“Une farce au crible discursif: Pathelin fou du récit” at the Annual Meeting of the Medieval Association of the Pacific. Stanford, 2‑86.
“Logomachie folâtre dans le Malade imaginaire: Molière tributaire du discours farcesque” at the Annual Convention of the Pacific North Conference on Foreign Languages and Literatures. Vancouver, 5‑86.
“Dialogie d’un récit fou: l’échec performatique d’Amphitryon” at the Annual Conference of the Philological Association of the Pacific Coast. University of California, Riverside, 11‑86.
“Bruegel, intertexte fou de la farce: radioscopie de la ‘Fête des fous'” at the Annual Meeting of the Medieval Association of the Pacific. University of Oregon at Eugene, 3-87.
Organizing Committee member of the Twentieth Century French Studies Colloquium at the Claremont Colleges. 2‑88.
Chair of the French Section at the 86th Annual Conference of the Philological Association of the Pacific Coast. Portland State University, Portland, 11‑88.
“Vessel of Madness: Bosch’s ‘Haywayn” as Farcical ‘Intercomposition'” at the Annual Meeting of the Medieval Association of the Pacific. U.C.L.A., 3‑89.
“Chromogenic Histrionics: Bruegel, and Frame of Late‑Medieval Farce” at the 24th International Congress on Medieval Studies. Western Michigan University. Kalamazoo, 5‑89.
“The French Comic Spirit”, lecture given at U.C.L.A. in the series “The French: Culture, Civilization, and Style.” 10‑89.
“The Abele Spelen, Religious Plays in a Secular Guise?” at the 87th Annual Meeting of the Philological Association of the Pacific Coast. The Claremont Colleges, Claremont, 11‑89.
“Cadaveric Choreography: The Anatomical Figures of Vesalius as Metaphor ofthe Upside Down Farce World” at the 25th International Congress on Medieval Studies. Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, 5‑90.
“Fête des fous et fous de la fête: la Farce et son double” at the Deuxième Congrès International “The Fifteenth Century ‑ Le Quinzième Siècle‑Das Fünfzehnte Jahrhundert” in Perpignan, France, 7‑90.
Chair of the Medieval Literature Section at the 88th Annual Conference of the Philological Association of the Pacific Coast. San Jose State University, San Jose, 11-90.
Organized the “From Gutenberg’s Work of the Books’ to Plantin’s Golden Compasses” lecture by Dr. Diana Thomas. Scripps College, 3-91.
“French Farce and Japanese Kyôgen” at the 25th International Congress on Medieval Studies. Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, 5-91.
Chair of the “French Philosophers from Abelard to Derrida” section at the 89thAnnual Conference of the Philological Association of the Pacific Coast. University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 11-91.
“Medieval French Farce and artistic parallels”, lecture given at the Kanagawa University in Yokohama, Japan. 10-93.
“Christine de Pisan’s City of Ladies: Acting like a Man, but Delivering like a Woman”, at the 92nd Annual Meeting of the Philological Association of the Pacific Coast. San Francisco, 11-94.
Organized the Kinsai Renaissance exhibition and Kimono gold-leafing demonstration lecture by Master Kimono Maker Kodaijin (Mr. Kotaro Hashimoto) of Kyoto, Japan. The Clark Humanities Museum, 4-96.
“Of Fools and Bakayaros: Pathelin meets Taro Kaja.” Lecture given at the 31st Annual Meeting of the Medieval Association of the Pacific at University of Hawaii at Manoa. 3-97.
Chaired the session “French Women Writers / Teaching French Women Writers” at the 95th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association. San Jose State University, 11-97.
Guest speaker at the “Lecture-free Learning” workshop sponsored by the Mellon Foundation. Harvey Mudd College, 3-1998.
Organizing Committee Chair for the 956h Annual Meeting of the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association. Scripps College, 11-1998.
Chaired the session “Metavisual Trace in dramatic Performance” at the 5th International Conference of the International Association of Word and Image Studies. Scripps College and Huntington Library, San Marino, 3-99.
“Scenes in Scenes: Theatrical ‘Proverbiality’ in Flemish Renaissance Engraving.” Lecture given at the 5th International Conference of the International Association of Word and Image Studies. Scripps College and Huntington Library, 3-99.
Chaired the session “French Literature” at the 97th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association. Portland State U., Oregon, 11-99.
“Proverbial Farce and Farcical Proverbs: Frans Hogenberg’s Blue Cloak as Icon for the Upside-Down World of Farce.” Paper presented at 4th International Congress “The 15th-Century / Le Quinzième Siècle/ Das Fünfzehnte Jahrhundert.” The Universitaire Instelling Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium, 7-2000.
Chaired the session ”Theater II: Text, Performance, Audience” at 4th International Congress “The 15th-Century / Le Quinzième Siècle/ Das Fünfzehnte Jahrhundert.” The Universitaire Instelling Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium, 7-2000.
Organized the Conference Forum session entitled “The State of Language Teaching in Theory and practice” at the 98th Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Conference. UCLA, 11-2000.
Guest lecture “When Pathelin meets Taro Kaja: French Farce and Japanese Kyogen” at Tokyo Joshi Daigaku university in Tokyo, Japan. 5-2001.
Chaired the session “Séduction, Désirs et Créativité” at the 99th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association. Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, 11-2001.
“Beyond The IQ and SAT: Teaching to The Whole Person.” Presidential Address delivered at the 99th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association. Santa Clara University, 11-2001.
“Lecture-free, student-based teaching.” Founder’s Month event lecture for alumnae. Honolulu, Hawaii. 10-2002.
Chaired the session “Women Between Literature and the Arts: Women in French” At the 100th Annual Meeting of PAMLA at Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington. 11-2002.
Organizing Committee Co-Chair for the 101st Annual Meeting of PAMLA held at Scripps College, 11-2003.
Chaired the session “Teaching with the Internet “ at the 101st Annual Meeting of PAMLA at Scripps College, 11-2003.
Organizing Committee Chair for the 2nd International Women In French (WIF) Conference held at Scripps College, 4-2004.
Chaired the session “Teaching with the Internet “ at the 102nd Annual Meeting of PAMLA at Reed College, 11-2004.
Chaired the session “Teaching with the Internet “ at the 103rd Annual Meeting of PAMLA at Pepperdine University, 11-2005.
Chaired the session “Teaching with Technology and the Internet “ at the 104th Annual Meeting of PAMLA at UC Riverside , 11-2006.
Chaired the session “Teaching with Technology and the Internet “ at the 105th Annual Meeting of PAMLA at Bellingham, WA , 11-2007.
Chaired the session “Teaching with Technology and the Internet “ at the 106th Annual Meeting of PAMLA at Pomona College , 11-2008.
Presided over the General Forum panel and discussion “Teaching Cinema in
Language/Literature/Culture Curricula” at the 107th Annual Meeting of PAMLA at San Francisco State University, 11-2009.
“French Farce Characters’ Nipponese Cousins: A Primer on Japanese Kyogen.” Presidential Address at the 108th Annual Meeting of PAMLA at Chaminade University, Honolulu, Hawaii, 11-2010.
Organizing Committee Chair for the 109th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) held at Scripps College, 11-2011.
Chaired the session “Translating/Interpreting: Issues and Questions” at the 111th Annual Meeting of PAMLA at San Diego, 11-2013