2026 “Cartografías Corporales: la literatura del arte del performance como archivo. Jornadas Andinas de Literatura Latino Americana, Universidad Nacional de San Agustín, Arequipa, Perú, August 3-7, 2026.
2026 “Desire, Dissent and Disobedience: Ethnic Narratives in Latin American Performance Art.” Fourteenth Biennial MESEA Conference, Cultural Environments: Spheres, Ethnicity, Corporeality, Ionian University, Zakynthos, Greece, June 11-13, 2026.
2024 Raul’s Presentation: “Creative Practices in the Spanish-Language Classroom: Creative Writing & Spanish for Media- an LSP Approach.” Panel: Technically Speaking: Developing Content Courses for All Language Learners Using LSP Principles. 7th International Symposium on Languages for Specific Purposes (ISLSP) & Centers for International Business Education & Research (CIBER), George Washington U.Washington D.C. May 2-3, 2024.
2023 Raul’s Presentation: “Storytelling in Spanish: Creative Modalities from Writing to Spoken Word.” Panel: "Modalities in Motion: COVID-Takeways, Delivery Dilemmas & Curricular Transitions in Regards to Learning & Teaching Languages at The New School”. CALICO (Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium). University of Minnesota, June 6-10, 2023.
2019 “Memory and Materialism: An Ethnographic & Practitioner Based Approach to Collecting & Curating Cuban Cultural Heritage.” Memory Studies Association [MSA] Annual Conference Madrid, Spain, June 25-28, 2019.
2019 “Storytelling in Cuban: Diasporic Transmedia Narratives, Trans-Atlantic & Beyond. Asociación de Hispanos Profesionales de Estados Unidos [ALDEEU], Valencia, Spain June 16-19, 2019.
2019 “Emotional Embargo: Cuban American Transmedia Storytelling.” 55th Annual Congress of the Canadian Association of Hispanists [CAH], Vancouver, Canada, June 5-7, 2019.
2019 “Tongue Tied Humor: Biculturalism & Bilingualism in Latinx Stand-up Comedy.” Second International Conference on Bilingualism, University of Malta, March 24-27, 2019.
2018 “Queer Parenthood: Comedic Approaches to Family, Community, & Difference.” 11th
Biennial Conference of Multi-Ethnic Studies in Europe and Americas [MESEA], U. of Graz, Austria, May 30-June 2, 2018.
2016 “Culinary Sentimentalities: Cuban American Narratives on Memory, Storytelling, & Materiality.” Reading Cuba Conference, Florida International University, November 9-11, 2016.
2016 “Subjetividades alteradas: masculinidades queer y otras cuestiones de género en la narrativa de Boris Izaguirre.” Congreso Internacional sobre Género y Narrativa Latinoamericana” Universidad Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú, September 22-23, 2016.
2016 “Cuban Counterpoints: Dissent in Cuban and Cuban-American Visual and Material Cultures.” Multi-Ethnic Studies in Europe and the Americas (MESEA) 10th Biannual International Conference, Warsaw, Poland, June 22-24, 2016.
2015 “Leaving & Going Back: Cuban-American Narratives on Memory & Mobility.” Multi-Ethnic Literatures US (MELUS), Athens, Georgia, April 9th-12th, 2015.
2014 "Critics and Writers in Conversation: Latina/o Literature and Theatre in the 21st Century." Latino Studies Conference, Chicago, Illinois, July 17-19th, 2014.
2014 “Cuba, Beyond the Embodied Nation: Ethnicity, Authenticity, and Intersectionality in Cuban American Theatre.” National Association for Ethnic Studies (NAES), Annual Conference, Mills College, Oakland, California, April 3-6, 2014.
2014 “Cuban Culinary Cultures: Food, Identity, and Material Cultures.” 8th Interdisciplinary and Multicultural Conference on Food Representation in Literature, Film, and Art, University of Texas, San Antonio, February 27-March 1, 2014.
2013 “Nostalgic Trips: Memory and Ethnic Identity in the Performances of Carmen Peláez and Marga Gómez.” 9th Conference on Cuban and Cuban American Studies, Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, May 2013.
2013 “Ethnicity and Humor: Challenging Heteronormativity through Stand-up Comedy.” National Association for Ethnic Studies (NAES), Annual Conference, Ft. Collins, April 11-13, 2013.
2013 “Corporal Cuba: Performing Cuban America.” Haciendo Caminos: Mapping the Futures of U.S. Latina/o Literatures, John Jay College (CUNY), New York, March 7-9, 2013.
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