Presentations and Workshops
With a background in creative writing, intersectional feminism, queer theory, and social justice education, along with more recent experience as an educator, Katie Hébert has much experience preparing educational and community-based presentations. She has spoken about a variety of topics and has presented at conferences around the country, including NACURH and the North-East Affiliate (NEACURH), the campus communities of her alma mater of SUNY Oneonta and her current educational institution of Manhattanville University, and through her places of employment.
See below for some selected presentations and workshops that Katie has curated.
Interested in planning something together? Eager to collaborate on a project? Let’s chat!
CONFERENCES
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Student Diversity Leadership Conference (February 2020)
Co-presented with Sophia Monsalve about the double-edged sword of shared identities and how to make communities more inclusive.
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SUNY Pride Conference (October 2018)
Presented a dialogue workshop for the SUNY Pride conference inspired by a discussion from WMST 365: Queer Migrations on the term “Queer” and how LGBTQ+ communities identify themselves.
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SUNY Undergraduate Research Conference (SURC) (April 2018)
Co-presented an creative activity presentation on the art of Slam Poetry, performing with the 2018 SUNY Oneonta Poetry Slam Team.
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NEACURH 2018 Spring Leadership Conference (March 2018)
Defining bisexuality and combating discrimination towards the bisexual+ community.
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NACURH Annual Conference at Purdue University (May 2017)
Educating around the political, personal, and cultural importance of learning foreign languages, curated alongside Cristina Santos-Carvalho. Received Top 50 Program Award.
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Women’s and Gender Studies Student Symposium (April 2017)
Presented original work around the idea of feminist affinity, inspired by Sara Ahmed's piece, An Affinity of Hammers, in which I dove into understanding what feminism and social justice looks like to the individual activist. Advised and mentored by Dr. Melinda Brennan.
PROGRAMMING
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(April 2019)
Defining bisexuality, pansexuality, and other expansive sexualities; alongside GSRC colleagues.
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(April 2019)
Unpacking history of party culture/substance abuse within LGBTQ+ spaces, and defining steps to find healthy, sober communities; alongside GSRC colleagues.
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(November 2018)
Understanding sexual education beyond cis heteronormative relationships, presented alongside two GSRC colleagues.
WORKSHOPS/INVITED PRESENTATIONS
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(December 2024)
Highlighting the process of revision, specifically to academic papers across disciplines. Developed alongside other MFA Teaching Fellows and advised by Carleigh Brower.
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(December 2020)
Curated programming for SUNY Purchase’s wellness center on incorporating poetry and creative writing as coping mechanisms and calming activities.
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Ayaskala Literary Magazine: Virtual Writing Retreat (May 2020)
Defining and understanding rhythm and meter in poetry in a virtual writing retreat for interested writers in the United States and India.
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(December 2018 and April 2019)
Curated artistic space with artists to share their work in an open-mic format while interviewing each other about their work. Co-curated with Emmanual Woolard.