“Team Teaching Reading through Story: the Key Instructional Steps for Success,” Santa Clara County Reading Council, 24th Annual Asilomar Reading Conference, Pacific Grove, CA. (January 2006).

“Santa Clara University’s Reading Program: Our Mission is Literacy,” Commitment to Justice in Jesuit Higher Education Conference, John Carroll University, Cleveland, OH. (October, 2005).

“Reading Across the Curriculum,” Santa Clara University’s Middle School Conference, Santa Clara University, CA. (June 2004).

“Teacher Candidates Revisit the First ‘R’: Tutorial-Enriched Reading Coursework.” California Reading Association, 38th Annual Conference, San Jose, CA. (November 2004).

“Tutoring Reading,” Undergraduate Workshop, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA (October 2003). “Reading Strategies in the Content Areas,” Teacher Workshop, Homestead High School,

Cupertino, CA, (October 2003).

“Authentic Assessment of Readers,” Teacher Workshop, K-5, Blue Oak School, Napa, CA, (February 14, 2003).

“Informal Reading Inventories,” Sacred Heart Nativity School Workshop, San Jose, CA, (January 24, 2003).

“Tutoring Children 1-1 and Developing Parent Workshops,” Horace Mann Elementary School, San Jose, CA, (July 15, 2002).

“Reading To Write,” Middle School Institute- Presentation Workshop, Santa Clara University, (June 24 & 26, 2002).

“Writing Across the Curriculum,” Teacher Workshop, Moriah Central School District, Moriah, NY,(November 19, 1999).

“Take P.A.R.T.: Parents Are Reading Teachers Too,” Parent Workshop, Reading Program, Center for Educational Studies and Services, Plattsburgh, NY, (August 1999).

“Test Anxiety," Fall 1998 Wellness Workshop Series, Counseling & Psychological Resource Center, Plattsburgh SUNY. (September 24, 1998).

“Test Anxiety," Fall 1997 Wellness Workshop Series, Counseling & Psychological Resource Center, Plattsburgh SUNY. (October 2, 1997).

"The Teaching and Learning Loop: From Professor to Teacher to Kids to Professor . . .," New York State Reading Association, 1996 Conference, Kiamesha Lake, NY. (November, 1996).

"Reopening Doors: How Reading Picture Books with Children Improves Adult Literacy Skills," Literacy Volunteers of America, Inc., Fifth Annual North Country Literacy Conference, SUNY-Plattsburgh. (October, 1996).

"Encouraging Children to Read," Parent, Teacher, Student Organization, Brushton-Moira Central School District. (October, 1996).

"Anxiety and Exams: Tests are Performances; Rehearse and Relax," Fall 1996 Wellness Workshop Series, Counseling & Psychological Resource Center, SUNY-Plattsburgh. (September, 1996).

"The Whole World School: Exploring Cultures Through Multicultural Children's Literature Using Teaching Strategies Sensitive to the Needs of Multicultural, Multilingual Children," International Literacy Institute, 1996 World Conference on Literacy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. (March, 1996).

"A Celebration of Multiple Realities: Teaching Strategies Sensitive to the Needs of Multicultural, Multilingual Students," The Institute for the Study of Postsecondary Pedagogy, Fifth Annual Conference, The State University of New York at New Paltz. (November, 1995).

"Framework for Language Arts," Plattsburgh City School District, Workshop, Plattsburgh, New York. (February, 1995).

"Effects of Computer Technology on Teachers' Instruction and Assessment in High School Math and Science Classes," California Reading Association, Twenty-Seventh Annual Conference, Fresno, California. (November, 1993).

"Adolescents Actively Engaged in Poetry," California Reading Association, Twenty-Seventh Annual Conference, Fresno, California. (November, 1993).

"A Program to Develop Self-Regulated Learners: Merging Cognitive Psychology and Developmental Learning," College Reading and Learning Association, Twenty-Fourth Conference, San Antonio, Texas. (March, 1991).

V. OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Director, Santa Clara University Reading M.A. Program (2001-2012)

Director, Santa Clara University Reading and Learning Center (2001-2012)

COMMUNITY SERVICE

2014-PRESENT

Literacy Consultant [volunteer]: Luis Valdez Leadership Academy (New Charter School in East San Jose)

J.L. Stanford Middle School, Palo Alto, CA 94306, May 13, 2014: 8th GRADE EXIT INTERVIEWS

2012-2013

Literacy Consultant [Preschool, Elementary, Middle School]: Stratford Independent Private Schools

2011-2012

Literacy Consultant: Moreland School District, San Jose

Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle School. May 16, 2013, Eighth Grade Exit Interviews

St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA (May 1, 2008); Represent SCU at RICA & Reading Standards all-day Workshop

Notre Dame High School (Workshops Fall & Spring, 2007-2008)

Peterson Middle School, Sunnyvale, (Tutorials and Workshops), Fall 2007

“Middle School Reading Comprehension” Stratford Middle School Workshop (Aug. 16, 2012). “Critical Reading,” Santa Clara University English-Writing Department, (May 3, 2012). “Reading Comprehension” Moreland School District Faculty Workshop (Aug. 9, 2011).

“Reading Across the Curriculum,” Workshop for Faculty, Notre Dame High School, San Jose, CA. (October 2008).

“Dr. Seuss Day,” Oral Reading Presentation for Third Graders, Eisenhower Elementary School, San Jose, CA. (March 2007).

"He writes books and I teach children how to read them!" Education Graduate Student Association Presentation, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA. (March 2007).

“Reading and telling stories multiculturally,” California Reading Association, 37th Annual Conference, San Diego, CA. (November 2003).

“Parents and Reading,” Parent Workshop, Castlemont Elementary School, Campbell, CA, (October 2003).

“Reaching adolescents through poetry,” Santa Clara University Middle School Conference, Santa Clara, CA. (June 2003).

Director, Santa Clara University Liberal Studies Program, College of Arts and Sciences (2007- 2008)

“Parents, Take P.A.R.T.: Parents Are Reading Teachers, too!” Santa Clara Public Library Parents Presentation, Santa Clara, CA. (May 2006).

“Parents Can Make a Difference,” Parent Workshop, Reading Program, Center for Educational Studies and Services, (August 1998).

"Self-Regulation and Reading: How Finders Become Keepers," Texas Assoc. of Developmental Educators and College Reading and Learning Association, Ninth Annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas. (October, 1990).