Full Schedule

7:30 AM – 8:30 AM MTN

SKD Advisor Meeting
Location: Savoy (Majestic)

SKD

7:30 AM – 2:30 PM MTN

Registration
Location: South Convention Lobby (2)

General

7:30 AM – 3:30 PM MTN

Chapter Merchandise
Location: South Convention Lobby (2)

General

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-01 - Zebra Session
Location: Capitol (Terrace)

Zebra

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-02 - E-02 - Literature: Examining Stereotypes of Literary Women
Location: Denver (Mezzanine)

Moderator: Karolyn Steffens – Lindsey Wilson College (KY)

Chair: Destinee Martin – Morningside University (IA)

Location: Denver (Mezzanine)

Literature

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-02 - The Modern Fallen Woman in The Virgin Suicides
Location: Denver (Mezzanine)

Author: Lillian Richards – Baker University (KS)

20th/21st Century American Literature

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-02 - A Lustful Contract in “The Husband Stitch”
Location: Denver (Mezzanine)

Author: Lily R. Ginsberg – University of Illinois at Chicago (IL)

20th/21st Century American Literature

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-02 - Feminist Ideals in Iola Leroy
Location: Denver (Mezzanine)

Author: Shelby S. Armstrong – Lindsey Wilson College (KY)

19th Century American Literature

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-02 - Villainizing Women in Stephen King’s Carrie
Location: Denver (Mezzanine)

Author: Michaela A. Smith – University of North Georgia, Gainesville (GA)

20th/21st Century American Literature

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-03 - E-03 - Literature: Merchant of Venice and Thoughts about Shakespeare
Location: Savoy (Majestic)

Moderator: Lexey Bartlett – Fort Hays State University (KS)

Chair: Harrison G. Jenkins – Fort Hays State University (KS)

Location: Beverly (Terrace)

Literature

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-03 - Discovering More Than Shakespeare at Botanica
Location: Beverly (Terrace)

Author: Hannah G. Holliday – Wichita State University (KS)

Creative Nonfiction

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-03 - Eat or Be Eaten: The Merchant of Venice
Location: Beverly (Terrace)

Author: Abigail E. Jones – Houston Baptist University (TX)

Early Modern British Literature (1500-1750)

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-03 - Christian Sacrifice in The Merchant of Venice
Location: Beverly (Terrace)

Author: Scott M. Rust – Luther College (IA)

Early Modern British Literature (1500-1750)

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-03 - Justice and Mercy in the Pursuit of Law
Location: Beverly (Terrace)

Author: Aubrianna M. Wylie – Ohio Northern University (OH)

Early Modern British Literature (1500-1750)

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-04 - E-04 - Literature: Death and Diversity—Some Troubling Questions
Location: Spruce (Mezzanine)

Moderator: Kathryn Brewer Strayer – Stillman College (AL)

Chair: Ellianna Madsen – Morningside University (IA)

Location: Spruce (Mezzanine)

Literature

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-04 - Adam and Steve: Wilde’s Take on Paradise
Location: Spruce (Mezzanine)

Author: Lily K. Magoon – Muhlenberg College (PA)

Victorian and Pre-War British Literature (1837-1914)

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-04 - Out of the Closet and into the Coffin
Location: Spruce (Mezzanine)

Author: Natalie Marroquin – University of North Georgia, Gainesville (GA)

Victorian and Pre-War British Literature (1837-1914)

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-04 - The Awakening: How to Fall in Love with Yourself
Location: Spruce (Mezzanine)

Author: Matthew J. Chinique – The College of New Jersey (NJ)

19th Century American Literature

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-04 - The Story of Doomed Love
Location: Spruce (Mezzanine)

Author: Madison Putnam – Ohio Northern University (OH)

20th/21st Century American Literature

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-05 - E-05 - Literature: American Lyric Poetry, Black Identity, Jazz
Location: Century (Mezzanine)

Moderator: Moushumi Biswas – Langston University (OK)

Chair: Therese Holzapfel – Sigma Tau Delta Alum

Location: Century (Mezzanine)

Literature

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-05 - "The Street": The Jazz Ethos and Intersectionality
Location: Century (Mezzanine)

Author: Brianna Burke – McKendree University (IL)

20th/21st Century American Literature

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-05 - Amanda Gorman's Lyric of Unity
Location: Century (Mezzanine)

Author: Clara J. Wodny – Luther College (IA)

20th/21st Century American Literature

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-05 - Diverse Influences in Minority Poetry
Location: Century (Mezzanine)

Author: Emily Woods – Western Illinois University (IL)

Multicultural American Literature (African, Latinx, Native, Asian)

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-05 - What Do Their Names Mean?
Location: Century (Mezzanine)

Author: Allison Nagaraja – Olivet Nazarene University (IL)

Multicultural American Literature (African, Latinx, Native, Asian)

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-06 - E-06 - Film and Media: Film and Literary Analysis
Location: Gold (Mezzanine)

Moderator: Carrie Fitzpatrick – Alvernia University (PA)

Chair: Mackenzie Simpson – Arkansas Tech University (AR)

Location: Gold (Mezzanine)

Film and Media

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-06 - How Female Bildungsroman Films Redefine Girlhood
Location: Gold (Mezzanine)

Author: Amanda VanNierop – Saint Louis University (MO)

Popular Culture, Film, and Media

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-06 - Hungry Daughters Decentering Patriarchal Violence
Location: Gold (Mezzanine)

Author: Salem Gray – Alma College (MI)

Popular Culture, Film, and Media

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-06 - Internalized Homophobia and Conscious Desires
Location: Gold (Mezzanine)

Author: Lauren H. Silverstein – Muhlenberg College (PA)

Popular Culture, Film, and Media

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-06 - Killing the Corporate Author: Queer Theory & Luca
Location: Gold (Mezzanine)

Author: Mackenzie L. Dwyer – The College of New Jersey (NJ)

Popular Culture, Film, and Media

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-07 - E-07 - Author Spotlight: Toni Morrison's Sula
Location: Terrace (Terrace)

Moderator: Kaine Ezell – Oklahoma Baptist University (OK)

Chair: Wesley Johnson – University of Oregon (OR)

Location: Terrace (Terrace)

Author Spotlight: Toni Morrison

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-07 - Hannah's Action's Shaped Sula's Personality
Location: Terrace (Terrace)

Author: Athraa Ibrahim – American University of Kuwait (KW)

20th/21st Century American Literature

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-07 - Madness & The Bottom
Location: Terrace (Terrace)

Author: Amanda A. El Naggar – American University of Kuwait (KW)

Multicultural American Literature (African, Latinx, Native, Asian)

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-07 - The Proper Lady vs. the Women in Sula
Location: Terrace (Terrace)

Author: Noora AlSabah – American University of Kuwait (KW)

Multicultural American Literature (African, Latinx, Native, Asian)

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-07 - Toni Morrison's Sula: Solace in Sisterhood
Location: Terrace (Terrace)

Author: Carmel N. Scarpine – Slippery Rock University (PA)

Multicultural American Literature (African, Latinx, Native, Asian)

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-08 - E-08 - Poetry: Back Then
Location: Vail (Majestic)

Moderator: Shelly Sanders – Abilene Christian University (TX)

Chair: Rachel Martin – The College of New Jersey (NJ)

Location: Vail (Majestic)

Original Poetry

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-08 - Fall
Location: Vail (Majestic)

Author: DeAni Blake-Britton – Lincoln University (MO)

Poetry

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-08 - If You Met My Family You Would Understand
Location: Vail (Majestic)

Author: Grace Cram – Palm Beach Atlantic University (FL)

Poetry

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-08 - Poems from the Ground Up
Location: Vail (Majestic)

Author: Keegan J. Flanagan – Carlow University (PA)

Poetry

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-08 - Rose-Colored Lenses
Location: Vail (Majestic)

Author: Katherine Bechter – Liberty University (VA)

Poetry

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-08 - The Backyard
Location: Vail (Majestic)

Author: Helen R. Behe – Belmont Abbey College (NC)

Poetry

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-08 - Who’s Yur Daddy ‘n Momma’s People?
Location: Vail (Majestic)

Author: Catherine D. Sawyers – University of North Carolina Charlotte (NC)

Poetry

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-09 - E-09 - Poetry: Wonder Womanhood
Location: Silver (Mezzanine)

Moderator: Sigrid King – Carlow University (PA)

Chair: Germeen H. Tanas – Lipscomb University (TN)

Location: Silver (Mezzanine)

Original Poetry

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-09 - Crazy Delusional Women
Location: Silver (Mezzanine)

Author: Grace A. Fette – Indiana University of Pennsylvania (PA)

Poetry

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-09 - Feminine Rage
Location: Silver (Mezzanine)

Author: Marceline M. Mancuso – Ohio Northern University (OH)

Poetry

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-09 - Flashes of Green in My Rearview Mirror
Location: Silver (Mezzanine)

Author: Martha P. Harris – Lipscomb University (TN)

Poetry

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-09 - If I Have a Daughter
Location: Silver (Mezzanine)

Author: Cassidy L. Fesmire – Lipscomb University (TN)

Poetry

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-09 - Lives Told at 11:45 p.m.
Location: Silver (Mezzanine)

Author: Hope J. Biddle – Muhlenberg College (PA)

Poetry

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-09 - We Are Not Responsible—An Imitation Project
Location: Silver (Mezzanine)

Author: Sydney J. Edwards – Carlow University (PA)

Poetry

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-09 - What a Woman Is
Location: Silver (Mezzanine)

Author: Marissa Scott – University of Mount Union (OH)

Poetry

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-10 - E-10 - Creative Nonfiction: Is Anybody Out There?
Location: Tower B (2)

Moderator: Claire Schmidt – Missouri Valley College (MO)

Chair: Brycie L. Bowles – Midland College (TX)

Location: Tower B (2)

Original Creative Nonfiction

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-10 - Linda
Location: Tower B (2)

Author: Ava G. Croan – Cottey College (MO)

Creative Nonfiction

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-10 - Recipes from the Pandemic
Location: Tower B (2)

Author: Grace Alvarado – Muhlenberg College (PA)

Creative Nonfiction

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-10 - Slaying My Dragons: Fantasy as Escapism
Location: Tower B (2)

Author: Briana V. Cantrell – University of North Georgia, Gainesville (GA)

Creative Nonfiction

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-10 - Spaces between Us
Location: Tower B (2)

Author: Eva Agcaoili – Missouri Valley College (MO)

Creative Nonfiction

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-11 - E-11 - Fiction: Flight or Fight
Location: Tower C (2)

Moderator: Jay Beavers – Union University (TN)

Chair: Lorah Murphy – Marist College (NY)

Location: Tower C (2)

Original Fiction

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-11 - A Faceless Twin
Location: Tower C (2)

Author: August Boland – Marist College (NY)

Original Prose (Short Story/Flash Fiction/Fiction/Drama/Screenplay)

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-11 - Godless Hollywood
Location: Tower C (2)

Author: Margaret Dalton – The University of Iowa (IA)

Original Prose (Short Story/Flash Fiction/Fiction/Drama/Screenplay)

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-11 - Golden Boy
Location: Tower C (2)

Author: Anneka Weicht – Wheaton College (IL)

Original Prose (Short Story/Flash Fiction/Fiction/Drama/Screenplay)

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-11 - Shoulder Blade Wings
Location: Tower C (2)

Author: Julia H. Grunes – SUNY, Geneseo (NY)

Original Prose (Short Story/Flash Fiction/Fiction/Drama/Screenplay)

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-11 - Some Animal
Location: Tower C (2)

Author: Remy Niland – Springfield College (MA)

Original Prose (Short Story/Flash Fiction/Fiction/Drama/Screenplay)

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-12 - E-12 - Fiction: Water Works
Location: Tower D (2)

Moderator: Gillian Paku – SUNY, Geneseo (NY)

Chair: Noah D. Garofalo – Franklin Pierce University (NH)

Location: Tower D (2)

Original Fiction

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-12 - Excerpt from YA Fantasy Novel When Oceans Rise
Location: Tower D (2)

Author: Robin Alvarez – Sigma Tau Delta Alum

Original Prose (Short Story/Flash Fiction/Fiction/Drama/Screenplay)

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-12 - Red Skies
Location: Tower D (2)

Author: Asher J. Rehn – Indiana University of Pennsylvania (PA)

Original Prose (Short Story/Flash Fiction/Fiction/Drama/Screenplay)

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-12 - Sinking Music
Location: Tower D (2)

Author: Anastasia D. Baldus – Luther College (IA)

Original Prose (Short Story/Flash Fiction/Fiction/Drama/Screenplay)

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-12 - Window
Location: Tower D (2)

Author: Caleb J. Starkey – Union University (TN)

Original Prose (Short Story/Flash Fiction/Fiction/Drama/Screenplay)

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

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MTN

E-14 - Roundtable: Taylor Swift's Book Club
Location: Majestic Ballroom (Majestic)

Moderator: Carie S.T. King – The University of Texas at Dallas (TX)

Presenter: Malina Rusu – The University of Texas at Dallas (TX)

Presenter: Kristina Kirk – Southwestern Oklahoma State University (OK)

Presenter: Danika E. Hollis – The University of Texas at Dallas (TX)

Popular Culture/Film/Social Media

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-01 - F-01 - Language: Exploring Themes of Divinity and Power
Location: Capitol (Terrace)

Moderator: Adrienne Redding – Western Michigan University (MI)

Chair: Zoe Metelerkamp – Brenau University (GA)

Location: Capitol (Terrace)

Literature

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-01 - “Surtsey”: A Tale of Generational Disparity
Location: Capitol (Terrace)

Author: Claire E. Lancaster – Elon University (NC)

20th/21st Century American Literature

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-01 - Water: Renewal and Peace
Location: Capitol (Terrace)

Author: Dimitri A. Bartels-Bray – University of Scranton (PA)

20th/21st Century American Literature

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-01 - Illness as Divine Punishment in History & Fiction
Location: Capitol (Terrace)

Author: Oak O'Connor – Sigma Tau Delta Alum

20th/21st Century American Literature

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-01 - Refusing Revenge by Revolt
Location: Capitol (Terrace)

Author: Lauren Bridgeman – Ouachita Baptist University (AR)

19th Century American Literature

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-02 - F-02 - Literature: Ancient Greek Drama
Location: Beverly (Terrace)

Moderator: Ami Comeford – Utah Tech University (UT)

Chair: Noah R. Stump – Lipscomb University (TN)

Location: Beverly (Terrace)

Literature

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-02 - Iago's Ulterior Motives
Location: Beverly (Terrace)

Author: Kaleigh J. Allen – Mississippi State University (MS)

Early Modern British Literature (1500-1750)

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-02 - Examining Pre-Freudian Depictions of Jocasta
Location: Beverly (Terrace)

Author: Veronica Gomez – The College of New Jersey (NJ)

World Literature in translation

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-02 - Creon’s Priorities as a Leader in Antigone
Location: Beverly (Terrace)

Author: Melissa Egan – The College of New Jersey (NJ)

World Literature in translation

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-02 - Justice in Classic Greek Literature
Location: Beverly (Terrace)

Author: Evangeline G. Anguiano – University of Oregon (OR)

World Literature in translation

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-03 - F-03 - Literature: Political Themes and the Power of Diction
Location: Savoy (Majestic)

Moderator: Simone Billings – Santa Clara University (CA)

Chair: Matthew W. Moon – University of North Georgia, Gainesville (GA)

Location: Savoy (Majestic)

Literature

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-03 - The Threat of Inflammatory Fake News
Location: Savoy (Majestic)

Author: Octavio D. De Leon – Santa Clara University (CA)

Popular Culture, Film, and Media

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-03 - Forms of Intervention in Gina Apostol's Fiction
Location: Savoy (Majestic)

Author: Chase S. Kupinsky – Springfield College (MA)

World Literature (Anglophone)

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-03 - Twoness in Page’s Study of Caribbean Diasporic Lit
Location: Savoy (Majestic)

Author: Victoria Nesmelova – Westfield State University (MA)

World Literature in translation

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-03 - Room for [N]o [O]ne: Zong!'s Self-Less Witness
Location: Savoy (Majestic)

Author: Samantha M. Segreto – The College of New Jersey (NJ)

World Literature (Anglophone)

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-04 - F-04 - Literature: Religion, Power, and Gender in Early British Literature
Location: Denver (Mezzanine)

Moderator: Sarah Dangelantonio – Franklin Pierce University (NH)

Chair: Scarlett C. Laurence – Calhoun Community College (AL)

Location: Denver (Mezzanine)

Literature

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-04 - Escaping Herbert's "Collar" of Earthly Anxieties
Location: Denver (Mezzanine)

Author: Mary Freund – University of Dallas (TX)

Early Modern British Literature (1500-1750)

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-04 - Mad Women? Heroine Agency in Aphra Behn's Rover
Location: Denver (Mezzanine)

Author: Alexandra J. Rye – Sigma Tau Delta Alum

Early Modern British Literature (1500-1750)

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-04 - Queer Possession in Lives of Medieval Holy Women
Location: Denver (Mezzanine)

Author: Payton Dodd – Sigma Tau Delta Alum

World Literature in translation

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-04 - St. George and Isumbras: Faithful Endurance
Location: Denver (Mezzanine)

Author: Claire M. Tuohy – The College of New Jersey (NJ)

British Literature before 1500

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-05 - F-05 - Literature: Lyric Poetry Examines the Mind
Location: Spruce (Mezzanine)

Moderator: Glen Brewster – Westfield State University (MA)

Chair: Tiffany G. Nolde – Sigma Tau Delta Alum

Location: Spruce (Mezzanine)

Literature

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-05 - Art and Audience
Location: Spruce (Mezzanine)

Author: Gina M. Mancuso – The College of New Jersey (NJ)

Victorian and Pre-War British Literature (1837-1914)

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-05 - Tennyson: A Grieving Guide for Modernity
Location: Spruce (Mezzanine)

Author: Abbey C. Orwig – Union University (TN)

Victorian and Pre-War British Literature (1837-1914)

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-05 - Yeats’s Nightingale and the “Artifice of Eternity”
Location: Spruce (Mezzanine)

Author: Maxwell D. Kresock – High Point University (NC)

20th/21st Century British Literature

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-05 - “Porphyria’s Lover”: Inside a Disturbed Mind
Location: Spruce (Mezzanine)

Author: Maya A. Davis – High Point University (NC)

Victorian and Pre-War British Literature (1837-1914)

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-06 - F-06 - Literature: The Yellow Wallpaper and Women's Madness
Location: Century (Mezzanine)

Moderator: Alice Bendinelli – Southwestern College (KS)

Chair: Emma R. Visker – Lipscomb University (TN)

Location: Century (Mezzanine)

Literature

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-06 - A Deconstructive Observation of Plath's "Daddy"
Location: Century (Mezzanine)

Author: Andrew D. Dampier – Louisiana Tech University (LA)

20th/21st Century American Literature

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-06 - Mental Health in The Turn of the Screw
Location: Century (Mezzanine)

Author: Carson L. Pittman – Baker University (KS)

Victorian and Pre-War British Literature (1837-1914)

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-06 - Mitchell's Rest Cure in "The Yellow Wallpaper"
Location: Century (Mezzanine)

Author: Hannah E. Smith – Ouachita Baptist University (AR)

19th Century American Literature

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-07 - F-07 - Literature: YA Literature and Queer Theory
Location: Gold (Mezzanine)

Moderator: Kassia Krone – Friends University (KS)

Chair: Jasmine M. Severi – California Baptist University (CA)

Location: Gold (Mezzanine)

Literature

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-07 - A Queer Happily-Ever-After: Alice Oseman's Loveless
Location: Gold (Mezzanine)

Author: Jacqueline K. Wahl – The University of Iowa (IA)

Children’s/Young Adult Literature

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-07 - Rainbow Boys and Pain/Pleasure
Location: Gold (Mezzanine)

Author: Megan Finan – The College of New Jersey (NJ)

Children’s/Young Adult Literature

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-07 - Queer Theory in The Outsiders
Location: Gold (Mezzanine)

Author: Lauren Cox – Northwest Missouri State University (MO)

Children’s/Young Adult Literature

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-07 - Queer Lit on PAR
Location: Gold (Mezzanine)

Author: Brandon L. Goins – Midwestern State University (TX)

Children’s/Young Adult Literature

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)

Terrace (Terrace)

Common Reader

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

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

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

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-09 - F-09 - Poetry: Proof of Existence
Location: Vail (Majestic)

Moderator: Prathim-Maya Dora-Laskey – Alma College (MI)

Chair: Ashley E. Bailey – Chapman University (CA)

Location: Vail (Majestic)

Original Poetry

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-09 - Merciless Indian Savage
Location: Vail (Majestic)

Author: Pilar L. Garcia – University of Tennessee, Knoxville (TN)

Poetry

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-09 - Living Latina in Manhattan: Covid Edition
Location: Vail (Majestic)

Author: Marissa Jasso – University of San Francisco (CA)

Poetry

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-09 - Malayan Chorus, Our Voices Arise
Location: Vail (Majestic)

Author: Eunice Tan – Union University (TN)

Poetry

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-09 - Refractions
Location: Vail (Majestic)

Author: Christopher C. K. Pham – University of Colorado (CO)

Poetry

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-10 - F-10 - Poetry: What's Beyond
Location: Silver (Mezzanine)

Moderator: Marsha Rhee – Johnson C. Smith University (NC)

Chair: Megan A. Lolley – University of Idaho (ID)

Location: Silver (Mezzanine)

Original Poetry

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-10 - Hagiographies
Location: Silver (Mezzanine)

Author: Aidan Melinson – Elon University (NC)

Poetry

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-10 - Soul Seed
Location: Silver (Mezzanine)

Author: Calius A. Lewis – Alma College (MI)

Poetry

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-10 - Jesuit's Marrow
Location: Silver (Mezzanine)

Author: Amanda Parrack – Missouri State University (MO)

Poetry

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-10 - In Order to Grovel
Location: Silver (Mezzanine)

Author: Carina R. Filemyr – Muhlenberg College (PA)

Poetry

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-10 - Contemplations of a Changeless Nature
Location: Silver (Mezzanine)

Author: McKinley Johnson – High Point University (NC)

Poetry

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-11 - F-11 - Creative Nonfiction: Made to Understand
Location: Tower B (2)

Moderator: Sara Lindey – Saint Vincent College (PA)

Chair: Jessica Palmquist – Midland University (NE)

Location: Tower B (2)

Original Creative Nonfiction

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-11 - My Experience with the Coronavirus Outbreak
Location: Tower B (2)

Author: Sadie Y. Fuentes – Midland College (TX)

Creative Nonfiction

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-11 - Time Will Tell
Location: Tower B (2)

Author: Mia L. Zendejas – Pepperdine University (CA)

Creative Nonfiction

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-11 - Thankful
Location: Tower B (2)

Author: Jessica Elizabeth Young – Sigma Tau Delta Alum

Creative Nonfiction

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-11 - Labor of Language
Location: Tower B (2)

Author: Shaun Anderson – Sigma Tau Delta Alum

Creative Nonfiction

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-11 - Remembering the Weird, the Bad, and the Just Okay
Location: Tower B (2)

Author: Tanner J. Wilkinson – Saint Vincent College (PA)

Creative Nonfiction

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-11 - Black Out Friday
Location: Tower B (2)

Author: Casey C. Prociw – Whitworth University (WA)

Creative Nonfiction

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-12 - F-12 - Fiction: Other Fights
Location: Tower C (2)

Moderator: Sheila Byrd – Calhoun Community College (AL)

Chair: Kristin L. Boynton – Missouri Valley College (MO)

Location: Tower C (2)

Original Fiction

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-12 - The Cast
Location: Tower C (2)

Author: Leslie X. Canterbury – Indiana University of Pennsylvania (PA)

Original Prose (Short Story/Flash Fiction/Fiction/Drama/Screenplay)

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-12 - The Battle
Location: Tower C (2)

Author: Jenae K. Jordan – Southern New Hampshire University (NH)

Original Prose (Short Story/Flash Fiction/Fiction/Drama/Screenplay)

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-12 - The Sailor and His Ship
Location: Tower C (2)

Author: Grace James – Luther College (IA)

Original Prose (Short Story/Flash Fiction/Fiction/Drama/Screenplay)

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-13 - F-13 - Fiction: Bright Flashes of Fiction
Location: Tower D (2)

Moderator: Donna Decker – Franklin Pierce University (NH)

Chair: Dana Berkowitz – Sigma Tau Delta Alum

Location: Tower D (2)

Original Fiction

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-13 - The Wanderer
Location: Tower D (2)

Author: Mia R. Bennett – Franklin Pierce University (NH)

Original Prose (Short Story/Flash Fiction/Fiction/Drama/Screenplay)

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-13 - Time Passes through Me
Location: Tower D (2)

Author: Mya E. Temanson – Minot State University (ND)

Original Prose (Short Story/Flash Fiction/Fiction/Drama/Screenplay)

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-13 - Customer Service
Location: Tower D (2)

Author: Samantha A. Holland – Utah Tech University (UT)

Original Prose (Short Story/Flash Fiction/Fiction/Drama/Screenplay)

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-13 - Lessons and Flowers for You
Location: Tower D (2)

Author: Amanda Hitchcock – Springfield College (MA)

Original Prose (Short Story/Flash Fiction/Fiction/Drama/Screenplay)

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-13 - The Southern Baptist Church of Yates
Location: Tower D (2)

Author: Alissa M. Rehmert – Fort Hays State University (KS)

Original Prose (Short Story/Flash Fiction/Fiction/Drama/Screenplay)

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-13 - Snap Pop Chomp
Location: Tower D (2)

Author: Alexis Briggs – Franklin Pierce University (NH)

Original Prose (Short Story/Flash Fiction/Fiction/Drama/Screenplay)

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-14 - Roundtable: The (Not So) Colorful Landscape of Young Adult Lit
Location: Columbine (Terrace)

Moderator: Alan Schulte – Franklin Pierce University (NH)

Presenter: Elizabeth Grove – Sigma Tau Delta Alum

Presenter: Rachel E. Strout – Franklin Pierce University (NH)

Presenter: Ashley Smith – Franklin Pierce University (NH)

English Education/Young Adult Literature

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-15 - Workshop: A Conversation with The Toni Morrison Book Club Authors
Location: Windows (2)

Moderator: Glenn Steinberg – The College of New Jersey (NJ)

Speaker: Juda Bennett – The College of New Jersey (NJ)

Speaker: Winnifred Brown-Glaude – The College of New Jersey (NJ)

Speaker: Cassandra Jackson – The College of New Jersey (NJ)

Speaker: Piper K. Williams – The College of New Jersey (NJ)

Convention Theme “Colorful Colorado”

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM MTN

F-16 - Roundtable: Oh, the Places an English Degree Can Take You!
Location: Majestic Ballroom (Majestic)

Moderator: Kel Sassi – Northern Michigan University (MI)

Presenter: Lorynn Hackert – Northern Michigan University (MI)

Presenter: Madison Knipp – Northern Michigan University (MI)

Career Development for English Majors

11:00 AM – 12:45 PM MTN

Business Meeting and Regional Breakout Sessions
Location: Grand Ballroom (2)

Speaker: Matt Hlinak – Northern Illinois University (IL)

Speaker: Shannin Schroeder – Southern Arkansas University (AR)

Speaker: Carrie Fitzpatrick – Alvernia University (PA)

Speaker: Diane Vanner Steinberg – The College of New Jersey (NJ)

Moderator: Felicia J. Steele – The College of New Jersey (NJ)

Moderator: Ami Comeford – Utah Tech University (UT)

Moderator: Kassia Krone – Friends University (KS)

Moderator: Amy Gates – Missouri Southern State University (MO)

Moderator: Kaine Ezell – Oklahoma Baptist University (OK)

Moderator: Leigh G. Dillard – University of North Georgia, Gainesville (GA)

General

11:00 AM – 1:00 PM MTN

SKD Linda Kraeger Awards Luncheon
Location: Meet in Plaza Lobby

SKD

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM MTN

Student Social Salon
Location: Colorado (Mezzaine)

General

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-01 - G-01 - Literature: Politics and the Family
Location: Capitol (Terrace)

Moderator: Macklin Cowart – University of North Georgia, Gainesville (GA)

Chair: Kaleigh J. Allen – Mississippi State University (MS)

Location: Capitol (Terrace)

Literature

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-01 - What Does Politics Have to Do with Motherhood?
Location: Capitol (Terrace)

Author: Helena R. Mazzarella – Adrian College (MI)

Multicultural American Literature (African, Latinx, Native, Asian)

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-01 - Execution over Intentions
Location: Capitol (Terrace)

Author: Peyton Sloan – Muhlenberg College (PA)

Graphic Novels/Memoirs

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-01 - Female, Feminine, Feminist
Location: Capitol (Terrace)

Author: Hannah Solomon – Alma College (MI)

Linguistics or Rhetoric

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-01 - The Foundation for a Home via Father and Flooring
Location: Capitol (Terrace)

Author: Bella-Cherise Gorichar – University of Oregon (OR)

Graphic Novels/Memoirs

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-02 - G-02 - Literature: World Literature and Religious Themes
Location: Beverly (Terrace)

Moderator: Moushumi Biswas – Langston University (OK)

Chair: Zoe O'Malley – The College of New Jersey (NJ)

Location: Beverly (Terrace)

Literature

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-02 - The Technology Cult of Utopia in Zamyatin’s We
Location: Beverly (Terrace)

Author: Adriana Bøckman-Pedersen – Palm Beach Atlantic University (FL)

World Literature in translation

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-02 - Birth of a Religion: Akhenaten’s "Hymn to the Sun"
Location: Beverly (Terrace)

Author: Rachel E. Tuttle – Oklahoma Christian University (OK)

World Literature in translation

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-02 - Women’s Assertiveness in the Ramayana
Location: Beverly (Terrace)

Author: Isabella Cook – Union University (TN)

World Literature in translation

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-02 - Dharma: The Bigger Picture
Location: Beverly (Terrace)

Author: Jacee K. Simons – Oklahoma Christian University (OK)

World Literature in translation

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-03 - G-03 - Literature: Female Identity and Agency
Location: Savoy (Majestic)

Moderator: Carrie Fitzpatrick – Alvernia University (PA)

Chair: Sarah Brown – Morningside University (IA)

Location: Savoy (Majestic)

Literature

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-03 - Female Agency & False Hope in “The Gilded Six-Bits”
Location: Savoy (Majestic)

Author: Chloe Pennacchio – Stonehill College (MA)

20th/21st Century American Literature

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-03 - Eve’s Re-Visioning
Location: Savoy (Majestic)

Author: Sophia Dixon – University of North Georgia, Gainesville (GA)

20th/21st Century American Literature

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-03 - Femininity and the Virgin Mary in DiPrima’s Loba
Location: Savoy (Majestic)

Author: Sophie E. Neubert – Saint Vincent College (PA)

20th/21st Century American Literature

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-03 - The Unexpected Feminist: Meg March in Little Women
Location: Savoy (Majestic)

Author: Natalie D. Alderton – Pepperdine University (CA)

19th Century American Literature

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-04 - G-04 - Literature: Colonialism and Post-Colonialism
Location: Denver (Mezzanine)

Moderator: Larry Dennis – PennWest Clarion (PA)

Chair: Kathryn Jorgensen – The College of New Jersey (NJ)

Location: Denver (Mezzanine)

Literature

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-04 - Safia Elhillo’s Exploration of Race and Identity
Location: Denver (Mezzanine)

Author: Acadia Caryl – Sigma Tau Delta Alum

Multicultural American Literature (African, Latinx, Native, Asian)

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-04 - Colonialism and the Individual
Location: Denver (Mezzanine)

Author: Mattie E. Updyke – University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown (PA)

20th/21st Century British Literature

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-04 - Authenticity in an Othering Culture
Location: Denver (Mezzanine)

Author: Rowan Grayson – University of North Carolina Charlotte (NC)

20th/21st Century British Literature

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-04 - The Lonely Londoners: Caribbean Colloquialisms
Location: Denver (Mezzanine)

Author: Gabrielle T. Hardoin – University of Evansville (IN)

20th/21st Century British Literature

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-05 - G-05 - Literature: Postcolonial Literary Analysis
Location: Spruce (Mezzanine)

Moderator: Leigh G. Dillard – University of North Georgia, Gainesville (GA)

Chair: Chloë E. Moore – Macalester College (MN)

Location: Spruce (Mezzanine)

Literature

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-05 - I AM v. i am
Location: Spruce (Mezzanine)

Author: Cameron M. Orefice – Drew University (NJ)

Multicultural American Literature (African, Latinx, Native, Asian)

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-05 - Fact, Fiction, and Power in El Filibusterismo
Location: Spruce (Mezzanine)

Author: Tyler D. Olds – Springfield College (MA)

World Literature in translation

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-05 - Imperialist Nostalgia in Purple Hibiscus
Location: Spruce (Mezzanine)

Author: Samantha Miller – SUNY, Geneseo (NY)

Multicultural American Literature (African, Latinx, Native, Asian)

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-06 - G-06 - Literature: American Race Narratives—Having a Say
Location: Century (Mezzanine)

Moderator: Corbett Upton – Univesity of Oregon (OR)

Chair: Madison Putnam – Ohio Northern University (OH)

Location: Century (Mezzanine)

Literature

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-06 - "You": Second-Person in American Racial Narratives
Location: Century (Mezzanine)

Author: Emma Tolliver – University of California, Davis (CA)

Multicultural American Literature (African, Latinx, Native, Asian)

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-06 - True Womanhood's Purity in Harriet Jacobs' Story
Location: Century (Mezzanine)

Author: Gideon Hatt – Cottey College (MO)

19th Century American Literature

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-06 - Religion in Slave Narratives
Location: Century (Mezzanine)

Author: Shamiya D. Ford – Rider University (NJ)

Multicultural American Literature (African, Latinx, Native, Asian)

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-06 - Literary Resistance in Harriet Jacobs’ Incidents
Location: Century (Mezzanine)

Author: Shivika Mathur – University of Texas (TX)

19th Century American Literature

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-07 - G-07 - Literature: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Location: Gold (Mezzanine)

Moderator: Madeline B. Gangnes – The University of Scranton (PA)

Chair: Justine N. Sargent – University of California, Los Angeles (CA)

Location: Gold (Mezzanine)

Literature

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-07 - Miserable Monsters: Victor Frankenstein and Lacan
Location: Gold (Mezzanine)

Author: Lysa Legros – The College of New Jersey (NJ)

Enlightenment and Romanticism (1750-1837)

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-07 - Silent Voices: Domesticity in Frankenstein
Location: Gold (Mezzanine)

Author: Rylee J. Schmidt – Oklahoma Christian University (OK)

Enlightenment and Romanticism (1750-1837)

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-07 - Paradise Lost in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
Location: Gold (Mezzanine)

Author: Reagan Anania – Luther College (IA)

Enlightenment and Romanticism (1750-1837)

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-08 - Workshop: Traditional Publishing for Fiction
Location: Terrace (Terrace)

Chair: Kaitlynn M. Sass – Indiana University of Pennsylvania (PA)

Presenter: DeAndra Miller – Sigma Tau Delta Alum

Writing and Publishing

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-09 - G-09 - Poetry: Body-Shaped Poems
Location: Vail (Majestic)

Moderator: Bradley J. Fest – Hartwick College (NY)

Chair: Elias A. Kerr – University of Scranton (PA)

Location: Vail (Majestic)

Original Poetry

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-09 - Pith: Poems
Location: Vail (Majestic)

Author: Gwenyth R. Bernick – The College of New Jersey (NJ)

Poetry

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-09 - Cadaver
Location: Vail (Majestic)

Author: Jay T. Guziewicz – Wilkes University (PA)

Poetry

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-09 - Another Calls You Beautiful
Location: Vail (Majestic)

Author: Abigail J. Swanson – Chadron State College (NE)

Poetry

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-09 - There Are Reasons to Forget the Womb
Location: Vail (Majestic)

Author: Caroline Geoghegan – The College of New Jersey (NJ)

Poetry

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-09 - You Have to Hear This
Location: Vail (Majestic)

Author: Toni Case – Southwestern Oklahoma State University (OK)

Poetry

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-09 - Cracked
Location: Vail (Majestic)

Author: Javaree A. Gordon – The College of New Jersey (NJ)

Poetry

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-10 - G-10 - Creative Nonfiction: Defining Relationships
Location: Silver (Mezzanine)

Chair: Sakina Vidyarthi – Whitworth University (WA)

Moderator: Amy Mecklenburg-Faenger – Park University (MO)

Location: Silver (Mezzanine)

Original Creative Nonfiction

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-10 - The Cycle
Location: Silver (Mezzanine)

Author: Jacob A. Harvey – Slippery Rock University (PA)

Creative Nonfiction

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-10 - The Quietest Battles
Location: Silver (Mezzanine)

Author: Madison Kozera – Saint Vincent College (PA)

Creative Nonfiction

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-10 - Those Summer Days
Location: Silver (Mezzanine)

Author: Jerod S. Harris – Bethany Lutheran College (MN)

Creative Nonfiction

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-10 - The Golden Child Speaks
Location: Silver (Mezzanine)

Author: Neyamia Powell – Park University (MO)

Creative Nonfiction

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-11 - G-11 - Creative Nonfiction: Stages of Grief
Location: Tower B (2)

Moderator: Mary Clai Jones – Chadron State College (NE)

Chair: Samantha A. Holland – Utah Tech University (UT)

Location: Tower B (2)

Original Creative Nonfiction

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-11 - How Did I Get Here?
Location: Tower B (2)

Author: Brycie L. Bowles – Midland College (TX)

Creative Nonfiction

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-11 - I Don't Know How to Feel
Location: Tower B (2)

Author: Crystal L. Dilling – Arkansas Tech University (AR)

Creative Nonfiction

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-11 - Funeral Songs
Location: Tower B (2)

Author: Erin E. Hayhurst – Chadron State College (NE)

Creative Nonfiction

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-11 - The Artist Performs an Exorcism
Location: Tower B (2)

Author: Angelina Silvester – Drew University (NJ)

Creative Nonfiction

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-12 - G-12 - Fiction: Young and Learning
Location: Tower C (2)

Moderator: Gloria J. Hochstein – University of Wisconsin (WI)

Chair: Isaac Brown – George Fox University (OR)

Location: Tower C (2)

Original Fiction

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-12 - Click Crash
Location: Tower C (2)

Author: Steph E. Brown – Lesley University (MA)

Original Prose (Short Story/Flash Fiction/Fiction/Drama/Screenplay)

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-12 - An 8th Grader's Guide to Revenge
Location: Tower C (2)

Author: Olivia A. Wright – Wayne State College (NE)

Original Prose (Short Story/Flash Fiction/Fiction/Drama/Screenplay)

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-12 - Facilitated Diffusion
Location: Tower C (2)

Author: Noah D. Garofalo – Franklin Pierce University (NH)

Original Prose (Short Story/Flash Fiction/Fiction/Drama/Screenplay)

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-12 - The Apprentice Clockmaker
Location: Tower C (2)

Author: Shelby G. Hallett – Lipscomb University (TN)

Original Prose (Short Story/Flash Fiction/Fiction/Drama/Screenplay)

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-12 - Spray Pranks
Location: Tower C (2)

Author: Joseph D. Catalano – Hartwick College (NY)

Original Prose (Short Story/Flash Fiction/Fiction/Drama/Screenplay)

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-13 - G-13 - Fiction: Building the Bildungsroman
Location: Tower D (2)

Moderator: Sidney Watson – Oklahoma Baptist University (OK)

Chair: Alexis Briggs – Franklin Pierce University (NH)

Location: Tower D (2)

Original Fiction

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-13 - My Heart and Liver
Location: Tower D (2)

Author: Emma-Li Downer – Drew University (NJ)

Original Prose (Short Story/Flash Fiction/Fiction/Drama/Screenplay)

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-13 - Vagabonds in the West
Location: Tower D (2)

Author: Michaela Ellison-Davidson – Marist College (NY)

Original Prose (Short Story/Flash Fiction/Fiction/Drama/Screenplay)

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-13 - Frog Watchers
Location: Tower D (2)

Author: Elizabeth A. Roos – SUNY, Geneseo (NY)

Original Prose (Short Story/Flash Fiction/Fiction/Drama/Screenplay)

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-13 - Dissatisfaction
Location: Tower D (2)

Author: Nevaeh Chansouk – Franklin Pierce University (NH)

Original Prose (Short Story/Flash Fiction/Fiction/Drama/Screenplay)

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-13 - Chloe
Location: Tower D (2)

Author: Emily A. Audras – Pepperdine University (CA)

Original Prose (Short Story/Flash Fiction/Fiction/Drama/Screenplay)

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-14 - Roundtable: Finding Beauty in the Valleys
Location: Columbine (Terrace)

Moderator: Joan Reeves – Northeast Alabama Community College (AL)

Presenter: Risa Cohn – Plaza College (NY)

Presenter: Donna Newsome – River Parishes Community College (LA)

Presenter: Serena Richards – Collin College (TX)

Presenter: Christopher Tindall – Arkansas State University (AR)

SKD

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-15 - Roundtable: The Colorful Landscape of Teaching English
Location: Windows (2)

Moderator: Chris Lockwood – NEHS Advisory Council

Presenter: Dave Hebestreit – NEHS Advisory Council

Presenter: Ryan Karpovage – NEHS Advisory Council

Presenter: Jessica McCole – NEHS Advisory Council

Presenter: Donna Mitchell – NEHS Advisory Council

Presenter: Lindsey Ward – NEHS Advisory Council

English Education/Young Adult Literature

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM MTN

G-16 - Roundtable: Making a CHOICE for Inclusion and Expression
Location: Majestic Ballroom (Majestic)

Moderator: Hillary Coenen – Midwestern State University (TX)

Presenter: Michaela E. Aleman – Midwestern State University (TX)

Presenter: Breanna D. Cotner – Midwestern State University (TX)

Presenter: Brandon L. Goins – Midwestern State University (TX)

Career Development for English Majors

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

4:45 PM – 5:45 PM MTN

Brenda Peynado Book Signing
Location: North Convention Lobby (2)

Common Reader

5:45 PM – 6:45 PM MTN

President's Reception for Faculty and Alumni
Location: Windows (2)

Faculty and Alumni

6:00 PM – 7:45 PM MTN

Student Social Salon
Location: Colorado (Mezzaine)

General

8:00 PM – 10:00 PM MTN

SL Literary Trivia Pub Night
Location: Majestic Ballroom (Majestic)

Chair: Brett Iarrobino – Clark University (MA)

Chair: Kaitlynn M. Sass – Indiana University of Pennsylvania (PA)

General