Lectures
Egypt and the African Origin of Theater. Invited Lecture. LTHR 2110: “Foundations of World Theater.” Prof. Frank Roberts. The New School. April 4, 2022.
Public Cultures and the Impossible. Invited panelist. Archives of the Impossible. Rice University. Houston, TX. March 3-6, 2022. (link)
The Quest for Divine Consciousness. Invited Lecture. Consciousness: The Science, Metaphysics, and Poetics. Panel to accompany exhibition Conscious, Subconscious, (Collective) Unconscious. The Anderson, Virginia Commonwealth University. February 28, 2022.
Dogon Mythology and the Nommo: An African Vision of Extraterrestrial Human Origins. Invited Lecture. Beyond the Spinning: Shifting the Conversation around the UFO Phenomenon. Esalen Institute Center for Theory and Research. Big Sur, California. December 12-17, 2021.
The Pyramid Texts and the Origin of the Black Superhuman. Invited Lecture. Black Superhumanism. Esalen Institute Center for Theory & Research. Big Sur, California. December 5-10, 2021.
Astro-Black Mythology: Sun Ra and African American Religion. Invited Lecture. AAAS 2025: “African American Religion.” Prof. Stephen Finley. Louisiana State University. September 30, 2020.
Responding to “The Pieces I Am.” Panelist. Honoring the Life of Toni Morrison: Her Work, Words, and Legacy. Program organized by the University of Pittsburgh Center for Urban Education. February 27, 2020.
Presenter, “William Blake’s ‘Sweet Science’: An Ancient Egyptian Paradigm and Prospects for a New Romantic Criticism.” Romantic Prospects: The 20th Annual North American Society for the Study of Romanticism Conference. Neuchatel, Switzerland. August 15-19, 2012.
Presenter & Panel Organizer, “Dark Meanings Brought to Light: The Cosmic Poetry of Sun Ra.” Conjuring the Black Arts: Traditions of African-American Esotericism. Association for the Study of Esotericism Fourth International Conference: Esotericism, Religion, and Culture. University of California-Davis. July 19-22, 2012.
Presenter & Panel Organizer, “Those Mysteries, Our Mysteries: Ishmael Reed and the Construction of a Black Esoteric Tradition.” Interdisciplinary Theoretical Paradigms, African-American Literature, and the Implications for Africana Studies. Erskine Peters Conference: Africana Studies’ Impact on the Academy. Department of Africana Studies. University of Notre Dame. South Bend, IN. March 29, 2012.
Presenter, “Erasmus Darwin and Ancient Egypt: Reinventing Romantic Intellectual History.” International Conference on Romanticism Annual Conference: Reinventing Romanticism. Montreal, Canada. November 3-5, 2011.
Ancient Egypt, Sacred Science, and Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God. Invited Lecture. Bates College. January 26, 2011.
Walt Whitman, Sacred Anatomy, and the Influence of Ancient Egypt. Invited Lecture. English 4610: “Whitman and Dickinson.” Prof. Angela Sorby. Marquette University. December 2, 2010.
Reconstructing the Image of Michael Jackson: Explorations of Body, Spirit, and Society. Invited lecture. The Department of Africana Studies’ 2010 Erskine Peters Fellowship Symposium. University of Notre Dame. March 25, 2010.
Special Session Organizer & Moderator, The Myth of Egypt and African-American Literature. Modern Language Association Annual Conference. Philadelphia, PA. December 27-30, 2009.
Ægypt: Imaginal Mapping, Psychospirituality, and Transatlantic Romanticism. Invited Lecture. University of Notre Dame. March 27, 2009.