I am available to give talks on a range of topics pertaining to my past and present scholarship, including my newest book, Believing in Cleveland. My speaking topics include decline, revitalization, and urban image in Cleveland, the history of suburbs, tourism in New Orleans, public history, and digital humanities. To schedule an event, please contact me.

UPCOMING BOOK TALKS & EVENTS

JULY 2019
8     Rocky River Public Library Rocky River, OH @ 7pm

SEPTEMBER 2019
10    Mayfield Branch, Cuyahoga County Public Library Mayfield Village, OH @ 2pm

PAST BOOK TALKS & EVENTS

OCTOBER 2017
27    SACRPH Conference* Westin Cleveland Downtown @ 2:30pm

NOVEMBER 2017
1     Coventry Village Library Cleveland Heights, OH @ 7pm

4     The Learned Owl Book Shop (meet & greet) Hudson, OH @ 1-3pm

8     Barnes & Noble Eton on Chagrin, Woodmere, OH @ 7pm

12    Loganberry Books (meet & greet) Shaker Heights, OH @ 1-3pm

16    Professional Men’s Club of Cleveland** Moreland Hills, OH

19    New England Society of Cleveland** Shaker Heights, OH

29    Quintana’s Speakeasy* Cleveland Heights, OH @ 7pm

DECEMBER 2017
1      Visible Voice Books (with Todd Michney) Cleveland, OH @ 7pm

16    Cleveland Public Library Cleveland, OH @ 2pm

JANUARY 2018
28    Shaker Historical Society** Shaker Heights, OH

FEBRUARY 2018
15     Retired Faculty and Professional Staff Association** Cleveland, OH

APRIL 2018
17    Westlake Porter Public Library Westlake, OH @ 7pm

22    St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Cleveland Heights, OH @ 10:10am

AUGUST 2018
17    Assn. for Continuing Education at CWRU* Shaker Heights, OH

NOVEMBER 2018
4     Appletree Books (with Joe Kapitan) Cleveland Heights, OH @ 2pm

APRIL 2019
15    Solon Branch, Cuyahoga County Public Library Solon, OH @ 7pm

* Denotes ticketed or registration-only events
** Denotes private events

OTHER INVITED TALKS

• History and Sociology Spring Speaker Series, Georgia Tech, April 2019
• Multidisciplinary Research Seminar, Cleveland State University, October 2017
• Who We Are, Where We Live, Literary Cleveland, April 2017
• Leadership Cleveland Keynote, March 2017
• CSU2U, CSU Alumni Association, Fort Myers, FL, February 2017
• Network Detroit Keynote, Wayne State University, September 2016
• Brownbag Speaker Series, Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative, September 2016
• Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, March 2016
• Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, Beachwood, OH, January 2016
• Cleveland Digital Public Library Speaker Series, November 2015
• Jews of Cleveland Symposium, Case Western Reserve University, March 2015
• Happy Dog University, Happy Dog, Cleveland, OH, December 2014
• Public Lecture, Heights Libraries, October 2014
• Happy Dog University, Happy Dog, Cleveland, OH, July 2014
• Public Lecture, Heights Libraries, March 2014
• Berea Leadership Academy, Olmsted Falls, OH, May 2012
• Public Lecture, Cleveland Heights Historical Society, June 2011
• Inaugural Hansen Lecture, California State University, Fullerton, September 2008
• TAH Program National Project Directors Keynote, New Orleans, LA, October 2007
• Second Howard Mahan Symposium, University of South Alabama, March 2007
• Youngstown State University, April 2006
• Williams College, March 2006