conference papers

college art association:

• "Has Post-Structuralism Gone Too Far?" session chair (accepted for for CAA Annual Conference, 2002).
• "Renaissance/Postmodern Time Warp: The Rocky Horror Picture Show's appropriation and manipulation of Art History," (Annual Conference, February 10-13, 1999, Los Angeles, CA).
• "Decadent Addictions: representations of the highs and lows of smoking, drink and drugs in Fin-de-Siecle France"(Annual Conference, February 12-16, 1997, New York, New York).Click here to read an abstract of this paper.

european studies conference -- omaha, nebraska.

• "Fictional Spaces for Dangerous Ladies in the art of Alfred Robida," 2001.
• "Fetus Envy: Anti-feminism, Depopulation and the Bottled Fetus," 2000.
• "Theatre of the Absurd or Theatre de la Merde? Alfred Jarry's Ubu plays in the context of Paris Dada," and panel chair for In Art's Way and Design Reform: Europe and America, 1895-1900, 1999.
  Click here to read an abstract of this paper.
• "Fictive Fashions: Alfred Grevin's Imaginary Costumes and the 'New Eve'," Views of Theatre
  (click here to read an abstract of this paper) and panel chair for Issues in Homoerotic Literature and
  Topics in French and German Literature, 1998.
• "Un Joujou dangereux: La Cocotte in France's Belle-Epoque," Women and the European Culture
  at the turn of the 20th century and panel chair for France in Modern Europe, 1997.
• "Love, Friendship and the Terror: Prud'hon's Mythology," Themes in French Art
  (click here to read an abstract of this paper) and panel chair for session Literary and Artistic Inspirations, 1996.
• "Fashion, Impressionism and the Femme-Fatale: the Art of Henry Somm" Portrayals of Women
  and panel chair for session Gender and Oppression, 1995.
• "Consuming Mayeux: Strategies of Bourgeois Print Imagery of the July Monarchy" French Art of the19th Century and panel chair for the session Issues in Modern Art, 1994.
  

the fantastic in the arts -- fort lauderdale, florida.

• "Phallic Portraiture: Male/Female Identity in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries," 1996.
• "Surrealism and Sexual Fantasy: Charcot, Hysteria and the Representation of Women in Surrealist Art," 1995.

nineteenth-century studies association

• "Amazones and their Toys: Masculine Nightmare or Feminine Fetish?" Arlington, VA, 2000.
• "The Impressionist Table: Henry Somm's Porcelain Designs for the Haviland Company," Miami, 1996.
• "Mayeux and the Changing Nature of the Bourgeoisie under the July Monarchy, " Baltimore, 1995.

midwest art history society

• "Theory Bites: Strategies for Teaching Theory in a Studio Program," (in the Teaching Strategies
  and Instructional Design Session); member of steering committee, session chair for "Gender Studies,"
  April 5-7, 2001, Minneapolis, MN.
• "Manipulating Maidens: amazones and their minions in 19th-century illustration," April 6-8, 2000, Tulsa, OK.
• "Introduction to Visual Culture for non-art majors: Modifications of the Survey," April 2-4, 1998, Chicago IL.
• "Picasso's Selective Memory: Of Women and Armchairs," March 28-31, 1996, Cleveland, OH.

miscellaneous venues:

• "Guilt or Gold: Alchemy and Prostitution in 19th-Century Paris," Art & Alchemy, International Congress, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark, December 2001.
• "Man-made Paradise: Zola's Au Bonheur des dames, Shopping & Popular Illustration," Southeastern College Art Conference, Columbia SC, October, 2001.
• "Topographical Pleasures of Paris: French National Identity According to "La Vie Parisienne,"
  Manifestations of National Identity in Modern Europe. International Conference in European Studies,
  University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, May 18-20, 2001.
• "Master-Slave Narratives in Popular French Illustration," Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century
  Studies Conference, Paris-Nanterre, June 22-24, 2000. Click here to read an abstract of this paper.
• "Women on the Fringe: Performers and Prostitutes in Montmartre," invited speaker, conference on
  Montmartre sponsored by the University of Minnesota and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, March 5-6, 1999.
• "Balzac, the Mal du Siecle and the Creation of M. Mayeux," Western Society for French History,
  October 14-16, 1997, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
• "The Utopian Mayeux: Saint-Simon, Fourier and Cabet meet the bossu a la mode," Society for Utopian Studies,20th Annual Conference, October 19-22, 1995, Toronto, Canada.
• "Fashion, Commercial Culture and the Femme-Fatale: Development of a Feminine Icon in the French Popular Press,"Second World Phenomenology Conference, Universidad del Valle de Atemajac, September 11-18, 1995, Guadalajara, Mexico.
• "Laughter under Louis-Philippe; the Humor of M. Mayeux," The World of Laughter and the Laughter of the World in Paris CORHUM-Universite Paris VIII, Tenth International Humor Conference July 6-9, 1992, Paris, France.
• "Seduced by Japonisme; The Art of Henry Somm," Seeking the Floating World: The Japanese Spirit in Turn-of-the Century French Art, International Symposium, University of Minnesota Art Museum,May 9, 1992.
• "The Significance of M. Mayeux," Conference on the Art and Culture of the July Monarchy University of Minnesota, 1991.

educational seminars and workshops

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

• Teaching Academy workshops: Syllabus development, Assessment & Evaluation strategies, Active Learning.
• MIDC computer workshops: Adobe Photoshop; Macromedia Dreamweaver, Flash & Fireworks; Adobe Premiere.

Minnesota State University, Mankato

• Faculty workshop, Design and Delivery of Digital Learning Materials, July 10-15, 2000.
• Public presentation and workshop "Visual Art and Public Art," Arts Festival Hosted by Minnesota State University, Mankato, October 15, 1997.
• Panel Chair and Presenter, "Synthesizing Experience: Multidisciplinary Educational Traditions and Reality,"The Collaboration, February 21-22, 1997 meeting.
• University Development Day (Nov. 1, 1995); attended sessions titled "Innovations in Higher Education Assessment" and "Establishing a Student Advisory Council for a Professor."
• Faculty Development Conference (Nov. 9 & 10, Bloomington, MN, 1995).
• Bush Mini-Conference on Interactive College Teaching Strategies/Case Method Teaching (May 18-19, Winona, Minnesota, 1994).

St. Olaf College

• Boldt Seminar for improvement of teaching methods (Spring Semester, 1995)
• Teaching Learning Center seminars on grading, critical thinking, journals, improving comprehension
  of reading and stimulating discussion.
• "Writing across the College" program; worked closely with the Director of the Academic Support
  Center to implement a course that carried the AWC/WRI writing requirement.

University of Minnesota

• "Assembling and Using Teaching Portfolios," Spring Quarter, 1994