Kumanyika, C. (November 2013). “Philanthrocapitalism, Hip-Hop, and the Rhetorical Constitution of a Branded Movement: The Case of Street King Energy.” National Communication Association, Washington, D.C [Presenter].

Kumanyika, C. (May 2014). Popular Music and Radical Politics: Where are Today's Protest Songs? International Communication Association, Seattle, Washington [Presenter].

Kumanyika, C. (May 2015). “Please Hold my Gas Mask While I Get My Camera.” International Communication Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico [Presenter].

Kumanyika, C. (November 2015). “My Wallet is Anti-Apartheid”: App-Centric Narratives of Contemporary Consumer Activism in the Long live Palestine Campaign. National Communication Association, Las Vegas, Nevada [Presenter].

Kumanyika, C. (November 2015). Protests in the “Streets” and Revolutionary “Jungles” National Communication Association, Las Vegas, Nevada [Chair].

Kumanyika, C. (June 2016). “Fighting Fire with Community? Livestreaming practices within the Black Lives Matter Movement.” Cultural Studies Association, Villanova University, Philladelphia, PA [Presenter].

Kumanyika C. (Nov 2010). “Globalized Hip-Hop: Power from the Margins to the Mainstream.” Breaking Borders, Opening Paths: Cuban Hip-Hop at Penn State University.

Kumanyika C. (Nov 2011). “Curious Contradictions: Negotiating Encounters with Cuba.” Breaking Borders, Opening Paths: Cuban Hip-Hop at Penn State University.

Kumanyika C. (January 2015). “This is What Democracy Looks Like” Race and the University Series, Clemson University. (This presentation explored millennial leadership, social media, and the shape of contemporary protest).

Kumanyika C. (February 2015). Untitled: A Work in Progress, Keynote Address, Carolina Rhetoric Association, Clemson University.