Lectures & Presentations

• Invited Lecture, Library Service to Youth of Hispanic Heritage; Look at my Lips, Ezra Jack Keats Lecture at the Children's Book Festival, University of Southern Mississippi (4/2008)
• Guest Lecture, Dissertation Research and Writing, DRT II presentation, School of Information, UT (2/21/2006)
• Guest Speaker, Collaboration of Teachers and Librarians, IMLS grant funded research project, Popular Culture Association, Albuquerque, NM (2/2006)
• Guest Lecture, Local Readers, Global Resources: Bridges Toward Literacy, School of Information, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (11/18/2005)
• Guest Lecture, Health Information for Youth & the Hide of the Rhinoceros, School of Information, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (11/17/2005)
• Guest Lecture, Professional Ethics, Roles, Future, 180J presentation, School of Information, UT (Fall 2005)
• David Macaulay exhibit and speech, National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature, Abilene, TX (6/2005)
• Guest Speaker, Retirement of Blanche Woods, San Jose State University (5/20/2005)
• Promoting Information Literacy & Teacher-Librarian Collaboration Through Social Marketing Strategies i-Forum presentation, School of Information, UT (2/15/2005)
• Invited Lecture, IMLS Youth, Community, & Libraries Fellowships, Rio Grande Valley Association of School Librarians, So. Padre, TX (10/22/2004)
• Guest Lecture, Children's Literature for UT Bridging Disciplines course titled "Children & Society" (2/25/2004, 3/2/2005)
• Guest Lecture, Professional Associations, 180J presentation, School of Information, UT (Fall 2003, 2004; Spring 2004)
• Moderator for Louis Sacher presentation, Texas Book Festival (11/8/2003)
• Moderator, Fun Facts: Bringing Non-Fiction to Life, Texas Book Festival (11/8/2003)
• i-Forum presentation, Research-a-Polooza, School of Information,
  UT (10/28/2003)
• Virbinum Foundation Early Literacy Conference, Austin, Texas (9/11-13/2003)

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