2012 "Assessing Critical Thinking Usefully,” WASC Northern and Southern California Resource Fairs
2011 "Leading Upward," US Joint Special Ops Senior Enlisted Academy, JSOU (Apr)
2011 "Teaching for Critical Thinking," Keynote: 5th Annual Teaching and Learning Fair, Bowling Green State University, OH
2010 "Teaching and Assessing Critical Thinking," Kaiser University, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2010 "Critical Thinking and Communication," Lockheid-Martin, Bethesda, MD
2010 "Leadership and Critical Thinking," Senior Enlisted NCO Academy, US Joint Special Ops (Feb, May & Sept)
2010 "Teaching for Thinking," TX Assoc of Community College, Houston, TX
2009 "Institutional Budgeting in Hard Times" AAC&U Seattle, WA
2009 "How We Err in the Academy and What We Can Do About It," AAC&U, Seattle, WA
2008 "Critical Thinking in the Context of Civic Engagement," SENCER Institute, Santa Clara, CA
2008 "Critical Thinking Theory and Practice," Curriculum Conference, Joint Special Operations University
2008 "How We Err in the Academy," AAC&U, Washington DC
2007 "Fostering Critical Thinking In Health Care," American Pharmacists Association, Philadelphia, PA
2007 "Improving Clinical Judgment," American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Albuquerque, NM
2007 "Dean and Associate Dean Collaboration," American Conference of Academic Deans, New Orleans, LA
2007 "Critical Thinking and Educational Research," Keynote Health Ed. Res. Conf., NOVA SE. U. Ft. Lauderdale, FL
2006 Employee Relocation Council - Global Workforce Symposium, Dallas, TX
2006 Academic C-Suite on-site Expert for SGA Associates IBM Training Workshop, Atlanta GA
2006 Summer Institute, Science Education for New Civic Engagement and Responsibility -SENCER, Santa Clara, CA
2006 "Effective Presentation of Data to Support Leadership Decision-Making," NASPA Assessment Conf., Phoenix, AZ
2006 Microsoft Dynamics Conference, "Teaching for and about CT," Dallas TX
2005 Project Kaleidoscope Leadership Institute, Madison WI
2005 Academic C-Suite on-site Expert for SGA Associates IBM Training Workshop, Atlanta GA
2005 Summer Institute, Science Education for New Civic Engagement and Responsibility (SENCER). Santa Clara, CA
2005 Ministry of Health 2nd Annual International Nursing Conference – Singapore. Keynote
2004 National Conference on Legal Issues in Higher Education, Burlington, VT
2004 Alamo Community College District, Employees Development Day, Keynote
2004 AACSB Learning from the Leaders Conference, Plenary Speaker, Denver, CO.
2004 Summer Institute, Science Education for New Civic Engagement and Responsibility (SENCER). Santa Clara CA
2004 Produce Manufacturers Association annual meeting, Keynote, Palm Springs, CA
2004 AAC&U, Pedagogies of Engagement Conference, Invited Workshop, Chicago, IL
2004 The 89th Annual Meeting of the AAC&U and ACAD, Washington, DC.
2003 National Conference on Legal Issues in Higher Education, Burlington, VT
2003 Summer Institute, Science Education for New Civic Engagement and Responsibility (SENCER). Santa Clara CA
2003 Southern Colorado Association of Teacher Educators, Pueblo, CO
2003 ACE Fellows National Conference, Washington DC
2003 American Association of University Professors academic freedom at religious institutions, San Diego, CA.
2003 AAC&U Network Conference on General Education, Philadelphia, PA
2003 University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada: Conference on Allied Health Professions Keynote
2002 Summer Institute, Science Education for New Civic Engagement and Responsibility (SENCER). Santa Clara CA
2002 The American Association of University Professors Forum on Shared Governance, Atlanta, GA
2002 The Sumner Symposium of the Program for Health and Higher Education. Washington DC
2002 International Conference on Cancer Nursing, London
2002 University of Maryland University College, Dean of Undergraduate Studies, Keynote Address, Adelphi, MD
2002 The 87th Meeting of the American Association of Colleges and Universities, Washington DC
2001 Annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco CA
2001 Summer Institute, Science Education for New Civic Engagement and Responsibility (SENCER). Santa Clara CA
2001 Sixteenth Annual American Association of Higher Education Assessment Forum, Denver CO
2001 Annual American Association of Higher Education meeting, Seattle WA
2001 American Philosophical Association Western Divisional Meetings, San Francisco CA
2001 The 86th Meeting of the American Association of Colleges and Universities, New Orleans LA
2000 NACUBO & AAC&U Conference on Management and Academic Mission, Washington DC.
2000 & Feb 2000 American Bible Society, Conference on Media Supported Bible Study. Keynote, NY,NY
2000 Fifteenth American Association of Higher Education Assessment Forum, Charlotte NC
2000 Annual American Educational Research Association, New Orleans LA
2000 College of Business, Fourth Annual Assessment Conference CSU Fullerton, Fullerton CA
2000 The 85th Meeting of the American Association of Colleges and Universities, Washington DC
1999 Michigan League for Nursing Annual Educational Assessment Conference, Livonia MI