Conferences and Workshops
Overview
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Leadership Roles
In conferences, sessions, and workshops
- 2023, Organizer of 7 Paper Sessions & 1 Discussion Panel: âConfronting Climate Colonialityâ Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, Denver, CO, 23-27 March.
- 2022, Organizer & Moderator of Discussion Panel: âCitizenship in the Time of Climate Change: Exploring Displacement, Adaptation, and Resilience in South Asiaâ Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs series on Challenges to Citizenship, Maxwell School, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 15 April.
- 2022, Organizer & Chair of Discussion Panel: âEnvironmental Collaborations & Conflicts Researchâ Conversations in Conflict Studies, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration (PARCC), Maxwell School, Syracuse University, NY, 28 April.
- 2021, Organizer of Roundtable: âFifty Years in the Making: Decolonizing Bangladesh Studiesâ 49th Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, 20-24 October.
- 2021, Co-organizer and Chair of Discussion Panel: âWater Politicsâ Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, Seattle, WA, 4-7 April.
- 2020, Co-organizer and Chair of Discussion Panel: âWater Politicsâ Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, Denver, CO, 4-8 April. (Cancelled due to COVID-19)
- 2018, Lead Organizer and Chair of Paper Session: âGovernance, Rights, and Justice in Water: New Ideas and Realitiesâ Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, New Orleans, LA, 10-14 April.
- 2018, Co-organizer of Discussion Panel: âAcademics Under Attack in the Age of Social Mediaâ Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, New Orleans, LA, 10-14 April.
- 2018, Co-organizer and Chair of Discussion Panel: âWater and Climate Justice: In Pursuit of Equityâ Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, New Orleans, LA, 10-14 April. (with Sarah Romano)
- 2017, Co-organizer of Discussion Panel: âEnacting an Inclusive Professional Communityâ Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, Boston, MA, 5-9 April. (with Amy Piedalue)
- 2016, Lead Organizer of Interdisciplinary International Conference: Building Community Capacity to Adapt to Climate Change across Sites, Groups and Scales, Maxwell School, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 22 April.
- 2016, Co-organizer and Chair of Discussion Panel: âEmotional Political Ecologiesâ Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, San Francisco, CA, 29 March-2 April. (with Marien GonzĂĄlez-Hidalgo)
- 2015, Organizer and Chair of Discussion Panel: âDevelopment Geographies: Looking Forwardâ Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, Chicago, IL, 21-25 April.
- 2014, Organizer and Chair of Discussion Panel: âDevelopment Geographies: Scales, Directions, Visionsâ Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, Tampa, FL, 8-12 April.
- 2013, Co-organizer of Workshop: âIslam in the Academy: Confronting Orientalismâ, Democratizing Knowledge Collective, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 19 April. (with Dana Olwan)
- 2013, Lead Co-organizer of Discussion Panel: âThe Right to Water: Theories and Practicesâ Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Los Angeles, CA, 9-13 April. (with Alex Loftus)
- 2013, Co-organizer with South Asia Center on Community Dialogue and Teach-in: SU Rising: Stop Violence Against Women, Syracuse University, 14 February.
- 2011, Lead Co-organizer and Co-chair of Two Discussion Panels: âClimate Change and Development: Intersections, Contradictions, Opportunitiesâ Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Seattle, WA, 12-16 April. (with Ed Carr)
- 2011, Co-organizer of Two-day International Conference: Water in South Asia: Challenges in a Changing Environment, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 7-8 April. (with South Asia Center)
- 2011, Host and Moderator of Discussion Session with Maude Barlow (Council of Canadians): The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 5 April.
- 2010, Lead Co-organizer and Co-chair of Two Paper Sessions: âGender and Climate Change: Pitfalls, Possibilities and Realitiesâ Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Washington D.C., 14-18 April. (with Joni Seager)
- 2010, Chair and Lead Co-Organizer of two-day International Conference: The Right to Water, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 29-30 March, www.maxwell.syr.edu/waterconference (with Alex Loftus)
- 2010, Host and Moderator of several Discussion Sessions with Dr. Muhammad Yunus (Nobel Peace Prize recipient): Creating a World without Poverty, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 23 February.
- 2009, Organizer and Chair of Two Paper Sessions: âWater, Power and Politics in South Asiaâ Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Las Vegas, NV, 22-27 March.
- 2009, Organizer and Presenter: Film Screening and Discussion Session for âClimate change and Bangladesh: Who will pay?â Department of Geography and South Asia Center, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 27 January.
- 2008, Lead Co-organizer and Co-chair of Three Paper Sessions and one Discussion Panel: âWater and Development: A Fluid Relationshipâ Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Boston, MA, 15-19 April. (with Jessica Budds)
- 2008, Lead Co-organizer: World Water Day Seminar, Action Against Hunger and Kingâs College London, London, UK, 22 March. (with Jennifer Organ)
- 2008, Lead Co-organizer: Princeton Association UK Annual Lecture on âSex and Gender: How and Whyâ London, UK, 6 March. (with Melissa Hines)
- 2007, Co-organizer and Co-chair of Two Paper Sessions and One Discussion Panel: âGlobal Perspectives on Gender-Water Geographiesâ Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, San Francisco, CA, 17-23 April. (with Kathleen OâReilly, Nina Laurie, and Sarah Halvorson)
- 2007, Co-organizer and Co-chair of Five Paper Sessions and One Discussion Panel: âSocio-Ecological Nature of Waterâ Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, San Francisco, CA, 17-23 April. (with Jessica Budds)
- 2006, Organizer of Discussion Panel: âGender and Waterâ Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Chicago, IL, 7-11 March.
- 2006, Co-convenor and Co-chair of two Paper Sessions: âParticipatory Ethics for Human Geographyâ Annual Conference of the Royal Geographical Society & Institute of British Geographers, London, UK, 31 August â 2 September. (with Rachel Pain)
- 2005, Chair and Organizer of Paper Session: âGendered Geographies of Water: Trends and Challengesâ Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Denver, CO, 4-9 April.
- 2002, Co-organizer of Workshop: Rio Plus Ten: Environment, Development, and Security Workshop, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 5-6 April. (with Karen Brown)
- 2002, Chair and Organizer of Panel: âWater and Securityâ Rio Plus Ten: Environment, Development, and Security Workshop, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 5-6 April.
Discussant, Panelist, Chair, or Participant
At conferences and workshops
- 2023, Invited Discussant: âJust Geographies of Academic Mobilitiesâ Climate Action Task Force Plenary Lecture, Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, Denver, CO, 23-27 March.Â
- 2023, Invited Panelist: âDoing Public Geographyâ Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, Denver, CO, 23-27 March.
- 2022, Invited Discussant: âClimate and Nature Emergencyâ Wall Scholars Catalyst Program, Peter Wall Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 28 September.Â
- 2022, Invited Panelist: âClimate and Water Insecurityâ, Household Water Insecurity Research Coordination Network Workshop, Washington DC, 22-25 May.
- 2022, Invited Panelist: âClimate-smart Irrigationâ Roundtable discussion. Northern Michigan University, 20 April.
- 2022, Invited Discussant: Author meets critics, âClimate Change Justice and Global Resource Commons: Local and Global Postcolonial Political Ecologiesâ (Shangrila Joshi, Routledge, 2021)Â Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, New York, NY, 25 Feb â 1 March.Â
- 2023, Ashoka University, India: Invited Discussant, âSlow Disaster: Political Ecology of Hazards and Everyday Life in the Brahmaputra Valley, Assamâ Book Seminar of the Department of Sociology & Anthropology and Environmental Studies, Haryana, India, 10 February.
- 2022, Stockholm Environmental Institute, Sweden: Invited Commentator, âOperationalising finance for Loss & Damageâ Advisory Panel Meeting, SEI, 3 October.Â
- 2022, Columbia University, USA: Invited Speaker, âMeet Authors of the U.N. Report on Global Warming Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptationâ Sustain What Series, Columbia Climate School, 28 February.Â
- 2021, Organizer & Panelist of Roundtable: âFifty Years in the Making: Decolonizing Bangladesh Studiesâ 49th Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, 20-24 October
- 2021, Panelist: âFifty Years in the Making: Decolonizing Bangladesh Studiesâ 49th Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, 20-24 October.
- 2021, Social Science Research Council (SSRC), USA: Invited Speaker, âReckoning with Research Methods and Ethicsâ College and University Fund for the Social Sciences Conference, New York, NY, Â 4 October.
- 2021, Building a Community of Practice for Household Water Insecurity (HWISE) Research Coordination Network, USA: Invited Speaker, âHousehold Water Insecurity and Climate Disruptionsâ, HWISE NOW Virtual Coffee Hour, 27 July.
- 2021, Invited Panelist: âRace, Space and the Environmentâ Virtual Symposium of Rhodes University School of Journalism and Media Studies (South Africa) with Newhouse School of Journalism (Syracuse University), Syracuse, NY & Makhanda, South Africa, 23 April.
- 2021, Invited Panelist: âMore than Mentoring: Towards A More Equitable and Just Geographyâ Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, Seattle, WA, 4-7 April.
- 2021, Invited Panelist: âUrban Climate Justice Futuresâ Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, Seattle, WA, 4-7 April.
- 2021, Invited Workshop Participant: âHow the Science of Behavioral Change and the Social Sciences Can Help the GEF to Deliver its Objectivesâ UNEP Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP), Global Environment Facility (GEF), 25-26 March.
- 2021, Invited Workshop Participant: âGEF-8 Replenishment: Behavioral Changeâ UNEP Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP), Global Environment Facility (GEF), 8 February 2021.
- 2020, Invited Discussant: âIs Your Political Ecology âDecolonialâ?â Decolonizing Political Ecology Workshop, POLLEN Conference, 21 September.
- 2020, Invited Workshop Panelist: âAddressing the Climate Crisisâ Planning Workshop of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS), 25 June.
- 2020, Invited Discussant: âClimate Justice and Intersectionality: Exploring New Directions in Geographical Climate Justice Researchâ Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, Denver, CO, 6-10 April. (Cancelled due to COVID-19)
- 2020, Invited Panelist: âUrban Climate Justice Futuresâ Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, Denver, CO, 6-10 April. (Cancelled due to COVID-19)
- 2020, Invited Panelist: âTowards New Feminist Political Ecologies of Urban Infrastructure & Urban Environmentsâ Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, Denver, CO, 6-10 April. (Cancelled due to COVID-19)
- 2020, Discussant: âWater Politics: Governance, Justice and the Right to Waterâ Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, Denver, CO, 6-10 April. (Cancelled due to COVID-19)
- 2019, Invited Participant: Water in Our Future Exploratory Meeting, American Academy of Arts & Sciences (AAAS), Boston, MA, 19-20 June.
- 2019, Invited Panelist: âInterdisciplinary Mentorship in Communities of Practice: Experiences, Best Practices, and Challengesâ Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, Washington, D.C., 3-7 April.
- 2019, Invited Discussant: âGender, Development, and Technology: Feminist and Postcolonial Perspectivesâ Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, Washington, D.C., 3-7 April.
- 2019, Invited Discussant: âAdvancing Critical Climate Change Studies: Intersections of Race, Class, and Genderâ Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, Washington, D.C., 3-7 April.
- 2019, Invited Panelist: âMediating (Im)Materialities in Nature-Society Researchâ Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, Washington, D.C., 3-7 April.
- 2018, Invited Discussant: Political Economy of Water, Workshop of the International Center for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), International University Bangladesh, Dhaka, 11 July.
- 2018, Invited Panelist: Controversy & Feminist Pedagogy: A Geography Workshop, York University, Toronto, Canada, 16-18 May.
- 2018, Invited Panelist: âUsing Collective Biography and Other Forms of Collaborative Analysis in Feminist Geographyâ Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, New Orleans, LA, 10-14 April.
- 2018, Invited Panelist: âThe Case Against Colonialism: Racism in the Academy and the Ethics of Publishingâ Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, New Orleans, LA, 10-14 April.
- 2018, Invited Panelist: âRe-Envisioning âSustainableâ Deltas Through Critical Physical Geographyâ Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, New Orleans, LA, 10-14 April.
- 2018, Invited Panelist: âFrom Communities of Practice to Communities of Praxis: Public Political Ecology, Environmental Justice, and Critical Engagement in an Era of Regressive Environmental Politicsâ Dimensions of Political Ecology Annual Conference, University of Kentucky, Lexington KY, 22-24 February.
- 2017, Invited Panelist: âStrategy Session: Teaching Against the Global Turn to the Rightâ Feminist Geography 2017: Insides and Outsides of Feminism, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, May 18-20,.
- 2017, Panelist: âThe International Year of Global Understandingâ Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, Boston, MA, 5-9 April.
- 2017, Invited Discussant: âNew/Critical Approaches to Water and Food Securityâ Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, Boston, MA, 5-9 April.
- 2017, Invited Discussant: âQuiet Social Movements & Everyday Life in the urban global South: Towards New Geographies of Social Changeâ Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, Boston, MA, 5-9 April.
- 2016, Invited Panelist: âDialogues in Human Geography Plenary: The UN Development Goals (Diana Liverman)â Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, San Francisco, CA, 29 March â 2 April.
- 2016, Chair and Discussant: âEmotional Political Ecologiesâ Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, San Francisco, CA, 29 March â 2 April.
- 2016, Invited Panelist: âThe International Year of Global Understandingâ Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, San Francisco, CA, 29 March-2 April.
- 2016, Invited Panelist: âCritical Environmental Governance: Politics and Power in the Material Worldâ Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, San Francisco, CA, 29 March-2 April.
- 2016, Invited Panelist: âFieldwork and Qualitative Research in Geographyâ Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, San Francisco, CA, 29 March-2 April.
- 2016, Chair and Discussant: âEnacting an Inclusive Professional Communityâ Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, San Francisco, CA, 29 March-2 April.
- 2016, Invited Moderator: âInnovations on the Groundâ Environmental Grantmakers Association Winter Briefing, Miami, FL, 1-2 March.
- 2015, Invited Panelist: âA Political Ecology of Women, Water, and Global Environmental Change: a panel-audience discussion of current contributions to feminist environmental researchâ Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, Chicago, IL, 21-25 April.
- 2015, Invited Panelist: âInternational Year of Global Understanding (IYGU)â Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, Chicago, IL, 21-25 April.
- 2015, Invited Panelist: âQuestioning Geographyâs âHealthy Subjectâ: Cultivating an Ethic of Wellness in Geographyâ Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, Chicago, IL, 21-25 April.
- 2015, Invited Panelist: âPresumed Incompetent: A Conversation on Navigating Academiaâ Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 25 March.
- 2014, Invited Panelist: âGendering a Sustainable Future: Water, Conflict and Climate Changeâ United Nations World Water Assessment Programme (UN WWAP), Colombella, Italy, 10-11 June.
- 2014, Panelist: âEngaging Feminist Pedagogy: Gendered Spaces In/Outside the Classroomâ Feminist Geography: Who we are, what we do, why we do it. University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE, 15-18 May.
- 2014, Panelist: âImporting or creating theories: Doing feminist geography in âotherâ placesâ Feminist Geography: Who we are, what we do, why we do it. University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE, 15-18 May.
- 2014, Invited Commentator and Panelist: The Public Shareholder: The ethics, regulation, and risk of public utility commercialization, Université de Montréal, Canada, 2-4 May.
- 2014, Invited Panelist: âDialogues in Human Geography Annual Forum: By Words Alone Shall We Know (John Agnew)â, Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Tampa, FL, 8-12 April.
- 2014, Panelist: âFeminist Pedagogiesâ Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Tampa, FL, 8-12 April.
- 2013, Panelist: Workshop on âIslam in the Academy: Confronting Orientalismâ, Democratizing Knowledge Collective, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 19 April.
- 2013, Invited Panelist: âDevelopment Geography: Can Critical Perspectives Exist in Policy and Implementation?â Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Los Angeles, CA, 9-13 April.
- 2013, Invited Panelist: âTeaching Political Ecologyâ Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Los Angeles, CA, 9-13 April.
- 2013, Chair and Panelist: âThe Right to Water: Theories and Practicesâ Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Los Angeles, CA, 9-13 April.
- 2013, Invited Panelist: âHow We Got Here; Where Weâre Headedâ International Womenâs Day Workshop, International Relations Program, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 4 March.
- 2013, Invited Panelist: âLessons from Sandy: Are we Ready for More Climate Disruption?â Sustainability Education Teach-In, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 28 February.
- 2012, Invited Participant: Workshop on Democratizing Knowledge Project: Developing Literacies, Building Communities, Seeding Change Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 3-4 November.
- 2012, Invited Participant: Workshop on âUrban Naturesâ, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, 5-6 October.
- 2011, Invited Chair & Discussant: Paper session on â(Re)constructing Climate Change: Insights from Critical and Feminist Science Studiesâ Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Seattle, WA, 12-16 April.
- 2011, Invited Discussant: Author-meets-Critics Session of Karen Bakkerâs book âPrivatizing Waterâ Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Seattle, WA, 12-16 April.
- 2011, Invited Discussant: Author-meets-Critics Session of Jamie Lintonâs book âWhat is Water?â Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Seattle, WA, 12-16 April.
- 2011, Panelist: âClimate Change and Development: Intersections, Contradictions, Opportunitiesâ Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Seattle, WA, 12-16 April.
- 2011, Moderator: Paper session on âDrinking Water: Issues of Rural and Urban Governanceâ at conference Water in South Asia: Challenges in a Changing Environment, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 7-8 April.
- 2010, Invited Discussant: Paper session on âDams, Science, and the Lawâ at conference Experiments on Rivers: The Consequences of Dams, Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 11-12 November.
- 2010, Invited Panelist: âGender and Environment: Critical Tradition and New Challengesâ Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Washington D.C., 14-18 April.
- 2010, Invited Discussant: Paper Session on âGreen Development? Revisiting Environment and Food Systemsâ Development Geographies Pre-Conference, Washington D.C., 13 April.
- 2009, Invited Panelist: âDemocratizing Water Technologiesâ Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Las Vegas, NV, 22-27 March.
- 2009, Invited Discussant: âHydrosocial Cyclesâ Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Las Vegas, NV, 22-27 March.
- 2008, Panelist: âWater and Development: A Fluid Relationship?â Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Boston, MA, 15-19 April.
- 2007, Invited Chair: Paper Session on âWellbeing, Relatedness, and Collective Actionâ Wellbeing in International Development Conference, University of Bath, Bath, UK, 28-30 June.
- 2007, Invited Panelist: âPeople of Color Negotiate the Academy (Part II): Women of Color Geographers and the Crisis of Under-representationâ Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, San Francisco, CA, 17-23 April.
- 2007, Panelist: âThe Matter of Water: Water, Materialities, and Developmentâ at Panel Session on âSocio-ecological Nature of Water Iâ Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, San Francisco, CA, 17-23 April.
- 2006, Panelist: âFeminist Political Ecology of Water â Wither Geography?â at Panel Session on âGender and Waterâ Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Chicago, IL, 7-11 March.
- 2005, Invited Panelist: âDiscourses of Participation and the Development Industryâ at Panel Session on âParticipatory Geographiesâ Annual Conference of the Royal Geographical Society & Institute of British Geographers, London, UK, 31 Augustâ2 September.
Conference Papers Presented
- 2021, âFeminist climate justice in a world of crisesâ Radical Climate Justice for the Global Commons, University of California Center for Climate Justice, Santa Barbara, CA, 4-25 October.
- 2020, âDrowned out: Climate injustices in Dhaka, Bangladeshâ Paper presented at âUrban Climate Change Planning in Asian Cities: Lessons from the Fieldâ, Annual Meetings of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP), Toronto, Canada, 8 November.
- 2017, âProblematizing Climate Adaption: Querying Intersectionality, Power, and Social Justiceâ Gobeshona 3: The Conference for a Climate-Resilient Bangladesh, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 8-11 January.
- 2016, âWater, Citizenship, and Development Struggles in the Global Southâ Paper presented at Development in Question, 5th Annual Conference of the Development Sociology section of the American Sociological Association, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 6-8 October.
- 2014, âPublic Water and Citizenship: Imbrications of Belonging and Democracy in The Right to Waterâ Paper session on âNew Water Resources Geographies?â Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Tampa, FL, 8-12 April.
- 2012, âUrban Injustices in a Changing Climate: Informal Settlements, Environmental Governance, and the Contradictions Of Adaptation In Dhaka, Bangladeshâ Panel on âGoverning Environmental Risks and Vulnerabilities in Citiesâ ICARUS III Conference, Columbia University, New York, NY, May 17-20. [Paper accepted, unable to attend]
- 2011, âWater, Vulnerability, and the Politics of Adaptation: Gendered Realities of Climate Change in South Asiaâ Water, Waves, and Weather: Climate Change and the Future of South Asia, Conference of the American Overseas Research Centers hosted by American Institute of Bangladesh Studies (AIBS), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 17-20 July.
- 2010, âGender, Climate Change and the Politics of Adaptationâ Paper Session on âGender and Climate Change: Pitfalls, Possibilities and Realitiesâ Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Washington D.C., 14-18 April.
- 2009, âGendering Climate Change: Debates from South Asiaâ MaGrann Conference on Climate Change in South Asia: Governance, Equity and Social Justice, Rutgers University, NJ, 16-17 April.
- 2009, âOf Purity and Pollution: Negotiating Socio-spatial-ecological-embodied Subjectivities in Contaminated Waterscapesâ Paper Session on âWater, power and politics in South Asiaâ Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Las Vegas, NV, 22-27 March.
- 2008, âPoisoning the Well of Development? Arsenic, Accountability and (Un)anticipated Development in Bangladeshâ Re-Engaging Development in a Post- Development Era? Developing Areas Specialty Group Conference, Clark University, Worcester, MA, 13-14 April.
- 2008, âFluid Lives: Gender, Subjectivity and Water Managementâ Paper Session on âAdvancing Environmentality: The Materiality of the Environmental Subjectâ Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Boston, MA, 15-19 April.
- 2007, ââSorry, I canât Give You Moneyâ: Positionality, Reflexivity, and Ethics of Fieldwork in Third World Contexts.â Paper Session on âGiving Back: Ideas for mutually beneficial researchâ Annual Conference of the Royal Geographical Society & Institute of British Geographers, London, UK, 31 August â 2 September.
- 2007, âSuffering for Water, Suffering from Water: Gendered and Classed Dimensions of Arsenic Poisoning in Bangladeshâ Paper Session on âArsenic in the Natural Environment: The Geography of a Global Problemâ Annual Conference of the Royal Geographical Society & Institute of British Geographers, London, UK, 31 August â 2 September.
- 2007, âWatery Discourses: Participation and Community in Water Resources Managementâ Paper Session on âGlobal Perspectives on Gender-Water Geographiesâ Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, San Francisco, CA, 17-23 April.
- 2006, âGendering Natural Hazards Research: A Feminist Analysis of the Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater in Bangladeshâ Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Chicago, IL, 7-11 March. [Winner of the 2006 Kasperson Student Paper Award of the Hazards Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers]
- 2005, âWomen, Water, Welfare: Debating Development and Water resources management in Bangladeshâ Annual Conference of the Royal Geographical Society & Institute of British Geographers, London, UK, 31 August â 2 September.
- 2005, âDrops of life, Drops of death: Gendered Geographies of a Drinking Water crisis in Bangladeshâ Paper Session on âGendered Geographies of Water: Trends and Challengesâ Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Denver, CO, 4-9 April.
- 2005, âSociology of an Escalating Disaster: Gender, Water and Arsenic in Bangladeshâ Midwest Sociological Society Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN, 31 March â 3 April.
- 2004, âGendered Waters, Poisoned Wells: Understanding the Social Geographies of the Drinking Water Crisis from Arsenic Contamination in Bangladeshâ MacArthur Consortium Workshop Gender in an International Context, University of Minnesota, 16-17 April.
- 2004, âWater, Water Everywhere, But Not a Drop to Drink: Analyzing the Drinking Water Crisis in Bangladeshâ Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Philadelphia, PA, 15-19 March. [Winner of the 2004 Best Student Paper Award of the Cultural and Political Ecology Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers]
- 2003, âManaging Water for Sustainable Development: The Importance of Gender, Class and Environment in National Water Policies in Bangladeshâ MacArthur Consortium Workshop Gender in an International Context, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 11-12 April.
- 2002, âPolitical Ecology of the Ganges River: High Modernism, River Politics, and the Farakka Barrageâ Annual Meeting of the West Lakes Division of the Association of American Geographers, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 17-19 October.
- 2002, âWater Resources, Water Security and the âRio Plus Tenâ Process: An Overviewâ Session on âWater and Securityâ at Rio Plus Ten: Environment, Development, and Security Workshop at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 5-6 April.
- 2002, âThe Farakka Barrage and the Ganges River Dispute: High Modernism, River Politics and Socio-ecological Implicationsâ Session on âWater and Society: Power, Scale and Boundariesâ Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Los Angeles, CA, 18-23 March.
- 2000, âWater Allocation and Gender â An Analysis from Bangladeshâ Berkeley Water Working Group Speaker Series, University of California â Berkeley, CA, 4 May (with Ben Crow).
- 2000, âWater Concerns in Rural Bangladesh: A Gendered Perspectiveâ 26th Annual Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC) International Conference, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 5-9 November.
- 2000, âWater Resources and Gender: Unspoken Realities and Unfolding Crisis in Bangladeshâ First International Conference on Bangladesh Environment, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 14-15 January.