National:

The Disparate Labor Market Impacts of Monetary Policy, Presented at the Color Lines Conference, The Civil Rights Project, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, August 2003.

Child Support Orders for Low-Income Obligors, Presented at the National Child Support Enforcement Association s 52nd Annual Training Conference, Orlando, FL, August 2003.

Minimum Wages and Food Security, Presented at the Sixth Annual Joint AEA Summer Program in Economics and Pipeline Project Conference, Denver, CO, July 2003.

The Disparate Labor Market Impacts of Monetary Policy, Presented at the Western Economic Association International s 78th Annual Conference, Denver, CO, July 2003.

"Minimum Wages and Food Security," Presented at the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University, January 2003.

"Minimum Wages and Food Security," Presented at the UpJohn Institute, Kalamazoo, MI, January 2003.

Press Conference on the Minimum Wage and Food Security with Senators Kennedy, Sarbanes and Durbin, October 2002.

Hosted Luncheon with John Layman, Chief Economist of the Virginia Department of Taxation as guest speaker, December 2002.

"The Changing Nature of Work: Who is Left Out of the New Economy", Gosnell Lecture Series, Rochester Institute of Technology, December 2002.

"Minimum Wages and Food Security," Presented at the Department of Economics, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, October 2002.

"The Workforce of the 21st Century: What are the Emerging Issues for Policymakers?" Presented at the General Accounting Office's Expert Panel Conference, Washington, DC October 2002.

"The Myths and Realities of Economic Security," Presented at the Chesterfield County Revenue Forum, Chesterfield, VA, September 2002.

"The State of Williamsburg 2002," Keynote speaker for the Historic Leadership Triangle, Williamsburg, VA, September 2002.

"A Tale of Two Committees," Presented at the Industrial Relations Research Association Summer Meetings, Washington, DC, May 2002.

"The Myths and Realities of Economic Security," Presented to the Capital Area Workforce Investment Board, Richmond, VA, May 2002.

"Understanding the Labor Market," Presented at the U.S. Department of Labor/Employment Training Administration, WIA Symposium, Washington, DC, March 2002.

Local:

America Becoming Conference: Conference on Racial Trends and their Consequences. Implications for the Nation, Virginia and Hampton Roads, October 9, 2001.

James City County Neighborhood Conference

Merrimac Juvenile Detention Center

Keynote speaker for Clara Byrd Baker Elementary School's Math Night

"Pay Check Economics" for All Together, Inc.

"The Market for Lemonade" - Rawls Byrd Elementary school presentation