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Many Mountains, Many Musics Thirty-Eighth Annual Appalachian Studies Conference March 27-29, 2015 East Tennessee State University Johnson City, Tennessee Many Mountains, Many Musics Thirty-Eighth Annual Appalachian Studies Conference March 27-29, 2015 East Tennessee State University Johnson City, Tennessee Welcome to the Appalachian Studies Association’s Thirty-Eighth Annual Conference! I don’t use that exclamation point lightly. When I think of everyone coming together under the ASA banner, I think how many people from different states (and countries), backgrounds, ethnicities, and professions are here to, as the mission statement reads, “engage [in] dialogue, research, scholarship, education, creative expression, and action” to “foster quality of life, democratic participation and appreciation of Appalachian experiences.” Can I get an Amen? The conference was first held at East Tennessee State University’s campus in 1987, ten years after ASA’s founding. That same year ETSU’s Center for Appalachian studies and Services (CASS) was recognized as an “Accomplished Center of Excellence,” just three years after its founding. So in many ways, this conference is a 30th birthday party, a celebration of CASS and all that its staff past and present have accomplished, bringing Appalachia and Appalachian studies forward. So here is a big thank you to the staff of CASS and ETSU for bringing this conference together as well as to our other sponsors for their support. We have traveled generations since 1987, but maybe things haven’t changed too much. Writing about the 1990 conference in Helen, Georgia., John Inscoe (then an assistant professor of history and ASA’s program chair) noted that it was “the largest yet, both in terms of participants and attendance” (2).1 And writing about the 1993 conference, Norma Myers Riddle (conference chair and assistant director of libraries for Archives and Special Collections at ETSU) observed, “I have heard many complaints that the conference is too scholarly and too formal. Likewise, from others, I have heard the conference is not formal or scholarly enough. The fact remains that [ASA] is a hybrid organization . My hope for the Association is that it can maintain some sense of shared purpose in spite of the diversity of its membership” (3-4). Well, ASA has grown ever larger and ever more diverse, and ASA’s new committees are working to make it more diverse and inclusive than ever—because reaching across insular boundaries has been and remains our community’s great strength. As ASA membership has continued to grow over the last decade, I have come to know more people and hear more perspectives, but I also know that I am not in touch with as large a segment as I once was. My challenge to each of us this weekend is to see how many new people we can meet, how many clique-like borders we can cross, and how many new voices we can hear, appreciate, and perhaps sing with. Amen. Chris Green, 2015 Conference Chair 1 This quote and the next come from the introductions to the Journal of Appalachian Studies Association, volumes 3 (1991) and 6 (1994) respectively. 2015 FINAL PROGRAM CONTENTS Conference Information . 2 ◄ Silent Auction . 4 ◄ ASA and Other Meetings . 4 ◄ Conference Highlights . 5 ◄ JAS Submissions . 6 ◄ Demographic Survey . 6 ◄ Exhibitors/Advertisers . 7 ◄ Schedule At-A-Glance . 8 ◄ Concurrent Sessions . 10 ◄ ETSU Maps . 44 ◄ Presenter Index . 48 ◄ ASA Committees . 51 ◄ About ASA . 53 ◄ Ads . 56 ◄ CONFERENCE HOST Conference Sponsors ANONYMOUS DONOR APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION The 2015 ASA Conference is hosted by East Tennessee BEREA COLLEGE, Loyal Jones Appalachian Center State University, a public university of approximately BIRTHPLACE OF COUNTRY MUSIC MUSEUM 15,000 students. ETSU offers high quality, affordable JOETTE MORRIS GATES AND RALPH GATES education designed to advance the health and well- being of the people of Tennessee, the Southern EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY Appalachians, the nation, and the world. ETSU is Academic Health Science Center committed to scholarly and creative achievement, Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy community and international partnerships, College of Clinical and Rehabilitative Health Sciences entrepreneurial initiatives, and interdisciplinary College of Nursing collaboration. For information relating to ETSU, go to: College of Public Health www.etsu.edu. James H. Quillen College of Medicine Center for Appalachian Studies & Services The conference is being held at two primary locations College of Arts and Sciences on the ETSU campus. The D. P. Culp Center is the College of Business and Technology central hospitality location, where registration, Department of Appalachian Studies exhibits, breaks, Silent Auction, Many Mountains Department of Computing Plenary, and Many Musics Concert take place. The D. Department of History P. Culp Center also houses dining facilities and a Honors College Starbucks. Most concurrent sessions are in Rogers- Mary B. Martin School of the Arts Stout Hall, which is fully equipped with smart Office of Research and Sponsored Programs classrooms. Office of the President For Johnson City restaurants and local attractions, MARSHALL UNIVERSITY go to www.etsu.edu/cass/conference/. OHIO UNIVERSITY PRESS RADFORD UNIVERSITY, Appalachian Regional and Rural Studies Center SINCLAIR COMMUNITY COLLEGE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, Appalachian Center UNIVERSITY PRESS OF KENTUCKY WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY, Regional Research Institute 2 PARKING AT EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY GENERAL Conference attendees may park in any faculty/staff or student parking lot. ETSU classes are in session on Friday, March 27, so parking may be difficult on that day. There is more than ample parking in Lot 22, across the street from the parking garage on the west side of campus. The farthest parking space in that lot is approximately one mile from the D. P. Culp Center. Attendees are welcome to ride BUCSHOT, the campus shuttle. Do not park in spaces reserved for service vehicles, handicap parking (unless you have the appropriate hangtag/license plate and pass), or in a fire lane. On Friday, the parking garage is reserved for ETSU students only. Conference attendees can use all designated parking spaces, including the parking garage, on Saturday and Sunday. HANDICAP Handicap parking is available throughout campus for vehicles displaying the appropriate hangtag/license plate and pass. Additional handicap parking is available in Lot 33 and Lot 35, except for metered parking spaces and ETSU-designated reserved spaces. Those lots are designated for exhibitors but will accommodate handicap vehicles with the required hangtag/license plate and pass. EXHIBITOR For the duration of the conference, exhibitors may park in Lot 33 and Lot 35, except for metered parking spaces and ETSU-designated reserved spaces. Oversized vehicles should off-load behind the D. P. Culp Center and park in Lot 19 or 22. Parking passes are in each exhibitor’s registration packet. BANQUET TICKETS Banquet tickets are printed on the back of your nametag. You must present the nametag at the door to attend. TECHNOLOGY A guest Wi-Fi network is available to attendees for the duration of the conference. Designated WiFi hotspots are located in the D.P. Culp Center and Rogers-Stout Hall. Use the following information to access the Wi-Fi network. Keep in mind the logon information is case-sensitive. ▲ Username: ETSUGuest1 ▲ Password: ASAConfPass EXHIBIT HALL Visit the Exhibit Hall in the D.P. Culp Center Ballroom where publishers will display recent Appalachian books and other writings. A variety of programs and organizations will have displays and information available about their activities and services. The Exhibit Hall will be open throughout the conference. Check the Conference Schedule for times. Please plan to make several visits. 3 18TH ANNUAL HOWARD DORGAN SILENT AUCTION & RAFFLE The Silent Auction & Raffle is located in the D.P. Culp Center Ballroom and is open until the last concurrent session ends on Saturday at 5:15 pm. While you do not have to be present to win, you do have to arrange for your items to be picked up by Sunday morning. Participating in the Silent Auction & Raffle is an easy way to help make scholarships available to students, community activists, public-school teachers, artists, musicians, scholars, and others interested in attending the conference. To make this a really successful auction, please bid on the many items on display. Check the Silent Auction throughout the conference, making sure you remain the high bidder! Another way to support scholarships is to buy raffle tickets at $1.00 per ticket or 6 tickets for $5.00. Raffle packages include a handcrafted quilt, an assortment of Kentucky wines, and other items. You choose by dropping your tickets into the bag designated for the package you desire. LOCAL SILENT AUCTION SPONSORS: Local Business Sponsors: Blountville| Advanced Flight Training. Bristol| Bass Pro Shop. Elizabethton| Sheek Treats. Erwin| Valley Beautiful Antique Mall. Johnson City| Artisan’s Village, Happy Hour Liquor Store, Mahoney’s, Nelson Art Center, One Stop Wines & Spirits. Jonesborough| Boone Street Market, Brick Town Music, Crafty Creation, Hands Around the World, International Storytelling Center, Jonesborough Antique Mart, Furniture Warehouse, Jonesborough Art Glass Gallery, Jonesborough Visitors Center, Kaley & Co., Mauk’s, Paul’s Pens Odds and Ends, Tennessee Quilts, Toast Wine & Spirits. Kingsport| David J. Clapp Photography. Pigeon Forge| Dollywood. ASA COMMITTEE MEETINGS | CARNEGIE HOTEL THURSDAY, 6:00 – 8:00 PM, DINNER ASA Steering Committee [2014/2015] . Alfred Taylor Room FRIDAY,
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