Nov. 2018 |
Public Understanding of Religion Committee, featuring The Oxford Handbook of Religion and American Education. Annual meeting, American Academy of Religion, Denver, CO. |
Nov. 2018 |
“Educational Promises and Legal Parameters of Religious Literacy Pedagogies,” paper presentation. American Academy of Religion, Denver, CO. |
Nov. 2018 |
Award presenter at Advancing America to Justice, Annual convention, Mu Muslim Public Affairs Council, Long Beach, CA. |
Oct. 2018 |
Oxford University Press reception, featuring The Oxford Handbook of Religion and American Education. Annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Las Vegas, NV. |
Oct. 2018 |
Guest lecturer on Bans on Teachers’ Religious Garb. UC Santa Barbara, CA. |
Mar. 2018 |
“Religion and Political Contempt,” keynote for the annual symposium at the University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA. |
Nov. 2017 |
Religious Liberty, “Bridging the Divide: Religion, Race, Politics,” Muslim Public Affairs Council, Los Angeles, CA. Featured on C-SPAN. |
Oct. 2017 |
Religious Liberty Continuing Legal Education Panel: “Economic Impact of Religious Liberty.” J. Reuben Clark Law Society, Washington, D.C. |
Sept. 2017 |
Michael Triplett Series, “Erased: Religion & News Media.” National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association, Philadelphia, PA. |
Aug. 2017 |
Keynote: “A Nation of Religious Minorities,“ Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria, VA. |
July 2017 |
“Religious Liberty & Religious Literacy,” Religious Freedom Annual Review, BYU Law, Int’l Center for Law and Religion Studies, Provo, UT. |
June 2017 |
Colonizing America, Constituting America, Reconstructing America, Diversifying America, Religious Liberty Boot Camp, Washington, DC. |
June 2017 |
Moderator, Religious Freedom: Still Protected? The Seminar, forum for senior communications & public affairs executives, The Breakers, Palm Beach, FL. |
June 2017 |
Religious Liberty & Military Chaplains, United States Coast Guard, Washington, DC. |
June 2017 |
“Liberty: A Shield or Sword?” Secular Coalition of America, Washington, D.C. |
June 2017 |
“Liberty: A Shield or Sword?” Secular Coalition of America, Washington, D.C. |
Mar. 2017 |
A Nation of Religious Minorities, Religious Freedom Center, Washington, D.C. |
Oct. 2016 |
“Constitutional Protections for Religious Minorities.” Muslim speakers training conference sponsored by the American Muslim Institution, Gaithersburg, MD. |
Aug. 2016 |
“Constitutional Approaches to Teaching about Religions in Public Schools,” World Religions Summer Institute, Georgetown University’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Washington, D.C. |
July 2016 |
“Religious Literacy in a Plural Age,” Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA. |
June 2016 |
“Religious Liberty in American Education,” Montgomery County Public Schools teacher training, Washington, D.C. |
June 2016 |
“Religious Liberty in American Education,” Montgomery County Public Schools teacher training, Washington, D.C. |
April 2016 |
“First Amendment Schools: Promoting Religious Literacy and Religious Liberty in American Public Schools.” Roundtable presentation, American Education Research Association. Annual meeting, Washington, D.C. |
April 2016 |
“Legal Frameworks for Teaching about Religion in Public Schools.” A plenary talk at education conference sponsored by Prospect High School, Chicago, IL. |
April 2016 |
First Amendment Schools: Promoting Religious Literacy and Religious Liberty in American Public Schools. Roundtable presentation, American Education Research Association. Annual meeting, Washington, DC. |
March 2016 |
Justice Scalia, Religious Freedom and the Future of the Supreme Court. Co-moderator of a panel for the Religious Freedom Center, Washington, DC. |
March 2016 |
Religious Freedom Seminar for the National Capital Semester for Seminarians, Wesley Theological School, Washington, DC. |
July 2015 |
Foundations of Religious Freedom in the United States. A seminar for high school students with the Trent Lott Leadership Institute. Washington, DC. |
Apr. 2015 |
“Religion and the Founding of the American Republic,” Church/State Tour, Bridging Voices conference, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
May 2014 |
“Religion, Secularism, Pluralism, and Democracy.” Law and Society Association. Annual meeting, Minneapolis, MN. |
May 2014 |
“Rites v. Rights.” Law and Society Association. Minneapolis, MN. |
Apr. 2014 |
“Legal Issues in Faith-Based Education.” American Education Research Association. Annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA. |
Nov. 2013 |
Theolegal Marriage, American Academy of Religion. Baltimore, MD. |
Nov. 2013 |
“Bans on Religious Garb.” Poster presentation, Education Law Association. Annual meeting, Westminster, CO. |
Oct. 2013 |
“Teaching Legal Research & Analysis in Religious Studies,” Illinois State University, Normal, IL. |
Aug. 2013 |
God Told Me So: Exemptions for Ritual Circumcision? American Political Science Association, Annual meeting, Chicago, IL. |
May 2013 |
Unveiling Freedom: Bans on Teachers’ Religious Garb. Law and Society Association, Annual meeting, Boston, MA. |
April 2013 |
“God v. Sebelius: How the Shield of Liberty Became a Sword.” Americans United Church/State Symposium, National Constitution Center, Philadelphia, PA. |
March 2013 |
“Experiments with the Moral Imagination: Religious Ethics without Dogma.” American Academy of Religion, Mid-Atlantic Religion & Ethics Section. Regional meeting: Baltimore, MD. |
Feb. 2013 |
“Bible in Public Schools: 50 Years Later.” Columbia Law School, NY, NY. |
April 2012 |
“Whose God Rules? Is the United States a Secular Nation or a Theolegal Democracy?” University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, PA. |
Oct. 2012 |
“Bible in Public Schools: 50 Years Later.” Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA. |
Oct. 2012 |
“Whose God Rules? Is the United States a Secular Nation or a Theolegal Democracy?” Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA. |
April 2011 |
“Theolegal Democracy.” Americans United Church/State Symposium, National Constitution Center, Philadelphia, PA. |