“Avatars of Illinois Statehood: Daniel Pope Cook, Nathaniel Pope, and Elias Kent Kane,” Conference on Illinois History, Springfield, Illinois, October 6, 2022.
“Streaming Media: The Harper College Experience,” Parkland Community College, Champaign, Illinois, July 22, 2010. (Co-presenter with Professor Michele Ukleja).
“Illinois Constitutions: Reflections of Their Times,” Harper College, September 17, 2007.
“Illinois Newspapers and Settlement Patterns,” Harper College, November 14, 2007.
Abraham Lincoln, Stephen A. Douglas, and the Legend of the Jefferson-Lemen Compact. Address before the Freeport Lincoln & Douglas Society, 27 August 2004.
“The Jefferson-Lemen Compact: A Reexamination.” Paper read at the Illinois Historical Symposium, 5 December 2003.
“African Americans in Early Illinois,” Harper College, 11 February 2003.
“Architects of the Prairie State: A Biographical Profile of the Constitutional Convention of 1818.” Paper read at the Illinois Historical Symposium, 3 December 1993.
“Using Research Projects as Teaching Tools.” Harper College faculty seminar, 1997-2003.
“Format integration phase 2 videoconference: the prescription for cataloging headaches.” Videoconference broadcast by Illinois State Library to state designated institutions, 27 March 1996.
“Tuning in to the government: electronic access to government documents.” An Illinois State Library videoconference broadcast via satellite on 1 May 1996.
“Patterns of Newspaper Development in Illinois, 1814-1995.” Paper read at the Illinois History Symposium, 2 December 1995, Springfield, Illinois.
“The Place and Importance of Bibliographic Control Projects in Local History.” Paper read at the Midwest Federation of Library Associations quadrennial meeting,31 October 1991, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
“Evaluating Existing Microfilm Collections: A Cataloger’s Perspective.” Paper read at the U.S. Newspaper Program annual meeting, 3 April 1991, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
“The Illinois Statehood Movement in Congress, 1818.” Paper read at the Illinois Historical Symposium, 30 November 1990, Springfield, Illinois.
Chaired or commented on numerous sessions at annual Conference on Illinois History (Illinois Historic Preservation Agency) and annual Illinois History Symposium (Illinois State Historical Society), 2000-present
Frequent speaker at local venues on history of Illinois, Chicago, and William Rainey Harper College, 1996-present.