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Thirty-Fourth Annual
Appalachian Studies Conference
Friday, March 11 – Sunday, March 13, 2011
Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, KY
“RIVER OF EARTH: ACTION, SCHOLARSHIP,
REFLECTION, AND RENEWAL”
Preliminary Conference Program and Registration Form
Welcome to the thirty-fourth annual Appalachian Studies
Preliminary List Conference. This year’s conference will be centered in the
beautifully renovated Crabbe Library and the Noel Center for
of Conference Sponsors*
Creativity on the central campus of Eastern Kentucky University.
A short walk to downtown or a five minute drive to the Eastern
Eastern Kentucky University bypass brings you to several locally owned restaurants and
bars, all serving delicious food and offering up entertainment.
• Center for Appalachian Studies They are featured on a Main Street Gallery/Restaurant/Bar Hop
• Department of History on Saturday evening after conference sessions, ending up
with an Appalachian square dance in the gracious Richmond
• Educational Leadership & Policies Studies
Arts Council building. Madison County and central Kentucky
Marshall University have a rich historical and artistic heritage featured in on-your-
own tours. Included are the Kentucky Artisans’ Center, Berea
Appalachian Regional Commission
College, working artists’ studios, Boonesborough State Park, and
Kentucky RIVERKEEPER® Revolutionary War, Civil War, and Abolitionist historical sites. The
beautiful Kentucky River, now under the stewardship of Kentucky
Sinclair Community College
Riverkeeper, is a fifteen minute drive from campus. The town of
Loyal Jones Appalachian Center Berea College Richmond itself offers numerous sites for a self-guided walking
tour.
Higher Ground
East Tennessee State University This year’s conference includes several unique events. The
Appalachian Volunteers, a foundational activist group from the
Marshall University Graduate Humanities Program
1960s and 1970s, will hold a reunion during that weekend. The
Regional Research Institute, West Virginia University AVs will lead several highlighted sessions in the conference and
will present the plenary session at 1:30 p.m. on Friday. On March
University of Tennessee Press
9th and 10th, the University of Kentucky in Lexington (about 25
University Press of Kentucky miles north of Richmond) will hold a conference on diversity in
Appalachia, sponsored by UK’s Africana Studies program.
* Note: Reflects sponsors as of the printing of the On behalf of Eastern Kentucky University, the Kentucky
RIVERKEEPER, Madison County and the Appalachian Studies
preliminary program. We anticipate additional
Association, we welcome and invite you to enjoy this
sponsors who will be acknowledged in the final opportunity to connect with new and old friends, colleagues,
and acquaintances. It’s that time again. Mark your calendars and
conference program.
make arrangements to attend. We look forward to seeing you
soon.
Susan Spalding & Deborah Givens, ASA Local Arrangements Co-Chairs
Rob Weise & Anne Blakeney, ASA Program Co-Chairs
Mary Kay Thomas, Executive Director, ASA
Pat Banks, Executive Director, Kentucky Riverkeeper
www.appalachianstudies.org
Alan Banks, ASA President, 2010-2011
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REGISTRATION INFORMATION ACCOMMODATIONS

For those who will fly to the conference, Richmond is served
ALL WHO ATTEND MUST PAY THE REGISTRATION FEE or
by Lexington’s Bluegrass Airport; Cincinnati is a two-hour drive
OBTAIN A SCHOLARSHIP
on I-75, and Louisville is a two-hour drive on I-64/I-75. We have
requested that several of these accommodations, all close to
PRE-PAID REGISTRATION IS $125 (by February 18) and
the conference venue, hold blocks of rooms on a first-come,
includes calendar year 2011 membership in the Appalachian
first-served basis. Ask for the Appalachian Studies Association
Studies Association, subscription to the Journal of Appalachian
conference rates.
Studies, two issues of the Appalink newsletter, and
participation in conference activities. Meal are not included but HAMPTON INN 1099 Barnes Mill Road, Richmond KY 40475,
may be ordered separately on the registration form. Late/on- 859-626-1002. Distance to Campus: 1.76 miles
site registration of $150 at the conference includes all benefits.
You must order conference meals by the registration deadline. JAMESON INN 2006 Colby Taylor Drive, Richmond KY 40475,
Please register using either the form at the back of this program 859-623-0063. Distance to Campus:1.72 miles
or at www.appalachianstudies.org.
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS 1990 Colby Taylor Drive, Richmond KY
40475, 859-624-4055. Distance to Campus: 1.71 miles
STUDENT PRE-PAID REGISTRATION IS $75 (by February
18). Full-time high school or college students receive all of
COMFORT SUITES 2007 Colby Taylor Drive, Richmond KY
the above benefits at a reduced rate. Meals are not included
40475, 859-624-0770. Distance to Campus: 1.73 miles
but may be ordered separately on the registration form by the
registration deadline. An academic advisor or department head BEST WESTERN HOLIDAY PLAZA 100 Eastern Bypass,
must verify “student status” by signing the student registration Richmond KY 40475, 859-623-9220. Distance to Campus:
form. Late/on-site registration fee for students is $100 and 1.36 miles
includes all benefits. Please register using either the form at the
back of this program or at www.appalachianstudies.org. RED ROOF INN 111 Bahama Court, Richmond KY 40475,
859-625-0084. Distance to Campus: 2.27 miles
SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION
KNIGHTS INN 1688 Northgate Drive, Richmond KY 40475,

859-624-2612. Distance to Campus: 2.45 miles
The Appalachian Studies Association offers scholarships to
ensure that people with marginal incomes have a voice in
LA QUINTA INN 1751 Lexington Road, Richmond KY,
the annual ASA conferences through their participation.
859-623-9121. Distance to Campus: 2.14 miles.
Scholarships provide registration fees only (meals are not
included); travel and lodging costs are the responsibility of SUPER 8 107 N. Keeneland, Richmond KY 40475, 859-624-1550.
the attendee. Before applying for an ASA scholarship, we ask Distance to Campus: 3.11 miles
applicants to first seek financial assistance from their own
institutions or organizations (if applicable). If institutions or DAYS INN RICHMOND 2109 Belmont Drive, Richmond KY
organizations cannot provide funds, then applicants should 40475, 859-624-5769. Distance to Campus: 3.15 miles
apply for a scholarship online. This doubles as your registration
for the conference. Scholarship applicants do not need to THE BENNETT HOUSE BED & BREAKFAST 419 West Main
register or prepay UNTIL notifications have been emailed. Street, Richmond KY 40475, 859-623-5229. Distance to campus:
The application deadline is February 7; recipients will be 0.62 miles
notified by February 11. The meal deadline is February 18. You
may order meals via the form in the back of this program or Please visit www.appalachianstudies.org for additional
online. Please note scholarship recipient on the form. For the accommodations in nearby Berea.
online application: www.appalachianstudies.org/conference/
*Those interested in room sharing or carpooling can post
scholarships/.
information on Facebook via the ASA website.

SUPPORT SCHOLARSHIPS – 14TH ANNUAL HOWARD
DIRECTIONS TO EKU CAMPUS IN RICHMOND, KY
DORGAN SILENT AUCTION
From Knoxville, TN: Take I-75 North to Kentucky exit 87 (the
To help those with financial needs participate in future ASA second Richmond exit). For most hotels, turn left at the top of
conferences, please contribute to the annual Silent Auction the ramp and drive about half a mile to the conglomeration
at the conference: crafts, quilts, memorabilia, pottery, special of hotels. To get to the conference and Eastern Kentucky
foods, tickets to events, music, art, a week-end getaway, a fine University, turn right at the top of the ramp. Travel east along
meal, your autographed book, etc. are welcomed donations. the Eastern Bypass (a collection of fast-food restaurants, stores,
Bidders and Buyers at the Silent Auction are also needed! etc) until you reach US 52, Lancaster Avenue. Turn left on US 52
Proceeds go to the ASA Scholarship Committee. Contact Philis and follow the campus map to parking. Richmond is about 150
miles from Knoxville.
Alvic or Carol Baugh, Silent Auction Co-Chairs, at philis@
philisalvic.info or [email protected] or bring auction
items to the Silent Auction.
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From Cincinnati, OH: Take I-75 South to Kentucky exit 87 • Arts and Craft tour (self-guided): Visit historic Bybee
(the second Richmond exit). For most hotels, turn right at Pottery in Bybee. In Berea, look for Berea College Log
the top of the ramp and immediately cross the road to the House Crafts, the Fireside Gallery, and Old Towne
conglomeration of hotels. To get to the conference and Eastern Berea. In Richmond, visit Main Street Gallery. Both
Kentucky University, turn left at the top of the ramp. Cross the Berea and Richmond feature studios of working artists.
bridge over the Interstate and travel east along the Eastern Stop in at Acres of Land Winery, located about ten
Bypass (a collection of fast-food restaurants, stores, etc) until miles west of downtown Richmond.
you reach US 52, Lancaster Avenue. Turn left on US 52 and
follow the campus map to parking. Richmond is about 130 • Historic tour (self-guided): Visit Revolutionary and Civil
miles from Cincinnati. War sites, including Fort Boonesborough, the Battle of
Richmond Battlefield Park, White Hall, and numerous
From Charleston, WV: Take I-64 West to I-75 South, just outside other sites.
of Lexington, Kentucky. Follow I-75 South to exit 87 (the second
Local and regional tourism and dining information may be
Richmond exit). For most hotels, turn right at the top of the
available at the conference registration area and also at the hotels/
ramp and immediately cross the road to the conglomeration
motels listed in Accommodations.
of hotels. To get to the conference and Eastern Kentucky
University, turn left at the top of the ramp. Cross the bridge
NOTABLE CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES AND EXHIBITS
over the Interstate and travel east along the Eastern Bypass (a
collection of fast-food restaurants, stores, etc) until you reach
• Bluegrass and Old Time Music Jams in and around the
US 52, Lancaster Avenue. Turn left on US 52 and follow the
exhibit hall
campus map to parking. Richmond is about 190 miles from
• Open jams on both Friday and Saturday nights
Charleston.
• ASA Seed Swap (Exhibit Hall)
• Shaped by Water Exhibit by area artists and students,
A map of the EKU campus is included in this booklet
sponsored by Kentucky Riverkeeper
(page 16).
• Gallery and Restaurant/Bar hop
• Student Social hosted by EKU and Berea College
Registration can be completed and conference materials picked
Students
up Friday 9 AM - 5 PM; Sat. 8 AM - 6 PM; Sun. 9:00 AM – 11 AM.
An information table for the conference will be located in the
Community venues are “on your own”; many will be free or
Registration area.
heavily discounted. Details and logistics will be available in the
final ASA Conference Program and at the information table
EXHIBITORS, VENDORS AND GROUPS are invited to exhibit at
next to the registration site.
ASA’s Exhibit Hall at the conference. Contact Mary Kay Thomas,
Exec. Dir. ASA, for rates and information at mthomas@marshall. WHERE ASA ACTIVITIES WILL OCCUR ON CAMPUS
edu or telephone [phone]. Exhibitor applications are
available at www.appalachianstudies.org. Crabbe Library – Registration, Information, Exhibit Hall, Silent
Auction, Music Jams
AWARDS Crabbe Library – Concurrent session; internet access for
attendees; receptions
Deadlines for the following ASA awards are in the very near
future. For more information on how to nominate see: Combs Building – Plenary Session and concurrent sessions
http://www.appalachianstudies.org/association/awards/.
University Building – Concurrent sessions
* Cratis D. Williams/James S. Brown Service Award, Jan. 16
Keen Johnson Building – Receptions, book signings; wireless
access; banquet, Saturday lunch, Sunday brunch
* Helen M. Lewis Community Service Award, Feb. 1
EXHIBIT HALL
* e-Appalachia Award for Outstanding Website, Feb. 1
Please make several visits to the exhibit area where publishers
* Jack Spadaro Documentary Award, Feb. 1
will display recent Appalachian books and other writings. A
variety of programs and organizations will have displays and
information available about their activities and services.
PRECONFERENCE ACTIVITIES – ON YOUR OWN
E-MAIL AND TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION
• Watch the ASA Website for more information about Wireless internet access will be available for conference
an anticipated conference at the University of attendees in the Keen Johnson building and the Library. From
Kentucky, tentatively scheduled for March 9th and these areas you should be able to access your personal email or
March 10. This conference is sponsored by UK’s other necessary resources.
Africana Studies program and will feature sessions on
diversity in Appalachia. The Carolina Chocolate Drops, For Presenters, EKU offers support in the session rooms for
a Traditional-Modern African American string band, Windows XP and Office 2007, including an LCD projector.
is tentatively scheduled to perform in Lexington on Depending on room availability, we may ask some presenters
Thursday evening, March 10. to bring their own laptop computers that we can hook into the
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projector. All presenters should bring their presentations on 1:30 PM to 2:45 PM Concurrent Session VI
mobile media, preferably a USB drive. Additional presenting 2:45 to 3:15 PM Publisher’s Welcome & Book Signing
information will be communicated via email directly to Reception
presenters by the Program Committee Chairs. 3:15 PM to 4:30 PM Concurrent Session VII
4:45 PM to 6 PM Concurrent Session VIII
ASA COMMITTEE MEETINGS 6 PM Registration, Exhibits, and Silent
Auction Close
2010-2011 ASA Steering Committee, Friday, 8:30 – 10:00 AM
2011-2012 ASA Steering Committee, Sunday, 8:30 – 10:00 AM DINNER ON YOUR OWN
6PM to 8 PM Gallery, Restaurant, and Bar hop in
Education Committee, Friday,12:00 PM – 1:00 PM downtown Richmond
Finance Committee, Friday,12:00 PM – 1:00 PM 8 PM to 9:30 PM Dance at the Richmond Area Arts
Website and Communication Committees Joint Meeting, Council with the Reel World String
Friday,12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Band and caller Frank Jenkins
Editorial Board, Saturday, 7:30 – 8:30 AM 9:30 PM to ? Open Jam at Gillum’s, in the old
Membership Committee, Saturday, 7:30 – 8:30 AM Richmond Mall on the Eastern Bypass
2012 Program Committee, Saturday, 7:30 – 8:30 AM
Sunday, March 13, 2011
CONFERENCE AT A GLANCE 8:30 AM ASA Steering Committee Meeting,
All concurrent session time blocks are 75 minutes. 2011-2012
9 AM Registration and Exhibit Hall open
Thursday, March 10, 2011 9 AM to 10:15 AM Concurrent Session IX
University of Kentucky conference on diversity in Appalachia 9 AM to 10:30 AM, Mountain Music Jam at Exhibit Hall
(watch the ASA website for more information as it becomes 10:30 AM to 11:45 AM Concurrent Session X
available). 11 AM Registration and Exhibit Hall close
12 PM to 1:30 PM Farewell Brunch and invitation to
Carolina Chocolate Drops (requires tickets; watch the ASA 2012 conference, Keen Johnson
website for information). Building Ball Room
1:30 PM Safe journey home!
Friday, March 11, 2011
8:30 AM ASA Steering Committee Meeting,
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
2010-2011
9 AM Registration opens, Crabbe Library Following are activities, programs, and events taking place
10:30 AM to 11:45 AM Concurrent Session I at the 2011 ASA Conference. After February 1, you are
11 AM Exhibit Hall and Silent Auction Open, encouraged to frequently check the ASA website at www.
Crabbe Library appalachianstudies.org/conference for updates and brief
11 AM to 5 PM Mountain Music Jam in Exhibit Hall abstracts describing concurrent session presentations.
12 PM to 1:15 Lunch on your own
12 PM to 1 PM ASA committee meetings FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 2011
12 PM to 1 PM Reception honoring Homer Ledford,
Crabbe Library POSTER SESSIONS, Noon – 5:30 PM Friday and 8 AM – 4
1:30 PM to 2:30 PM Plenary Session, David Walls, former PM Saturday. Be sure to visit these during the conference.
AV executive director Poster presenters will be in the Poster Room on Friday,
2:45 PM to 4 PM Concurrent Session II during Concurrent Session III, Session #33, 4:15 to 5:30 PM, to
4:15 PM to 5:30 PM Concurrent Session III d escribe their programs and projects.
5 PM Registration, Exhibit Hall, and Silent
Auction Close
5:45 PM to 6:15 PM Reception honoring James Still CONCURRENT SESSION I, FRIDAY, 10:30 AM – 11:45 AM
featuring Silas House
6:30 PM to 8 PM Banquet and Awards Ceremony, Fri. 10:30. 1. History of Race and Labor. Convener: Ken Fones-
Keen Johnson Building Ball Room Wolf, West Virginia University
8:30 PM Entertainment at community venues
8:45 - ? Open Jam at Gillum’s, in the old “Into the Crucible: The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad and the
Richmond Mall on the Eastern Bypass Black Industrial Worker in Southern West Virginia, 1870 – 1900,”
Saturday, March 12, 2011 Cicero Fain, Niagara University
7:30 AM ASA Committee meetings
8 AM Registration, Exhibit Hall, and Silent “Race and Equality in industrial Appalachian Coal Towns,”
Auction open Robert Carl DeMuth, Marshall University
8 AM Appalachian Studies Centers
Directors Meeting “A Bucket of Peaches: Race Relations, Sharecropping, and
9 AM until 6 PM, Mountain Music Jam in Exhibit Hall Mob Violence in Rutherford County, North Carolina,” Kristen R.
9 AM to 10:15 AM Concurrent Session IV Dearmin, Appalachian State University
10:30 AM to 11:45 AM Concurrent Session V
11:45 AM to 12 PM Lunch opens “The Architectural Evolution of a Coal Mining Company Town,”
12 PM to 1:15 PM Lunch, ASA Business Meeting, Stacey Wiseman, McGill University
Keen Johnson Building Ball Room
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Fri. 10:30. 2. Linking Appalachian Generations. Convener: Fri. 10:30. 7. A Reading to Celebrate the Debut of The
Denise Shockley, Gallia-Vinton Educational Service Center Southern Anthology: Volume III: Contemporary Appalachia.
Conveners: Jesse Graves and William Wright, editors
PRESENTERS: Denise Shockley, Gallia-Vinton Educational
Service Center; Fannie Metcalf, Gallia-Vinton Educational PRESENTERS: Cathryn Hankla, Hollins University; Jeff Mann,
Service Center; Connie Bradbury Gallia-Vinton Educational Virginia Polytechnic and State University; Jim Minick,
Service Center. Radford University; Marianne Worthington, University of the
Cumberlands; Darius Antawn Stewart, independent writer
Fri. 10:30. 3. Power of Place: Celebrating Appalachian
Literature. Convener: Anita Turpin, Roanoke College Fri. 10:30. 8. Performing Autoethnography: Radical
Methodology, Radical Pedagogy. Convener: Sandy Ballard,
“Working-Class Appalachian Fiction,” Larry R. Smith, Bowling Appalachian State University
Green State University/Firelands College
PRESENTERS: Donna Corriher and Shannon Perry, Appalachian
“’I came back here instead’: Character Development Through State University
Images of Regeneration in Denise Giardina’s The Unquiet Earth,”
William Jolliff, George Fox University Fri. 10:30. 9. Gender, Sex and Family. Convener: Amanda
Lynn Stubley, Western Ontario University
“Sense of Place: The Crucial Element in Appalachian Literature,”
Katherine Combiths, Virginia Polytechnic and State University “Sex Education in Rural Appalachia: Is it Sufficient?” Jan Rezek,
West Virginia University Institute of Technology
“The Journals of Emma Bell Miles,” Steven Cox, University of
Tennessee at Chattanooga “Storying mommy and describing daddy: Family discourses
used by White baby boomers in Central Appalachia,” Brandy
Fri. 10:30. 4. Superstition and Mysticism in Appalachia. Renee McCann, Virginia Polytechnic and State University
Convener: Roger Guy, University of North Carolina at Pembroke
“WV FREE and the Reproductive Rights Movement in
“Thomas Merton and The Simplicity of Interdependence,” Charleston, West Virginia,” Claire Snyder, Marshall University
Donna Gessell, North Georgia College and State University
“The History of Economic Discrimination Against Married
“Ghosts, Witches, and Superstitions in Chenoa, Kentucky: Women Teachers in Huntington, West Virginia,” Sabrina Reid
Creating Community in the 1930s and 1940s Through Tales of Thomas, Marshall University
the Mysterious,” Marlene Powell, University of North Carolina at
Pembroke Fri. 10:30. 10. Arts: Shaped by Water. Convener: Pat Banks,
Kentucky Riverkeeper
“Northern Appalachian Mystics and Mysticism: Connecting
Communities and Making Meaning,” Kristin Kant-Byers, PRESENTERS: Pat Banks, Kentucky Riverkeeper; Judy Sizemore,
Independent Scholar McKee, Kentucky; Mitch Barrett, Berea, Kentucky; Dianne
Simpson, Heidrick, Kentucky
“Pride Makes Us Artificial And Humility Makes Us Real: Thomas
Merton in Life and Literature,” Roger Guy, University of North Fri. 10:30. 11. Film: The Electricity Fairy. Convener and
Carolina at Pembroke presenter: Tom Hansell, Appalshop/Appalachian State
University
Fri. 10:30. 5. “A degree in what?: Teaching Bluegrass, Old
Time, and Country Music at ETSU.” Convener: Lee Bidgood, 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM: Lunch. On your own
East Tennessee State University RECEPTION FOR HOMER LEDFORD EXHIBIT, Crabbe Library
PRESENTERS: Lee Bidgood, Roy Andrade, Daniel Boner, Roberta
Herrin, Ted Olson (all East Tennessee State University) PLENARY SESSION, Friday, 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM.
Fri. 10:30. 6. Access to Health Care in Appalachia. Convener: David Walls, former executive director of the Appalachian
Anne Blakeney, Eastern Kentucky University Volunteers
“Meeting Health Care Needs of Appalachia’s People,” Sharon
Denham, Ohio University CONCURRENT SESSION II, FRIDAY, 2:45 PM – 4:00 PM
“‘Our Hands Are Tied!’: A Case Study of the Bureaucratization Fri. 2:45. 12. AVs: Community Action in West Virginia.
of Health Care in a Kentucky Private Practice,” Elizabeth New, Convener: Gibbs Kinderman
University of Kentucky
PRESENTERS: Gibbs Kinderman, Huey Perry, Jerry Bruce
“Does Weather Influence the Health of an Appalachian City?” Thomas, Glenn Taylor
Ryan Becka, Marshall University
Fri. 2:45. 13. Education, Religion, and Reform in the Early
“Can We Get There From Here?” Thomas McGraw, West Virginia Twentieth Century. Convener: Jinny Turman-Deal, West
Institute of Technology Virginia University
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“Howell School – Tragedy at a Mason County One-room School,” “Cultural Attitudes About Mental Health Services in Appalachia,”
Douglas Sturgeon, Shawnee State University, and Daniel Bianca Puglia, Eastern Kentucky University, and Chandra
Bennett, Shawnee State University Chaffin, Puglia Counseling Service
“Edward Owings Guerrant Writes on Appalachia: Rethinking Fri. 2:45. 18. From Emancipation to Integration: Making
Appalachian Conceptualization, 1880 – 1910,” Aaron Akey, Visible African American Identities in Blacksburg, Virginia,
Appalachian State University 1880 – 1940. Convener: Anita Puckett, Virginia Polytechnic and
State University
“The Pi Beta Phi Settlement School and the Boundaries of
Progressive Reform to the Mountain South,” Shirley Robinson, “Yellow Sulphur Springs: A Hidden History,” Brian Katen, Virginia
University of Tennessee Polytechnic and State University
“Beginning With Jerusalem in the Regions Beyond: Edward O. “The St. Luke and Odd Fellows Hall in Blacksburg, Virginia:
Guerrant and the Home Mission Movement to Appalachia,” Nexus of New Town Community Life and National
Caroline Diepenbrock, University of North Carolina at Asheville Contributions,” Terry Nicholson, Blacksburg, Virginia
Fri. 2:45. 14. Mountain Stories Old and New. Convener: TBD “New Town: Acknowledging a Past, Discovering the Future,”
Yunina Barbour-Payne, Northern Kentucky University
”’From log-cabin to Greek portico’ and Beyond:  Bildung as
Cultural Reconciliation in John Fox, Jr.’s The Little Shepherd “Discursive Constructions of ‘Place’ in New Town and Wake
of Kingdom Come.”  Martine Shoemaker, University of Central Forest, Virginia, African American Oral Histories,” Anita Puckett,
Florida Virginia Polytechnic and State University
“Across the Mountain,” Richard Jordan, Walters State Untitled, Elizabeth Fine, Virginia Polytechnic and State
Community College University
“Stories Old and New: Appalachia in the Short Fiction of Lee Fri. 2:45. 19. Critical Perspectives on Economic
Smith,” Martha Billips, Transylvania University Development in Appalachia. Convener: Ronald Eller,
University of Kentucky
“From Apple Blossom to Mountain Dooryards: Dora Reed
Goodale’s Appalachian Journey,” David Newton, University of “The Paradoxes of Heirloom Seed-saving, or: Reconsidering
West Georgia Class, Wealth, and Development in Appalachian Kentucky,” T.
Garrett Graddy, University of Kentucky
Fri. 2:45. 15. Jean Ritchie – Singing Appalachia into a Place
We Know. Conveners and presenters: Sherry Cook Stanforth, “Is Handicraft Production Really ‘Alternative’? Exploring Alterity
Thomas More College; John Trokan, College of Mt. St. Joseph and the Role of the State in Eastern Kentucky’s Craft Industry,”
Amanda Fickey, University of Kentucky
Fri. 2:45. 16. Socio-Economic Status in Education. Conveners:
Roberta Campbell, Miami University ‘Farewell to Summer’: Examining the Role and Value of the
Commons in Appalachian Economies,” Paul Lovelace, University
“Home is Where the Corazon Is: English Language Learners of Kentucky, and Clay Lyons Morton, filmmaker
in the Rural Appalachian Context,” Caitlin Howley, ICF
International, and Wesley Kuemmel, Marshall University Fri. 2:45. 20. Film: The Hills Are Alive: Three Documentaries
on Appalachian Life. Convener: TBA
“Culturally Responsive Teaching: Perceptions of Pre-service
Teachers in Appalachia,” Jane Arrington, Morehead State “Get Out of Here: Coming Out in Appalachia,” Ann Andaloro,
University Morehead State University
“The Impact of Poor Attendance on Achievement,” Erin Bushek,
Portsmouth, KY “Zen Furnace: A view of diverse faith in Appalachia,” Steve
Middleton, Morehead State University
“The Effects of Writing in the Classroom,” Elizabeth Hannah
“Real Appalachia: Empowerment through personal narratives,”
Fri. 2:45. 17. Stereotypes and Cultural Perceptions. Aaron Nelson, Morehead State University
Convener: TBD
Fri. 2:45. 21. From the inside out and the outside in: Case
”Taking the Bluegrass North:  The Renfro Valley Barn Dance Studies in Appalachian Community Revitalization with
and Perceptions of Appalachia in Cincinnati,” Nathan McGee, AmeriCorps VISTA. Convener: Jenna Fehr, Appalachian Coal
University of Cincinnati Country Watershed Team
“The Global ‘Hillbilly’: Comparing Stereotypes of ‘Mountain “Ecotourism in Southwest Virginia,” Samantha Lukasiewicz,
People’ Worldwide,” Ted Olson, East Tennessee State University OSM/VISTA Powell River/ACCWT
“Harry Caudill’s Night Comes to the Cumberlands: What Do “Agricultural and Cultural Tourism in Northeast Tennessee,”
We Do with the Stereotypes?” Donna Eisenstat, West Virginia Leslie Hammond, Appalachian Resource Conservation and
Institute of Technology Development Council/ACCWT
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“Creating a Blueway and The Economic Benefits of Canoe Trails,” “Model Appalachian Studies Programs: Intersections with
William Nissley, Middle Nolichucky Watershed Alliance/ACCWT Diverse Communities, Disciplines, and Students,” Caleb Potter,
Morehead State University
“Engaging Rural Volunteers in Community Revitalization,” Jenna
Fehr, Appalachian Coal Country Watershed Team “Appalachian Girls’ College Preparedness: An Intervention
Programs Comparison,” Zetta Nicely, Radford University
Fri. 2:45. 22. Media and Local Newspapers in Appalachia.
Convener: Lisa Perry, Arkansas State University “An Investigation of Teacher Education, Activism, and
Compliance in Three Appalachian States,” Michael Hess, Ohio
“A Case Study of the Status of Community Newspapers,” University
Deborah Givens, Eastern Kentucky University
Fri. 4:15. 28. Ecosystems, Farms and Environment. Convener:
“Local Information in Appalachian Communities: Searching Chad Montrie, University of Massachusetts Lowell
for News in All the Wrong Places?” Gary Hansen, University of
Kentucky, and Liz Hansen, Eastern Kentucky University “The Cultural History and Future of Sheep Farming in the High
Country,” Tracy Jarrell, Appalachian State University
“Circulation Patterns of Appalachian Newspapers,” Al Cross,
University of Kentucky “Black Bears and Mountaineers: A Study of Appalachian
Environmental Interaction,” Rachel Roberts, Appalachian State
CONCURRENT SESSION III, FRIDAY, 4:15 PM – 5:30 PM University
Fri. 4:15. 23. AVs: Women and Activism in Appalachia. “Tobacco Baskets: The Embodiment of Cultural Memory,”
Convener: Beth Bingman Susanna Donaldson, University of Iowa
PRESENTERS: Beth Bingman, Appalshop; Sally Maggard, USDA; “Millers’ Tales: Millers and Millwrights in Floyd County, Virginia,”
Brenda Bell, Maryville, Tennessee; Sarah Riley, Hillsboro, West Ricky Cox, Radford University
Virginia; Amelia Kirby, Whitesburg, Kentucky
Fri. 4:15. 29. Using Our Land for Action, Scholarship, and
Fri. 4:15. 24. Barbarians No More: Violence in Appalachia Reflection. Convener: Jim Minick, Radford University
at the Turn of the Twentieth Century. Convener: Bruce E.
Stewart, Appalachian State University A reading from The Blueberry Years, an environmental memoir,
Jim Minick, Radford University
“‘The Largest Manhunt in Western North Carolina’s History’: The
Lynching of Broadus Miller,” Kevin Young, University of Georgia A reading from Back to Normal: Surviving with an Old Farm in
the New South, an environmental memoir, Dana Wildsmith
“‘A Hard-Bitten Lot’: Non-Strike Violence in the Early Southern
West Virginia Smokeless Coalfields, 1880-1910,” Paul H. Rakes, A recounting of hosting Mountain Justice Summer participants,
West Virginia Institute of Technology spring 2010, Jim Webb, Appalshop
”‘Assassins and Anarchists’: Politics and Death in the Kentucky Fri. 4:15. 30. The Uses and Misuses of Appalachian Culture.
Bluegrass and the Mountains,” T.R.C. Hutton, University of Convener: TBD
Tennessee
Phillip Obermiller, University of Cincinnati, and Michael
Fri. 4:15. 25. Reflection and Renewal in Literature and Maloney, Urban Appalachian Council
Readings. Convener: Grace Toney Edwards, Radford University
Fri. 4:15. 31. Community-Campus Partnerships Developed
“Sang and Sign: Ginseng as Metaphor for Sustainability in Ron through Just Connections. Convener: Susan Ambler, Maryville
Rash’s Fiction,” Jimmy Dean Smith, Union College College
“Echoes Across the Blue Ridge,” Rosemary Royston, Young Harris PRESENTERS: Ashley Cochrane, Berea College; Robert Donnan,
College Carrboro, North Carolina; Billy Newton, Maryville College;
Guy Larry Osborne, Carson-Newman College; Mitzi Wood von
“Poetry Reading,” Pauletta Hansel, Cincinnati, Ohio Mizener, Narrow Ridge Earth Literacy Center; Mark Wilson,
Auburn University
“Lee Howard’s Prophetic Voice,” George Ella Lyon, Lexington,
Kentucky Fri. 4:15. 32. Reclaiming the Old Time Musical Heritage
of the Smoky Mountains. Convener: Michael Montgomery,
Fri. 4:15. 26. Film, Glenn Bolick, Sawmill Man. Convener and University of South Carolina
presenter: Rebecca Jones, Appalachian State University
“Joseph Sargent Hall: The Man and his ‘Song-Catching”,’
Fri. 4:15. 27. Teaching in and about Rural Appalachia. Michael Montgomery, University of South Carolina
Convener: Jane Arrington, Morehead State University
“The Old-Time Musical Repertoire of the Smoky Mountains,”
“Elements of Student Success in Rural Appalachia,” Ann Lytle- Ted Olson, East Tennessee State University
Burns, Eastern Kentucky University
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“Interpreting Mountain Music in Great Smoky Mountains Sat. 9:00. 35. Modernization and the Ozarks: Perspectives on
National Park,” Kent Cave, National Park Service the Other Southern Highlands. Convener: Gene Hyde, Radford
University
Fri. 4:15. 33. Poster Sessions
”‘As Fixed and Stable as the Rocks Themselves’: Highland South
“A Window into the Emotional World of Appalachian Men: Grief, Stereotypes and Early School Reform in the Arkansas Ozarks,
Loss, and Coping in One Group of Men in Eastern Kentucky,” 1910s -1920s,” Blake Perkins, West Virginia University
Ruth Riding-Malon, Radford University, and Paige Cordial,
Radford University “A ‘Regionally Perfect Story’ of Regional Imperfection: Thames
Williamson’s The Woods Colt: A Novel of the Ozarks Mountains
“Who Am I and Where do I Come From? Developing an (1933),” John Hensley, Independent Scholar
Appalachian Sense of Place Among Elementary Students,” Andy
Walters, John F. Kennedy Elementary, Kingsport, Tennessee “Whose Forest is It?: Resistance to the Arkansas National Forest,”
J. Brett Adams, Collin College—Preston Ridge Campus
“The African-American Experience in Eastern Kentucky – the
Oral History Recordings of HCTC/Lees College Campus,” Cathy “Persistence and Change in the Ozarks and Ouachitas: An
Branson, Hazard Community and Technical College, and Overview,” Brooks Blevins, Missouri State University
Brownie Wallace, Hazard Community and Technical College
Sat. 9:00. 36. Appalachian Literature and Landscape.
“Promoting Physical Activity in Perry County, Kentucky,” Ashley Convener: Katherine Ledford, Appalachian State University
Charsa, Berea College; Krystle Chipman, Americorps/VISTA;
Cynthia Cole, Pathfinders “Waves of Mountains: Vistas in Southern Appalachian Travel
Writing,” Katherine Ledford, Appalachian State University
“Hazel Dickens Paddling Upstream: Inciting Social Change
Through Music,” Kathryn Engle, Eastern Kentucky University “Who is Charles Dudley Warner, and What Was He Doing in
Southern Appalachia in the Summer of 1884?” Kevin O’Donnell,
“Implementation and response to Small-Scale Wind Power in East Tennessee State University
a Southern Appalachian Community: The Case of Boone, NC,”
Christopher Badurek, Appalachian State University; Matthew S. “Charles Wright’s Suburban Metaphysics: Liminality, Landscape,
Anthony, Appalachian State University and the Environment in Negative Blue,” Heather Hoover,
Milligan College
“The Effects of Coal on the Health of People in Central
Appalachia: Students Show Their Digital Stories,” Horton Li, Sat. 9:00. 37. Appalachian Ethnomusical of Southwest
Berea College; Brad Mefford, Berea College Virginia and Beyond. Convener: Cynthia Coughlin, Radford
University
Fri. 5:45 – 6:15. RECEPTION HONORING JAMES STILL,
featuring Silas House reading from Chinaberry, Still’s final PRESENTERS: Cynthia Coughlin, Donnie Martin, Jon West, Sarah
novel. Keen Johnson Building Wood, Alesia Crewey, David Eric Pidcock, Michelle Caldwell,
Emily Redd, Tucker Davis, Jessica Loftis, all of Radford University
Fri. 6:30 – 8:00. BANQUET AND AWARDS CEREMONY, Sat. 9:00. 38. Degrees of Elevation. Convener: Charles Dodd
Keen Johnson Building Ball Room White, South College
READINGS from Degrees of Elevation anthology, from Crystal
CONCURRENT SESSION IV, SATURDAY, 9:00 AM – 10:15 AM Wilkinson, Chris Holbrook, Denton Loving, and Larry Smith
Sat. 9:00. 34. History and Identity Through Race and Sat. 9:00. 39. Reflections on Educational Studies. Convener:
Ethnicity. Convener: Cicero Fain, Niagara University TBD
“Virtually Invisible: African Americans in Appalachia,” Stacci “The Impact of Parent-Child Reading Habits on Prereading
Blye, Berea College Skills,” Marissa Wilson, St. Lawrence Elementary School
“Italian Americans in North Central West Virginia: Ethnic “Is the WV PROMISE Keeping its Promise to the State Economy?”
Mountaineers,” Dominic Gatti, Kent State University, and Lonnie Shannon Hoffman, Vanderbilt University
R. Helton, Cleveland State University
“Preserving Traditional Culture in Cumberland Gap – A Follow
“Get on Board, Children: The Story of Integration in Yancey Up,” Elissa Graff, Lincoln Memorial University
County, North Carolina,” Ashley Brewer, Appalachian State
University Sat. 9:00. 40. Farms and Foodways. Convener: Barry
Whittemore, North Georgia College and State University
“The Social and Health Status of Black Appalachian Migrants in
the Cincinnati Metropolitan Area,” Robert Ludke, University of “Tradition as a Motivating Factor in Home Food Preservation in
Cincinnati Eastern Kentucky,” Lisa Conley, University of Kentucky
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“Food Security Status and Related Characteristics Among a CONCURRENT SESSION V, SATURDAY, 10:30 AM – 11:45 AM
Sample of Rural Appalachian Women,” Shannon Stewart, Ohio
University Sat. 10:30. 45. AVs: The Appalachian Volunteers in Context
and Perspective. Convener: David Walls, Sonoma State
“Appalachian Foodways and the Church: A Shared Relationship University
of Sustainability,” Cameron Farlow, Appalachian State University
“AVs in Harlan County: Memories of Conflict in the Coalfields,”
“A Matter of Taste: Reading Food and Class in Appalachian Alessandro Portelli, University of Rome La Sapienza
Literature,” Erica Abrams Locklear, University of North Carolina
at Asheville “Perspectives on Harlan County,” Shaunna Scott, University of
Kentucky
Sat. 9:00. 41. Queer Space in a Queered Place: GLBT Identity
in Southern Appalachia. Convener: Richard L. Parmer, Jr., “Further Thoughts on the AVs,” Thomas Kiffmeyer, Morehead
University of Kentucky State University
PRESENTERS: Richard L. Parmer, Jr., University of Kentucky; “Perspectives of an AV ‘Fieldman,’” Judy Martin, Berea, Kentucky
Donnie Martin II, Radford University; Heather McIntyre,
University of Kentucky; Jeff Mann, Virginia Polytechnic and Sat. 10:30. 46. Impact of Appalachian Rosie the Riveters on
State University America, Past to Future. Convener: Anne Montague, Thanks!
Plain and Simple
Sat. 9:00. 42. Appalachian Women’s Work. Convener: TBD
PRESENTERS: Mary Lou Maroney, Charleston, West Virginia;
“Re-Gendering Work Relations: The Feminization of Work and Garnet Kozielec, Charleston, West Virginia; Edie Lyons,
the Expansion of the Appalachian Service Economy,” Rebecca Charleston, West Virginia; Mazie Mullins, Charleston, West
Adkins Fletcher, University of Kentucky Virginia; Tijah Bumbarner, West Virginia State University;
Zachory Brewster, West Virginia State University
“‘As Long as it’s in the Privacy of My Home’: Perceptions of
Breastfeeding Among First Time Mothers in Appalachia,” N. Sat. 10:30. 47. History, Sports, and Sustainability in
Danielle Duckett, University of Kentucky Appalachian Children’s Literature. Convener: TBD
“Eastern Kentucky Women Artists Working for Social Change,” “Beginning at Home: Using Appalachian Children’s Books to
Joy Gritton, Morehead State University Teach History,” Roberta Herrin, East Tennessee State University
“Put Out the Home Fires and Pack a Suitcase: Appalachian “Striking Out and Hitting Home Runs in Appalachian Sport
Women Take it On the Road,” Kathy Olson, Lees-McRae College Literature for Children,” Sheila Quinn Oliver, Broome High
School
Sat. 9:00. 43. Writing MTR: Meet Authors and Readers.
Convener: Dwight Billings, University of Kentucky “The Golden Enemy: Sustainability and the Appalachian
Outdoors in the Works of Alexander Key,” Ron Roach, Young
PRESENTERS: Dwight Billings, University of Kentucky; Rebecca Harris College
Scott, University of Missouri; Jason Howard, University of
Kentucky; Shirley Stewart Burns, Charleston, West Virginia; Erik Sat. 10:30. 48. Exploring Race and Culture through Arts and
Reece, University of Kentucky Music. Convener: TBD
Sat. 9:00. 44. Narratives of Community and People. “Palmer Hayden’s John Henry series as an Affrilachian Visual
Convener: TBD Narrative,” Marie Cochran, Independent Scholar
“Leadership and Impression Management of Sergeant Alvin C. “‘About as Pure a Stock as We Can Boast in America:’ Perceptions
York,” Mary Ruth Isaacs, University of the Cumberlands of Appalachia and the Discourse of Race in the Bluegrass Music
Community,” Mark Miyake, SUNY Empire State College
“A Voice From the Holler” (MTR), Cecily Howell, Morehead State
University “Hip-hop From the Dub Vee (WV),” Sharon Wills Brescoach, St.
Francis University
“Narratives of Heritage: Preservation, Progress, and Public
Space,” Ennis Barbery, Marshall University “Insights in Appalachian Culture: A Reflection on Music, Dance,
Storytelling, Politics, and Religion,” Barry Whittemore, North
“‘No Little Daring Simply to Copy Nature ‘The Blackwater Georgia College and State University
Chronicle, Rural Hours, and Complex Pastoralism in 19th-
Century Appalachian Narratives,” Michael Martin, University of Sat. 10:30. 49. Performance: Hunting for Morels. Convener:
Charleston TBD
Barbara Wade, Berea College; Atossa Kramer, Berea College
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Sat. 10:30. 50. Service Learning: Action, Reflection, and “Reviewing and Considering Critical Integrations of Culture in
Renewal in the Academy through Student Engagement in the Appalachian Classroom,” Cassie Patterson, The Ohio State
the Community. Convener: Carol Baugh, Sinclair Community University
College
Sat. 10:30. 55. Film: Elk Knob Community Heritage
“Making Service Learning Happen: A Model for the University,” Organization Documentary. Convener: Patricia Beaver,
Holly Frye, Shepherd University Appalachian State University
“Service Learning throughout the Program: Teacher Education PRESENTERS: Sky McFarland, Appalachian State University;
Students in the Community,” Dorothy Hively, Shepherd Jameson H. Jones, Appalachian State University; A. Leigh
University Walters, Appalachian State University; Kristin Hyle, Appalachian
State University
“Just the Right Stuff: Service Learning and the Appalachian
Literature Classroom,” Sylvia Bailey Shurbutt, Shepherd 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM: LUNCH AND BUSINESS MEETING,
University Keen Johnson Building Ball Room

Sat. 10:30. 51. Kentucky Craft History: Paper, People, and
Objects. Convener: TBD CONCURRENT SESSION VI, SATURDAY, 1:30 PM – 2:45 PM
Philis Alvic, Independent Scholar; Fran Redmon, Independent Sat. 1:30. 56. Invited Session: Restoring Forests on Mined
Scholar; Mary Reed, Appalachian Crafts; Susan Goldstein, Land in Appalachia. Convener: Robert Weise, Eastern Kentucky
curator and art collector University
Sat. 10:30. 52. Cherokee Studies: Multiple Paths to PRESENTERS: Patrick Angel, Office of Surface Mining
Understanding. Convener: Anna Fariello, Western Carolina Reclamation and Enforcement, Appalachian Regional
University Reforestation Initiative; Dvon Duncan, Eastern Coal Regional
Roundtable
“Pottery Analysis as an Avenue to Explore Early Cherokee Food
Ways,” Jane Eastman, Western Carolina University Sat. 1:30. 57. Making Meaning: Students’ Interpreting the
Appalachian Past. Convener: Chad Berry, Berea College
“The Importance of Sports among the Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians,” Jane Carolina Adams, Western Carolina PRESENTERS: Berea College undergraduate students
University
Sat. 1:30. 58. Reading: Southern Appalachian Writers’
“Sustaining Tradition: The Formation of an Artisan Cooperative Cooperative: Hague, Henson, and Wildsmith. Convener:
on the Qualla Boundary,” Anna Fariello, Western Carolina Scott Goebel, Cincinnati State University
University
READINGS: Dana Wildsmith; Michael Henson; Richard Hague
“Rooted in the Mountains: A Free Symposium That Integrates
Indigenous Science with Health and Environment,” Lisa J. Lefler Sat. 1:30. 59. Beech Mountain and Beyond: Music & Singing
and Pamela Duncan, Western Carolina University Traditions in Change. Convener: Cece Conway, Appalachian
State University
Untitled, Hartwell Francis and Tom Belt, Western Carolina
University “Mentor Musician Jim Lloyd & the Journey of His Apprentice,”
Trevor McKenzie, Appalachian State University
Sat. 10:30. 53. Voices from Appalachia: Eastern Kentucky in
Transition. Convener: TBD “The Cultural Traditions of Ted Hicks, son of Ray & Rosa Hicks,”
Lisa Baldwin, Appalachian State University
PRESENTERS: Sue Tallichet, Morehead State University;
Cecily Howell, Morehead State University; Becky Goncharoff, “Diabate & Vappie, Black Banjo Gathering Reunion 2010 Video,”
Transylvania University Cece Conway, Appalachian State University
Sat. 10:30. 54. Educational Research. Convener: TBD Untitled, Steve Kruger, University of North Carolina
“Building a Place-Based After School Program in Appalachia,” Sat. 1:30. 60. African American History and Culture in East
Lisa Bourne, Emory & Henry College Tennessee. Convener: Beth Vanlandingham
“Pupil Instruction Space: One Room Schools vs. 2010 Schools,” “The School on the Hill: An Oral History of Nelson-Merry
Douglas Sturgeon, Shawnee State University, and Daniel School” (video documentary), Beth Vanlandingham, Carson-
Bennett, Shawnee State University Newman College
“Professional Development of School Leaders in Virginia’s Rural “8th of August” Celebrations in East Tennessee: Celebrating
Appalachia Region,” Brad Bizzell, Virginia Polytechnic and State Emancipation in the African American Community,” Gene
University Training and Technical Assistance Center Maddox, George Clem Multicultural Center
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