Presentations & Engagements
INTERNATIONAL
VISITING GUEST LECTURER
MARCH 2026
Invited as guest speaker at Birmingham City University, United Kingdom, in Mr. Leon Skerritt‘s (FHEA, FSET), “Security, Conflict and Justice“ class. Thank you for this engaging, fun, educational experience. This also included spending the wonderful day with Dr. Lily Hamourtziadou.
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH
VISITING FELLOW: UNITED KINGDOM
MARCH 2026
Keele University, United Kingdom – Visiting Research Fellow in School of Law. Wonderful experience which included presenting my research in Dr. Gayoye‘s: Gender, Sexuality and Law class and Dr. Santiago Abel Amietta’s: Murder, Death and Destruction Criminology class. Thank you to those whom I met, engaged with at the School of Law (Faculty of Business, Law, Humanities & Social Sciences), at Keele University, UK, while a Visiting Research Fellow in March 2026.
RESEARCH
SCI-MUNCY (STATE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION)
DECEMBER 2025, SCI-Muncy, Pennsylvania
Conducted interviews with individual women convicted for sexual offenses. Writing their life stories. Grateful to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, Superintendent, Ms. Jessica Carey and staff at SCI-Muncy for their support to conduct my research, and each woman who participated.
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH
UNIVERSITY GUEST SPEAKER
NOVEMBER 2025
Invited guest speaker at Keele University England; School of Law Research Seminar, hosted by Social Justice and Human Rights, the Gender, Sexuality and Law Research Clusters in collaboration with the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. Wonderful experience sharing my research, “Women Incarcerated for Life: Explain the Complex Phenomena of Murder.” Thank you to everyone for providing this amazing, engaging, educational conversation!
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
GAUDENZIA 2025
Keynote Speaker at the 2025 Gaudenzia - 31st Annual: Women and Children‘s Conference, Pennsylvania, USA. Presented: “Women Convicted of Murder: Our Lives, Our Stories to Tell.“ (International Perspectives). Engaged with kind, amazing, and dedicated people working within this realm.
“Thanks“ to Ms. Florence Paige, SVP of Alumni Engagement and Community Partnerships and Ms. Amanda Jernigan (LCSW), Director of Clinical Services & Internship Program, pictured.
CONFERENCE PRESENTER
AJFO 21st BIENNIAL CONFERENCE
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Presented research, “Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse: Upon Women Who Kill” at conference. Engaging, and enjoyed educational interaction with criminal justice professionals from around the country.
PENNSYLVANIA COUNSELING SERVICES
Serving Life: Conversations with Convicted Women
APRIL 2024
I continue to provide a “voice,” an understanding about women who have committed a violent crime through an educational lens. In addition, share research collected, past and present from a global perspective, which pertains to this cohort of women. Pennsylvania Counseling Services, in the United States provided me with this instructive platform.
Correctional Education Association of Pennsylvania Annual Conference
MARCH 2024
The attendees are those who work in various capacities in the provision of educational services for people incarcerated within Pennsylvania’s State Correctional Institutions, in the United States. I provided an overview of my continuing work in Pennsylvania, Texas, and abroad with women serving life sentences for murder convictions.