“War Propaganda and the (Ab)uses of Women: Media Constructions of the Jessica Lynch Story,” International Communication Association, New Orleans, May, 2004.

“Veils, Bans, and Wars: The West’s failed attempts to “liberate” Muslim Women,” Oxford Roundtable, Oxford, UK, April 1-6, 2007.

“Media Reform and Labor Struggle: Lessons from the UPS Strike,” UDC conference, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada, Oct 25-28, 2007.

“Islam and Oil: US-Saudi Relations and its Representation in the Media,” International Communication Association, Chicago, May 21-25, 2009.

“Islam and Oil: US-Saudi Relations and its Representation in the Media,” International Association of Media and Communication Research, Mexico City, July 21-24, 2009.

"From Allies to Enemies: News Representations of Saudi Arabia After 9/11," 14th International conference of the Arab-U.S Association for Communication Educators, Nov. 7-10, Cairo, Egypt.

“The Matrix of Anti-Muslim Racism: The Far Right, Liberalism, and the Media,” ICA, London, June 17-21, 2013.

“The Empire’s Liberal Clothes: Obama’s Multicultural War on Terror,” ICA, San Juan, PR, 21-25 May, 2015.

“Imperialist Feminism: The State, Empire, and the Limits of Liberalism,” ICA, San Juan, PR, 21-25 May, 2015.

With Sarah Grey. Furor in France: Mission civilisatrice and "Muslim Rage" in the Motherland, Monthly Review Zine, Sept 24, 2012.