Photo credit: Michelle Chikaonda
Presentations and Readings
New Writing Live, Spring 2024, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK (Featured Reader)
Pa Gya! Literary Festival 2022, Accra, Ghana: “Cross-Cultural Perspectives: Journalists in Conversation” (Panelist)
Pa Gya! Literary Festival 2022, Accra, Ghana: “The Art of Memoir & Non-fiction” (Panelist)
Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Conference 2022, Philadelphia, PA: “Choices and Challenges in Writing Diaspora” (Panelist)
Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Conference 2021, Online: “The Cultural Contours of Grief” (Reader)
Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Conference 2020, San Antonio, TX: “Pushing Past Page 70: Reaching Creative Nonfiction Readers” (Reader)
Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Conference 2019, Portland, OR: “Writing Our Way Home: Third Culture Kids” (Moderator and Reader)
Podcasts and Other Recordings
Writing Life's Realities with Michelle Chikaonda: Part 1 & Part 2, Glocal Citizens Podcast (2022)
Michelle Chikaonda on “Song for My Father,” Dead Parents Society (2021)
Funeral, But Make It Fashion: Interview with Michelle Chikaonda So Sorry For Your Loss (2020)
Press and Interviews
3-in-1: Where We Belong by Madeline Sayet: A Conversation with Kirsten Bowen, Michelle Chikaonda, Alexandra Espinoza, and Trinity Norwood, 3 Views on Theater (2022)
The Art of Intentionality and Thriving in Difficulty: A Conversation with Michelle Chikaonda, Africa In Dialogue (2020)
These Teens Were Learning to Spot Misinformation Online. Then the News Got Personal. Mother Jones (2020)
News literacy critical as students face national 'infodemic', Education Dive (2020)
Wake Up with WURD, WURD Radio 96.1 FM (2020)
Author Conversations
Cameroonian American Stories About Rejecting Societal Expectation: An Interview with Nana Nkweti, Electric Literature (2021)
More Than A Freedom Fighter: An Interview With Timwa Lipenga, Africa Is A Country (2021)
Mighty Writers Live with Katherine Hill, Facebook Live (2020)
Mighty Writers Live with Emma Copley Eisenberg, Instagram Live (2020)
Mighty Writers Live with Veronica Chambers, Instagram Live (2020)
Mighty Writers Live with Mo’ne Davis, Facebook Live (2020)
Mighty Writers Live with Caroline Kautsire, Instagram Live (2020)