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 Conference OrganizationPaper Title & FocusVideos & Publications 
SPSA 2014
(New Orleans, LA) 
Southern Political Science Association
85th Annual Conference 
Nowhere to Go But Left: Using Narrative Theory to Resuscitate the Moderate Republican Video adaptation of the conference presentation. 
9th TAD
(Baltimore, MD) 
9th Transatlantic Dialogue
A partnership between ASPA (in the United States) and  EGPA (in Europe) for strengthening cooperation between academics.
 Grassroots Glocalization:
How a networked virtual institution could mitigate policy problems.
Video adaption of this conference presentation.
PATnet 2013
Public Administration Theory Network
(San Francisco, CA) 
The Public Administration Theory Network (PAtheory.net)
PAtheory.net is an international collection of public administration academics who are uniquely focused on theory.  
Redescribing the Discourse within Marginalized Populations 
Slideshow .pdf 
ASPA 2013 
(New Orleans)
American Society for Public Administration
(The annual ASPA conference is the most prestigious conference in the world for public administration practitioners and academics.)
 
Narrative Approach and the Inner-city: 
An early analysis of an action research project for marginalized populations.

ASPA Pamphlet
Cyber8 2013 
(Prague, Czech Republic) 
8th Global Conference on Cybercultures
Critical Issues - Cyber Hub 

Don't Just Archive It:
Making 'Institutional Memory' both Usable and Useful 
 Cybercultures
Video: Part 1
Video: Part 2
ICIS 2012 
International Conference on Information Systems
(Orlando, Florida)
Association for Information Systems (AIS)
(ICIS is the most prestigious conference in the world on information systems and is attended by over 4000 academics and practitioners from around the world.) 
 Augmented Reality ICT and Governing: Imagining a Day when Elections become Redundant Journal of Virtual Worlds Research 
Watch 3-part video series here:
Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3
MCIS 2012 
Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems
(Guimaraes, Portugal)
 Association for Information Systems (AIS)
(MCIS is global region subgroup of AIS that is focused on resolving issues in ICT and IS that is uniquely focused on countries surrounding the Mediterranean.)
A Digital Humanities Database: A Tool for Accessible Democracy
(see 5 video series)
 AIS eLibrary
"A Digital Humanities Database: A Tool for Accessible Democracy"
SeCOPA 2012
Southeast Conference of Public Administration
American Society for Public Administration
(SeCOPA is ASPA's SE United States regional arm for public administration practitioners and academics.)  
Virtual Public Institutions: Introducing 1970s Theory to 2012 Technology  
none
SeCOPA 2012
Southeast Conference of Public Administration 
American Society for Public Administration
(SeCOPA is ASPA's SE United States regional arm for public administration practitioners and academics.)   
Uniting the Gay Agenda:
Using a Virtual Institution and Narrative Theory to Empower Activism 
 
none
PATnet 2012
Public Administration Theory Network
(South Padre Island, TX)
The Public Administration Theory Network (PAtheory.net)
PAtheory.net is an international collection of public administration academics who are uniquely focused on theory. 
Collective Discourse Structuration: Eliminating the Narrative Boundaries of the Inner-City Poor
 Administrative 
Theory & Praxis
Video: Part I
Video: Part II
FCA 2011 
Florida Communication Association
(Orlando, FL) 
 The Florida Communication Association
(Awarded "Outstanding Graduate Paper," "Outstanding Graduate Poster," and "Most Crowd-appeal Poster.")
 Preparing Tomorrow's Social Entrepreneurs:
In Search of a
Training Manual
Awards:
Outstanding Graduate Paper Outstanding Graduate Poster Most Crowd Appeal Poster
FCA 2010
Florida Communication Association
(Orlando, FL) 
 The Florida Communication Association
Very first conference attended.
(Attended as an undergraduate researcher.)
The Juggler Principle:
Restoring Democracy to the Echo Chambers of the Post-Electronic Age
Slide presentation
video adaptation
with audio track. 
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