“Studying Subculture: A Qualitative Investigation of Traditional Tattooing Post-Reality TV.” Invited talk for Café Scientifique international speaker series. 49 West Coffeehouse, Winebar, and Gallery, Annapolis, MD. February 25, 2016.

“Re-inscribing Subculture: Commodification and Boundary Work in Traditional Tattooing.” Regular paper session at the American Sociological Association annual meeting in Chicago, IL. August 24, 2015.

“The Persistence of Subculture: Subcultural Commodification, Boundary Work, and Resistance Amongst ‘Traditional’ Tattooers.” Regular paper session at the Eastern Sociological Society annual meeting in New York City, NY. February 29, 2015.

“Re-inscribing Subculture: Commodification and Boundary Work in ‘Traditional’ Tattooing.” Regular paper session at the Southwest Texas Popular/American Culture Association annual meeting in Albuquerque, NM. February 12, 2015.

“Conflict and Change in the World of Tattooing: Role Identities and the Production of (Post)Subcultural Types.” Roundtable presentation at the American Sociological Association annual meeting in San Francisco, CA. August 18, 2014.

“Conflict and Change in the World of Tattooing: A Subculture of Consumption.” Regular paper session at the Eastern Sociological Society annual meeting in Baltimore, MD. February 23, 2014.

“Defending Subcultural Capital: Nostalgia, Authenticity, and the Case of ‘Tattoo School.’” Paper presented at Anthroplus graduate student conference in College Park, MD. March 10, 2012

Strohecker, David Paul and William Yagatich. “The Art and Spectacle of the Tattoo: Popularization and the Second Tattoo Renaissance.” Regular paper session at the Eastern Sociological Society annual meeting in New York City, February 26, 2012.

“Stigmatization and Interracial Relationships.” Discussant and presider. Regular paper session at the Eastern Sociological Society annual meeting in New York City, February 24, 2012.

“The Zombie as Metaphor: Conceptualizing the Colonial Subject in Postcolonial Theory.” Regular paper session at Eastern Sociological Society annual meeting in New York City, NY. February 23, 2012.

“The Zombie in Film: From Haitian Folklore to Apocalyptic Anxieties.” Regular paper session at the Southwest Texas Popular/American Culture Association annual meeting in Albuquerque, NM. February 9, 2012.

Margaret Austin Smith and David Paul Strohecker. “Reclaiming the Social of the Sociological Imagination: Public Sociology, Pedagogy, and Engaging Undergraduates in the Classroom.” Paper presented at Public Sociology Conference at George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. October 22, 2011.

“The Popularization of Tattooing: Subcultural Resistance to Commodification.” Paper presented at the American Sociological Society annual meeting in Las Vegas, NV. August 23, 2011.

Strohecker, David Paul and William Yagatich. “The Stratification and Discourse of the American Tattoo.” Paper presented at Reading the Body in Contemporary Society: A Multi-disciplinary Graduate Student Conference. April 24, 2011. Also presented at Bodies of Knowledge: Physical and Cultural Studies Graduate Conference. April 12, 2011.

Thomas Gryn, Edward Trevelyan, Margaret Richardson, Michelle Sandhoff, David Strohecker, Carlos Siordia. “An Examination of Mode of Response for the Foreign-Born Population in the American Community Survey: 2009.” Poster presented at the Population Association of America annual meeting in Washington DC. April 1, 2011.

“The Zombie in Film: From Haitian Folklore to Apocalyptic Anxieties.” Paper presented at the 2011 Anthroplus graduate student conference in College Park, MD. March 12, 2011.

“The Popularization of Tattooing: Subcultural Resistance and Reflections from ‘Elite’ Tattooing.” Roundtable presentation at the Eastern Sociology Society annual meeting in Philadelphia, PA. February 26, 2011.

“The Zombie in Film: Social Context and Political Criticism.” Roundtable presentation at the Eastern Sociology Society annual meeting in Philadelphia, PA. February 25, 2011.

“Tattooing as Voluntary Stigma.” Regular paper session at the Eastern Sociological Society annual meeting in Boston, MA. March 18, 2010. Also presented at Anthroplus graduate student conference in College Park, MD. March 6, 2010.