PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS

Refereed Conference Papers--Literature
"Mary Braddon Defines Herself: Authorship and Intertextuality in The Doctor's Wife" Conference on 18th and 19th Century British Writers.
Michigan State University, March 1994
"Eliza Lynn Linton's Masquerade: Questions of Gendered Self-Representation" National Women's Studies Association. Iowa State University, June 1994
"‘Hum Drum, Clap Trap': Judy Grahn's Common Language" Popular Culture Association, Toronto, March 1990.
"More than Hard Times: An Approach to Class and Gender in Victorian Literature Courses" Northeast Modern Language Association, Providence, R.I, March 1988.
"Dangerous Reading: Mary Braddon's The Doctor's Wife and the Failure of Fiction" "A Celebration of Our Work," Annual New Jersey Women's Studies Conference, Rutgers University, May 1987
"The Failure of Domesticity in American Women's Ghost Stories" (with Lynette Carpenter) Modern Language Association, New York, December 1986.
"Victorian Women's Ghost Stories: Reliving and Rewriting Women's History" National Women's Studies Association, Douglass College, June 1984.
"Woman-Haunted Houses in Nineteenth-century British Women's Ghost Stories" National Women's Studies Association, Ohio State University, June 1983.
Refereed Conference Papers--Women's Studies
"Approaches to Teaching Feminist Theory" National Women's Studies Association, Albuquerque NM, June 1999
"Teaching Differences: Designing Assignments for an Inclusive Curriculum" NCTE Conference on Assigning and Assessing Writing, Colgate University, August 1995
"Teaching the Introduction to Women's Studies," "Teaching the Feminist Theory Course," "Assessing Materials for Women's Studies Courses," a series of workshops at the National Women's Studies Association Conference, University of Oklahoma, June 1995
"Changing Courses in Mid-Stream: Students' Experiences of Curriculum Transformation" Rutgers Institute for Research on Women Invitational Conference on Women and Education, May 1995.
"Deconstructing Difference: Why Feminists Should Worry about The Crying Game" (With Kristi Anderson). Conference paper presentation, National Women's Studies Association, Washington D.C. June 1993.
"Academic Alliances in Women's Studies" on panel, "The New Jersey Project in Action," Mid-Atlantic National Women's Studies Association Conference, East Stroudsburg State College, October 1989.
"Gender Integration: The Experience at Drew University" at "A Celebration of Our Work," Annual New Jersey Women's Studies Conference, Rutgers University, May 1988. Also session moderator and organizer.
"Building High School College Alliances Through Women's Studies Projects" at National Women's Studies Association, University of Minnesota, June 1988.
Invited Presentations and Consultations--Outside New Jersey
Plenary Moderator. "Women's Studies Graduates." National Women's Studies Association, Albuquerque NM, June 1999
"Inclusive Curriculum and Co-education" at The Future of Coeducation Conference Wheaton College, Norton, MA, October 1998
Women's Studies Consultation and Faculty Development Workshops under NEH Grant at LIU-Brooklyn, April 1998
Two-day Faculty Development Workshop in Curriculum Transformation, Mount Union College, Ohio, August 1996
Women's Studies Program Consultation, Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon. October 1996
Plenary Moderator. "Intellectual Foundations of Women's Studies: Beyond Political Correctness." National Women's Studies Association, Washington D.C. June 1993
Consultant for annual program retreat. Hunter College Women's Studies Program. January 1993
Out-of-state evaluator. Towson State University FIPSE-funded project to transform the curriculum at Maryland community colleges, 1990-91
"Faculty Resistance to Curriculum Transformation" Workshop/talk on strategies for dealing with resistance. Faculty Development Series in Women's Studies, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, April 1990.
Visiting Scholar and Consultant for the Atlanta University Center Women's Studies Consortium. Gave public lecture, "Integrating a Gender Perspective into the Curriculum: History and Theory," and a faculty workshop at the University of Georgia and a lecture at Kennesaw State University in Atlanta, May 1989
"Integrating the Scholarship on Gender: New Jersey Initiatives" panelist at The American Association of Higher Education, Chicago, April 1989
"Sustaining the Process of Institutional Change" at Gender Integration Project Dissemination Conference, Ursinus College, October 1988
"Initiating the Process of Curriculum Change" at Faculty Development Conference, West Chester University, October 1988
Invited Presentations and Consultations--In New Jersey

Women's Studies Program or Course Development Consultation,
Kean College, November 1999
Seton Hall University, September 1995

Rutgers University--New Brunswick, June 1989

Faculty Workshops on Inclusive Curriculum
Union County College, February and April 1998
Sussex County College, September 1994
William Paterson College, April 1994
Gloucester County Community College, October 1991
Brookdale Community College, September 1991
Essex County Community College, November 1991
Hudson County Community College, November 1991
Rider College, April 1992

Kean College, May 1989
Fairleigh Dickinson University, May 1989
Stockton State College, September 1988

"Teaching Sexualities"(lecture & follow-up workshop) "Writing Assignments for an Inclusive Curriculum" New Jersey Project Summer Institute, May 1999
Talk: "Practical Strategies for Implementing Curriculum Change." Also institute co-organizer, New Jersey Project Summer Institute, June 1995
Seminar Leader, Ford Foundation Funded Camden County Spring- Semester Faculty Development Seminar, "Women of Color in the U.S." Spring 1994
"Women's Changing Roles" Talk at Seton Hall University's First Annual Women's Conference, March 1994
"Practical Strategies for Implementing Curriculum Change." Also institute co-organizer and consultant, New Jersey Project Summer Institute, May 1993
Session Facilitator: Conference on Women and Violence and the Media, Nov 1993
Outside Evaluator: Ford Foundation Funded Project on Curriculum Transformation, Essex County College, Spring 1994
Selection Committee Member: New Jersey Project Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Feminist Scholarship, Spring, 1994
"'Reinventing the Pencil': Contemporary Women Poets and Literary Tradition." Lecture and workshop presentations as faculty member for high school teachers institute, Cape May. February 1993

"Pedagogy for a Transformed Curriculum"
Bergen County Community College, October 1992;
College of St. Elizabeth, November 1992.

Full day workshop on women and gender perspectives for core humanities faculty, Seton Hall University, June 1992.
"Integrating Gender, Race and Class into the Literature Curriculum," Ramapo College, May 1992
Transforming the Curriculum in Elementary and Secondary Schools" A faculty development workshop series for the faculty of the Mt. Olive School District. Fall 1991
"Integrating a Gender Perspective into the Curriculum: History and Theory," Keynote Talk for Faculty Development Lecture Series on Race, Class, Gender and the Curriculum, Rutgers University-Camden, September 1989
"Gender Integration in the Humanities" for the Humanities Faculty New Jersey Institute of Technology, January 1989
"Integrating Gender, Race, and Class into the Freshman Seminar" at. Two-day workshop on implementing campus gender integration projects [with Betty Schmitz] for The New Jersey Project Summer Institute for Faculty, New Brunswick, August 1988
Consultant on Design of Gender Integration Project. Rutgers University (Newark) Gender Integration Committee. July 1988.
Workshop presenter [with Connie Murray, N. J. Institute of Technology]. Workshop on women's studies for Academic Affairs staff, New Jersey Department of Higher Education, May 1988.
"Bias in the Humanities Curriculum" at "Racism and Sexism in the Curriculum," The New Jersey Project Spring Conference, Drew University, April 1988.
"Gender Analysis and Curricular Revision" at "Gender-Balancing: A New Perspective on Curriculum Transformation," The Pingry School Gender Institute, June 1987.
"Designing a Gender Integration Project to Include Faculty" at Administrator's Day Conference of The New Jersey Project: Integrating the Scholarship on Gender, Mercer County College, February 1987.
"Integrating a Gender Perspective into the Curriculum" Keynote at "A Symposium for Teachers," Drew University, October 1986.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Conference Organizing Committee. "The Women's Studies Ph.D"
Conference Organizer. "Theories and Practices: A working Conference in Women's Studies." Mid-Atlantic Women's Studies Association, Drew University, February 2000
Editorial Board. Women's Studies Quarterly, national women's studies journal published by the feminist press. Invited to join spring 1999
National Conference Co-Coordinator. National Women's Studies Association Conference, Iowa State University, Ames, IA. June 1994
National Conference Co-Coordinator. National Women's Studies Association Conference, Washington D.C. June 1993
Conference co-coordinator. "The Inclusive Curriculum: Setting Our Own Agenda." New Jersey Project National Conference, April 16-18, 1992
Institute Organizer, Summer Institute for West Caldwell and Newark High School and Middle School faculty. Drew University, July 1992
Conference Organizer and Program Chair, "Different Readings: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Women, Texts and Interpretation," the Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference of the National Women's Studies Association, October 14-16, 1988
Drew University. Session Moderator, "Speech and Silence" at "Other Victorians and Victorian Others," Annual Conference of the Northeast Victorian Studies Association, University of Scranton, April 1988
Symposium Designer and Coordinator. "Women in a Global Perspective: A Symposium for Teachers" Drew University, March 1988
Symposium Designer and Coordinator. "Integrating Women's Studies into the Curriculum: A Symposium for Teachers" Drew University, October 1986