The Road Ahead The Next Thirty Years of Appalachian Studies Marshall University | Huntington, West Virginia | March 28-30, 2008 http://www.appalachianstudies.org CONFERENCE SPONSORS CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS • A Town Meeting Planning ASA’s Future • Keynote address by Silas House LEAD SPONSORS • Taking the High Road: Plenary Session & Marshall University Dialogue about MTR & Sustainable Development • Fiddle, Banjo, & Dulcimer playing by some of the University of Kentucky, Appalachian Center best traditional mountain musicians West Virginia Humanities Council • Tunes by an Eastern Kentucky db punk band Appalachian Regional Commission • Youth Speak: The future of the mountains via The Presler Family the media and voices of the youth Marshall University, English Department • 117 topical and interdisciplinary sessions plumbing the very boundaries of Appalachia University of Kentucky, Appalachian Studies Program PROGRAM CONTENTS Welcome to Marshall from Dr. Kopp ................. 2 ASA Committees ................................................ 3 Major Sponsors History of ASA Conferences ............................... 4-5 Exhibitors ............................................................ 5 Berea College, Appalachian Center Program Advertisers .......................................... 5 Marshall University Library Association Howard Dorgan Silent Auction ......................... 6 Marshall University Center for International Exhibitions & Books ........................................... 6 Programs Where Things Are Located ................................ 6 Preconference Activities ..................................... 6 Lincoln Memorial University Conference Overview.......................................... 7 Michael Perry and Heritage Farm ASA Committee Meetings .................................. 7 Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College Journal of Appalachian Studies ........................ 7 Conference Events and Gatherings ................... 8 Posters & Art ................................................... 8 Sponsors Keynote Speaker.............................................. 8 Appalachian Regional Studies Center, Radford Receptions ........................................................ 8 University ASA Business Meeting .................................... 8 Regional Research Institute, West Virginia University Town Hall Meeting .......................................... 8 Plenary Session ............................................... 8 Graduate Curriculum in Appalachian Studies, Youth Speak ..................................................... 8 East Tennessee State University Book Signings .................................................. 8 Sinclair Community College Entertainment ................................................. 8 Appalachian Journal, Appalachian State University Concurrent Sessions ........................................... 9-20 Maps .................................................................... 21-23 East Tennessee State University, Appalachian Center Advertisers .......................................................... 24-45 Appalachian Center, Eastern Kentucky University Index of Presenters and Conveners .................. 46-47 Graduate Humanities Program, Marshall University Special Thanks to all the units at Marshall who University Press of Kentucky give year-in and year-out to the support of ASA! University of Tennessee Press MU President’s Office University of Illinois Press MU Academic Affairs MU College of Education and Human Services West Virginia University Press MU Libraries University of Kentucky, Anthropology Department MU Graduate School University of Kentucky, Sociology Department MU Graduate School of Education and College of Liberal Arts, Marshall University Professional Development MU College of Liberal Arts ASA STEERING COMMITTEE 2007-2008 The Steering Committee is made up of all elected and appointed officers, the immediate past president, six elected at large members, and ex officio officers. In addition to officers and members of the steering committee, the chairs and members of standing and ad hoc committees are also listed. Elected Officers Appointed Officers Shaunna Scott, President Howard Dorgan, Historian (2003 – 2008) Chad Berry, Immediate Past President Mary Jo Graham, Marshall University Liaison Officer Carol Baugh, Vice President and President Elect Sandra Hayslette, Journal Editor, ex officio Mary Jo Graham, Secretary & Appalink Editor (2006 – Gene Hyde, Website Chair 2008) Kristin Kant, Finance and Development Committee Chair Stephanie Keener, Treasurer (2005 – 2008) Cassie Robinson, Scholarship Committee Chair Chris Green, Program Chairperson Mary Thomas, Executive Director, ex officio Lawrence Dukes, Vice Chair/Program Chair Elect Shannon Wilson, Archivist, ex officio At Large Members, Elected, Class of 2006 – 2008 At Large Members, Elected, Class of 2007 – 2009 Anthony Harkins Amelia Kirby Renee Scott Pamela Twiss Deanna Tribe Veronica Womack 2008 PROGRAM Donna Sue Groves e-Appalachia Award ASA HEADQUARTERS, COMMITTEE Fred Hay Gene Hyde, Chair MARSHALL Chris Green, Program Chair Terry Kessinger UNIVERSITY Daniel Holbrook, Local Shaunna Scott, ex officio Jake Spadaro Mary Thomas, Executive Arrangements Chair Mary Thomas, ex officio Documentary Award Director Shirley Stewart Burns Jack Wright, Chair Fei Wang, Assistant John Richards Website Committee Yuxing Cao, GA Lora Smith Gene Hyde, Chair Long-Range Planning Thanh Nguyen, GA Jason Burns Committee Tung Nguyen, GA Past Program Committee Mary Jo Graham, ex officio Roberta Herrin, Co-chair Natalie Adkins, Intern Chair Derek Mullins Deanna Tribe, Co-chair Kathie Shiba Phil Obermiller Chad Berry, ex officio COLLABORATIONS Boyd Shearer, Website Marie Cirillo Berea College/ASA Manager Ashley Cochrane Weatherford Award STANDING Linda Spatig, ex officio Steve Fisher Non-fiction: COMMITTEES Mary Thomas, ex officio Nina Gregg, Facilitator Berea College Committee Wilburn Hayden Members: Finance and Sandra Hayslette Dykeman Stokely Development Committee AD HOC Phil Obermiller Susan Weatherford Kristin Kant, Chair COMMITTEES Erik Tuttle ASA Committee Members: Becky Bailey Shaunna Scott, ex officio John Alexander Williams, Chad Berry ASA-Black Belt Chair Sandra Hayslette Committee Richard Couto EDITORIAL STAFF: Stephanie Keener Sokoya Finch, Chair David Whisnant JOURNAL OF Terry Kessinger G. Frank Bills APPALACHIAN STUDIES John Nemeth Steve Fisher Fiction and Poetry Philip Obermiller Rosalind Harris Sandra Hayslette, Editor Berea College Committee Edwina Pendarvis Veronica Womack Linda Spatig, Associate Members: Cassie Robinson Editor George Brosi, Chair Mary Thomas, ex officio AWARDS COMMITTEE Mary Thomas, Executive Warren J. Carson William Schumann, Chair Director (Managing Marianne Worthington Membership Committee Editor) ASA Committee Members: Ann Rathbun, Chair Carl A. Ross Student Katherine Ledford, Book Sandra Ballard Cassie Robinson Paper Award Review Editor Renee Scott William Schumann, Chair Jo. B. Brown, Bibliographer HOWARD DORGAN Pamela Twiss Kris Clifford, Copyeditor SILENT AUCTION Cratis D. Williams/James Suzanna Stephens, Layout Proceeds benefit the ASA Nomination Committee S. Brown Service Award Editor Scholarship Fund. Carol Baugh, Chair Emily Satterwhite, Chair Ryan Sarver, Intern Carol Baugh, Chair Theresa Burchett Philis Alvic Amelia Kirby Helen M. Lewis ASA NEWSLETTER: Donna Sue Groves Community Service APPALINK Deanna Tribe Scholarship Committee Award Mary Jo Graham, Editor Grace Edwards Cassie Robinson, Chair Patricia Beaver, Chair Mary Thomas, Managing Gordon Simmons Carol Baugh, ex officio Editor Chad Berry ABOUT THE APPALACHIAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION: 1987 – 2008 DATE PRESIDENT LOCATION PROGRAM CHAIR 2007 - 2008 Shaunna Scott Marshall University, Huntington, WV Chris Green The Road Ahead: The Next Thirty Years of Appalachian Studies 2006 - 2007 Chad Berry Maryville College, Maryville, TN Kathie Shiba Celebrating an Organization and a Region: Piecing the Appalachian Experience (The 30th Anniversary of ASA) 2005 - 2006 Phillip Obermiller Sinclair Community College, Dayton, OH Thomas Wagner Both Ends of the Road: Making the Appalachian Connection 2004 - 2005 Melinda B. Wagner Radford University, Radford, VA Parks Lanier Vital Words and Vital Actions: Partnerships to Build a Healthy Place 2003 - 2004 Thomas S. Plaut Cherokee High School, Cherokee, NC Carol Boggess Building A Healthy Region: From Historical Trauma to Hope and Healing 2002 - 2003 Gordon McKinney Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY Alan Banks Building a Healthy Region: Environment, Culture, Community 2001 - 2002 Helen M. Lewis Unicoi State Park, Helen, GA Patricia Beaver Voices from the Margins—Living on the Fringe 2000 - 2001 Sally Ward Maggard Snowshoe Mountain Resort, Pocahontas County, WV Sandra Barney Standing on a Mountain: Looking to the Future 1999 - 2000 James B. Lloyd University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN Jane Woodside Regional Stewardship for a Millennium: Integrating Cultural, Social, and Scientific Development in Appalachia 1998 - 1999 Stephen L. Fisher Southwest Virginia Center for Higher Education, Tal Stanley Abingdon, VA The Power of Place and the Struggle for Justice: Appalachia at Century’s Turn 1997 - 1998 Howard Dorgan Appalachian State University, Boone, NC Susan Keefe Building Sustainable Mountain Communities: Tradition and Change 1996 - 1997 Dwight B. Billings Ft. Mitchell, KY Kate Black & Urban Appalachia Shaunna Scott 1995 - 1996 John C. Inscoe Unicoi State Park, Helen, GA Curtis