2012

June 3: Sharon Presley now has a YouTube channel. Click here to see it. Links to several of the talks she gave last year (see below) are now available through this channel. It also includes videos that illustrate whas Sharon calls "The Psychology of Freedom," including videos concerning the Milgram and Zimbardo experiments. Her brief essay on the followups to the Milgram experiment can be found at Resources for Independent Thinking by clicking here. Her essay on the personal characteristics of those who resist unjust authority can be found by clicking here.

She spoke on "American Women Resisters to Authority in the 19th Century" at Argosy University, Chicago campus on March 28.

2011

October 13: Dr. Presley will be giving three presentations in San Diego next week. At UC, San Diego, she will be speaking on "Standing Up to Experts and Authorities" for the Students for Liberty campus group at 8pm on Thursday, Oct. 20. On Friday, Oct. 21, she will be speaking at the Libertopia Conference at 2pm on the topic "Government Is Women's Enemy." On Friday, she will be giving a critical thinking workshop there at 4pm.

On November 5, Dr. Presley will be giving a talk on "The Psychology of Freedom" at the Students for Liberty Regional Conference at UC, Berkeley at 4pm.

 

July 27: Dr. Presley will be speaking at her old alma mater Cal (University of California, Berkeley) on Sept. 14. Her topic "Government is Women's Enemy; Voluntarism and Mutual Aid are Women's Friends." Time and location to be announced.

Dr. Presley will be speaking at Libertopia in San Diego on the weekend of October 21-23. Time and date to be announced. Click here for more information about Libertopia. The topic is the same as above.

Her essay on Etienne de la Boetie for the Encyclopedia of Libertarianism has been adding to the Publications page.

January 5: Dr. Presley will be talking about her new book "Standing Up to Experts and Authorities" at the San Ramon CA Library on Wednesday March 16 at 7:00pm.

2010

December 28: Dr. Presley will be speaking at the International Students for Liberty Conference in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 20, 2011. Click here for more info.

Dr. Presley will be talking about her new book "Standing Up to Experts and Authorities" at the Hercules CA Library on Saturday Feb. 26 at 2:00pm. Click here for more info

October 13: Two new essays by Dr. Presley have been added to the Critical Thinking about Authority section of Resources for Independent Thinking. Click here to access them.

August 23: Dr. Presley will be speaking at the Illinois Libertarian Party Convention on Sept. 10. For further details, click here.

Dr. Presley will be speaking at the Libertopia conference in Los Angeles on Oct. 16. The topic is "The Psychology of Freedom." For details, click here

While in LA, she will also be speaking at the Karl Hess Supper Club on Oct. 18. For the details, click here.

 

May 5: Dr. Presley's book Standing Up to Experts and Authorities is released. For the book website, click here.

May 4: Dr. Presley is speaking at the Martinez Public Library from 6:30 to 8pm, 740 Court St., Martinez. 925-646-2898

February 6: The top page of the new website for the forthcoming book on standing up to experts and authorities is now online: http://www.standuptoauthorities.com. The rest of the website pages will follow soon.

There is a new Facebook page for the book: Click here

The talk and book signing date at the Martinez Public Library has been set: Tuesday May 4 from 6:30 to 8pm, 740 Court St., Martinez. 925-646-2898.

 

January 27: The new release date for the forthcoming book on standing up to experts and authorities is March 31. A website (www.standuptoauthorities.com) will be going up within the next week.

The first speaking date scheduled so far is on April 19 at the Karl Hess Supper Club in LA. Click here for more information. She will also be speaking at the Martinez Public Library in Contra Costa County, date TBA.

Dr. Presley has created a new page on Facebook titled Women Resisters to Authority.
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2009

September 7: Dr. Presley now has a Facebook page. If you have a Facebook account, check it out.
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Click here
for the Table of Contents for the forthcoming book.

September 6:  Dr. Presley's new book, Standing Up to Experts and Authoritise: How to Avoid Being Intimidated, Manipulated and Abused, will be published February 14, 2010 by Solomon Press.  Web site is forthcoming.

Check out the blog for the new book at Dr. Presley's new MySpace page at www.myspace.com/sharonlpresley

2007
 
April 20: The new look for sharonpresley.com is launched. Many of the materials formerly found at this web site can now be found at the new auxiliary site, sharonpresley.net (see links), including many of the political and feminist writings, as well as photos. Sharonpresley.com will emphasize academic and psychological writings.
 
Dr. Presley will be speaking on "American Women Resisters to Authority: Heroes in the Struggle for Liberty" at the International Society for Individual Liberty  Conference August 11-15, 2007  in Wlliamsburg VA. Click here for more information.

 


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