So far, I have presented my thesis work about Haint Blue paint at three different conferences. Each presentation was iterative, with my work building on itself across 2025. I plan to continue developing my research and to continue presenting my findings at preservation, conservation, and architectural history conferences.

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Each presentation included the following learning objectives:

• Learn about the history, myth, and composition of Haint Blue Paint.
• Understand how oral histories can be used to inform paint research.
• Recognize challenges in researching cultural traditions and the use of paint.
• Gain an understanding of some of the techniques of paint analysis.

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1. MIT History, Theory, and Criticism Graduate Colloquium. UNCERTAINTY. March 2025.

The 2025 HTC Graduate Colloquium will collaboratively probe the contours of historical knowability and attend to yet unmade futures in and across the disciplines of architecture, art, design, urbanism, and allied fields. Uncertainty offers space for creatively imagining the next 50 years — an urgent endeavor considering compounding pressures of unfolding environmental, humanitarian, and political crises in addition to increased scrutiny of the “value” of the humanities – indeed, research writ large – in our universities.

2. Association of North American Graduate Programs in Conservation (ANAGPIC). 50th Annual Conference. April 2025.

ANAGPIC evolved out of a series of meetings and, in 1974, began to enable resource sharing and exchange of ideas between students and faculty from North American graduate programs in conservation of art and cultural heritage. Since 1976, ANAGPIC has held annual conferences to provide students from member programs the opportunity to present current research to their peers. 

3. The Association for Preservation Technology International (APTI). Revolution & Innovation: The Power of Water, Craft, & Architecture. November 2025.

APT’s mission is to advance appropriate traditional and new technologies to care for, protect, and promote the longevity of the built environment and to cultivate the exchange of knowledge throughout the international community. Each year, APT International hosts a conference. In 2025, the conference explored how the power of water, craft, and architecture can be harnessed in Revolution and Innovation. My presentation was within Track 2: Building Crafts & Knowledge Transfer as Expression of Tangible & Intangible Values.