1997 "Protest and Dissent in Late Ricardian England."  At the Thirty-Second International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 8-11 May.

1996 "The Best of Times, the Worst of Times: 1396." At the New Chaucer Society International Congress in Los Angeles. 26-30 July.

1994 Chaired a Colloquium on Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde at the New Chaucer Society Congress in Dublin, Ireland; July.

1994 Talk on "Modern Marriages in The Canterbury Tales" at the Harvard University Doctoral Conference on Old and Middle English Literature. 14 April.

1993 Talk on "Chaucer's Unstable Pilgrim Narrators" in a Special Session at the Modern Language Association Meeting, Toronto; December.

1992 Chaired a Special Session on "Chaucer, Italian Humanism, and the English Audience" (Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio) at the New Chaucer Society Congress in Seattle, Washington, 2-5 August.

1991 "Chaucer and the Mystery of Death" at the Northeast Modern Language Association Conference, Hartford, Connecticut. 6 April.

1990 "In Our Own Images: The Recent Chaucer Biographies." Talk delivered at the New Chaucer Society Conference, Canterbury, England. 6 August.

1988 "Remembering Donald R. Howard." Talk delivered at the 23rd International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 6 May.

1988 "The Idea of the Self in Later Medieval Literature." Talk delivered at a Conference in Honor of Donald R. Howard, University of California at Riverside. May, 1988.

1987 "Gather Ye Rosebuds: Gower's Comic Reply to Jean de Meun." Paper delivered in the John Gower session at the 22nd International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 8 May.

1986 "The Endings of Chaucer's Finished Narratives." Talk delivered at the Modern Language Association Convention, New York City, 30 December.

1986 "Chaucer's Book of the Duchess and Machaut." Talk delivered at the Harvard University Doctoral Conference on Old and Middle English Literature. 6 February.

1984 "Dismantling the Canterbury Book." Talk delivered at the Harvard University Doctoral Conference on Old and Middle English Literature, 15 November.

1982 Participant in "Chaucer's Audience: Discussion." New Chaucer Society, San Francisco, 16 April. [Discussion published in The Chaucer Review 18 (1983): 175-81.]

1981 "Genesis, Prophecy, and the World Grown Old." Talk delivered at a Conference to Honor Morton W. Bloomfield, Stanford University, 7 March.

1977 Chair and Moderator: Seminar on Time and Medieval Literature. Modern Language Association Convention, December.

1976 "Grisilde and the Decay of the World." Talk delivered at the Modern Language Association Convention, December.
 

1999 Talk on Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility on 7 October at the Cecilton, Maryland Public Library, in the series "Delmarva Discussions."

1999 Talk on Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte Darthur at the Dover Library, 28 January.

1999 Talk on Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte Darthur at the Queen Anne County Public Library (Stevensville, Maryland) on 20 January.

1997  Talk on John Fowles's The French Lieutenant's Woman on 13 February at the Hockessin Public Library in the series "Let's Talk About It, Delaware" (partially sponsored by the Delaware Humanities Forum)

1995  Talk on Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility on 11 April at the Wilmington Public Library, in the NEH-sponsored series "Let's Talk About It," Delaware.

1994  Talk on Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility on 19 October at the New Castle Public Library, New Castle, Delaware, in the  NEH-sponsored series "Let's Talk About It," Delaware.

1994  Talk on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein in the NEH-sponsored series "Let's Talk About It," Delaware.  Wilmington Public Library, Wilmington, Delaware, 1 February.

1994  Talk on "Fairy Stories" in the NEH-sponsored series "Let's Talk About It," Delaware.   Smyrna Public Library, 31 January.

1993  Talk on "Fairy Stories" in the NEH-sponsored series "Let's Talk About It," Delaware.  20 January at the Newark Free Library, Newark, Delaware.

1992  "Seek Mercy; Have Justice."  Talk in "Last Words" Series: Sponsored by Mortar Board and Omicron Kappa Delta (Honor Societies).  21 April, Blue & Gold Room, Student Center, Univ. of Delaware.  [Talk on Mozart's The Magic Flute.]