“The Olympic Prison.” iHeart Podcasts. “Very Special Episodes.” Interviewed by Zaron Burnett. February 2026.
“Adirondacks for All.” Documentary film produced by Mountain Lake PBS. Interviewed by Paul Frederick. February 2024.
“Camp Gabriels: Sanatorium, College Campus, Prison.” Research presentation and tour of former Gabriels Correctional Facility. Sponsored by Adirondack Architectural Heritage. Gabriels, New York. August 2023.
“Rethinking Vacant Adirondack Prisons.” Webinar hosted by Adirondack Architectural Heritage, Humanities New York, and John Brown Lives! February 2023.
“Imprisoned Workers and Environmental Planning in New York’s Adirondack Park.” Queensborough Community College / CUNY. Department of History “Lectures in Inclusive History” series. Bayside, New York. November 2022.
“Environmental Regulation and Incarceration in New York’s Adirondack Park.” Research presentation sponsored by Paul Smith’s College. Adirondack Park Visitors Interpretive Center. Paul Smiths, New York. October 2022.
“Prisons, Place, and Power.” Panel discussant / invited speaker at fall gathering of the Correctional Association of New York. New York City. September 2022.
“Camp Gabriels: Sanatorium, College Campus, and Carceral Facility.” Research presentation and tour of former Gabriels Correctional Facility. Sponsored by Adirondack Architectural Heritage. Gabriels, New York. August 2022.
“Incarceration, Wilderness, & the Adirondack Paradox.” Installment in “Adirondacks for All” webinar series. The Adirondack Experience: The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake. June 2022.
“Exploring Carceral Architecture in the Adirondacks.” Webinar hosted by Adirondack Architectural Heritage. March 2022.
Book talk, A Prison in the Woods: Environment and Incarceration in New York’s North Country. Sponsored by the Lake Placid – North Elba Historical Society. Hosted by Sophie Morelli. January 2022.
Book talk, A Prison in the Woods: Environment and Incarceration in New York’s North Country. Historic Saranac Lake. November 2021.
“Prisons expose gap in Adirondack history.” Interviewed by Holly Riddle. Adirondack Explorer. November 2021.
“Exploring the History of Adirondack Prisons.” Monday Evening Xplorations Lecture Series. The Adirondack Experience: The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake. August 2021.
Book talk, A Prison in the Woods: Environment and Incarceration in New York’s North Country. “Empire State Engagements” podcast, hosted by Dr. Robert Chiles. New York State Museum. June 2021.
Book talk, A Prison in the Woods: Environment and Incarceration in New York’s North Country. New Books Network: Environmental Studies podcast. Hosted by Dr. Brian Hamilton. June 2021.
Book talk, A Prison in the Woods: Environment and Incarceration in New York’s North Country. Sponsored by John Brown Lives!, The Bookstore Plus (Lake Placid), and the Keene Valley Public Library. May 2021.
Book talk, A Prison in the Woods: Environment and Incarceration in New York’s North Country. Sponsored by Paul Smith’s College. Hosted by Dr. Joe Henderson. March 2021.
“Prison in the Woods: Environment and Incarceration in New York’s North Country.” Research presentation sponsored by the State University of New York at Plattsburgh. Plattsburgh, New York. March 2020.
“A Tale of Two Sons.” Panel discussant with Lonnie Lewis and Soffiyah Elijah. Justice Collective Regional Conference on the Impact of Mass Incarceration on Families and Communities. Sponsored by John Brown Lives!, Alliance of Families for Justice, and Prospect Hill Foundation. Lake Placid, New York. July 2018.
“Dannemora breakout turns the prison spotlight on guards.” Interviewed by Mark Davis. Seven Days. Burlington, Vermont. July 2016.
“Correctional Association Releases Report Detailing Abuse at Clinton Correctional.” Interviewed by Pat Bradley. WAMC / Northeast Public Radio. June 2016.
“In Clinton Dannemora prison, violence, an inmate death, and new scrutiny.” Interviewed by Brian Mann. North Country Public Radio. December 2015.
Panel discussion of Mothers of Bedford (Jennifer McShane, dir.) and Thanksgiving in Prison (Aaron Woolf, dir.). With Aaron Woolf, Brian Mann, and Nick Ludwick. Lake Champlain International Film Festival. Plattsburgh, New York. November 2015
“The Environmental History of Adirondack Prisons.” Research presentation sponsored by the State University of New York at Potsdam. Hosted by Dr. Gaylynn Welch. Potsdam, New York. November 2015.
“Clinton Correctional Remains in Lockdown Following Weekend Prisoner Altercations.” Interviewed by Pat Bradley. WAMC / Northeast Public Radio. September 2015.
“Prison History and Memory in New York’s North Country.” Research presentation sponsored by John Brown Lives! and the Whallonsburg Grange. Whallonsburg Grange Hall. Essex, New York. August 2015.
“Prospects for Prison Reform in New York after Matt and Sweat.” Research presentation sponsored by John Brown Lives! and the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Plattsburgh. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. Plattsburgh, New York. August 2015.
“Richard Matt, David Sweat, and the Challenge of Adirondack Nature.” Research presentation sponsored by John Brown Lives! and the Saranac Lake Free Library. Saranac Lake Free Library. Saranac Lake, New York. August 2015.
“Retribution Against Inmates Not Unexpected in Wake of Escape.” Interviewed by Pat Bradley. WAMC / Northeast Public Radio. August 2015.
“Update: ‘Dozens of inmates’ say they were abused, beaten following Dannemora escape.” Interviewed by Brian Mann. North Country Public Radio. August 2015.
“Expert to offer lecture series on prison break.” Interviewed by Pete Demola. Sun Community News. August 2015.
“Clinton’s ‘Great Escape’ and the Contested Terrain of North Country Prisons.” Research presentation sponsored by John Brown Lives! and the Keene Valley Congregational Church. Keene Valley, New York. July 2015.
“Dozens escaped Dannemora prison before Richard Matt and David Sweat.” Interviewed by Paul Grondahl. Albany Times-Union. July 2015.
“NY prison escapee’s body, unclaimed by family, may be buried by county.” Interviewed by Katie Reilly. Reuters. June 2015.
“A Dozen Officials Suspended As Probe Into NY Prison Break Widens.” Interviewed by Brian Mann. North Country Public Radio. June 2015.
“History professor and northern New York prisons expert Jeff Hall weighs in on the manhunt for two prison escapees in upstate New York.” Interviewed by Dan Matheson. CTV News. June 2015.
“Not Your Typical Prison.” Interviewed by Tom Salitsky. Adirondack Daily Enterprise. June 2015.
“Prison Breaks Past: Several Inmates Have Tried to Escape from N.Y. Prison.” Interviewed by Audie Cornish. “All Things Considered.” National Public Radio. June 2015.
“New York prison escape among decade’s most audacious.” Interviewed by Barbara Goldberg. Reuters. June 2015.
“Local prison historian interviewed all over.” Interviewed by Peter Crowley. Adirondack Daily Enterprise. June 2015.
New Day. Interviewed by Alisyn Camerota and Chris Cuomo. CNN. June 2015.
“Escape from Clinton Prison Was Neither the First, Nor the Boldest.” Interviewed by Michael Schwirtz and Michael Winerip. The New York Times. June 2015.
“Prison Historian Discusses Dannemora’s Prisoner Escape Annals.” Interviewed by Pat Bradley. WAMC / Northeast Public Radio. June 2015.
“Search Continues on Third Day for Escaped Prisoners.” Interviewed by Pat Bradley. WAMC / Northeast Public Radio. June 2015.
“History of Violence Plagues Prison Where Breakout Occurred.” Interviewed by Mary Esch. Associated Press. June 2015.
“Prison saw other breaks for freedom in early years, researcher says.” Interviewed by Lois Clermont. Press-Republican. June 2015.
“Olympic Village or Prison Town? Building the Federal Prison at Ray Brook, New York, 1975-1990.” Research presentation, Stony Brook University, Department of History Colloquium. Stony Brook, New York. April 2009.