Papers given at conventions or conferences between 1981 and 2008

2/81 "Rapidly Changing Patterns in Biblical Scholarship," Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA
5/8l  "Design, Intricacy, and Cunning in the Book of Judges," Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting (MAR), Rutgers College, New Brunswick, NJ
3/82 "Keywords in the Book of Judges and a Statement on This Author's Style," MAR, Wagner College, Staten Island, NY
4/82 "Comic Techniques used by the Author of the Book of Judges, Part I," EGLBS (Eastern Great Lakes Biblical Society), Coraopolis, PA
12/82 "Comedy of Horrors: Book of Judges, Part II," SBL Annual Meeting, New York, NY
3/83   "Comedy of Horrors: Book of Judges, Part III," MAR, Mt. Clair, NJ.
4/83   "Another Look at the Games in Judges" and "Submerged Ugaritic Myths in the Book of Judges," two papers given at the EGLBS, Columbus, OH
5/83 "Uses of the Computer in English and the Humanities."  SUNY‑Wide Conference on Basic Skills, SUNY/Cortland, Cortland, NY (May 25‑26)
This was a talk and demonstration for which I had corresponded with scholars who had given a paper on the subject or developed software for the teaching of grammar or of developing writing skills. I developed a bibliography and gave some demonstrations of software during the conference. During these years I also helped promote the use of the computer on my campus.
3/84 "Myth in the Samson Story," EGLBS. Columbus, OH                 
12/84 "Book of Judges and Modern Literary Criticism,"  Annual Meeting of SBL Chicago, IL     
4/85  Report on the Status of Women's Studies in SUNY to the Academic Vice Presidents of SUNY in Albany, NY
3/88  “A New Theory of Composition,” paper given at the SUNY Council on Writing, Geneses, NY
3/89  "A Diary of 1910" (Feminist Theory), the National Women's Studies Association, Houston TX at
3/99  “Overview of Design, Intricacy, and Cunning in “Judges” (my book), EGLBS, in OH
4/00  “The Horrors in Judges,” EGLBS, in OH
3/01  “The Development of Law and Ethics in the Period of Judges,” MAR, New Brunswick, NJ
4/01 “Examples of Law Cases in Judges, EGLBS, Wheeling, WV
4/02 “Examples of Law Cases in Judges, Part 2, EGLBS, Wheeling, WV
4/03   Comedy in Judges, EGLBS, Erie, PA
3/04   The Art of Judges, Part 1, MAR, Baltimore, Md.
4/04   The Art of Judges, Part 2, EGLBS, Wheeling, W. Va.
3/05   The Ugaritic Myths and Judges,” MAR, New Brunswick, Md.
4/05   “Can Sources of Judges Be Found in the Ugaritic Myths?” EGLBS, Wheeling, W. Va.
3/08   The Power of Literature: Trapped in the Hermeneutical Circle EGLBS, Mohican Resort, Perrysville, OH
4/08    Literature or History? MAR,  New Brunswick, NJ
7/08    Intricacy, Design, and Cunning in the Book of Judges, SBL International, Auckland, N.Z. (Canceled because of illness in family, but paper publication forthcoming)
11/08 Bakhtin’s Carnivalesque‑Grotesque in the Book of Judges, SBL National, Boston, MA (forthcoming)