Invited Presentations
2025. Invited Speaker | “Reimagining Global Education: Shifts in Study Abroad Marketing.” Center for Social Science Research Education and Health Research Hub’s Speaker Series at George Mason University (virtual).
2025. Featured Speaker | “Beyond an Adventure: The Transformative Impact of Study Abroad Marketing in the 21st Century.” International Education Week at Cal Poly Humboldt (virtual).
2024. Invited Presentation | “Layered Transitions: First-Generation College Seniors from Immigrant Families – Grant Recipient Session” with Tharuna Kalaivanan and Fanni Farago at ACPA in Chicago, IL.
2022. Invited Workshop | “A Practical Guide to Qualitative Coding” with Tharuna Kalaivanan. Center for Social Science Research Education and Health Research Hub’s Speaker Series at George Mason University (virtual).
2022. Invited Presenter | “Community Assembly and Roll Call.” Democratizing NOVA Summit at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA.
2021. Invited Panelist | Keynote Panel: “Interdisciplinary Research: What, How, and Why?” Mason Graduate Interdisciplinary Conference (virtual).
2021. Moderator | “What is Public Sociology?” Public Sociology Conference at George Mason University (virtual).
Conference Presentations
2025. “Beyond an Adventure: The Transformation of Study Abroad Marketing in the 21st Century” Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology in St. Louis, Missouri.
2025. “Beyond an Adventure: Exploring the Transformative Impact of Study Abroad Marketing in the 21st Century” at the Southern Sociological Society in Charlotte, NC.
2025. “Beyond an Adventure: Exploring the Transformative Impact of Study Abroad Marketing in the 21st Century” at the Eastern Sociological Society in Boston, MA.
2024. “A Sociology of Postcolonial Study Abroad” with Margaret Zeddies at the American Sociological Association in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
2024. “Centering Equity: Community Interventions to Promote Protective Factors for Older Adult Wellbeing” with Dr. Amy Best and Dr. Elizangela Storelli at the Eastern Sociological Society in Washington D.C.
2024. “First-generation college students and the senior-year transition: Complexities of navigating resources and assets” with Tharuna Kalaivanan and Nicole Tiongson at the Eastern Sociological Society in Washington D.C & Educational and Health Research Hub at George Mason University (virtual).
2023. “Coping with intergenerational trauma: How second-generation immigrant students navigate the transition out of college” with Tharuna Kalaivanan at the Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology in Tampa, FL.
2023. “College Seniors from Immigrant Families: New Research and Implications for Practice” with Tharuna Kalaivanan, Fanni Farago and Maia Punksungka at the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (virtual).
2023. “Community Interventions to Promote Protective Factors for Older Adult Wellbeing: A Scoping Review” with Dr. Elizangela Storelli and Fanni Farago at the Eastern Sociological Society in Baltimore, MD.
2022. “Improving Graduate Student Engagement: A Needs-Assessment of a Student-Run Organization” with Fanni Farago and Tharuna Kalaivanan at the American Evaluation Association in New Orleans, LA.
2022. “Building a Community Engaged Research Project: The Role of the University” at the Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology in Louisville, KY.
2021. “Towards a Public Sociology of Human Rights Practice” at the Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology (virtual).
2021. “Democratizing NoVA” with Fanni Farago at the Mason Graduate Interdisciplinary Conference (virtual).
2019. “Medical Interventions During Childbirth: Program Proposal for a Military Maternity Group Patient Education Program” with Morgan Tamayo at the Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology in Portland, OR.
2017. “Which is More Influential on Religiosity: Emotion or Logic?” with Hannifah Griffith, Morgan Tamayo, and Katerina Flemming at The University of Tampa College of Social Sciences, Mathematics and Education Undergraduate Research Conference in Tampa, FL.
Kellie S. Wilkerson, Ph.D. 