“Marxism and Communication” roundtable discussion at the National Communication Association, Miami, November, 2003.

Respondent, “Globalization and Outsourcing,” National Communication Association, Chicago, Nov, 2004.

“The Status of Globalization Theory in Communication/Media Research: A Case for Rigor,” National Communication Association, Chicago, Nov, 2004.

“Class and Hegemony in the Era of Globalization,” National Communication Association, Chicago, Nov, 2004.

“Islamophobia and the Left: A Critique of Liberal Imperialism,” National Communication Association, Boston, Nov, 2005.

Kumar, D. “The Immigration Debate: A Class Analysis,” Union of Democratic Communication, Florida, May 18-21, 2006.

“What’s Class got to do with it?: Agency and Social Change in Media Studies,” National Communication Association, San Antonio, Nov, 2006.

“Media reform and the labor movement,” Global Fusion Conference, Sept. 7-9, St. Louis, Mo.

“Culture vs. Material Reality: A Historical Materialist Approach to Political Islam,” National Communication Association, Chicago, Nov. 14-18, 2007.

Served as a respondent for a panel titled, “Cultural Knowledge as a Military Resource,” at a special conference titled “The Professor and the Spy,” organized by the Eagelton Institute of Politics, February 12-13, 2009.