* a plenary lecture titled "Someone's Singin': The Influence of the Spirituals on 20th and 21st Century African American Poetry" at the Forum for Modern and Contemporary English Literature at Central China Normal University, Nov. 26, 2015.
* a keynote lecture titled "African American Poetry Since 1945" at the 4th Annual Convention of the Chinese / American Association for Poetry and Poetics at Shandong Normal University on Nov. 29, 2015.
* an invited lecture titled "Formal Innovation in African American Poetry" at Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Dec; 3, 2015.
* a paper presentation titled "Theatres of War: Black Watch and The Great Game: Afghanistan" at the Crossing the Boundaries in Drama/Theatre Studies International Symposium at Zhongnam University of Economics and Law, Dec. 5, 2015.