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 (pre-registration required)
Friday 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Appalachian Teaching Project meeting, Salmon P. Chase Room (Millennium, Fourth Floor)
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)
