"When Word Play Is Not a Game: Paronomasia in the Ptolemaic Temple Texts" - paper to be presented at the 61st Annual Meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt, Oakland, CA, April 23-25, 2010.

"Hidden Chambers, Secret Words: The History, Function, and Meaning of Temple Crypts" - paper presented at the 60th Annual Meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt, Dallas, TX, April 24, 2009.

"The Netherworld Books in New Kingdom Royal Tombs" - invited lecture at the American Research Center in Egypt Northern California chapter, 20 Barrows Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 16 November 2008, 2:30pm.

"On the Heels of the Wandering Goddess: The Myth and Festival at the Temples of the Wadi el-Hallel and Dendera" - paper presented at the 8th International Tempeltagung in Warsaw, Poland, 22-25 September, 2008. Abstract

"A Demotic Marriage Contact: Papyrus Stanford 43" - unpublished Demotic contract with a rare dating formula and unusual personal names, which I translated and presented during the 2008 Summer Papyrology Institute at Stanford University. The following links include short audio and video interviews made about the document:

• 2,200-year-old Egyptian documents provide real-life glimpse into the past - Stanford News Service Video, July 23, 2008
• "Analyzing Egyptian Paperwork," BBC The World broadcast, August 20, 2008
• "Papyrus Scraps Reveal Life in Ancient Egypt," Voice of America, with text and links to audio files, Sept. 11, 2008
• "Papyrus Rediscovered at Stanford," Voice of America Video/Slideshow

"The Amduat and its Relationship to Early 18th Dynasty Royal Burial Chambers" - paper presented at the 59th Annual Meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt, Seattle, WA, 25-27 April, 2008. Abstract.

"Sed Festival Reliefs of the Old Kingdom" - paper presented at the 58th Annual Meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt, Toledo, OH, 20-22 April, 2007. Abstract

Pyramids of Giza, photo by Barbara A. Richter