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MEETING AND ASA EVENTS OVERVIEW

Registration (Conference Center Lower Lobby)
Friday 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Saturday 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Appalachian Gallery & Marketplace (Ballrooms and Lower Lobby Hallway)

Book Displays and Exhibits
Friday 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Saturday 8:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Sunday 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Silent Auction (Ballrooms)
Friday 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Saturday 8:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Final Bids! 5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Sessions
Friday Concurrent Sessions I 11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Friday Concurrent Sessions II 12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Friday Concurrent Sessions III 2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Friday Concurrent Sessions IV 3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.

Saturday Concurrent Sessions V 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Saturday Concurrent Sessions VI 10:30 a.m. - Noon
Saturday Concurrent Sessions VII 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Saturday Concurrent Sessions VIII 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Sunday Concurrent Sessions IX 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Sunday Concurrent Sessions X 10:00 a.m. - 11:15 p.m.
Sunday Concurrent Sessions XI 12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Sunday Concurrent Sessions XII 1:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Other ASA Events

Friday
2000-2001 ASA Steering Committee (Eagle) 10:00 a.m. - noon
ASA Website Committee (Good Time Bobby's A) 3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Stump the Chef! Conference Ice Breaker (Comedy Cellar) 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Welcome Newcomers Reception (The Connection)* 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
ASA Banquet (Shavers Centre)* 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Pocahontas County Night (Shavers Centre)* 9:00 p.m. - midnight

Saturday
JAS Editor's Breakfast (Eagle) 7:00 a.m. - 8:15 a.m.
ASA Luncheon, Awards, Business Meeting (Shavers Center) 12:00 noon - 1:45 p.m.
ASA Conference Plenary (Black Bear C) 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
ASA 2002 Conference Meeting (Good Time Bobby's B) 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
ASA Party (Shavers Centre)* 7:30 p.m. - midnight
"Not-So-Silent Auction"
Mountain Hero/Heroine T-Shirt Fashion Show
Wordweavers: Storytelling, Lying, and Song

Sunday
ASA Joint Steering Committees Breakfast (Eagle) 7:00 a.m. - 8:15 a.m.
ASA Gospel Sing (Shavers Centre) 11:15 a.m. - noon
ASA Conference adjourns 3:00 p.m.

*Ticketed Events

• Mountain Hero/Heroine T-Shirts #1, #2, #3, #4 are available for sale at the conference. An order form is included in your conference registration packet.
  
• Special events and activities for families, children, and young people are identified in your registration packet.
  
• An Index of Conference Participants is included in your registration packet.
  

2. EXCAVATING HIDDEN DISCOURSES: ENVIRONMENT, FOOD, AND THE BODY
BOBCAT
Convener: Darlene Wilson, Southeastern Community College
James David Basinger, East Tennessee State University
"Marilu Awaikta: Stewardship in Appalachia"
Joyce Compton Brown and Les Brown, Gardner-Webb University
"Holding to the Past, Looking to the Future: The Discourse of Food as Cultural Translation and Empowering Voice in Appalachian Women in the Age of Out-migration and Industrialization"
Barbara E. Ladner, West Virginia State College
"The Hamlet as Faulkner's Folklore of Bodily Emotions"

3. SACRED PRACTICES AND BELIEFS
CARDINAL
Convener: Barry Whittemore, Holston Valley Unitarian Universalist Church
Gerry Milnes, Augusta Heritage Center
"Traditional Occult Practice and Symbols in 21st Century West Virginia"
Scott Schwartz, Smithsonian Institution
"Meaning and Moral Order: Music and Gender of the Kentucky Holiness Believers"
John Verburg, Georgetown College
"Coal Camp Churches: Unraveling the Story and Sorting out the Pieces"

4. SISTERS OF PROVIDENCE: THE SEARCH FOR GOD IN THE FRONTIER SOUTH (1843 - 1845)
BLUE JAY
In honor of Dr. Richard Drake and his contributions to Appalachian Studies
Introduction: Mark Banker, Webb School of Knoxville
Performance: Allen and Janet Speer, Lees-McRae College

5. MOUNTAIN FOOD: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
COMEDY CELLAR
Convener: Mark Sohn, Pikeville College
Panelists: Jim Minick, Radford University
"Health, Hunger and Hunting"
Mark Sohn, Pikeville College
"A Tomato Gravy Sandwich: Recipe Preservation and Creation"
Karen Andersen, The Lightstone Foundation
"Diversifying Appalachian Farms: Growing Fruits, Nuts, Herbs and Mushrooms in Agroforestry Systems"

6. ROUNDTABLE: APPALACHIAN LESSIONS: WHAT TEACHING APPALACHIAN STUDIES COURSES HAS TAUGHT US
GOOD TIME BOBBY'S A
Conveners: Sandra Hayslette, Warren Wilson College, Chad Berry, Maryville College, Stephen Mooney, Virginia Tech

7. ROUNDTABLE: COMMUNITY HEALTH OUTREACH IN RURAL PENNSYLVANIA
GOOD TIME BOBBY'S B
Conveners: Walt Eisenhower and Kevin Robatin, Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania

9. APPALACHIAN STUDENTS: PLACE, RACE, CLASS, AND LEARNING
BLACK BEAR B
Convener: Roberta Campbell, University of Cincinnati
John Lott and Suzanne Tallichet, Morehead State University
"Demographics and Previous Teacher Experiences in Explaining the Learning Styles of College Students at a Central Appalachian University"
Joy L. Gritton, Morehead State University
"Finding Face, Finding Heart: You Start With the Student"
Cathy Sepko, North Greenville College
"Critical Literacy through Regional Literature: A Case Study"

10. BROKERING APPALACHIAN CRAFTS
RACCOON
Convener: Robert Gipe, Southeast Community College
Philis Alvic, Lexington, Kentucky
"Crafts as Economic Development: Lessons Learned from Appalachia and Applied Internationally"
Rosalind Paige, Ann Fairhurst, and Marguerite Moore, University of Tennessee
"Craft Retailers as Culture Brokers between Appalachian Tourist Sites and Tourists"
J. Todd Nesbitt, Glenville State College, and Jeff Reed, Wheeling Jesuit University
"The Mountain Made Approach: Electronic Commerce as Bottom-Up Development in Appalachia"

11. TOWNS AND TOWN BUILDING PAST AND PRESENT
BOBCAT
Convener: David Mould, Ohio University
Barry T. Whittemore, Holston Valley Unitarian Universalist Church
"Do It Yourself Towns: Local Control and Long Term Success at the Turn of the Last Century"
Robert S. Weise, Eastern Kentucky University
"New Towns for Red Bird, Kentucky: Isolation and Civic Society in Twentieth-Century Discussions of Appalachian Poverty"
Dan Shope, Marshall University
"Shoes and Steel: An Analysis of the Relationship between De-industrialization Thesis and Types of Class Sector Community Strain in Portsmouth, Ohio, 1970-1990"

12. POLICY AND INTERVENTIONS FOR BETTER HEALTH
EAGLE
Convener: Richard Mulcahy, University of Pittsburgh at Titusville
Susan M. Goebel, Appalachian Service Project
"Combining Cultural Education and Clinical Experience for Rural Appalachian Physicians"
Michael G. Meyer, Toborg Associates
"Surveys of Appalachian Women and Their Children on Tobacco Use and Prevention"
Gregory McDonald, West Virginia University
"Couch Burning and an Explosion of Pedigreed Bunk: Student (Mis)Behavior at West Virginia University"

13. WELFARE REFORM: INTENTIONS AND REALITIES
CARDINAL
Convener: Darlene Wilson, Southeast Community College
Wil J. Smith and Sarah S. Etherton, West Virginia University
"Finding Jobs for Welfare/ TANF Customers: Current and Future Roles of Employers - with an Emphasis on the West Virginia Experience"
Sarah S. Etherton and Wil J. Smith, West Virginia University
"The Carrot or the Stick: Does Anyone Know Whether Welfare Sanctions Are Working?"
Christina Miewald, University of Kentucky
"Women's Work, Welfare Reform and the Local Economy of Care in Appalachian Kentucky"

14. IN IT TOGETHER: AN INTERACTIVE SESSION ON BUILDING COMMUNITY ADVOCACY FOR EDUCATION
BLUE JAY
Patricia S. Kusimo and Marian Keyes, Appalachian Educational Laboratory

15. 21st CENTURY PANEL: A SPECULATIVE LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF THE APPALACHIAN STUDIES CONFERENCE
COMEDY CELLAR
Convener: Howard Dorgan, Appalachian State University
Panelists: Jinny Turman, Donavan Cain, Logan Brown, and Theresa Burchett, Appalachian State University
Respondents: Pat Beaver, Appalachian State University; Bill Best, Berea College; Richard Drake, Berea College; Steve Fisher, Emory & Henry College; Loyal Jones, Berea College; Gordon McKinney, Berea College; Jerry Williamson, Appalachian State University; David Whisnant, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

16. HELEN LEWIS: WORKING WITH WOMEN TO TRANSFORM COMMUNITIES
GOOD TIME BOBBY'S A
Convener: Patricia A. Gozemba, Salem State College
Participants: Maxine Waller, Ivanhoe Civic League; Addie Davis, Rosedale, Virginia; and Franki Patton Rutherford, Big Creek People in Action

19. EXAMINING THE HISTORICAL RECORD: CIVIL WAR CASE STUDIES
BLACK BEAR C
Convener: Fred J. Hay, Appalachian State University
Presenters: Kathryn Staley and Dean Williams, Appalachian State University
"Historian Without a Clue: An Examination of Sources and Accuracy in Peter Stevens' Rebels in Blue: The Story of Keith and Malinda Blalock"
Kenneth Noe, Auburn University
"Who Were the Bushwhackers? A Socio-Economic Analysis of West Virginia's Confederate Guerrillas, July 1861 - July 1862"

20. APPALACHIA AND THE IMPULSE TO HELP: CRAFTS, MISSIONS, AND POOR RELIEF
RACCOON
Convener: Jennifer Mooney, Virginia Tech
Sandra Hayslette, Warren Wilson College
"Handwork versus Factory Work: Contests over Methods and Authority in the Berea College Handicrafts Program, 1915 - 1940"
Richard Evey, Appalachian State University
"Guineas, Hillbillies, and Changing Perceptions of Minimalized Groups"

21. WORKSHOP: DISCOVERING / RECOVERING CULTURE: MODEL PROJECTS FOR CULTURE AND HERITAGE TRAILS
BOBCAT
Anna Fariello, Virginia Tech and Highland Cultural Coalition
Teresa Vest, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities

22. 21st CENTURY PANEL: WHAT ARE WE DOING? HOW ARE WE DOING IT? WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? EVALUATING AND STRATEGIZING THE IMPACT OF APPALACHIAN CENTERS AND INSTITUTES
EAGLE
Convener: Shaunna L. Scott, University of Kentucky
Panelists: Jean Haskell, East Tennessee State University; Gordon McKinney, Berea College; Stan Brunn, University of Kentucky; Robert Gipe, Southeast Community College; David Rudy, Morehead State University; Molly Curtain, Appalachian Regional Commission

23. COMMUNITIES TOUCHING COMMUNITIES THROUGH SCIENCE AND PLACE-BASED CURRICULA AT ST. PAUL HIGH SCHOOL
CARDINAL
Sponsor: Rural School and Community Trust
Presenters: St. Paul faculty members Debra Penland and Terry Vencil; students Sareh Baca, Tonya Powers, Morgan Rudder, C.C. Fields, Julie Jacques

24. SERVICE LEARNING PARTNERSHIPS: EXTENSION AGENTS AS BROKERS
BLUE JAY
Convener: Ken Martin, WVU Extension Service
Panelists: Gena Wagaman, Center for 4-H, Youth, Family and Adult Development; Glen Runions, WVU Center for Community, Economic and Workforce Development; Mary Beth Bennett, WVU Extension Service

25. PERFORMANCE DOCUMENTARY: I-26, CORRIDOR OF CHANGE COMEDY CELLAR
Rob Amberg, Photographer, Marshall, North Carolina

26. WORKSHOP: NEW CENTRAL REGIONAL HUMANITIES CENTER PLANNING PROJECT
GOOD TIME BOBBY'S A
Leaders: Joseph W. Slade and Judith Yaross Lee, Ohio University; Gurney Norman, University of Kentucky

27. ROUNDTABLE: THE CULTURAL THEORY OF APPALACHIAN MINING SONGS: MINING THE MUSIC OF THE APPALACHIAN PAST FOR THEORETICAL MODELS OF THE FUTURE
GOOD TIME BOBBY'S B
Stevan R. Jackson, Radford University

28. READINGS: NEW VOICES AND STYLES IN APPALACHIAN FICTION
READINGS NOOK
Convener: Rodger Cunningham, Independent Scholar
Readers: Gurney Norman, University of Kentucky
Mary Bozeman Hodges, Carson-Newman College
Susan O'Dell Underwood, Carson-Newman College

30. APPLYING COMMUNITY-INTEGRATED GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN APPALACHIA: A CASE STUDY
BLACK BEAR B
Convener, Dave Rudy, Morehead State University
Michael Dougherty and Daniel Weiner, West Virginia University

31. ENDURING DESIGNS: APPALACHIA'S BUILT AND NATURAL HERITAGE
BLACK BEAR C
Convener: Darlene Wilson, Southeast Community College
Donald Edward Davis, Dalton State College
"The Land of Ridge and Valley: A Photographic History of the Northwest Georgia Mountains"
Emily R. Dow and Christopher Corbett, University of Cincinnati
"Development of a Regional Architecture in the Twenty-First Century"
Augustine Nigro, Kutztown University
"Mauch Chunk and its Environs: Tourism, Technology, and Coal"

32. ROUNDTABLE: BUILDING REGIONAL CONNECTIONS THROUGH SERVICE
RACCOON
Participants: Anne-Marie Turnage, Michael Rentko, Melinda Lewis, Jenna Mueller, Rachel Lambert, Kimberly Sowers, Heather Peterson, Anastasia Bannikova, Andrea Brubaker, Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania; Sharon Reeder, Lock Haven Hospital; Jenell Patton, Juniata College

33. WORKSHOP: INTEGRATING APPALACHIAN HISTORY INTO THE ELEMENTARY CURRICULUM: A MUSICAL WITH COAL-MINING SONGS
BOBCAT
Reba (Becki) Jones, Columbia Elementary, Annandale, Virginia

34. WORKSHOP: UNIQUE BY NATURE, TRADITIONAL BY CHOICE: STARTING A COMMUNITY RADIO STATION
EAGLE
Conveners: Gibbs Kinderman, WVMR, Pocahontas County, West Virginia; Mary Sweitzer, WVLS, Monterey, Virginia
Other leaders: Velma Wadell and Cheryl Weatherholt, WVMR; LeAnna Alderman, Gregg Wingo, and Diane Buzzard, Allegheny Mountain Radio

35. CHAPPELL, MILLER, AND STILL: INFLUENCES IN APPALACHIAN LITERATURE
CARDINAL
Convener: Darla Dye, Independent Scholar
John Lang, Emory & Henry College
"The Gaudy Place: Fred Chappell's Urban Novel"
Lori Stilwell Dye, Radford University
"Retaliation against Marginalization: Jim Wayne Miller, a Voice for Appalachia"
Ted Olson, East Tennessee State University
"Rediscovering the Source of the River: James Still's Poetic Legacy"

36. WORKSHOP: BRINGING IN THE SHEAVES: PARTNERING WITH PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO PROMOTE COLLEGE ATTENDANCE"
BLUE JAY
Convener: Grace Toney Edwards, Radford University
Participants: Grace Toney Edwards, Joann Aust Asbury, Ricky Cox, Valerie Sutherland, Jim Minick, and Ann Moser, Radford University

37. ROUNDTABLE: THE ONCE AND FUTURE RIVER: THE HOLSTON RIVER AS A SOURCE FOR INTEGRATED LEARNING AND RENEWAL
GOOD TIME BOBBY'S B
Conveners: Larry Osborne and Ernest Lee, Carson-Newman College
Participants: Elizabeth Vanlandingham, Amy Campbell, Ashley Glassburn, Caroline Wilson, Carson-Newman College; Laura Hainsworth, Emory & Henry College

38. RECLAIMING, RESTORING THE LOST VOICE OF AN IMPORTANT BLACK APPALACHIAN WOMAN
READINGS NOOK
Sponsor: Center on Ethnicity and Gender, Marshall University
Convener: Lynda Ann Ewen, Marshall University
Participants: Lynda Ann Ewen; Ancella R. Bickley, Historian of WV's African American Past; Dolores Johnson, Marshall University

Shaunna Scott, University of Kentucky: "Promoting Appalachian Studies at Educational Institutions" with Stan Brunn, University of Kentucky, sharing new research on Appalachian Studies in practice
GOOD TIME BOBBY'S A

40. BUILDING BRIDGES: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
BLACK BEAR B
Convener: Anne-Marie Turnage, Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania
Panelists: Karen Jacobson, Appalachian By Design; Ann Oberhauser, Amy Pratt, and A.G. Seelawathi, West Virginia University; Mikal McCartney, Garret County Community Action

41. 21st CENTURY PANEL: WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER: BUILDING REGIONAL NETWORKS TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND GRASSROOTS DEMOCRACY IN APPALACHIA
BLACK BEAR C
Convener: Stephen L. Fisher, Emory & Henry College
Participants: Robert Gipe, Southeast Community College; Robin Lambert, Pine Mountain Settlement School; Jeff Boyer, Appalachian State; Franki Patton Rutherford, Big Creek People in Action; Larry Wilson, Appalachian Focus

42. APPALACHIANS ON THE MOVE: MIGRATION YESTERDAY AND TODAY
RACCOON
Convener: Linda Dobkin, Emory & Henry College
Charles Moore, East Tennessee State University
"New Faces in the Hills of East Tennessee: Sierra Appalachia?"
Phillip Obermiller, Cincinnati, Ohio and Steven Howe, University of Cincinnati
"Migrants Are Creating a New Appalachia: The Policy Implications of Recent Migration Patterns"
Megan Cox, Marshall University
"Black Out-Migration from West Virginia in the Context of Racial Discrimination in Employment in the Coal Industry: 1935-1955"
Susanne Rolland, Morehead State University
"Into the Mountains or Beyond: Migration Choices Made by Piedmont North Carolinians in the Late 18th Century"

43. WORKSHOP: GETTING PUBLISHED: THE PROCESS, UNMASKED
BOBCAT
Convener: Sian Hunter, Univ. of North Carolina Press
Participants: Judith McCulloh, University of Illinois Press; John Inscoe, University of Georgia; John Hennen, Morehead State University

44. WORKSHOP: STRATEGIES FOR INTEGRATING COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
EAGLE
Sponsor: WV Rural Development Council
Convener: Joe Barker, WV Rural Development Council
Participants: Joe Barker; Mary Hunt, The Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation

45. FORGOTTEN NATIVE WOMEN OF CENTRAL APPALACHIA
BLUE JAY
Convener: Sylvia Shurbutt, Shepherd College
Ellesa Clay High, West Virginia University
"A Message for the Future: What an 18th Century Shawnee Woman from West Virginia Has to Teach Us"
Linda J. Trollinger, Scholar Affiliate, Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Gender, Marshall University "Constructing, Fragmenting, and Reconstructing Identity: Contemporary Appalachian Women Reclaiming Native American Heritage"

46. WORKSHOP: APPALACHIAN CULTURE IN THE MOUNTAIN STATE: A FOLKLORIC APPROACH TO LEARNING
CARDINAL
Leaders: Judy P. Byers, John H. Randolph, and Noel W. Tenney, West Virginia Folklife Center at Fairmont State College

47. "GET 'EM TO GO!" INCREASING THE COLLEGE GOING RATES AMONG RURAL AND URBAN APPALACHIAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
COMEDY CELLAR
Convener: Carol Baugh, Sinclair Community College
Panelists: Jacob Bapst, University of Rio Grande; Sarita Gattuso, Bluefield State College; William Jolley, Sinclair Community College; Wayne White, Shawnee State University; Lawrence Dukes, Southern State Community College

48. AUDIO PRODUCTION AUDIO PRODUCTIONS FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE TOURISM: HOW TOURISTS CAN HEAR FROM 50 LOCALS IN NINETY MINUTES
BIG TV ROOM
Michael Nobel Kline, Worldwide Conversations, LLC and Carrie Nobel Kline, Rockefeller Fellow, Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Gender, Marshall University

50. DEAD BABY DOLLS, HANDICRAFTS, AND SURREALISM: APPALACHIAN ARTS?
BLACK BEAR B
Convener: Joy Gritton, Morehead State University
Joy Gritton, Morehead State University
"The Marian Heard Survey"
Jack Wright, Ohio University
"Clarence Holbrook Carter"
Adrian Swain, Kentucky Folk Art Center
"The Home for Wayward Baby Dolls"
Shir Wooton, Tamarack Gallery
"Appalachian Art is Alive and Well"

51. 21st CENTURY PANEL: BUILDING A REGION THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE
BLACK BEAR C
Convener: Gaye Evans, Appalachian Community Fund
Representatives from: Democracy Resource Center; Tennessee Industrial Renewal Network; Appalachian Resources; Kentucky Fairness Alliance; Hurley Community Development; Big Creek People in Action; Citizens for Job Equality and Fairness

52. PRESENTATION: "FROM OUR FRONT PORCH": AN INNER CITY ORAL HISTORY PROJECT IN WEST VIRGINIA
RACOON
Arla Ralston, Charleston Stage Company
Ancella R. Bickley, Historian of WV's African-American Past

53. APPALACHIAN LITERATURE: HERITAGE AND HORIZON
BOBCAT
Convener: Cece Conway, Appalachian State University
Jinny Turman, Appalachian State University
"Get in that Car and Go! The Automobile as a Symbol of Change for Appalachia in Gurney Norman's Wilgus Stories (Kinfolks)"
Cece Conway, Appalachian State University
"Robert Morgan's Lucid Mountain Prose"
Ashley Icard, Appalachian State University
"Robert Morgan's Topsoil Road Poetry"
Rachel Powers, Appalachian State University
"App Lit.com: Web Site Created by Our Class and Web Master Powers"
Cassie Robinson, Appalachian State University
"Lee Smith's Personal Perspective and Fair and Tender Ladies"

54. WORKSHOP: EDUCATION IN APPALACHIA: CHANGING STATE EDUCATION POLICY FROM THE GRASSROOTS
EAGLE
Sponsor: Rural School and Community Trust
Leaders: Linda Martin and Beth Spence, Challenge West Virginia

55. CHANGING INDUSTRIAL WORK IN APPALACHIA CARDINAL
Convener: Ken Fones-Wolf, West Virginia University
John Hennen, Morehead State University
"After the Picket Line: Building a Democratic Hospital Workers' Union for the Twentieth-first Century"
Victoria G. Allen, Marshall University "Women at Work at the Ravenswood Aluminum Corporation"
Linda Harris Dobkins, Emory & Henry College
"Union Membership and Economic Change in Appalachian Virginia"
Rosemarie Mincey, University of Tennessee and past Rockefeller Fellow, Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Gender in Appalachia, Marshall University
"Changing Fabrications: Lives of Appalachia and Latina Textile Mill Workers in Southern Appalachia"

56. WORKSHOP: BUILDING AN ENTREPRENEURIAL CLIMATE IN RURAL APPALACHIA: LESSONS FROM THE RURAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP INITIATIVE
BLUE JAY
Sponsor: WV Rural Development Council
Convener: Joe Barker, WV Rural Development Council
Participants: Joe Barker; Bob Ho, Maine Rural Development Council; Tony Smith, Lightstone Foundation

57. 21st CENTURY PANEL: BROADENING THE BASE OF THE MOUNTAIN: PLACING APPALACHIA IN A WIDER REGIONAL AND INTELLECTUAL CONTEXT
COMEDY CELLAR
Convener: Chad Berry, Maryville College
Presentation: Larry J. Griffin, Vanderbilt University
"Memory, Identity, and Representation in the South and in Appalachia"
Comments: Dwight Billings, University of Kentucky; Altina L. Waller, University of Connecticut; Chad Berry, Maryville College

58. THE APPALACHIAN BODY: A THEORETICAL EXAMINATION
GOOD TIME BOBBY'S A
Convener: Katherine Ledford, University of Kentucky
Edwin Arnold, Appalachian State University
"The Body Grotesque: Cormac McCarthy, Shelby Lee Adams, and Corporal Art"
Kim Q. Hall, Appalachian State University
"Gender and Disability in Deliverance"
Matt Wray, Smithsonian Institute
" 'Hollow Folk': Whiteness, Eugenics, and Appalachian Bodies"
Respondent: Douglas Powell, Duke University

59. ROUNDTABLE: RED LIGHT, GREEN LIGHT: WILL APPALACHIAN YOUTH STAY OR GO?
GOOD TIME BOBBY'S B
Conveners: Dave Clark, Canaan Valley Institute and Ann Payne, Phipps Conservatory
Participants: Richard Ressmeyer, WV Division of Culture and History; Daniel Tompkins, Syracuse University; Jesse Reckart, Kenyon College; Ross Kite and Roni Prucz, Morgantown High; Sarah Burt-Kinderman, High Rocks Academy; Bruce Lundeen, Lightstone Stewardship Academy

61. RURAL APPALACHIA'S FUTURE:
SCHOOLS, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, BUSINESS, AND TECHNOLOGY
BLACK BEAR B
Sponsor: Rural School and Community Trust
Convener: John Dodson, Rocky Gap High School
Presenters: Students Tiffany Munson, Ben Leighton, Matthew Dent, Chris Flannery and their teacher John Dodson
Multimedia presentation about how oral history evolved into a technology and place-based partnership between a school and community to ensure that progress does not compromise quality of life

62. ASA CONFERENCE PLENARY
HIGHER EDUCATION IN APPALACHIA: CREATIVE FUTURE DIRECTIONS
David C. Hardesty, President, West Virginia University
Larry D. Shinn, President, Berea College
BLACK BEAR C
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

63. AUTHORS' ROUNDTABLE: USING APPALACHIAN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE TO TEACH WRITING
RACCOON
BOOK SIGNING FOLLOWS SESSION
Convener: Roberta T. Herrin, East Tennessee State University
Participants: George Ella Lyon, author, Come a Tide
Ann Olson, co-author, Counting on the Woods
Anne Shelby, author, Homeplace
Marc Harshman, author, Rocks in My Pocket
Cheryl Ryan, author, Sally Arnold
Annie Molla, East Tennessee State University

64. SKILLS SHARING SESSION: GIRLS HELPING GIRLS GROW UP: THE HIGH ROCKS ACADEMY
BOBCAT
Conveners: Susan Burt and Jay Otto, High Rocks
Presenters: The Girls of The High Rocks Academy

65. IN THE WAKE OF EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES: COLLABORATING TO RESTORE A WATERSHED
EAGLE
Convener: Ruth Blackwell Rogers, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy
Panelists: Todd Petty, West Virginia University; Steve Brown, WV Division of Natural Resources; Ken Rago, Monongahela National Forest; Rodney Bartgis, The Nature Conservancy; Steve Rice, Intrawest Resort Operations; Alton Byers, The Mountain Institute; Bryan Moore, Trout Unlimited

66. REGIONAL PREMIER: "SHELTER ": A NEW APPALSHOP VIDEO ABOUT A FAMILY REFUGE CENTER SERVING MONROE, GREENBRIER, AND POCAHONTAS COUNTIES.
CARDINAL
Convener: David Reynolds, Appalshop
Anne Lewis, Appalshop, Director

67. WORKSHOP: COMMUNITY INFORMATION NETWORKS
BLUE JAY
Sponsor: Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development
Convener: Stephan Goetz, Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development
William Shuffstall, Pennsylvania State University Cooperative Extension Service

68. PRESENTATION: "DA MESSAGE": URBAN APPALACHIAN TEENS PROVIDE GLIMPSE OF LIFE IN THEIR 'HOODS'
COMEDY CELLAR
Convener: Pauletta Hansel, Urban Appalachian Council
Participants: Pauletta Hansel, Brenda Saylor, and Donna Jones, Urban Appalachian Council; Bet Stewart, Intuition Theatre Company; Tasha Thomas, Mike Graves and Robert Hall, Lower Price Hill and South Fairmount youth

69. AUTHORS' PANEL: LISTENING TO THE VOICES OF THE MOUNTAINS: READINGS BY FOUR APPALACHIAN AUTHORS
READINGS NOOK
Convener: Marianne Worthington, Cumberland College
Participants: Silas D. House, author, Clay's Quilt
Edwina Pendarvis, author, Coruscations
Gretchen Laskas, author, The Midwife's Tale
Ron Houchin, author, Death and the River

• PAINTING THE MOUNTAINS: AN ANTHROPOLOGIST'S INTERPRETATION OF ARTISTS' INTERPRETATIONS OF APPALACHIAN CULTURE
  Kristin Kant, Temple University
• TEENAGE GIRLS AND WRITING: A COMMUNITY-BASED PROJECT IN AN URBAN APPALACHIAN NEIGHBORHOOD
  Youth Co-researchers:
  Mesha Billings, Sharon Doane, and Nicole Duke, F.O.R.E.;
  Tammy Schwartz, Univ. of Cincinnati, Co-Researcher
• TENN-GA-LINA SCHOOLS DISPLAY THEIR WORK
  Sponsor: Rural School and Community Trust
  Copper Basin, Ducktown Elementary, Hiawassee Dam Union School, Van Buren County High School, Woody Gap School
• THE HIGH ROCKS ACADEMY - GIRLS GROWING UP IN WEST VIRGINIA
  Susan Burt, Jay Otto, and the girls of the High Rocks Academy
• THE MEDIA AND STUDENT ACTIVISM IN THE MOUNTAINS
  Sponsor: Rural School and Community Trust
  Cordia High School, Knott County, Kentucky
• TEACHING APPALACHIAN LITERATURE
  Tina Hanlon, Ferrum College
  
• THE STEWARDSHIP COLLABORATIVE
  Sponsors: Rural School and Community Trust and The Lightstone Foundation
  Bruce Lundeen, WV Stewardship Collaborative; Scott Weaner, WV organic farmer; Charlie Feldhake, USDA/ARS forester
• THE HUMAN DIMENSION OF DEVELOPMENT IN WEST VIRGINIA
  Alison Chisholm Hanham, WVU Extension Service
  
• COMMUNITY DESIGN TEAM AND EXAMPLES FROM WEST VIRGINIA
  Leah Messer Diehl, West Virginia University
  
• THE SCENIC 340 PROJECT IN VIRGINIA'S SHENANDOAH VALLEY
  Rebecca Feind, James Madison University
  

72. PRESENTATION: "REFUTING THE LEGEND OF THE PIWASH": AN OVERVIEW OF THE MULTICULTURAL LITERARY HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA
BOBCAT
Phyllis Wilson Moore, Bridgeport Public Library, Bridgeport, West Virginia

73. THE FACE OF PHILANTHROPY IN APPALACHIA
EAGLE
Convener: Gaye Evans, Appalachian Community Fund
Panelists: Gaye Evans; Judi Jennings, Kentucky Foundation for Women; Alan McGregor, Southern Rural Development Initiative; Shelley Wascom and Angelina Carpenter, Community Shares; John Garner, Southern Partners Fund; Leslie Lilly, Foundation for Appalachian Ohio

74. CLEAN WATER AND WEST VIRGINIA'S ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC FUTURE
CARDINAL
Convener: Dave Bassage, WV Department of Environmental Protection
Panelists: Margaret Janes and Pamela C. Moe-Merritt, West Virginia Rivers Coalition; Allyn Turner, WV Dept. of Environmental Protection; Barbara Taylor, WV Bureau of Public Health; Dave Arnold, WV Hospitality and Travel Association; Steve Brown, WV Division of Natural Resources

75. AS IT WAS: A RETROSPECTIVE LOOK AT BLACK EDUCATION
BLUE JAY
R. Charles Byers, West Virginia State College
"West Virginia's Black High Schools"
Rita Wicks-Nelson, and Ancella R. Bickley, historians of WV's African American Past, past Rockefeller Fellows of the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Gender in Appalachia, Marshall University
"Black Teachers Remember School Integration"

76. INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP AND DISCOVERY SESSION HIGHLAND HARVEST - MAKING IT HAPPEN TOGETHER
COMEDY CELLAR
Sponsor: The Lightstone Foundation
Convener: Tony Smith, The Lightstone Foundation
Participants: Tony Smith; Chef Harvey Christie, Gourmet Central; Bruce Lundeen and Will O'Conner, Stewardship Collaborative; Bill Moore, Hampshire County Schools; Carol Webb, Mineral County Vocational Agriculture and Mineral County Vocational-Agriculture students; Scott Weaner, Rolling Thunder Organic Farm

77. SCREENING: FIDDLES, SNAKES AND DOG DAYS
BIG SCREEN TV ATRIUM
Convener: Margo Blevins, Augusta Heritage Center
Participants: Gerry Milnes, Augusta Heritage Center, and Kate Long, Charleston, West Virginia

• Richard Couto, Editor, and Ken Fones-Wolf, Associate Editor: "JAS Next Steps and Its Role in the Region" GOOD TIME BOBBY'S A
• Shannon Wilson, Berea College: "Archiving Appalachia"
  GOOD TIME BOBBY'S (center)
• Larry Sleavis, Ben Hawkins, Dan Tompkins, Sara Rentch Turner, Sarah Burt-Kinderman, Amelia Kirby: "Twenty-Somethings Look to the Future"
  THE JUNCTION

Introducing
ASA'S FIRST EVER FASHION SHOW
LAUNCHING THE MOUNTAIN HERO/ HEROINE T-SHIRT SERIES
Starring
Granny Hager by Gurney Norman
Don West by Helen Lewis
Sarah Ogan Gunning by Steve Fisher
Sid Hatfield by David Reynolds
with
Robert Gipe, Master of Ceremonies

WORDWEAVERS: STORYTELLING, LYING, AND SONG
WITH SOME OF APPALACHIA'S BEST WORDWEAVERS
Some of the region's best word-slingers! Come prepared to laugh and feel.

KATE LONG, Emcee, will get you singing.

BIL LEPP, National Champion liar, will keep you laughing from start to finish with tales that loop and spoon. When he isn't lying, Bil is a Methodist minister and creates children's programs for the WV Department of Culture and History.

ILENE EVANS, of Tucker County, West Virginia, director of Voices from the Earth theatre company, accomplished storyteller and singer, has created a mountain version of Jack and The Beanstalk for this conference.

ED CABELL, creator and director of the John Henry Festival, is a West Virginia storyteller, musician, and communicator who stirs and surprises audiences with his unique mix of music and philosophy.

ANGELYN DEBORD?S original plays have been featured on PBS, the Kennedy Center, and the Carnegie Museum. This talented Virginia storyteller and playwright will perform an excerpt from her own We Walk These Hills, plus an excerpt from her interpretation-in-progress of Gurney Norman?s story, Ancient Creek.

*Mountain Hero/ Heroine T-Shirts # 1, 2, 3, 4 are for sale at the conference. Order forms are also available.

SPECIAL OFF - SITE ACTIVITIES:

NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY TOUR: See the largest steerable radio telescope on Earth at NRAO, nearby at Green Bank. It is part of a chain of observatories around that world that help us study the physics of the globe. Think Contact! Tour the operations, see a slide show, and enjoy a presentation on the hows and whys of radio astronomy.
Depart Mountain Lodge parking lot, front entrance at 1:30 p.m. Tour begins at 2:00 p.m.

McCLINTIC PUBLIC LIBRARY GRAND OPENING: Visit nearby Marlinton and help celebrate the grand opening of a good rural public library. Step into West Virginia history with a performance by Paul Lutz as William ?Devil Anse? Hatfield and a reading from The Last Forest by Ken Sullivan. Listen to the award-winning Pocahontas County Jazz Band. See exhibits by Pocahontas County craftsmen, woodworkers, and artists. Enjoy delicious food and refreshments.
Depart Mountain Lodge parking lot, front entrance, at 1:30 p.m. Celebration begins at 2:00 P.M.

• Linda Martin and Beth Spence, Challenge West Virginia: "Changing State Education Policy in Appalachia" GOOD TIME BOBBY'S B
• Rich Kirby, Appalshop: "Gloom, Joy & Media: How can Appalachian Communities Use Media to Confront the Future?" THE CONNECTION (Shavers Center)
• Elizabeth Iglesias, Suronda Gonzalez, Luz Dolly Benavides, Teresa Cerrato: "SOMOS (We Are) Latinos: Sharing the Mountain with a Different View of the Future" GOOD TIME BOBBY'S A
  

79. HORTICULTURE, COMMERCE, AND POLITICS IN ANTEBELLUM APPALACHIA
BLACK BEAR B
Convener: John C. Inscoe, University of Georgia
Wallace Warren, Cornelia-Habersham County Library
"Old-World Fruit, Cherokee Husbandry, Euro-American Harvest: Finding and Naming Apples in North Georgia"
Craig Brashear, Memphis, Tennessee
"The Panic of 1837 and Second Party Politics in East Tennessee"
L. Diane Barnes, Thomas Jefferson Papers, Monticello, Virginia
"Building Communities Out of Frontiers: The Grist Mills of Harrison County, West Virginia, 1784-1850"

80. MOUNTAIN TOP REMOVAL AND THE REGION'S ECONOMIC FUTURE
BLACK BEAR C
Convener: John Taylor, Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition
Participants: John Taylor, Laura Forman, Carlos Gore, Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition; Sam Cook, Virginia Tech; Cindy Rank, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy; Julia Bonds, Jo Anne Hammond, Rosemary Vidovich

81. ROUNDTABLE: SOMOS (WE ARE) LATINOS: SHARING THE MOUNTAIN WITH A DIFFERENT VIEW OF THE FUTURE
GOOD TIME BOBBY'S A
Conveners: Elizabeth Iglesias, West Virginia University and Suronda Gonzalez, SUNY- Binghamton
Participants: Elizabeth Iglesias; Suronda Gonzalez; Luz Dolly Benavides, Mercedes Rosenkranz, and Luis Ramos, Eastern Panhandle Hispanic Association, SOMOS Center; Teresa Cerrato, Upward Bound

82. RISK AND RESILIENCY AMONG YOUTH AND FAMILIES
BOBCAT
Convener: Lana Whited, Ferrum College
Carol A. Markstrom, West Virginia University
"Identification of Factors Associated with Resilience in Rural Appalachian Adolescents"
Edward B. Reeves and Steven Parkansky, Morehead State University
"Geographic and Socioeconomic Correlates of Student Poverty in Appalachia"
Marlene Teed, Marshall University
"God's Will? Violence in Intimate Relationships: Appalachian Women, Domestic Violence and Religious Attitudes"

83. ARTISTIC EXPRESSION AND IMAGES OF APPALACHIA
COMEDY CELLAR
Convener: Glen Taul, Georgetown College
Kristin Kant, Temple University
"Painting the Mountains: What Tourist Art Has Done Toward a Conceptualization of Appalachian Culture"
James Manning, Western Carolina University
"Appalachians in the Spotlight: Focus for the Future"
Kathleen C. Wilson, East Tennessee State University
"Marketing Appalachian Tradition and Culture to an International Audience"

84. THE CHALLENGER LEARNING CENTER OF KENTUCKY: A HIGH TECH, "OUT OF THIS WORLD" SIMULATION IN EDUCATION
CARDINAL
Tom Cravens, The Challenger Learning Center of Kentucky, Hazard, Kentucky

85. MODELS OF DEVELOPMENT: LESSONS FROM THE PAST AND IDEAS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
BLUE JAY
Convener: David Hsiung, Juniata College
Anne Mitchell Whisnant, University of North Carolina
"Two Faces of Tourism in 1930s Appalachia: The Blue Ridge Parkway and Little Switzerland"
Cassie Robinson, Appalachian State University
"The Great Smoky Mountains National Park: A Contrast of Two Appalachian Counties in Two Different States"
Glenna Graves, Morehead State University

86. PANEL AND READINGS: THE POET ERRANT OF THE MOUNTAINS: RECONSIDERING THE WORK OF DON WEST
READINGS NOOK
Convener: Ted Olson, East Tennessee State University
George Brosi, Appalachian Mountain Books
Jeff Biggers, Public Radio International
Warren Doyle, The Mountain Institute

87. FIlM SCREENING: MEETING AGAIN: REMEMBERING THE MILLFIELD MINING EXPLOSION
EAGLE
Convener: Jack E. Wright, Ohio University
Justin Choma Zimmerman, Ohio Univ. School of Film

88. DRY FORK: THE STORY OF A PEOPLE AND THEIR LAND
RACCOON
Sponsor: African American Trails Program, Virginia Foundation of Humanities
Convenor: John Dodson, Rocky Gap High School
Presenters: John Dodson and Denise Smith
Multimedia presentation about the only African American community in Bland County, Va and its 120 year struggle against prejudice, economics, and a 765 KV power line. Includes skills sharing on genealogical research methods for African American family research, oral history, community and environmental justice.

90. SAVING OUR LAND AND CULTURAL HERITAGE: THE LAST FOREST PROJECT
BLACK BEAR B
Panelists: Carletta H. Savage, West Virginia University; LeAnna Alderman, Allegheny Mountain Radio

91. WELFARE REFORM IN THE MOUNTAIN STATE
BLACK BEAR C
Convener: Robert Jay Dilger, West Virginia University
Panelists: Robert Jay Dilger, Barry Locke, and L. Christopher Plein, West Virginia University

92. THE CREATIVE IMPULSE IN APPALACHIA: UNEARTHING ITS DIVERSITY AND HISTORY
RACCOON
Convener: Norma Myers, East Tennessee State University
John A. Cuthbert, West Virginia University
"West Virginia Art History: A Rediscovery"
Joseph C. Bundy, Afro-Appalachian Performance Company
"Cultural Redefinition - Jazz: An Often Unexplored West Virginia Musical Tradition"
Cheryl B. Torsney, West Virginia University
"Exploring the Waitman Barbe Papers"

93. BLACKWATER CANYON: GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING FOR A NEW NATIONAL PARK IN APPALACHIA
BOBCAT
Convener: Judy Rodd, Blackwater Canyon Campaign, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy
Panelists: Judy Rodd and Lynda Ann Ewen, Marshall University

94. COMMUNITIES FOR THE FUTURE, LINKS TO THE PAST
EAGLE
Convener: Jeff Cook, Nyack College
Donovan Cain, Appalachian State University
"Preserving People's History in Central Appalachia: The Legacy of Joe Begley and the 'History' of the C.B. Caudill Store and History Center"
Theresa Burchett and Katie Doman, Appalachian State University
"Vardy Historical Society: Helping the Future by Preserving the Past"
Christopher S. Rice, University of Kentucky
" 'Now THAT'S Sustainability!': Lessons on Sustainable Communities from Central Appalachia"

95. DOCUMENTARY SCREENING: STANDING ON THE PAST, MAKING THE FUTURE: LESBIANS AND GAYS IN THE MOUNTAINS
CARDINAL
Kate Black, University of Kentucky; Danny Miller, Northern Kentucky University; and Brittany Rowlette, filmmaker, "Through Their eyes: Stories of Gays and Lesbians in the Mountains"

96. UNDERSTANDING NATIONAL COMMUNITY SERVICE
BLUE JAY
Panelists: Anne-Marie Turnage, Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania; Pauline Sturgill, Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College; Tal Stanley, Emory & Henry College

97. PRESENTATION: A BRIDGE OF DREAMS - USING ART, ADVENTURE, AND COMMUNITY ACTION TO ENGAGE APPALACHIAN YOUTH IN CREATING THEIR OWN FUTURE
COMEDY CELLAR
Rachel Dash, WVU Health Sciences Center; Michael Tierny and Mark Bourassa, Step by Step; Betty Thompson, Big Ugly Community Center

98. ROUNDTABLE: BRIGHT GIRL, BABY STEPS: A DISCUSSION OF GENDER
GOOD TIME BOBBY'S A
Convener: Kathy Seelinger, Marshall University
Participants: Kathy Seelinger, Edwina Pendarvis, and Dolores Johnson, Marshall University

99. ROUNDTABLE: APPALACHIAN STUDIES: A DISCUSSION FOR STUDENTS, ADVISORS, AND ADMINISTRATORS
GOOD TIME BOBBY'S B
Convener: William B. Klaus, West Virginia University
Participants: Patricia Beaver, Appalachian State University; Ronald Lewis, West Virginia University

100. PERFORMANCE: APPALACHIAN FAMILY ODYSSEY
READINGS NOOK
The Doyle Family, The Mountain Institute

102. CULTURAL AND HERITAGE TOURISM IN APPALACHIA'S NEW ECONOMY
BLACK BEAR B
Convener: Marie Tedesco, East Tennessee State University
Eleanor Palko, Canaan Valley Institute and Phyllis Baxter, Rich Mountain Battlefield
"Getting Communities Involved in Cultural / Heritage Tourism"
Penelope Lane, Humanities Tennessee
"It Ain't About Marketing: Keeping the Heritage in Heritage Tourism"
Peter S. Givens, Blue Ridge Parkway
"The Humpback Rocks Visitor Center: Regional Interpretation Along the Blue Ridge Parkway"

103. ELECTION CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM
BLACK BEAR C
Convener: Gary Zuckett, WV Citizen Action Group
Panelists: Janet Fout and John Taylor, Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition; Gary Zuckett, Linda Mallett, and Norm Steenstra, WV Citizen Action Group; Ritcie Robb, Mayor of South Charleston, West Virginia

104. SHORT FICTION AND THE APPALACHIAN EXPERIENCE:
LESSONS FROM THE PAST, MODELS FOR THE FUTURE
RACCOON
Convener: George Brosi, Appalachian Mountain Books
Gina Herring, Cumberland College
"Looking to the Future by Exploring the Past: The Short Fiction of Fred Chappell and Robert Morgan"
Sandra L. Ballard, Appalachian State University
"The Short Fiction of Harriette Arnow: Exploring Themes of Personal Freedom and Social Justice"
Marianne Worthington, Cumberland College
"Constancy and Change: The Appalachian Community in the Short Stories of Chris Holbrook and Elaine Fowler Palencia"

105. ACTION RESEARCH IN AN URBAN APPALACHIAN COMMUNITY
BOBCAT
Convener: Michael Maloney, Urban Appalachian Council
Tammy Schwartz, University of Cincinnati
"Urban Appalachian Girls, Writing, and 'What does that make me?' A Participatory Action Research Inquiry"
Karen Titsworth, University of Cincinnati
"Mothering and Literacy Practices: Reading and Rewriting Life Texts"
Deborah Hicks, University of Cincinnati
"Portraits of Community Life by Young Urban Writers"
Discussant: Michael Maloney

106. "THE KEY IS INTEGRATION": COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN APPALACHIAN OHIO EAGLE
Mike Steinmaus, Monday Creek Restoration Project; Carol Kuhre and Mary Steinmaus, Rural Action

107. APPALACHIA'S HISTORY: MORE PIECES OF THE PUZZLE
CARDINAL
Convener: Barbara J. Howe, West Virginia University
John Sherwood Lewis, Cornell University
"Where Exactly Was Appalachia? Toward a Better Historical Definition of the Region"
Barbara J. Howe and Lori Hostuttler, West Virginia University
"Teaching for the Future: Women as Educators in West Virginia Cities"
Milissa Ellison-Murphree, Auburn University and University of West Georgia
"Terra incognita? Source Materials for Heart of the Alleghanies"

108. INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECTS IN THE HUMANITIES, SCIENCES AND EDUCATION IN THE REGIONAL STUDIES PROGRAM AT MARS HILL COLLEGE
BLUE JAY
Convener: Scott Pearson, Mars Hill College
Panelists: Scott M. Pearson, Carol Boggess, Tom Plaut, Lyn Maxwell White, and Casey Kruk, Mars Hill College

109. CONTEMPORARY THEATRE IN APPALACHIA
COMEDY CELLAR
Convener: Jack E. Wright, Ohio University
Performers and participants:
Patricia Thomas-Wilson, performer and adapter of oral histories, and Henry Burke, oral historian and writer
"The Escape of Miss Jane - A True Story of the Underground Railroad"
Anita J. Turpin, Roanoke College
"Red Fox/ Second Hangin' and Just Desserts: Contemporary Appalachian Theatre"

110. ROUNDTABLE: APPALACHIA: A FOUR PART FILM SERIES BY THE JAMES AGEE FILM PROJECT
GOOD TIME BOBBY'S A
Jamie Ross and Ross Spears, James Agee Film Project; Rudy Abramson, and Jean Haskell, Encyclopedia of Appalachia

111. READING: ALL OUR OLD HOMES ARE GONE UNTIL WE COME CALLING: A READING FROM POWER IN THE BLOOD
READINGS NOOK
Linda Tate, Shepherd College

113. THE ATLAS OF APPALACHIA
BLACK BEAR B
Convener: Charles Moore, East Tennessee State University
Ron Mitchelson, East Carolina University
"Contents of the Atlas of Appalachia"
Steven Parkansky, Morehead State University
"The Atlas of Appalachia: Technological Production and User Interface"

114. USING FILM AND TECHNOLOGY TO HELP MOVE APPALACHIA INTO THE FUTURE
BLACK BEAR C
Convener: Judy A.Teaford, College of West Virginia
Roberta T. Herrin, East Tennessee State University
"The Disneyfication of Escape to Witch Mountain"
Katherine Grimes, Ferrum College
"Civilization by Feminization: Portrayal of Appalachian Traditions in the Films 'Where the Lilies Bloom' and 'The Winter People'"
Judy A. Teaford, College of West Virginia
"Using Film and the Internet to Teach Appalachian Culture: 'The Trail of Lonesome Pine,' 'Nell' and 'The Ballad of the Sad Café'"

115. MANHOOD AND APPALACHIAN MASCULINITY IN APPALACHIA'S POETRY AND VERBAL ART
RACCOON
Convener: David Rouse, University of Virginia's College at Wise
Thomas McGowan, Appalachian State University
" 'But, Lady, I'm Originally From Florida': Storyteller Orville Hicks and the Performance of Appalachian Masculinity"
Jane Hill, State University of West Georgia
" 'To Own My Father's Name': A New Model for Masculinity in the Poetry of David Bottoms"

116. ARC: IMPACTS ON APPALACHIA'S AGRICULTURE, CULTURE, POLITICS
BOBCAT
Dale Colyer, West Virginia University
"Appalachian Agriculture: Changes and Implications"
Philip A. Grant, Jr., Pace University
"The West Virginia Congressional Delegation and the Appalachian Regional Development Act"

117. REFORMERS, LILLIPUTIANS, AND REDNECKS:
CRITICAL EDUCATION THEMES IN APPALACHIA
EAGLE
Convener: Patricia Cahape Hammer, ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools
Patricia Cahape Hammer,
"Rural Appalachia, Education Achievement, and Reform"
Craig B. Howley, Appalachian Educational Lab and Ohio University
"The Disappearing Local School in Two Appalachian States"
Vickie Smith, Multicultural Education Council, Cabbell County Schools, West Virginia
"A Black Teacher Comments on Educational Reform"

118. COMMUNITIES LOCKED DOWN AND IN ACTION
CARDINAL
Amelia Kirby, Dungannon, Virginia
"The Prison Industry in Appalachia"
Maryanne Gelsi, Glennville State College
"Federal Prisons as Economic Development in Rural Appalachia: the Glenville, West Virginia Case"
Randy Benson, Trifold Youth Ministries
Don Nordstrom, Trifold Youth Ministries
"Claiming Your Corner: The Power of Cooperation among Faith Groups"

119. MAKING THE APPALACHIAN SMALL FARM VIABLE
BLUE JAY
Convener: Bill Best, Berea College
Panelists: Bill Best; Michael Best, Sustainable Mountain Agriculture Center; Mac Stone, Kentucky State University

120. AUDIO PREMIER: WE'D BE MILLIONAIRES: TIMBERING AND RAILROADING ALONG THE STAUNTON-PARKERSBURG TURNPIKE
COMMEDY CELLAR
Michael Nobel Kline, Worldwide Conversations, LLC and Carrie Nobel Kline, Rockefeller Fellow, Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Gender, Marshall University

Appalachian Community Fund
Appalachian Consortium
Appalachian Imprints
Appalachian Journal
Appalachian Mountain Books
Appalachian Reader
Appalachian Regional Studies Center, Radford University
Appalachian Women's Alliance
Appalshop Films / June Appal Recordings
Augusta Heritage Center
Camp Hill Press - Quarrier Press
Center for Appalachian Studies, Appalachian State University
Center for Appalachian Studies and Services, East Tennessee State University
CSEGA at Marshall University
Emory & Henry College
Goldenseal
McClain Printing Company
McFarland & Company, Inc.
Ohio University Press
Poet/Storyteller Bob Henry Baber
Rural School and Community Trust
University of Georgia Press
University of Illinois Press
University of North Carolina Press
University Press of Kentucky
University of Tennessee Press
Vandalia Educational Services
West Virginia Folklife Center at Fairmont State College
West Virginia Storytellers Alliance
West Virginia University Extension Service
West Virginia University Press

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