“Women’s Ways of Speaking: Feminine Style in the U.S. Senate.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association, March 2006.

“Women’s Voices: Gender-conscious Speechmaking in the U.S. Congress.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, January 2006.

“Trusteeship in State Legislatures”  to be presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA, November 2005.

“The Fairer Sex? Gender and Negative Campaigning,” with Paul S. Herrnson, presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, January 2004.

“Third Party Ballot Access in the States,” with James M. Carlson, presented at the Northeastern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Boston, 1998.