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  • Thursday, Mar 30th
    1:45 PM – 3:00 PM MTN
    B-08 - B-08 - Common Reader: Short Stories inspired by The Rock Eaters
    Location: Terrace (Terrace)
    Moderator: Sarah Dangelantonio – Franklin Pierce University (NH)
    Chair: Ryan P. McCafferty – Mississippi State University (MS)
    Common Reader
  • Thursday, Mar 30th
    1:45 PM – 3:00 PM MTN
    B-14 - Roundtable: Gender Stigmas - A Jesuit Reflection on The Rock Eaters
    Location: Columbine (Terrace)
    Moderator: Billie Tadros – University of Scranton (PA)
    Presenter: Dimitri A. Bartels-Bray – University of Scranton (PA)
    Presenter: Bethany R. Belkowski – University of Scranton (PA)
    Presenter: Jillian F. Tremblay – University of Scranton (PA)
    Presenter: Aubrey L. Wolff – University of Scranton (PA)
    Common Reader
  • Thursday, Mar 30th
    1:45 PM – 3:00 PM MTN
    B-08 - Bow Lower, for Its Heart Lies in the Ground
    Location: Terrace (Terrace)
    Author: Eunice Tan – Union University (TN)
    Common Reader
  • Thursday, Mar 30th
    1:45 PM – 3:00 PM MTN
    B-08 - My Little Dove
    Location: Terrace (Terrace)
    Author: Kimberly B. Johnson – Southern New Hampshire University (NH)
    Common Reader
  • Thursday, Mar 30th
    1:45 PM – 3:00 PM MTN
    B-08 - Ripples
    Location: Terrace (Terrace)
    Author: Sabrina M. Lacy – The University of Iowa (IA)
    Common Reader
  • Thursday, Mar 30th
    3:15 PM – 4:30 PM MTN
    C-05 - Writing Attention to Race in Peynado and Morrison
    Location: Spruce (Mezzanine)
    Author: Clara J. Wodny – Luther College (IA)
    Common Reader
  • Friday, Mar 31st
    8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN
    E-13 - Roundtable: Insiders and Outsiders in The Rock Eaters
    Location: Columbine (Terrace)
    Moderator: Christine Cooper-Rompato – Utah State University (UT)
    Presenter: Vanessa Garcia-Vazquez – Utah State University (UT)
    Presenter: Amanda Gromachey – Utah State University (UT)
    Presenter: Ericka Stone – Utah State University (UT)
    Presenter: Basil Payne – Utah State University (UT)
    Presenter: Ashleigh Lyon – Utah State University (UT)
    Common Reader
  • Friday, Mar 31st
    9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN
    F-08 - F-08 - Common Reader: Creative Responses to The Rock Eaters
    Location: Terrace (Terrace)
    Moderator: Christine Cooper-Rompato – Utah State University (UT)
    Chair: Neyamia Powell – Park University (MO)
    Common Reader
  • Friday, Mar 31st
    9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN
    F-08 - Call Me June
    Location: Terrace (Terrace)
    Author: Gabrielle T. Hardoin – University of Evansville (IN)
    Common Reader
  • Friday, Mar 31st
    9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN
    F-08 - On Shooting Rabbits
    Location: Terrace (Terrace)
    Author: Isabella G. Jones – Slippery Rock University (PA)
    Common Reader
  • Friday, Mar 31st
    9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN
    F-08 - Hate Is a Virus
    Location: Terrace (Terrace)
    Author: Cassandra Cole – University of Oregon (OR)
    Common Reader
  • Friday, Mar 31st
    3:45 PM – 4:45 PM MTN
    Common Reader Keynote: Brenda Peynado
    Location: Grand Ballroom (2)
    Chair: Brett Iarrobino – Clark University (MA)
    Keynote Speaker: Brenda Peynado – Keynote Speaker and Author
    Common Reader
  • Friday, Mar 31st
    4:45 PM – 5:45 PM MTN
    Brenda Peynado Book Signing
    Location: North Convention Lobby (2)
    Common Reader
  • Saturday, Apr 1st
    9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN
    I-08 - I-08 - Common Reader: Society and The Rock Eaters
    Location: Terrace (Terrace)
    Chair: Noah A. Boland – University of North Georgia, Gainesville (GA)
    Moderator: Amy Mecklenburg-Faenger – Park University (MO)
    Common Reader
  • Saturday, Apr 1st
    9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN
    I-08 - The Male Gaze and “The Whitest Girl”
    Location: Terrace (Terrace)
    Author: Hope Lockwood – Pepperdine University (CA)
    Common Reader
  • Saturday, Apr 1st
    9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN
    I-16 - Workshop: Conversation with Brenda Peynado
    Location: Majestic Ballroom (Majestic)
    Moderator: Kevin Stemmler – PennWest Clarion (PA)
    Speaker: Brenda Peynado – Keynote Speaker and Author
    Common Reader
  • Saturday, Apr 1st
    9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN
    I-08 - Peynado and the Damaging Effects of Debt
    Location: Terrace (Terrace)
    Author: Lillian I. Floyd – Park University (MO)
    Common Reader
  • Saturday, Apr 1st
    9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN
    I-08 - Radioactive Renaissance: A Superhero Origin Story
    Location: Terrace (Terrace)
    Author: Brandon W. Schmitz – Park University (MO)
    Common Reader
  • Saturday, Apr 1st
    9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN
    I-08 - Literary Analysis of Peynado’s “The Rock Eaters”
    Location: Terrace (Terrace)
    Author: Neyamia Powell – Park University (MO)
    Common Reader
  • Saturday, Apr 1st
    11:00 AM – 12:15 PM MTN
    J-14 - Roundtable: Sticks and Stones: Politics in The Rock Eaters
    Location: Columbine (Terrace)
    Moderator: Michaelann Nelson – Utah State University Eastern (UT)
    Presenter: Jenny Carpenter – Utah State University (UT)
    Presenter: Dakota Mecham – Utah State University Eastern (UT)
    Presenter: Aimee Olson – Utah State University (UT)
    Presenter: Beth Pace – Utah State University Eastern (UT)
    Presenter: Preston Waddoups – Utah State University (UT)
    Common Reader