* American Society of Geolinguistics International Conference on Language in the Era of
Globalization at Baruch College, NY (CUNY), October 2-4, 2003:
"Language in the era of globalization: Old wine in new bottles."
* Southern Interdisciplinary Roundtable on African Studies: Annual Conference at
Kentucky State University, Frankfort, March 27-29, 2003:
"Reflections on the Legacy of Colonization and Slavery from Africa to America."
* American Society of Geolinguistics: International Conference on Language and Identity at
Baruch College, NY (CUNY), October 2-6, 2002:
"The Idaacha Communities in the Republic of Benin: Joggling for Linguistic and Ethnic
Identity."
* The Inaugural Southern Interdisciplinary Roundtable on African Studies (SIRAS) at
Kentucky State University, Frankfort (4/12-13/2002):
1) "It’s a Small World: The Zuni and Yoruba Myths of World Creation."
2) "Ethnography of Public Speaking across Cultures: A Proposal of Research for Peace
Keeping in Africa."
Kentucky State University, Frankfort (4/14-15/2000):
"The Art of Storytelling in Africa: The Narrative Structure of a Folktale in the Idaacha
Dialect of Yoruba."
* Indiana Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (INTESOL) Conference in
Indianapolis (fall 1999):
"Writing in English across cultures."
* Pan-African Studies Conference at Indiana State University (ISU) in April 1999:
"Communicating across and beyond: Africa in the Information Age."
* INTESOL Conference in Indianapolis- -Panel presentation (fall 1998):
"Teaching English Abroad: The Cultural Issue."
* INTESOL Conference in Indianapolis (fall 1998):
"These Words Don’t Mean The Same Thing Across Languages and Cultures."
* Pan-African Studies Conference at Indiana State University (ISU) in April 1998:
"African Linguistics: Tones in Yoruba and Idaacha."
* Pan-African Studies Conference at ISU in April 1997:
"Scrambling for Africa Again"
* INTESOL Conference (fall 1996):
"Teaching African Literature in English to Speakers of Other Languages: The Cultural
Issue."