Invited Panelist, Higher Education in Belarus: Challenges of Internationalization Conference, Vilnius, Lithuania, December 11-12, 2006.
Chair and commentator, “World War II Letters and the Local Experience,” New England Historical Association, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, Massachusetts, April 22, 2006.
Chair, “Exploring the Construction of Racial and Ethnic Identities within New England,” Oral History Association Annual Meeting, Providence, Rhode Island, November 2-6, 2005
Chair and commentator for session, “Making a Place for Themselves: Women and Military Culture during WW II and the Early Cold War Era,” Oral History Association Annual Meeting, Bethesda, Maryland, October 8-12, 2003.
Chair for session, “Telling Rhode Island’s Story: Innovative Collaborations in Public and Academic History , American Historical Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, January 3-6, 2002.
Commentator for session, “ Activist Women in 20th Century America,” New England Historical Association Fall Conference, Suffolk University, Boston, Massachusetts, October 16, 1999.
Chairperson for session, “The Belarus Bryant Connection,” International Conference on Technology and Education, Tampa, Florida, October 10-13, 1999.
Keynote Speaker, “Writing Women’s History,” The Role of Women in History and the Modern World Conference, Women’s Educational and Cultural Center, Minsk, Belarus, July17, 1999.
Chairperson for session, “Against All Odds: Women Leaders in the Newly Independent States,” The Women’s Summit, Bryant University, Smithfield, Rhode Island, March 30, 1999.
Chairperson for session, “Using Technology to Foster Collaborative Learning at a Distance Between the United States and the Newly Independent States,” Annual Meeting, American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences,” Las Vegas, Nevada, February 2-4, 1999.
Invited Speaker, "The Image of Women in U.S. History," Conference on Women and Mass Media in Belarus: Transformation of Cultural Stereotypes, Center for Women's Education and Consulting, Minsk, Belarus, June 13, 1998.
Keynote Speaker, "Development of Feminism in Contemporary Society," Society in Transition: Problems and Issues, Alumni Association Conference, ACTR/ACCELS, IREX, Minsk, Belarus, June 1-2, 1998.
Panelist, "Belarus Higher Education and the European Humanities University(Minsk): A Meeting of Western Funding Organizations," ACTR/ACCELS, Washington, DC, April 29, 1998.
Chairperson for session, "Desperately Seeking Mentors," The Women's Summit, Bryant 15-16, 1984. College, Smithfield, Rhode Island, September 15, 1997.
Panelist, "How The War Was (Really) Won," U.S. Naval Institute and the Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation, Cantigny, Wheaton, Illinois, March 1-2, 1995.
Chairperson for session, "Plumbing and Bathing," 1991 Missouri Valley History Conference, March 14-16, 1991.
Commentator for the session, "Women's Issues in Medico-Law in England, France and the United States," 1984 Southern Historical Association Annual Meeting, Louisville, Kentucky, November 1, 1984.
Coordinator, Southern "Granny" Midwives Conference, Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia, June 15-16, 1984
Chairperson and commentator for session, "New Directions in America Midwifery Research," 1983 Annual Meeting of the Organization of American Historians, Cincinnati, Ohio, April 8, 1983.
Moderator for documentary film presentation, "Daughters of Time," Conference on the History of Nursing, Rockefeller Archive Center, North Tarrytown, New York May 22, 1981.
Chairperson for session, "Sociology of Birth," 1980 American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, New York, New York, August 30, 1980.
Panelist for workshop, "Midwives: Past and Present," Our Health Our Lives Conference, Providence, Rhode Island, May 19, 1979.
Chairperson and commentator for session, "Childbirth as Controversy," Conference on the History of Women, The College of St. Catherine, St. Paul Minnesota, October 23,1977.
Chairperson for the workshop, "History of Women's Health," Rhode Island Women's Health Conference, Providence, Rhode Island, March 27, 1976.
Chairperson for session, "Health Care and the Woman Patient," Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, Radcliff College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 26, 1974.
