I am happy to give a talk on any subject related to my work to any interested group or organization! My talks are engaging, informative, and funny (on purpose, usually), and copiously illustrated with images and video. Contact me.
Current and upcoming
I currently appear in Into the Wild Frontier on INSP and Kelsey Grammer's Historic Battles for America on Fox Nation, and was recently in Great Escapes with Morgan Freeman and season three of Beyond Oak Island on History Channel. Look for me in more series in 2023. I've also appeared on KUER's program RadioWest several times recently, talking about The Searchers, John Wayne, and horror movies.
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Media appearances
I'm quoted in "Why Everyone Suddenly Loves Westerns Again" by Jordan Calhoun, Men's Health (11/2/2022).
For Halloween, I spoke with Doug Fabrizio about the appeal of horror movies on KUER's RadioWest (10/28/2022). Listen here!
I spoke with Doug Fabrizio about the complexities of John Wayne on KUER's RadioWest (8/18/2022). Listen here!
Commentator, Kelsey Grammer's Historic Battles for America. Warm Springs Productions for Fox Nation, 2022. I appear in the episodes "Brooklyn"; "Yorktown"; "The Alamo"; "First Bull Run"; "Antietam"; and "Vicksburg" (5/1).
I spoke with Doug Fabrizio about The Searchers on KUER's RadioWest (3/10/2022). Listen here!
Commentator, Into the Wild Frontier. Warm Springs Productions for INSP, 2022. I appear in the episodes "John Colter: King of the Mountain Men" (2/17); "Jim Bridger: Forged on the Frontier" (2/24); "Jim Beckwourth: War Chief of the Crow" (3/3); "Lewis & Clark: Captains of Discovery" (3/10); "Tom Fitzpatrick: Trapper, Trader, Legend" (3/24); "Daniel Boone: Hero of Kentucky" (3/31).
Commentator, Beyond Oak Island. Prometheus Productions for the History Channel, 2020-22. I appear in the episodes "Wile West Gold" (11/24/20); "The Lost Dutchman Curse" (12/8/20); "Civil War Gold" (12/22/20); "Midwest Millions" (12/30/20); "Montezuma's Treasure" (1/26/21); and "The Lost Josephine Mine" (2/1/22).
Commentator, Great Escapes with Morgan Freeman. Revelations Productions for the History Channel, 2021. I appear in the episodes “Alcatraz” (10/9); “El Chapo” (11/23); and “Escaping Hitler” (12/7).
I was interviewed for an episode of CBC Radio's Ideas titled "The Cowboy's Lament" (10/16/2020). Listen here!
I'm quoted in "Delving Deeper Into Facebook's Murky Community Standards" by Peter Suciu, Forbes (8 June 2020).
I'm quoted in "Patton Turns 50: Remembering the Classic Film and the Real-Life General Who Inspired It" by Peter Suciu, Guns of the Old West (Summer 2020).
Bozeman's KGVM Community Radio broadcast my December 2019 lecture on recent Western movies. Listen here!
I spoke with Matthew Ivan Bennett of the Pioneer Theatre Company about James Cagney and the golden age of Hollywood in advance of PTC's production of Cagney. Listen here!
Lew Freedman of the Cody Enterprise wrote a great article about my visit to Cody in October of 2018.
I was interview by Wyoming Public Radio about the state of Western movies today (10/12/2018). Listen here!
Commentator, Legends & Lies: The Civil War. Warm Springs Productions for the Fox News Channel, 2018. I appeared in the following nine episodes: "Robert E. Lee: Choosing Sides" (4/8); "Frederick Douglass: The Dawn of a New Day" (4/15); "Stonewall Jackson: Friendly Fire" (4/22); "Ulysses S. Grant: Intoxicated by War" (5/6); "Jefferson Davis: The Black Flag" (5/13); "Abraham Lincoln: The Campaign" (5/20); "William Tecumseh Sherman: Total War" (5/27); "John Wilkes Booth: The Killing of Lincoln" (6/3); "The Civil War: Brother vs. Brother" (6/10).
I was interviewed by Victoria Addis on the first episode of the "Old West, Now" podcast (10/14/2017). Listen here!
Commentator, Legends & Lies: The Patriots. Warm Springs Productions for the Fox News Channel, 2016-17. I appeared in the following nine episodes: "Sam Adams & Paul Revere: The Rebellion Begins" (6/5); "John Adams: Ready for War" (6/19); "Benjamin Franklin: Inventing America" (6/26); "General George Washington: Commanding Revolution" (7/3); "Thomas Jefferson: Independence Declared" (7/10); "Alexander Hamilton & Aaron Burr: Deadly Division" (8/7); “Forgotten Heroes” (12/11); “America’s First Christmas” (12/18); “How Freedom Was Won” (1/1).
Commentator, Legends & Lies: The Real West. Warm Springs Productions for the Fox News Channel, 2015. I appeared in the following six episodes: "Jesse James: Bloody Politics" (originally aired 4/12/2015); "Doc Holliday: Desperate Measures" (4/12); "James 'Wild Bill' Hickok: Plains Justice" (4/19); "Billy the Kid: Escape Artist" (5/17); "Bass Reeves: The Real Lone Ranger" (6/7); "Butch Cassidy: The Last Man Standing" (6/14).
I'm quoted in "How the Western has waned" by Jaime Weinman, Macleans (Sept 14 2016). Also online.
I'm quoted in "Gary Cooper, Myrna Loy are Montana Silver Screen Legends: Classic Film Actors Leave Legacy," by Briana Wipf, Great Falls Tribune (Feb 10 2015). Also online.
For Halloween, I spoke with Doug Fabrizio about the appeal of horror movies on KUER's RadioWest (10/28/2022). Listen here!
I spoke with Doug Fabrizio about the complexities of John Wayne on KUER's RadioWest (8/18/2022). Listen here!
Commentator, Kelsey Grammer's Historic Battles for America. Warm Springs Productions for Fox Nation, 2022. I appear in the episodes "Brooklyn"; "Yorktown"; "The Alamo"; "First Bull Run"; "Antietam"; and "Vicksburg" (5/1).
I spoke with Doug Fabrizio about The Searchers on KUER's RadioWest (3/10/2022). Listen here!
Commentator, Into the Wild Frontier. Warm Springs Productions for INSP, 2022. I appear in the episodes "John Colter: King of the Mountain Men" (2/17); "Jim Bridger: Forged on the Frontier" (2/24); "Jim Beckwourth: War Chief of the Crow" (3/3); "Lewis & Clark: Captains of Discovery" (3/10); "Tom Fitzpatrick: Trapper, Trader, Legend" (3/24); "Daniel Boone: Hero of Kentucky" (3/31).
Commentator, Beyond Oak Island. Prometheus Productions for the History Channel, 2020-22. I appear in the episodes "Wile West Gold" (11/24/20); "The Lost Dutchman Curse" (12/8/20); "Civil War Gold" (12/22/20); "Midwest Millions" (12/30/20); "Montezuma's Treasure" (1/26/21); and "The Lost Josephine Mine" (2/1/22).
Commentator, Great Escapes with Morgan Freeman. Revelations Productions for the History Channel, 2021. I appear in the episodes “Alcatraz” (10/9); “El Chapo” (11/23); and “Escaping Hitler” (12/7).
I was interviewed for an episode of CBC Radio's Ideas titled "The Cowboy's Lament" (10/16/2020). Listen here!
I'm quoted in "Delving Deeper Into Facebook's Murky Community Standards" by Peter Suciu, Forbes (8 June 2020).
I'm quoted in "Patton Turns 50: Remembering the Classic Film and the Real-Life General Who Inspired It" by Peter Suciu, Guns of the Old West (Summer 2020).
Bozeman's KGVM Community Radio broadcast my December 2019 lecture on recent Western movies. Listen here!
I spoke with Matthew Ivan Bennett of the Pioneer Theatre Company about James Cagney and the golden age of Hollywood in advance of PTC's production of Cagney. Listen here!
Lew Freedman of the Cody Enterprise wrote a great article about my visit to Cody in October of 2018.
I was interview by Wyoming Public Radio about the state of Western movies today (10/12/2018). Listen here!
Commentator, Legends & Lies: The Civil War. Warm Springs Productions for the Fox News Channel, 2018. I appeared in the following nine episodes: "Robert E. Lee: Choosing Sides" (4/8); "Frederick Douglass: The Dawn of a New Day" (4/15); "Stonewall Jackson: Friendly Fire" (4/22); "Ulysses S. Grant: Intoxicated by War" (5/6); "Jefferson Davis: The Black Flag" (5/13); "Abraham Lincoln: The Campaign" (5/20); "William Tecumseh Sherman: Total War" (5/27); "John Wilkes Booth: The Killing of Lincoln" (6/3); "The Civil War: Brother vs. Brother" (6/10).
I was interviewed by Victoria Addis on the first episode of the "Old West, Now" podcast (10/14/2017). Listen here!
Commentator, Legends & Lies: The Patriots. Warm Springs Productions for the Fox News Channel, 2016-17. I appeared in the following nine episodes: "Sam Adams & Paul Revere: The Rebellion Begins" (6/5); "John Adams: Ready for War" (6/19); "Benjamin Franklin: Inventing America" (6/26); "General George Washington: Commanding Revolution" (7/3); "Thomas Jefferson: Independence Declared" (7/10); "Alexander Hamilton & Aaron Burr: Deadly Division" (8/7); “Forgotten Heroes” (12/11); “America’s First Christmas” (12/18); “How Freedom Was Won” (1/1).
Commentator, Legends & Lies: The Real West. Warm Springs Productions for the Fox News Channel, 2015. I appeared in the following six episodes: "Jesse James: Bloody Politics" (originally aired 4/12/2015); "Doc Holliday: Desperate Measures" (4/12); "James 'Wild Bill' Hickok: Plains Justice" (4/19); "Billy the Kid: Escape Artist" (5/17); "Bass Reeves: The Real Lone Ranger" (6/7); "Butch Cassidy: The Last Man Standing" (6/14).
I'm quoted in "How the Western has waned" by Jaime Weinman, Macleans (Sept 14 2016). Also online.
I'm quoted in "Gary Cooper, Myrna Loy are Montana Silver Screen Legends: Classic Film Actors Leave Legacy," by Briana Wipf, Great Falls Tribune (Feb 10 2015). Also online.
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Public talks
"Still in the Saddle: A New History of the Hollywood Western." A five-part film and lecture series held in conjunction with my curated exhibition of the same name, held at the Briscoe Western Art Museum, San Antonio, TX. Films and dates are below.
"Curator's Talk: Still in Saddle: A New History of the Hollywood Western." Briscoe Western Art Museum, San Antonio, TX. May 29th, 2021.
"Western Movies Today: History, Criticism, Production." Perspectives on the American West Lecture Series. The Ivan Doig Center for the Study of the Lands and Peoples of the North American West, Montana State University. Bozeman, MT. December 2nd, 2019. You can listen to the audio of my lecture, courtesy of Bozeman KGVM Community Radio!
"Warhol's Western Movies." 17th Annual Western Art History Symposium. Booth Western Art Museum. Cartersville, GA. October 25th, 2019.
"Writing About Western Film." Western Writers of America James Ersfeld Memorial Symposium. CM Russell Museum. Great Falls, MT. September 28th, 2019.
"Into a New West." A four-part film and lecture series exploring films about the modern American West, held at the Briscoe Western Art Museum, San Antonio, TX. Films and dates are below.
I moderated the celebrity Q & A sessions at The Cowboy Way Jubilee, May 2 to 5, 2019 in Ardmore, OK.
“‘A Charles Russell Motif’: Charles M. Russell and the Hollywood Western.” Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West. Scottsdale, AZ. February 21st, 2019.
"Desert Hearts." Montana State University Ivan Doig Center Western Film Series. Museum of the Rockies. Bozeman, MT. January 19th, 2019.
"The Color and the Movement: Frederic Remington and Western Film." 16th Annual Western Art History Symposium. Booth Western Art Museum. Cartersville, GA. October 26th, 2018.
“‘I Was Afraid I Was Going to Make a Fool of Myself’: Buffalo Bill at the Movies." Buffalo Bill Center of the West. Cody, WY. September 24th, 2018. Read an article about my visit to Cody in The Cody Enterprise.
"Still in the Saddle: The Hollywood Western, 1969-1980." Book talk and signing. Meeting of the Pahaska Corral of Westerners International. Cody, WY. September 24th, 2018.
"Westerns!" Montana State University Innovation Roadshow. The Ellen Theater. Bozeman, MT. September 20th, 2018. Read an article about the event in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle.
"Warhol and the Western." A three-part film and lecture series exploring the thematic and iconographic connections between Andy Warhol's Cowboys & Indians suite (1986) and the Hollywood Western, held at the Briscoe Western Art Museum, San Antonio, TX. Films and dates are below.
"The Searchers." Montana State University Center for Western Lands and Peoples Western Film Series. Museum of the Rockies. Bozeman, MT. February 24th, 2018.
"Men of the West: Ford, Wayne, Leone, Eastwood." Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Montreal, QC. November 8th, 2017.
"Once Upon a Time on Fox News." Keynote address. National 4-H Western Heritage Conference and Championship Shoot. Fort Benton, MT. August 1st, 2017.
"Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story?" Panelist. Western Writers of America Convention. Kansas City, MO. June 24th, 2017.
“Preservation and Specialization in the New Golden Age of Westerns.” Festival of the West. Center for Western Lands and Peoples, Montana State University. Bozeman, MT. April 20th, 2017.
"John Ford: Artistry, Authorship, and the Invention of the Classic Western." Set in the West: Telling Tales in Art and Film. Petrie Institute of Western Art Annual Symposium. Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO. January 4th, 2017.
"Legendary Western Filmmakers: Delmer Daves and 3:10 to Yuma." The CM Russell Museum, Great Falls, MT. December 3rd, 2016.
"Legendary Western Filmmakers: Clint Eastwood and High Plains Drifter." The CM Russell Museum, Great Falls, MT. November 5th, 2016.
"Still in the Saddle: The Hollywood Western, 1969-1980." Book talk and signing. The CM Russell Museum, Great Falls, MT. September 13th, 2016.
"Still in the Saddle: The Hollywood Western, 1969-1980." Book talk and signing. The Booth Western Art Museum, Cartersville, GA. August 3rd, 2016.
"Authorship, André De Toth and Day of the Outlaw." Introduction to film screening. The Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles, CA. June 11th, 2016.
"Barbara Stanwyck and Her Forty Guns." Introduction to film screening. The Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles, CA. May 14th, 2016.
"What is a Western? The Cowboys (1972)." Introduction to film screening. The Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles, CA. December 12th, 2015.
Cowboys vs. Dinosaurs. Film introduction and panel discussion moderator. Bozeman Film Society, June 20th, 2015.
"Western Film and Montana History." Bozeman Sunrise Rotary Club. Bozeman, MT. May 22nd, 2015.
"John Wayne, Cowgirl Cats and the New Golden Age of Westerns." Merkel Family Foundation Distinguished Lecture Series. Charles M. Russell Center for the Study of Art of the American West. University of Oklahoma. Norman, OK. March 16th, 2015. Poster for the event is here.
"Western Art and Hollywood Cinema." A three-part film and lecture series exploring the thematic and iconographic connections between Charles M. Russell's art and the Hollywood Western held at the C.M. Russell Museum. Great Falls, MT. Topics, films and dates are below. Read an article about the series in the Great Falls Tribune.
“Not Coming Soon a Theater Near You: Popularity, Prestige and the Western Today.” Introduction to a screening of The Homesman. Bozeman Film Society. Bozeman, MT. January 15th, 2015.
“How the West was Shot.” The Ellen Theater. Bozeman, MT. August 27th, 2014.
“Western Film and Western History: The Case of Jesse James.” Elise R. Donahue Lectures of the American West. Museum of the Rockies. Bozeman, MT. April 10th, 2014.
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), May 30th, 2021.
- Little Big Man (1970), June 20th, 2021.
- True Grit (1969), July 18th, 2021.
- The Long Riders (1980), August 22nd, 2021.
- The Shootist (1976), September 5th, 2021.
"Curator's Talk: Still in Saddle: A New History of the Hollywood Western." Briscoe Western Art Museum, San Antonio, TX. May 29th, 2021.
"Western Movies Today: History, Criticism, Production." Perspectives on the American West Lecture Series. The Ivan Doig Center for the Study of the Lands and Peoples of the North American West, Montana State University. Bozeman, MT. December 2nd, 2019. You can listen to the audio of my lecture, courtesy of Bozeman KGVM Community Radio!
"Warhol's Western Movies." 17th Annual Western Art History Symposium. Booth Western Art Museum. Cartersville, GA. October 25th, 2019.
"Writing About Western Film." Western Writers of America James Ersfeld Memorial Symposium. CM Russell Museum. Great Falls, MT. September 28th, 2019.
"Into a New West." A four-part film and lecture series exploring films about the modern American West, held at the Briscoe Western Art Museum, San Antonio, TX. Films and dates are below.
- Lonely are the Brave (1962), May 26th, 2019.
- Smoke Signals (1998), June 9th, 2019.
- Thelma and Louise (1991), July 7th, 2019.
- Junior Bonner (1972), August 4th, 2019.
I moderated the celebrity Q & A sessions at The Cowboy Way Jubilee, May 2 to 5, 2019 in Ardmore, OK.
“‘A Charles Russell Motif’: Charles M. Russell and the Hollywood Western.” Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West. Scottsdale, AZ. February 21st, 2019.
"Desert Hearts." Montana State University Ivan Doig Center Western Film Series. Museum of the Rockies. Bozeman, MT. January 19th, 2019.
"The Color and the Movement: Frederic Remington and Western Film." 16th Annual Western Art History Symposium. Booth Western Art Museum. Cartersville, GA. October 26th, 2018.
“‘I Was Afraid I Was Going to Make a Fool of Myself’: Buffalo Bill at the Movies." Buffalo Bill Center of the West. Cody, WY. September 24th, 2018. Read an article about my visit to Cody in The Cody Enterprise.
"Still in the Saddle: The Hollywood Western, 1969-1980." Book talk and signing. Meeting of the Pahaska Corral of Westerners International. Cody, WY. September 24th, 2018.
"Westerns!" Montana State University Innovation Roadshow. The Ellen Theater. Bozeman, MT. September 20th, 2018. Read an article about the event in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle.
"Warhol and the Western." A three-part film and lecture series exploring the thematic and iconographic connections between Andy Warhol's Cowboys & Indians suite (1986) and the Hollywood Western, held at the Briscoe Western Art Museum, San Antonio, TX. Films and dates are below.
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), June 19th, 2018.
- Broken Arrow (1950), July 17th, 2018.
- Silverado (1985), August 21st, 2018.
"The Searchers." Montana State University Center for Western Lands and Peoples Western Film Series. Museum of the Rockies. Bozeman, MT. February 24th, 2018.
"Men of the West: Ford, Wayne, Leone, Eastwood." Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Montreal, QC. November 8th, 2017.
"Once Upon a Time on Fox News." Keynote address. National 4-H Western Heritage Conference and Championship Shoot. Fort Benton, MT. August 1st, 2017.
"Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story?" Panelist. Western Writers of America Convention. Kansas City, MO. June 24th, 2017.
“Preservation and Specialization in the New Golden Age of Westerns.” Festival of the West. Center for Western Lands and Peoples, Montana State University. Bozeman, MT. April 20th, 2017.
"John Ford: Artistry, Authorship, and the Invention of the Classic Western." Set in the West: Telling Tales in Art and Film. Petrie Institute of Western Art Annual Symposium. Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO. January 4th, 2017.
"Legendary Western Filmmakers: Delmer Daves and 3:10 to Yuma." The CM Russell Museum, Great Falls, MT. December 3rd, 2016.
"Legendary Western Filmmakers: Clint Eastwood and High Plains Drifter." The CM Russell Museum, Great Falls, MT. November 5th, 2016.
"Still in the Saddle: The Hollywood Western, 1969-1980." Book talk and signing. The CM Russell Museum, Great Falls, MT. September 13th, 2016.
"Still in the Saddle: The Hollywood Western, 1969-1980." Book talk and signing. The Booth Western Art Museum, Cartersville, GA. August 3rd, 2016.
"Authorship, André De Toth and Day of the Outlaw." Introduction to film screening. The Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles, CA. June 11th, 2016.
"Barbara Stanwyck and Her Forty Guns." Introduction to film screening. The Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles, CA. May 14th, 2016.
"What is a Western? The Cowboys (1972)." Introduction to film screening. The Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles, CA. December 12th, 2015.
Cowboys vs. Dinosaurs. Film introduction and panel discussion moderator. Bozeman Film Society, June 20th, 2015.
"Western Film and Montana History." Bozeman Sunrise Rotary Club. Bozeman, MT. May 22nd, 2015.
"John Wayne, Cowgirl Cats and the New Golden Age of Westerns." Merkel Family Foundation Distinguished Lecture Series. Charles M. Russell Center for the Study of Art of the American West. University of Oklahoma. Norman, OK. March 16th, 2015. Poster for the event is here.
"Western Art and Hollywood Cinema." A three-part film and lecture series exploring the thematic and iconographic connections between Charles M. Russell's art and the Hollywood Western held at the C.M. Russell Museum. Great Falls, MT. Topics, films and dates are below. Read an article about the series in the Great Falls Tribune.
- American Indians, Broken Arrow (1950), February 15th, 2015
- Cowboys, Monte Walsh (1970), March 8, 2015
- Wilderness, Red River (1948), April 26, 2015
“Not Coming Soon a Theater Near You: Popularity, Prestige and the Western Today.” Introduction to a screening of The Homesman. Bozeman Film Society. Bozeman, MT. January 15th, 2015.
“How the West was Shot.” The Ellen Theater. Bozeman, MT. August 27th, 2014.
“Western Film and Western History: The Case of Jesse James.” Elise R. Donahue Lectures of the American West. Museum of the Rockies. Bozeman, MT. April 10th, 2014.
Scholarly presentations
"Shoot-Out at the Genre Corral, Redux." Co-presented with Matthew Cater. Lonely are the Brave: The Western and Post-War America. University of East Anglia (online). June 15th, 2021.
"'It’s an Allegory for So Much of What’s Happening Right Now': Theory as Praxis in Recent Westerns." Society for Cinema and Media Studies conference. Online. March 21st, 2021.
"Western Film Histories: New Frontiers, At Home and Abroad." Keynote address. Transnationalism and Imperialism: New Perspectives on the Western. Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3. Montpellier, France. November 16th, 2018.
"Desert Hearts: The Sapphic West in the Shadow of the New Hollywood. Women and New Hollywood. Maynooth University. Maynooth, Ireland. May 29th, 2018.
"Delmer Daves and the Progressive Family Melodrama." Society for Cinema and Media Studies conference. Toronto, ON. March 14th, 2018.
"Delmer Daves, Casualty of Auteurism." Society for Cinema and Media Studies conference. Chicago, IL. March 24th, 2017.
"Violence and the Macabre in the Contemporary Western." American Studies Association conference. Denver, CO. November 18th, 2016.
"Suffering and Death in the Prestige Western." Western Literature Association conference. Big Sky, MT. September 23rd, 2016.
"Delmer Daves, Casualty of Auteurism." Film Studies Association of Canada Conference. Calgary, AB. May 31st, 2016.
"Something to Do with Death." Popular Culture Association Annual Conference. Seattle, WA. March 25th, 2016.
"Notes on Western Film and Television Fandom in the 21st Century." 50th annual conference of the Western Literature Association. Reno, NV. October 17th, 2015.
"The Western as Cult Genre." Popular Culture & American Culture Associations Annual Conference. New Orleans, LA. April 4th, 2015.
“Alien Thunder and the Cinematic Canadian West.” 49th Annual Conference of the Western Literature Association. Victoria, BC. November 8th, 2014.
“From Popular to Prestige: The Generic Status of Western Film and Television Today.” Literature/Film Association Conference. University of Montana, Missoula, MT. October 4th, 2014.
“‘I Was Afraid I Was Going to Make a Fool of Myself’: Buffalo Bill at the Movies.” Invited talk. The Wild West in Transatlantic Context: 2014 Michael P. Malone Conference. Montana State University, Bozeman, MT. September 26th, 2014.
“Film Studies for Production Students.” Moderator, roundtable discussion. University Film and Video Association Conference. Bozeman, MT. August 7th, 2014.
“The Searchers…in Saskatchewan: Alien Thunder and the Canadian Western.” Popular Culture Association of Canada Annual Conference. Calgary, AB. May 10th, 2014.
“Fenced Out: Delmer Daves and the Western Pantheon.” Popular Culture & American Culture Associations Annual Conference. Chicago, IL. April 19th, 2014.
“Contemporary Westerns.” Moderator and participant. Roundtable discussion. Popular Culture & American Culture Associations Annual Conference. Chicago, IL. April 19th, 2014.
“Authorship and the Cinematic West: The Case of Delmer Daves.” Invited. Cultures of the American West symposium. College of Letters and Sciences, Montana State University. Bozeman, MT. March 26th, 2014.
“‘To Talk of Peace is Not Hard. To Live It is Very Hard”: Cochise, Delmer Daves and the Pro-Indian Western.” Southwest Popular Culture Association Conference. Albuquerque, NM. February 21st, 2014.
“The Man Who Knows Indians…in Space! Avatar and the Western.” 48th Annual Conference of the Western Literature Association. Berkeley, CA. October 10th, 2013.
"'It’s an Allegory for So Much of What’s Happening Right Now': Theory as Praxis in Recent Westerns." Society for Cinema and Media Studies conference. Online. March 21st, 2021.
"Western Film Histories: New Frontiers, At Home and Abroad." Keynote address. Transnationalism and Imperialism: New Perspectives on the Western. Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3. Montpellier, France. November 16th, 2018.
"Desert Hearts: The Sapphic West in the Shadow of the New Hollywood. Women and New Hollywood. Maynooth University. Maynooth, Ireland. May 29th, 2018.
"Delmer Daves and the Progressive Family Melodrama." Society for Cinema and Media Studies conference. Toronto, ON. March 14th, 2018.
"Delmer Daves, Casualty of Auteurism." Society for Cinema and Media Studies conference. Chicago, IL. March 24th, 2017.
"Violence and the Macabre in the Contemporary Western." American Studies Association conference. Denver, CO. November 18th, 2016.
"Suffering and Death in the Prestige Western." Western Literature Association conference. Big Sky, MT. September 23rd, 2016.
"Delmer Daves, Casualty of Auteurism." Film Studies Association of Canada Conference. Calgary, AB. May 31st, 2016.
"Something to Do with Death." Popular Culture Association Annual Conference. Seattle, WA. March 25th, 2016.
"Notes on Western Film and Television Fandom in the 21st Century." 50th annual conference of the Western Literature Association. Reno, NV. October 17th, 2015.
"The Western as Cult Genre." Popular Culture & American Culture Associations Annual Conference. New Orleans, LA. April 4th, 2015.
“Alien Thunder and the Cinematic Canadian West.” 49th Annual Conference of the Western Literature Association. Victoria, BC. November 8th, 2014.
“From Popular to Prestige: The Generic Status of Western Film and Television Today.” Literature/Film Association Conference. University of Montana, Missoula, MT. October 4th, 2014.
“‘I Was Afraid I Was Going to Make a Fool of Myself’: Buffalo Bill at the Movies.” Invited talk. The Wild West in Transatlantic Context: 2014 Michael P. Malone Conference. Montana State University, Bozeman, MT. September 26th, 2014.
“Film Studies for Production Students.” Moderator, roundtable discussion. University Film and Video Association Conference. Bozeman, MT. August 7th, 2014.
“The Searchers…in Saskatchewan: Alien Thunder and the Canadian Western.” Popular Culture Association of Canada Annual Conference. Calgary, AB. May 10th, 2014.
“Fenced Out: Delmer Daves and the Western Pantheon.” Popular Culture & American Culture Associations Annual Conference. Chicago, IL. April 19th, 2014.
“Contemporary Westerns.” Moderator and participant. Roundtable discussion. Popular Culture & American Culture Associations Annual Conference. Chicago, IL. April 19th, 2014.
“Authorship and the Cinematic West: The Case of Delmer Daves.” Invited. Cultures of the American West symposium. College of Letters and Sciences, Montana State University. Bozeman, MT. March 26th, 2014.
“‘To Talk of Peace is Not Hard. To Live It is Very Hard”: Cochise, Delmer Daves and the Pro-Indian Western.” Southwest Popular Culture Association Conference. Albuquerque, NM. February 21st, 2014.
“The Man Who Knows Indians…in Space! Avatar and the Western.” 48th Annual Conference of the Western Literature Association. Berkeley, CA. October 10th, 2013.