Invited and Peer-Reviewed Presentations

Kerr, M. M. (2020, September).  Children, Young People, and Dark Tourism. Death and Culture III Conference. University of York, York, UK

Price, R. H. & Kerr, M. M. (2019, June).   Cultivating Relevance for Children at Two 9/11 Sites: Understanding Experiences and Influencing Content.  Traversing the Gap: Relevance as a Transformative Force at Sites of Public Memory:  Second Annual Mellon Conference, 9/11 Memorial & Museum

Kerr, M. M. (2019, March).  Invited Address:  Enlightening Encounters: Child Tourists at Dark Sites. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

Kerr, M. M. (2018, February). Enlightening Dark Encounters:  Understanding Children’s Experiences at Dark Tourism Sites. Association for Travel and Leisure Studies (ATLAS), Dark Tourism SIG, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Price, R. H. & Kerr, M. M. (2017, January). “I Thought It Was Cool How We Were Part of Research”: Engaging Children as Co-Researchers on Their School Excursions.  The Qualitative Report Annual Conference 8th Annual Conference, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.  

Kerr, M. M. (2016, October).  Invited Keynote Address: Overlooked encounters with death:  Child tourists at dark sites.  ‘Packaging up Death & the Dead’ for the Contemporary Visitor Economy:  A Dark Tourism & Heritage Perspective, UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Lancaster, England.

Kerr M. M. (2016). Invited Address: Overlooked Encounters: Child Tourists at Dark Sites. Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries, King’s College, London, UK

McKiernan, Z. & Kerr, M. M. (2015). The Toxic Sites of Two 9/11s: Historic Narratives of a Chilean Concentration Camp and Interpreting Terrorism for Children in Rural Pennsylvania. Nashville, TN: National Council of Public History Annual Meeting