Kris has spoken at multiple universities and conferences. Below are selected examples of past speaking events. Interested in collaboration, consultation, or bringing her to speak? Contact Kris here.

“Colorism, Othering, and Belonging: Do You Really See Me?”
May 2023 | Invited Panelist
Making Connections Speaker Series by Jeweld Legacy Group (JLG)
OakStop
Oakland, California

Lyrics and Linguistic Justice: A Roundtable
March 2023 | Invited Guest Speaker
Middleton Center for Race, Citizenship, and Justice
University of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri

‘Transform Your Hair!':  Mapping Beauty in the Internet Based Natural Hair Movement
March 2023 | Invited Guest Speaker
Department of Ethnic Studies
Saddleback College
Mission Viejo, California

Gender, Culture, and Pop Celebrity
November 2022 | Commenter
American Studies Association (ASA) Annual Conference
Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel
New Orleans, Louisiana

Black History Month - Black Hair and Beauty
February 2022 | Invited Guest Speaker
University of Alberta Students’ Union
University of Alberta (Via YouTube)

Politics of Beauty and the African Body
September 2021 | Invited Guest Panelist
3rd Kwame Nkrumah Intellectual and Cultural Festival
University of Ghana (Via Zoom)

Women’s History Month: The CROWN Series Part II
March 2021 | Invited Guest Speaker
The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
Detroit, Michigan (Via Zoom)

Reclaiming Our Time: Centering Black Women and Femmes in Systemic Anti-Black Racism
February 2021 | Conversation with Dr. Latoya Lee
California State University Fullerton
College of Humanities and Social Sciences (Via Zoom)

‘Unmanageable’: Exploring Black Girlhood, Storytelling, and Constructions of Beauty
October 2020 | Panelist
Roundtable for Black Feminist and Womanist Theory
Penn State University (Via Zoom)

Your Black is Beautiful: Embracing Your Beauty When it’s Not the Standard
August 2020 | Invited Guest Speaker
Black Women in Higher Education Organization (Via Zoom)

Virtual Teach-in: Race, Power, and American Studies Part II
June 2020 | Panelist
California State University Fullerton
Department of American Studies
Fullerton, California (Via Zoom)

The American Descendants of Slaves (‘ADOS’) Movement : A Black Studies Response
March 2020 | Panelist
National Council of Black Studies (NCBS) Annual Conference
Atlanta Marriott Buckhead Hotel
Atlanta, Georgia

Kinky, Curly, Wavy: The Panel with Dr. Lee and Dr. Rowe
March 2020 | Invited Guest Speaker
SistaCircle Student Organization
California State University Fullerton
Fullerton, California

Doing Embodied Black Feminism in Black Studies: A Roundtable
March 2019 | Panelist
National Council of Black Studies (NCBS) Annual Conference
Double Tree by Hilton
New Orleans, Louisiana

‘Views From South Africa’: Nelson Mandela @100 Symposium
October 8, 2018 | Invited Panelist
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan

Black History Month African-American Film Series Panel Discussion
February 2018 | Invited Panelist
East Lansing Public Library
East Lansing, Michigan

‘It’s in the Feelings I Wear’: Black Women, Natural Hair, and Re-Negotiations of Beauty
November 2017 | Panelist
National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) Annual Conference
Hilton Baltimore
Baltimore, Maryland

#SayHerName: Race, Gender, Sexuality, and the US Police State
March 2016 | Guest Lecturer
After the Dream: Social Unrest, Hashtag Activism, and Inequality in Contemporary America
Michigan State University
College of Arts and Letters
East Lansing, Michigan

‘I Love This Cotton Hair!’: Black Women, Natural Hair, and (Re)Constructions of Beauty
July 2015 | Panelist
Graduate Seminar Series
Thabo Mbeki Leadership Institute
Pretoria, South Africa

‘Our Hair. Our Hearts. Our Way’: I Love This Cotton Hair
April 2015 | Invited Guest Speaker
Curlfriends Student Organization
Michigan State University
Eppley Center
East Lansing, Michigan