SCHEDULE OF SESSIONS AND EVENTS
Thursday, April 5, 2018
Thursday 8:30 AM – 6:00 PM, "In the Footsteps of E. Lucy Braun at The Edge of Appalachia" Tour (pre-registration required)
Thursday 2:00 – 3:10 PM, How to Utilize POWER Funding
Thursday 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM, "Walking the Road to Health Together" Workshop, Federal Reserve Bank (pre-registration required)
Thursday 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Tour, Underground Railroad Freedom Center (pre-registration required)
Thursday 3:20 PM – 4:30 PM, How to Start Connecting with Health Projects
Thursday 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM Urban Appalachian Film Festival, Mini Microcinema, 1225 Main
Thursday 6:00 AM – 8:00 AM Appalachian Hip Hop, Elementz, 1100 Race
Thursday 6:00 PM – 9:30 PM Cincinnati Brewery Tap Room Tour (pre-registration required)
Thursday 6:30 AM – 9:30 AM Bluegrass Show and Jam, Herzog Studio, 811 Race
Thursday 9:00 PM – 12:30 AM Urban Appalachian Film Festival, Grand
Friday, April 6, 2018
Friday 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Poster and Exhibit Area set-up, Millennium Hotel, second floor
Friday 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM Breakfast available for purchase
Friday 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM ASA Membership, Education, Finance, and Communication committee meetings
Membership Committee, Millennium, Fourth Floor, Room 451
Education Committee, Millennium, Fourth Floor, Room 464
Finance Committee, Millennium, Fourth Floor, Salmon P. Chase
Communication Committee, Millennium, Fourth Floor, Room 456
Friday 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM Registration, Exhibits, Posters, and Silent Auction, Millennium Hotel, second floor
Friday 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Oyler Community Learning Center Tour
Friday 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM Concurrent Sessions 1
1.1 - Panel (Colonnade A)
Writing Appalachian Working-Class Memoirs
Convener: Larry R. Smith
“The Thick of Thin: Memoir of a Working-Class Writer,” Larry R. Smith (Independent Writer)
“Memoir as Fiction: Piece of the Heart and Secret City,” Julia Watts (Independent Writer)
“Earnest Occupations and Learning How,” Richard Hague (Independent Writer)
Michael Henson, Respondent
1.2 - Workshop (Pavilion A)
“How to Connect Academics to Activists, PART I”
Jeffrey Stec (Citizens for Civic Renewal)
1.3 - Panel (Statesman)
The Way We See Ourselves and the Way Others See Us: Intersections Between Perceptions of Appalachia and Regional Writing
Convener: Erin Presley
“Complex Representations of Appalachia in C. E. Morgan’s The Sport of Kings,” Erin Presley (Eastern Kentucky University)
“White Trash: Examining Class, Race, and Culture in Appalachian Identity,” Kristin J. Steele (Marshall University)
“Wiley Cash and the Gastonia Novels: The Ties that Bind and the Prominence of Place,” Sylvia B. Shurbutt (Shepherd University)
“Mysteries in the Mountains: New Representations of Identity in Appalachia,” Barbara Ladner (West Virginia State College)
1.4 - Performance (Pavilion B)
“Between the Rock and the Commonwealth,”
Steven Middleton (Morehead State University)
1.5 - Roundtable (Portico)
Convener: Leah K. Vance
The Future of Appalachian Studies, Leah K. Vance, Melissa P. Wiser, Aaron Guest, and Laura Carter-Stone (University of Kentucky)
1.6 - Workshop (Grand A)
Songs of the Shakers: A Workshop on Nineteenth Century Songs About Love and Community
Miranda Brown (Independent Researcher and Singer) and Saro Lynch-Thomason (East Tennessee State University)
1.7 - Panel (Taft)
Flood! Looking for Higher Ground
Convener: Bob Hutton (University of Tennessee)
“The 1937 Flood Impact on Pomeroy, Ohio,” Eric Landrum (University of Rio Grande)
“The 1937 Flood and Its impact on Portsmouth, Ohio,” Steven D. Campbell (University of Rio Grande)
“The 1937 Flood and Its Impact on Gallipolis, Ohio,” Justin May (University of Rio Grande)
“The 1937 Flood and Pt. Pleasant, West Virginia,” Cody Call (University of Rio Grande)
1.8 - Panel (Council)
Fostering Regional Health and Dignity While Developing Sustainable Economic Independence
Convener: Peter H. Hackbert
“Report on the Multi-State County Use of the Daniel Boone Trace Heritage Health Project,” Peter H. Hackbert and Louisa Summers (Berea College)
“Teaching Emotions: Why It Has Economic Impact,” Michael C. Melton (Letcher County Central High School)
“Missions in the Mountains: A Critical Development Perspective on Mission Trips and Volunteerism in Appalachia,” Katherine Farley (Washington University in St. Louis)
1.9 - Workshop (Colonnade B)
Citizenship In Action: Engaging Appalachian Youth in Design Thinking to Promote Community Wellness
Convener: Katy Morgan
Katy Morgan (Nashville Civic Design Center), Jacob Hughett, Grace Kidd, and Hannah Martin ( STAND Board, Scott County, Tennessee)
1.10 - Performance Panel (Grand B)
Youth Expressions of Appalachian Identity in a Three-Generation Family Band
Olivia M. Stanforth (University of Dayton), Corinne M. Stanforth (St. Ursula Academy), James A. Cook (Independent Musician), Nancy L. Cook (Independent Musician)
1.11 - Workshop (Grand Foyer)
Sassafras Workshop presents: Zine Party!
Brittany Hicks and Emily Prentice (Sassafras Workshop)
1.12 - Roundtable (Cabana A)
Inside, Outside: West Virginia Writers on Place
Convener: Natalie Sypolt
“Insider, Inside,” Natalie Sypolt (Pierpont Community and Technical College)
“Insider, Outside, Gretchen Moran Laskas (Independent Writer)
“Insider, Inside,” Doug Van Gundy (West Virginia Wesleyan College)
“Insider, Outside,” Melissa Minske (Librarian and Independent Writer)
“Insider, Outside,” Jonathan Corcoran (Rutgers University - Newark)
Friday 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Oyler Community Learning Center Tour (pre-registration required)
Friday 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Appalachian Teaching Project meeting, Salmon P. Chase Room (Millennium, Fourth Floor)
Friday 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM Concurrent Sessions 2
2.1 - Panel (Grand A)
Stitching a Better Region: Textiles and their Facsimiles in Appalachia
Convener: Ellen Georgi
“Women’s Work: Appalachian Quilting,” Ellen Georgi (Shepherdstown University)
“Textiles: Eastern Tennessee’s Place in History,” Philis Alvic (Independent Weaver and Writer)
“Making Space, Making Time, Making History,” Melanie Pratt (Cross My Heart, Ltd), Susan Hamrick (Appalachian Feline Friends), and Wendy Welch (Little Bookstore of Big Stone)
“The Booming Business of Barn Quilts,” Julianne Donofrio (Independent Writer and Producer)
2.2 - Panel (Cabana A)
Literature, Poetry, and the Land: Diverse Perspectives
Convener: Elizabeth Glass
“Stone, Water, Land, Spine,” Elizabeth Glass (University of Louisville)
“Jim Wayne Miller’s Poetry and the Halieutic Image,” Micah McCrotty (East Tennessee State University)
2.3 - Performance (Colonnade A)
Restitching Our Thoughts About Appalachia and Ourselves: Readings from the Anthology of Appalachian Writers, Charles Frazier Volume IX.
Convener: Natalie Sypolt
“The Honor Guard,” Gretchen Moran Laskas (Independent Writer)
“The Skin that Fits,” Jessica Salfia (Independent Teacher and Writer)
“Selected Poems from the Anthology of Appalachian Writers,” Marc Harshman (Independent Writer)
Respondent: Sylvia B. Shurbutt (Shepherd University)
2.4 - Panel (Portico)
Toward a Multicultural Appalachian Music
Convener: Emily Hilliard
“What We Talk About When We Talk About Folk Songs from the West Virginia Hills,” Emily Hilliard (West Virginia State Folklorist)
“Off the Beaten Syllabus: Multicultural Appalachian Musics and University Representation,” Holly Riley (Florida State University)
“Echoes and Reverberations: Listening for West Virginia’s Multicultural Musical History,” Travis Stimeling (West Virginia University)
2.5 - Panel (Statesman)
Creating Community Around the Arts in Appalachia
Convener: Nate Cesco
“East Kentucky Food and Dance Trail,” Brett Ratliff and Abigail Huggins (Hindman Settlement School); Lora Smith (Appalachian Food Summit)
“Enhancing Community Well-Being in Scioto County through Public Art,” Jason Tussey (Shawnee State University)
“Comedy and Music Scene Development in Appalachian Communities,” Nate Cesco (iHeartRadio Chicago) and Nathan Thomas (Marshall University)
2.6 - Roundtable (Council)
Researching, Returning, and Resituating: Navigating the Borders Between Home and the Academy
Convener: Sarah Craycraft
Sarah Craycraft, Sydney Varajon, Jordan Lovejoy, and Sophia Enriquez (The Ohio State University)
2.7 - Panel (Taft)
Rebels, Boxers, and Ball Players: Image and Reality
Convener: Josh Howard
“Mountaineers and Rebels: Identity, Secession, and Crisis in Civil War Virginia,” Joshua Goodall (James Madison University)
“‘20 Miles and 100 Years’: Illegalities and Appalachia as ‘Relic Culture’ on Bloody Twin Creek,” Janet Feight and Andrew L. Feight (Shawnee State University)
“Sports as Political Theater: Virginia & West Virginia, 1870-1929 Edition,” Josh Howard (Passel Historical Consultants)
“12 Rounds in Lo's Gym: Boxing and Manhood in Appalachia,” Todd Snyder (Siena College)
2.8 - Workshop (Colonnade B)
Yesterday’s Pioneer Medicine, Today’s Pioneering Approach
Jenni Cattran and Nancy Laird (Urban Appalachian Community Coalition)
2.9 - Panel (Pavilion B)
Ragged Wounds and Great Migrations: Re-Stitching Appalachia
Convener: Jonathan L. Bradshaw
“Heritage Claims and Civic Change: Re-Stitching Urban Appalachian Advocacy in Cincinnati, OH,” Jonathan L. Bradshaw (Western Carolina University)
“The Great Northern Migration: Rural French-Canadian Immigrants in New England Industrial Cities,” Timothy Di Leo Browne (Carleton University)
“The Ragged Wound—Can the Appalachian Diaspora Save the Region?,” Byron Ballard (Independent Folklorist and Writer)
2.10 - Roundtable (Cabana A)
Preparing Students to Address Substance Misuse in Appalachian Culture
Convener: Michael E. Thomas
Michael E. Thomas, Jessica Stephen Premo, and Nancy Brossoie (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
2.11 - Workshop (Pavilion A)
How to Connect Academics to Activists, PART II
Jeffrey Stec (Citizens for Civic Renewal)
Friday 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Lunch available for purchase
Friday 1:00 PM – 2:15 PM Concurrent Sessions 3
3.1 - Performance (Colonnade B)
Profits and/or Prophets from the Mountains
Convener: Karen Salyer McElmurray
Karen S. McElmurray (West Virginia Wesleyan College), Karen Spears Zacharias (Central Washington University), Danielle Kelly (West Virginia University at Parkersburg), and Bill King (Davis and Elkins College)
3.2 - Panel (Taft)
The Impact of Women on the Visual and Performing Arts in Appalachia
Convener: Barb Howe
“The Story of Sr. Mary Agnes Gubert: How Did a ‘Caged Songster’ Acquire National Fame?,” Barb Howe (Independent Historian)
“‘Lily May, the Mountain Gal’: The Female Country Musician as Comic Strip Heroine, 1936-1937,” Ivan M. Tribe (University of Rio Grande)
“Newgrass Woman: The Transformation of Female Sound and Space in Appalachian Music,” Sophia Enriquez (The Ohio State University)
“Linda (1929): Giving Voice to a Silent Appalachian Film,” Larry Sean Kinder (Western Kentucky University)
3.3 - Roundtable (Cabana B)
Stay Together Appalachian Youth: 10 Years of Youth Organizing in Appalachia
Lou Murrey and Olivia Lowrey (STAY Project)
3.4 - Panel (Pavilion B)
Ulster and Appalachia: Exploring Scots-Irish Connections
Convener: Ron Roach
“Exploring Cultural Heritage Interpretation in Ulster and Appalachia,” Ron R. Roach (East Tennessee State University)
“Landscape, Heritage, and Identity in Ulster and Appalachia,” Liam Campbell (Ulster University)
“Exploring Musical Borders,” Jane B. MacMorran (East Tennessee State University)
3.5 - Panel (Cabana A)
Speech and Image: Reality vs. Myth in Appalachia
Convener: Jennifer Cramer
“Initiating the Young Appalachians’ Living Language (YALL) Corpus,” Jennifer Cramer and Mark Richard Lauersdorf (University of Kentucky)
“Evil or Dumb?: Examining Common Media Stereotypes and Student Perceptions of Appalachia,” Lora E. Smith (Indiana University)
“From a Stage to the Page: Maintaining Orality in Written Collections of Appalachian Fairy Tales,” Stacy Sivinski (Notre Dame)
“Poststructural, Post-Qualitative Methodologies: Using Ethnography to Tell Poststructural Tales of ‘Local Food’,” Karen Adele Lemke (Appalachian State University)
3.6 - Roundtable (Grand A)
Appalachian Arts in the Queen City
Convener: Susan G. Pepper
Susan G. Pepper (Independent Musician and Songwriter), Ma Crow (Independent Musician), Omope Carter Daboiku (Homeside Cultural Programming), Jean Dowell (Independent Singer and Songwriter), Russ Childers (Independent Musician), Dale Farmer (The Mountain Minor), and Mike Oberst (Independent Musician)
3.7 - Panel (Colonnade A)
Re-Evaluating Images of Appalachia
Convener: Laura L. Morris
“Living in Harmony: New Deal Photographs of Music-Making in West Virginia,” Jason Hartz and Carissa Massey (Adrian College)
“James Roy Hopkins: A Primitivist in Appalachia?,” Joy L. Gritton (Morehead State University)
“Appalachia and Beyond: The Kentucky Documentary Photographic Project, 1975-1977,” Roger May (Independent Photographer)
“Changing Perceptions of Appalachia: Stuck in the Past or Moving Towards the Future?,” April Dye (Carson Newman University)
3.8 - Panel (Grand B)
Conversation with the Authors and Editors of the 2016 Weatherford Award Winning Books
Convener: Chris Green
Crystal Wilkinson (Berea College), Patrick O’Dowd (University Press of Kentucky), Abby Freeland (West Virginia University Press), Steven E. Nash (East Tennessee State University)
3.10 - Workshop (Portico)
The Abortion Monologues: Storytelling as a Tool for Reproductive Justice
Convener: Stacie Sexton
Stacie Sexton (Kentucky Health Justice Network), Kacy Johnson (Independent Production Stage Manager), David Austin (Independent Artist, Musician and Promoter)
3.11 - Workshop (Pavilion A)
Harm Reduction Workshop: Naloxone, Syringe Exchange, and Social Justice
Convener: Lesly-Marie Buer
Lesly-Marie Buer (Tennessee Department of Health East Region) and Adam Reilly (Caracole, Cincinnati)
3.12 - Panel (Council)
Documenting Black Cemeteries in SWVA
Convener: Willie Dodson
“The Ike Shade Cemetery in Haysi, Virginia and the beginning of the SWVA Black Cemetery Collective,” Willie Dodson (Appalachian Voices)
“The Collier Slave Cemetery in Jonesville, Virginia,” Amy Clark (University of Virginia Wise)
“Documenting Black History in Appalachia,” William Isom (East Tennessee PBS)
“Searching for Grandma in Chestnut Grove Cemetery, Norton, Virginia,” Terran Young (Highlander Center)
3.13 - Panel (Statesman)
Appalachian-Carpathian Mountain Initiative
Convener: Kathryn Engle
Kelsey M. Wagner, (Appalachian State University), Theresa Burriss (Radford University), and Kathryn Engle (University of Kentucky)
Friday 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Urban Appalachian Migration: East/Lower Price Hill Tour (pre-registration required)
Friday 2:30 PM – 3:45 PM Poster Session with Desserts (Millennium Second Floor Exhibit Area)
“Cultural Resources Plantings of White Oak for Cherokee Basketry,” Brenna Bohn, A.J. Dayton, and Sunshine L Brosi (Frostburg State University)
“The Strange, Sad Death of Lucinda Mills: An Examination of Appalachia's Only Known Case of Ritual Murder,” Audra J. Boggs and Daniel L. Schnopp-Wyatt (Lindsey Wilson College)
“So What’s an Appalachian? Immersion of Non-Appalachian College Students into Appalachian Culture by Service and Education,” Dave Scharfenberger (Mount St. Joseph University); Judy L. Singleton (University of Cincinnati, Blue Ash College); John Trokan and Karl Zuelke (Mount St. Joseph University)
“Locating the North in Appalachian Literature,” Pamela C. Twiss (California University of Pennsylvania)
“Living in Queer Country: An Analysis of Appalachian Queer Individuals,” Joshua Stuart (Independent Researcher)
“Rocky Fork State Park: Linking Natural and Economic Resources through Oral Histories and Community Engagement,” Rebecca Adkins Fletcher, Amelia Charles, Digger Derusha, Roosevelt Seedee, and Keegan Luckey-Smith (East Tennessee State University)
“From Appalachia to Art Application: A Poster Presentation in Teaching Elementary Students the Connections between European/Mediterranean Art and the Appalachian Arts and Crafts Tradition,” Julie Midkiff and Allison Shriver (Bradley Elementary, Prosperity, West Virginia)
“Invocation of Appalachia: Observations of Old-Time Music in Barcelona,” Kehren Barbour (East Tennessee State University)
“Bradford Community Immunization Access: Bridging the Gap,” Tammy M. Haley (University of Pittsburgh-Bradford)
“Factors Contributing to Resilience for Women Pursuing Higher Education: A Focus on Central Appalachia,” Olivia Wedel (Licensed Counselor)
“Documenting African American Heritage and Culture in Western Maryland,” Brenna Bohn and Andrew J. Dayton (Frostburg State University)
Friday 2:30 PM – 3:45 PM Concurrent Sessions 4
4.1 - Panel (Pavilion A)
Folk Art, Politics, and the People: Mountain Perspectives
Convener: Tonja Matney Reynolds
“The Personality and Politics of Artist Fred Carter,” Sharon Hatfield (Independent Writer)
“In the Gallery at Last: Fred Carter’s Artistic Journey,” Jack Wright (Ohio University School of Film, Retired)
“Mommy, Mamaw, and Them,” Bonita Skaggs-Parsons (Independent Outsider Artist)
“Mommy, Mamaw, and Them,” Misty Skaggs (Independent Writer)
4.2 - Performance (Grand B)
A Reading from Pine Mountain Sand and Gravel, Volume 20, Appalachia: Stay or Go
Convener: Pauletta Hansel
Pauletta Hansel (Southern Appalachian Writers Cooperative), Randi Ward (Independent Writer), Thomas Alan Holmes (East Tennessee State University), Pamela Hirschler (Independent Writer), Ali Hintz (University of Georgia), William S. Hanna (West Liberty University)
4.3 - Panel (Council)
Storytelling in the Mountains: Community and Activism
Convener: Megan Adams
“‘That’s Just What All This Made Me Think About’: Towards Addressing the Storyteller Trope in Central Appalachia,” Brandon Jent (University of Kentucky)
“Media in the Mountains: How Digital Storytelling Captures Lives and Creates Community in Appalachia,” Megan Adams (University of Findlay)
“Creating Community Space for Modern Appalachian Storytelling,” Chaya Holch (Princeton University) and Sky Marietta (University of Kentucky)
4.4 - Panel (Colonnade A)
Cultural Sustainability: Black Fiddle Roots, Ballad Roots, White Fiddle & Seed Mentors & Trampoline Experimentation with Dawn, Illustrations and Community Sustainability Theater
Convener: Cece Conway
“African Roots of the Fiddle and Cultural Exchange in Our Southern Mountains,” Cece Conway (Appalachian State University)
“Echoes of Nancy Ponder Cody (1859-1940),” Susan Pepper (Independent Singer/Songwriter)
“‘Where I Used to Hear Them Shout and Sing’: Mitchell County’s Music Traditions,” William Ritter (North Carolina Arts Council)
“Trampoline Experimentation with Dawn, Illustrations, and Sustainable Community Theatre,” Julia Lindsay (Appalachian State University)
4.5 - Panel (Taft)
The Impact of Religion in Appalachia: Activism, Labor, and Literature
Convener: Michael C. Melton
“‘That There is My Church’: Liberation Theology in Denise Giardina’s Storming Heaven,” Bill Jolliff (George Fox University)
“Evangelical Rhetoric and the Discursive Practices that Students Bring to College Writing,” Bethany Mannon (Old Dominion University)
“Christianity and Appalachian Labor Movements,” Anna Lackey (Furman University)
“Test of Faith,” Lauren Pond (The Ohio State University)
4.6 - Panel (Statesman)
We Are ... Working to Make a Difference: Crafting Community-University Collaborations to Address Significant Problems
Convener: Elizabeth Campbell
"We Are ... Working to Make a Difference: Crafting Community-University Collaborations to Address Significant Problems,” Elizabeth Campbell (Marshall University)
“Pragmatic Ways of Being: Social Work Pedagogy and Community Built Solutions,” Kim White (Marshall University)
“Collaborating Across Disciplines: Campus-Community Coalitions for Prevention and Public Health,” Amy Saunders (Marshall University)
“Downtown Meets Dietetics: Integrating the Department into the Community,” Amy Gannon and Mallory Mount (Marshall University)
4.7 - Panel (Colonnade B)
Reassessing James Still: Stories from the Appalachian Past for the Appalachian Future
Convener: Ted Olson
“Reassessing James Still’s Life,” Carol Boggess (Mars Hill University)
“Reassessing James Still’s Work,” Ted Olson (East Tennessee State University)
“Reassessing James Still’s Influence,” Silas House (Berea College)
Respondent: Gurney Norman
4.8 - Workshop (Cabana A)
The Surface Mining Regulation Overview
Convener: Willie Dodson
“Surface Mining Regulation Overview,” Willie Dodson (Appalachian Voices)
“The Nuts and Bolts of Water Monitoring,” D.J. Coker (Clearfork Community Institute Citizens Water Project)
“Community Organizing for Water Monitoring,” April Jarocki (Clearfork Community Institute Citizens Water Project)
4.9 - Roundtable (Portico)
Engaging the Next Generation with Appalachian Studies: Building Community and Expanding Outreach Through Technology and Diversity of Programming
Convener: Lucy Steele
Lucy Steele, Savannah Muse, Emily Johnson, and Maggie Flanagan (Morehead State University); Ashton Dill and Corrina Hunter (Spring Mills High School)
Respondent: Kim Reigle
4.10 - Panel (Pavilion B)
Politics, Activism, and Community Engagement
Convener: Sean Dunne
“Academic Activism in Portsmouth, Ohio: The Importance of Community Engagement in Appalachia,” Sean Dunne (Shawnee State University)
“Developing Action Competence for Sustainability in Central Appalachia,” Colleen Unroe (The Pennsylvania State University)
“We Care - Health Care Policy, Education and Advocacy,” Mary Beth Bingman (Independent Activist Scholar)
4.11 - Panel(Cardinal)
Perspectives on 20th Century History
Convener: Richard P. Mulcahy
“The Presidential Campaigns of Franklin D. Roosevelt in the Appalachian Counties of Ohio,” Philip A. Grant (Pace University)
“Three Suggestions for the Future of Recent Appalachian History,” Lou Martin (Chatham University)
4.12 - Workshop (Grand A)
Are You Ready to Talk to a Publisher? Ten Things you Should Know Before You Sign that Contract
Young Appalachian Leaders and Learners—Sponsored Session
Convener: Elizabeth Scarpelli
Elizabeth Scarpelli, Mark Konecny, Michael Duckworth (The University of Cincinnati Press)
4.13 - Performance (Cabana B)
Appalachian Horizons: A Literary Reading of New Work
Convener: Lynnell Edwards
Lynnell Edwards, (Spalding University), Jason Howard and Crystal Wilkinson (Berea College)
Friday 4:00 PM – 5:15 PM Concurrent Sessions 5
5.1 - Workshop (Portico)
National Endowment for the Arts Grants Workshop
Jennie Terman (National Endowment for the Arts)
5.2 - Performance (Council)
Divine Right’s Trip Revisited, The Hero Journeys from Cincinnati to Kentucky
Convener: Susan L. F. Isaacs
“Reading Divine Right, The Hero's Journey,” Gurney Norman
“Gurney Norman’s Divine Right’s Trip: The Journey from Liminality to Awareness,” Susan L. F. Isaacs (Independent Scholar and Writer)
5.3 - Panel (Taft)
Contemporary Rhetoric in Appalachian Literature
Convener and Respondent: Jessica Cory
“‘Even Eco-tourism Has its Limits’: The Rhetoric of Disgust in International Travel Writing About Appalachia,” Katherine Ledford (Appalachian State University)
Robert Gipe’s Trampoline and Appalachian Ecofeminism,” Jessica Cory (Western Carolina University)
“Graphic Appalachia: Identity Transformed,” Stewart Plein (West Virginia University)
5.4 - Roundtable (Cabana B)
Scholar Activism in Appalachia
Convener: Ricki Draper
Laura Rigell (Alumni of Swarthmore College), Nick Mullins (LiKEN), Bill McCabe (Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards), Ricki Draper, Hannah Gillespie, Christian Huerta, and Azariah Connerly (Appalachian State University)
5.5 - Panel (Statesman)
Roots and Branches in Appalachian Music: Influences and Legacies
Convener: Ted Olson
“The Carter Family: A Musical Family’s Continuing Influence on Today’s Appalachian Musicians,” Melissa R. Keyser, Nathan D. Kiser, Thomas G. Albert, and Annuet B. Soehnlen (Morehead State University)
“W. C. Handy: Overlooked Appalachian Visionary,” Ted Olson (East Tennessee State University)
“Excerpts from Hoppin’ Possums: Steps from the Green Grass Cloggers,” Leanne E. Smith (East Carolina University)
5.6 - Panel (Colonnade B)
Rural-Urban Community Building From Kentucky to Ireland
Convener: Robert Gipe
“Harlan & Covington: A Rural-Urban Creative Placemaking Collaboration,” Robert Gipe (Southeast Community and Technical College), Cate Becker (BLDG), and Alexia Ault (Southeast Kentucky Revitalization Project)
“Creative Visioning and Community Building in Rural-Urban Ulster,” Mary Kerrigan (Heritage Streets Alive 2015 and Derry-Donegal Heritage Landscapes Alive)
5.7 - Panel (Pavilion A)
Borders Real and Imagined: How Change Impacts the Psyche of the Appalachian People
Convener: Silas House
“Change Reaction: The Original Highlander Folk School,” Emily Masters (Berea College)
“Reconstructing Identity: Leaving vs. Staying in Appalachia,” Robert Renner (Berea College)
“City vs. Country Living,” Rhea Carter (Berea College)
5.8 - Performance (Cabana A)
Running with Whiskey: A Multimedia Performance Exploring Place, Identity, and Extractive Industry
Convener: Marc Harshman
Marc Harshman (Poet Laureate of West Virginia) and Doug Van Gundy (West Virginia Wesleyan College)
5.9 - Performance (Colonnade A)
Traditional Appalachian Toys
William Field and Megan Epperson (Pine Mountain Settlement School)
5.10 - Panel (Cardinal)
Perspectives on Disability and Mental Illness Through Literature
Convener: Elizabeth Glass
“Disability in Darnell Arnoult's Novel Sufficient Grace, Elizabeth Glass (University of Louisville)
“A Path in the Shape of Their Bodies”: Intersections of Disability Studies and Appalachian Studies,” Brent W. Cline (Spring Arbor University)
“Colors in the Minds of Appalachian Women,” Lucy Lansing (Furman University)
5.11 - Panel (Pavilion B)
Examining Discourse and Dialect as Representations of Culture
Convener: Gary Vaughn
“‘Highfalutin’ Language and Sigogglin Learnin’: Stitching Together My Appalachian Heritage and My Education,” Gary Vaughn (University of Cincinnati)
“Everybody’s Ignert ‘Bout Some’en: The Influence of Dialect on Education in the Ozarks,” Sharon Burns (University of Cincinnati Clermont College)
“Non-Prestige Dialect Teachers & Prestige Dialect Students: A Qualitative Review,” Matt Prater (Virginia Polytechnic University and State University)
Friday 4:00 PM – 5:15 PM “Writing the Region” Writers’ Workshop, The Mercantile Library (pre-registration required)
Friday 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM Keynote Plenary:
“Truth to Power: Appalachian Youth Test the Boundaries and Bust the Seams!” (Grand A)
Friday 6:45 PM – 9:00 PM Awards Reception and Dinner (ticketed), Hyatt Ballroom
Friday 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM Old-time Jam, Northside Distillery
Friday 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM Camp Happy Appalachee Reception, Millennium Hotel
Friday 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM Southern Appalachian Writers Cooperative Annual Read-Around and Swarp, Arnold’s Bar and Grill, 210 E. 8th
Friday 10:00 PM – 12:30 AM Urban Appalachian Film Festival, Grand
SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 2018
Saturday 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Breakfast available for purchase
Saturday 7:00 AM – 8:30 AM Committee Meetings, Millennium
JAS Editorial Board (Salmon P. Chase Room, Fourth Floor)
Diversity and Inclusion (Room 464)
International Connections (Room 451)
Awards Committee (Room 456)
Saturday 8:30 AM – 6:30 PM Registration, Exhibits, Posters, and Silent Auction, Millennium Hotel, second floor
Saturday 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM Opening Mini-Plenaries
Diversity and Inclusion (Bluegrass)
Speaking of Equity and Justice: Stories and Discussion
Convener: Susan Spalding
Omope Carter Daboiku (Homeside Cultural Programming), Wilburn Hayden (York University), Shanita Jackson (Berea College), and Stacie Sexton (Kentucky Health Justice Network)
Economic Development (Grand A)
Hope in a Changing Appalachian Economy
Conveners: Ivy Brashear (Mountain Association for Community Economic Development) and Judson Abraham (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
Stephanie Tyree (West Virginia Community Development), Peter Hille (Mountain Association for Community Economic Development), Mary Delaney (Community Matters), and Jeremy Brecher (Independent Activist and Filmmaker)
Education (Grand B)
Classrooms Without Walls: the High Rocks Model of a Facilitated Learning Journey
Convener: Sky Marietta (CEDIK)
Sarah Riley and High Rocks Staff and Participants (High Rocks Educational Corporation)
Environmental Sustainability (Buckeye)
Three Perspectives on Healing the Land in Appalachia
Convener: Sue Tallichet (Morehead State University)
“Here We Go Again: A Story of Appalachian Resiliency in Martin County, Kentucky,” Adam Sizemore (University of Louisville)
“Community Recycling: A Look Inside Eastern Kentucky’s Recycling Environment,” William Colin Alexander (Morehead-Rowan County-MSU Community Recycling Center)
“How I Failed at Farming,” Cody Montgomery (Independent Farmer, Potter and Activist)
Health (Colonnade)
Face to Face Works! Successful Health Promotion in Urban and Rural Settings
Convener: Elissa Pogue (UACC)
Frances Feltner (University of Kentucky Center for Excellence in Rural Health, Hazard, Kentucky), Becky Cropper (40 Developmental Assets Program, Brown County Education Service Center, Georgetown, Ohio), and Nan Franks (Addictions Services Council, Cincinnati, Ohio)
Migration (Pavilion)
Don’t Cry for Us, JD Vance (Or, The News of Our Death Has Been Greatly Exaggerated)
Convener: Matthew Smith (Miami University Hamilton)
Scott Goebel (Southern Appalachian Writers Cooperative), Richard Hague (Southern Appalachian Writers Cooperative), Michael Henson (Southern Appalachian Writers Cooperative), Pauletta Hansel (Southern Appalachian Writers Cooperative) and Sherry Cook Stanforth (Thomas More College)
Saturday 9:45 AM – 11:00 AM Concurrent Sessions 6
Diversity and Inclusion:
6.1 - Panel (Taft)
Black Appalachian History
Convener: Wilburn Hayden
“Emancipation Day: Gallia County, Ohio,” William Isom II (East Tennessee PBS)
“Spreading our Wings—Black Huntingtonian Progress during the Era of ‘Benevolent Segregation’,” Cicero M. Fain (College of Southern Maryland)
“Preserving Culture and Worship: The Black Church in Appalachia,” Franklyn Charles and Aaron Atkins (Ohio University)
6.2 - Performance (Grand B)
Women of Appalachia Project: Artists Confronting the Stereotype
Convener: Kari Gunter-Seymour
Kari Gunter-Seymour (Ohio University), Natalie Sypolt (Pierpont Community and Technical College), Sarah Diamond Burroway (Ohio University-Southern Campus), Renée K. Nicholson (West Virginia University), Sherrell Wigal (Independent Poet), Vicki Pritchard (Storyteller), and Maggie Herlenesky (Storyteller)
6.3 - Panel (Bluegrass B)
Critical Approaches to Appalachian Identity Politics
Convener: Stephen Pearson
“The Land Studies of the Conqueror: Terra Nullius and the ‘Just Transition’," Stephen Pearson (Independent Researcher)
“Blackout: Race, Gender and Historical Erasure in Appalachian Coal-Mining,” Derrick Thomas (Wright State University)
Economic Development:
6.4 - Panel (Grand A)
Tourism and Economic Development
Convener: Shaunna L. Scott
“Exploring the Connections between Community Cultural Development and Sustainable Tourism in Appalachia,” Neda Moayerian and Max Stephenson Jr. (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
“‘Mining’ the Future while Preserving the Past: The Challenges of Reconciling Economic Development via the Hatfield McCoy Trail System with Historic Preservation in Southern West Virginia,” Dana Stoker Cochran (Radford University)
“One Election Away? An Appalachian Kentucky Town's Struggle to Diversify its Economy After Coal,” Shaunna L. Scott (University of Kentucky), Stephanie M. McSpirit (Eastern Kentucky University), and J. Jared Friesen (Manchester University, Indiana)
6.5 - Workshop (Cabana A)
Methodologies in Data Collection, Management, in Analytics for Studying Land Ownership in Appalachia
Jacob Meadows (Appalachian State University)
6.6 - Panel (Council)
A Multidisciplinary Approach to Downtown Revitalization
Convener: Sky Marietta
“Downtown Revitalization in the Promise Zone,” Shane Barton, (University of Kentucky)
“First Impressions: A Tool for Communities,” Melissa Bond (University of Kentucky)
“Tactical Urbanism Goes Rural,” Ryan Sandwick (University of Kentucky)
“Beyond Downtown: A Regional Approach to the Creative Economy,” Sky Marietta (University of Kentucky)
Education:
6.7 - Panel (Portico)
Teaching Appalachia to Build Bridges Across Identities: One Example from a University in the Appalachian Shenandoah Valley of Virginia
Convener: Josh Iddings
“Teaching Me: The Vulnerability in Teaching My Home,” Josh Iddings (Virginia Military Institute)
“Unknown Roots: Finding a Part of Myself in Appalachia,” Emma Quirk (Virginia Military Institute)
6.8 - Panel (Colonnade B)
Teaching Beyond the Borders of ‘Traditional’ Curriculum: Using Appalachian Literature and Studies in a High School ELA Classroom
Convener: Jessica Salfia
“Teaching Rhetoric through the Lens of Appalachian Studies,” Jessica Salfia (Berkeley County Schools, West Virginia)
Student Presentations of Research Studies, Art Projects, and Writing Projects, Spring Mills High School Eleventh Grade Students (Berkeley County Schools, West Virginia)
6.9 - Roundtable (Hoosier)
Students of Graduate Appalachian Studies: We Make the Road by Walking
Convener: Christopher McCloud
“Cooperative Strategies for Community Sustainability,” Christopher R. McCloud (Appalachian State University)
“Community Outreach and Arts Programming,” Ellie Dudding (Appalachian State University)
“Appalachian Progressivism through Baseball,” Josh McClenney (Appalachian State University)
“From Study Abroad to Graduate Sustainability,” Takahiro Omori (Appalachian State University)
“Highlighting Appalachian Community and Culture,” Emma Parrish (Appalachian State University)
“Music Studies - Appalachian Hip-Hop,” Korick Sisomphone (Appalachian State University)
Environmental Sustainability:
6.10 - Panel (Statesman)
Fighting Back to Build a Better Life
Convener: Nick Mullins
“Coal, Climate, and Environmental Backlash: The Political Ramifications of Environmental Activism in Appalachian Coalfields,” Nick Mullins (Activist)
“Appalachia Reconstructed: Law, the Environment, and Systemic Regional Reform,” Nicholas F. Stump (West Virginia University College of Law)
“The Promotion of Justice Will Cost Us Something: Jesuit Radicalism and the Option for the Poor in Appalachia in the 1970s and Beyond,” Michael J. Iafrate (University of St. Michael’s College at the University of Toronto)
“Ecojustice as a Paradigm for Sustainability, Community, and Diversity in Appalachia,” James Addington (Ohio University)
6.11 - Workshop (Colonnade A)
Healing Ourselves & the Earth: Ecotherapy as Practice
Valerie Radu (Licensed Clinical Social Worker)
6.12 - Panel: (Pavilion A)
Music, Environment, and Community Resilience: Stitching Lessons” from Bluff Mountain
Convener: Kathryn Newfont
“An Insider’s View of Organizing an Environmental Music Festival,” Rodney Sutton (Joe Shannon's Mountain Home Music)
“We Can Go Home Again: The Fight to Save Bluff Mountain,” Hannah Furgiuele (Independent Photographer)
“Bluff Mountain ‘Soundscape’ Project,” Emma Kiser (University of Kentucky)
“Living Forest and Community Commons: Bluff Mountain in Historical Perspective,” Kathryn Newfont (University of Kentucky)
Health:
6.13 - Panel (Cabana B)
Food and Health in the Region
Convener: Bethany L. Fulton
“Appalachian Foodways: Engaging Ethnography in Nutrition Education,” Nicole Musgrave (Western Kentucky University)
“Shifting Subsistence Effects of Food Production Mode on Sharing and Social Capital in Eastern Kentucky,” Helen Wasielewski (Arizona State University)
“The Impact of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Citric Acid Drinks on the Oral Health of Residents in Central Appalachia and the Legal Interventions that would Impact Purchasing,” Priscilla Harris (Vanderbilt Law School)
6.14 - Panel (Pavilion B)
Telling the Dark Stories: Authors Read From and Discuss How They Crafted their Work on Opioids in Appalachia
Convener and Respondent: Marianne Linz
Wendy Welch (Graduate Medical Education Consortium), Deborah Gold, and Michael Henson (Independent Writer)
6.15 - Panel (Buckeye A)
Localizing Health: Intervention and Prevention Efforts in Appalachia
Convener: Michael Topmiller
“Developing Participatory and Interactive Community-Based Intervention for Appalachian Communities,” Laura Kate Huse and Jessica Wendorf Muhamed (Florida State University)
“All Access EKY: Full-Spectrum Birth Control in Appalachia Kentucky,” Stacie Sexton and Marcie Crim (Kentucky Health Justice Network)
“Appalachian Research Day, Come Sit on the Porch,” Frances Feltner (University of Kentucky)
“Applying the Strategic Prevention Framework in Appalachian & Rural Communities: Lessons Learned and Hope for the Future,” Tessa Miracle (Interact for Health/Ohio Mental Health and Addiction Services)
Migration:
6.16 - Panel (Buckeye B)
The Struggle to Stay: Inside Appalachia
Convener: Jessica Lilly (West Virginia Public Broadcasting)
Glynis Board (West Virginia Public Broadcasting), Benny Becker (WMMT/Ohio Valley Resource), Liz McCormick (West Virginia Public Broadcasting), Reid Frazier (The Allegheny Front), Crystal Snyder (Coalfield Development Corporation)
Respondent: Roxy Todd (West Virginia Public Broadcasting)
6.17 - Performance (Wolverine)
Crazy Quilt Poetry: Thomas More College Students Swap the First Pieces of the Urban Appalachian Project
Convener: Pauletta Hansel
Erin Carrus, Jeni Hall, Morgan Bahsen, Brook Batch, and Courtney Barnoski (Thomas More College)
Cross-Over Session: Economic Development, Environmental Sustainability, Education, Migration, and Diversity and Inclusion:
6.18 - Panel (Bluegrass A)
Saving our Heritage: Mapping the Future
Convener: Frans Doppen
“Saving the Little Cities,” John Winnenberg (Sunday Creek Associates)
“Saving Rendville,” Frans Doppen (Ohio University)
“Controversial Environmental Issues,” Matt Hollstein (Kent State University - Stark Campus)
“Mapping the Future,” Loraine McCosker (Ohio University)
Saturday 9:45 AM – 12:00 PM Visit Cincinnati and Urban Appalachian Neighborhoods from the Top of Carew Tower (pre-registration required)
Saturday 11:15 AM - 12:30 PM Concurrent Sessions 7
Diversity and Inclusion:
7.1 - Panel (Bluegrass B)
We Are Here: Claiming and Exploring Queer Appalachian Identities
Convener: Justin Ray Dutton
“Some Call it Home: Creative Writing as Exploration of Identity Telling (Queer-Affirming) Stories of Appalachian Place,” Justin Ray Dutton (Independent Researcher)
"Are Y'all Homos? Metis as Method for and in Queer Appalachian,” Caleb Pendygraft (Miami University of Ohio), Travis Rountree (Indiana University East)
“There Ain't No Queers Here: Locating Queer and Trans* Spaces in Appalachia,” Stacy Jane Grover (University of Cincinnati)
7.2 - Panel (Colonnade A)
At a Stranger's Table (a documentary about Latino H-2A/migrant farm workers)
Convener: Scott Temple
“Ethnography and Film Making,” Scott Temple (Pitt Community College)
“Art and Activism,” Sally Jacobs (Belmont Abbey College)
“Health and Well-Being,” Misun Hur (East Carolina University)
7.3 - Experiential Panel (Buckeye A)
Coal: The Impact of Underground Mining on Black and White Family Life in a Small West Virginia Coal Town
Convener: Jack Wright
Jack Wright (Ohio University School of Film, Retired), Jack Spadaro (Mine Safety and Health Specialist), Brenda C. Jackson and Cicero Fain (College of Southern Maryland), Arthur Cromwell (Ohio University School of Media Arts and Studies), and Carrie Kline and Michael Kline (Talking Across the Lines)
Economic Development:
7.4 - Panel (Statesman)
Farm and Food Feeding the Economy
Convener: Genevieve Bardwell
“Salt Rising Bread: Keeping the Tradition Alive,” Genevieve Bardwell (Independent Baker, Author, and Master Teacher), Amy Dawson (Independent Farmer), Antonio Archer (Rising Creek Bakery)
“Farm and Food Tourism: An Appropriate Economic Strategy for Appalachia?,” Leah G. Mathews (University of North Carolina at Asheville)
“From Tobacco to Local Food in Western North Carolina,” Allison S. Perrett and Charlie Jackson (Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project)
“Contentious Sang: The Politics of Ginseng Production in Appalachia,” Justine Law (Sonoma State University)
7.5 - Roundtable (Colonnade B)
Cooperative Appalachia
Crystal Allene Cook (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University) and Amelia Bandy (EDGE, Economic Development Greater East)
7.6 - Panel (Wolverine)
Poverty, Welfare, and Social Stigma
Convener: Kristina Brant
“Beyond Work vs. Welfare: Conceptions of Moral Worth in a Postindustrial Community,” Kristina Brant (Harvard University)
“Children of the Downturn: Capability and 'New Poverty' in Central Appalachia,” Olivia S. Lowery (Hollins University) and Claudio D'Amato (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
“Social Stigma and the ‘Welfare Check’: An Examination of Mistrust and Misuse of Social Capital,” Jade Zimpfer (Sam Houston State University)
Education:
7.7 - Workshop (Portico)
Weaving a Tapestry of Hope for Appalachian Students
Convener: Rebecca Cropper
Rebecca Cropper, Evelyn Yockey, Dee Ann Stricklett, and Stephanie Wagoner (Brown County Educational Service Center)
7.8 - Panel (Buckeye B)
Developing University and K-12 Students’ Awareness of Identity and Community
Convener: Zachary Kopkin
“Teaching ‘Our Appalachian Community’,” Zach Kopkin (Appalachian State University)
“Threads and Yarns: Creating Connections in the Classroom,” J. Michael King (University of Pikeville)
“An Appalachian Spring: Teaching, Learning, Bridging Gaps,” Beth Rigel Daugherty (Otterbein University)
“‘Hidden Figures’ in Appalachia: Connecting the Book and the Film to the Region in the Classroom,” Rosemary Hathaway (West Virginia University)
7.9 - Panel (Council)
Leadership for Appalachian Schools
Convener: Lora Smith
“Examining the Moral Literacy of Leaders in Ohio's Appalachian Riverine School Districts,” Charles L. Lowery, Michael Edward Hess, and Tosin Akinola (Ohio University)
“Twenty Years in the Trenches: One Man's Undying Fight for Equitable and Adequate School Funding in Ohio,” Connor J. Fewell (Ohio University)
“We're on a Mission: Identifying an Appalachian Mission Statement for Schools,” Brooke Mullins and Jameson Jones (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
Environmental Sustainability
7.10 - Panel (Grand A)
Our Land, Our Water, Our Lives
Convener: Brett R. Joseph
“Where The River Flows! Challenges Threatening Our Ohio River Valley in These Coming Years,” Elaine Tanner (Friends For Environmental Justice), Bill Hughes (Ohio River Citizens' Alliance), Ted Auch (Fracktracker) and Brett R. Joseph (Center for Ecological Culture, Inc.)
“Land Beneath the Water: The Keowee-Toxaway Project in Appalachian South Carolina,” Austin Gregory (East Tennessee State University)
“Fracking for Funding in Appalachian Ohio: Power and Powerlessness,” Jacqueline Yahn (Ohio University Eastern)
7.11 - Panel (Taft)
Reclaiming Wilderness to Create a Future of Our Own
Convener: M. Joseph Aloi
“Wilderness and Culture in Appalachia,” M. Joseph Aloi (University of North Texas)
“Does Rewilding Make Sense in Appalachia?” Charles B. Hayes (Michigan State University)
“The Druid and the City: Exploring Cincinnati’s Ancient Tree Groves,” Scott R. Honeycutt (East Tennessee State)
“A Familiar Wilderness: Lessons from Walking the Daniel Boone Wilderness Road,” Simon J. Dahlman (Milligan College)
Health:
7.12 - Roundtable (Pavilion A)
Breaking Down Barriers to End-of-Life Conversations and Planning in Greater Cincinnati Appalachian Communities
Convener: Catherine Sherron
Catherine Sherron (Thomas More College); Dennis Cheatham and Jennifer Heston (Miami University - Oxford)
7.13 - Panel (Pavilion B)
From Hell to Hope: A Collaborative Writing Group for Women in Recovery
Convener: Beth Campbell
“From Hell To Hope: A Collaborative Writing Group For Women In Recovery,” Beth Campbell (Marshall University)
“From Hell To Hope: Finding Oneself in Addiction,” Lee Ann Vecellio (Marshall University)
“From Hell To Hope: Finding A Way to Recovery,” Leighann Justice Davidson (Marshall University)
“From Hell To Hope: Dreams of Different Futures,” Beth Campbell, Lee Ann Vecellio, and Leighann Justice Davidson (Marshall University)
7.14 - Workshop (Bluegrass A)
Story and Medicine in Appalachia: Creating Healing Communities in Clinical Settings
Convener: Renée K. Nicholson
Renée K. Nicholson and Carl Grey (West Virginia University)
7.15 - Panel (Hoosier)
Access to Information and Care in the Region
Convener: G. Aubrey Lee
“Seeking Healthcare, Finding Community: An Ethnography of a Charitable Clinic in a Rural Appalachian Community,” Courtney Rhoades (East Tennessee State University)
“Reopening an Appalachian Hospital: The Case of Lee Regional Hospital,” G. Aubrey Lee (King University)
“Who are Adolescents Talking to? Understanding Who Adolescents in Appalachia Talk with about Health,” Kathryn L. Duvall and David Wood (East Tennessee State’s Quillen College of Medicine)
Migration:
7.16 - Experiential Panel (Cabana A)
Camp Washington: Urban Appalachia in the Heart of Cincinnati
Convener: Anne Skove
Anne Skove, Joe Gorman, and James Heller-Jackson (Camp Washington Community Board)
7.17 - Performance (Cardinal)
Outliers: Women’s Voices of Place and Displacement
Convener: Cathryn Hankla
Cathryn Hankla (Hollins University), Karen Sayler McElmurray (Gettysburg College), Jessie van Eerden (West Virginia Wesleyan College), Crystal Wilkinson (Berea College)
7.18 - Experiential Panel (Cabana B)
Urban Appalachia: Community Development in Cincinnati
Convener: Kathryn Trauth Taylor
“The Urban Appalachian Project: Young Identity Beyond the Mountains,” Kathryn Trauth Taylor and Dani Clark (Untold Content, LLC)
“Adapting a Place-Based Approach for Urban Community Development,” Mary Delany and Patty Lee (Community Matters)
Cross-Over Session Health and Economic Development Panel:
7.19 - Panel (Grand B)
Coal’s Continuing Challenges in Appalachia
Convener: Aysha Bodenhamer
“Public Health in Appalachia: Looking at Coal’s Direct and Indirect Impacts,” Priscilla Harris (Vanderbilt Law School) and Patrick Baker (University of Tennessee, Martin)
“The Resurgence of Black Lung: Economic Challenges and Escalating Risk,” Aysha A. Bodenhamer (Radford University) and Thomas E. Shriver (North Carolina State University)
“Corporatism in the Contemporary Appalachian Coal Industry,” Judson C. Abraham (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
“The Search for Economic Diversity in Eastern Kentucky,” Jeni Hall (Thomas More College)
Saturday 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Saturday Lunch (ticketed) — Music by Russ and Barb Childers.
Saturday 1:30 PM – 2:45 PM Concurrent Sessions 8
Diversity and Inclusion:
8.1 - Panel (Bluegrass A)
Representations and Reality: Media and the Mountains
Convener: Beth Bingman
“‘Ready to Do Battle with the Mountain’: Masculinity and Nature in Spike TV’s Coal,” Peter Thompson (Carleton University)
“Journalism as Connectivity: Encouraging Inclusivity in Local News Coverage of Poverty and Other Social Issues,” Michael Clay Carey (Samford University)
“You Never Seen So Much Hair in Your Life,” Jason Strange (Berea College)
“Empowerment through Digital Literacy: A Study of Online Storytelling among Appalachian Girls,” Amanda Tennant (West Liberty University)
8.2 - Performance (Colonnade B)
Affrilachian Memory Play: Tobacco Fields
Yunina Barbour-Payne (Independent Scholar-Artist)
8.3 - Performance (Cardinal)
A Reading from Unbroken Circle: Stories of Cultural Diversity in the South
Convener: Larry Smith
“You Never Told Me,” Melanie Haws (Independent Writer)
“A Big Queer Convocation,” Jeff Mann (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
“Abby,” Anne Whitehouse (Independent Writer)
“I Have Not Yet Returned,” Katie Winkler (Independent Writer)
Respondent: Julia Watts
Economic Development:
8.4 - Panel (Statesman)
Challenges and Strategies for Just Transitions to Sustainable Economic Growth
Convener: Alex Naar
“Re-Imagining Rural Entrepreneurship: Towards a Multi-Paradigm Research Agenda,” Alex Naar, David Townsend and Richard Hunt (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
“Transitioning Central Appalachia: Understanding Framework Conditions Supporting Adaptation to New Energy Economics,” Jonathan Norris (Ohio University)
“Oral History Gathering with the Clinch River Valley Initiative: Local, State, Regional, and National Partnerships to Build Community Capacity and Diversify Coalfield Economies in Southwest Virginia,” Mary Drury and Julia Kell (Radford University)
“Unsafe Water: Basic Infrastructure Needs for a New Economy,” Mary Cromer (Appalachian Citizens' Law Center) and Nina McCoy (Martin County Concerned Citizens.)
8.5 - Panel (Wolverine)
Sustainability for Appalachian Medicinal Herbs, from Plants in the Ground to End Consumers
Convener: Tricia Shapiro
“Finding the Right Pattern: Medicinal Herbs for Sustainable Appalachian Homesteads,” Tricia Shapiro (Independent Herb Grower/Harvester and Author)
“Creative Ways to Supply Herbs to a Small Product Manufacturer,” Jeannie Dunn (Red Moon Herbs)
“Gathering and Sharing Market and Harvest Data for Non-Timber Forest Products,” Steve Kruger (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
“Building a Southern Appalachian Forest Farming Community,” Jeanine Davis (North Carolina State University)
8.6 - Workshop (Pavilion B)
Human Trafficking in Appalachia
Kristi Miller (Lorain County Community College)
Education:
8.7 - Panel (Buckeye B)
Conversations on Hope in a Hostile (Educational) Climate and Tools for Empowerment through Appalachian Studies, Part 1
Convener: Jordan Laney
“Creating Safe Space in a Multidisciplinary Classroom,” Kimberly G. Reigle (Mars Hill University)
“An International Comparative Perspective,” Tim Thomas (James Madison University)
“Opportunities for First-Gen Students in an Appalachian-themed First-Year Seminar,” Zachary Kopkin (Appalachian State University)
“Critical Literacies and Digital Citizenship: Participatory Knowledge Production and Social Change in Appalachia,” Tammy Clemmons (University of Kentucky)
Respondent: Jordan Laney (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
Session sponsored by the Education and Young Appalachian Leaders and Learners Committees
8.8 - Panel (Council)
The Role of School in Understanding and Strengthening Community
Convener: Amanda Wiley
“Pine Mountain Settlement School as a Community Resource and Environmental Education Center,” Amanda Wiley and Tara Slusher (Pine Mountain Settlement School)
“Care for Kids, Care for the Community: Employment in Early Care and Education in Rural, Southwest Pennsylvania,” Annelise Hagedorn (Pennsylvania State University)
“Scaling the Mountain: World Language Teacher Self-Efficacy in Central Appalachia,” Ella Smith-Justice (University of Pikeville)
“Enlightenment Rhetoric and Feminist Reform at the Hindman Settlement School,” Wendy Olson (Washington State University, Vancouver)
8.9 - Workshop (Cabana A)
“Helping Students Uncover the Cultures, Values, and Histories They Don’t Know They Have”
Bobby Starnes (Berea College)
Environmental Sustainability:
8.10 - Panel (Hoosier)
Growing Appalachia by Ourselves for Ourselves
Convener: Justine Law
“Building Capacity FOR Building Capacity: Community Outcomes of Gardening Programs in Central Appalachia,” Elyzabeth (Elly) Engle (The Pennsylvania State University)
8.11 - Panel (Buckeye)
Carpathians-Appalachians: Preserving Highland Regions in the Age of Globalization
Convener: Roman Poznanskyy
“The Influence of the International Scientific Center, ‘The Observatory,’ on the Development of the Region,” Igor Tsependa (Precarpathian University)
“Sustainable Development in the Ukrainian Carpathians: Adequate Educational Support as a Key to Success,” Roman Poznanskyy, (Precarpathian University)
8.12 - Roundtable (Cabana B)
Reclaiming the Land: Lessons Learned in Lobbying for Change
Convener: Roberta Campbell
Roberta Campbell (University of Cincinnati), Eric Dixon (Appalachian Citizens Law Center), and Sarah Bowling (Kentuckians for the Commonwealth)
Health:
8.13 - Panel (Portico)
What the Numbers Tell Us
Convener: Susan Sprigg
“The Health of Appalachian Adults: Using Population-Based Surveys over Time to Identify Disparities and Trends,” Susan Sprigg (Interact for Health)
“The Appalachian Data Portal (ADP): Exploring Appalachian Population Health Within and Outside the Appalachian Region,” Michael Topmiller (HealthLandscape)
“Cardiovascular Heart Disease, Risk Factors, and North Central Appalachian Experiences,” Bethany L. Fulton (Ohio University)
“Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Uptake, Knowledge, and Acceptance for Youth: A Systematic Review of Appalachia,” Chelsea N. Ryan (East Tennessee State University’s James H. Quillen College of Medicine)
8.14 - Panel (Taft)
Drug Abuse Challenges and Intervention Strategies
Convener: Robert McCool
“Alcohol and Drug Abuse Patterns Among Appalachian Offenders over a Twenty-Year Period,” Vikki Bonyata (Kentucky Department of Corrections)
“Drug Overdose Fatalities,” Ashley Bush and Robert McCool (University of Kentucky)
“Building Community Capacity for Safety Promotion and Drug Reduction Through Prevention Coalitions,” Genia McKee and Joseph Markiewicz (University of Kentucky)
“The Economics of Compassion: Leveraging Entrepreneurship to Battle Addiction, Save Lives and Build Careers in Appalachia,” Johnathan Gay (Innovation Network at Morehead State University) and Tim Robinson (Addiction Recovery Care)
8.15 - Workshop (Colonnade A)
Strategies of Hope: A Systems Approach
Amanda J. Peters (Northern Kentucky Heroin Impact Response Task Force)
Migration:
8.16 - Panel (Buckeye A)
Appalachian Women’s Voices From the Experience of Outward Migration
Convener: Tonja Matney Reynolds
“Invisible Girls,” Tonja Matney Reynolds (Independent Writer)
“Missing Dixie: A Quilt, a Story, Reflections on the Ones Who Left and the Ones Who stayed Behind,” Bet Ison (Independent Quilt Maker)
8.17 - Roundtable (Pavilion A)
Bluegrass Music Heritage of Southwestern Ohio
Convener: Matthew Smith
Matthew Smith (Miami University Hamilton), Fred Bartenstein (University of Dayton), Curt Ellison (Miami University Hamilton), Brian F.X. Powers (Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County)
Respondent: Fred Bartenstein
Saturday 1:30 PM – 4:15 PM Community tours aligned with themes
Lower Price Hill Community Tour: Economic Development, Education, and Health Initiatives
Walking Tour of Over-the-Rhine: Yesterday and Today
West Side Environmental Justice and Sustainability Tour (pre-registration required)
Saturday 3:00 PM – 4:15 PM Concurrent Sessions 9
Diversity and Inclusion:
9.1 - Panel (Taft)
Resources for Equity and Empowerment
Convener: Ann Hutchison
“Breaking Isolation, Building Communities and Assessing our Resources for LGBTQ Communities in Appalachia,” Kendall Bilbrey and Margo Miller (Appalachian Community Fund)
“Somebody Done Told You a Lie,” Randi B. Hagi (Our Community Place)
“ESL Education for Latinos in Appalachia through Community Partnerships,” Jameson Jones and Gresilda Tilley Lubbs (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
“Finding Success: A Mother and Son Talk About Triumphing Through Transition,” Ann Hutchison (Marshall University) and Zane Andrew Hutchison (Independent Community Member)
9.2 - Performance (Colonnade A)
The Healing Blues Experience
Rick Rushing III (Independent Musician and Social Worker)
9.3 - Performance (Grand A)
The Other in an Othered Culture: LGBTQ Writers in Appalachia
Convener: Travis Rountree
“Into the Hazel Wood: Being Gay in Appalachia,” Silas House (Berea College)
“Relic: A Transgender Man Returns to Appalachia,” Carter Sickels (Eastern Kentucky University)
“The Fog Walker: Searching for Home Inside and Outside Appalachia,” Jason Howard (Berea College)
“WWJD: Coming Out in Appalachia,” Savannah Sipple (Hazard Community and Technical College)
Economic Development:
9.4 - Roundtable (Cabana A)
What is a Jobs First Agenda? Exploring a New Narrative and the Legal Framework to Effectuate It
Convener: Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy, Mary Ellen Cassidy, and Patrick Cassidy (Wheeling Academy of Law and Science Foundation)
9.5 - Panel (Bluegrass A)
Rethinking Space, Land, and Infrastructure
Convener: Nick Mullins
“Infrastructures for Resilience: A Tower in the Valley,” Shannon Ruhl (University of Virginia)
“Eminent Domain and the Potential for Land Reform in Appalachia,” Laura Rigell (Scholar Activist Alliance)
“The Search for Economic Diversity in Eastern Kentucky,” Jeni Hall (Thomas More College)
9.6 - Workshop (Cardinal)
Economic Transition and Beautiful Solutions in Appalachia and the World
Charice Starr and Sam Hamlin (Highlander Research and Education Center)
Education:
9.7 - Panel (Buckeye B)
Conversations on Hope in a Hostile (Educational) Climate and Tools for Empowerment through Appalachian Studies, Part 2
Convener: Tim Thomas
“(Re)Creating Hope and (Re)Writing the Appalachian Narrative,” Amy P. Azano (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
“Reading the Appalachian Landscape: Place-Based Pedagogy For Community Development, Empowerment, and Social Change,” Cody Miller (Appalachian State University)
“Appalachian Experiential Learning Courses in Environmental & Cultural Sustainability,” Sunshine Liberty Brosi (Frostburg State University)
“Transgressing Disciplines: Teaching to Create Space for Place and Personhood in STEM Driven Institutions,” Jordan Laney (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
Respondent: Tim Thomas (James Madison University)
Session sponsored by the Education and Young Appalachian Leaders and Learners Committees
9.8 - Panel (Pavilion B)
Exploring Perceptions and Representations of Appalachian Culture In and Out of the Region
Convener: Edward Sloane
“What Does Appalachia Mean to Me? Investigating Elementary and Middle Grades Students’ Perceptions of Appalachian Culture During Camp Appalachia,” Gina Childers,Tara Heimberger, Donna Governor, Lindsay Linsky, and Rosann Kent (University of North Georgia)
“A Dialogue on Pursuing Graduate Research in Appalachian Studies Out of Place,” Edward Sloane (Boston College) and Gloria McGillen (University of Missouri – Columbia)
9.9 - Panel (Hoosier)
Educational Technologies in Appalachia
Convener: Cecelia McFadden
“A New Foundation on the Airwaves: Kentucky Educational Television and the Appalachian East,” Carson Benn (University of Kentucky)
“West Virginia's K-12 Digital Education Commitment: Closing the Divide,” Cecelia McFadden (Ohio University)
“The Technology Divide between Appalachian and Non-Appalachian Students in a Small Public Appalachian University,” James Reneau (Shawnee State University)
“McGuffey Readers and Early Readers Today,” Douglas Sturgeon (University of Rio Grande)
Environmental Sustainability:
9.10 - Panel (Portico)
Writing and Talking About Our Appalachia
Convener: Kevin O’Donnell
“Donald Culross Peattie: Appalachian Nature Writer and Visionary,” Kevin O'Donnell (East Tennessee State University)
“The Importance of Place in The Stories of Breece D’J Pancake,” Chloe Brown (Western Kentucky University)
“An Appalachian Abroad: Connecting to International Mountain Cultures in India's Uttarakhand,” Kelsey Krepps (Appalachian State University)
9.11 – Workshop (Cabana B) “Hope for Healing: Responding to the Impact of the Criminal Justice System and the Opioid Crisis in Appalachian Communities and Beyond,” Stephen Johnson Grove (Ohio Justice and Policy Center), Amanda Hoyt and Elizabeth Hopkins (Ohio Safe and Healthy Communities Campaign).
9.12 - Roundtable (Council)
Exploring Appalachian Land Ownership: Methodologies and Data Collection for a New Study
Convener: Jacob Meadows
Jacob Meadows (Appalachian State University), Karen Rignall, and Lindsay Shade (University of Kentucky)
Health:
9.13 - Panel (Bluegrass B)
The Human Side of Health in Appalachia
Convener: Renee Gilhousen
“The Lived Experience of Individuals Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) while Residing in a Rural Region of Northern Appalachia,” Renee Gilhousen (Family Nurse Practitioner)
“Reflecting on Rash Choices: Reading Something Rich and Strange with Ex-Offenders,” Martha Eads (Eastern Mennonite University)
“Healing Appalachia: Tales of Cancer Survival Through Movement,” Annalee Tull (Emory and Henry College)
“Social Justice Theatre in Eastern Kentucky: Roadside’s Thousand Kites and Higher Ground’s Needlework,” Anita J. Turpin (Roanoke College)
9.14 - Roundtable (Colonnade B)
The Growing Need for Collegiate Recovery Programs in Appalachia
Convener: Ann Addington
Ann Addington (Ohio University), Cathy Yura (West Virginia University), Amy Saunders, (Marshall University), and Jimmy Stitt (Ohio University)
9.15 - Panel (Statesman)
Innovative Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) in Cincinnati’s Appalachia Neighborhoods
Convener: Michael Topmiller
“Communities Acting for Kids Empowerment (CAKE): Finding the ‘Bright Spots,’” Michael Topmiller (American Academy of Family Physicians)
“Healthy Homes Block by Block,” Allison Parsons (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center)
“Discussing Community-Driven Work in Appalachia Neighborhoods,” Carley Riley (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center)
Migration:
9.16 - Experiential Presentation (Pavilion A)
Storytelling to Bridge Divides and Build Community
Shawn Brady and Chris Ashwell (Cincy Stories)
9.17 - Performance (Buckeye A)
Appalachia Here: New and Recent Work by Poets in the Greater Cincinnati Area
Convener: Rhonda Pettit
“Riding the Wave Train and Other Poems,” Rhonda Pettit (University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College)
“The Dead Singing and The Way the World Is,” Michael Henson (Independent Author and Songwriter)
“Songs from the Shaper's Harp and Outposts on the Borders of Longing,” Roberta Schultz (Independent Poet, Songwriter, and Musician)
“Drone String and Other Poems,” Sherry Cook Stanforth (Thomas More College)
9.18 - Panel (Grand B)
The Future of Appalachian Migration
Convener: Phillip Obermiller
Introduction, Phillip Obermiller (University of Cincinnati)
“Pushed to Leave, Pulled to Stay: Factors Influencing Current Appalachian Migration,” Matthew Klesta (Community Development Department Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland)
“Liveable Communities: Gateway to a New Economy,” Peter Hille (Mountain Association for Community Economic Development)
“The Demographic Future of Appalachian Kentucky,” Sarah Ehresman (Kentucky State Data Center)
Respondent: William Philliber (Philliber Research and Evaluation)
Cross-Over Session: Health and Environmental Sustainability
9.19 - Roundtable (Wolverine)
Exploring the Health Implications of Mountaintop Removal
Convener: Sarah Yonts
Sarah Yonts (Independent Public Health Surveyor), Michael Hendryx (Indiana University), and Wendy Johnston (Independent Activist)
Saturday 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM Closing mini-plenaries
Diversity and Inclusion (Bluegrass)
Economic Development (Grand A)
Education (Grand B)
Environmental Sustainability (Buckeye B)
Health (Colonnade)
Migration (Pavilion)
Saturday 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM Book Signing Reception; close of silent auction. Music by Dan Gellert.
Saturday 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM Y’ALL (Young Appalachian Leaders and Learners) Meet and Eat (Grand)
Saturday 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM Urban Appalachian Showcase (The Aronoff Center’s Jarson Kaplan Theatre)
Saturday 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM Appalachian Drag Show (Below Zero Lounge)
Saturday 8:30 PM – 11:30 PM Square Dance (Southgate House Revival)
Saturday 10:00 PM – 12:30 AM Urban Appalachian Film Festival, Grand
Sunday, April 8, 2018
Sunday 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM Breakfast (ticketed) and ASA business meeting (Grand)
Sunday 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM Registration, exhibits, and posters (Millennium, second floor)
Sunday 9:45 AM – 11:15 AM ASA Steering Committee meeting (Grand Ballroom Foyer)
Sunday 9:45 AM - 11:00 AM Concurrent Sessions 10
10.1 - Panel (Taft)
Investigations of Regional Writing
Convener: Thomas A. Holmes
“Gerard Manley Hopkins and Jane Hicks,” Thomas A. Holmes (East Tennessee State University)
“The Racial Other in Fred Chappell’s Brighten the Corner Where You Are,” Marcy Pedzwater (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
“Andy Catlett Goes to Hell: Literary Allusion in Wendell Berry's Remembering,” April Asbury (Radford University)
“Leaving the Mountains: Intersections of Feminist and Marxist Ideologies in Fielding Burke’s Call Home the Heart,” Anita Rose (Converse College)
10.2 - Panel (Council)
Harriette Simpson Arnow
Convener: Madison Allums
“Exploring the Gender Binary Through the Marriage of Gertie and Clovis in Harriette Arnow’s The Dollmaker,” Madison Allums (Furman University)
“The Signifying Storyteller: Harriette Simpson Arnow’s The Goat Who Was a Cow,” Matthew D. Sutton (East Tennessee State University)
“Investigating the Hillbilly Woman’s Linguistic Resistance and Cultural Preservation in Harriette Simpson Arnow’s The Dollmaker,” Cody Mullins (Ivy Tech Community College)
“Harriette Simpson Arnow’s Out-Migration: From Burnside, Kentucky to Ann Arbor, Michigan,” Martha Billips (Transylvania University)
10.4 - Panel (Colonnade A)
Negotiating Historical Experience in Music and Literature
Convener: Kathy Combiths
“Negotiating the Urban/Rural Experience and Appalachian Heritage in Adriana Trigiani’s Kiss Carlo,” Kathy Combiths (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
“Ballrooms of Bucktown: Crossroads of Migration, Music, and Dance in Cincinnati,” Phil Jamison (Warren Wilson College)
“Enduring Music: Migrant Appalachian Communities and the Shenandoah National Park,” Madeline Marsh (James Madison University)
“Turkey in the Straw: Appalachian Music and Meaning in Popular Culture,” Melissa N. Quarles (Florida State University)
10.5 - Performance (Cardinal)
“The Danger of a Single Story”: Ripping the Seams of Stereotypes and Piecing the People Back Together
Convener: Danielle Kelly
Danielle Kelly (West Virginia University at Parkersburg); Jonathan Corcoran, Mary Imo Stike, and Carter Sickels (Eastern Kentucky University)
10.6 - Panel (Cabana A)
Education for Transition to Career/College: Preparing Students, Gauging Outcomes
Convener: Tiffany Pennock Arnold
“Career Ready: Are You?” Shane C. Shope (Morehead State University), John R. Roush (Southern State Community College), and Daryl R. Privott (Morehead State University)
“Preparing Them to Stay: Rural Brain Drain and Low-Income, First Generation College Students,” Tiffany Pennock Arnold (Ohio University), and Kenna M. Reynolds Warren (West Virginia University at Parkersburg)
“Examining the Impact of Gender Attitudes on Academic Outcomes at a Regional Campus,” Kristi A. Barnes (Ohio University Southern)
“Berea College's Appalachian Male Initiative,” Chris Green, Bobby Starnes, and Rick Childers (Berea College)
10.7 - Panel: (Portico)
Materiality and Material Culture in Appalachia, Part 1
Convener: Zada Komara
“Among the Trees, the Boards, and the Planes: Relational Materiality and the Meaning of Work in the Craft of Musical Instruments,” Jasper Waugh-Quasebarth (University of Kentucky)
“Queer theory, Spatial Innovation, and the ‘Unsettling’ of the Appalachian Settlement School,” Karen Hudson (University of Kentucky)
“Bodies in Potion: Practice, Women’s Wellness Products, and the Body Progressive in Early 20th Century Appalachia,” Zada Komara (University of Kentucky)
“The Prospect of Preservation: Utilizing Alternative Legal Claims for Environmental Justice,” Emily Bergeron (University of Kentucky)
10.8 - Roundtable (Colonnade B)
Are We Losing a Generation? Poverty and the Opioid Crisis in Rural and Urban Appalachia
Convener: Thomas Wagner
JD Vance (Rise of the Rest Fund), Wendy Welch (Graduate Medical Education Consortium, Southwest Virginia), and Thomas Wagner (Professor Emeritus, University of Cincinnati)
10.9 - Roundtable (Pavilion A)
An Exploratory Discussion on the Creation of an Appalachian Special Collections Committee at ASA
Convener: Elizabeth Skene
Elizabeth Skene (Western Carolina University), Gene Hyde (University of North Carolina Asheville), Stewart Plein (West Virginia State University), and Rachel Vagts (Berea College)
10.10 - Roundtable (Pavilion B)
Black Mountain College—Interdisciplinary Explorations
Convener: Sandy Ballard (Appalachian State University)
“Organizing a Black Mountain College Semester: From Grant-writing to Harvesting Bamboo for Geodesic Domes,” William R. Schumann (Appalachian State University)
“Behind the Scenes in a Black Mountain College Semester: Connecting People and Resources for Creative Engagement,” Kelsey Wagner (Appalachian State University)
“How We Can Use What’s in Those Boxes: The Role of University Special Collections in a Black Mountain College Semester,” Dustin Witsman (Appalachian State University)
“Reading Other People’s Mail: What Do Library Special Collections Contribute to a Black Mountain College Semester?” Trevor McKenzie (Appalachian State University)
“Creating a Special Issue of Appalachian Journal on Black Mountain College,” Savannah Paige Murray (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
10.11 - Panel (Statesman)
What Are the Arts For? Rethinking Art, Craft, Music, and Writing in the Region
Convener: Alex Kim
“Reviving Rural Community Pottery Studios: A Pilot Study,” Alex Kim (Harvard University) and Sky Marietta (University of Kentucky)
“Visual Art as Literary Cross-Training: A Gallery Tour,” Matt Prater (Virginia Polytechnic University and State University)
“‘A Peculiar People, a Discrete Region’: Appalachian Literature Beyond External Constructs,” Laura L. Morris (Furman University)
“Contingent Culture: Talk, Music, and Political Economy in Southern Appalachia,” Ryan D. Cheney (Kingsborough CC, City University of New York)
Sunday 11:15 AM – 12:30 PM Concurrent Sessions 11
11.1 - Panel (Council)
CrimeSong in the Classroom: A Collaborative Project
Convener and Respondent: Amanda J. Slone
Amanda J. Slone and Kimberly Willard (University of Pikeville); Richard Underwood (University of Kentucky)
11.2 - Panel (Pavilion B)
Eco-Centered Modes and Frameworks of Appalachian Literature
Convener and Respondent: Jessica Cory
“Raven, Woman, Man: A/Religious Ecocritical Reading of Jim Minick’s Fire is Your Water,” Theresa Burriss (Radford University)
“Mountain Georgics: Everyday Nature in Appalachian Literature,” Ethan Mannon (Mars Hill University)
“Reconnecting Ridges and Residents: The Pastoral, Anti-Pastoral, and Post-Pastoral in Appalachian Letters,” Savannah Paige Murray (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
11.3 - Performance (Cabana B)
Muskingum County to Newfoundland—A Reading and Discussion
Convener: Scott Minar
“Gratiot,” Matt Wanat (Ohio University-Lancaster)
“The Other Newfoundland,” Scott Minar (Ohio University-Lancaster)
11.4 - Roundtable (Pavilion A)
Sustaining a Movement Through Appalachian Writers’ Gatherings
Convener: Pauletta Hansel
“Sustaining a Movement Through Appalachian Writer’s Gatherings,” Pauletta Hansel (Southern Appalachian Writers Cooperative)
“Lincoln Memorial University’s Arts in the Gap and John C. Campbell Folk School,” Dana Wildsmith (Lincoln Memorial University)
“Southern Appalachian Writers Cooperative,” Scott Goebel (Southern Appalachian Writers Cooperative)
“Hindman Settlement School,” Rebecca Gayle Howell (Hindman Settlement School)
“Table Rock Writers Workshop,” Georgann Eubanks (Table Rock Writers Workshop)
“Thomas More College’s Creative Writing Vision Program,” Sherry Cook Stanforth (Thomas More College)
11.5 - Mixed Panel and Performance (Grand B)
Re-stitching the Seams By Telling Our Stories
Convener: Gresilda A. Tilley-Lubbs
“Restitching the Seams Through Image and Word: Loss and Isolation from the Geographic, Social, and Economic Fringe,” Joyce Compton Brown (Gardner-Webb University)
“Humor in Appalachian Lit: A Reading from Bernadette Peters Hates Me: True Tales from a Delusional Man,” Keith Stewart (Independent Writer)
“The Luck of the Appalachians,” Thomas E. Strunk (Xavier University)
“What is an Appalachian Coal Miner’s Daughter?” Gresilda A. Tilley-Lubbs (Virginia Tech)
11.6 - Panel (Colonnade A)
Appalachian Music Reaching to the Borderlands and Beyond
Convener: Aisha S. Ivey
“Hillbilly Park: Creating Identity in the Borderlands,” Michael J. Luchtan
“Pedro Cooper: Music Remade,” Laura Gayle Green (Florida State University)
“Farm and Fun Time Legacy: Radio and Regional Music,” Nathan Sykes
“Appalachian Old Time Fiddling in Florida,” Aisha S. Ivey (Florida State University)
11.7 - Panel (Cabana A)
Sounding Appalachian
Convener: Paul E. Reed
“Breaking into ‘Sounding Appalachian’,” Michael Montgomery (University of South Carolina)
“Holistic Features of Appalachian English: Rootedness, Prosody, and Intonation,” Paul E. Reed (University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa)
11.8 - Panel (Statesman)
Appalachia on Film: Telling It True?
Convener: Allison E. Carey
“Logan Lucky: Exploitation or Class Critique?,” Walter E. Squire (Marshall University)
“Filming Depravity: The Hillbilly Monster and Spectatordom in James Franco’s Adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s Child of God,” Britton Cody Lumpkin (Marshall University)
“Marrying a Mountain in Goodbye Gauley Mountain: An Ecosexual Love Story,” Allison E. Carey (Marshall University)
11.9 - Panel (Portico)
Materiality and Material Culture, Part 2
Convener: Jasper Waugh-Quasebarth
“Nine-Dollar Shawls and Forty-Dollar Bills: Materiality, Reading, and the Problem of Interpretation,” John Conley (Western Kentucky University)
“Doors Unmarked: A Qualitative Study of Blue-Collar Invisibility in Rural Appalachia,” Babz Jewell (Ohio University)
“The Old Deery Inn and Museum: Cultural Symbolism and The Tourism Marketplace,” Rebecca Proffitt (East Tennessee State University)
11.10 - Panel (Taft)
Broadening the Scope of Regional History
Convener: Grace Toney Edwards
“Finding John Henry: Examining the Legend, the Ballad, and the Man,” Breanna Gladden (Shepherd University)
“The Swamp Dragon Home Guard and the Civil War in West Virginia,” Cameron Mallow (Shepherd University)
“Female Firsts: From Appalachian Virginia to the White House and Beyond,” Grace Toney Edwards (Radford University) and John Charles Nemeth (Education and Research Consulting)
11.11 - Performance Panel (Grand A)
Appalachian Creative Writing from the Mountains, the Cityscapes, the Dissected Plateaus, and the Prairies
Convener: Sarah Beth Childers
“An Infestation,” Sarah Beth Childers (Oklahoma State University)
“My Mother Has Postponed the Apocalypse,” Rebecca Childers (Marshall University)
“Two Gods,” Lori D’Angelo (Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences)
Sunday 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM ASA Program Committee meeting, Grand Ballroom Foyer
