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Florida College English Association
Planned Sessions
October 17 and 18, 2002
Sheraton Gainesville
“Many Voices, Many Places”
Note: The program at the conference will contain brief descriptions of each session.
Wednesday Evening: For those arriving early, the Miami Ballet
is performing at the Phillips Center.
For information and tickets, please call: 352-392-2787.
Thursday, October 17
8-Noon Registration
8:30-9:20 Session 1
“Live by the Code: Beowulf Meets Ghost Dog and Maximus in the Freshman Composition Coliseum”
Virginia G. Agnew, University of Florida
“The Future of Plagiarism”
Jonathan Goodwin, University of Florida
Session 2
“Corporatization of English Studies: Considerations, Concerns, and Control”
Matt Forester, Julia Makosky, and Eric Mason, University of South Florida
Session 3
“’Oh, My Wrinkles, My Wrinkles!’: Reflections of the Aging Caesar in Shakespeare and Shaw”
Valerie Lipscomb and Lagretta T. Lenker, University of South Florida
“’Th’milk of human kindness’ or ‘The fine strains of honor’: Gender Roles in Madbeth and Coriolanus”
Alexander M. Bruce, Florida Southern College
9:30-10:20 Session 4
“Unifying Freshman Composition through Computer Ancillaries:
Effecting Program-wide Changes through Technological Innovation”
Patrick McMahon, Tallahassee Community College
Session 5
“In the Beginning: The Process of Publication for Undergraduates”
Mary Pharr, Karli Taylor, Laura Tomashek, Melissa Slavicz, and Elizabeth Peloso, Florida Southern College
Session 6
“Zora Neale Hurston’s Janie”
Marian Conklin, University of South Florida
“African-American and Anglo-American Communication Styles on Campus”
Elisabeth Sommer, University of Central Florida
Session 7
“Defining American Heroes: Analyzing the Metamorphosis of the War Hero in Twentieth Century War Films Using Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey”
Luci A. Frith, Manatee Community College
10:30-Noon General Session
Florida Association of Departments of English (FADE) is sponsoring this session.
“Do English Departments Have a Future?”
Moderator: Maurice O’Sullivan, Rollins College
Invitations have been extended to several department chairs from four-year and two-year, private and public, universities and colleges. This panel of distinguished guests will discuss issues facing departments.
Noon – 1:30 Lunch is available in the dining room as well as at several nearby restaurants.
FADE will hold its annual business meeting with a lunch served.
1:30-2:30 Session 8
“Papa, Santiago, Fidel: Hemingway in Cuba”
Ann St. Clair Lesman, Shenandoah University
Robert G. Lesman, Northern Virginia Community College
Session 9
“Documenting Florida”
Steve Robitaille, Santa Fe Community College
Session 10
“Teaching beyond the Theory Lines”
Glenn Freeman, University of Florida
“Writing as Healer? An Informal Examination of the Therapeutic Effects of Personal Writing among College Freshmen”
Peter Schreffler, Florida Southern College
Session 11
“The Florida Writings of Poet Sidney Lanier”
Steve Wall, University of South Florida
“Using the Ancient Principles of Design to Focus on the Hidden Meaning in John Cheever’s The Swimmer”
Vicky Bell, University of Central Florida
“Nationalistic Myopia: Pocomania’s Reflection and Projection of the Jamaican Nation”
Alison J. Van Nyhuis, University of Florida
2:45-3:45 Session 12
“Using Florida Literature to Teach Composition II”
Kevin Morgan, Li-Lee Tunceren and Julia Rawa, St. Petersburg Junior College
Session 13
“Unlikely Heroes: The Evolution of the Feminist Text”
Betty McKinnie, Gulf Coast Community College
“Coming Alive! Florida and Its Women Poets: From Object to Subject”
Marcia Denius, Florida Institute of Technology
“’Why Should I Be a Footnote to Someone Else’s Life?’: Martha Gellhorn, 20th Century Journalist”
Mary Katherine Wainwright, Manatee Community College
Session 14
“What’s in a Name? Naming and Names in Florida’s Literature and Landscape”
Kathleen Anderson and Susan E. Jones, Palm Beach Atlantic College
Session 15
“Conch Talk: Studying Regional Dialects”
Harold E. Nugent, University System of New Hampshire
4:00 General
Session
This session is funded by the Florida Humanities Council.
Betty Jean Steinshouer presents Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings.
5:00 Reception
6:00 Dinner
on Your Own
7:30 Laughter
with Pat McMahon
8:00 Reading
Our Creative Writing
Coordinator: Aliesa Zoecklein, Santa Fe Community College
Friday, October 18
8:00 Florida
College English Association Annual Business Meeting
Presider: Jane Anderson Jones, President
Manatee Community College
9:00 Session
16
“Humanities Courses as Cultural Studies”
“Car Culture,” “Roots, Rap, and Reggae,” and “The Horror Story”
Helen Connell, Heather Andrade, and Lawrence Byrne, Barry University
Session 17
“Regional Eclectica: Have I Wasted My Life?”
Courtney J. Ruffner, Jeff Grieneisen, Manatee Community College and Ringling School of Art and Design
Richard McKee, Ringling School of Art and Design
Suzanne Keyworth, Manatee Community College
Session 18
“Women’s Voices in the Evolution of American Protestantism in the Late Nineteenth Century”
Arden Jensen, Gulf Coast Community College
“’Breaking in Bright Orthogra/phy—‘: The Influence of Noah Webster’s Dictionary and Thought on the Poetry of Emily Dickinson,”
Melanie Hubbard, University of Tampa
“A Place Called Middle-Earth”
Melanie A. Rawls, Florida A&M University
9:00 – 11:10 Session 19 and 20
Panel Presentations on Using Technology in the Classroom
Moderator: Kevin Morgan, St. Petersburg Junior College
Panelists: Steve Brahlek, Palm Beach Community College
William Wall, Santa Fe Community College
Julia Rawa, St. Petersburg Community College
10:10-11:10 Session 21
“Ethnicity and Multiculturalism: Cultivating Agency in Many Voices, Many Places”
Randy R. James, Gay Outler, Teshie Jones, Florida Memorial College
Session 22
“Plagiarism: Now What?”
“Creating an Awareness of Plagiarism with ESL and Basic Writers”
“The Hopes and Failures of Technology: Dignity in First Year Composition”
“Pink Monkeys and White Elephants: Web Sources for ‘Tired’ Students”
Mark Putnam, Jeff Karon, Judy A. Hayden, The University of Tampa
Session 23
“Banned Books in America”
Fred Standley, Florida State University
11:20-12:20 Session 24
“Enhancing ENC 1101 by Infusing 21st Century Workforce Skills: A Program funded by the U.S. Department of Education”
Angela A. Rapkin, Susan Brown, Isara Tyson, Mary Katherine Wainwright, Manatee Community College
Session 25
“Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings: From Cross Creek to ‘Mommie Dearest’”
Kevin McCarthy, University of Florida
Session 26
“Critical Issues for First Year College Writing Instructors”
Deborah Coxwell Teague, Florida State University
“Toward Something Unspecial: The Crisis of Specialization in University English Departments and What Reasonably Can Be Done To Help”
Chris Jones, University of Florida
Session 27
“Exploring 20th Century Voices: Colonial, Post-Colonial & Post-Modern Text/s”
Julia Rawa, St. Petersburg Jr. College
12:30 Luncheon
Recognition of Past Presidents
Speaker: Virgil Suarez, Poet
2:30 Session 28
Trip
to Paynes Prairie and Visit with William Bartram Harold
Nugent, Organizer
Greg Cunningham as William Bartram
Join a group hiking from the Interpretive Center on the northwest side of Paynes Prairie. On your hike, you will find William Bartram camped overlooking Alachua Sink. He promises to discuss his research and writings with you there.
Session 29
Trip to Cross Creek – Maps will be provided.
Our hotel is approximately 15 miles from Cross Creek, home of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. The house is open for tours and the grounds invite ramblers.
Session 30
Bevins Arm Canoeing Opportunity - Susan Miller, Organizer
Spend the afternoon relaxing on Bevins Arm, or, for the adventurous, count how many alligators you can find on this small lake.
Evening Activities in and around Gainesville include a new play at the Hippodrome, “Bat Boy: The Musical.” It is described as a “an outlandishly funny comedy/horror/farce. Bat Boy, half boy/half bat creature has been plucked from his cave in West Virginia, and is adopted by a local family.” 352-375-4477 for more information and tickets.
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