Workshops and Presentations
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.
Katie’s work in educational workshops and presentations has awarded them with the 2019 LGBTQIA+ Service & Activism Award, the 2019 Audre Lorde/Marlon Riggs Gender Equity Award, the 2019 SUNY Oneonta 360 Women’s & Gender Studies Award, a 2017 NACURH Top 50 Program Award, an award for Boundless Creativity, and more.
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!
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Andrew Bodenrader Center for Academic Writing and Composition at Manhattanville University (December 2024)
Curated and presented to undergraduate students on 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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SUNY Purchase (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)
Educational workshop about rhythm and meter in poetry in a virtual writing retreat for interested writers in the United States and India.
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Collaborating with Rikki Wilhelm at SUNY Purchase’s Wellness Center, I performed and assisted in curating a workshop on creative writing as a healing practice. (November 2020)
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Student Diversity Leadership Conference (February 2020)
Presented about the double-edged sword of shared identities and how to make communities more inclusive.
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Gender and Sexuality Resource Center (April 2019)
An educational program of bisexuality, pansexuality, and other expansive sexualities
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Gender and Sexuality Resource Center (April 2019)
An educational program on the history of party culture/substance abuse within LGBTQ+ spaces, and steps to find healthy, sober communities.
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Gender and Sexuality Resource Center (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.
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(November 2018)
Educational presentation to the SUNY Oneonta community on understanding sexual education beyond cis heteronormative relationships, presented alongside two GSRC colleagues.
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(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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(April 2018)
Presented at the 2018 SUNY Undergraduate Research Conference (SURC), leading 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)
An education program on defining bisexuality and combating discrimination towards the bisexual+ community.
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NACURH Annual Conference (May 2017)
An educational program around the political, personal, and cultural importance of learning foreign languages, curated alongside Cristina Santos-Carvalho and presented at the 2017 NACURH Annual Conference at Purdue University. Received Top 50 Program award.
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(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. Presented at the Advised and mentored by Dr. Melinda Brennan.