I am available to give in-person or virtual presentations on Louisa May Alcott’s life and works. Please email me for more information or to schedule a talk.

Past Presentations

  • "'A Better Plan Of Child-Rearing': An Exploration of Health and Wellness in Louisa May Alcott’s Eight Cousins.” Thoreau Society Annual Gathering, Concord, MA. July 2023.

  • “The Fruitlands Effect: How the Utopian Experiment Influenced Louisa May Alcott’s Life and Work.” Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, MA. July 2022.

  • "Finding the Lukens Sisters: Tracing the Lives of Five Little Women.” Bearing Untold Lives symposium, Lancaster University, England (virtual). May 2022.

  • “Alcotts Ahead of Their Time.” Milton House Museum, Milton, WI. April 2022.

  • “Let Genius Burn: Celebrating Louisa May Alcott.” Louisa May Alcott Society (virtual). November 2021. 

  • “Louisa Answers the Call.” Milton House Museum, Milton, WI. November 2020.

  • “Current Library Marketing Trends.” Wisconsin Public Library Association conference, Rothschild, WI. May 2019.

  • “Media Relations for Libraries.” Bridges Library System, Waukesha, WI. July 2018.

  • “The History of Obituaries.” Winnebago & Boone Counties Genealogical Society, Rockford, IL. December 2013.

  • “The Ida Public Library Building: 100 Years of History.” Ida Public Library, Belvidere, IL. 2013.

Exhibits and Tours

  • Forward Lab gallery. Wisconsin History Center, Madison, WI. July 2024-Present.

  • “I Am the Library” story campaign. Bridges Library System, Waukesha, WI. 2019-2021.

  • “Belvidere Historic Neighborhood Walking Tour.” Ida Public Library, Belvidere IL. May 2015.

  • “Boone County On the Move.” Exhibit and driving tour. Ida Public Library, Belvidere, IL. June 2014.