Date: November 19–21, 2026

Presentation: Presenting “Rewriting Teaching Statements in the Age of AI: Articulating an AI Stance” alongside Bree Kirsch, Head of Learning and Engagement at Miami University.

Recognition: My online asynchronous Introduction to Sociology course received Instructure’s 2026 Academic Excellence Award for Outstanding Course. This course was recognized for its innovative design, accessible structure, and AI-resilient assessment approach that emphasizes sociological reasoning and reflective learning. I accepted the award at InstructureCon 2026.

Conference Presentations,
ASA Annual Meeting

Dates: August 7–11, 2026

Presentations: Presenting “Circulating Responsibility: Children’s Emotional, Interpretive, and Interactional Labor in Trans-Parent Families” at LGBTQ+ Families Session; Panelist and Speed Mentor at Sociological Practice and Public Sociology’s “How Did They Get That Job?”

Conference Presentation,
The Teaching Professor Conference

Date: June 5-7, 2026

Presentation: Presenting “Designing Assignments for Responsible Student Use of AI: A SAMR-Guided Approach“, adapted from an original Lincoln Land Community College faculty development workshop.

Conference Presentation,
NCSA Annual Meeting

Date: April 17, 2026

Presentation: “The Division of Household Labor – A Theory-Driven Data Exercise” adapts my co-authored TRAILS resource about fertility decision-making to a practical, hands-on workshop for the North Central Sociological Association’s Annual Meeting.

Conference Presentation,
MSS Annual Meeting

Date: March 26-29, 2026

Presentation: Presenting “Engineering Success: Institutional Narratives and the Making of Asian Model Minorities” at the Midwest Sociological Society Annual Meeting.

Research Grant Recipient,
Midwest Sociological Society

Project: Hung Wai Ching, the YMCA, and the Early Formation of the Model Minority Myth

Details: In March 2026, I collected data at the Hung Wai Ching Archives at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa.

Invited Presentation,
2025 IL Minority Health Conference

Date: October 21, 2025

Presentation: Illinois Minority Health Conference, “A Life Course Approach to Advancing Health Equity for Sexual Minorities” adapted my Sociology Compass article (co-authored with Lisa Miller, Associate Professor of Sociology at Eckerd College) to a practical, hands-on workshop.

Conference Presentations,
ASA Annual Meeting

Date: August 8–12, 2025

Presentations: Presenting “Gendered Holidays, Transgender Families: How PTPs Navigate Mother’s and Father’s Day” at LGBTQ+ Families Session; “Working as a Scholar–Teacher: Crafting Lectures and Activities from Research” at Teaching and Learning Roundtable.

Front Page Feature,
Jacksonville Journal-Courier

Date: July 25, 2025

Feature: Jacksonville Journal-Courier, “Illinois College study reveals MacMurray role in shaping ‘model minority’ myth for Japanese Americans during WWII” featured my recent publication in Sociology of Race and Ethnicity.

Conference Presentation,
ICSSR

Date: June 8, 2024

Feature: International Conference on Social Stress Research, “Cooperative Competition or Competitive Cooperation? An Examination of Social Support among Music Festival Vendors” was presented by co-author Sarah Hatteberg.

Invited Presentation,
IU Asian Culture Center

Date: February 22, 2024

Presentation: Indiana University Asian Culture Center, “Goodwill Ambassadors: Japanese American College Students During WWII” highlighted my research on the WWII student relocation program.

Conference Presentation,
ASIANetwork

Date: April 14, 2023

Presentation: ASIANetwork Conference, “Antiracism in the Archives: Asian-American Students at MacMurray College During World War II” highlighted ongoing collaborative research with Jennifer Lee and Tiffanie Vo.

Invited Presentation,
University of Pinar del Rio, Cuba

Date: March 5, 2022

Presentation: Presented “An Invisible Minority: The Lives of LGB Older Adults” to University of Pinar del Rio faculty.

Feature,
Illinois College Press Release

Date: January 12, 2022

Feature: Illinois College Press Release, “IC Students Gain Hands-On Experience Working with New Museum” discussed my student-faculty research with the Jacksonville Area Museum.

Conference Presentation,
SSSS Annual Conference

Date: November 2021

Presentation: Presented “Families in Transition: The Children of Trans Parents” at SSSS Annual Meeting in San Juan, PR.

Feature,
Illinois College Press Release

Date: July 26, 2021

Feature: Illinois College Press Release, “Student-Faculty Research Amplifies Voices in Jacksonville Area” discussed my student-faculty research in partnership with the Tracy Family Foundation.

Feature,
Jacksonville Journal-Courier

Date: June 30, 2021

Feature: Jacksonville Journal-Courier, “Where Are Poverty, Homeless Problems? Take a Look Around You” reviewed community discussion about housing insecurity for which I was expert discussant.

Expert Discussant,
Jacksonville Public Library

Date: June 29, 2021

Activity: Expert discussant for a community discussion of the book Evicted and of housing insecurity in Jacksonville, IL, co-sponsored by the Jacksonville Public Library and the American Library Association.