Leigh, E.W. (2022, March 27–29). Understanding postsecondary attainment strategies in cross-sector education collaborations: A comparative case study [Accepted poster presentation]. Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management, Austin, TX, United States (delayed from November 2021).

Leigh, E.W. (2021, April 17–21). Creating local cultures of attainment: Challenges and opportunities for cross-sector education collaboration [Paper presentation]. American Educational Research Association, held virtually.

Leigh, E.W. (2020, November 10). Towards a conceptual model of postsecondary attainment strategies in cross-sector education collaborations. In P. Patel (Chair), The potential of cross-sector education collaborations for promoting postsecondary attainment [Symposium presenter & organizer]. Association for the Study of Higher Education’s Council on Public Policy in Higher Education pre-conference, held virtually.

Perna, L.W., Wright-Kim, J., & Leigh, E.W. (2020, March 19–21). Framing benefits and costs of college promise programs: Insights from four individual “free tuition” community college programs [Paper presentation]. Association for Education Finance and Policy, held virtually.

Perna, L.W., Wright-Kim, J., & Leigh, E.W. (2019, November 13–16). Contexts, design, and potential outcomes of single-community college promise programs: A cross-case analysis. In R. Hiestand (Chair), Different promises: Emerging evidence on the origin, variability, and effects of free-college programs [Symposium]. Association for the Study of Higher Education, Portland, OR, United States.

Leigh, E.W., Pak, K., & Phuong, J. (2018, November 14–17). Complicating leadership and activism: How Asian American female doctoral students learn to lead in activist contexts [Paper presentation]. Association for the Study of Higher Education, Tampa, FL, United States.

Leigh, E.W. (2018, April 13–17). Colleges as “engines of upward mobility”: Institutional & state-level factors predicting college mobility rates [Roundtable paper presentation]. American Educational Research Association, New York, NY, United States.

Delaney, J. & Leigh, E.W. (2018, April 5–8). An event history analysis of the introduction of single institution “promise” student financial aid programs [Paper presentation]. Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, United States.

Perna, L.W., Leigh, E.W., & Carroll, S. (2017, November 8–11). “Free college:” A new and improved state approach to increasing educational attainment? [Paper presentation]. Association for the Study of Higher Education, Houston, TX, United States.

Leigh, E.W., & González-Canché, M. (2017, November 8–11). The College Promise in communities: Do place-based scholarships affect residential mobility patterns? [Paper presentation]. Association for the Study of Higher Education, Houston, TX, United States.

Delaney, J. & Leigh, E.W. (2017, November 8–10). An event history analysis of the introduction of single institution “promise” student financial aid programs [Paper presentation]. Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Chicago, IL, United States.

Ruiz, R., Leigh, E.W., & Napier, A. (2017, October 22–23). Community college promise programs: A multi-state examination of program impacts using a difference-in-differences approach [Paper presentation]. AERA College Promise Research Conference, Philadelphia, PA, United States.

Delaney, J. & Leigh, E.W. (2017, October 22–23). An event history analysis of the introduction of single institution “promise” student financial aid programs [Paper presentation]. AERA College Promise Research Conference, Philadelphia, PA, United States.

Perna, L.W. & Leigh, E.W. (2016, November 9–12). Understanding the promise: A typology of state and local promise Programs [Paper presentation]. Association for the Study of Higher Education, Columbus, OH, United States.

Finney, J., Castillo, W., Kent, D., Leigh, E.W., Ruiz, R., & Smith, E. (2016, November 9–12). The drive to college attainment: State-level policy influences on Tennessee higher education performance [Paper presentation]. Association for the Study of Higher Education’s Council on Public Policy in Higher Education pre-conference, Columbus, OH, United States.

Leigh, E.W. & Kaiser, C.R. (2008, May). Cultural self-construals affect task motivation in the face of prejudice [Poster presentation]. University of Washington Department of Psychology Undergraduate Honors Research Festival, Seattle, WA.

Leigh, E.W. & Kaiser, C.R. (2008, May 16). Bicultural identity and seeing bias [Paper presentation]. University of Washington Undergraduate Research Symposium, Seattle, WA, United States.

Leigh, E.W., Rieck, H., & Kaiser, C.R. (2008, May 16). The relationship between group identity and prejudice: An objective experience account [Poster presentation]. University of Washington Undergraduate Research Symposium, Seattle, WA, United States.

Leigh, E.W., Rieck, H., & Kaiser, C.R. (2008, February 7-9). The relationship between group identity and prejudice: An objective experience account [Poster presentation]. Society for Personality and Social Psychology Group Processes and Intergroup Relations pre-conference, Albuquerque, NM, United States.

Leavitt, M., Leigh, E.W., Torpey-Saboe, N., & Salm, J. (2021, September 10). Listening to recent high school grads – “Be mindful of what we’ve gone through.” [Paper presentation & facilitator]. American Association of State Colleges & Universities Millennium Leadership Initiative, held virtually.

Leigh, E.W. (2019, May). Understanding the “free college” movement [Panel presentation]. In T. Jones (Chair), College promise programs and lower-income students: Design, implementation, and impact. Symposium held by Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.

Leigh, E.W. (2018, September). Understanding the “free college” movement [Panel presentation]. Berks Alliance Community Forum, sponsored by Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Reading, PA.

Perna, L.W. & Leigh, E.W. (2016, October 24-26). Growth, scope, and impact of college promise programs [Conference session]. PromiseNet, Washington, DC, United States.

Perna, L.W., Leigh, E.W., & Ruiz, R. (2016, June 2-3). Growth, scope, and impact of college promise programs [Conference session]. Education Testing Service and Civic Nation’s Designing Sustainable Funding for College Promise Initiatives Convening, Princeton, NJ, United States.

Leigh, E.W. & Royster, S. (2014, April 24-25). Meeting needs and establishing partnerships: Re-building and re-branding long-term access programs [Conference session]. National Partnership in Educational Access Conference, Minneapolis, MN, United States.

June 2021. Intergenerational mobility and education [Panelist]. New York City Department of Education’s Office of Superintendent Michael Prayor (Brooklyn South), held virtually.

November 2018. Woke scholarship and self-care: Strategies for graduate student community and Endurance [Panelist]. Graduate Student Committee of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Tampa, FL.

April 2017. Donors and named scholars reception [Invited speech]. University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, Philadelphia, PA.

November 2016. Postsecondary data and its limits. Penn GSE Higher Education Division Doctoral Group Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

May 2016. University-community partnerships: Food for thought [Panel presentation]. Penn AHEAD and Netter Center for Community Partnerships Faculty Seminar series, Philadelphia, PA.

October 2015. So, you want to be a doctor? Applying to doctoral programs [Panelist]. University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, Philadelphia, PA.

June 2014. Greater Philadelphia Teach For America Alumni Induction [Invited keynote]. Teach For America, Philadelphia, PA.

April 2014. Introduction to nonprofit boards [Panelist]. Board Prep Program-Young Involved Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.

November 2013. Critical conversations: Increasing gap program sensitivity [Panelist]. Multicultural Resource Center of the Philadelphia Independent Schools, Wynnewood, PA.

May 2013. Introduction to nonprofit boards [Panelist]. Board Prep Program-Young Involved Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.

February 2013. Continuing your impact in nonprofit careers [Panelist]. Teach For America, Philadelphia, PA.