Presentations

Examples of Industry Presentations and Podcasts:

  • Independent Book Publishers Association podcast, June 2022, “Profitable and Creative Book Distribution Tips for Independent Publishers.”

  • US Book Show, May 2022, “Library Experience for Gen Z and Millennials.”

  • Book Marketing Success podcast, April 2022, “Book Publishing Distribution Report.”

  • Book Industry Study Group webinar, October 2021, “The Immersive Reading Study: How to Use It to Better Understand Your Audience.”

  • Velocity of Content (podcast of Copyright Clearance Center), September 2021, “Data Direction for Publishers.”

    Data Direction for Publishers

  • Independent Book Publishing Association podcast, June 2021, “Consumer Buying Habits for Helpful Marketing Insights.”

  • US Book Show, May 2021, “Libraries Are Essential: Immersive Media & Books 2020.”

  • Stark Reflections podcast, May 2021, “Insights from the Immersive Media & Books 2020 Consumer Survey.”

  • Hybrid Pub Scout podcast, March 2021, “Immersive Media & Books 2020.”

    Episode 55: Immersive Media & Books with Dr. Rachel Noorda & Dr. Kathi Berens

  • Interview with Steve Potash from OverDrive, January 2021, “Perspectives on Reading.”

    Point of View: Dr. Rachel Noorda, Director of Book Publishing, Assistant Professor, Portland State University

  • Digital Writers’ Festival, online (hosted in Australia), November 2018, “21 Years of Amazon Reader Reviews,” panelist.

Academic Presentations

  • With Kathi Inman Berens. Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing Conference, Virtual, July 2021, “U.S. Book Piracy in the Twenty-First Century.” 

  • With Kathi Inman Berens, Modern Language Association Conference, Virtual, January 2021, Active Readership: Media, Public, Community Panel. “Immersive Media & Reading 2020.”

  • “Experiential Learning”, 2019 Hochschule der Medien in Stuttgart, Germany

  • “Diana Gabaldon and the American Obsession with Scotland”, Transatlantic Literary Women Series Invited Speaker, 2019 University of Glasgow 

  • “Books as Souvenirs: Reception through Displaying, Gifting, and Sharing”, Reception Studies conference, 2019, Brigham Young University in Utah

  • “Understanding and Consuming Scotland through Literature: A Case Study of Outlander”, SHARP conference, 2019, University of Massachusetts

  • “How Books Travel Across the Pond and Down Under: Case Studies in the Transnational Reception of Contemporary Family-centred Fiction”, Australian National University, 2019 – with Melanie Ramdarshan Bold (University College London) and Millicent Weber (Australian National University)

  • “Reading Scottish Native American Identity on the Flathead Indian Reservation: The Clan Donald Library”, SHARP conference, 2018, Sydney

  • “Constructing the Purpose of Research About Twenty-First Century Publishing”, SHARP conference, 2018, Sydney

  • “The Twenty-First Century Book: Role, Methods, and Directions as an Object of Study”, SHARP conference, 2017, University of Victoria

  • “The Shelf Reflects the Self: Books in the Homes of Scottish Americans”, SIEF (International Society for Ethnology and Folklore) conference, 2016, University of Gottingen

  • “The Intersection of Business and Books: A Small Business Marketing Approach to Scottish Publishing”, SHARP (Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing) conference, 2015, Montreal

  • “Put a kilt on it! : The Role of Nationality in Twenty-First Century Book Marketing in Scotland”, joint paper with Stevie Marsden, By the Book, 2015, Florence

  • “A Global God: Transnational Presbyterian Publishing and the Case of Saint Andrew Press”, SHARP conference, 2014, Antwerp

  • “Romanticizing the Homeland: Views of Scotland for Scottish-Americans in Las Vegas”, Homeless conference, 2014, Kent

  • “Books as Souvenirs: The Tourism and Heritage Book Market”, By the Book conference, 2014, Florence

  • “Small Business Marketing in Publishing”, Guest lecture, 2014, University of Stirling