"Excellence and Citizenship in Honors Education," Evoking Excellence in Higher Education and Beyond, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands, October 2012

"How A Dream Was Built," Keynote Lecture, Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration, Troost Elementary School, Kansas City, January 2011

"Political Literacy: Urban Education and Democratic Action," Urban Literacies Conference, University of Missouri-Kansas City, April 2002