The Netherlands Photomuseum, Keynote Speaker,
“Children, Teachers, and Interpretation,” Symposium on Children and Visual Culture, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, October 28, 2006.
Wexner Center for the Arts, Workshop Leader,
“Reading Photographs,” Teacher In-service Day, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, October 20, 2006.
The Palmer Museum of Art, Docent Workshop,
"Interactive Interpretive Touring," Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, September 27, 2004.
Wexner Center for the Arts, Presenter,
"Functions of Photographs: Visions from America – Photographs fro the Whitney Museum of American Art 1940-2001," Ohio State
University, Columbus, Ohio, May 27, 2004. Asian Museum of Art, Lecture,
"Interpreting the Work of Li Huayi and Montien Boonma," and workshop for docents, "Interpreting Asian Art," San Francisco, California, February 8, 2004.
The Harn Museum of Art, Lecture,
"Interpreting Art," Gainesville, Florida, March 17, 2002.
Wexner Center for the Arts, Workshop Leader,
"Criticizing Images in Popular Culture," Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, October 19, 2001.
Columbus Museum of Art, Lecture Presentation,
"Touring Tough Art, Answering Tough Questions," docent education program, with Susan Barrett, October 25, 1999.
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Workshop Leader,
Docent Education: "Interpreting Art Interactively," with Susan Barrett, Indianapolis, Indiana, October 11, 12, 13, 1999.
Dayton Art Institute, Lecture,
"Thinking about Photographs: Ansel Adams and Photographers of the American West," Dayton, Ohio, November 17, 1999.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art,
Consultant, Arts Education Initiative, Curriculum Development, Los Angeles, California, 1998-99.
Akron Art Museum, Consultant,
"Art On-line from the Akron Museum of Art," Ameritech Technology Program for Arts and Cultural Organizations, Akron, Ohio, 1997-1999.
Spencer Museum of Art, Interactive Museum Activity,
"Interpreting Photographs," Lawrence, Kansas, March 7, 1999.
Fred Jones Junior Museum of Art,
Workshop Leader, Describing and Interpreting Art, docent training, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, February 1, 1999.
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Speaker,
Evening for Educators, “Gender Stereotypes and Hot Dry Men, Cold Wet Women, Humor Theory in European Art exhibition, Sarasota, Florida, March 5, 1998.
UCLA/Hammer Museum, Docent Training,
"Angels of the Vatican," Los Angeles, California, March 16, 1998.
Portland Museum of Art, Keynote Speaker,
"Making Meaning in the Museum: Principles of Interpretation," Regional Symposium for Docents, Portland, Maine, November 8-9, 1998.
Conference on Children’s Museums, Speaker,
Closing Remarks, "Hands On! Europe 98," Lisbon, Portugal, October 9, 10, 11, 1998.
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Consultant,
educational installation, "Is Baroque a Thing of the Past?," Sarasota, Florida, 1997-98.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Workshop Presenter,
Teacher Academy, Arts Education Initiative, Los Angeles, California, July 13-16, 1998.
Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Faculty,
"Embedded Metaphor: Making Interdisciplinary Connections," Teacher Institute, Virginia Beach, Virginia, June 22-27, 1998.
Austin Museum of Art, and the Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, Presentation,
"Dealing with Controversial Art: Michael Ray Charles, 1989-1997, An American Artist’s Work," University of Texas, Austin, Texas, October 17, 1997.
Nederlands Foto Instituut, Workshop leader,
"Interpreting Photographs: Rineke Dijkstra, Wendy Ewald, Paul Seawright," Rotterdam, the Netherlands, September 15-17, 1997.
Huntington Museum of Art, Keynote Address and workshops,
"Interactive Touring," Huntington, West Virginia, March 17, 1997.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Lecture,
Evening for Educators, "Mining the Art of Roy DeCarava," January 14, 1997.
Dallas Museum of Art, Conference lecture and tutorial
for "Learning from Works of Art Through School/Museum Collaborations," Texas, November 9, 1996.
Dayton Art Institute, Docent training,
three sessions, two hundred thirty participants, Dayton, Ohio, October 28, 1996.
Crocker Art Museum, Presentation,
"Teaching Aesthetics and Criticism with the Wayne Thiebaud Retrospective," Sacramento, California, May 18, 1996.
Long Beach Art Museum, Docent Training,
"Women in Action: Artistic Evidence," University Art Museum Staff, California State University at Long Beach, California, April 9, 1996.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Presentation,
"Integrating Criticism into the Curriculum," Evenings for Educators, Los Angeles, California, April 14, 1996.
Center for Creative Photography, Lecture,
"Talking About Art," Visiting Artist and Scholar Series, University of Arizona, February 15, 1996.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Presentation, with Candace Borland,
"Using the Internet to Teach Art," Evenings for Educators, Los Angeles, California, January 9, 1996.
MUHKA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp, Lecture,
"A Typology of Photographs," Belgium, November 15, 1992.
Toledo Museum of Art, Keynote presenter,
"Talk About Tough Art," Toledo Museum of Art Symposium for Art Teachers, October 26, 1991.
The Columbus Museum of Art, Lecture series,
"Learning to look at Art," Adult Education, Columbus, Ohio, February 2, 9, 16, 22, 1991.
The Columbus Museum of Art, Lecture series, Museum Guide Training,
"Critical Description," "Critical Interpretation," "Critical Evaluation," Columbus, Ohio, October 1, 15, and November 5, 1990.
