Florida College English Association
Program Chairs:
Julia Rawa
St. Petersburg College
FCEA Co-Vice President
Kevin Morgan
St. Petersburg College
FCEA Co-Vice President
A Special Thanks to Our
Hosts and Colleagues:
The Florida College English Association
James Olliver, Provost
St. Petersburg College:
Seminole Campus
Lynda Womer, Program
Director
St. Petersburg College:
eCampus
Anya Sebastien, Associate
Provost
St. Petersburg College:
Seminole Campus
Sunita Kumari, Information Commons
St. Petersburg College:
Seminole Campus
Mary Kennedy, Graphic Design
St. Petersburg College:
Seminole Campus
PROGRAM SYNOPSIS
Thursday 16 October 2003
The Holiday Inn Harbourside: Indian Rocks Beach,
FL
8:00-10:00 Coffee &
Danish (Key West Conference Center Veranda)
8:00-12:00 Arrivals and
Registration with Sunita Kumari & Team
Seminole (Key
West Conference Center Front Porch)
9:00-9:30 General Session &
President’s Welcome (Duval Room)
9:30-10:20 Thursday Concurrent
Sessions 1-2
10:30-11:20 Thursday
Concurrent Sessions 3-4
11:30-12:20 Thursday
Concurrent Sessions 5-6
12:20-1:20 Thursday
Lunch Break
12:20-1:20 FADE Luncheon
(Hemingway Room)
1:30-2:20 Thursday
Concurrent Sessions 7-8
2:30-3:20 Thursday
Concurrent Sessions 9-10
Comedy with
Patrick McMahon
3:30-4:20 Thursday Session 11
4:20-5:00 Thursday Late Afternoon Break
5:00-6:30 Hemingway and Fitzgerald Play (Monroe Room)
with Phillip Sipiora & Lawrence Broer
6:30-7:30 Poolside Island Banquet (Key West CC Pool Area)
7:30-8:30 FCEA
Executive Board Meeting (Duval)
7:30-9:30 Open Mic.
with Jeff Grieneisen (Suite 243)
9:30-10:30 Social Hour at the
Hospitality Suite (Suite 243)
Friday 17 October 2003
St. Petersburg College: Seminole, FL
8:30-9:00 Travel to SPC
Seminole’s High Tech Campus (8:30)
8:30-9:30 Continental
Breakfast (UPC Lobby)
9:00-9:30 General Session &
Business Meeting (UPC Digitorium)
9:30-9:45 SPC Seminole
Showcase (UPC Digitorium)
10:00-11:00 Bill
Maxwell’s Key Note Speech (UPC Digitorium)
11:10-12:00 Friday
Concurrent Sessions 12-14
12:10-1:00 Friday
Concurrent Sessions 15-17
Mark Twain Play (Digitorium)
With Ned
Johnson
1:00-2:00 Cuban
Luncheon (UPC Lobby SPC Seminole)
1:00-2:00 Closing Announcements
(UPC Lobby SPC Seminole)
2:00-3:00 Post
Conference Optionals: Grand Tours of the SPC
Seminole Campus
or Roller-blading, Biking, and
Kayaking with
Captain Morgan!
DETAILED PROGRAM
Thursday 16 October 2003
The Holiday Inn Harbourside: Indian Rocks Beach,
FL
8:00-10:00 A.M. Coffee
& Danish (Key West Conference Center Veranda)
8:00-12:00 A.M. Arrivals
and Registration with Sunita Kumari & Team
Seminole (Key
West Conference Center Front Porch)
9:00-9:30 A.M. General Session & President’s Welcome
(Duval Room)
9:30-10:20 A.M. The
Concurrent Sessions Begin
Thursday: 9:30-10:20 A.M. Sessions
1. Session A (Duval Room)
“21st Century Pedagogy: Competing Ideologies?”
Moderator: Deborah Coxwell-Teague
Florida State University
“Choosing Not to Embrace Technology: An Exploration of Our
Resistance”
Deborah Coxwell Teague
Florida State University
“Multimedia Writing and the Politics of Technology”
Andrea Greenbaum
Barry University
“Postmodern Pedagogy and the Politics of Technology”
Kevin Morgan & Julia Rawa
St. Petersburg College
2. Session B (Monroe Room)
“Literature: Theory and Critique”
Moderator: Susan Nugent
Santa Fe Community College
“Celtic Influence in Chopin’s The
Awakening”
Brittany Parkhurst
University of Central Florida
“A Feminist Critique of Caribbean Texts: Mayra Montero’s In the Palm of Darkness”
Andrea Best
Lynn University
“Using Principles of Design to Read John Cheever’s The Swimmer”
Vicky Bell
University of Central Florida
Thursday: 10:30-11:20 A.M. Sessions
3. Session A (Duval Room)
"Hold Your Horses: A Plea for the Virtues of So-Called
'Outmoded’ Technology"
Moderator: Jeff Karon
The University of Tampa
"In Praise of Paper"
Jeff Karon
The University of Tampa
"High Tech Choices: Colorblind or Capitalistic?"
Mark Putnam
The University of Tampa
“Racing Our Government and Losing: African American Students &
the Problematics of Technology”
Judy L. Isaksen
Eckerd College
4. Session B (Monroe Room)
“Writing Beyond the Page”
Moderator: Randy R. James
Florida Memorial College
“Writing Beyond the Page”
Randy R. James
Florida Memorial College
“Writing Beyond the Page”
Gay Outler
Florida Memorial College
“Writing Beyond the Page”
Teshie Jones
Florida Memorial College
Thursday: 11:30-12:20 A.M. Sessions
5. Session A (Duval Room)
“Gonzo Literary Criticism”
Moderator: Richard McKee
Ringling School of Art and Design
“101 Addictions; Kiddie Codependency Lit Crit”
Susan Brown
Manatee Community College
“You Ain’t Seen Noirthin’ Yet”
Richard McKee
Ringling School of Art and Design
“The Wasteland of the Classroom: The Fisher King Goes Over the Syllabus”
Patrick McMahon
Tallahassee Community College
6. Session B (Monroe Room)
“Fiction and Autobiography: Analysis and Technique”
Moderator: Deborah Coxwell-Teague
Florida State University
“Fictions: Defining Realities in the Works of Frank Norris and K.
C. Constantine”
Rosalie Baum
University of South Florida
“From the Reflective to the Ridiculous: Using Russell Baker, Alice
Monroe, and Jean Shepherd to Inspire Student Autobiography in Writing Courses”
Peter Schreffler
Florida Southern College
“Three Easy Lessons: Writing a Mystery Novel”
Bonnie Braendlin
Florida State University
12:20-1:20 P.M. Thursday
Lunch Break!
12:20-1:20 P.M. FADE Luncheon (Hemingway Room)
Thursday: 1:30-2:20 P.M. Sessions
7. Session A (Duval)
“This Earthly Paradise: Visions of Florida”
Moderator: Maurice O’Sullivan
Rollins College
“Florida Literature: All Genres Thrive in the Sun”
Maurice O’Sullivan
Rollins College
“Zora Neale Hurston’s Oedipus Complex: The Father Figure in Jonah’s Gourd Vine”
Anna Lillios
University of Central Florida
"Where is the Wilderness in the South?:
Traversing Florida from the Landscape of the Conquistadors to
Hurston's Hurricane-Ravaged Everglades and Hemingway's Sea”
Greg Byrd
St. Petersburg College
8. Session B (Monroe)
“Transformation of Consciousness: Traditional Literacy,
Knowledge Acquisition,
and Critical Thinking”
Moderator: Deborah Coxwell-Teague
Florida State University
“Reading Ourselves: Traditional Literacy and the Transformation of
Consciousness”
Lawrence Byrne
Barry University
“Successful Knowledge Acquisition:
The Comparative Literary Approach”
Kathleen Robinson
University of South Florida
“Define ‘American’: Fostering Critical Thinking in Writing Courses”
Stone Shiflet
University of South Florida
Thursday: 2:30-3:20 P.M. Sessions
9. Session A (Duval)
“Poetry Ruined My Life: And Now It’s Payback Time”
Former FCEA President Patrick McMahon delivers 50 minutes of
non-stop academic comedy—and musical accompaniment is provided to boot! Patrick
gets his revenge against poetry by analyzing a few of the guilty lyrics in a
way that will make you never want to read them again!
Patrick McMahon
Tallahassee Community College
Thursday:
3:30-4:20 P.M. Sessions
10. Session A
(Duval)
“Reading Ernest
Hemingway: An Examination of Conflicts Defining Style”
Moderator: Susan M. Nugent
Santa Fe Community College
“Conflicts in Two Novels: The Role of Emotionalized Landscaping”
Harold Nugent, Professor Emeritus
University System of New Hampshire
“Evil: The Rendered Abstract”
Ward Scott
Santa Fe Community College
“Soldier’s Home: Silence
as Response”
Susan M. Nugent
Santa Fe Community College
4:20-5:00 P.M. Thursday
Late Afternoon Break
5:00-6:30 P.M. Hemingway and Fitzgerald
Play! (Monroe Room)
A One Act
Play: “Writers’ Heaven”
Who is the superior writer--Hemingway or
Fitzgerald? Don’t miss the mêlée as Papa & Fitz debate this question with
some gusto!
Phillip
Sipiora,
University
of South Florida (as Hemingway) &
Lawrence
Broer,
University of South Florida (as Fitzgerald)
6:30-7:30 P.M. Poolside Island Banquet
(Key West CC Pool Area)
7:30-8:30 P.M. FCEA Executive Board Meeting (Duval Room)
7:30-9:30 P.M. Open
Mic. with Jeff Grieneisen (Suite 243)
9:30-10:30 P.M. Social Hour at the Hospitality Suite
(Suite 243)
Friday 17 October 2003
St. Petersburg College: Seminole, FL
8:30-9:00 A.M.
Travel to SPC Seminole’s High Tech Campus (8:30)
8:30-9:30 A.M. Continental
Breakfast (UPC Lobby))
9:00-9:30 A.M. General
Session & Business Meeting (UPC Digitorium)
9:30-9:45 A.M. SPC Seminole Showcase! (UPC Digitorium)
10:00-11:00 A.M. Bill
Maxwell’s Key Note Speech (UPC Digitorium)
11:10-12:00 A.M. Breakout Sessions Begin
Friday: 11:10-12:00 A.M. Sessions
11. Breakout Session A (UPC Digitorium)
“Soaring on the Wings of Change: Creating Web Courses at St. Petersburg College”
Moderator: Kevin Morgan
St. Petersburg College
"The Evolution of Cyber
Research In and Out of the Classroom”
Joyce Burkhart
St. Petersburg College
“Creating Web Courses for American and British Literature”
Kevin Morgan
St. Petersburg College
“Sound Advice: Creating Web Courses for ESL Instruction”
Li-Lee Tunceren
St. Petersburg College
12. Breakout Session B (UPC 154)
“Cyber Savvy Across the Curriculum: Theory and Praxis”
Moderator: Julie Adamich
St. Petersburg College
“Communicating Across the Curriculum in Online Learning
Environments”
Julie Adamich
St. Petersburg College
“Creating Individualized Quizzes Using Online Software”
Leslie June
St. Petersburg College
“Creating Online Learning Environments:
Subaltern Voices on the Web"
Amy Hale
St. Petersburg College
13. Breakout Session C (UPC 156)
“The Matrix: Teaching English in the Postmodern ‘Classroom’”
Moderator: Jane Jones
Manatee Community College
“Bringing Freshman Writers into the Matrix: Considering Their Lives
Through Technology”
Danita Feinberg
University of South Florida
“Wizard’s First Rule: Training Up Students We Never See”
William Wall
Santa Fe Community College
“Standards and Best Practices: Teaching English Online”
James A. Inman
University of South Florida
Friday: 12:10-1:00 P.M. Sessions
14. Breakout Session A (UPC Digitorium)
A Literary Hiatus!
A One Act Play: “An Afternoon with Mark Twain”
Ned Johnson,
St. Petersburg College
15. Breakout Session B (UPC 154)
“Cyber Savvy in the Composition Classroom: Best Practices”
Moderator: Steve Brahlek
Palm Beach Community College
“Composition Instruction: Constructing Web-based Editing Exercises”
Steve Brahlek
Palm Beach Community College
“Teaching Composition: The GUESS Exercise”
John Crow
Florida Southern University
“Using Electronic Tools to Enhance Student Writing Assessment and
Feedback”
William Wall
Santa Fe Community College
16. Breakout Session C (UPC 156)
“Beyond the Printing Press: Power Point, Listserves, Hypertext”
Moderator: Valerie Lipscomb
University of South Florida
“Constantly Risking Absurdity: Power Point and Figurative Language”
Helen Connell
Barry University
“The Dynamics of the Listserv in the Literature Classroom”
Valerie Lipscomb
University of South Florida
“Poetry in Motion: The Web, Hypertext, and Negative Capability”
Marcia Denius
Florida Institute of Technology
1:00-2:00 P.M. Cuban Luncheon (UPC Lobby SPC
Seminole)
1:00-2:00 P.M. Closing Announcements (UPC Lobby SPC Seminole)
Post
Conference Optionals: Grand Tours of the SPC
Seminole Campus
or Roller-Blading, Biking, and
Kayaking with
Captain Morgan!
2003 FCEA Executive
Board
President: Susan Nugent, Santa Fe Community
College
Co-Vice President: Julia Rawa, St. Petersburg
College (Seminole)
Co-Vice President: Kevin Morgan, St. Petersburg
College (eCampus)
Secretary: Jeffrey Karon, University of Tampa
Treasurer: Kevin Morgan, St. Petersburg College
(Seminole)
CEA Liaison: Fred Standley, Florida State
University
Past President: Jane Anderson Jones, Manatee
Community College (Venice)
Publications Editor: Courtney Ruffner, Manatee
Community College
Steve Brahlek, Palm Beach Community College
Deborah Coxwell-Teague, Florida State
University
Kevin McCarthy, University of Florida
Maurice O’Sullivan, Rollins College
2003 FCEA Program Participants
Julie Adamich--St. Petersburg College: Seminole
Rosalie Baum--University of South Florida
Andrea Best--Lynn University
Vicky Bell--University of Central Florida
Bonnie Braendlin--Florida State University
Steve Brahlek--Palm Beach Community College
Lawrence Broer—University of South Florida
Susan Brown--Manatee Community College: Bradenton
Joyce Burkhart--St. Petersburg College: Seminole
Larry Byrne--Barry University
Greg Byrd-- St. Petersburg College: Seminole
Helen Connell--Barry University
Deborah Coxwell Teague--Florida State University
John Crow--Florida Southern College
Marcia Denius--Florida Institute of Technology
Danita Feinberg--University of South Florida
Steve Glassman--Embry Riddle University
Andrea Greenbaum--Barry University
Jeff Grieneisen--Manatee CC/Ringling School of Art
Amy Hale--St. Petersburg College: eCampus
James A. Inman--University of South Florida
Judy L. Isaksen--Eckerd College
Randy R. James--Florida Memorial College
Ned Johnson--St. Petersburg College
Jane Anderson Jones--Manatee Community College: Venice
Teshie Jones--Florida Memorial College
Leslie June--St. Petersburg College: Seminole
Jeffrey Karon--University of Tampa
Sunita Kumari--St. Petersburg College: Seminole
Anna Lillios--University of Central Florida
Valerie Lipscomb--University of South Florida
Kevin McCarthy--University of Florida
Richard McKee--Ringling School of Art
Patrick McMahon--Tallahassee Community College
Kevin Morgan--St. Petersburg College: eCampus
Harold Nugent--University of New Hampshire (ret.)
Susan Nugent--Santa Fe Community College
Maurice O'Sullivan--Rollins College
Gay Outler--Florida Memorial College
Brittany Parkhurst--University of Central Florida
Mark Putnam--University of Tampa
Julia Rawa--St. Petersburg College: Seminole
Kathleen
Robinson--University of South Florida
Peter Schreffler--Florida Southern College
Ward Scott--Santa Fe Community College
Stone Shiflet--University of South Florida
Phillip Sipiora--University of South Florida
Fred Standley--Florida State University
Li-Lee Tunceren--St. Petersburg College: Seminole
William Wall--Santa Fe Community College
FCEA
© 2003 Florida College English
Association
updated 02 Oct. 2003