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2014
Saturday, March 29th
10:15 AM

Session 6.01 Plenary II Sue Massek: Appalachian Women

Other

Convener: Shannon Bell, University of Kentucky

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

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

Theater

Convener: Okey J. Napier, Community

Rainbow In the Mountains

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

Workshop

Convener: Elizabeth Sanders, Appalshop/WMMT

Popular Education: Prison Expansion in Central Appalachia

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

Panel

Convener: Dan Shope, Shawnee State University

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

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

Panel

Convener: Joy Drinnon, Milligan College

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

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

Paper

Convener: Michael E. Workman, West Virginia University

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

Michael E. Workman, West Virginia State University

Harris Hall 234

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Session 6.06 History

Paper

Convener: Michael E. Workman, West Virginia University

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

Rachel L. Taylor, The University of Washington

Harris Hall 234

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Session 6.06 History

Paper

Convener: Michael E. Workman, West Virginia University

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

Sarah M. Widincamp, University of North Georgia

Harris Hall 234

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Session 6.06 History

Paper

Convener: Michael E. Workman, West Virginia University

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

Drew A. Swanson, Wright State University

Harris Hall 234

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Session 6.07 Outmigration

Workshop

Convener: Kathryn T. Taylor, Perdue University

Community-based Research and Web Design for Appalachian Advocacy Organizations

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

Paper

Convener: William S. Hanna, West Liberty University

James Wright's Northern Appalachia

William S. Hanna, West Liberty University

Harris Hall 130

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Session 6.08 Literature and Poetry

Paper

Convener: William S. Hanna, West Liberty University

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

Virginia P. Dow, Liberty University

Harris Hall 130

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Session 6.08 Literature and Poetry

Paper

Convener: William S. Hanna, West Liberty University

Many-Storied House: A Reading with Writing Model

George Ella Lyon

Harris Hall 130

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Session 6.08 Literature and Poetry

Paper

Convener: William S. Hanna, West Liberty University

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

Melissa P. Wiser, University of Kentucky

Harris Hall 130

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Session 6.09 Literature and Poetry

Paper

Convener: Bethany A. Barrett, Hollins University

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

Bethny A. Barrett, Hollins University

Harris Hall 402

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Session 6.09 Literature and Poetry

Paper

Convener: Bethany A. Barrett, Hollins University

From Berry to Pancake: Machine Junk and Membership

Matt Wanat, Ohio University - Lancaster Campus

Harris Hall 402

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Session 6.09 Literature and Poetry

Paper

Convener: Bethany A. Barrett, Hollins University

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

Brent W. Cline, Spring Arbor University

Harris Hall 402

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Session 6.09 Literature and Poetry

Paper

Convener: Bethany A. Barrett, Hollins University

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

Beth A. Carroll, Marshall University

Harris Hall 402

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Session 6.10 Social Sciences

Paper

Convener: Aron D. Massey, West Liberty University

Appellation Appalachia: A Geography of Appalachian Wine

Aron D. Massey, West Liberty University

Harris Hall 446

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Session 6.10 Social Sciences

Paper

Convener: Aron D. Massey, West Liberty University

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

Susie Donaldson, University of Iowa

Harris Hall 446

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Session 6.10 Social Sciences

Paper

Convener: Aron D. Massey, West Liberty University

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

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

Harris Hall 446

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Session 6.10 Social Sciences

Paper

Convener: Aron D. Massey, West Liberty University

Walking Score Matrix for Two Appalachian Communities in West Virginia

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

Paper

Convener: Dana Stoker Cochran, Virginia Tech

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

Dana Stoker Cochran, Virginia Tech

Harris Hall 236

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Session 6.11 Tourism and Development

Paper

Convener: Dana Stoker Cochran, Virginia Tech

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

Shelly A. Biesel, University of Louisville

Harris Hall 236

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Session 6.11 Tourism and Development

Paper

Convener: Dana Stoker Cochran, Virginia Tech

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

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

Paper

Convener: Dana Stoker Cochran, Virginia Tech

Porch Sitting Politics: The Life of Tommy Walsh

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

Paper

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

Matt Prater, Emory and Henry College

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Session 6.01 Literature

Paper

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

Marsha A. Mathews, Dalton State College

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Session 6.01 Literature

Paper

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

William Scott Hanna, West Liberty University

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Session 6.01 Literature

Paper

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

Scott R. Honeycutt, East Tennessee State University

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Session 6.02 Arts

Paper

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

Benjamin N. Barron, Oxford University

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Session 6.02 Literature

Paper

Appalachia: Raw and Dynamic in Elmore Leonard’s Justified

Virginia P. Dow, Liberty University

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Session 6.02 Literature

Paper

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

Anita J. Turpin, Roanoke College

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Session 6.02 Mass Media

Paper

New Sustenance for Appalachia’s Arts and Culture

Janice T. Pope, Appalachian State University

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Session 6.03 Ethnicity and Race

Paper

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

James A. Owen, University of Georgia

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Session 6.03 Religion

Paper

Of Mountain Flesh: Towards a Theology of Appalachian Creatures

Scott C. McDaniel, University of Dayton

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Session 6.03 Religion

Performance

The World is Albert Fish

Cari L. Moore, University of Pikeville

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Session 6.03 Stereotypes

Paper

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

Melanie R. Harsha, Appalachian State University

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Session 6.04 Education

Paper

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

Sam F. Stack Jr., West Virginia University

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Session 6.04 Music

Paper

Defining the West Virginia Singer-Songwriter

Travis Stimeling, West Virginia University

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Session 6.04 Music

Paper

West Virginia’s Traditional Country Music

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

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Session 6.05 Literature

Panel

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

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

Panel

Persistent Misperceptions: Rehabilitating Jack Weller, Reevaluating Harry Caudill

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

Panel

Les Reker, (Moderator) Session Introduction

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

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

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

Panel

Mountain Intonation: Using Pitch in Appalachian Englishes

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

Panel

Our Water, Our Future

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

Panel

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

: 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

Panel

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

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.

Panel

The Music and Legacy of Howard Armstrong

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

Roundtable

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

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

Workshop

Appalachian Transition: A cross sector approach to regional transition.

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

Performance

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

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