2026
Chair, “Moral Debts: Exploring Justice in the Civil War Era,” Society of Civil War Historians Bi-Annual Conference, Richmond
2025
Co-organizer and Panelist, "Captive Ciphers: Interpreting African and Indigenous Captivity Narratives in the Southern Borderlands," Southern Historical Association Annual Meeting, St. Pete’s Beach, Florida
Presenting Author, History Department Manuscript Workshop, Oberlin College
Presenter, “Teaching with the Real Thing: Using Archives and Special Collections in Your Courses Symposium,” Oberlin College
Panelist, “Beyond the Official Records: Encountering and Expanding the Civil War Archive” Roundtable, Organization of American Historians Annual Meeting, Chicago
Panelist, “African American Military Service Beyond the United States Armed Forces,” Society for Military History Annual Meeting, Mobile
2024
Invited Talk, Kendal at Oberlin: "'Every thing but death': Black Prisoners of War in the Confederate South," November 12 at 7:15pm
Panelist, “Memory, Identity, and Nation: Pursuing African American Equality in the Civil War Era,” Society of Civil War Historians Bi-Annual Conference, Raleigh
Speaker, “They Heard it Through the Grapevine: The Role of Communication in Civil War Freedom Struggles,” Virginia Center for Civil War Studies Civil War Weekend, Blacksburg
2023
Co-Organizer, Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference, Columbus State University, Columbus
Speaker, “Indemnity, Slavery, and Sovereignty: Muscogee Creeks’ Claims to Property Rights Amidst Indian Removal,” Columbus Public Library, Columbus
Speaker, “Black POWs in Civil War Columbus,” Columbus Public Library, Columbus
2022
Organizer, History & Geography Fall Convocation Event Series, Columbus
Roundtable Participant, “Challenging 19th-century Racial Boundaries,” Southern Historical Association Annual Meeting, Baltimore
Speaker, “Military Enslavement,” Southern Historical Association Junior Scholars Writing Workshop, Zoom
Panelist, "Bounded Liberty: Black Captives and their War for Freedom,” Society for Civil War Historians Bi-Annual Conference, Philadelphia
Organizer, "The Great Strike: Slavery During the American Civil War," Virginia Center for Civil War Studies, Blacksburg - Call for Papers is available here!
Speaker, “Enlisted Slaves, Captured Negroes: The Enslavement of United States Colored Troops by the Confederate States of America,” Roanoke Civil War Roundtable, Roanoke
2021
Speaker, “‘Under the Rebel Lash’: Black POWs in the Confederate South,” Scottsdale Civil War Roundtable, Scottsdale
Speaker, "Under the Rebel Lash: Black Prisoners of War in the Confederate South," Columbus State University History Convocation Series, Columbus
Speaker, "Black POWs in the Confederacy," National Museum of Civil War Medicine, Livestream on YouTube
Co-Host, Virtual Civil War Weekend, Virginia Center for Civil War Studies, Blacksburg
Speaker, "Interest Convergence: The U.S. Effort to Recruit Black Soldiers," Virtual Civil War Weekend, Virginia Center for Civil War Studies, Blacksburg
2020
Organizer, co-host, "Researching African Americans in the Civil War," Virginia Center for Civil War Studies, Blacksburg
Speaker, “‘Under the Rebel Lash’: Black POWs in the Confederate South, New Perspectives in Civil War Era History, Virginia Center for Civil War Studies, Blacksburg
Speaker, “‘Under the Rebel Lash’: Black POWs in the Confederate South,” Wednesday Evening Program, Pocono Lake Preserve
Panel organizer, panelist, “Families on All Fronts: African Americans’ Communal Freedom Struggles during the Civil War Era,” Society of Civil War Historians Bi-Annual Meeting, Raleigh (Cancelled due to COVID-19)
Panelist, “‘Indians,’ Confederates, and Prisoners: Recovering Lost and Forgotten Narratives of War,” Society for Military History Annual Meeting, Arlington (Cancelled due to COVID-19)
Organizer and moderator, Department Research Colloquium, UNC History Department, Chapel Hill (Cancelled due to COVID-19)
2019
Organizer and moderator, “Transcribe-A-Thon: African American Civil War Soldiers,” UNC History Department and Triangle African American History Colloquium, Chapel Hill
Speaker, “‘Under the Rebel Lash’: Black POWs in the Confederate South,” Tell About the South Showcase Series, Center for the Study of the American South, Chapel Hill
Presenter, “Re-Engaging With Military History: The Path Forward,” The Society for Military History Emerging Scholars Lightning Round Session, OAH Annual Meeting, Philadelphia
Panelist, “Race and Gender Explorations: War and Military Service in 19th and 20th Century America,” University of Alabama Military History Symposium, Tuscaloosa
2018
Finalist, “Under the Rebel Lash: Black POWs in the Confederate South,” Three Minute Thesis Competition (3MT), Chapel Hill
Speaker, “‘Compelled to Stay in Slavery’: The Captivity of the 44th USCT,” National Park Service Lecture Program, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Chattanooga
Faculty Speaker, Civil War Institute Summer Conference, Gettysburg, June 2018
Guest Speaker, “Stone by Stone” project, Story+ Undergraduate Summer Research Program, Duke University, Durham
Panelist, “Race, Labor, Sex, and Memory from the Confederacy to the Korean War,” Society for Military History Annual Meeting, Louisville
2017
Panelist, “Policing Transgressive Sexualities in the Civil War Era South,” Southern Historical Association Annual Meeting, Dallas
Presenter, “‘A War of Massacres and Confusions’: Black POWs, Transgressive Manhood, and the American Civil War,” UNC History Department Research Colloquium, Chapel Hill
Presenter, “‘A War of Massacres and Confusions’: Black POWs in the American Civil War,” Brown Bag Seminar Series, Institute of African American Research, Chapel Hill
2016
Speaker, "'This is the point on which the whole matter hinges': Locating and Including the Voices of Black Civil War POWs," Triangle African American History Colloquium, Chapel Hill