Presentations and Educational Sessions
2001-2004

2004
January 2004
GLBT Homicide Issues; University of St. Thomas; Minneapolis, MN

June 2003
Perceptions and Procedures: A Research Study of the Solvability Rates of Gay Homicides in Minneapolis; Homicide Research Working Group, Ann Arbor, MI

National Database of GLBT Homicide: 1970 - 2003:  Homicide Research Working Group, Ann Arbor, MI

Crime-scene Message Construction: Exploring Offender Use of Symbolic Interaction in Homicide Incident Communication; Homicide Research Working Group, Ann Arbor, MI

2003
January 2003
Creating Safer Communities; University of St. Thomas; Minneapolis, MN

April 2003
Finding Our Voices; Sponsored by OQS, Southwest State University; Marshall, MN

June 2003
Preventing GLBT Homicide:  A Community Training; Sacramento Area LGBT Youth
Group; Sponsored by Lambda Community Center, Sacramento, CA

Law Enforcement and Community Perspectives on Gay Homicide;
Sponsored by Lambda Community Center, Sacramento, CA

July 2003
Solving Homosexual Homicide - A Seminar for Police Investigators, Medical
Examiners and Coroners, University of New Orleans; New Orleans, LA

Preventing GLBT Homicide in the United State:  A Community Training; New Orleans, LA

October 2003
Understanding Homosexual Homicide, Sponsored by
University of Minnesota-Duluth GLBT Services; University of Minnesota-Duluth, Duluth, MN

November 2003
Instrumental Gain or Expressive Rage: Characteristics of Robbery
in Homosexual Homicides; American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Denver, CO

December 2003
Solving Homosexual Homicide - A Seminar for Police Investigators; 
Sponsored by The Seven Rivers Resource Center; La Crosse, WI

Laramie Project Panel Participant, (Matthew Shepard Murder); University of 
Wisconsin-La Crosse; La Crosse, WI

2002
March 2002
GLBT Homicide: From Research to Public Policy; University of Minnesota, Friends & Allies, Centennial Hall; Minneapolis, MN

April 2002
Researching Homosexual, Bisexual, and Transsexual Homicide; Deviant Behavior Class; College of St. Benedict/St. John's University; Collegeville, MN

Lesbian Homicide: Theoretical Frames in a Strategic Search; College Panel; Midwest Sociologists Society Conference; Milwaukee, WI

Homosexual Homicide: Analyzing Research Barriers as a Form of Problem Solving; Midwest Sociologists Society Conference; Milwaukee, WI

May 2002
Identifying Lesbian Homicide Victims; [Poster Session]; Homicide Research Working Group; St. Louis, MO

June 2002
Lost and Found: Analyzing Identified Cases of Homosexual Homicides in Support of a Strategic Search; Qualitative Research Conference; University of St. Thomas; Minneapolis, MN

September 2002
GLBT Homicide: Preliminary Findings, Research Process and Public Policy Implications; Out in the Valley, Stillwater, MN

October 2002
Lesbian Homicide: Theoretical Frames In a Strategic Search; Sociologists of Minnesota; Bloomington, MN

November 2002
Arson-Associated Homicides in Chicago: Searching for Glitter in Ash; American Society of Criminology; Chicago, IL

Incidence of Firearm Homicide Among Lesbian Victims; Homicide Research Working Group, Chicago, IL

 

2001
April 2001
Death Investigation: Sexual Asphyxia; Police and Community; Normandale Community College; Bloomington, MN

May 2001
Understanding GLBT Homicide and the Need to Study It; Philanthrofund Foundation Community Giving Seminar, Minneapolis, MN

Laramie Project Panel Participant, (Matthew Shepard Murder) Illusion Theater; Minneapolis, MN

June 2001
Alternative Strategies for Data-set Construction; Qualitative Research Conference; University of St. Thomas; Minneapolis, MN

Data-set Construction in Homosexual Homicide Cases: Shedding the Political Issue of Motive. Homicide Research Working Group; Orlando, FL

October 2001
Researching Homosexual, Bisexual, and Transsexual Homicide; University of St. Thomas; Master's Program, School of Education, [research methods]; St. Paul Police Headquarters; St. Paul, MN

Community Response to Terrorism; [for GLBT community leaders] Cosponsored with OutFront Minnesota; Minneapolis, MN

Hate Groups Operating in Minnesota; Hate Crimes panel presentation; Uptown YWCA, Sponsored by YWCA; Minneapolis, MN

Lost and Found: Analyzing Identified Cases of Homosexual Homicides in Support of a Strategic Search. Sociologists of Minnesota; Bloomington, MN

November 2001
Death Investigation: Sexual Asphyxia; Crime Scene Investigation School; [regional school] Minnesota POST certified; Burnsville, MN

Homosexual Homicide and Arson: Is There a Connection? American Society of Criminology; Atlanta, GA