Presentations

Keynotes & Invited Talks (Selected)

“STARS Lunch & Learn: Movable” (with Stefan Schöberlein and Hallie Knipp).Opioid Research Consortium of Central Appalachia, Roanoke, VA (virtual), 26 Oct. 2023. 

"The Parable of the Sower: An Octavia E. Butler Book Discussion" (with Kendra R. Parker). Penn State and Schlow Centre Region Library, State College, PA (virtual), 11 Feb. 2021. 

"Remapping the Region: The Movable Project" (with Stefan Schöberlein and Hilton Córdoba). Artists, Scholars, & Innovators: A Lecture Series, Marshall University, 19 Nov. 2020.

"GIS in Digital Humanities: Mapping Recovery Stories with Movable: Narratives of Recovery and Place” (with Stefan Schöberlein and Hilton Córdoba). Keynote. GIS Day, Marshall University, 20 Nov. 2019.

"Mother, Daughter, 'Me? Me?' Posthuman Identity in Toni Morrison's Beloved." Keynote. English Common Read Initiative. University of South Dakota. Vermillion, SD, 21 March 2019.

“Build a Game in an Hour.” Digital Festival of West Virginia, Huntington, WV, 25 Jan. 2019.

“Formulating the Future: Women in Science Fiction.” Ohio University Scholars Program, Athens, OH, 22 Oct. 2018.

“Why #blacklivesmatter Matters.” Herd in Town, Huntington, WV, 6 Nov. 2017.

“Gender Identity in Contemporary Science Fiction Novels and Film.” Ohio University Scholars Program, Athens, OH, 16 Oct. 2017. 

“Afrofuturism: Butler and Beyond.” Escape Velocity Conference, Washington, D.C., 2 Sept. 2017.

“Reading Gender in Contact and Other Science Fictions.” Ohio University Scholars Program, Athens, OH, 26 Sept. 2016.

“Passing and Double Consciousness in Nella Larsen’s Passing.” Ohio University Scholars Program, Athens, OH, 12 Oct. 2015.

Scholarly Presentations (Selected)

“Music Video Distortion and Posthuman Technogenesis.” Faculty Scholarship Celebration, Saint Catherine University, 1 May 2023.

“Identity, Collaboration, and Ownership in AI Art.” iDMAa, Winona, MN, 25 June 2022.

“The Recovery Hub for American Women Writers,” with Jessica DeSpain, Emily Rau, Karin Dalziel, and Etta Madden. Open/Social/Digital Humanities Pedagogy, Training, and Mentorship, DHSI (virtual). 6 June 2022.

“Archiving Recovery Stories at Movable: Narratives of Recovery and Place.” American Literature Association (ALA) Conference, Chicago, IL, 26 May 2022.

“Planning and Piloting the Recovery Hub for American Women Writers.” Society for the Study of American Women Writers (SSAWW) Conference, Baltimore, MD, 6 Nov. 2021.

“Creating the Community Website Movable: Narratives of Recovery and Place.” (with Amy Saunders, Rebecca Tomblin, Hilton Córdoba, and Stefan Schöberlein). Appalachian Studies Association Conference, Athens, OH (virtual). 12 Mar. 2021.

“Escaping Signification through Butler’s ‘A Necessary Being.’” Octavia E. Butler Conference, St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN (virtual), 7 March 2021. 

“How I Made This: Movable: Narratives of Recovery and Place.” Chesapeake Digital Humanities Consortium Conference. Online. 25 Feb. 2021.

“Sharing Stories of Recovery: A Toolkit for Facilitating Writing and Art Workshops” (with Stefan Schöberlein, Hilton Córdoba, and Laura Rice). Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Drug Misuse Prevention and Recovery National Meeting, Columbus, OH (virtual), 3-6 Aug. 2020. 

“E-Lit, Posthuman/Postcolonial Blackness, and the End of Literature.” Society for Comparative Literature and the Arts Conference, Atlanta, GA, 1 Nov. 2019.

“Experiencing the Self through Transduction, Distortion, and the Glitch.” The Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH), Pittsburgh, PA, 26 July 2019.

“Electronic Literature and the Politics of Plasticity.” French Association of American Studies. Nice, France, 25 May 2018.

“Skeuomorphs in Classic and Contemporary Games.” With Allison E. Carey, Jason J. Morrisette, Matt Mundell, Kristin Steele, and Lori Thompson. R-CADE Symposium, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ, 20 April 2018.

“Chronology, Code, and Cognition in Electronic Literature.” Midwest Modern Language Association (MMLA) Conference, Cincinnati, OH, 11 Nov. 2017.

“Sermons and Other Archival Material in the Rosanna Blake Library at Marshall University.” Sermon: Text and Performance Conference, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, 20 Oct. 2017.

“Mothers, Lovers, and Posthuman Identity in Toni Morrison's A Mercy.” Women and Gender in the Social and Natural Worlds Conference, Huntington, WV, 11 April 2015. 

“Solidarity and Simultaneity in Sherley Anne Williams’s Dessa Rose.” Midwest MMLA Conference, Detroit, MI, 15 Nov. 2014.

“‘We’re a part of our mothers’: Connection and Continuation in Julie Dash’s Daughters of the Dust.” West Virginia Association of College English Teachers (WVACET) Conference, Montgomery, WV, 2 Nov. 2013.

Leadership and Teaching Presentations (Selected)

“To Use or Not To Use: The ChatGPT Question.” St. Catherine University, 21 Sept. 2023.

“Brave Conversations: ChatGPT and the Future of Higher Ed.” Saint Catherine University, 6 March 2023.

“Embracing Error: Using Glitch Theory to Grow as a Scholar, Teacher, and Leader.” Artists, Scholars & Innovators Lecture Series, Marshall University (virtual), 14 April 2022.

“Digital Storytelling: Make a Text-Based Game in an Hour.” St. Kate’s Screens, St. Catherine University Alumni Association (virtual), 28 Feb. 2022.

“Conversation with Books.” St. Catherine University Alumni Association (virtual) 5 Feb. 2022.

“Speculative Frameworks and Spaces of Resistance in Data-Focused Art and Literature.” Sister Mona Riley Endowed Chair in the Humanities Works in Progress, St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN, 10 Nov. 2021.

“Recovery Hub for American Women Writers: Digital Tools for Teaching Workshop.” SSAWW Conference, Baltimore, MD, 5 Nov. 2021.

“Professionalization through Public and Digital Humanities Internships.” Midwest Pop Culture Association/Midwest American Culture Association Conference, Minneapolis, MN, 10 Oct. 2021.

“Sharing Recovery Stories: A Toolkit for Facilitating Writing and Art Workshops,” poster presentation with Stefan Schöberlein and Hilton Córdoba. Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit, virtual, 5-8 April 2021.

"Remapping the Region: The Movable Project,” with Stefan Schöberlein and Hilton Córdoba. Artists, Scholars, & Innovators: A Lecture Series, Center for Teaching and Learning, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, 19 Nov. 2020.

“Blackboard Asynchronous Peer Review/First-Draft Essay Feedback.” Tuesday Tech Talks at Two, Online Learning, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, 23 June 2020.

“Collaborating with the Community on DH Social Justice Projects.” Appalachian Studies Conference, Lexington, KY (virtual), 14 Mar. 2020.

“8 Things You Should Know When Teaching Digital Technologies in the Humanities.” Artists, Scholars, and Innovators Lecture, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, 13 Feb. 2020.

“Using Social Media and Game Studies Strategies to Create Engagement with Public DH Projects.” Midwest Pop Culture Association/American Culture Association Conference. Cincinnati, OH, 12 Oct. 2019.

"Grants Workshop: Applying for Funding." Department of English, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, 16 January 2019.

“Finding Funding to Study Women’s E-Lit.” Society for the Study of American Women Writers (SSAWW) Conference, Denver, CO, 8 Nov. 2018.

“Promoting Growth by Challenging Students to Use Digital Tools.” Inquiring Pedagogies Conference on Teaching and Learning (iPED), Marshall University, Huntington, WV, 14 Aug. 2018.

“Career Building: How to Reflect Your Experience in Your Resume.” Housing and Residence Life Orientation, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, 8 Aug. 2018.

“Digital Humanities Teaching and Learning.” Spotlight on Learning Conference, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 3 May 2018.

“Afrofuturism and Women Artists.” Marshall University South Charleston Campus Brown Bag Presentation, South Charleston, WV, 25 Oct. 2017.

“Writing in the STEM Classroom: A Collaboration Between STEM Faculty and the Writing Center.” Third Thursday Presentation Series, Marshall University Center for Teaching and Learning, Huntington, WV, 19 Oct. 2017.

“Digital Humanities in the Classroom.” iPED, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, 15 Aug. 2017.

“Using Innovative Grading Systems to Enhance Learning and Make Your Life Easier.” iPED, Marshall University, Huntington, 15 Aug. 2017.

"Appalachian Action." Winners of Intuit's Design for Delight Innovating for Impact Competition, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, 26 April 2017.

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“Using Interdisciplinary Knowledge to Develop a Pattern-Focused Pedagogy.” iPED, Marshall University, Huntington, Huntington, WV, 16 Aug. 2016.

"High-Impact Practices in Honors College Courses.” iPED, Marshall University, Huntington, Huntington, WV, 16 Aug. 2016.

Scharman, Mitchell R., Kristen Lillvis, Anna Rollins, Amber Wright, and Shayla Owens (poster presentation). “Utilizing an Interdisciplinary Approach to Geoscience Writing for Introductory Geology Courses.” Earth Educators Rendezvous. Madison, WI. July 2016. 

Scharman, Mitchell R., Kristen Lillvis, Anna Rollins, Amber Wright, and Shayla Owens (poster presentation). “Teaching Science Writing Conventions in Introductory-Level Geology Courses.” West Virginia Academy of Science. Huntington, WV. 9 April 2016. 

“Teaching Difficult Topics through Octavia Butler’s Texts.” Round table presentation at the Octavia Butler: Celebrating Letters, Life, and Legacy Conference, Atlanta, GA, 27 Feb. 2016.

“Teaching with Social Media.” Marshall University Center for Teaching and Learning, Huntington, WV, 9 Nov. 2015.