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2014
Saturday, March 29th
4:45 PM

Session 9.01 Plennary III Eric Lassiter and Elizabeth Campbell: Ethnography

Other

Convener: Anita Puckett, Virginia Tech

Plenary III : Collaborative Ethnography, Collaborative Research: Co-imagining New Possibilities for Appalachian Studies

Eric Lassiter, Marshall University
Elizabeth Campbell, Marshall University

Corbly Hall 105 with Corbly Hall 104 and 106 as overflow

4:45 PM - 6:00 PM

Session 9.02 Performance

Film

Convener: Ann M. Andaloro, Morehead State University

Living and Dying in Appalachia: Four short films

The Calling: A Buddhist nun's journey from Korea to North Carolina

Death in The Moment: The role of life and death in Appalachian Culture

3 D’s: Drugs, Domestic Violence and Death

Faces of Discrimination: African Americans in Eastern Kentucky

Ann M. Andaloro, Morehead State University

Harris Hall 137

4:45 PM - 6:00 PM

Session 9.03 Education

Unconference

Convener: Amy G. Lorenz, Marshall University

Academic Help-Seeking Behaviors of Marshall University Students

Amy G. Lorenz, Marshall University
Ronald Childress, Marshall University

Harris Hall 138

4:45 PM - 6:00 PM

Session 9.04 Education

Paper

Convener: Amy G. Lorenz, Marshall University

A Qualitative Life Course Study: Significant Life Events in the Lives of Appalachian First-generation College Graduates

Peggy Henderson Murphy, Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus

Harris Hall 136

4:45 PM - 6:00 PM

Session 9.04 Education

Paper

Convener: Amy G. Lorenz, Marshall University

Considering a Model of Support for At Risk Children in Rural Appalachian Communities

Jenna Eatmon Wallace, Marshall University

Harris Hall 136

4:45 PM - 6:00 PM

Session 9.04 Education

Paper

Convener: Caitlin Howley, Appalachian regional Comprehensive Center

Considering Different Facets of Research Generalization When Determining How Empirical Findings Might Inform Practice in Appalachian Schools

John Hitchcock, Indiana University - Bloomington
Jerry Johnson, University of Florida

Harris Hall 136

4:45 PM - 6:00 PM

Session 9.04 Education

Paper

Convener: Amy G. Lorenz, Marshall University

Mining the Schoolhouse: Neoliberal Education Policy in Appalachia

Caitlin Howley, Appalachia Regional Comprehensive Center
Craig B. Howley, Word Farmers
Wesley A. Kuemmel, Marshall University

Harris Hall 136

4:45 PM - 6:00 PM

Session 9.05 Documentary and Activism

Film

Convener: Marianna Footo Linz, Marshal University

Hollow: An Interactive Documentary and Discussion

Elaine McMillon

Harris Hall 102

4:45 PM - 6:00 PM

Session 9.06 Literature, Poetry and Song in Appalachia

Paper

Convener: Philip Jamison, Warren Wilson College

Poetry of Earth: Robert Morgan’s Groundwork to Sustain Appalachia

Alana D. Sherrill, Johnson & Wales University - Charlotte

Harris Hall 446

4:45 PM - 6:00 PM

Session 9.06 Literature, Poetry, and Song

Paper

Convener: Philip Jamison, Warren Wilson College

Catching the World's Ear: Interpreting Appalachian Music for a Global Audience

Ted Olson, East Tennessee State University

Harris Hall 446

4:45 PM - 6:00 PM

Session 9.06 Literature, Poetry, and Song in Appalachia

Paper

Convener: Philip Jamison, Warren Wilson College

Silver John the Balladeer: Mountains, Religion, and Folk Songs in the Appalachian Fantasy Stories of Manly Wade Wellman

Ron R. Roach, East Tennessee State University

Harris Hall 446

4:45 PM - 6:00 PM

Session 9.06 Literature, Poetry, and Song in Appalachia

Paper

Convener: Philip Jamison, Warren Wilson College

The Transatlantic Connection: Celtic Music in Present-Day Appalachia

Alexandra Frank, East Tennessee State University

Harris Hall 446

4:45 PM - 6:00 PM

Session 9.07 Social Sciences, Race and Ethnicity

Paper

Convener: Colin E. Reynolds, Emory University

Autoethnography of an Appalasian

Mikiko Crawford, Ohio University - Southern Campus

Harris Hall 234

4:45 PM - 6:00 PM

Session 9.07 Social Sciences, Race and Ethnicity

Paper

Convener: Colin E. Reynolds, Emory University

Marginalizing the People of Appalachia: A Closer look at The Hog Killing ’90.

Lora E. Smith, Wake Forest University

Harris Hall 234

4:45 PM - 6:00 PM

Session 9.07 Social Sciences, Race and Ethnicity

Paper

Convener: Colin E. Reynolds, Emory University

Robert C. Byrd, Civil Rights, and the Southern Bloc

Colin E. Reynolds, Emory University

Harris Hall 234

4:45 PM - 6:00 PM

Session 9.07 Social Sciences, Race and Ethnicity

Paper

Convener: Colin E. Reynolds, Emory University

The Shadow of America: Living in District Twelve

Thomas L. Browning, University of Pikeville

Harris Hall 234

4:45 PM - 6:00 PM

Session 9.08 Folklore, Foodways, and History

Paper

Convener: Kyle D. Mills

Under the Mountain State: The History of Cave Exploration in West Virginia

Kyle D. Mills

Harris Hall 303

4:45 PM - 6:00 PM

Session 9.08 Folklore, Foodways, and History

Paper

Convener: Kyle D. Mills

Paying Up When They’re Down in Ducktown: Tennessee Copper Company’s Workers Compensation and Fatality Reports, 1920s-1950s.

William Ronald Simson, Georgia State University
Chuck Howell

Harris Hall 303

4:45 PM - 6:00 PM

Session 9.08 Folklore, Foodways, and History

Paper

Convener: Kyle D. Mills

The Twentieth-Century Historical Foundations of the Contemporary Local Foods and Worker Cooperative Networks in the United States

Jessica N. Farrell, Morehead State University

Harris Hall 303

4:45 PM - 6:00 PM

Session 9.08 Folklore, Foodways, and History

Paper

Convener: Kyle D. Mills

Weaving Her Story: "Billy" Bannerman, an Appalachian Treasure

An exploration of the life and craft of Beatrice “Billy” Bannerman weaver, spinner, natural dyer, & heritage artisan (1916-2002).

Dena J. Gilchrist

Harris Hall 303

4:45 PM - 6:00 PM

Session 9.09 History and Poverty

Paper

Convener: Karen L. McComas, Marshall University

I Can Make Us a Living, If You’ll Just Be Happy with the Living I Make: The Struggles of Early 20th Century Rural Appalachian Life as Lived by Emma Bell Miles

Steven Cox, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Harris Hall 342

4:45 PM - 6:00 PM

Session 9.09 History and Poverty

Paper

Convener: Karen L. McComas, Marshall University

Urban Appalachian Women: A Strengths-Based Empowerment Approach to Practice

Shirley Keller, Youngstown State University
Lonnie R. Helton, Cleveland State University

Harris Hall 342

4:45 PM - 6:00 PM

Session 9.09 History and Poverty

Paper

Convener: Karen L. McComas, Marshall University

Cultural Language Variations: An Examination of Appalachian Discourse

Katherine Ward, Marshall University
Karen L. McComas, Marshall University

Harris Hall 342

4:45 PM - 6:00 PM

Session 9.09 History and Poverty

Paper

Convener: Karen L. McComas, Marshall University

The Code of The Hills: Poverty, Privacy, Prudence, And The Disciplining of Appalachian Communities

Matthew Steven Richards, University of Utah

Harris Hall 342

4:45 PM - 6:00 PM

Session 9.10 History

Discussion

Convener: David Trowbridge, Marshall University

Using Technology to Create and Share Appalachian History

David Trowbridge

Harris Hall 342

4:45 PM - 6:00 PM

2015
Sunday, March 29th
9:15 AM

Session 9.01 Agriculture

Paper

Opportunities and New Directions for Small Farming in East Tennessee

Chris Baker, Walters State Community College

9:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Session 9.01 Economic Conditions

Paper

Angels and Off-roots: Emerging Trends in the Appalachian Herb and Root Trade

Steve Kruger, Virginia Tech

9:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Session 9.01 Women and Gender

Paper

Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Hidden Hunger in Domestic Violence Victims

Emily K. Kauwell, University of North Georgia

9:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Session 9.02 Migration

Paper

Circuit Rider of the Past: Dr. Ralph Stanley & the Appalachian Diaspora

Curtis W. Ellison, Miami University - Hamilton

9:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Session 9.02 Music

Paper

A Mountain Man and his Music: How growing up in Appalachia shaped fiddler Jim Shumate

Natalya Weinstein Miller, Appalachian State University

9:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Session 9.02 Urban Appalachians

Paper

Martin Music: Keeping Rural Traditions Alive in Urban Centers

Anne E. Chesky Smith, University of Georgia

9:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Session 9.02 Urban Appalachians

Paper

Sounds Like Home: Bluegrass Music in Cincinnati

Nathan McGee, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus

9:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Session 9.03 Music

Paper

A Recipe for Chicken Pie: Peculiar Folk Lyrics in the English Classroom

J. Michael King, University of Pikeville

9:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Session 9.03 Music

Paper

Appalachian Foodways Reflected in Its Music

Margaret Louise Dotson, Berea College

9:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Session 9.03 Music

Paper

“Cortinas de Appalachia”: Old Sounds, New Forms - presentation on project inspired by research fellowship in Berea College Sound Archives

Kehren Barbour, Appalachian State University

9:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Session 9.03 Music

Paper

Songcatchers: Collecting “Lost” Ballads with Olive Dame Campbell and Cecil Sharp

Elizabeth M. Williams, Appalachian State University

9:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Session 9.04 Recreation

Paper

Summer Camps' Impact on a Place's Identity

Nora Jane Montgomery, Appalachian State University

9:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Session 9.04 Travel

Paper

Down the Blue Ridge Parkway: Taking the Scenic Route in a Time of Austerity Measures

Britton Cody Lumpkin, Marshall University

9:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Session 9.04 Travel

Paper

Horace Kephart, Women, and Outdoor Adventure in the 1920s

Mae M. Claxton, Western Carolina University

9:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Session 9.05 Arts and Crafts

Paper

Hippie Homesteaders: What they mean to the arts, crafts, and music of West Virginia

Carter T. Seaton

9:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Session 9.05 Crafts

Paper

Builders, Entrepreneurs, Luthiers, and Traditionalists: Crafting Musical Instruments in West Virginia

Jasper J. Waugh-Quasebarth, University of Kentucky

9:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Session 9.05 Crafts

Paper

The Appalachian Heritage Quilters: The Role of Faith in a Quilters Group

Candace A. St. Lawrence, East Tennessee State University

9:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Session 9.05 Education

Paper

Art After Hours: Learning to Work Together Through Art

Heather A. Burns, Morehead State University

9:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Session 9.06 (Ethnicty and Race) From many mountains: Collecting and Disseminating information about White, African American and Cherokee nurses in Knoxville, TN 1900-1965

Panel

Getting started: The Knoxville General Hospital School of Nursing

The history of White nursing education adn practice in Knoxville, TN 1900-1964

The history of Cherokee and African American nursing education and practice in Knoxville,TN 1900-1964

Collaboration and partnership: building an Appalachian health history museum

Phoebe A. Pollitt, Appalachian State University
Billie McNamara
Sharon Loury
Phoebe Pollitt, Pollitt

9:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Session 9.07 Environment: West Virginia's Water Privatization History and its Implications for Organizing After the WV Water Crisis

Panel

A Social History of West Virginia American Water

Organizing for a Safe Water System

Gabriel I. Schwartzman, University of California - Berkeley
Cathy Kunkle

9:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Session 9.08 (Education) Rural Arts Education: A Dynamic Force in a Small Appalachian Community

Panel

The Arts as a Teaching Tool and the Power of Collaboration and Co-teaching

Facilitating Standards-Based Learning Through Arts Education

Benefits of the Arts Integration Model in the Community

Moving Forward: Funding and the Future

Angie M. Cook, Copper Basin Learning Center
Angila Barker, Copper Basin Learning Center
Jennifer Danner, Copper Basin Learning Center
Steven R. Tompkins, Copper Basin Learning Center

9:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Session 9.10 (Agriculture) Come Gather Around the Table: Documenting Appalachian Foodways

Panel

Come Help on the Farm: Using Participant Observation to Better Understand First-generation Farmers in Blue Ridge Appalachia

Bee Healthy and Garden

Articulating others, articulating self: A reflection on deeply participatory research in North Carolina’s High Country

Boilin’ Sorghum Down: Using Photography to Document and Connect to Community and Tradition Found in Appalachian Agricultural Practices

David H. Walker Jr., Appalachian State University
Teri Goodman, Appalachian State University
Laura Johnson, Michigan State University
Louisa Murrey, University of North Carolina at Asheville

9:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Session 9.11 Arts

Panel

The Road Company: Stories, Challenges, and Invitations in Community Cultural Development.

Kathie deNobriga

Ed Snodderly

Bob Leonard, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Kathie deNobriga, Independent Consultant and Mayor of the City of Pine Lake, GA
Ed Snodderly, The Down Home, Johnson City, TN

9:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Session 9.12 Archives: Bascom Lamar Lunsford, Archives, and the Politics of Culture

Panel

Mars Hill University’s Lunsford Collection: Documenting a Life and a Culture

Bringing the Archives into the Classroom: Lunsford’s Ballad Collection

Berea College’s Lunsford Collection: Placing the ‘Minstrel’ in the Appalachians

Bascom Lamar Lunsford as Broker in Asheville’s Politics of Culture

Karen Paar, Mars Hill University
Carol Boggess, Mars Hill University
Harry Rice, Berea College
David E. Whisnant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

9:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Session 9.13 Urban Appalachians

Roundtable

Rising from the Ashes – Urban Appalachians in Greater Cincinnati, 2015

Debbie Zorn, University of Cincinnati
Michael Maloney, Michael Maloney and Associates
Maureen Sullivan, Kentucky Association of Food Banks
Omope Carter Daboiku, Homeside Ltd.

9:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Session 9.14 Economic Policy

Roundtable

Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation: How can communities influence mine cleanup, create jobs, and diversify our economy through policy change?

Kendall A. Bilbrey, The Alliance for Appalachia
Eric L. Dixon, Appalachian Citizens' Law Center

9:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Session 9.15 Music: Teaching Old-Time Music in Higher Education

Roundtable

Teaching Old-Time Music in Higher Education

Roy M. Andrade
Phil Jamison, Warren Wilson College
Kevin Kehrberg, Warren Wilson College
Raymond McLain, Morehead State University
Jesse Wells, Morehead State University

9:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Session 9.16 Appalachian Studies

Roundtable

Learning from the Past for a Sustainable Future in Appalachia: Celebrating the Career of Ron Eller

Ann E. Kingsolver, University of Kentucky
Stephanie M. Lang
Dwight B. Billings, University of Kentucky
Jason Howard, Berea College
Tom Kiffmeyer, Morehead State University
Ron Eller, University of Kentucky (emeritus)

9:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Session 9.17 (Historic Sites) Our Town: Pomeroy, Ohio: A Video Documentary and discussion with the film maker

Performance

Our Town: Pomeroy, Ohio: A Video Documentary and discussion with the Film Maker

Jack Wright
Evan L. Shaw, Ohio University - Main Campus

9:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Session 9.17 Ethnicity and Race

Performance

The Cherokee and Christian Convergence

Tovah M. Welch, Mars Hill College

9:15 AM - 10:30 AM