THIRTY-NINTH ANNUAL APPALACHIAN STUDIES CONFERENCE Voices from the Misty Mountains: Diversity and Unity, A New Appalachia Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, West Virginia Thursday, March 17 - Sunday, March 20, 2016 APPALACHIAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION
Preliminary Conference Program and Registration Form
Welcome! How exciting it is to be able to welcome our colleagues in the brought a new dimension to Appalachian literature and to our Appalachian Studies Association to Shepherd University and to understanding of a diverse Appalachia. Writer, editor, folklorist, Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Shepherd University is often called and performer John Lilly will share “Lessons from Goldenseal: the Gateway to Appalachia. As you walk down German Street, Reflections on Preservation of History and Folklife,” while award- you will see that the town rests on a high bank of the Potomac winning storyteller Adam Booth will enthrall us with stories of River and in the shadow of the Blue Ridge. While we are within the region. Cultural and multicultural ethnographic intersections an hour’s drive of Washington and Baltimore urban areas, we also of Appalachian clogging and African-American dance will be have a rural distinction and a historic richness that goes back to explored by dance scholars Matthew Olwell, Emily Oleson, and the Washington brothers, George and Charles, who surveyed Becky Hill, in the special panel “Appalachian Percussive Dance much of the area and whose family homes dot the rolling fields. Traditions in Historical and Cultural Context: Researching The To walk the streets of Shepherdstown, West Virginia’s oldest town, Meaning of Buck Dance and Reel ‘Em Boys, Reel ‘Em.” is to walk through the history of a region that still lives large in our imagination and our common Appalachian and American One of the highlights of the conference will be the photographic iconography. art of Builder Levy, an award-winning photographer, whose books, Images of Appalachian Coalfields, Builder Levy: Photographer, and While you are here, we invite you to explore historic Martinsburg, Appalachia USA, have revolutionized the understanding of the Harpers Ferry, Antietam Battlefield, the George Tyler Moore Center region. Finally, your conference presentations, papers, panels, for the Study of the Civil War, and the places and monuments that workshops, films, music, dance, community events, and posters— reflect the richness of the region, all within a narrow circumference your voices from the Misty Mountains—will provide for us all a of the town. The West Virginia Humanities Council has allowed us fresh look at the “Unity and Diversity of a New Appalachia,” one to offer a variety of special programs, plenaries, tours and events intrepid in recognizing and addressing the cultural, environmental, for you while you attend the conference, and the Robert C. Byrd social, historic, and educational issues that affect our region, as well Center for Legislative Studies and GTM Civil War Center will be as the country and the world. open for you to explore and research while you are here. Sylvia Bailey Shurbutt, Conference Chair The diversity of the “voices” of Appalachians that we have Rachael Meads, Program Chair brought to the conference will both entertain and enlighten David O. Hoffman, Local Arrangements and Program Committee you. Our keynote speaker is past Kentucky Poet Laureate, writer, and cultural/social activist Frank X Walker, whose keynote address will be “Escape from Negro Mountain: Writing History, This project is presented with financial assistance from the West Righting Wrongs.” Cherokee storyteller Lloyd Arneach will open Virginia Humanities Council, a state affiliate of the National the conference on Friday with a traditional Cherokee blessing Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, and share stories from Appalachia’s indigenous peoples, the findings, conclusions or recommendations do not first Appalachians. Affrilachian poets Ricardo Nazario y Colón, necessarily represent those of the West Virginia Kelly Norman Ellis, and Bianca Spriggs will share their poetry, Humanities Council or the National Endowment echoing those “coal black voices” that just a few years ago for the Humanities. PROGRAM CONTENTS Welcome...... 1 Sponsors...... 3 REGISTRATION...... 3 ASA Scholarships...... 3 Graduate EDPD Course Credit...... 3 Howard Dorgan Silent Auction...... 3 Exhibitors, Vendors, Groups...... 3 Travel Information...... 4 Accommodations...... 4 Conference Schedule...... 5 Conference Host...... 7 Conference Highlights...... 7 ASA Committee Meetings...... 8 Other Meetings...... 8 ASA Awards...... 8 JAS Submissions...... 8 Digital Collection Submissions...... 9 ASA Mission...... 9 Conference Sessions...... 10 Shepherd University Map...... 24 Advertisements...... 25 REGISTRATION FORM...... 43
The Appalachian Studies Association was formed in 1977 by a group of scholars, teachers, and regional activists who believed that shared community has been and will continue to be important to those writing, researching, and teaching about Appalachia.
2 Scholarships cover the cost of registration/membership only. Preliminary List of Conference Sponsors* Meals and other ticketed activities are not included. Travel and lodging are the responsibility of conference attendees. Before applying for an ASA Scholarship, we ask applicants to first seek Shepherd University financial assistance from their own institution or organization, if West Virginia Humanities Council applicable. Appalachian Regional Commission Individuals may apply for an ASA Scholarship online. This Marshall University serves as your registration for the conference. Scholarship applicants do not need to register or pay UNLESS they have Appalachian Center, University of Kentucky been notified that they are not receiving a scholarship. The application deadline is February 18. Recipients will be notified by Appalachian Regional and Rural Studies Center, February 24. Meals must be ordered by March 9, using the form Radford University at the back of this program. Please write “Scholarship Recipient” Berea University on the form. Regional Research Institute, West Virginia University To apply online for an ASA Scholarship, visit: www. appalachianstudies.org/annualconference/scholarships/. Robinson Scholars Program, University of Kentucky Ohio University Press Deadline: February 18, 2016 University of Illinois Press GRADUATE EDPD COURSE CREDIT AVAILABLE Graduate EDPD course credit for K-12 teachers is available for University of Tennessee Press conference attendance. If you teach outside of the state of *Note: Reflects sponsors as of the printing of the preliminary West Virginia, please check with your respective state’s Board of program. Additional sponsors will be acknowledged in the final Education office regarding credit hours. For more information, conference program. contact Karen Rice, Director of Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning, Shepherd University, [email protected] or 304-876-5135 REGISTRATION INFORMATION ALL CONFERENCE ATTENDEES, including presenters, must pay SUPPORT SCHOLARSHIPS—19TH ANNUAL HOWARD the registration fee or obtain an ASA Scholarship. Pre-paid DORGAN SILENT AUCTION conference registration is $150 (individual) and $100 (student). Since Howard Dorgan launched the silent auction in the late The deadline for pre-paid registration is March 2. A $25.00 late 1990s, this annual fundraiser has supported student and fee is charged after that date. Late or on-site registration is $175 community-member participation at ASA conferences. With the (individual) and $125 (student). After March 9, registration is 2016 conference swiftly approaching, the silent auction team available on-site only. To register go to http://www.press.uillinois. needs your active participation: It’s time to get crafty, call in a edu/journals/jas/subscription.html or complete the form at the favor, bake a cake, and clean out the garage. The silent auction back of this program. The on-site conference registration desk welcomes crafts, quilts, woodwork, memorabilia, pottery, home- will be located in the Ram’s Den, Student Center. canned and baked goods, event tickets, music, instruments, art, Registration includes ASA membership for the 2016 calendar getaway opportunities, books, and more. This year’s conference year, subscription to the Journal of Appalachian Studies, Appalink theme is “Voices from the Misty Mountains: Diversity and Unity, a newsletter, and participation in all 2016 conference activities New Appalachia” and we hope the 2016 silent auction will reflect that do not require a ticket. Conference meals and other ticketed the many people, talents, and traditions that the Appalachian events are not included—meals may be ordered separately on Studies Association celebrates. If you have any questions about the registration form through March 9. Tickets to the Saturday how to get involved with this fundraising event, please email night concert ($10 each) may be purchased at the Shepherd silent auction co-chairs Jesse Edgerton and Meredith Doster at University Bookstore by calling 304-876-5219 or online at http:// [email protected]. We look forward to seeing you, and www.shepherdbook.com. Please have your nametag in hand as your silent auction items, in Shepherdstown. More information proof of registration. and social media updates to follow in January 2016. March 18–19, 2016, 9:00AM – 5:00PM SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION Ram’s Den, Student Center The Appalachian Studies Association offers a limited number of scholarships to individuals requiring financial assistance to attend the ASA annual conference. We truly love funding people. EXHIBITORS, VENDORS, GROUPS It is part of our mission. In the past we have been able to fund Exhibitors, vendors, and groups are invited to exhibit in the most of those who have requested a scholarship. Our funds are ASA Exhibit Hall. Contact Mary Kay Thomas, Executive Director, limited so we continue to prioritize our scholarships according or Christopher Leadingham, Office Manager, for rates and to those with the most need. This year, we envision the same information. They may be contacted at [email protected] or process. [email protected], respectively, or by phone at 304- 3 696-2904. Exhibitor applications are available at Please Note: Additional parking is available in Shepherdstown www.appalachianstudies.org/annualconference/. at town meters (some of which are near or in front of East Campus academic buildings). However, these parking meters The Exhibit Hall is located in the Shepherd University Student do not belong to the University and are managed by the Center (Ram’s Den). The Exhibit Hall opens for exhibit setup Corporation of Shepherdstown. Meters require regular payment Thursday, March 17, from 4:00PM-6:00PM. The Exhibit Hall opens Monday-Friday between 8 am and 6 pm or you may be ticketed. to the public Friday, March 18, at 8:00AM. The Exhibit Hall closes Meters are free on Saturdays and Sundays. For parking locations on Sunday, March 20, at 1:00PM. See below for travel and parking in town, see: http://www.shepherdstown.us/wp-content/ information. uploads/2014/01/guidetoparking20141.pdf.
TRAVEL INFORMATION ACCOMMODATIONS | CONFERENCE RATE AVAILABLE Directions | 301 N King St., Shepherdstown, WV 25443 In order to receive the ASA Conference rate, please use the From the North or South phone numbers below. Follow Interstate 81 to Martinsburg, West Virginia, and take Exit Clarion Hotel 16 East (Route 9 East) into Martinsburg. Turn left onto Route 45 Rate: $89.00 | Phone: (304) 876-7000 | Fax: (304) 876-7001 East, and follow Route 45 into Shepherdstown. Proceed through 233 Lowe Drive, Shepherdstown, WV 25443 | Located within .25 the four-way stop sign. miles of campus. Request ASA Conference rates. From the West Follow Interstate 70 East to Hagerstown, Maryland. In Quality Inn Hagerstown follow Interstate 81 South to Martinsburg, West Rate: $84.00 | Phone: (304) 876-3160 | Fax: (304) 876-3161 Virginia, and take Exit 16 East (Route 9 East) into Martinsburg. 70 Maddex Square Drive, Shepherdstown, WV 25443 | Located Turn left onto Route 45 East, and follow Route 45 into adjacent to campus. Request ASA Conference rates. Shepherdstown. Proceed through the four-way stop sign. Bavarian Inn From the East Rate: $99.00 - 119.00 | Phone: (304) 876-2551 Follow Interstate 70 or 270 West from Baltimore, Maryland or Washington, D.C., to Frederick, Maryland, and take Exit 49 164 Shepherd Grade Road, Shepherdstown, WV 25443 | Located (alternate Route 40 West). Follow Alternate Route 40 through adjacent to campus. Request ASA Conference rates. Middletown to Boonsboro, Maryland. In Boonsboro turn left onto Route 34, and follow Route 34 through Sharpsburg across Thomas Shepherd Inn the Potomac River into Shepherdstown. Turn left at the four- Rate: $130.00 | Phone: (304) 876-3715 way stop sign onto Route 45 (German Street).When you get to 300 North German Street, Shepherdstown, WV 25443 | Located Shepherdstown, proceed two more blocks on German Street to one block from campus. Request ASA Conference rates. King Street, the main street of the Shepherd campus. Proceed another block to the intersection of King Street and High Street. Comfort Suites of Martinsburg Proceed straight. Rate: $85.00 | Phone: (304) 263-8888 1937 Short Road, Kearneysville, WV 25402 | Located 7 miles from Shuttle Transportation campus. Request ASA Conference rates. Designated Shuttle Transportation from Washington Dulles (60- 90 minute trip) $35 per person each way (round trip $70) Holiday Inn Shuttle Times for Dulles pick up March 17-18, 2016: 1:00PM, Rate: $114.00 | Phone: (304) 267-5500 4:00PM, 7:00PM 301 Foxcroft Ave., Martinsburg, WV 25401 | Located 11 miles Depart Clarion for Dulles: March 20: 8:00AM, 1:00PM from Shepherd University. Call Angie Kutcher for reservations: 304.870.7021 (advanced Hampton Inn reservations required) Rate: $119.00 | Phone: (304) 267-2900 Parking 975 Foxcroft Ave., Martinsburg, WV 25401 | Located 12 miles All lots are open to all ASA participants EXCEPT for Lot C. from Shepherd University. East Campus Lots A, B, and K are the most convenient to East campus events. Comfort Inn Lot A: Entrance and exit are on High Street across from White Hall Rate: $89.00 | Phone: (304) 263-6200 Lot B: Two entrances available (through King Street gate after 1872 Edwin Miller Blvd, Martinsburg, WV 25404 | Located 10 Ikenberry Hall or from Princess Street behind the Facilities/ miles from Shepherd University. Maintenance Building). Lot K: Entrance off Rt. 480/Duke Street. For other hotel reservations dial 1-800-CALL-WVA or see West Campus Lots E, F, G, H, I, and J. Lot G is the most convenient www.visitwv.com; For information about West Virginia, go to to West Campus events. www.gotowv.com; For information about lodging see www. Lots E, F and J: Entrance off West Campus Drive shepherdstown.info; For information about Shepherdstown and Lots G, H, and I: Entrance off University Drive Jefferson County, see http://discoveritallwv.com/attractions/ towns/shepherdstown?gclid=CODJ9oSq1sYCFcWPHwodxWsGOg. 4 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Thursday, March 17 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War, German Street 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies, Shepherd University 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Biking on the C&O Canal, across the Potomac Bridge 9:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. Shepherdstown Self-guided Tour, German Street 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Storer College Tour, Harpers Ferry, Departure from EOB 4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Set-up Registration, Silent Auction, Y’ALL Gathering, and Exhibit Hall, Rumsey Room and Ram’s Den (Student Center) 6:30 p.m. Steering Committee Dinner and Meeting, Clarion Hotel 7:00 p.m. Celtic/Appalachian Music Jam Session, O’Hurley’s General Store, 205 E. Washington Street
Friday, March 18 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Registration, Exhibit Hall, Silent Auction, Ram’s Den, Student Center 8:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m. Committee Meetings, Clarion Hotel 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Y’ALL Gathering, Student Center, Rumsey Room 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Poster Exhibit (Session 8.10) 9:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. Research, Leisure, and Networking Opportunities (see Conference Highlights) 10:00 a.m.-11:15 a.m. Welcome, Plenary I: Cherokee Blessing 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Concurrent Session I 1:00 p.m.-2:15 p.m. Plenary II: “SkyTruth, an Environmental Watchdog for the World,” John Amos, SkyTruth President, and David Manthos, SkyTruth Communications Director 1:00 p.m.-2:15 p.m. Concurrent Session 2 2:15 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Plenary III: Builder Levy Photography Exhibit Preview & Reception 2:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m. Concurrent Session 3 4:00 p.m.-5:15 p.m. Concurrent Session 4 4:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. Camp Happy Appalachee Reception, Sponsored by University Of Kentucky, Student Center, Cumberland Room 5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. Keynote Plenary IV: Frank X Walker, “Escape from Negro Mountain: Writing History, Righting Wrongs” 6:30 p.m.-6:45 p.m. Diversity and Unity Reception, Wellness Center 6:45 p.m.-8:45 p.m. Banquet and Awards, Wellness Center 9:00 p.m. Shepherdstown Mysteries Walk, Departure from front steps of McMurran Hall, German Street ($10) 9:00 p.m. Old Time Appalachian Square Dance, Town Run Brewing Company, 202 E. Washington St.
Saturday, March 19 8:00 a.m.-5:00 a.m. Registration, Exhibit Hall, Silent Auction, Ram’s Den, Student Center 8:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m. Committee Meetings, Clarion Hotel 8:30 a.m.-9:45 a.m. Concurrent Session 5 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Y’ALL Gathering, Student Center, Rumsey Room 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Poster Exhibit (Session 8.10) 9:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. Research, Leisure, and Networking Opportunities (see Conference Highlights) 10:00 a.m.-11:15 a.m. Plenary V, “Appalachian Percussive Dance Traditions in Historical and Cultural Context: Researching the Meaning of Buck Dance and Reel ‘Em Boys, Reel ‘Em” 10:00 a.m.-11:15 a.m. Concurrent Session 6 11:15 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Coffee Break, EOB Atrium 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Plenary VI: Storytelling in Appalachia, with Adam Booth 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Concurrent Session 7 1:00 p.m.-2:15 p.m. ASA Business Lunch, Student Center, Storer Ballroom
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2:15 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Coffee Break, CLS Atrium 2:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m. Plenary VII: “Builder Levy and the Face of Appalachia, a Conversation with the Artist,” Presenters: Builder Levy, Jack Spadaro, and Sylvia Bailey Shurbutt 2:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m. Concurrent Session 8 3:45 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Coffee Break, CLS Byrd Atrium 4:00 p.m.-5:15 p.m. Plenary VIII: “Lessons from Goldenseal: Reflections on Preservation of History and Folklife,” John Lilly 4:00 p.m.-5:15 p.m. Concurrent Session 9 5:15 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Coffee Break, EOB Atrium 5:30 p.m.-6:45 p.m. Special Plenary IX: “Affrilachian Voices: Readings by the Affrilachian Poets, in Celebration of Twenty-Five Years” 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Publishers Reception and Book Signings, EOB Atrium 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Y‘ALL COMM Meet and Eat, Dining Hall 6:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Stroll, Sup, and Sip, Shepherdstown 8:00 p.m. Voices from the Misty Mountains Showcase Concert hosted by Adam Booth, featuring Blue Yonder, Storyteller Lloyd Arneach, and Good Foot Dance Company, Frank Theater (ticketed event) 9:30 p.m. Y’ALL Mixer, Town Run Brewing Company
Sunday, March 20 8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Registration, Exhibit Hall, Silent Auction Wrap-up, Ram’s Den, Student Center 8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. Steering Committee Meeting, Clarion Hotel 9:00 a.m.-10:15 a.m. ASA Program Committee Meeting, Clarion Hotel 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Y’ALL Gathering, Student Center, Rumsey Room 9:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. Research, Leisure, and Networking Opportunities (see Conference Highlights) 9:15 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Concurrent Session 10 10:45 a.m.-Noon Concurrent Session 11 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Brunch, Dining Hall (box lunches also available)
The ASA thanks Marshall University for its ongoing support of the Association and its mission.
The Appalachian Studies Association office is located at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. Mary K. Thomas, Executive Director Christopher Leadingham, Office Manager Phone: (304) 696-2904 Phone: (304) 696-2904 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]
Marshall University | One John Marshall Drive |Huntington, WV 25755
6 CONFERENCE HOST Voices from the Misty Mountains The 2016 ASA Conference will be held at Shepherd University, Showcase Concert a public liberal arts university of approximately 4,000 students, offering a range of baccalaureate and graduate programs The Performing Arts Series at Shepherd University and the ASA and a doctorate in nursing practice. Shepherd University’s are proud to showcase the rich diversity of the region through Appalachian Studies Program (see http://www.shepherd.edu/ an evening of dance, music, and storytelling. Hosted by award- appalachian/) features a minor and a graduate degree, the West winning liar and storyteller Adam Booth, the concert will feature Virginia Fiction Competition, the yearly Anthology of Appalachian Good Foot Dance Company; Cherokee storyteller Lloyd Arneach; Writers, the Appalachian Heritage Festival, and the Appalachian and contemporary honky-tonk band Blue Yonder featuring Heritage Writer-in-Residence Project, which this fall brought award-winning songwriter John Lilly, steel guitarist Russ Nikki Giovanni to campus and to the eastern panhandle. These Hicks, bassist Will Carter, and Jupiter Little. programs and projects are funded by Shepherd University, the Shepherd University Foundation, the West Virginia Center for the This event is sponsored by the Performing Arts Series at Book, and the West Virginia Humanities Council. Shepherd University (PASS) in partnership with the Appalachian Studies Association. It is made possible with the financial support CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS of the West Virginia Humanities Council and the Shepherd University Foundation. Special Plenary Sessions Concert Tickets are available now at the Shepherd University Plenary I. Welcome from Shepherd President Dr. Mary Bookstore by calling 304-876-5219 or online at http://www. Hendrix and presentation by Lloyd Arneach, Cherokee shepherdbook.com. $15 general admission; $10 ASA conference Blessing and Stories from the Original Appalachian registrants/Shepherd staff/senior citizens; $5 kids under 18. Free Storytellers; Friday, March 18, 10:00 a.m.-11:15 a.m. for Shepherd students with valid Rambler ID.
Plenary II. “SkyTruth, an Environmental Watchdog for the For more information, contact Rachael Meads at rmeads@ World,” featuring John Amos, SkyTruth President, and David shepherd.edu; Saturday, March 19, 8:00 p.m., Frank Center Manthos, SkyTruth Communications Director; Friday, March 18, Theater, West Campus Drive. 1:00 p.m.-2:15 p.m.
Plenary III. Builder Levy Photography Exhibit Preview & Reception; Friday, March 18, 2:15 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Social Activities Keynote Plenary IV. Frank X Walker, “Escape from Negro Celtic/Appalachian Music Jam Session at O’Hurley’s General Mountain: Writing History, Righting Wrongs;” Friday, March Store; for more information go to http://www.ohurley.com/ ; 205 18, 5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. E. Washington Street; Thursday, March 17, 7:00 p.m.
Plenary V. “Appalachian Percussive Dance Traditions in Camp Happy Appalachee Reception; Cumberland Room, Historical and Cultural Context: Researching the Meaning of Student Center, Friday, March 18, 4:00 p.m.-5:15 p.m. Buck Dance and Reel ‘Em Boys, Reel ‘Em;” Presenters: Matthew Old Time Appalachian Square Dance; Town Run Brewing Olwell, Emily Oleson, and Becky Hill. Saturday, March 19, 10:00 Company, 202 E. Washington St., Friday, March 18, 9:00 p.m. a.m.-11:15 a.m. Y‘ALL COMM Meet and Eat, Dining Hall, Saturday, March 19, Plenary VI. “Storytelling in Appalachia,” with Adam Booth; 6:00 p.m.-800 p.m. Saturday, March 19, 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Publishers’ Reception and Book Signing; EOB Atrium, Plenary VII. “Builder Levy and the Face of Appalachia,” A Saturday, March 19, 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Conversation with the artist Builder Levy, Jack Spadaro, and Sylvia Bailey Shurbutt; Saturday, March 19, 2:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m. Y’ALL Mixer; Town Run Brewing Company, Saturday, March 19, Plenary VIII. “Lessons from Goldenseal: Reflections on 9:00 p.m. Preservation of History and Folklife,” John Lilly, folklorist and long-time editor of West Virginia’s Goldenseal magazine explores the past, present and future of how history and culture are documented. Saturday, March 19, 4:00 p.m.-5:15 p.m. Recreational Opportunity
Plenary IX. “Affrilachian Voices: Readings by the Affrilachian Biking on the C&O Canal; for more information go to http:// Poets, in Celebration of Twenty-Five Years,” presented by www.nps.gov/choh/index.htm; located across the Potomac Frank X Walker, Kelly Norman Ellis, Ricardo Nazario y Colon, and Bridge; March 17-20, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Bianca Spriggs; Saturday, March 19, 5:30 p.m.-6:45 p.m.
7 Research Opportunities Thursday, 6:30 – 8:30 PM: 2015-2016 ASA Steering Committee George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War, research facilities available; for more information visit http:// Friday, 8:00 – 9:30 AM: www.shepherd.edu/civilwar; 136 W. German Street; March 17-19, Awards Committee 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Education Committee Finance Committee Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies (CLS), research Communication Committee facilities available; for more information see http://www. byrdcenter.org/; 213 N. King Street; March 17-19, 9:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. Saturday, 8:00 – 9:30 AM: Editorial Board Diversity and Inclusion Committee Tours Ad Hoc International Connections Committee Membership Committee Shepherdstown Self-guided Tour; for more information see http://shepherdstown.info/; maps are available at Sunday, 8:00 – 9:00 AM: Shepherdstown Visitor’s Center, 129 E. German Street; March 17- 2016-2017 ASA Steering Committee 20, 9:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. Sunday, 9:00 – 10:15 AM: Storer College Tour, Harpers Ferry; departure from Erma Ora 2015 Program Committee Byrd Hall steps; reservations required, contact SShurbut@ shepherd.edu); for more information go to http://www.nps.gov/ OTHER MEETINGS: hafe/learn/historyculture/storer-college.htm; Thursday, March Saturday, 8:00 – 9:00 AM: 17, 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Appalachian Teaching Project Shepherdstown Historic Walking Tour with Jim Surkamp; departure from Entler Welcome Center; for more information ASA AWARDS | NOMINATION DEADLINES about Shepherdstown go to http://shepherdstown.info/; Friday, January 15, 2016 March 18, 9:00 a.m.-10 a.m. Carl A. Ross Appalachian Student Paper Competition Cratis D. Williams/James S. Brown Service Award Guided Tour of Antietam Battlefield, with Dr. James Broomall, Civil War Institute Director, German Street, departure from Erma Ora Byrd steps; reservations required, contact SShurbut@ January 31, 2016 shepherd.edu) to make reservation; for more information go to Helen M. Lewis Community Service Award http://www.nps.gov/anti/index.htm; March 18, 9:00 a.m.-noon e-Appalachia Award for Outstanding Website Shepherdstown Mysteries Walk, departure from front steps of Jack Spadaro Documentary Award McMurran Hall, ($10/person); for more information go to http:// Stephen L. Fisher Award for Excellence in Teaching www.shepherdstownmysterieswalk.com/ ; Friday, March 18, 9:00 p.m. Nomination deadlines are fast approaching. Historic Martinsburg Trolley Tour: Civil War Settings, Round For more information on how to nominate, see: House, Martinsburg; departure from Erma Ora Byrd Hall steps; www.appalachianstudies.org/association/awards. reservations required, contact Sylvia Shurbutt at SShurbut@ shepherd.edu); Saturday, March 19, 9:00 a.m.-Noon JOURNAL OF APPALACHIAN STUDIES SUBMISSIONS Little House Open for Tours, Princess Street, between High The Journal of Appalachian Studies is a refereed, multi-disciplinary Street and German Street; visit http://www.shepherd.edu/ publication which seeks to provide a written forum for quality libweb/shwebsite/historic_tour/littlehousebarn_campus.html for scholarship on Appalachian history, culture, and society. We more information; Saturday, March 19, 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. are interested in articles based on original empirical research, including applied research, as well as literary criticism and reflections on conceptual, theoretical, and methodological issues in Appalachian studies. Given the Journal’s broad readership, we Association Information encourage consideration of the wider implications of each study. ASA COMMITTEE MEETINGS Submissions must be written in a style that can be understood All committee meetings will be located in the Clarion Hotel & by non-specialists. Conference Center. We will consider rigorous scholarship from scholars, teachers, activists, and others whose work focuses on the Appalachian
8 region. The current editor invites scholarship which compares the Appalachian region to other regions in the world and places the region in a critical, global context. All submissions are expected to demonstrate an understanding of relevant Appalachian studies literature.
Articles should be submitted electronically to the JAS online manuscript submission portal managed by the University of Illinois Press. This secure, personalized resource will allow you to track your manuscript through each step of the review and acceptance process. Please go to http://ojs.press.illinois.edu/ index.php/jas/login to set up your personal account and upload your submission.
MENTORSHIP The Journal of Appalachian Studies is no longer publishing conference papers from the annual Appalachian Studies Conference. We are now piloting a new process for mentoring authors of conference, graduate, and undergraduate papers into full-fledged scholarly articles for JAS. When a paper is submitted from a student or emerging scholar, the editor will ask the author if s/he would like to be assigned a mentorship to prepare the manuscript for review. If so, one of our mentors will work with the author until the article is ready for peer review. The response to this program has been enthusiastic and we are already a bit over-taxed. Therefore, we welcome scholars who are interested in joining the editorial board as mentors to contact either Shaunna Scott at [email protected] or Chris Leadingham at [email protected].
INVITATION TO SUBMIT TO THE ASA 2016 CONFERENCE DIGITAL COLLECTION Conference participants are invited to submit their papers, presentations, videos, images, and posters to the ASA 2016 conference digital collection hosted by Marshall Digital Scholar (MDS) by emailing content to Gretchen Beach, MDS Administrator, [email protected]. MDS serves to collect, preserve, and provide global access to scholarly and creative work. This is the site where conference proposals were submitted. Please contact Gretchen Beach for additional information.
APPALACHIAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION MISSION The mission of the Appalachian Studies Association is to promote and engage dialogue, research, scholarship, education, creative expression, and action among a diverse and inclusive group of scholars, educators, practitioners, grassroots activists, students, individuals, groups and institutions. Our mission is driven by our commitment to foster quality of life, democratic participation and appreciation of Appalachian experiences regionally, nationally and internationally. www.appalachianstudies.org
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THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2016 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Biking on the C&O, across the Potomac Bridge, http://www.nps.gov/choh/index.htm. Historic Shepherdstown, West Virginia, http://shepherdstown. info/. 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Y’ALL Gathering, Student Center, Rumsey Room. 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War, German Street, research facilities available, http:// 10:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. PLENARY I. Welcome from Shepherd www.shepherd.edu/civilwar. President Dr. Mary Hendrix and presentation by Lloyd Arneach, Cherokee Blessing and Stories from the Original 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies, Appalachian Storytellers. research facilities available, http://www.byrdcenter.org/. 11:15-11:30 a.m. Coffee in EOB Atrium. 9:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. Shepherdstown Self-guided Tour (maps available at Shepherdstown Welcome Center, German Street), CONCURRENT SESSION I, 11:30 A.M.-12:45 P.M. http://shepherdstown.info/. Session 1.1. Panel Session: Food & Environment. “Engaging 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Biking on the C&O, across the Potomac the Appalachian Landscape: From Food to Forestry.” Bridge, http://www.nps.gov/choh/index.htm. Convener: Kara Rogers Thomas. 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Storer College Tour, Harpers Ferry, departure “From Farm to Table: Shifting Community Consciousness,” Kara from EOB, http://www.nps.gov/hafe/learn/historyculture/storer- Rogers Thomas, Frostburg State University. college.htm. “Frostburg Grows: Local Food, Sustainable Development and 4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Set-up Registration, Silent Auction, Y’ALL Innovative Re-use of Coal Mine Land,” Dan Fiscus, Frostburg State Gathering, and Book Exhibit, Rumsey Room and Ram’s Den in University. Student Center. “Embracing the Wild with Home Ground: Experiential Narratives 6:30 p.m. Steering Committee Dinner and Meeting, Clarion Hotel. Finding Value in Nature,” Shana Fischer, Frostburg State University. 7:00 p.m. Celtic/Appalachian Music Jam Session at O’Hurley’s General Store, E. Washington Street, http://www.ohurley.com/. Session 1.2. Panel Session: Coal Mining. “The Cutting Edge: New Research on Coalfield Atrocities, Building a Class Action Case for Reparations.” Convener: Jack Wright, Ohio University. FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 2016 “The Memo: A Second Look at the Causes of the Number 9 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Registration, Exhibit Hall, Silent Auction, Explosion of November 1968 in Mannington and a reopening of Student Center, Ram’s Den. the case after nearly a half century,” Michael Kline, Independent Folklorist. 8:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m. Committee Meetings at Clarion Hotel. “Esau: Further Evidence of Forced Sexual Servitude in the Coal 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Poster Exhibit, EOB Atrium (poster session Fields,” Wess Harris, Appalachian Community Services, Inc. 8.10). “Updated Archaeology of the Battle of Blair Mountain, Current Research, Leisure, and Networking Opportunities: Assumptions and Interpretations,” Brandon Nida, University of 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of Baltimore. the Civil War, German Street, research facilities available, http:// Session 1.3. Panel Session: Libraries. “Voices Carry: www.shepherd.edu/civilwar. Perspectives from the WVU Libraries Diversity Residency 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies, Program.” Convener: Lori Hostuttler. research facilities available, http://www.byrdcenter.org/. “Considerations on Building a Unique Diversity Residency 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. Shepherdstown Historic Walking Tour with Program and Professional Partnership,” Lori Hostuttler, WVU Jim Surkamp, departure from Shepherdstown Welcome Center, Libraries. German Street, http://shepherdstown.info/. “A Yankee in Morgantown,” Ashleigh Coren, WVU Libraries. 9:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. Shepherdstown Self-guided Tour (maps “The Wind Blows Hard Against This Mountain Side: WVU Resident available at Registration, Student Center, Ram’s Den), http:// Learns to Sustain Rural Libraries,” Lisette Hernandez, WVU shepherdstown.info/. Libraries. 9:00 a.m.-noon Guided Tour of Antietam Battlefield, with Dr. “The Road Less Traveled: Branding and Marketing Information James Broomall, Civil War Institute Director, German Street, Centers,” Chanelle Pickens, WVU Libraries. departure from EOB, http://www.nps.gov/anti/index.htm.
10 Session 1.4. Workshop Session: Local Politics. “Creating Wars Museum, and Wilma Lee Steele, West Virginia Mine Wars Beautiful Solutions in our Communities and Everyday Lives.” Museum. Convener: Elandria Williams. “Marking History Up Paint Creek: Old Stories and New Presenters: Elandria Williams and Susan Williams, Highlander Technology,” Catherine Moore, Independent Journalist. Research and Educational Center. Session 1.10. Panel Session: Arts. “Hindman: Growing an Session 1.5. Panel Session: Music. “Musical Voices from the Artisan Community in Troublesome Times.” Convener: Brett Misty Mountains: Diversity and Regional Synthesis, A New Ratliff. Appalachia,” Convener: Trevor McKenzie, Appalachia State “Every Little Soul Is Gonna Shine: Folk Arts Programming at University. Hindman Settlement School,” Brett Ratliff, Hindman Settlement “Musical Crossroads: Media Presentation: African Roots of the School. Banjo in Appalachia, Cece Conway, University of North Carolina. “Growing a New Fine Arts Program,” Michael Flynn, Kentucky “Diverse Roots of Appalachian Step Dancing,” Phil Jamison, School of Craft. Warren Wilson College. “Re-envisioning Hindman: Building an Arts Community in “Them Ain’t Big Greasies: The Importance of Personal Appalachia,” Josh Mullins, Appalachian Artisan Center. Relationships in Seed-saving and Old-time Music,” William Ritter, Session 1.11. Performance Session: Reading. “Voices from the Appalachian State University. Misty Mountains, Readings from the Anthology of Appalachian Session 1.6. Panel Session: Music & Storytelling. “Sound Shifts: Writers, Homer Hickam and Frank X Walker Volumes VI & VII.” Personal and Communal Effects of Weaving Audio Recordings Convener: David O. Hoffman, Anthology of Appalachian Writers in Appalachia.” Convener: Saro Lynch-Thomason. Editor. “Honor: A Personal Audio Exploration of Civil War Memory and Natalie Sypolt, Fiction Writer, Pierpont Community and Technical Identity in Appalachia,” Saro Lynch-Thomason, Ballad Singer, College; Shauna Kirlew, Poet, Howard University; Omope Carter Storyteller, & Illustrator. Daboiku, Storyteller; Randi Ward, Poet/Photographer; Jessica Salfia, Poet/Educator; Marc Harshman, West Virginia Poet “Should I Stay or Should I Go? Exploring the Appalachian Identity Laureate. through Story,” Laura Harbert Allen, Laura Harbert Allen Media. Session 1.12. Performance Session: Music. “A Creative Man “I Hear That! Talking Across the Lines on Environmental and in Creative Ways: Songs and Stories of the Appalachian Male.” Cultural Experience,” Carrie N. Kline, Talking Across the Lines. Matthew S. Parsons, Singer/Songwriter. “Riding Wild Stories: Raising Previously Recorded and 1:00 p.m.-2:15 p.m. SPECIAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLENARY II. Newly Arrived Voices,” Miranda Brown, Talk Show Host and “SkyTruth, An Environmental Watchdog for the World.” Documentarian. John Amos, SkyTruth President, and David Manthos, SkyTruth Session 1.7. Workshop Session: Technology. “Designing Communications Director. on a Dime: Creating a Virtual Presence for Non-Profit Organizations.” Convener and Workshop Leader: Julieann F. CONCURRENT SESSION 2, 1:00 P.M.-2:15 P.M. Helton, Morehead State University. Session 2.1. ASA Diversity & Inclusion Committee Session. Session 1.8. Paper Session: Fear & Violence in Appalachia. “Diverse Voices Working for Positive Change in the Mountains: Convener: Guy Aiken. Community Partnerships with Education.” Convener: Susan Eike Spalding, Berea College. “Quakers and Bloody Harlan,” Guy Aiken, University of Virginia— main campus. “Goblins, Gardens, and the Grass Roots: Morehead State University’s Partnership with the Haldeman Community Center,” “Region, Violence, and Stereotypes: A Comparison of the Edith Joy Gritton, Morehead State University. Maxwell and Connie Franklin Court Cases,” Hugo Freund, Union College. “The Eighth Commitment: Berea College and the Communities of Appalachia,” David Cooke, Director Grow Appalachia at Berea Session 1.9. Panel Session: History. “Appalachian History for College. the People: Recent Public History Projects.” Convener: Andrew Feight. “Unearthing Seeds of Hope: Hindman Settlement School’s Partnership with Berea College’s Grow Appalachia Program,” Brett “SWOC and the Portsmouth Steel Strike of 1936: Revising Public Ratliff, Program Director, Hindman Settlement School. History in the Digital Age,” Andrew Feight, Shawnee State University. Session 2.2. Paper Session: Exploring the Literary World of Ron Rash. Convener: David M. Powell. “Creating the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum: A Collaborative Process,” Lou Martin, Chatham University and West Virginia Mine “The German Operatic Tradition and Ron Rash’s The Cove,” David M. Powell, Union College, Barbourville. 11 “A Chorus Divided Cannot Stand: Ron Rash’s Greek Chorus,” “Termites in the Temple: Working-Class Faith and Spectacle in Lesleigh B. Jones, University of Massachusetts-Boston. Postwar Appalachia,” Tom Kiffmeyer, Morehead State University. “Unifying the Diverse ‘Highlanders’ in Ron Rash’s Serena,” Erin “It Isn’t Very Pretty in Resurrection City: West Virginia, the Poor Presley, Eastern Kentucky University. People’s Campaign of 1968 and Meaning of Justice,” Ken Fones- Wolf, West Virginia University. Session 2.3. Roundtable Session: Environmental History. “Environmental History: Possibilities and New Directions.” “Trust in the Hills: Alternative Economic Arrangements in 1970s Convener: Kathryn Newfont. Appalachia,” Jinny Turman, University of Nebraska-Kearney. Presenters: Katherine Newfont, University of Kentucky; Ronald D. Session 2.9. Roundtable Session: Literature. “Mythic Eller, University of Kentucky; David E. Whisnant, Primary Source Mountains: The Role of the Fantastic in Appalachian History Services; Donald Edward Davis, Independent Scholar/ Literature.” Convener: Christopher M. Chapman. American Chestnut Foundation; Thomas Luke Manget, University Presenters: Christopher M. Chapman West Virginia Wesleyan of Georgia; Savannah Paige Murray, Appalachian State University; College; Maria Manilla, West Virginia Wesleyan College and Cody Miller, University of Maine/Appalachian State University. Weatherford Award Winner; Mary Imo-Stike, West Virginia Session 2.4. Workshop Session: Social Justice. “Human Wesleyan College; Larry D. Thacker, West Virginia Wesleyan Trafficking 101: Understanding This Epidemic on a Nationwide College. Scale and What Is Being Done in Appalachia, Specifically in Session 2.10. Panel Session: Health & Education. “Education, West Virginia.” Convener: Kristi Miller. Health, Entrepreneurs: The Hidden Assets of Small Towns and Presenters: Kristi Miller, Cleveland Rape Crisis Center; Mindi How to Leverage Them.” Convener: Dave Nutter. Kuebler, Ohio’s Commission on Human Trafficking/Human “The Inseparable Braid: Education, Health, and Economic Trafficking Collaboration, Loraine County. Development,” David A. Nutter, Regional Director for Community Session 2.5. Roundtable Session: Festivals & Events. “Thirty- and Member Outreach, Virginia Hospital and Healthcare three Years of the Appalachian Events Committee.” Convener: Association. Sarah Sheppard. “Playing to Your Strengths in Education and Economic Presenters: Sarah Sheppard, Radford University; Lindsey Development,” Shannon Blevins, Vice-Chancellor for Economic Thompson, Radford University; Alyssa Porterfield, Radford Development, University of Virginia-Wise. University; Maggie Blankenship, Radford University; Caroline “How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Local Hospital,” Leggett, Radford University; Chris Wilson, Radford University. Beth O’Connor, Virginia Tech. Session 2.6. Roundtable Session: Gender. “Examining “I Dream of Bookstores, Greenhouses, and Coffee Shops,” Wendy Feminism in Appalachia through Historical Scholarship: A Welch, University of Virginia -Wise. Discussion of Women of the Mountain South.” Convener: Barbara Ellen Smith, Virginia Tech. Session 2.11. Workshop Session: Music and Song. “’I Don’t Want to Die in the Storm’: An Appalachian Community Sing.” Presenters: Kathryn Engle, University of Kentucky; Connie Park Rice, West Virginia University; Marie Tedesco, East Tennessee Presenter: Saro F. Lynch-Thomason, Duke University. State University; Rachel Terman, Ohio State University; Jordan 1:00 p.m.-2:15 p.m. Lunch: Shepherdstown Stroll, Sip, and Laney, Virginia Tech; Brandi Slider Weekley, West Virginia Shop or Ram’s Den Bistro Dining & Shepherd Dining Hall (On University. Your Own). Session 2.7. Paper Session: Politics & Power. Convener: 2:15 p.m.-3:00 p.m. PLENARY III: Builder Levy Photography Stephen Pearson. Exhibit Preview & Reception. “Cosmopolitanism in Appalachia: The Rhetoric of the Wheeling Intelligencer during the 1860 Election,” Ryan P. McCullough, West CONCURRENT SESSION 3, 2:30 P.M.-3:45 P.M. Liberty University. Session 3.1. Paper Session: “Diversity and Poetry.” Convener: “This is [Not] Our Land: Settler Colonial Commoning, Self- Shawna K. Rodenberg. Indigenization, and the Bowl with One Spoon,” Stephen Pearson, “A Geography of Scars: Appalachian Dialect Poetry,” Shawna K. Shawnee State University. Rodenberg, Teacher, Poet, Editor. “Extending Gaventa: A Foucauldian Reading of Power and “Far-Reaching Plow Lines: Jesse Stuart’s Man with a Bull-Tongue Powerlessness,” Judson C. Abraham, Virginia Tech. Plow,” Ethan Mannon, Mars Hill University. Session 2.8. Panel Session: Religion. “Faith, Economics, Justice “Affrilachian Poets and the Real Professor X: Rhetoric of and the Working Class in Post-War Appalachia.” Convener: Superheroes and Frank X Walker,” Forrest G. Yerman, Appalachian John Hennen, Morehead State University. State University.
12 Session 3.2. Panel Session: Language and Dialect. “Expanding Campaign; Bill Price, Sierra Club Environmental Justice Program; Our Perspectives on the English Language in Appalachia.” Betsy Taylor, Virginia Tech; Adam Wells, Appalachian Voices; Convener: Michael Montgomery. Jeremy Richardson, Union of Concerned Scientists. “The Archive of Traditional Appalachian Speech and Culture,” Session 3.8. Panel Session: Diversity. “Voices from the Other Michael Montgomery, University of South Carolina. Side: A New Appalachia, An Old Affront.” Convener: Nicole M. Drewitz-Crockett. “The Appalachian English Website,” Paul Reed, University of South Carolina. “A Punch in the Gut: Moving from Celebration to Critiques at the 34th Annual Emory & Henry Literary Festival,” Nicole M. Drewitz- “Early Recording of Cherokee English: A Window into New Crockett, Emory & Henry College and Iron Mountain Review. Dialect Formation,” Bridget L. Anderson, Old Dominion University. “How Did We Get Here from There Dramaturgically,” Jack Wright, Appal Recordings. “Linguistic Diversity the Art of Floating in Appalachian Speech,” Judy Bernstein, William Paterson University. “Diversity and Controversy in the Plays of Catherine Bush,” Anita Turpin, Roanoke College. Session 3.3. Panel Session: Gender. “Mediating Masculinities: Deliverance, Wrong Turn, Buckwild.” Convener: Carol Mason. “Time and Types in The Other Side of the Mountain,” Thomas Alan Holmes, East Tennessee State University. “Buckwild Mad Men: Masculinity and Necropolitics in Appalachia,” Carol Mason, University of Kentucky. “Cultural Positioning in The Other Side of the Mountain,” Kathleen Chamberlain, Emory & Henry College. “Banjo Boy: Disability, Masculinity, and Difference in Deliverance,” Anna Creadick, Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Session 3.9. Paper Session: Environment and Economics. “Building Sustainable Communities.” Convener: Debra “Backwoods Slashers and the Politics of White Masculinity,” Emily Lattanzi Shutika. Satterwhite, Virginia Tech. “Community Engagement in Place-Based Social and Economic Session 3.4. Panel Session: Industrial Appalachia. “Diverse Development: A Case Study of the Wild Ramp Local Food Voices in Appalachia: Urban, Industrial, and Ethnic.” Convener: Market,” Hannah E. James, Massachusetts University of North Cat Pleska. Carolina-Ashville. “900 Degrees Celsius,” Cat Pleska, Marshall University. “Newcomers to an Old Town: The Legacy of the ‘Back to the Land’ “Ethnic Urbanities,” Marie Manilla, West Virginia Wesleyan College. Movement in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia,” Debra Lattanzi Shutika, George Mason University. “Urban Appalachia Revealed,” Lynne Squires, Marshall University. “Hope in the Hills: Sustainable Living in Athens County, Ohio,” Session 3.5. Roundtable Session: Education. “Roots with Elizabeth Mishler, Ohio University, and Franklyn Charles, Ohio Wings: Building Technology & Communication Skills and University. Fostering Resiliency with Youth in Floyd County, Virginia.” Convener: Theresa Burriss. Session 3.10. Paper Session: Music. “North Carolina Ballads & West Virginia Music Makers.” Convener: Aisha S. Ivey. Presenters: Theresa Burriss, Radford University; Caroline Leggett, Activist, Radford University; Bianca Dickerson, Radford University; “A Glimpse into the Ballad Tradition of the Hicks’ Family from Victoria Curtis, Radford University; Kasey Campbell, Radford Beech Mountain, North Carolina,” Madison C. Moss, Mars Hill University, Wilderness Road Regional Museum and Raymond F. University. Ratcliffe Museum. “West Virginia Master Musician, Franklin George,” Aisha S. Ivey, Session 3.6. Roundtable Session: Cultural Influences. “The Florida State University. Evolution of Appalachian Culture: Traditional Values, Cultural “Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Creating Family Music Traditions in Influences, and Mainstream America.” Convener: Crystal Trout. Southern West Virginia,” Dana Stoker Cochran, Radford University. Presenters: Crystal Trout, Ohio University; Gerard Grigsby, Ohio Session 3.11. Paper Session: Art and Music. “Appalachian University; Jamie Linscott, Ohio University; and Chris Linscott, Soundscapes.” Convener: Ted Olson. Ohio University. “Sounds that Echo: Emma Bell Miles’ Changing Soundscape of Session 3.7. Roundtable Session: Economics & People Power. Walden’s Ridge, Tennessee, 1900-1919,” Joseph E. Decosimo, “The Power+ Plan and Citizen’s Movement for Just Transition in University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill. Appalachian and Beyond.” Convener: Betsy Taylor. “Knox County Stomp: Documenting Urban Appalachia’s Great Presenters: Dwight Billings, University of Kentucky; Eric Dixon, Depression-Era Location Recording Sessions,” Ted Olson, East Coordinator of Policy and Community Engagement, Appalachian Tennessee State University. Citizen’s Law Center; Gabby Gillespie, Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards; Mary Ann Hitt, Sierra Club Beyond Coal 13 “Diversity and Unity in Dialogue: Pete Seeger’s Rainbow Quest,” “Mine & Yours,” Jacob F. Hoke, Parkway School. Jodie D. Childers, Documentary Filmmaker and Writer. “Being Real,” Pamela C. Twiss, Department of Social Work, “Reviving Voices, Rewriting History: Rhiannon Giddens’ Banjo California University of Pennsylvania. and Her Search for Truth,” Alana D. Sherrill, Johnson & Wales Session 4.4. Paper Session: History. “Slavery in Appalachia.” University—Charlotte. Convener: Guy Aiken, University of Virginia. Session 3.12. Paper Session: Literature. “Crusading Women in “Peonage in West Virginia,” Ralph H. Lutts, Virginia Tech. Literature.” Convener: Julia McLeod. “Graysville: John D. Gray and Industrial Slavery in the Northwest “John Stuart Mill’s Liberal Political Economy in Rebecca Harding Georgia Mountains,” Robert L. Baker, Collins Hill High School. Davis’s Life in the Iron Mills,” Julia McLeod, University of Tennessee. Session 4.5. Paper Session: Diversity and Religion. “Race, “The Fiction of Emma Bell Miles: A Crusade for Mountain Religion and Crossing the Color Line.” Convener: Meredith Women’s Rights,” Grace Toney Edwards, Radford University. Doster. “Women of Appalachia Effecting Change: A Look at Fictional and “The Execution of Martin Moore: Racial Injustice in the 1930s Non-fictional Portrayals,” Pam Andrews Hanson, University of Justice System,” Anne Chesky Smith, University of Georgia. Nebraska—Kearney. “Affrilachian Agency and the Myth of Western North Carolina’s Session 3.13. Film Session: Documentary. “After Coal: Racial Innocence: The Integration of Brevard, North Carolina,” Welsh and Appalachian Mining Communities.” Tom Hansell, Elizabeth Moore, Gardner-Webb University. Appalachian State University. Sponsored by University of Kentucky, Cumberland Room, Student Center. “Crossing the Color Line: Teaching Burdens of Religious Difference from Africa to Appalachia,” Meredith Doster, Emory 4:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. Camp Happy Appalachee Reception. University. CONCURRENT SESSION 4, 4:00 P.M.-5:15 P.M. Session 4.6. Roundtable Session: Health. “The Maternal Infant Session 4.1. Panel Session: Appalachian Studies. “The One and Health Outreach Worker Program Final Report: A Multi Method the Many, Unity and Diversity: Philosophical Approaches for Randomized Control Trial Program Evaluation in Rural West Appalachian Studies.” Convener: M. Joseph Aloi. Virginia.” Convener: Marty Amerikaner. “Appalachian Identity as Narrative Identity,” M. Joseph Aloi, Presenters: Marty Amerikaner, Marshall University; Linda University of North Texas. Spatig, Marshall University; Chris LeGrow, Marshall University; Stephen O’Keefe, Marshall University; Debra Lockwood, Marshall “All that Feeds Us: Familiar Plants and Focal Practice in the University; Kathy Bialk, Marshall University; Kelli Kerbawy, Poetry of Marc Harshman,” Charles Brandon Hayes, University of Marshall University; and Amy Carlson, Marshall University. Montana. Session 4.7. Panel Session: Literature. “Women in Appalachian “Strip Mining and the Severing of Appalachian Identity,” Literature: Revolution and Independence.” Convener: Sylvia Charlotte Tidrick, University of Virginia. Bailey Shurbutt, Shepherd University. Session 4.2. Paper Session: Coal. “Life in the Coal Camps.” “Vine in Silas House’s A Parchment of Leaves: An Eco-Feminist Convener: John Verburg. Interpretation,” Danielle Carder, Shepherd University. “Coal Camp Churches: Unity and Diversity in the ‘Old Days,’ but “Women as Keepers of the Legends in The Midwife’s Tale,” Kristin with Discrimination on the Side,” John Verburg, Talladega College. Stover, Shepherd University. “Common Sense Economies: Socialist Strategies in Company “Nikki Giovanni: Chasing the Revolution,” Sylvia Bailey Shurbutt, Coal Mining Towns,” Zada Komara, University of Kentucky. Shepherd University. “Housing Diversity in Coal Company Towns: An Architectural Session 4.8. Panel Session: Leisure-Environment. “Reflections Exploration of Building Types,” Gregory Galford and William Biss, on the New River.” Convener: Brittany Means, Independent Chatham University. Scholar. “Persistence and Adaptation of Christmas Processional Dramas in “Except in Whispers,” Timothy W. Thornton, Virginia Western the Anthracite Region of Pennsylvania’s Appalachian Mountains,” Community College. Nicole Andel and Harold Aurand, Jr., Penn State-Schuylkill. “Wild and Wonderful,” Cat Pleska, Marshall University and Arizona Session 4.3. Panel Session: Sociology. “Becoming ‘Real’: Stories State. of Foster Families, Adoptive Mothering, and Childhood.” Convener: Sandra L. Ballard, Appalachian State University. “Between the Bridges,” Caroline Kane Kenna, Independent Scholar. “Zero to 100: A Foster Family’s Initiation,” Susan C. Weinberg, Appalachian State University. 14 Session 4.9. Paper Session: Sociology. “Caring Communities in Research, Leisure, and Networking Opportunities: Appalachia.” Convener: Pierce Greenberg. 9:00 a.m.-noon Historic Martinsburg Trolley Tour: Civil War “The Influence of Local Spatial Stratification on Poverty in Settings; Round House, Martinsburg. Departure from EOB (free Appalachia,” Pierce Greenberg, Washington State University. with pre-registration sign-up). “Ticket to a Better Life: Narratives of Heritage and Assimilation in 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of Urban Appalachia,” Melissa P. Wiser, University of Kentucky. the Civil War, German Street. Research facilities available, http:// www.shepherd.edu/civilwar. “Cultivating a Culture of Care: Ecological Justice, Spirituality of Place and the Post-Coal Economy,” Edward Sloane, Boston 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies. College. Research facilities available, http://www.byrdcenter.org/. Session 4.10. Performance Session: Poetry Reading. “Listening 9:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. Shepherdstown Self-guided Tour (maps at for the Voice that’s Not Being Heard.” Convener: Jessie van Registration, Student Center, Ram’s Den), http://shepherdstown. Eerden, West Virginia Wesleyan. info/. Presenters: Doug Van Gundy, West Virginia Wesleyan College; 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Biking on the C&O, across the Potomac Danielle Kelly, West Virginia Wesleyan College; Jessica Spruill, Bridge, http://www.nps.gov/choh/index.htm. West Virginia Wesleyan College. 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Little House Tours, Shepherd University Session 4.11. Paper Session: An Appalachian Potpourri. Campus, Princess Street, http://www.shepherd.edu/libweb/ Convener: Carissa Massey. shwebsite/historic_tour/littlehousebarn_campus.html. “Off the Mountain: Bascom Lamar Lunsford in Eastern North 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Y’ALL Gathering, Student Center, Rumsey Carolina,” Leanne E. Smith, East Carolina University, and Rodney Room. C. Sutton, Independent Folklorist. Y‘ALL COMM Meet and Eat, Dining Hall, Saturday, March 19, 6:00 “Gentrification of Craft in the Mountains,” Erica Collins, p.m.-800 p.m. Independent Scholar. Y’ALL Mixer, Town Run Brewing Company, Saturday, March 19, “Bringing It Down to Earth: An Exploration of the Limits of 9:30 p.m. Architecture Aesthetics in Understanding Class and the Built Environment in Southern West Virginia,” Carissa Massey, Adrian CONCURRENT SESSION 5, 8:30 A.M.-9:45 A.M. College. Session 5.1. Paper Session: LGTBQ. “Marginalized “Appalachia and the ‘Golden Age of Fraternity’: A Case Study of Mountaineers, Activism and Moving Forward.” Convener: Meigs County, Ohio, 1880-1930,” Ivan M. Tribe, University of Rio Matthew S. Parsons, Writer/Composer. Grande. “Marginalized Mountaineers: An Intimate Ethnographic Look 5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. KEYNOTE PLENARY IV. Frank X Walker, into the Lives of LGTBQ West Virginians,” James T. Chadwell, West “Escape from Negro Mountain: Writing History, Righting Virginia University. Wrongs.” “Mountaineers, Mountain Queers: The Effect of Appalachian 6:30 p.m.-6:45 p.m. Diversity and Unity Reception, Wellness Environmental Activism on Gender and Sexuality Norms,” Randi Center. B. Hagi, Eastern Mennonite University. 6:45 p.m.-8:45 p.m. Banquet and Awards, Wellness Center. “Being of Appalachia: Embodying the Region,” Christopher A. Miller, Independent Archivist. 9:00 p.m. Shepherdstown Mysteries Walk, departure from front steps of McMurran Hall, German Street ($10). Session 5.2. Paper Session: Literature. “Lee Smith and Silas House.” Convener: Sara Boissonneau. 9:00 p.m. Old Time Appalachian Square Dance, Town Run Brewing Company, 202 E. Washington St. “Reckoning & Religion in Lee Smith’s Saving Grace,” Virginia P. Dow, Liberty University. “The Role of Men in Appalachia, Fair and Tender Ladies,” Jean M. SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 2016 Tweedy, Liberty University. 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Registration, Exhibit Hall, Silent Auction, “Neo-Regionalism in Lee Smith’s Fair and Tender Ladies and Silas Student Center, Ram’s Den. House’s A Parchment of Leaves,” Sara Boissonneau, University of North Carolina—Pembroke. 8:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m. Committee Meetings at Clarion Hotel. Session 5.3. Panel Session: Transportation and Economics. 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Poster Exhibit, EOB Atrium (poster session “Trains and the Transformation of the Southern Appalachian 8.10). Mountains.” Convener: Les Reker. 15 “Trains: Bringing Commerce and Tourism to the Appalachian Appalachian Writers Cooperative. Mountains,” Les Reker, Rural Heritage Museum and Mars Hill Presenters: Richard Hague, Southern Appalachian Writers University. Cooperative; Scott Goebel, Southern Appalachian Writers “Railroads Cross the Great Appalachian Mountain Divide,” Ray Cooperative; Gurney Norman, University of Kentucky; Jim Webb, Rapp, Mars Hill University. Southern Appalachian Writers Cooperative. Session 5.4. Panel Session: Arts and Reform. “Appalachian Session 5.9. Roundtable Session: Music Festivals. “Slick Education and the Arts: John C. and Olive Dame Campbell, Pickers, Motorcycle Gangs, and Hillbillies: A Comparison and Views and Influences.” Convener: Philis Alvic. Exploration of Music Festivals in Appalachia.” Convener: Skye McFarland. “Thoughts on Education from John C. and Olive Dame Campbell,” Philis Alvic, Independent Scholar/Artist. Presenters: Skye McFarland, Chester Inn State Historical Site; Jordan Laney, Virginia Tech; Brittany R. Hicks, Augusta Heritage “A Practical Education for Mountain Children: John C. and Olive Center; Ian Watkins, Maine Humanities Council; Willard C. Watson Dame Campbell, Tuskegee Institute and Early 20th Century III, Appalachian State University. Appalachian Reform,” Penny Messinger, Daemen College. Session 5.10. Panel Session: International. “Carpathians— “Two Views of Empowerment Through the Arts: Olive Dame Appalachians: Preserving the Historic and Cultural Heritage Campbell and Allen Eaton,” Joy Gritton, Morehead State of the Carpathians.” Convener: Donald Davis, Independent University. Scholar. Session 5.5. Roundtable Session: Literature. “Kiss My Grits: “The Traditions and Beliefs of Highlanders as a Means of Badass Women in Literature, A Reading/Discussion.” Convener: Self-Identity and Ethnos Preserving,” Jaroslav Nykorak, Ivano- Savannah Sipple. Frankivsk College, Precarpathian National University. Presenters: Savannah Sipple, Hazard Community and Technical “Peculiarities of National Architecture in the Ukrainian College; Karen Sayler McElmurray, Gettysburg College; Amanda Carpathians,” Oleg Budnyk, Precarpathian National University. Jo Runyon, Pikeville College. “Features of Marriage and Family Relations of Ethnic Groups Session 5.6. Paper Session: Education. “Educational of Ukrainian Carpathians,” Vasyl Karabinovych, Precarpathian Communities.” Convener: Sharee Smith. National University. “Becoming an Educated Community Member: A Practical “Influence of Carpathian Folk Applied Art on Students’ Demonstration for Advising Professionals,” Sharee Smith, Personality Development,” Mykola Popiuk, Precarpathian Morehead University. National University. “Part-time Faculty in Rural Appalachia: Not What You Might Session 5.11. Paper Session: Music and Theater. “Voices from Think,” Ruby Robinson, Ivy Tech Community College—Wabash the Margins.” Convener: Marc Faris. Valley. “The Sound Under the Mountain: Place and Politics in “How Many, What Kind? Parent Involvement and Extracurricular Appalachian Outsider Music,” Marc Faris, East Carolina University. Participation among Rural Pennsylvanian High School Students,” Annelise Hagedorn, Pennsylvania State University. “Diversity and Unity in Theater: Robert Gipe and Higher Ground 5, Having Our Say,” Anita J. Turpin, Roanoke College. “Place-Based Experiential Learning and the High Rocks Teaching Model,” Alice Beecher and Sarah Riley, High Rocks Educational “Romancing the Folk in the Age of Hip Hop Wars: A Look at the Corporation. Divergent Historical Narratives of Appalachian Folk and Gangsta Rap,” Carson Benn, University of Kentucky. Session 5.7. Paper Session: Linguistics and Language. “The Rhetoric of Appalachia.” Convener: Amanda Hayes. Session 5.12. Film Session: Documentary. “Blackwater Canyon: Portrait of the Wild Lands,” Convener: Leann Price, “The Rhetoric of Coal Bumper Stickers in Southwest Virginia,” Marshall University. Tessa McCoy-Hall, University of Virginia-Wise. Presenters: Leann Price, Marshall University and Andrew Price. “Vowels in West Virginia, Shifting Identity through Vowel Space” Kirk Hazen, Emily Vandervender, Savanah Alberts, Christine Session 5.13. Paper Session: Historic Partnerships for a Better Odom, Kat Licause, West Virginia University. Appalachia. Convener: Richard Mulcahy. “Unity through Diversity in Appalachian Rhetoric,” Amanda “A Partnership for Change Forged in the Steel City: Michael Hayes, Ohio University. Musmanno & Henry Ellenbogen,” Richard Mulcahy, University of Pittsburgh. Session 5.8. Roundtable Session: Reading/Discussion. “Quarried: Three Decades of Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel “The Pennsylvania Highlands: Is It Appalachia?” Paul J. Zbiek, Literary Journal.” Convener: Pauletta Hansel, Southern King’s College. 16 “Citizen Participation in the Development of Pikesville, Kentucky “International Youth Highland Tourism in the Ukrainian Flood Control Policy,” Norman Rose, Case Western Reserve Carpathians: Development Prospects,” Mariia Dovbenko, Taras University. Shevchenko University of Kiev. 10:00 a.m.-11:15 a.m. SPECIAL PLENARY V, “Appalachian Session 6.5. Roundtable Session: Publishing. “In Our Own Percussive Dance Traditions in Historical and Cultural Context: Words: A Panel Discussion of Writing and Publishing in Researching the Meaning of Buck Dance and Reel ‘Em Boys, Appalachia.” Convener: Natalie Sypolt. Reel ‘Em.” Presenters: Matthew Olwell, Emily Oleson, and Becky Presenters: Natalie Sypolt, Pierpont Community and Technical Hill. College, Anthology of Appalachian Writers; Renee K. Nicholson, CONCURRENT SESSION 6, 10:00 A.M.-11:15 A.M. West Virginia University, Souvenir; Jason Howard, Berea College, Appalachian Heritage; Abby Freeland, West Virginia University Session 6.1. ASA Committee Sponsored Roundtable Session: Press; Jennifer Merrifield, Potomac State College of West Virginia “Y’ALL Professional Advancement Discussion.” Convener, Jana University, Backbone Mountain Review; Pauletta Hansel, Pine K. Teal. Participants: Joey Aloi, University of North Texas; Robert Mountain Sand & Gravel. Baker, University of North Georgia; Skye McFarland, The Chester Inn State Historical Site and Museum; Gabriel Piser, The Ohio Session 6.6. Panel Session: Film. “Otherness among Us: State University; Brittany Means, Create WV; Katie Teal, University Cultural Depictions of Urban Appalachians in 20th Century of North Georgia; Steve Fisher, Professor Emeritus Emory & Henry Film and Literature.” Convener: Sandra Ballard. College; Robert Gipe, Southeast Kentucky Community and “Truman Gates and the Transformation of Otherness in the Film Technical College; Lora Smith, Big Switch Farm; Sandy Ballard, Next of Kin,” Roger Guy, University of North Carolina-Pembroke. Appalachian Journal, Appalachian State University; Shaunna Scott, Journal of Appalachian Studies, University of Kentucky “Harriet Arnow’s The Dollmaker: The Nevels Family in Fiction and Film,” Martha Billips, Transylvania University. Session 6.2. Paper Session: Coal. “History of Coal.” Convener: Phillip A. Grant. “The Evolution of the Meme of Appalachian Otherness,” Thomas Wagner, Professor Emeritus, University of Cincinnati. “Black Coal and Butterflies: The Double Life of William Henry Edwards,” Stewart Plein, West Virginia University Libraries. Session 6.7. Film Session: Documentary. Convener: Hannah Furgiuele, Mars Hill University. “Voices from the Past, Vis-a-Vis Ranciere: Who We Were, Who We Are,” Glenna H. Graves, Lindsey Wilson College. “A Mighty Fine Memory: Stories and Times from the Fiddler of Banjo Branch,” Rebecca Jones, Videographer/Editor and Hannah “Breathless Voices: Personal Accounts of the Resurgence of Black Furgiuele, Mars Hill University. Lung in the Appalachian Coalfields,” Aysha A. Bodenhamer, North Carolina State University. Session 6.8. Paper Session: Sustainability. “Food, Farming, and Sustainability.” Convener: Stephen J. Scanlan. “Congressmen from Appalachia and the Bituminous Coal Act of 1935,” Philip A. Grant, Pace University—New York. “Food Insecurity in Appalachia: Patterns, Prevalence, and Forms,” Stephen J. Scanlan, Ohio University. Session 6.3. Paper Session: Language and Society. “Identity and Place.” Convener: Shelby H. McGuire, Marshall University. “Helping Farmers by Helping Consumers Identify Local Food: The Case of the Appalachian-Grown Branding Program,” Leah G. “The Myth of Obsolescence: Writing Appalachia as Relic Culture,” Matthews, University of North Carolina—Ashville. Janet Feight, Shawnee State University. “Creating Raised Gardens for Haldeman Community Center “Marginalization and Resilience from Within and Without After-School Programs: A Guide for Other After-School Programs,” Appalachia: Views on Place and Disruption in Eastern Kentucky Jamee Rogers, Morehead State University. and Washington, D.C.,” Kirsten L. Crase, University of Maryland— College Park. “All Creatures Great and Small: Valuing of Biodiversity in Our Common Home,” Jessica A. Wrobleski, Wheeling Jesuit University. “A Spatial Analysis of Appalachian Identity and Vernacular: Dispersed Distribution with a Concentrated Core,” Russell Weaver, Session 6.9. Paper Session: Education. “Education, Research, Texas State University—San Marcos. and Communities.” Convener: LeAnne Olson. Session 6.4. Panel Session: International. “Carpathians- “Reflections on Place: Changes in Perspective after High School,” Appalachia: Influence of Globalization Processes on the LeAnne Olson, Mountwest Community and Technical College, Development of International Tourism in the Ukrainian and Heather Stark, Marshall University. Carpathians.” Convener: Christopher Miller, Berea College. “Resurrecting the Colonial Model of Appalachia: Interventionist “Perspectives of the Development of the Tourism Industry in the Politics and the Formation and Maintenance of Unequal Ties,” Ukrainian Carpathians,” Uliana Budnyk, Precarpathian National Jacob L. Stump, Shepherd University. University.
17 “Institutional Partnerships as a Bridge to the Baccalaureate for 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. SPECIAL PLENARY VI, Storytelling in Adults in Appalachian Kentucky,” Nancy Preston, Morehead Appalachia, with Adam Booth. State University, and Amber Decker, Gateway Community and Technical College. CONCURRENT SESSION 7, 11:30 A.M.-12:45 P.M. “Education in Appalachia: An Exploratory Factor Analysis,” Rick Session 7.1. Panel Session: Literature. “Raising the Dead: Ferris, University of Charleston. Trauma and Healing in the Fallen World of Ron Rash.” Convener: Erin Presley. Session 6.10. Paper Session: Media. “Imagined Appalachia.” Convener: Kimberly G. Reigle. “Morning’s Fawnlight Yokes Inside Dew Beads, Each Hued Like a Rainbow’s Hatchling: Gerard Manley Hopkins and Imprism-ment “Appalachia: Real Place or Imagined Construct?” Barry T. in Ron Rash,” Jimmy Dean Smith, Union College. Whittemore, University of North Georgia. “Not Just Whistling Dixie: The Civil War’s Legacy in Ron Rash’s The “Stereotyping Appalachia on Reality TV,” Kimberly G. Reigle, Mars World Made Straight,” Martha G. Eads, Mennonite University. Hill University. “I Am Haunted Still: The Shelton Laurel Massacre in Rash’s Fiction “Drop in for a visit: The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West and Poetry,” John D. Lang, Emory and Henry College. Virginia,” Peter Thompson, Carleton University. Session 7.2. Paper Session: Community and Faith. Session 6.11. Roundtable Session: Diversity. “Moments and “Contemporary Faith in a New Appalachia.” Convener: Marc S. Momentum in Jefferson County African American History.” Mullinax. Convener: Sylvia Bailey Shurbutt Shepherd University. “Intentional Communities in Our Common Home: Building Presenters: John A. Cuthbert, West Virginia University Libraries- Interfaith Cultures of Encounter in a New Appalachia,” Michael Wise Library; Stewart Plein, West Virginia University; James Iafrate, University of St. Michael’s College. Green, Jr., Jefferson County Black History Preservation Society; James A. Tolbert, Sr., Jefferson County Black History Preservation “Asi Se Alaba a Dios: Music in Religious Service at a Latino Society; George C. Rutherford, Jefferson County Black History Evangelical Protestant Church in Southern Appalachia,” Ben Preservation Society. Duvall-Irwin, Appalachian State University. Session 6.12. Paper Session: Sociology. “Strategies for “Espiritualidad Sostenibilidad y Comunidad: The Latino- Economic Development.” Convener: Robert T. Perdue. Appalachian Connection at Narrow Ridge,” Guy Larry Osborne and Beth Vanlandingham, Carson Newman University. “Imprisoning Appalachia: The Socioeconomic Impacts of Prison Development,” Robert Perdue, Appalachian State University. “Progressive Religion in Appalachia—NOT an Oxymoron!” Marc S. Mullinax, Mars Hill University. “Naming, Symbolic Capital, and Socioeconomic Development in Appalachia,” Chris Holtkamp, Texas State University—San Marcos. Session 7.3. Paper Session: Folklore. “Folklore and Appalachia.” Convener: Edward L. Karshner. “Investing in Appalachia’s Future: Federally Funded Economic Diversification in Coal Counties,” Gabriel I. Schwartzman, “Fletcher Collins (1906-2004): Appalachian Teacher and Southern Mutual Help Association. Folklorist,” Sam F. Stack Jr., West Virginia University. “Uniting Appalachia’s New Image of Local Use and Beauty “These Stories Sustain Me: Traditional Narratives and the with Its Dark Extractive Past,” Nicholas J. Rose, Oklahoma Affirmation of Folk Metaphysics,” Edward Karshner, Robert Morris State University, and Ladan Ghahramani, North Caroline State University. University—Raleigh. “Mountain Monsters: Shadows of Otherness, Showing West Session 6.13. Paper Session: Ethnicity and Diversity. “Diverse Virginia Diversity through Cryptozoology,” J. Tyler Chadwell, West Voices, Appalachian Oral Histories.” Convener: Majed J. Virginia University, and Tiffany G. Arnold, Ohio University. Khader. Session 7.4. Paper Session: Environment. “Environmental “Appalachian Oral Histories: Voices History Forgot,” Kira L. Cope, Issues and Answers.” Convener: Kathy H. Olson. Marshall University. “Where’s Ms. Carson?: Ecofeminism and Appalachia” Kathy Olson, “Voices from Appalachia: Oral History as Community Visioning,” Lees-McRae College. Meredith McCool and Tessa McCoy-Hall, West Virginia University. “Bleeding Water: Adverse Effects on Appalachian Waterways and “Faces of Appalachia: Arab and Muslim Americans’ Contribution the Native Brook Trout Due to Pollutants,” Nathaniel Skaggs, East to the Welfare of the Region,” Majed J. Khader, Marshall Tennessee State University. University. “Frackonomics,” Jacqueline Yahn, Ohio University—Eastern. 11:15 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Coffee in EOB Atrium. “Appalachian Praxis: Promoting Re-Development of Former Mountain Top Removal Sites,” Michael E. Workman, West Virginia State University. 18 Session 7.5. Paper Session: Education. “Teaching for the Jason C. Sides, Southeast Missouri State University and James Future in the Region.” Convener: Mary Beth Bingman. Vanderleeuw, Lamar University. “Bringing Children Together, Changing a Community,” Mary Beth Session 7.10. Workshop/Performance Session: “Continued Bingman, Independent Activist Scholar. Growth: Original Voices Regenerating from the Jean Ritchie Ballad Tradition.” Convener: Sherry Cook Stanforth. “Connecting Past with Present through Children’s Music,” Elizabeth A. Dotson, Morehead State University. Presenters: Sherry Cook Stanforth, Thomas More College; Jim Cook, Musician; Nan Cook, Musician. “Camp Appalachia: Place-Based Enrichment for Gifted Students and Those Who Teach Them,” Sarah Widincamp, University of Session 7.11. Paper Session: Literature. “Diversity in North Georgia, and Kaity Brackett, University of North Georgia. Storytelling.” Convener: Ron Roach. “Literacy’s Role in Appalachian Diversity,” Kim Donehower, “On Finally Finding the Right Place To Be: Breece Pancake, Milton, University of North Dakota. and Me,” Jennifer Sullivan Spoor, Marshall University. Session 7.6. Paper Session: Gender and Economics. “Strange as This Weather Has Been: Appalachian Storytelling as “Addressing Adversity.” Convener: Shelby McGuire. Regional Re-Staging,” Tijah Bumgarner, Ohio University. “Imagining a Liberation Psychology for Appalachia: The Case “The Catawba Cycle: Manley Wade Wellman’s Revolutionary War of Southwestern Pennsylvanian Women Living in Poverty,” Fiction,” Ron R. Roach, East Tennessee State University. Gloria McGillen, Boston College Center for Human Rights and Session 7.12. Workshop Session: Art. “Painting the Sunsets International Justice. of Appalachia: The Diversity of Our Land.” Convener: Ariadne “Shared Histories and Experiential Challenges for Pennsylvania’s Gejevski. Female Farmers,” Dianna Clemens-Heim, Wilson College. 1:00 p.m.-2:15 p.m. Student Center, Storer Ballroom. ASA “Substance Abuse and the Family: Intervention in Rural Business Lunch. Appalachia,” Shelby H. McGuire, Marshall University. 2:15 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Coffee in CLS Atrium. Session 7.7. Paper Session: Food and Music. “Foodways and 2:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m. SPECIAL PLENARY VII, “Builder Levy and Field Research.” Convener: Lucy M. Long. the Face of Appalachia,” Presenters: Builder Levy, Jack Spadaro, “Food Images in Traditional Appalachian Music: Inventing and and Sylvia Bailey Shurbutt. Homogenizing a Regional Cuisine,” Lucy Long, Center for Food and Culture. CONCURRENT SESSION 8, 2:30 P.M.-3:45 P.M. “The Cornbread Project: An Introduction to Field Research and Session 8.1. ASA Education Committee Sponsored Roundtable Foodways,” Susan L. F. Isaacs, Union College. Session: “Pedagogical Practices in 21st Century Appalachian Studies.” Convener: Theresa L. Burriss, Radford University. “Cultivating Community: Helping Rural Libraries Develop Heirloom Seed and Story Repositories,” Rosann Kent, University Session 8.2. Roundtable Session: Diversity. “Making the of North Georgia. Path Together: Intersections of African American Studies, Women’s Studies, and Appalachian Studies.” Convener: Phillip Session 7.8. Paper Session: Gender. “LGBTQ, Out in Obermiller. Appalachia.” Convener: Casie J. McGee. Presenters: Phillip Obermiller, University of Cincinnati; Dwight “LGBTQ Literature in Appalachia,” Allison E. Carey, Marshall Billings, University of Kentucky; Ron Eller, (emeritus), University University. of Kentucky; Emily Satterwhite, Virginia Tech; Shaunna Scott, “Mountain Changelings: Radical Faerie Culture Formation in University of Kentucky; Chad Berry, Berea College. Appalachia,” Jason Ezell, University of Maryland—College Park. Session 8.3. Paper Session: Leisure. “Appalachian Adventure & “We Are . . . LGBT: Assessing Campus Climate for LGBT People,” Recreation.” Convener: Amanda R. Warren, University of South Casie J. McGee, Marshall University. Carolina—Aiken. Session 7.9. Paper Session: Social Economics. “Changing “Essential Cooperation: Public and Private Efforts to Develop Communities.” Convener: Jason C. Sides. and Maintain the Appalachian Trail,” Jacob D. Williams, California University of Pennsylvania. “An Overview of the Changing Population Dynamics in the Appalachian Region around Shepherd University,” Joseph Paul “Diversity and Unity within an Appalachian Adventure Sport: Guttmann, University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Whitewater Kayaking and Tension between Competition, Technology and the Environment,” Tim D. Catalano, Marietta “Finding Florida in the Mountains: Understanding the Role of College. the Creative Class in Appalachian Economic Development,”
19 Session 8.4. Paper Session: International. “Appalachia Abroad.” Session 8.10. Poster Session. Convener: Christopher Miller, Berea College. “Increasing Rural Tourism: A Demographic Profile of Visitors to “’Hillbillization’ of the Eastern Ukrainians and Revolutionary an OHV Park in Rural Kentucky,” Shaunna Scott, University of Events in Ukraine,” Radion Svynarenko, University of Kentucky, Kentucky; Michael J. Bradley, Eastern Kentucky University; and and Rudska Antonina, National Taras Shevchenko University of James N. Maples, Eastern Kentucky University. Kiev. “Motivations and Locavore Tendencies: A Preliminary Visitor “It Looks Like the Old Country: The Catskills, the Carpathians, and Study of Lexington, Kentucky, Craft Breweries,” Kenneth Joseph the Pale,” Timothy Di Leo Browne, Carleton University. Berend, Jr., Michael J. Bradley, and James Maples, Eastern Kentucky University. “International Voices in Appalachia: Reflections on Intercultural Communication at Marshall University,” Katelyn B. McGuffin, “Diabetes and the Appalachian Culture,” Judy Jenks Branscom, Marshall University. Radford University. Session 8.5. Paper Session: Education. “Teaching Composition and “Educational Technology Utilization in an Appalachian Ohio Valuing Regional Dialects.” Convener: Amanda Rachelle Warren. County,” Coby E. Long, Shawnee State University. “In the Present Tense: Appalachian Teachers Writing for Their “Institutional Procurement of Local Food at Appalachian State Work and Lives,” Elizabeth Campbell and Susan Malinowski, University,” Laura Brookshire and Cheryl Laws, Appalachian State Marshall University. University. “Accounting for Place in Composition Studies,” Matt Prater, “Aftereffects of After Coal: Educational Programming via Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Multimedia Resources,” Samantha R. Eubanks, Appalachian State University. “Ridge-Running in Composition: Navigating the Instruction of Standard English without Devaluing Regional Dialect,” Amanda “See You at the Fair!: The Impact of a Decade of West Virginia Rachelle Warren, University of South Carolina-Aiken. and Regional Center Archival Community Outreach Exhibits at West Virginia Fairs and Festivals,” Anna M. Schein, West Virginia “Unity through Diversity in Appalachian Rhetoric,” Amanda University. Hayes, Ohio University. “Rural Appalachian Foodways from Then to Now: Using Session 8.6. Performance Session: Music & Multimedia. “The Traditional Foods to Enhance Dietetic Practice,” Sarah Visocky, Sunrise Review: Music, Goodness, and the Environment,” Appalachian State University. Graham Smith-White, Sunrise Review. “A Newspaper Content Analysis of Flooding in Appalachian Session 8.7. Performance: Music & Slide Show. “Voices from Mining Towns,” Samantha A. Cook and Alice Jones, Eastern the Appalachian Coalfields.” Convener: Larry R. Smith. Kentucky University. Presenters: Larry Smith, Bottom Dog Press; Ruth Yarrow, Activist “Places and Spaces in Flux in the Twenty-First Century: The & Retired Professor; Sherry Cook Stanforth, Thomas More Relationship between Appalachian Studies Programs and College; Sue Ella Kobak, and Joseph Mulloy, Retired Miner. Appalachian Special Collections,” Andrea Leonard, Appalachian Session 8.8. Roundtable: Sociology. “UK Tomorrow Corps: State University. Reflections on a Summer in Service to Eastern Kentucky “Language, Variety, and Pedagogy: Teaching Dialect via Youth.” Convener J. Shane Barton. Literature,” Michelle Haugh O’Malley, Ohio University, and Presenters: J. Shane Barton, University of Kentucky; Rachael Christina Veladota, Washington State Community College. Herrington, University of Kentucky; Chelsea G. Adams, University “Oral History of the Clinchfield Railroad and Related Industry of Kentucky; Gabby Davis, University of Kentucky; Bethany in Unicoi County, Tennessee,” Ron Roach, East Tennessee State Williams, University of Kentucky. University. Session 8.9. Paper Session: Reframing Education. Convener: J. “Coal Mining Songs: A Genre for All Ages,” Reba Jones, Shepherd Michael King. University. “Voices of Future Teachers: Perceptions of Appalachian Students,” “Growing Appalachia: Local Foods and Community Development Michael Edward Hess; Tiffany Arnold; Connor Fewell; Tracy B. in Knox County, Kentucky,” Kathryn Engle, University of Kentucky; Kondrit; Amie E. Musselman; Meredith Anne Post; Steven Phillip Hannah Bingham, University of Kentucky; Alex Jones, Union Yeager, Ohio University. College; Angel Hill, Eastern Kentucky University; John Medlock, “Implications for Teaching in Rural Appalachia: Unity, Diversity Activist. and Location,” J. Michael King, University of Pikeville. “Coal Severance Taxes in Kentucky,” Angel Hill, Kentucky Student Environmental Coalition, Eastern Kentucky University.
20 Session 8.11. Performance Session: Literature. “New Angles of Scholar; Jasper Waugh-Quasebarth, University of Kentucky; Vision on Regional Expression: Readings from Old Cove Press.” Rebecca E. Beyer, Appalachian State University. Convener: Gurney Norman. Session 9.5. Roundtable Session: Film/Discussion. “Oyler, a “The Finley County Record: A Reading by Gurney Norman,” Gurney Film of an Appalachian Neighborhood, Risen from the Ashes.” Norman, University of Kentucky; “Marie: A Reading by Carrie Convener: Nancy Laird. Mullins,” Carrie Mullins, Writer; “The Things We See: Paintings by Presenters: Melissa L. Cornelius, Cincinnati State Technical and Pam Oldfield Meads,” Pam Meads, Artist/Writer. Community College; Omope Carter Daboiku, University of 3:45 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Coffee in CLS Byrd Atrium Cincinnati; Amy Randolph; Nancy Laird, Urban Appalachian Community Coalition; Craig Hockenberry, Three Rivers School 4:00 p.m.-5:15 p.m. SPECIAL PLENARY VIII, “Lessons from District. Goldenseal: Reflections on Preservation of History and Folklife,” John Lilly, folklorist and editor of Goldenseal. Session 9.6. Paper Session: Health. “Healthy Communities.” Convener: Michele Morrone. CONCURRENT SESSION 9, 4:00 P.M.-5:15 P.M. “Ailing in Place: Environment and Health in Appalachia,” Michele Session 9.1. Panel Session: Music and Stereotyping. Morrone, Ohio University. “Confronting Regional Stereotypes in and through Appalachian Music.” Convener: Ted Olson. “‘We’re Doing What We Can’: Diverse Voices Aligning against Substance Abuse in Appalachian Kentucky,” Lesly-Marie Buer, “Setting the Record Straight: Confronting Stereotypes in University of Kentucky. Historical Appalachian Recordings,” Ted Olson, East Tennessee State University. “Native Appalachian Nurses’ Evaluation of Cultural Competency Issues with Rural Appalachian Patients,” Robyn Seamon, “We’re not Anxious to Be Studied: Moonies, Environmentalists, Appalachian State University. and other Believers Loose in Appalachia,” Jeff Todd Titon, East Tennessee State University. “A Lifetime of Healthy Living: Unifying Awareness of Healthy Living among Appalachia’s Diversified Communities,” Kyle M. “Sounding Appalachian Spaces from Afar,” Lee Bidgood, East Smith, Morehead State University. Tennessee State University. Session 9.7. Film Session: Documentary. “Blood on the Session 9.2. Paper Session: Education. “Diversity and Success Mountain,” Mari-Lynn Evans, Director/Producer. in Education.” Convener: Julia A. Lewis. Session 9.8. Performance Session: Literature and Music. “Envisioning a Healthier Region: Diversity in Physical Education,” “Traveling the Dark, Lovely Places: A New Appalachia in Words Sydney J. Guffey, Morehead State U. and Music.” Convener: Silas D. House. “Third Grade Readers in the Appalachian Region, 1900-1930: An Presenters: Silas D. House, Berea College; Karen Salyer Analysis of Content, Characters, Settings and Authors,” Douglas McElmurray, West Virginia Wesleyan College and Gettysburg Sturgeon and Brandon Hall, Shawnee State University. College; Sam Gleaves, Berea College. “The CAVE: A Room with a View of Academic Success and More,” Session 9.9. Paper Session: Leisure. “Appalachia: The New Julia A. Lewis, Blue Ridge Community College. Wine Country.” Convener: Aron D. Massey. Session 9.3. Paper Session: Film. Diversity in Film. Convener: “The Regional Wine Trail: Identity Rhetoric and New Appalachian Walter E. Squire. Landscapes,” Jessie B. Blackburn, Appalachian State University. “Cinematic Depictions of Labor Actions in Appalachia,” Walter E. “From Mayberry to Merlot: Geographies of an Emerging Wine Squire, Marshall University. Region in the Yadkin Valley of North Carolina,” Aron D. Massey, Wilma Dykeman Faces of Appalachia Fellowship Research West Liberty University. “Appalachian Women in Film: Building the Appalachian Movie 5:15 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Coffee in EOB Atrium Database, Revealing Trends,” Meredith McCarroll, Wilma Dykeman Faces Of Appalachia Fellow, Bowdoin College. 5:30 p.m.-6:45 p.m. SPECIAL PLENARY IX, “Affrilachian Voices: Respondent: Anna Creadick Readings by the Affrilachian Poets, in Celebration of Twenty- Five Years.” Session 9.4. Roundtable Session: Politics. “Is Appalachia Zomia? James C. Scott’s ‘The Art of Not Being Governed and Presenters: Frank X Walker, Kelly Norman Ellis, Ricardo Nazario y the Utility of Comparative Mountain Studies.” Convener: Colon, and Bianca Spriggs. Katherine E. Ledford. 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. EOB Atrium. Publishers Reception and Presenters: Katherine E. Ledford, Appalachian State University; Book Signings. Betsy Taylor, Virginia Tech; Donald Edward Davis, Independent Y‘ALL COMM Meet and Eat, Dining Hall, Saturday, March 19, 6:00 p.m.-800 p.m. 21 6:30p.m.-8:00 p.m. Shepherdstown Stroll, Sup, and Sip “Critical Race Theory & Personal Reflections on the Continuing Problems of Racism in Appalachia,” Wilburn Hayden, Jr., York 8:00 p.m. Voices from the Misty Mountains SHOWCASE University. CONCERT, hosted by Award-Winning Liar and Storyteller Adam Booth and featuring Blue Yonder, Storyteller Lloyd Arneach, “What I Have Seen, Heard, Read and Said about Diversity and and Good Foot Dance Company. Tickets are $15 general Unity in the Misty Mountains,” Edward J. Cabbell, Scholar/ public; $10 ASA registrants; $5 children under 18. Shepherd Musician/Poet. University Frank Center Theater, West Campus Drive. Session 10.3. Roundtable Session: Gender. “Safe, Free, and Tickets are available at the Shepherd University Bookstore by LGBT: Legal Issues Facing LGBT West Virginians,” Jennifer calling 304-876-5219 or visiting www.shepherdbook.com. Meinig, ACLU of West Virginia. Y’ALL Mixer, Town Run Brewing Company, Saturday, March 19, Session 10.4. Roundtable Session: Literature. “Mary Lee 9:30 p.m. Settle’s O Beulah Land at Fifty.” Convener: Gibbs Kinderman (retired). Presenters: Catherine V. Moore, Beauty Mountain Studio; Ken SUNDAY, MARCH 20, 2016 Sullivan, West Virginia Humanities Council; Rosemary Hathaway, 8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Registration, Exhibit Hall, Silent Auction West Virginia University; Chris Green, Berea College. Wrap-up (Ram’s Den, Student Center) Session 10.5. Film Session: Documentaries. Race, Religion, 8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. ASA Steering Committee Meeting at and Gender. Convener: Ann M. Andaloro. Clarion Hotel “Untold Stories from Rowan County: The Long Road to Marriage,” 9:00 a.m.-10:15 a.m. ASA Program Committee Meeting at Ann M. Andaloro, Morehead State University. Clarion Hotel “Oh Happy Day: Brian Yerman’s Story,” Adam D. Sheffield and Leisure and Networking Opportunities: Laiken J. Boyd, Appalachian State University. 9:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. Shepherdstown Self-guided Tour (maps at Session 10.6. Roundtable Session: Food. “Gardens, Kitchens, Registration, Student Center, Ram’s Den), http://shepherdstown. Countryside: The Connecting Power of Food.” Convener: Nyoka info/. Hawkins. 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Biking on the C&O, across the Potomac “Selling the Fast Life: New Discourses of Food in Postwar Bridge, http://www.nps.gov/choh/index.htm. America, Nyoka Hawkins, Old Cove Press. 9:00 a.m. -1:00 p.m. Y’ALL Gathering, Student Center, Rumsey “Building Our Garden: Words and Stories from Kentucky Room. Gardeners,” Kate Black, Author of Row by Row. “Breaking Beans With Mother: Creating the Art of Food,” Pam CONCURRENT SESSION 10, 9:15 A.M.-10:30 A.M. Oldfield Meade, Independent Artist. Session 10.1. Paper Session: Literature. “Literature of Choice: Session 10.7. Roundtable Session: Environmental. “What is Fred Chappell, Thomas Wolfe, Denise Giardina, and Terry Kay.” Our Fracking Identity? Northern Appalachia in a New Era of Convener: Paul Haspel. Resource Extraction.” Convener: Sandra Barney. “The Berlin Summer of Thomas Wolfe: A Southern Mountaineer Presenters: Sandra Barney, Lock Haven University of Author’s Bizarre Sojourn in Nazi Germany, As Recounted in You Pennsylvania; Robert Sandow, Lock Haven University of Can’t Go Home Again,” Paul Haspel, Central Carolina Community Pennsylvania; Julie Spicher Kasdorf, Pennsylvania State College. University. “‘Hit’s the Fullness of Time’: An Approach to Denise Giardina’s Session 10.8. Performance Session: Readings. “Walk Kingdom Theology,” Bill Jolliff, George Fox University. Till the Dogs Get Mean: Readings on the Forbidden from “The Reproduction of Artists in Fred Chappell’s I Am One of You Contemporary Appalachia.” Convener: Karen Salyer Forever,” Beth K. Miller, East Tennessee State University. McElmurray. “Terry Kay’s The Year the Lights Came On: An Appalachian Presenters: Karen Salyer McElmurray, West Virginia Wesleyan Huckleberry Finn,” Joshua Riese, Shepherd University. College and Gettysburg College; Sarah Einstein, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, reading from Mountain Jews; Jason Session 10.2. Panel Session. Diversity. “Black Appalachian Howard, Berea College, reading from Bastards and Ghosts; Ida Studies: Three Pioneers Gather.” Convener: William H. Turner. Stewart, University of Delaware, reading from Between, Beneath, “Affrilachia: A Sociology of Knowledge and Literary Analysis of Beyond: Tunnel Vision in Coal Country; Jessie Van Eerden, West a New Appalachian Voice,” William H. Turner, Prairie View A & M Virginia Wesleyan College, reading from Walk Till the Dogs Get University. 22 Mean; Crystal Wilkinson, writer, reading from Strange Fruit Your Community,” Tom Hansell, Appalachian State University. Imagination Bears. “Student Collaboration with Community, the Long View,” Karen CONCURRENT SESSION 11, 10:45 A.M. -NOON Russo, Appalachian State University. Session 11.1. Panel Session: Food & Agriculture. “Growing Session 11.6. Performance/Media Session: Education. “Girls’ Food, Growing Farmers: Challenges and Strategies for Forming Media Education in West Virginia: Critical Media Literacy a Regenerative Agriculture System in Appalachia.” Convener: and Production.” Convener: Tammy Clemons, University of David H. Walker, Jr. Kentucky. “Blue Ridge Craft: Cultivating Meaningful Mentor Relationship Presenters: Shelby Mack, High Rocks Educational Corporation; between Aspiring and Experienced Farmers,” David H. Walker, Jr., Nicole Hall, High Rocks Educational Corporation, Richwood, West Appalachian State University. Virginia; Grace Harbert, High Rocks Educational Corporation, Lewisburg, West Virginia; and Katz Zuckett, High Rocks “The Blue Ridge Farm Book: A Series of Farm Profiles from Educational Corporation, Charleston, West Virginia. Northwestern North Carolina,” Louisa N. Murrey, Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture. Session 11.7. Paper/Performance Session: Poetry. “Reading Poetry and Telling Our Stories.” Convener: Chelsea N. Ensley, “West Virginia Food and Farm Coalition,” Elizabeth Spellman, Appalachian State University. West Virginia Food and Farm Coalition. “I Will Finish This Poem: Charles Wright’s ‘East of the Blue Ridge’: “Community Farm Alliance,” Mae Humiston, Community Farm Conversations with the Chinese Poets,” Rob Merritt, Bluefield Alliance. College. Session 11.2. Roundtable Session: Digital Technology. “This AppalAsian Life, Poems by Lisa Kwong,” Lisa Kwong, Indiana “Bringing Appalachian Archival History to Life: Opportunities University--Bloomington. and Challenges of Digitization.” Convener: Susan Williams. “McClung’s Book of Sermon Illustrations for the Itinerant Presenters: Susan Williams, Highlander Research and Education Evangelist,” Joshua C. Jones, University of Massachusetts-Boston. Center; Peggy Glahn, Reveal Digital; Caroline Rubens, Appalshop. Session 11.8. Paper Session: Arts. “Music and Dance in the Session 11.3. ASA Committee Sponsored Roundtable Session: Mountains.” Convener: Phil Jamison. Y’All. “Building an Intersectional Youth Movement.” Convener: Kendall A. Bilbrey, Stay Together Appalachian Youth Project. “Hoedowns, Reels, and Frolics: Roots and Branches of Southern Appalachian Dance,” Phil Jamison, Warren Wilson College. Participants: Kendall Bilbrey, Stay Together Appalachian Youth; Eddie Sloane, Boston College; Kierra Sims, Highlander Research “Berea College Country Dancers: Cultural Brokers and and Education Center; Izzy Broomfield, AmeriCorps VISTA; Ambassadors of Rural Traditions,” Deborah J. Thompson, Berea Gabriel Piser, The Ohio State University; Shaylan Clark, Higher College. Ground; Tyler Cannon, West Virginia University. 11:00 a.m.-12:30 Brunch, Dining Hall (box lunches are also Session 11.4. Paper Session: History. “Appalachia and the Civil available). War.” Convener: Seth A. Nichols. “The Isolation Factor: Civil War Sympathy,” Kevin Oshnock, Educator. “The Price of Honor: Confederate Veterans’ Dilemma in the Gilded Age: Charleston, West Virginia,” Seth Nichols, Marshall University. “‘I Feel like I’m Going Extinct’: Conversations about the Confederacy in South Central Virginia,” Lauren R. Moore, University of Kentucky. Session 11.5. Panel Session: Leisure & Tourism. “Building Bridges of Unity in the Elk Knob Communities in Western North Carolina: Tourism, Local Culture, and State Parks.” Convener: Nicholas J. Rose. “Focusing on Extended Creative Place-making for Economic Development,” Forrest Gray Yerman, Appalachian State University. “Facilitating Creative Place-Making between Students & 23 24
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