PRESENTATIONS AT CONFERENCES  

*    American Society of Geolinguistics International Conference on Language in the Era of

      Globalization at Baruch College, NY (CUNY), October 2-4, 2003:

      "Language in the era of globalization: Old wine in new bottles."

*    Southern Interdisciplinary Roundtable on African Studies:  Annual Conference at

      Kentucky State University, Frankfort, March 27-29, 2003:

      "Reflections on the Legacy of Colonization and Slavery from Africa to America."

*   American Society of Geolinguistics:  International Conference on Language and Identity at

     Baruch College, NY (CUNY), October 2-6, 2002:

     "The Idaacha Communities in the Republic of Benin: Joggling for Linguistic and Ethnic

      Identity."

*   The Inaugural Southern Interdisciplinary Roundtable on African Studies (SIRAS) at

     Kentucky State University, Frankfort (4/12-13/2002):

    1)  "It’s a Small World: The Zuni and Yoruba Myths of World Creation."

    2)  "Ethnography of Public Speaking  across Cultures: A Proposal of Research for Peace

          Keeping in Africa."

*  The Inaugural Southern Interdisciplinary Roundtable on African Studies (SIRAS) at

    Kentucky State University, Frankfort (4/14-15/2000): 

    “The Art of Storytelling in Africa:  The Narrative Structure of a Folktale in the Idaacha

     Dialect of Yoruba.”

*  Indiana Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (INTESOL) Conference in

    Indianapolis (fall 1999): 

    "Writing in English across cultures."

*  Pan-African Studies Conference at Indiana State University (ISU) in April 1999:

    “Communicating across and beyond: Africa in the Information Age.”

*  INTESOL Conference in Indianapolis- -Panel presentation (fall 1998):

    “Teaching English Abroad: The Cultural Issue.”

*  INTESOL Conference in Indianapolis (fall 1998):

    “These Words Don’t Mean The Same Thing Across Languages and Cultures.”

*  Pan-African Studies Conference at Indiana State University (ISU) in April 1998:

    “African Linguistics: Tones in Yoruba and Idaacha.”

*  Pan-African Studies Conference at ISU in April 1997:

     “Scrambling for Africa Again”

*  INTESOL Conference (fall 1996): 

    “Teaching African Literature in English to Speakers of Other Languages: The Cultural

     Issue.”