Invited Lectures & Presentations
Invited Lectures
2023: Visas, Study Permits, and the International Student Experience; Podcast, ENIS COST Action, https://www.enisnetwork.com/podcast
2023: Panelist, Creating your own Recipe for a Successful Doctoral Journey, WES-CIHE Summer Institute Program, Boston College
2022: Higher Education, Climate Change, and Academic Hypermobility; DAAD Science Workshop lecture series, Deutcher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)
2022: Student Migration Policy and the Pandemic; Research & Scholarship Series, Morgan State University School of Education & Urban Studies
2021: Experiencing international student mobility and migration policy: A qualitative multicase study; Research award presentation to the American International Recruitment Council
2021: Immigration Policy Responses to COVID-19 and International Students and Race; Graduate course on international education for Dra. Aurora Chang, Loyola University Chicago
2020: Immigration Policy Responses to COVID-19 and International Students and Race; Graduate course on international education for Dra. Aurora Chang, Loyola University Chicago
2020: International Higher Education and the Scholar-Practitioner; Graduate course on international higher education for Dr. Gerardo Blanco, Boston College
Refereed Presentations at Scholarly Conferences
2024: Symbolizing U.S. International Higher Education: A Semiotic Analysis; CIES Annual Conference; March 2024 (paper presentation)
2023: Post-Secondary Sojourner Activism and Immigration Policy; ASHE Annual Conference; November 2023 (paper presentation)
2023: The Rise of Regional Neoliberalism: Deglobalization, Higher Education and Labor Mobility in CARICOM; ASHE Annual Conference; November 2023 (paper presentation)
2023: Discerning an International Student Mobility and Migration Policy Regime; CIES Annual Conference; February 2023 (paper presentation)
2021: Communicating back Home: International Students and the Communication of Change and Experience; WES-CIHE 2021 Summer Institute; June 2021 (paper presentation)
2021: International Student Policy: National Discourses in an International Environment; CIES Annual Conference; April 2021 (paper presentation).
2021: Comparative and International Education Research: Considering Sustainable Research Methodologies; CIES Annual Conference; April 2021 (poster presentation).
2020: SEVIS and the surveillance of international students in the United States; CIES Annual Conference; March 2020 (paper presentation, cancelled due to COVID).
2020: EducationUSA and the Public Diplomacy Roles of Higher Education Institutions; International Studies Association conference; March 2020 (paper presentation, cancelled due to COVID)
2019: Soft Power Symbiosis: The collaborative public diplomacy roles of EducationUSA and higher education institutions; CIES Annual Conference; April 2019 (paper presentation)
2019: Race and Identity in the United States: Perceptions and Experiences of International Students (with Wenya Chen); International Studies Association: Annual Conference; March 2019 (paper presentation).
Presentations at Professional Conferences
2024: Everything You Didn't Have Time To Read: IE Research Findings at NAFSA: Regional XI Conference; October 2024 in Hartford, CT (forthcoming presentation)
2024: F-1 Basics Workshop at NAFSA Region XI GRAC Virtual Spring Immigration Workshop (co-facilitator)
2023: Visa Policy Pervasion and the Student Experience at NAFSA: Bi-Regional X & XI Conference; October 2023 in Montreal, Canada (poster presentation)
2023: Balancing an International Education Career and a Doctoral Journey at NAFSA: Annual Conference; June 2023 in Washington, D.C (panel presentation)
2023: SEVIS at 20: Critical Consideration of a Crucial System at NAFSA: Annual Conference; May 2023 in Washington, D.C. (poster presentation)
2017: Facilitating Interaction and Collaboration between Indiana ISOs at NAFSA: Indiana State Conference; April 2017 (presentation)
2016: Proposal for a GPI-Based Assessment of Education Abroad Learning Goal Fulfillment at NAFSA: Region VI Conference; November 2016 in Indianapolis, IN (poster)
2016: Keeping the “Up” in Upgrade: Coordinating Positive Technology Change in the International Education Office at NAFSA: Region VI Conference; November 2016 in Indianapolis, IN (presentation)
2016: The Benefits of Online Forms for Small International Education Offices at NAFSA: Indiana State Conference; June 2016 in Indianapolis, IN (presentation).
2015: Forms for All (Everything!) at NAFSA: Annual Conference; May 2015 in Boston, MA (poster)
2015: From Enrollment to Arrival: Best Practices for Preparing New International Students at NAFSA: Indiana State Conference; April 2015 in West Lafayette, IN (presentation)
2014: Extended Orientation Courses for International Students at NAFSA: Indiana State Conference; June 2014 in Terre Haute, IN (presentation)