1997.

Session Chair:Women and Science.Sixth Annual Women's Studies Conference, Western Kentucky University, September 1992.

Public Service

2000-2001 Bowling Green American Red Cross.Blood services, local disaster team, single-family fire support, and service to military families.

2000 Outstanding Volunteer Service Award.Bowling Green Area American Red Cross. 

1998-present Bowling Green American Red Cross.Blood services, local disaster team, single-family fire support, and service to military families.Volunteer Appreciation Dinner Organizer. WKU Blood Drive in support of Stephen Dunning.

1996-1997 Bowling Green American Red Cross.Volunteer caseworker.Service to Military Families.Bowling Green American Red Cross.Local Disaster Team Volunteer.