I have presented my professional work at conferences of several professional organizations. My work focusses primarily on teacher collaboration, inclusive educational environments and the creation and use of video case studies in teacher education.

Professional Presentations

April 2002
American Educational Research Association (AERA): New Orleans, LA.
Presentations: Teachers' creation and analysis of video case studies as a problem solving tool.
Seeing ourselves: Teachers creation and analysis of a video case study

February 2002
82nd Annual Meeting: Association of Teacher Educators (ATE); Denver, Colorado
Presentations: Capturing Complexities: Teachers' Use of Video Case Studies as a Problem Solving Tool.
Walking the Talk as Educators: Teaming as a Best Practice.

November 2001
33rd International Visual Literacy Association Conference: Eskilstuna, Sweden
Presentation: Talking About our Work: Teachers’ use of video as a problem-solving tool.

October 2001
New York State Task Force on Quality Inclusive Schools: Albany, New York
Presentation: Creating and Implementing Inclusive Education Programs: Nazareth College of Rochester.

March 2001
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Annual Meeting:
Boston, Massachusetts
Presentation: Beyond the Vision: Crafting an Innovative Pre-Service Model in a Site-Based Inclusion Program.

November 2000
50th Annual National Reading Conference: Linking Literacies of Yesterday and Today with Literacies of Tomorrow: Scottsdale, Arizona
Presentation: Literacy Learning Through Technology.

October 2000
International Visual Literacy Association 32nd Annual Conference: Exploring the Visual Future Art, Design, Science and Technology: Ames, Iowa.
Presentation:Qualitative Data Visualized

August 2000
ATE summer conference: Teacher Educator:Becoming an Agent for Change.
Presentation:Teaming for Change

May 2000
CSPD Conference on Leadership and Change.
Presentation: Preparing and Supporting Inclusive Teachers: College-School Partnerships

April 2000
American Educational Research Association (AERA): New Orleans, LA.
Presentations:

April 2000
New York State Association of Teacher Educators, Spring Conference; Albany, NY
Presentation: Pilgrim's Progress: Along the Rocky Path toward Inclusive Teacher Education.

March 2000
Monroe 2-Orleans: Bureau Of Cooperative Educational Services.
Presentation: Assessing For Abilities: Exploring a variety of strategies and tools.

March 2000
The Greater Rochester Association for Teacher Educators.
Presentation: The Problems and Possibilities of Collaboration. Creating a Community of Educators: A site-based inclusive teacher education program.

February 2000
The Association for Educational Communication and Technology
Presentation: Viewing Collaboration: Video Case Studies of Collaborative Teaching Teams in Inclusive Classrooms.

February 2000
The Association of Teacher Educators, 80th Annual Meeting; Orlando, Florida.
Presentations:

November, 1999
Balancing Unity and Diversity: Professional Preparation for Changing Educational Environments; CEC-TED; Palm Springs, CA.
Presentation: Creating a Community of Educators: A Site-Based Inclusive Teacher Education Program.

October, 1999
Nazareth College Faculty Colloquium Series; Rochester, NY.
Presentation: The Development and Use of Case Studies in Teacher Education.

October 1999
International Visual Literacy Association, 31st Annual Conference; Jackson Hole, WY.
Presentation: Dilemmas of Collaboration: Video case studies of collaborative teaching in inclusive classrooms.

June 1999
Inclusion and High Standards: Equity and Access, New York, NY
Presentation: Depending on Others: Collaborative Teaching in Inclusive Classrooms.

May 1999
Partnerships: Spring 1999 Conference of NYSATE and NYACTE; Albany, NY
Presentation: Models for Inclusive Teacher Preparation Programs

February 1999
The Eastern Educational Research Association (EERA); Hilton Head, SC
Presentation: Where Should Teacher Education Happen? Conducting Research on a Site Based Teacher Education Program

February 1999
The Association of Teacher Educators (ATE) Chicago, Illinois
Presentation: Who’s On The Team, Who’s on the Bench? A Framework for Looking at Collaborative Teaching Teams.

December 1998
Syracuse University: Doctoral Oral Defense Dissertation: Depending on Others: A Qualitative Study of Collaborative Teaching Teams in Inclusive Classrooms.

April 1998
New England Ed. Research Organization (NEERO) Portland, Maine
Presentation: Breaking tradition: A qualitative study of collaborative teaching in inclusive classrooms.

April 1998
American Education Research Association (AERA); San Diego, California
Presentation: Blurring the Boundaries: A Qualitative study of collaborative teaching in inclusive classrooms.

February 1998
Eastern Educational Research Association (EERA); Tampa, Florida
Presentation: Sharing and visualizing attitudes toward collaboration using a multimedia instrument.

December 1997
The Association of Persons with Severe Handicaps; Boston, Massachusetts
Presentation: Loving Lisa: A family’s story of collaborative support.

February 1997
Eastern Educational Research Association (EERA); Hilton Head, South Carolina
Presentation: Redefining "Teacher" Through Collaborative Teaching in Inclusive Education.

February 1997
The Association of Teacher Educators (ATE) Washington, DC
Presentation: Creating Inclusive Education Through Collaboration

May 1996
New York State Educational Department:
Inclusion Conference: Tarrytown, NY
Presentation: Team Teaching in Inclusive Education