Presenter, with former graduate student Joe Dennis, at "The Community as a Teaching Resource," a mini-plenary co-sponsored by the Community Journalism Interest Group, the Civic & Citizen Journalism Interest Group, the Graduate Education Interest Group, and the Magazine Division, at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication annual convention, Washington (August 2007)

Opening speaker for "Strengthening Communications: A Summit of Ethnic Media and Immigrant Rights Groups from the South," co-sponsored by New America Media and the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, Atlanta (July 2007)

Invited panelist addressing the media's role in crisis response and disaster communication, at "Leadership and Responsibility in Disaster Management: Lessons Learned from the U.S. and U.K.," an annual symposium organized by The New York Academy of Medicine and the Royal Society of Medicine, New York (June 2007)

Invited dinner speaker, “Science, politics and money in the search for an AIDS vaccine,” Georgia Institute for Environmental Leadership, sponsored by the Fanning Institute at UGA (Athens, May 2007)

Co-sponsored lecture by Harriet Washington, author of Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present, in the APERO Africana Brown Bag Speaker Series. The series is an ongoing collaboration between the African Studies Institute, the African American Cultural Center and the Institute for African American Studies. (February 2007)

Invited speaker and panel moderator “The Next Big Health Crisis – and How to Cover It,” a conference presented by the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University, Cambridge (December 2006)

Leader of “Talking to Reporters 101” workshop for faculty and doctoral students at the UGA Institute of Ecology, Athens (November 2006)

Organizer and moderator of “Making public health messages relevant and credible to ethnic media,” a plenary session at the National Public Health Information Coalition’s annual meeting, Portland, OR (October 2006)

Invited panelist at Biosecurity Threats: Opportunities and Challenges for U.S. Universities, sponsored by UGA Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute, Center for International Trade and Security, and Women in International Security. (Athens, September 2006)

Partnered with the Southern Center for Communication, Health and Poverty to bring K “Vish” Vishwanath to UGA from the Harvard School of Public Health. He spent a day meeting with faculty and graduate students and gave a public lecture called “Beyond Access: Communication Inequality and its Implications for Health Disparities.” (Athens, May 2006)

Organized and co-sponsored Athens visit by Judith Stoia, executive producer and creator of PBS’s Between the Lions, winner of multiple Emmy and Peabody awards. Stoia gave two public lectures: “Lean to read. Watch TV!” at the Athens-Clarke County Library and “Television as a craft and tool for social change” on campus. In addition to Knight Health, her visit was supported by The Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach, the UGA Poverty Institute, the Peabody Awards and the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts. (April 2006)

Invited speaker, representing UGA faculty, at the dedication of the Paul D. Coverdell Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences (Athens, April 2006). To read her remarks.

Leader of “Talking to Reporters 101” workshop, sponsored by the Division of Chemical Information and held during the annual meeting of the American Chemical Society (Atlanta, March 2006)

Lecturer on news management and reporting of anthrax bioterrorism, in graduate seminar on mass media and public health taught by Robert J. Davis, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health (Atlanta, February 2006)

Leader of “Talking to Reporters 101,” a workshop for Morehouse School of Medicine faculty members convened by the MSM National Center for Primary Care (Atlanta, January 2006)

Manuscript reviewer for THEORIA: A Journal of Social and Political Theory, published by Berghahn Books, Oxford and New York, in association with the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. (December 2005)

Facilitator for working group of journalists developing story ideas about health care, during “Covering Latino Migration in Georgia and the Southeast,” organized by John Greenman, Carter Professor for Excellence in Journalism, Grady College, UGA. (Atlanta, November 2005)

Co-sponsored showing of “Chagas: A Hidden Affliction by Ricardo Preve,” a hard-hitting documentary about a parasitic disease that is a major killer in Latin America and a newcomer to the United States. The film was shown at the Georgia Museum of Art and followed by a panel discussion, featuring the director, and a reception. The event was organized by the Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases and supported by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, College of Public Health, Center for Humanities, Honors Program, and the Knight Chair. (Athens, November 2005)

Introduced seminar given by Jim Detjen, Knight Chair in Environmental Journalism at Michigan State University. His topic was “Environmental Journalism: from “Silent Spring” to Hurricane Katrina,” and the seminar and reception were hosted by Grady College and UGA’s Environmental Ethics Certificate Program. (Athens, October 2005)

Moderated expert panel following the Georgia premier of “Yesterday,” a South African film nominated this year for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. Panelists fielded questions and discussed the impact of AIDS in Africa and the American South. The premier was hosted by HBO, Charter Communications, and UGA’s Grady College. (Athens, October 2005)

Peer reviewer for the 2005 Breast Cancer Research Program, Department of Defense United States Army Research and Materiel Command, Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs. (Tyson’s Corner, VA, September 2005)

Presentation on evaluating the credibility of online health information at “Trust or Consequence: How failure to disclose ad relationships threatens to burst the search bubble,” a conference organized by Consumer Reports WebWatch with support from the Knight Foundation. (Berkeley, CA, June 2005)