PUBLIC READINGS:
Public Readings from In Search of Susanna, (1996), published in the University of Iowa Press’s "Singular Lives: American Autobiography" Series
University of Wisconsin-River Falls, February 2001.
Venture Out Retirement Community, Mesa, Arizona, March 2000.
Winona State University Women's History Month, Winona, MN, April 1999.
Buckham Memorial Public Library, Faribault, MN, May 1998.
St. Paul, MN: The Hungry Mind Bookstore, April 1997.
Ames, IA: Iowa State University, April 1997.
Madison, WI: Women's Studies Research Center, University of Wisconsin, March 1997.
Middleton, WI: Writers Live at the Library Series, March 1997.
Rock Island, IL: Augustana College, February 1997.
Mankato, MN: Mankato State University, November 1996.
Minneapolis, MN: Amazon Bookstore, November 1996.
Ames, IA: Big Table Books, November 1996.
Mankato, MN: The Coffee Hag, October 1996.
Mankato, MN: Barnes and Noble Books, September 1996.
PUBLIC READINGS, LECTURES, SPEECHES, WORKSHOPS
"Diaries as Windows into Women's Lives." Mankato, MN, September 2002.
"Writing Memoir." Workshop presented at Venture Out Community Center, Mesa, AZ, March 2000.
"Tellings Our Grandmothers' Stories." Presentation to the AAUW Chapter, Fairmont, MN, March 2000.
"Journal and Memoir-Writing Workshop." Workshop presented at Fairmont Library, Fairmont, MN. January 2000.
"Writing Your Own Story." Workshop sponsored by Writers Live at the Library, Middleton, WI. September 1999.
"American Autobiography." Presentation to English Majors and Faculty, Peking University, June 1999.
"Telling Your Story Through Journal Writing." Three-week course sponsored by the Minnesota State University for Seniors Program, April 1999.
"Genealogy and Life Writing." Presentation to the Traverse des Sioux Genealogical Society, May 1998.
"Women's Writing: A Sampler." Keynote Address, Women's Day Out, Immanuel-St. Joseph Hospital, Mankato, MN, April 1998.
"The Personal in Academic Writing." Presentation, American Association of University Women, Mankato, MN, February 1998.
"Mothers, Daughters, and Diaries." Invited presentation sponsored by St. Ambrose University, Davenport, Iowa, February 1997.
"Two Iowa Women and Their Diaries: a 100 Year Perspective." Performance: Iowa Sesquicentennial Chautauqua, Manchester, Iowa, July 1996.
"Journals and the People Who Wrote Them." Address sponsored by the Immanuel-St. Joseph Hospital Auxiliary, Mankato, March 1996.
"Memory: Historical, Biological, Personal." Panelist at workshop co-sponsored by the Minnesota Historical Society and the Psychoanalysis Foundation of Minnesota, 1994.
"Diaries as Windows into Social History." Speaker at workshop sponsored by the Iowa Humanities Board, 1994.
"Inclusive Language." Co-presenter with Dr. Joaquin Vila, Minnesota Youth in Government, 1993.
Reading from "All Will Yet Be Well": The Diary of Sarah Gillespie Huftalen. Iowa City: State Historical Society of Iowa, July 1993.
"In Search of Susanna: One Immigrant's Life." Address sponsored by the Luxembourg Society of Genealogy and Heraldry. Luxembourg City, 1993.
"We are Not the Cleavers: Images of Nontraditional Families in Children's Literature." Address sponsored by Idea Fest '93, University of South Dakota, April 1993.
"Incorporating Inclusive Perspectives into the Literature Classroom." Workshop for District 77 Elementary and Secondary Teachers, Mankato, MN, 1992.
"In the Course of Daily Events: Women's Diaries." Keynote panelist at the Congress of Historical Organizations in Iowa, June 1992.
"Women's Diaries as Social History." Speaker at workshop sponsored by the Iowa Humanities Board, 1992.
"What Do Women Really Mean? Thoughts on Women's Diaries and Lives." Address sponsored by the Minnesota Historical Society "Have Lunch with a Historian" Program, February 1990.
"Belgium and Luxembourg." Address sponsored by the International Luncheon Speakers' Forum, Mankato State University, January 1990.
"American Women's Autobiography." Addresses sponsored by the Fulbright Commission and presented at American Studies Days in Brussels, Belgium, and Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, April 1988.
"Reflections of Gender Identities in Nineteenth-Century Women's Diaries." Keynote Address, Symposium on Women's Issues. Allegheny College, March 1987.
"Nineteenth Century Midwestern Women's Writing: The Creation of Self." Invited Lecture, Minnesota Valley Regional Library's "Lunch at the Library" Program, 1985.
"Careers in English." Presentation, Spring Parents' Day, Mankato State University, 1985.
"The Diary of Martha Smith Brewster." Invited Lecture, "Great Grandmother's Days," Blue Earth County Historical Society, 1985.
"About Ordinary People: Seasons in the Contemporary Family." Invited Lecture, Martin County, MN, "Let's Talk About Books" Program, 1985.