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2014
Saturday, March 29th
10:15 AM

Session 6.01 Plenary II Sue Massek: Appalachian Women

Plenary II: Sue Massek (Appalachian Women, A Herstory of Oppression and Resistance)

Other

Sue Massek

Corbly Hall 105 with Corbly Hall 104 and 106 as overflow

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Session 6.02 Gender and Sexuality

Rainbow In the Mountains

Theater

Readings from the Diary of an Appalachian Drag Queen

Okey J. Napier Jr, Community

Harris Hall 138

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Session 6.03 Activism and Organizing

Popular Education: Prison Expansion in Central Appalachia

Workshop

Elizabeth Sanders, Appalshop/WMMT
Sylvia Ryerson, Appalshop/WMMT
Marley Green, Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards, Central Appalachian Prisoner Support Network

Harris Hall 102

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Session 6.04 Folklore and Folkways

Scary and Merry Mountain Folklore and Folkways: Carpathian and Appalachian Connections in Romania and West Virginia

Panel

They Say Evil Has a Tail: Erie Presences Reinforcing the Everyday Ethics in Carpathian Rural Communities (Maramures and Hateg)

Pesky Critters and Mountain Folklore: Collaborative Historicity, Futurology, and The Post-Industrial Negotiation Process in Appalachia at Point Pleasant, West Virginia’s Mothman Festival

Hard Times, Post Industrial Negotiations, Invisible Communities, and Merry Cemeteries

Dan Shope, Shawnee State University
Georgeta Moarcas, Transylvania University of Brasov, Romania
Cristian Pralea, Transylvania University of Brasov, Romania

Harris Hall 139

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Session 6.05 Social Sciences

Measuring Outcomes: Results of a Five-Year Partnership Between Milligan College and Appalachia Service Project

Panel

Joy Drinnon, Milligan College
Charles Oberweiser, Appalachia Service Project
Bert Allen, Milligan College
Nate Andrew, Milligan College

Harris Hall 229

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Session 6.06 History

Bushwhackers, Red Men, Red Necks, Ku Kluxers and Tree Huggers: The Radical Tradition in West Virginia

Paper

Michael E. Workman, West Virginia State University

Harris Hall 234

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Session 6.06 History

Cultural and Natural Flows: A History of Water in Ashe and Watauga Counties

Paper

Rachel L. Taylor, The University of Washington

Harris Hall 234

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Session 6.06 History

"Not to transform a culture, but to perpetuate it": The Role of Whiteness in the Desegregation of Schools in Chattooga County, Georgia

Paper

Sarah M. Widincamp, University of North Georgia

Harris Hall 234

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Session 6.06 History

The Great Herbarium: John Lyon and Early ‘Resource Extraction’ in Appalachia

Paper

Drew A. Swanson, Wright State University

Harris Hall 234

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Session 6.07 Outmigration

Community-based Research and Web Design for Appalachian Advocacy Organizations

Workshop

Kathryn T. Taylor, Purdue University
Jonathan Bradshaw, Miami University - Oxford

Harris Hall 303

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Session 6.08 Literature and Poetry

James Wright's Northern Appalachia

Paper

William S. Hanna, West Liberty University

Harris Hall 130

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Session 6.08 Literature and Poetry

Justified: Elmore Leonard's Intersection between Appalachian Good and Evil

Paper

Virginia P. Dow, Liberty University

Harris Hall 130

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Session 6.08 Literature and Poetry

Many-Storied House: A Reading with Writing Model

Paper

George Ella Lyon

Harris Hall 130

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Session 6.08 Literature and Poetry

The Children are Our Future: Exploring the Role of Children in Appalachian Literature

Paper

Melissa P. Wiser, University of Kentucky

Harris Hall 130

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Session 6.09 Literature and Poetry

“Anything will bend if you put enough fire to it:” How Denise Giardina Showcases the Voices of Appalachian Miners

Paper

Bethny A. Barrett, Hollins University

Harris Hall 402

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Session 6.09 Literature and Poetry

From Berry to Pancake: Machine Junk and Membership

Paper

Matt Wanat, Ohio University - Lancaster Campus

Harris Hall 402

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Session 6.09 Literature and Poetry

“This Wealth of Wisdom Perished”: Reading a New Appalachia in the Literature of Labor Disaster

Paper

Brent W. Cline, Spring Arbor University

Harris Hall 402

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Session 6.09 Literature and Poetry

What My Heart Wants to Tell: Women's Voices from the Coalfields

Paper

Beth A. Carroll, Marshall University

Harris Hall 402

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Session 6.10 Social Sciences

Appellation Appalachia: A Geography of Appalachian Wine

Paper

Aron D. Massey, West Liberty University

Harris Hall 446

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Session 6.10 Social Sciences

Farming with Kin: The Roots and Resilience of Reciprocal Labor Practices in Northeast Tennessee

Paper

Susie Donaldson, University of Iowa

Harris Hall 446

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Session 6.10 Social Sciences

My Momma Used To Say: Language and Its Effect on Others' Perception of Our Leadership Abilities

Paper

Michele D. Kegley, University of Cincinnati - Raymond Walters College

Harris Hall 446

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Session 6.10 Social Sciences

Walking Score Matrix for Two Appalachian Communities in West Virginia

Paper

Mark G. Middleton, West Virginia University
Susan Partington, West Virginia University
Donald J. Lacombe, West Virginia University

Harris Hall 446

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Session 6.11 Tourism and Development

Be Careful What You Wish For: Public History as a Function of Preservation and Deconstruction in Bramwell, West Virginia

Paper

Dana Stoker Cochran, Virginia Tech

Harris Hall 236

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Session 6.11 Tourism and Development

Hope and Uncertainty in East Kentucky: Imagining a Future With and Without Coal

Paper

Shelly A. Biesel, University of Louisville

Harris Hall 236

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Session 6.11 Tourism and Development

Improving Community Quality of Life Through Collaboration: The North Park Landfill Reuse Project of Wheeling, West Virginia

Paper

Kudzayi Maumbe, West Virginia University
Melissa Thompson, City of Wheeling

Harris Hall 236

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Session 6.11 Tourism and Development

Porch Sitting Politics: The Life of Tommy Walsh

Paper

Willard C. Watson III, Appalachian State University

Harris Hall 236

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

2015
Saturday, March 28th
1:00 PM

Session 6.01 Literature

Beyond "The Brier": Performance of Self in the Works of Jim Wayne Miller

Paper

Matt Prater, Emory and Henry College

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Session 6.01 Literature

“Happy Hills of Song”: Mountains in the Lyrics of Obscure Dalton, Georgia Poet Robert Loveman

Paper

Marsha A. Mathews, Dalton State College

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Session 6.01 Literature

Poets of the Appalachian North: Ecohistorical Renderings of Place in James Wright, Maggie Anderson, and Richard Hague

Paper

William Scott Hanna, West Liberty University

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Session 6.01 Literature

The Education of Charles Wright: Kingsport, Tennessee, as Poetic Homeland

Paper

Scott R. Honeycutt, East Tennessee State University

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Session 6.02 Arts

“The ground here sticks to your feet”: Community-based theater, narrative paradigms, and the reclamation of Appalachian identity

Paper

Benjamin N. Barron, Oxford University

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Session 6.02 Literature

Appalachia: Raw and Dynamic in Elmore Leonard’s Justified

Paper

Virginia P. Dow, Liberty University

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Session 6.02 Literature

Dramatic Representations of Change in Eastern Kentucky: Foglights and Long Time Travelling

Paper

Anita J. Turpin, Roanoke College

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Session 6.02 Mass Media

New Sustenance for Appalachia’s Arts and Culture

Paper

Janice T. Pope, Appalachian State University

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Session 6.03 Ethnicity and Race

The Holy Ghost in the Cherokee Mountains: Missionaries, Hymns, and Landscape Spirits.

Paper

James A. Owen, University of Georgia

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Session 6.03 Religion

Of Mountain Flesh: Towards a Theology of Appalachian Creatures

Paper

Scott C. McDaniel, University of Dayton

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Session 6.03 Religion

The World is Albert Fish

Performance

Cari L. Moore, University of Pikeville

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Session 6.03 Stereotypes

“These Signs Shall Follow: Demystifying Stereotypes in the Serpent Handling Tradition.”

Paper

Melanie R. Harsha, Appalachian State University

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Session 6.04 Education

Play Me Some Mountain Music: Building Community Through the Arts in a New Deal Experimental Community

Paper

Sam F. Stack Jr., West Virginia University

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Session 6.04 Music

Defining the West Virginia Singer-Songwriter

Paper

Travis Stimeling, West Virginia University

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Session 6.04 Music

West Virginia’s Traditional Country Music

Paper

Ivan Tribe, University of Rio Grande
Jake L. Bapst, University of Rio Grande

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Session 6.05 Literature

From the Greek Chorus and Psalmists' Choir: Writers Tuning into Old Music to Make New

Panel

Jessie van Eerden, West Virginia Wesleyan College
Doug Van Gundy, West Virginia Wesleyan College
Mary Carroll-Hackett, Longwood University
Jeremy Jones, Western Carolina University

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Session 6.06 Appalachian Studies

Persistent Misperceptions: Rehabilitating Jack Weller, Reevaluating Harry Caudill

Panel

Harry Caudill

Respondent and Discussant

Convener/Moderator

Thomas Wagner, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus
Bruce Tucker, University of Windsor
Steve Fisher
Phillip Obermiller, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Session 6.07 (Education) OUR STORY, THIS PLACE: African American Education in Madison County North Carolina, The Mars Hill Anderson Rosenwald School

Les Reker, (Moderator) Session Introduction

Panel

Oralene Simmons: On being a Rosenwald School alumnae and the first Black accepted to Mars Hill University

Ryan Phillips: The rehabilitation of the Mars Hill Anderson Rosenwald School building

Fatimah Shabazz and Omar McClain -joint presentation On being students at the Mars Hill Anderson Rosenwald School

Les Reker, Rural Heriatge Museum of Mars Hill University
Oralene Anderson Simmons, Rural Heritage Museum/Mars Hill University
Ryan E. Phillips, Rural Heritage Museum/Mars Hill University
Fatimah Shabazz, Rural Heritage Museum/ Mars Hill University
Omar McClain, Rural Heritage Museum/Mars Hill University

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Session 6.08 Railroads

The Clinchfield and Unicoi County: Documenting the Oral History and Traditions of a Railroad Community

Panel

The Clinchfield and Unicoi County: Documenting the Oral History and Traditions of a Railroad Community

The Clinchfield and Unicoi County: Documenting the Oral History and Traditions of a Railroad Community

The Clinchfield and Unicoi County: Documenting the Oral History and Traditions of a Railroad Community

Christopher R. W. Sharpe, East Tennessee State University
John Curtis Goad, East Tennessee State University
Emily Booker, East Tennessee State University
Chad Fred Bailey, East Tennessee State University
Joshua Wayne Lester
Maria Lovelady
Cathryn Washell

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Session 6.09 Language: Language and Identity in Appalachia

Mountain Intonation: Using Pitch in Appalachian Englishes

Panel

Interactive Stances in Ethnographic Fieldwork with Urban Appalachian Migrants

The Other H-Word in Appalachia

Language Accommodation Even at Home

Paul E. Reed, University of South Carolina - Columbia
Bridget Anderson, Old Dominion University
Michael Montgomery, University of South Carolina - Columbia
Judy B. Bernstein, William Paterson University
Billy Ward II, King University

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Session 6.10 Environment

Our Water, Our Future

Panel

Katey Lauer, The Alliance for Appalachia
Patrick Morales, Statewide Organizing for Community eMpowerment
Alice Howell, Cumberland Chapter Sierra Club
Jane Branham, Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Session 6.11 (Ethnicity and Race) "Forever Free": Unearthing the Buried History of Appalachian Slavery

The Past in the Present: How Innovative History-making Shapes Our Many Mountains

Panel

: Creating "Forever Free:" Uncovering Slave Deeds in Buncombe County, North Carolina

Many Mountains: Immersing Students in the Tough Stuff of Appalachian Public History.

Finding Their Stories: Digging into the Slave Records of Madison County, North Carolina

Kathryn Newfont, Mars Hill University
Drew Reisinger, Buncombe County, NC
Patrick Cash, Mars Hill University
Ragan Ramsey, Mars Hill University

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Session 6.12 (Appalachian Studies) Pedagogy and Practices: New Resources for Teaching Appalachian Studies

Developing and Using Artifact Encounter Pedagogy in the Loyal Jones Appalachian Center at Berea College

Panel

Teaching Writing in the College Classroom through Global Connections to Appalachia

Integrating Teaching: Music, Appalachian Studies, and Sustainability

Katherine E. Ledford, Appalachian State University
Christopher A. Miller, Berea College
Donna T. Corriher, Appalachian State University
Lee Bidgood, East Tennessee State University

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Session 6.13 (Music) Howard Armstrong: the legendary African-American string band musician, and the Appalachian Community that Celebrates him.

The Music and Legacy of Howard Armstrong

Panel

Stories of My Time with Howard and Barbara

Between a Ballad and a Blues: Writing the Play About Howard “Louie Bluie” Armstrong

Revitalizing Our Communities Through Music and Arts

Peggy Mathews, Campbell Culture Coalition
Chris Durman, University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Linda Parris-Bailey, Carpetbag Theatre
Jo Anne Myers, Campbell Culture Coalition

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Session 6.15 Education

Pull Up A Chair: Lessons and Vision From The Appalachian Food Summit

Roundtable

Amelia Kirby, Appalachian Citizens' Law Center
Ronni Lundy, Author & Appalachian Food Summit co-organizer
Travis Milton, Chef & Appalachian Food Summit co-organizer
Sheri Castle, Author & Appalachian Food Summit member

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Session 6.16 Education

Appalachian Transition: A cross sector approach to regional transition.

Workshop

Willa K. Johnson
Joey Aloi
Mae Humiston
Carol Davey
Zachary D. Swick
Catherine V. Moore

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Session 6.17 Music

Wayfaring Strangers: The Musical Voyage from Scotland and Ulster to Appalachia

Performance

Jack Beck, Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap
Doug Orr, Warren Wilson College, President Emeritus
Darcy Orr, Warren Wilson College

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM