Gender, Work and Organization, Keele University, UK: Black women and the ethics of care and the social professions, 2007.

JSWEC Conference, University of Wales, Swansea: Reframing black perspectives in social work education in an age of ‘diversity’ : challenges and opportunities to promote social justice, 2007.

Social Work Conference: Parma, Italy:  Social welfare symposium: Responding to Diversity:  Issues for Social Professions.

Social Work Conference, University of Oklahoma - Social models of childhood and implications for child welfare – 2006.

Annual Harry Specht Memorial Child Welfare Symposium, California StateUniversity, Seen and not heard – new paradigms for practice - 2006 Keynote Speaker.

Council for Social Work Education, Chicago – Social Agency – Black children and implications for child welfare - 2006.

South Bank University, London, England – Black Academics Conference: Academic intransigence: Shifting boundaries of knowledge, new directions for social work - 2006.

Goldsmiths College, University of London, England  Seminar  – 2006, Black Children in Public Care – promoting participation. 

Mental Health Summit, California:  Integrating cultural competence in mental health programs using cultural themes and products for recovery and well being - 2005

International Conference, Cambridge, England:  New Directions in the Humanities - Cambridge University,  England 2005 – Paper:  Bringing subjugated knowledge forms into the academy.