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2008 M\MLA Annual Convention
November 13-16, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Friday, Novembr 14, 2008
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Refreshments (Hotel Ballroom)
You are invited to attend the Book Exhibit, 8:00-6:30 p.m. (Hotel Ballroom)
Permanent Sections
3. American Literature II: Literature After 1870 A
8:30-11:45 a.m. (Lafayette Bay)
Topic: Labor Pains: Women, Writing and Work
Chair: Michelle Taylor-Watts, Miami Univ. Ohio
Secretary: Rynetta Davis, SUNY-Brockport
Session A
8:30-10:00 a.m. (Lafayette Bay)
1. "Domestic Science vs. the Art of Homemaking: The Post-Bellum Debate Between Miss Beecher and Mrs. Mason," by Abigail Lundelius, Univ. of South Carolina
2. "Love at Work: Independent Women in Harper's 'The Two Offers' and Iola Leroy," by Kathy Glass, Duquesne Univ.
3. "She Poured and Did Not Stop: Excess and Women's Artistic Labor in The Story of Avis," by Heather Thompson-Gillis, The Ohio State Univ.
Session B
10:15-11:45 a.m. (Lafayette Bay)
5. "'Look Deeper': Rebecca Harding Davis's Life in the Iron Mills, Nativist Anxieties, and the Literary Production of a Working Class Aesthetic," by Alisa Balestra, Miami Univ. Ohio
6. "The Pangs of the City: Sex and the Work of Being Single in American Fiction," by Michelle Coghlan, Princeton Univ.
7. "Hearing the Call of Communism in the Jewish-American Home," by Martina Jauch, Purdue Univ.
8. "Dust Tracks on a Road: Zora Neale Hurston's Testimony to a Woman's Work," by Piper G. Huguley-Riggins, Spelman Coll.
4. Comparative Literature
8:30-10:00 a.m. (St. Croix 1)
Topic: Writing to the Moment
Chair: William A. Johnsen, Michigan State Univ.
1. "'Multiculturalism' and 'Globalization' in the Age of the Hapsburgs?: Colonial Literature as Comparative Literature," by Leisa Kauffmann, Wayne State Univ.
2. "Deconstructing Magical Realism," by Annette Bahringer, Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
3. "Melusine: Entrapped and Empowered by a Grotesque Body," by Carola Dwyer, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
4. "The Ultimate (Girardian) Horizon of Comparative Literature: The Integration of the Human Sciences or the Apocalypse," by William A. Johnsen, Michigan State Univ.
5. Irish Studies
8:30-10:00 a.m. (St. Croix 2)
Topic: Contemporary Irish Literature
Chair: Gavin Keulks, Western Oregon Univ.
Secretary: Celeste Barker, Catholic Univ. of America
1. "'Mad Padraig' and the Celtic Tiger: Martin McDonagh and Postnationalist Ireland," by Gavin Keulks, Western Oregon Univ.
2. "The Chronicles of Endgame: Metafiction and Power Relations in Conscious Spaces," by Jeremy Ekberg, Univ. of Alabama
3. "The Ballad of Cathal O Searcaigh," by Annemarie Lawless, Univ. of Minnesota
4. "The 'Iron Mask' of Manliness: Unemployment and Overcompensation in Roddy Doyle's The Van," by Theodore "Alex" Miller, Fordham Univ.
6. Session cancelled.
7. Religion and Literature A
8:30-11:45 a.m. (Crystal Lake)
Topic: Conversion, Identity, and Otherness
Chair: Meredith Neuman, Clark Univ.
Secretary: Bobbi Dykema Katsanis, Graduate Theological Union
Session A
8:30-10:00 a.m. (Crystal Lake)
1. "Redefining genos: A Pauline genos for a Heterogeneous ethne in 1 Corinthians," by Corrina Guerrero, Graduate Theological Union
2. "Reading the 'Títulos': Indigenous Self-perception and Re-definition in Colonial Guatemala," by Nestor I. Quiroa, Wheaton Coll.
3. "Protestant or Catholic: The Battle for Flannery O'Connor's Religious Identity," by Landis Duffett, Missouri State Univ.
4. "I Once Was Straight But Now Am Gay: Conversion Narratives and Queer Sentiment in the Plays of Del Shores," by Douglas Harrison, Florida Gulf Coast Univ.
Session B
10:15-11:45 a.m. (Crystal Lake)
5. "The Event of Conversion: Alain Badiou on the Road to Damascus," by Jay Twomey, Univ. of
6. "Jesus Christ, Superstar: Celebrity, Conspiracy and Christianity," by Jennifer Holl, CUNY Graduate Center
7. "The Neighbor: Racial Redemption and Proximity in Paul Haggis's Crash," by Lynn M. Itagaki, The Ohio State Univ.
8. Spanish I: Peninsular Literature Before 1700 A
8:30-11:45 a.m.; 2:15-5:30 p.m. (Gray's Bay)
Topic: Open Topic
Chair: Chad M. Gasta, Iowa State Univ.
Session A
8:30-10:00 a.m. (Gray's Bay)
1. "On Ramon Llull, the Knight of the Trees, and Medieval Iberian Love in Reading," by Amy Austin, Univ. of Texas at Arlington
2. "Goths and Moors: Spanish Fiction and Castilian Historiography," by Michelle Hamilton, Univ. of California, Irvine
3. "Return from Constantinople: A Call for Tolerance and Social Change in a Spanish Humanistic Dialogue," by Natalio Ohanna, McGill Univ., Canada
Session B
10:15-11:45 a.m. (Gray's Bay)
4. "Rethinking the Centón: Imitation and Originality in Collage Poems of the Spanish Golden Age," by R. John McCaw, Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
5. "'Por que es muda retórica el deseo'. Hacia una poética del silencio en la Fábula de Leandro y Hero de Gabriel Bocángel," by Juan Vitulli, Univ. of Notre Dame
6. "Nomadic Lozana: Exile and Identity in Delicado's Lozana andaluza," by Victoria Rivera-Cordero, Hamilton Coll.
Session C
2:15-3:45 p.m. (Gray's Bay)
7. "Cervantes, lector de las gestas bíblicas de la fe," by Alejandro Roop, Wheaton Coll.
8. "La cartografía en el Quijote: la Geographia del cosmógrafo Ptolomeo y la aventura del barco encantado," by Julia Domínguez-Castellano, Iowa State Univ.
9. "Orchestral Movements: The Role of Music and Instrumentation in Don Quijote," by Chad M. Gasta, Iowa State Univ.
Session D
4:00-5:30 p.m. (Gray's Bay)
10. "El libre albedrío en No puede ser de Agustín Moreto," by Tania de Miguel Magro, Sonoma State Univ.
11. "'Víboras' de papel en la dramaturgia de Calderón," by David J. Hildner, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison
12. "Miguel Sánchez, un comediante olvidado: amigo de Cervantes y Lope de Vega," by Daniel Breining, Univ. of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Associated Organizations
9. American Dialect Society A
8:30-11:45 a.m. (Birch Lake)
Topic: English and Other Languages in the United States and Canada
Coordinator: Susan Meredith Burt, Illinois State Univ.
Session A
8:30-10:00 a.m. (Birch Lake)
1. "Setting the Parameters of African American English in Southeast Georgia Communities where Gullah is also Spoken," by Simanique D. Moody, New York Univ.
2. "Pre-Auxiliary Positions of Adverbs in American English: A Corpus-Based Study," by Ching-Ni Hsieh, Michigan State Univ.
3. "Settlement History and the Speech of Indianapolis, Indiana," by Deena Fogle, McGill Univ., Canada
4. "Want in the club? Understanding need/want + Prepositional Phrase Constructions," by Erica J. Benson, Univ. of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Session B
10:15-11:45 a.m. (Birch Lake)
5. "'The Language of Hollywood vs. The Hollywood of Languages': Analyzing the Politics of Pseudo-Pluralingualism in 21st-Century Globalism," by Anjali Pandey, Salisbury Univ.
6. "Cross-Dialectal Homophonous Categorial Demarcation Using Prosodic Cues: With as a Particle in the Minnesota English Dialect," by John M. Spartz, Purdue Univ.
7. "'Oh For' as a Scandinavian-Influenced Linguistic Feature of Minnesota and Utah," by Janna Graham, Idaho State Univ.
8. "Speech Acts Between In-Laws From Different Social Classes," by Tamara M. Constant, Southern Illinois Univ. Carbondale
10. Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature I
8:30-10:00 a.m. (Elk Lake)
Topic: Getting Noticed: New Voices in Midwestern Literature
Coordinator: Marilyn Judith Atlas, Ohio Univ.
1. "Life Circle: Linda Hasselstrom's Poetry," by Mary DeJong Obuchowski, Central Michigan Univ.
2. "The Trouble with Midwestern Roots: Jonathan Franzen's Oprah Problem," by Keith Wilhite, Duke Univ.
3. "What's Place Got to Do with It? Some Thoughts," by David D. Anderson, Michigan State Univ.
11. Women's Caucus for the Modern Languages/Midwest II-A
8:30-11:45 a.m. (Minnesota)
Topic: Women in Popular Music: What About My Reputation?: Fame and the Female Musician
Coordinator: Patricia S. Rudden, New York City Coll. of Technology/CUNY
Session A
8:30-10:00 a.m. (Minnesota)
1. "Opening Your Box: Yoko Ono's Performance of Race and Gender," by Zach Wallmark, Independent Scholar
2. "Fame, Fortune, and Femininity: Situating Female Musicians on the Billboard Top 40 Charts between 1997 and 2007," by Marc Lafrance, Concordia Univ., Canada
3. "'Big on the Underground': M. I. A., Music Celebrity, and the Economics of Hybrid Hip-Hop," by Josh Jackson, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison
Session B
10:15-11:45 a.m. (Minnesota)
4. "'Medication for my reputation:' Laura Nyro, David Geffen, and the Manipulations of Monterey," by Patricia S. Rudden, New York City Coll. of Technology/CUNY
5. "Sweet Honey in the Rock, Cultural Work, and Critical Memory: Remembering as a Strategy for Social Justice," by T J Geiger, Texas Woman's Univ.
6. "Famous in a Small Town: Miranda Lambert's Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and the Negotiation of Country Notoriety," by Molly Brost, Northwest Missouri State Univ.
7. "'She's Not Just a Pretty Face': Shania Twain, Iconography, and Male Hegemony," by Barry Promane, Univ. of Western Ontario, Canada
Special Sessions
12. Acclaimed American Women Writers Challenge Injustice, 1888-1922
8:30-10:00 a.m. (Wayzata Bay)
Moderator: Amy Cummins, Fort Hays State Univ.
1. "'Color has been made a sore place': Social Criticism in Frances Harper's Trial and Triumph," by Amy Cummins, Fort Hays State Univ.
2. "Edith Wharton and the Castaway Pathos: Solipsism and Alienation in The House of Mirth," by Shawn Thomson, Univ. of Texas Pan-American
3. "Survival of the Majority: Eugenics and Susan Glaspell's The Verge," by Kim Miller, Univ. of the Cumberlands
13. The City and Literature: The Trail of More than Two Cities A
8:30-10:00 a.m.; 2:15-3:45 p.m. (Pine Lake)
Moderator: Asaad Al-Saleh, Univ. of Arkansas
Session A
8:30-10:00 a.m. (Pine Lake)
1. "The City: A Prison of Sorts," by Rosario Nolasco-Bell, Univ. of Arkansas at Fort Smith
2. "City Lives in Jabra Ibrahim Jabra's Novels," by Lama Hamoudi, Univ. of Arkansas
3. "Styling the City: Aesthetic Study of Style in Naguib Mahfouz's Midaq Alley and Edward al-Kharrat's Girls of Alexandria," by Asaad Al-Saleh, Univ. of Arkansas
4. "Characterizing The Glittering City of Beirut in Samman's Beirut 75," by Manal AlNatour, Univ. of Arkansas
Session B
2:15-3:45 p.m. (Pine Lake)
5. "The Gendered City of Cairo in Latifa Al-Zayyat's Novel The Open Door," by Banan Al-Daraiseh, Univ. of Arkansas
6. "Leaving the 'Basement': Urban Migration and Sexual Politics in Hurston's Short Fiction," by Genevieve West, Ferris State Univ.
7. "'We Would Not Have You Bring the Plague Among Us': Defoe's Treatment of the Town in Journal of the Plague Year," by Garrett Nichols, Illinois State Univ.
8. "African City," by William Hemminger, Univ. of Evansville
14. Illness, Medicine and Health in Spain
8:30-10:00 a.m. (Cedar Lake)
Moderators: Benjamin R. Fraser, Christopher Newport Univ., and Deborah Bensadon, Univ. of Pittsburgh
1. "Baroja's Andrés Hurtado, Precursor of Margaret Newman's Nursing Theory," by Benjamin R. Fraser, Christopher Newport Univ.
2. "Cancer and 'Jewishness': The Narrative Function of the Jew in Luis Martín-Santos' Tiempo de silencio (1962)," by Deborah Bensadon, Univ. of Pittsburgh
3. "Spain is Intersexual!: Masculinization and Heterosexualization of the Nation in Gregorio Marañón: The Writing of Psicohistorias," by Alfredo J. Sosa-Velasco, Univ. of Cincinnati
4. "El soldado de Nápoles: La gripe 'española' como figura de donjuanismo," by Ryan A. Davis, Emory Univ.
15. Literary Revelations in Atlantic (Im)migrations: Crossing into New Territories
8:30-10:00 a.m. (Excelsior Bay)
Moderator: José McClanahan, Creighton Univ.
1. "The Impact of Immigration on Québécois Literature: Marco Micone, Émile Ollivier, and Abla Farhoud," by Lucille Roy-Hewitson, Creighton Univ.
2. "No Stranger to My Heart: The Question of Immigration in Contemporary Italian Young Adult Literature," by Maria Teresa Maenza, Creighton Univ.
3. "Globalized Fame and Desire: The (S)exotic Lure of the Immigrant in Los príncipes nubios (2003)," by José McClanahan, Creighton Univ.
16. Poetry and Philosophy: Rethinking the Divide A
8:30-11:45 a.m. (Lake Calhoun)
Moderators: Justin Evans and Jett McAlister, Univ. of Chicago
Session A
8:30-10:00 a.m. (Lake Calhoun)
1. "Zagajewski's Ethical Imperative," by Marta Napiorkowska, Univ. of Chicago
2. "'A realization of things come to or that come together': Larry Eigner's Phenomenology of Poetry," by Hillary Gravendyk, Univ. of California, Berkeley
3. "Nietzsche on Women," by Antón Barba-Kay, Univ. of Chicago
4. "Stein and James," by Jessica Beard, Univ. of California, Santa Cruz
Session B
10:15-11:45 a.m. (Lake Calhoun)
5. "Nietzsche's Philosophic Usurpation of Poetry," by David Wollenberg, Univ. of Chicago
6. "What Do You Think You're Doing?: Poetry and Philosophy," by Steven Schroeder, Shenzhen Univ., China
7. "Hegel's Antigone," by Agnes Malinowska, Univ. of Chicago
8. "The Aesthetics of Iris Murdoch," by Rana Choi, Univ. of Chicago
9. "Kierkegaard and the Symposium," by Noah Chafets, Univ. of Chicago
17. Rebecca West: Feminism, Modernism, Gender, and War (papers available in advance)
8:30-10:00 a.m. (Cook's Bay)
Moderator: Maura Dunst, Univ. of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
1. "The Significance of the Kneeling Figure in Rebecca West's The Return of the Soldier," by Emily Elsner Twesme, Univ. of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
2. "Shell-Shock as Cultural Critique of Upper-Class Masculine Virtues in Rebecca West's The Return of the Soldier," by Israel Howard, Univ. of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
3. "'Why Had Modern Life Brought Forth These Horrors?': Feminist Narratology, Discursive Authority, and the Critique of WWI in Rebecca West's The Return of the Soldier," by Lisa Cooper-Murphy, Univ. of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
4. "Voluntary Confinement: Gender and Class Restrictions in Rebecca West's The Return of the Soldier," by Maura Dunst, Univ. of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
18. Re-mapping the English Major: Plotting along New Media, Domestic, and Transnational Borderlines
8:30-11:45 a.m. (Deer Lake)
Moderator: Mark A. Olson, Hamline Univ.
Session A
8:30-10:00 a.m. (Deer Lake)
1. "Finding Our Way with DPS: The Curricular Map as English Department Positioning System," by Mark A. Olson, Hamline Univ.
2. "Re-mapping the Local and the Global in the English Survey Course," by Kristina Deffenbacher and Veena Deo, Hamline Univ.
3. "Destabilizing Textual Meaning: A Study of Adaptation and Appropriation," by Alice Moorhead, Hamline Univ.
4. "Reading Whiteness through Resistance: The Difference Theory Makes," by Jermaine Singleton, Hamline Univ.
Session B
10:15-11:45 a.m. (Deer Lake)
5. "Owning Your Words: Oral History and Community-Based Learning in the English Curriculum," by David Hudson, Hamline Univ.
6. "Capstone as Border Crossing: Intersections in a Senior Seminar," by Michael Reynolds, Hamline Univ.
7. "'Some Worthy, Worldly Work': The Semantic Web, English Studies, and the Evolution of Digital Writing," by Craig Stroupe, Univ. of Minnesota, Duluth
19. Situated Narratives (papers available in advance)
8:30-10:00 a.m. (Lake Nokomis)
Moderators: Carolyn Jursa Ayers and Brooke Lenz, St. Mary's Univ. of Minnesota
1. "The Sociopoetics of Murder in Orhan Pamuk's Novels," by Barish Ali and Caroline Hagood, SUNY/Buffalo State Coll.
2. "Critical Realism in Contemporary World Literature: Amitav Ghosh's The Hungry Tide," by Weihsin Gui, Eastern Illinois Univ.
3. "Contested Narratives in Tsitsi Dangarembga's Nervous Conditions and The Book of Not," by Carolyn Jursa Ayers and Brooke Lenz, St. Mary's Univ. of Minnesota
20. Teaching Castro's Cuba
8:30-10:00 a.m. (Maple Lake)
Moderators: Manuel Fernández, Univ. of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, and Geoff Guevara-Geer, Ripon Coll.
1. "'Fórum del juego': Teaching the Padilla Affair and the Trials of Revolutionary Poetics," by Geoff Guevara-Geer, Ripon Coll.
2. "F*CK THA NUEVA TROVA!: Cuban Hip Hop, Youth Culture and Its Use for Teaching Cuba Now," by Manuel Fernández, Univ. of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Permanent Sections
21. American Literature II: Literature After 1870 B
10:15-11:45 a.m. (Lafayette Bay)
(see Session #3 – 8:30 a.m., Friday)
22. Drama
10:15-11:45 a.m. (St. Croix 1)
Topic: Critics in Drama/Drama as Critic
Chair: Judith Roof, Michigan State Univ.
Secretary: Johanna Frank, Univ. of Windsor
1. "Gone to the Bulls: The Discourse of Discontent in Early 20th-century Spanish Theatre," by Daniel Walker, Univ. of Cincinnati
2. "Bosses, Weddings, Handbags, and the Aesthetics of Metatheatrical Criticism," by Lance Norman, Univ. of Michigan
3. "The Poverty of Drama Criticism," by Stephen Watt, Indiana Univ.
4. "Scholarship, Schmolarship: Or How Not to Talk about What Everybody's Talking About," by Craig N. Owens, Drake Univ.
23. Religion and Literature B
10:15-11:45 a.m. (Crystal Lake)
(see Session #7 – 8:30 a.m., Friday)
24. Spanish I: Peninsular Literature Before 1700 B
10:15-11:45 a.m. (Gray's Bay)
(see Session #8 – 8:30 a.m., Friday)
25. Writing across the Curriculum
10:15-11:45 a.m. (Cook's Bay)
Topic: WAC Outreach and Partnerships
Chair: Melanie Brown, St. Norbert Coll.
1. "Happily Ever After: Using Fairy Tales to Teach Writing in the Second-Language Classroom," by Diane Mulroney, Notre Dame de la Baie Academy
2. "Engaging Faculty: Faculty Writing Consultants and Writing Across the Curriculum," by Mitchell Ogden, Univ. of Minnesota
3. "Writing-Intensive Courses in the Natural Sciences," by Melanie Brown, St. Norbert Coll.
Associated Organizations
26. American Dialect Society B
10:15-11:45 a.m. (Birch Lake)
(see Session #9 – 8:30 a.m., Friday)
27. Association for the Study of Literature and Environment
10:15-11:45 a.m. (Lake Harriet)
Topic: The Legacy of Paul Gruchow: A Roundtable Discussion with Authors from The Grace of Grace and Water: Writing in Honor of Paul Gruchow
Coordinator: Thomas K. Dean, Univ. of Iowa
1. Thomas K. Dean, Univ. of Iowa
2. Gary Deason, Environmental Resources
3. Jim Heynen, St. Olaf Coll.
28. Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature II
10:15-11:45 a.m. (Elk Lake)
Topic: Famous/ Infamous Minnesota Writers and Place: In Honor of Jill Barnum, SSML Member, Minnesota Professor, Scholar, and Friend
Coordinator: Marilyn Judith Atlas, Ohio Univ.
1. "Reconstructing Regional History in the Novels of Sinclair Lewis and Louise Erdrich," by Jennifer Holly Wells, Drew Univ.
2. "Remembering Minnesota, Remembering Jill Barnum," by David D. Anderson, Michigan State Univ.
3. "Middle Class, in the Middle of America, in the Middle of the Century: Patricial Hampl's The Florist's Daughter," by Marilyn Judith Atlas, Ohio Univ.
29. Women's Caucus for the Modern Languages/Midwest II-B
10:15-11:45 a.m. (Minnesota)
(see Session #11 – 8:30 a.m., Friday)
Special Sessions
30. Animals and Imperialism in Literature and Film
10:15-11:45 a.m. (Maple Lake)
Moderator: Stacy Hoult-Saros, Valparaiso Univ.
1. "'Ordered About By Mice and Rabbits': Animals and Imperialism in Victorian Children's Fantasy," by Carolyn Sigler, Univ. of Minnesota, Duluth
2. "Erasures and Hauntings: Evolutionary and Scientific Encounters with the Animal in The Island of Doctor Moreau," by Laura Wiebe Taylor, McMaster Univ., Canada
3. "Emptying Montezuma's Zoo: The Conquest of the Animal Other in Laura Esquivel's Malinche," by Stacy Hoult-Saros, Valparaiso Univ.
31. The Ethics of Infamy
10:15-11:45 a.m. (Spring Park Bay)
Moderator: Amy Murray Twyning, Univ. of Pittsburgh
1. "The Ethics of 'the Devils part' in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials," by Amy Murray Twyning, Univ. of Pittsburgh
2. "The Madwoman, Trauma, and the Ethics of Memory in Cold Comfort Farm," by Tobias Bates, Univ. of Pittsburgh
3. "'Old, White-Bearded Satan': Falstaff and the Thieves' Utopia," by Jeff Aziz, Univ. of Pittsburgh
32. The Gendering of Literary and Cultural Fame A
10:15 a.m.-1:30 p.m. (Cedar Lake, Pine Lake)
Moderators: Emily Friedman and Angela Rehbein, Univ. of Missouri
Session A
10:15-11:45 a.m. (Cedar Lake)
1. "The Fame and Trials of Luisa de la Ascensión, the Nun of Carrión (1565–1636)," by Jane Tar, Univ. of St. Thomas
2. "Whitman Sober?: Signing the Pledge and (Re)forming the Reader, or Walt Whitman's (In)famous Washingtonian Experiences," by Stephanie Blalock, Univ. of Iowa
3. "'For the Entertainment of My Aunt and Cousin': Clarissa Harlowe's Troubles for Diversion and Instruction," by Amanda Spuckler, Univ. of Minnesota
Session B
12:00-1:30 p.m. (Pine Lake)
4. "The Charmed Cup of Fame: Letitia Elizabeth Landon and Felicia Hemans," by Young-ok An, Univ. of
St. Thomas
5. "Selling Smartness: Anita Loos and Dorothy Parker in the Public Eye," by Catherine Keyser, Univ. of
South Carolina
6. "The American University as Academic Pimp: Female Academic Superstardom after Feminism," by
Joseph L. V. Donica, Southern Illinois Univ. Carbondale
33. German Women Writers A
10:15 a.m.-1:30 p.m. (St. Croix 2, St. Croix 1)
Moderator: Amy Kepple Strawser, Otterbein Coll.
Session A
10:15-11:45 a.m. (St. Croix 2)
1. "Life as Art: the Radicalization of the Romantic Tradition in the Letters of Rahel Varnhagen," by Julia Goesser, New York Univ.
2. "Alternative Maternity: Hedwig Dohm and Helene Stöcker," by Daniela Richter, Central Michigan Univ.
3. "Acts of Subversion: The Role of Space in Sophie von La Roche's Geschichte des Fräulein von Sternheim," by Anja Shepela, Univ. of Minnesota
4. "The Quest For Identity in German Women Writers of the 18th Century," by Elke Wojan, Univ. of Maryland
Session B
12:00-1:30 p.m. (St. Croix 1)
1. "Anna Croissant Rust: Challenging Conceptions of Genre and Gender," by Beate Brunow, Pennsylvania State Univ.
2. "Dancing Modernity: Ballet and Charleston in Menschen im Hotel," by Kristen Hylenski, Univ. of Minnesota, Duluth
3. "Villainous Hero or Heroic Villain?: Unmasking the kalte persona in Vicki Baum's Menschen im Hotel," by Adam R. King, Univ of Minnesota
4. "Auf der Suche: Barbara Frischmuths türkische Tetralogie," by Roxane Riegler, Emporia State Univ.
34. Ideological and Aesthetic Infamy: Postcolonialism and the Modernist Text
10:15-11:45 a.m. (Excelsior Bay)
Moderator: Donna Decker Schuster, Marquette Univ.
1. "A Present that Precedes the Past: How Postcolonialists Chinua Achebe and Ngugui Wa Thiong'o's Narratives Resolve Aesthetic and Ecological Problems of the Modern Period," by Colin Irvine, Augsburg Coll.
2. "Postcolonial Provocation," by Mzenga A. Wanyama, Augsburg Coll.
3. "Postcolonial Modernism and the Novels of Shashi Deshpande," by Alpana Sharma, Wright State Univ.
4. "Exclusionary Politics: Mourning and Modernism in the Poetry of Alice Meynell," by Donna Decker Schuster, Marquette Univ.
35. The Mezuzah and the Mestizaje: Latin American Jewish Studies
10:15-11:45 a.m. (Lake Nokomis)
Moderator: Lynne Flora Margolies, Manchester Coll.
1. "The Wandering Jew: Sephardic and Crypto-Jewish Metaphors in the Work of Angelina Muñiz-Huberman," by Joanna L. Mitchell, Denison Univ.
2. "A Voice to the Scream: Writing the Shoah in Mauricio Rosencof's The Letters that Never Came," by Lydia Gil Keff, Univ. of Denver
Discussant: Lynne Flora Margolies, Manchester Coll.
36. Poetry and Philosophy: Rethinking the Divide B
10:15-11:45 a.m. (Lake Calhoun)
(see Session #16 – 8:30 a.m., Friday)
37. Raymond Carver's In/Famous After/Life
10:15-11:45 a.m. (Pine Lake)
Moderator: Sandra Lee Kleppe, Univ. of Tromso, Norway
1. "Carver in the Famous Writers School," by Randolph Runyon, Miami Univ. Ohio
2. "Infamous Incidents in Carver's Poetry," by Sandra Lee Kleppe, Univ. of Tromso, Norway
38. Re-mapping the English Major: Plotting along New Media, Domestic, and Transnational Borderlines B
10:15-11:45 a.m. (Deer Lake)
(see Session #18 – 8:30 a.m., Friday)
39. Twentieth-Century Fame and Celebrity
10:15-11:45 a.m. (Wayzata Bay)
Moderator: Eilene Hoft-March, Lawrence Univ.
1. "Davis, Inc.: Rebecca Harding and L. Clarke Davis's Reform Magnum Opus," by David Dowling, Univ. of Iowa
2. "Louis-Ferdinand Céline's German Trilogy: Rewriting History, Regaining Lost Fame," by Marion Duval, Univ. of Iowa
3. "The Fame and Failure of Charles Lever," by James H. Murphy, DePaul Univ.
4. "Painting and Language in Carmen Martín Gaite's Entre visillos: 'Mind the Gap,'" by Chris Schulenburg, Univ. of Wisconsin-Platteville
40. Women's Caucus for the Modern Languages/Midwest Business Meeting
12:00-1:30 p.m. (Lake Harriet)
Presiding: Patricia S. Rudden, New York City Coll. of Technology/CUNY, and Janet LaBrie, Univ. of
Special Sessions
41. Cultural Transmission in Early Twentieth-Century African American Texts
12:00-1:30 p.m. (Excelsior Bay)
Moderator: Kristina Caton, North Dakota State Univ.
1. "Unifying Voice?: Call and Response in Toomer's Cane," by Kristina Caton, North Dakota State Univ.
2. "A Conflicted Interward Harlem: 'City of Refege' and Cultural Borderlines," by Dominic M. Sayler, North Dakota State Univ.
3. "Bodies of Knowledge: Cultural Transmission and Black Female Mobility in Hurston's Tell My Horse," by Gary Totten, North Dakota State Univ.
42. Fame Junkies
12:00-1:30 p.m. (Elk Lake)
Moderator: Erin Labbie, Bowling Green State Univ.
1. "'There's no need to say another word': Wounded Storytelling, Infamy, and Recovery in Jack Kerouac's Big Sur," by Joseph P. Fisher, The George Washington Univ.
2. "Everybody Must Get Stoned: Drugs, Writing, and Bob Dylan's Electric Self," by Sara Jo Cohen, Univ. of Minnesota
3. "'I can't be myself / And I don't wanna talk': Elliott Smith, Fame Recognition and the Pharmakon," by Christopher Taylor, Univ. of Texas at Austin
4. "Zeitghost: Derrida, Žižek, and the Spectral Documentary," by Isaac Vayo, Bowling Green State Univ.
43. The Gendering of Literary and Cultural Fame B
12:00-1:30 p.m. (Pine Lake)
(see Session #32 – 10:15 a.m., Friday)
44. German Women Writers B
12:00-1:30 p.m. (St. Croix 1)
(see Session #33 – 10:15 a.m., Friday)
45. Session cancelled.
46. Professional Progeny: Teaching English Majors to be English Majors
12:00-1:30 p.m. (Wayzata Bay)
Moderator: Jamieson Ridenhour, Univ. of Mary
1. Wes Hellman, Univ. of Mary
2. Rebecca Chalmers, Univ. of Mary
3. Jamieson Ridenhour, Univ. of Mary
4. Scott Larkin, Univ. of Mary
47. Truman Capote
12:00-1:30 p.m. (Minnesota)
Moderator: Douglas Dowland, Univ. of Iowa
1. "The Southern Grotesque in Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's," by Jason Barr, James Madison Univ.
2. "The Field of Cultural Production in Capote's Answered Prayers," by Douglas Dowland, Univ. of Iowa
3. "Narrative Collapse in Dan Futterman's Capote," by Genevieve Later, Thompson Rivers Univ., Canada
Permanent Sections
48. "Art What Thou Eat": Food in Literature, Art, and Culture A
12:30-3:45 p.m. (Cook's Bay)
Topic: Open Topic
Chair: Lynne Flora Margolies, Manchester Coll.
Session A
12:30-2:00 p.m. (Cook's Bay)
1. "Feeding Their Families: Twentieth Century Home Cooking," by Katherine A. Tinsley, Manchester Coll.
2. "Narrative Food, Edible Story: Communion in Toni Morrison's Beloved," by Abigail Lundelius, Univ. of South Carolina
3. "Eating Rocks in the Work of Henry David Thoreau," by Laura Zebuhr, Univ. of Minnesota
Session B
2:15-3:45 p.m. (Cook's Bay)
4. "'Will't please you to eat? Will't please your highness feed?' Cannibalism in Post-Apocalyptic Fiction and Film," by Hannah Dentinger, Lake Superior Coll.
5. "Was it Really Just to Say? Williams Carlos Williams and the Ethics of Eating," by Andrew A. Klein, Rice Univ.
6. "La cuisine chez George Sand: Wine, Women, and Cooking in 19th-Century France," by Arline Cravens, Manchester Coll.
49. Children's Literature
12:30-2:00 p.m. (Maple Lake)
Topic: An Edwardian Centennial: Children's Literature in 1908
Chair: Gwen Athene Tarbox, Western Michigan Univ.
1. "Newfangled Notions and Modern Contraptions: Anne Shirley and Dorothy Gale as Emissaries of Progressive-Era Thinking," by Gwen Athene Tarbox, Western Michigan Univ.
2. "What the Governess Said: Insights into the Composition of Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows," by Annie Gauger, Independent Scholar
3. "'When the Cup Has Been Drained': Addiction and Recovery in The Wind in the Willows," by Sarah Wadsworth, Marquette Univ.
4. "The New Woman and the Fairy Tale: Creating Alternative Spaces for Edwardian-Era Feminist Discourse," by Jeanne LaHaie, Western Michigan Univ.
50. Creative Writing II: Prose
12:30-2:00 p.m. (Lake Nokomis)
Topic: Open Topic
Chair: Michael Kula, Carroll Coll.
1. Excerpt from The Cattle Specialist, by Michael Kula, Carroll Coll.
2. "The Nefarious Plot of Mr. John J. Johnson," by William Jablonsky, Loras Coll.
3. Selected Fiction by Liam Callanan, Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
4. Selected Short Fiction by George Makana Clark, Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
51. Shakespeare and Shakespearean Criticism A
12:30-3:45 p.m. (Deer Lake)
Topic: Famously Shakespearean
Chair: Donald Hedrick, Kansas State Univ.
Session A
12:30-2:00 p.m. (Deer Lake)
1. "What's in a Name: Fame and Infamy in Titus Andronicus," by Joan Pong Linton, Indiana Univ.
2. "From William Shakespeare to John Taylor: The Goddess of Fame's Capitalist Makeover," Donald Hedrick, Kansas State Univ.
3. "Condi and Cleopatra: Celebrity, Shame, and the Performance of Conscience," by Francesca Royster, DePaul Univ.
Session B
2:15-3:45 p.m. (Deer Lake)
4. "Shakespearean Celebrity: Fame, Name, and Credit in The Comedy of Errors," Jennifer Holl, CUNY Graduate Center
5. "'A Nobler Sir Ne'er Liv'd': The (In)Famous Posthumus Leonatus in Shakespeare's Cymbeline," by Marilyn Claire Ford, Indiana Univ.
6. "Autolycus and the Innovations of Publicity in The Winter's Tale," by Richard Sears, Indiana Univ.
7. "Playing the Swaggerer: Angelina Jolie, Shakespeare's Cross-Dressing Ladies, and the Performance of Masculinity," Amanda Paules, DePaul Univ.
52. Spanish III: Latin American Literature A
12:30-5:30 p.m. (Lake Calhoun)
Topic: Open Topic
Chair: Debbie Lee-Di Stefano, Southeast Missouri State Univ.
Session A
12:30-2:00 p.m. (Lake Calhoun)
1. "Performing Indigeneities in Mexico: Assimilation and Resistance in Idelfonso Maya's Ixtlamatinij (The Learned Ones)," by Kelly McDonough, Univ. of Minnesota
2. "Guerrilla Royalties: How to Fund a Revolution," by Joseph M. Towle, Univ. of Minnesota
3. "Paying Tribute: Allegorical and Metahistorical Signification in the Annals of Cuauhtitlan," by Leisa Kauffmann, Wayne State Univ.
4. "Espacios discursivos femeninos: Guadalupe Marín como el "ruido" de la Modernidad Mexicana," by Gabriela E. Romero-Ghiretti, Washington Univ.
Session B
2:15-3:45 p.m. (Lake Calhoun)
5. "Los modelos de la niña mala de Mario Vargas Llosa," by María Regina Ruiz, Univ. of Evansville
6. "Lenguaje, espionaje, y crimen internacional en El efecto tequila de Elmer Mendoza," by Delia V.
Galván, Cleveland State Univ.
7. "Blast from the Past – Reflections of Borgesian Violence in McOndista writers at the Turn of the Century," by Jason Summers, Indiana Univ. Purdue Univ.-Fort Wayne
8. "Revisiting Cuba's Chinese Immigrants: Cristina Garcia's Monkey Hunting," by Debbie Lee-DiStefano, Southeast Missouri State Univ.
Session C
4:00-5:30 p.m. (Lake Calhoun)
9. "The Outsider and the Outcast in Jesús Colón's 'Dalmau,'" by Nancy Bird-Soto, Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
10. "José María Vargas Vila: insult, anarchism and literature," by María del Pilar Melgarejo Acosta, Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
11. "Huyéndole al padre: el discurso sexual como discurso de escape del control patriarcal en Quíntuples de Luís Rafael Sánchez," by Alannah Ari Hernández, Concordia Univ. Chicago
12. "La autobiografia de Juan Francisco Manzano: un deseo que no tiene nombre," by Thelma Jiménez-Anglada, Univ. of Chicago
53. Women in Literature A
12:30-5:30 p.m. (St. Croix 2)
Topic: Rewriting Women
Chair: Laura Vorachek, Univ. of Dayton
Secretary: Akhila Ramnarayan, Univ. of Dayton
Session A
12:30-2:00 p.m. (St. Croix 2)
Subtopic: Transhistorical Adaptations: Re-envisioning Medieval, Renaissance and Modernist Female Characters in Contemporary Literature
1. "Christine Carpenter, Anchoress of Shere, in Contemporary Mass Culture Genre: Female Enclosure and Voyeuristic Desire," by Rebecca Flynn, Univ. of Sioux Falls
2. "Cordelia and Her Analogues: Susan Howe's Liberties," by Alexandra Block, Bucknell Univ.
3. "On Beauty and Matronliness," by Jesse Wolfe, California State Univ.-Stanislaus
Session B
2:15-3:45 p.m. (St. Croix 2)
Subtopic: Rewriting Nineteenth-Century Women
4. "Transatlantic Politics: Re-envisioning Jane Austen's Fanny Price in Harriet Wilson's Our Nig; Sketches in the Life of a Free Black," by Jessica Young, San Francisco State Univ.
5. "Rewriting Alice: Lewis Carroll's Traveler in Wonderland and Beyond," by Deirdre Egan, St. Norbert Coll.
6. "'Of No Interest to the Public': Caroline Norton's Rewritings of Herself," by Sharin Schroeder, Univ. of Minnesota
7. "Dangerous Women: Braddon's Lady Audley and Caspary's Bedelia," by Laura Vorachek, Univ. of Dayton
Session C
4:00-5:30 p.m. (St. Croix 2)
Subtopic: Reimagining Women in American Literature and Film
8. "The Character of Captivity: Hannah Dustan and the Female Heroine in American Political Thought," by Sonya Lawson Parrish, Miami Univ. Ohio
9. "Revising La Llorona: Rewriting Women into Chicana / U.S. Latina History," by Jaclyn Cruikshank Vogt, Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln
10. "Janie Crawford through a Lens Darkly: Love, Romance, and the Erotic in the Filmic Treatment of Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God," by Yolanda Manora, Univ. of Alabama
11. "Re-Imagined Again: Philip Roth's Re-Vision of Amy Bellette," by Lily Corwin, The Catholic Univ. of America
Associated Organizations
54. Women in French
12:30-2:00 p.m. (Spring Park Bay)
Topic: Changing Worlds: Promises and Challenges
Coordinator: Pascale Perraudin, Saint Louis Univ.
1. "Bereaved or Relieved?: Poetry of Widowhood in Early Modern France," by Kathleen Llewellyn, Saint Louis Univ.
2. "Speaking Like a Citoyenne: Public/Private Voice in the Writings of Olympe de Gouges," by Annie Smart, Saint Louis Univ.
3. "L'écriture en mouvement chez Maryse Condé," by Emmanuelle A. Vanborre, Gordon Coll.
4. "Changing Worlds: The Power of Testimonial Texts," by Pascale Perraudin, Saint Louis Univ.
Special Sessions
55. Return of the Repressed?: The Place of Psychoanalysis in Contemporary American Studies
12:30-2:00 p.m. (Birch Lake)
Moderators: Sarah Lahey and Gregory Laski, Northwestern Univ.
1. "Welcome to Manila: The Phantasmagoric Real in Jessica Hagedorn's Dogeaters," by Chang-Hee Kim, Univ. of Minnesota
2. "Totality Versus Trans: Historicism and the Phantasmatic Relation," by Lindsay Welsch, Indiana Univ.
3. "The Publicity of the Wound: Circulating, Commodifying, and Consuming Testimony in America," by Lorna Mellon, Northwestern Univ.
56. Suturing Wounded Memory: Trauma, Exile, and Creativity in Hispanic Literature and Film
12:30-2:00 p.m. (Lafayette Bay)
Moderator: Juli Kroll, Univ. of St. Thomas
1. "Writing as Mourning: The Healing Power of Words," by Paula Chiara, Univ. of St. Thomas
2. "The Silence of Infamy: War, Trauma, and Recovering Spain's Memory," by Donald D. Miller, Univ. of St. Thomas
3. "Mourning the Nation: Exile and Trauma in 'Memorias del Subdesarrollo' and 'Balseros,'" by Juli Kroll, Univ. of St. Thomas
4. "Recuperación memorística de la sociedad de plantación en la novela contemporánea," by Sonia Rey-Montejo, Univ. of St. Thomas
Permanent Sections
57. "Art What Thou Eat": Food in Literature, Art, and Culture B
2:15-3:45 p.m. (Cook's Bay)
(see Session #48 – 12:30 p.m., Friday)
58. Fabricating the Body A
2:15-5:30 p.m. (Birch Lake, Deer Lake)
Chair: Beth E. Torgerson, Eastern Washington Univ.
Secretary: Cammie Sublette, Univ. of Arkansas-Forth Smith
Session A
2:15-3:45 p.m. (Birch Lake)
Subtopic: The Dis/Abled Body in Literature
1. "Dickens's Fabrication of the Abled Female Body: The Case of Lizzie Hexam and Bella Wilfer," by Tracy J. R. Collins, Central Michigan Univ.
2. "Margaret Howth: An Analysis of the Disabled Body/Mind and the Domestic Ideal of Republican America," by Courney Jarboe, Univ. of St. Thomas
3. "He 'bled in the Arm Service of his country': Disability and World War II in the Fiction of Flannery O'Connor," by Jenny Bangsund, Univ. of Sioux Falls
4. "Voices and Violence in the Postcolonial Filipino Novel Dusk by F. Sionil Jose," by Jennifer Arias, Northwestern Univ.
Discussant: Cammie Sublette, Univ. of Arkansas-Forth Smith
Session B
4:00-5:30 p.m. (Deer Lake)
Subtopic: Beyond the Text: The Dis/Abled Body in Culture
5. "Claiming AIDS," by Chris Bell, Syracuse Univ.
6. "Bodies that Fail, Retellings and Recuperative Visual Rhetoric: Reeve in Ruins," by Alina Bennett, Ohio State Univ.
7. "Post-Communist Normative Bodies: Shakespeare, Masculinity, and Global Vernaculars of Disability," by Marcela Kostihová, Hamline Univ.
Discussant: Beth E. Torgerson, Eastern Washington Univ.
59. Popular Culture
2:15-3:45 p.m. (Crystal Lake)
Topic: Commonplace Books, Scrapbooks, and Blogs
Chair: Mike Chasar, Univ. of Iowa
1. "From the Renaissance Notebook to the Contemporary, Media-Connected Classroom," by Jeffrey Gore, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago
2. "Scrapbooking, Domestic Practices, and Shakespeare," by Katherine Scheil, Univ. of Minnesota
3. "When the Scrapbook Came of Age," by Mike Chasar, Univ. of Iowa
4. "Web 2.0—Evolution or Revolution? Indexing Information for the 21st Century," by Allison Schuette-Hoffman, Valparaiso Univ.
60. Shakespeare and Shakespearean Criticism B
2:15-3:45 p.m. (Deer Lake)
(see Session #51 – 12:30 p.m., Friday)
61. Short Story (papers available in advance)
2:15-3:45 p.m. (Wayzata Bay)
Topic: Fame/Infamy in Short Story Writing: "What makes you so special?"
Chair: Annette Bahringer, Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
1. "The Good, the Bad, and the Too-Beautiful-To-Be-Entirely-True: The Reverse Minstrelry of Multicultural American Short Fiction," by Michael Meinhardt, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago
2. "'Heart of Darkness' vs. 'Amy Foster,'" by Shiela Ellen Pardee, Southeast Missouri State Univ.
3. "Herman Melville's 'Bartleby': A Cosmopolitan Story," by Katsuya Izumi, SUNY Albany
4. "Revolution of the Infamous: Notoriety and Nationalism in Lu Xun's Short Fiction," by Daniel Dooghan, Univ. of Minnesota
62. Spanish I: Peninsular Literature Before 1700 C
2:15-3:45 p.m. (Gray's Bay)
(see Session #8 – 8:30 a.m., Friday)
63. Spanish III: Latin American Literature B
2:15-3:45 p.m. (Lake Calhoun)
(see Session #52 – 12:30 p.m., Friday)
64. Spanish Cultural Studies
2:15-3:45 p.m. (Elk Lake)
Topic: Subcultures in Contemporary Spain: New Ways of Negotiating Collective Identity
Chair: Stephen Vilaseca, Northern Illinois Univ.
Secretary: Malcolm Alan Compitello, Univ. of Arizona
1. "Doo, Doo, Doo Lookin' Out My Back Door, or the Case of Competing Visions of Alternative Culture," by Malcolm Alan Compitello, Univ. of Arizona
2. "'Pijos' y 'auténticos' en Veo veo de Gabriela Bustelo: ¿descenso al mundo de la noche madrileña o realidad social de España?," by Pilar Martínez-Quiroga, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3. "La literatura concentracionaria de Jorge Semprún: El linde borroso entre la memoria histórica y la creación literaria," by Maureen Tobin Stanley, Univ. of Minnesota, Duluth
4. "The 'flat ontology' of Okupas en Lavapies, Madrid," by Matthew Feinberg, Univ. of Kentucky
65. Women in Literature B
2:15-3:45 p.m. (St. Croix 2)
(see Session #53 – 12:30 p.m., Friday)
Associated Organizations
66. Women's Caucus for the Modern Languages/Midwest I
2:15-3:45 p.m. (Cedar Lake)
Topic: Feminist Pedagogy: Transforming Silence Into Action
Coordinator: Linda S. Coleman, Eastern Illinois Univ.
1. "Shifting the Academy: Lessons for the Spiritual Scholar from Ralph W. Emerson and Irene Lara," by
T J Geiger, Texas Woman's Univ.
2. "From 'Michiana Monologues' to Community Dialogues: Theatrical Activism in Play," by Kristin Cravens-Hutton, Katie Kreider, and April Lidinsky, Indiana Univ. South Bend
3. "Embracing Discomfort," by Andrea Harris, Wright State Univ.
4. "'I had never thought I would tell': An Open Letter to Lynn Z. Bloom in Response to 'Teaching College English as a Woman,'" by Casey O'Brien Gerhart, Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Special Sessions
67. The City and Literature: The Trail of More than Two Cities B
2:15-3:45 p.m. (Pine Lake)
(see Session #13 – 8:30 a.m., Friday)
68. Cultures of American Poetry
2:15-3:45 p.m. (Excelsior Bay)
Moderator: Wendy Roberts, Northwestern Univ.
1. "Modernism's Anarchism: Greenwich Village Anarchism and the Poetics of Lola Ridge," by Lynne Feeley, Pennsylvania State Univ.
2. "'Inverted Whitman(s)': Kenneth Fearing, Muriel Rukeyser, and the 'Statistical Eye/I' of Depression-Era Poetics," by Nathan Leahy, Northwestern Univ.
3. "The Poetry of Assimilation: American Poetry, 1900-1912," by Michael Devine, Univ. of California, Los Angeles
4. "Reading Differences: The Communal Work of Poetry Readings at The Loft and the Poetics School at Naropa in the 1970s," by Rebecca Weaver, Univ. of Minnesota
69. Infamy, Fame, and the Production of Culture
2:15-3:45 p.m. (Spring Park Bay)
Moderator: Michael Kearns, Univ. of Southern Indiana
1. "Whales, White Dresses, Money, and Fame: The Cases of Melville and Dickinson," by Michael Kearns, Univ. of Southern Indiana
2. "Parallel Lives: Oprah Winfrey and Michel Foucault/James Frey and Randy Pausch on the Maintenance of Identity in the Society of Control," by Dominic Micer, Univ. of Southern Indiana
3. "'Nothing Else to Subsist on But Their Pens': Shakespeare and the Infamy of Professional Writers in the Early-Eighteenth Century," by Charles Conaway, Univ. of Southern Indiana
70. Notorious Transgressions in the Americas, 1795-1822
2:15-3:45 p.m. (Lafayette Bay)
Moderator: Angela Vietto, Eastern Illinois Univ.
1. "The Samuel Cary Family and the Slave Revolts/Insurrections of 1795-96 in the West Indies," by Susan Imbarrato, Minnesota State Univ. Moorhead
2. "'Too well known': Infamy and Identity in the Writing of Aaron Burr and Leonora Sansay," by Angela Vietto, Eastern Illinois Univ.
3. "'The Stink of Fat': Class Slavery in The Memoirs of the Notorious Ann Carson," by Etta Madden, Missouri State Univ.
71. The Profane Prairie: Controversial Stories from the Upper Midwest A
2:15-5:30 p.m. (Lake Nokomis)
Topic: Creative Writing
Moderator: Eleanor Williams, Univ. of North Dakota
Session A
2:15-3:45 p.m. (Lake Nokomis)
1. "Destroyer," by Melanie Lee, Ohio Univ.
2. "The Doctor Will See You Now," by Emily Elbom, Univ. of North Dakota
3. "What Moses Meant," by Gilad Elbom, Univ. of North Dakota
Session B
4:00-5:30 p.m. (Lake Nokomis)
4. "Unspeakable," by Eleanor Williams, Univ. of North Dakota
5. "Expect Major Delays," by Ezekiel Jarvis, Eureka Coll.
6. "Choosing Memories," by Thomas Harlow, Univ. of North Dakota
72. 'Tis Only Infinite Below: Defining Infamy in Restoration/18th-Century English Satire (papers available in advance)
2:15-3:45 p.m. (Maple Lake)
Moderator: John Malloy, Marquette Univ.
1. "A Comfort in Nihilism: Reading Rochester Without Religion," by Maggie McKinley, Marquette Univ.
2. "Earls Putting Up Their Dukes: Rochester and Mulgrave," by John Malloy, Marquette Univ.
3. "The Artistic Logic of Bodies: Swift's Navigation of the Public and Private Bodies of Women in the 'Scatological Poems,'" by Eric Dunnum, Marquette Univ.
4. "'A Politic Mad Wife': A Study of the Characterization of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, in the Visual Satire of 1784," by Emily Blaser, Marquette Univ.
Workshop Session
73. Workshop I: Staging the Job Search: "Unsure Thing"
4:00-5:30 p.m. (St. Croix I)
As performed by
1. Craig N. Owens, Drake Univ.
2. Judith Roof, Michigan State Univ.
3. Stephen Watt, Indiana Univ.
Permanent Sections
74. American Literature I: Literature Before 1870
4:00-5:30 p.m. (Lafayette Bay)
Topic: Fame, Infamy, Slavery
Chair: Whitney Womack Smith, Miami Univ. Ohio
Secretary: Linda Peterson, Univ. of Nebraska at Omaha
1. "Revolting Confessions: Remembering Rebellion in Nat Turner's Confessions (1831)," by Keith Green, Rutgers Univ.-Camden
2. "Making It Right: The Problem of Revising Sentimental Racialism in Harriet Beecher Stowe and Mary Webb's The Christian Slave," by Jamie Libby Boyle, Univ. of South Carolina
3. "Uncle Tom Abroad: Harriet Beecher Stowe's Scottish Tour," by Whitney Womack Smith, Miami Univ. Ohio
4. "Negotiating Rage in Slavery: Harriet Jacobs, Harriet Wilson, Toni Morrison, and Octavia Butler," by Rebecca Saulsbury, Florida Southern Coll.
75. Creative Writing I: Poetry
4:00-5:30 p.m. (Excelsior Bay)
Topic: Open Topic
Chair: Eve Rosenbaum, Univ. of Iowa
1. J. L. Conrad, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison
2. Stacia Fleegal, Blood Lotus: An Online Literary Journal
3. Jennifer Rouse, Cornell Coll.
4. Angela Sorby, Marquette Univ.
5. Glenn Freeman, Cornell Coll.
6. Dan Nowak, Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln
7. B. J. Best, Carroll Coll.
76. English I: English Literature Before 1800
4:00-5:30 p.m. (Lake Harriet)
Topic: Fame, Infamy, and Ideology
Chair: Katherine Kickel, Miami Univ. Ohio
1. "Occasional Mediation and Prayer Composition in Early Modern Diurnal Writing," by Katherine Kickel,
Miami Univ. Ohio
2. "Friar Knowledge: Infamous Incubi and Sensational Succubi in Early Modern Literature," by Jennifer J.
Holland, Univ. of St. Thomas
3. "Questioning Fame: Edmund Spenser's Shift in Poetic Ideologies," by Denna Iammarino, Marquette
4. "'A Deviant Genre': Shakespeare as a Seminal Crime Fiction Writer," by Chikako D. Kumamoto, Coll.
of DuPage
77. Fabricating the Body B
4:00-5:30 p.m. (Deer Lake)
(see Session #58 – 2:15 p.m., Friday)
78. French III: Issues in French Studies
4:00-5:30 p.m. (Birch Lake)
Topic: Shapes, Space, and other Scapes in the Writings of French Women
Chair: Sophie Maríñez, CUNY The Graduate Center
1. "Subjected to Space: The Influence of Space on Self-Expression in Mme de Graffigny and Mme de Charrière," by Andrea Magermans, Grinnell Coll.
2. "Georgette in between," by Marina Calas, Univ. of Minnesota
3. "The Poetics of Architecture in the Castles and Writings of Mlle de Montpensier: Saint-Fargeau, Eu and Choisy-le-Roy," by Sophie Maríñez, CUNY The Graduate Center
79. History of Critical Reception
4:00-5:30 p.m. (Elk Lake)
Topic: Righteous Readers: Race, Reception, and Book Club Mania
Chair: Michelle Taylor-Watts, Miami Univ. Ohio
Secretary: Melanie Brown, St. Norbert Coll.
1. "Literary Culture and the Settlement House: Reading Texts, Reading Taste at the Educational Alliance," by Laura Fisher, New York Univ.
2. "Reading Race in Boston: Book Clubs, African-American Fiction, and Cross-Racial Empathy," by Kimberly Chabot Davis, Bridgewater State Coll.
3. "Oprah and As I Lay Dying," by Katie Robinson, Liberty Univ.
4. "Aiming for the Truth: Oprah and the Reception of James Frey's A Million Little Pieces," by Genevieve West, Ferris State Univ.
80. Modern Literature
4:00-5:30 p.m. (Wayzata Bay)
Topic: Commonwealth Literature
Chair: Rosemary Johnsen, Governors State Univ.
1. "Language/Perversion: The Novels of Upamanyu Chatterjee," by Arnab Chakladar, Carleton Coll.
2. "Joseph Conrad the Proto-Feminist?," by Michael Meinhardt, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago
3. "Co-ordinating Postcolonial, Singaporean, and Asian American Subjectivities in the Work of Fiona Cheong and Shirley Lim," by Weihsin Gui, Eastern Illinois Univ.
81. Science and Fiction
4:00-5:30 p.m. (Minnesota)
Topic: The Legacy of Philip K. Dick
Chair: Greg Wright, Kalamazoo Coll.
Secretary: Todd Comer, Defiance Coll.
1. "Can the Animus Endure This: Parallel Universes and Parallel Anxieties in Dick's The Man in the High Castle," by Ron Fields, Southern Illinois Univ.
2. "Identity, Power, and Theology in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?," by Nete Schmidt, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison
3. "'We Can Remember It for You Wholesale': Memory, Reconstruction, and Adaptation in Total Recall," by Greg Wright, Kalamazoo Coll.
82. Spanish I: Peninsular Literature Before 1700 D
4:00-5:30 p.m. (Gray's Bay)
(see Session #8 – 8:30 a.m., Friday)
83. Spanish III: Latin American Literature C
4:00-5:30 p.m. (Lake Calhoun)
(see Session #52 – 12:30 p.m., Friday)
84. Women in Literature C
4:00-5:30 p.m. (St. Croix 2)
(see Session #53 – 12:30 p.m., Friday)
Special Sessions
85. American Studies Beyond the Center-Periphery Model
4:00-5:30 p.m. (Cook's Bay)
Moderators: Nathan Leahy and Jason Malikow, Northwestern Univ.
1. "Hauntologies of the Oppressed: Chicana/o Literature and the Colonial Ghosts of American Studies," by Cathryn Josefina Merla-Watson, Univ. of Minnesota
2. "Asians in Unexpected Places: The Racial Interstitiality of Henry Cho," by Jasmine Kar Tang, Univ. of Minnesota
3. "Josephine Niggli's Mexican Village as Political Barometer: A Reception History," by Wanalee Romero, Northwestern Univ.
4. "American Studies Beyond the Center-Periphery Model," by Nathan Leahy, Northwestern Univ., and Jason Malikow, Northwestern Univ.
86. Freaks of Fame: '80s Edition
4:00-5:30 p.m. (Crystal Lake)
Moderator: Marjorie Worthington, Eastern Illinois Univ.
1. "The Madman I Created: The Mutating Narcissism of Bret Easton Ellis," by Marjorie Worthington, Eastern Illinois Univ.
2. "Arturo Binewski and the Freaks of Fame," by Alison Umminger, Univ. of West Georgia
3. "Famous Freaks in the '80s: The Grateful Dead," by David R. Shumway, Carnegie Mellon Univ.
87. The Politics of the "Post-Racial"
4:00-5:30 p.m. (Pine Lake)
Moderator: Jacqueline McGrath, Coll. of DuPage
1. "'America Has Really Grown Up': Percival Everett, Barack Obama, and Illusions of a 'Post-Racial' Society," by David Todd Lawrence, Univ. of St. Thomas
2. "The Politics of the Post-Racial," by Katherine H. Lee, Indiana State Univ.
3. "'Everyone Can Relate": Disrupting 'Post-Racial' Readings of Native American Literature," by Jacqueline McGrath, Coll. of DuPage
88. The Profane Prairie: Controversial Stories from the Upper Midwest B
4:00-5:30 p.m. (Lake Nokomis)
(See Session #71, 2:15 p.m., Friday)
89. Rebels, Rogues, and Social Outcasts: Deconstructing Unstable Identities in Hispanic Narrative
4:00-5:30 p.m. (Maple Lake)
Moderator: Bradford Ellis, St. Norbert Coll.
1. "Sustainable Discourse: Language, Space, and Identity in Anacristina Rossi's La loca de Gandoca," by John Day, St. Norbert Coll.
2. "Place and Identity: The Case of Hector Beloascoarán Shayne in the Detective Fiction of Paco Ignacio Taibo II," by Shalisa Collins, St. Norbert Coll.
3. "House Hunting: Detecting, Identity, and Digs in Giménez-Bartlett's Petra Delicado Series," by Marcie Paul, St. Norbert Coll.
4. "Displacement and Subversion: The Moriscos of Post-Expulsion Spain," by Bradford Ellis, St. Norbert Coll.
90. Scandalous Performances: Investigating the Limitations and Fluidity of Gender
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Moderator: Christine Garst-Santos, South Dakota State Univ.
1. "'Yo soy tu esposa': Doing and Being Done by Gender in the Quijote," by Christine Garst-Santos, South Dakota State Univ.
2. "Mama's Boy is Daddy's Girl: Performing Gender in Johann Heinrich Jung-Stilling's Heinrich Stillings Jugend, Jünglingsjahjre, Wanderschaft und häusliches Leben," by Eckhard Rölz, South Dakota State Univ.
3. "Eroticizing and Exoticizing the Other: Questions of Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Prosper Mérimée's Carmen and Joseph Gaï Ramaka's Karmen Geï," by Molly Enz, South Dakota State Univ.
4. "Les égarés and Bon voyage: Scandalous Domestications of WWII," by Marie-Pierre Caquot Baggett, South Dakota State Univ.
91. President's Reception
5:15-6:15 p.m. (Hotel Ballroom)
Complimentary wine and hors d'oeuvres, cash bar, hosted by 2008 M/MLA President Devoney Looser
92. President's Keynote Address
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Lennard J. Davis, "Theoretical Fame, Virtual Notoriety: Ways of Being in Academia"
Professor of English, Disability and Human Development, and Medical Education at the Univ. of Illinois at Chicago, Lennard J. Davis also directs UIC's Project Biocultures. He is the co-editor of Left Politics and the Literary Profession (Columbia UP, 1991) and the author of numerous books, among them Resisting Novels: Fiction and Ideology (Routledge, 1987; rpt. U of Pennsylvania P, 2001), Enforcing Normalcy: Disability, Deafness, and the Body (Verso, 1995), My Sense of Silence: Memoirs of a Childhood with Deafness (U of Illinois P, 2000), and Obsession: A History (U of Chicago P, 2008), just published.


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YAKIMA – Speaking in a neighborhood often touched by gang crimes, Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna today announced a new proposal to combat gang violence. "Yakima is ground zero in the fight against gangs, but these crimes plague every major city in the state," McKenna said. "For years, law enforcement and community leaders have called for help. Today we're asking the Legislature to answer the call and help communities reclaim their neighborhoods."
McKenna's proposed legislation was developed in consultation with representatives of law enforcement, city and county leaders, as well as community activists throughout the state. One Eastern Washington mom stepped forward Monday to lend her support. Dora Sanchez Trevino's son, Auggie, was killed in 1999 by a teen with gang ties. Auggie was not involved in gangs. "These senseless crimes devastate families and create permanent wounds," Sanchez said. "Some of the state's most vulnerable communities are hit hardest. Nothing will bring back the loved ones we've lost, but proposals like these will hopefully save lives." The proposed legislation directs the state to create a competitive grant process to distribute funds for gang prevention and intervention programs.
"We need to support programs that help kids avoid joining a gang and provide a way out of the gang lifestyle," said Rep. Charles Ross, R-Naches. "And we need to be much tougher on hardened street gang members who are terrorizing our communities." The anti-gang bill offers a mix of civil and criminal provisions aimed at gang activity, including:
County prosecutors worry that gun crimes committed by juveniles aren't taken seriously enough – that minors given a slap on the wrist for possessing a firearm end up committing murders later on. McKenna's bill excludes juveniles involved in gang-related firearms offenses from being eligible for deferred dispositions – cases in which judges avoid finding an offender guilty of a crime. The bill also mandates that when teens are involved in a violent, gang-related crime at age 16 or 17, they're automatically charged as adults.
The bill also deals with the spray-painted vandalism. "Graffiti sends a chilling message that law-breakers run neighborhoods," said Yakima Mayor Micah Cawley. "This legislation forces taggers to help clean up their mess."
The bill increases the penalty for tagging. And whenever possible, offenders would be required to complete 100 hours of community service work in a graffiti abatement program.
McKenna first proposed anti-gang legislation in 2007. As passed by the Legislature, the bill directed the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs (WASPC) to establish a workgroup to evaluate the problem of gang-related crime in Washington and offer solutions. The bill passed but some of its provisions, including longer sentences for gang members, were stripped out by legislators. Many of the work group's original recommendations are included in McKenna's new proposed legislation. The Legislature will consider it when it convenes on Jan. 10, 2011.
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The average dividend yield on S&P 500 stocks has approximately halved to 2% over time. While significant inflows to these stocks have caused their yields to drop, the total returns from dividend stocks still compare favorably with yields on Treasuries. In other words, when total returns are calculated, which includes growth in profit, the comparison is favorable. The trick is to select higher-than-average dividend yielding stocks and discard those with mediocre performance. In order to identify popular dividend paying stocks, we went through the top 10 holdings of three fund managers as of the most recently available date. Specifically, we checked the top 10 stocks of three dividend-oriented large cap funds, namely Fidelity Equity Dividend Income Fund (FEQTX), T. Rowe Price Equity Income Fund (PRFDX) and Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund Investor Shares (VHDYX). The results surprised us a bit as they included several names outside the usual realm of utilities and pharmaceuticals. Exxon Mobil Corporation ( XOM ), Chevron Corporation ( CVX ), General Electric Company ( GE ) and Johnson & Johnson ( JNJ ) found a place in the top 10 holdings of all three mutual funds. In addition, Wells Fargo & Company ( WFC ) was included in the top 10 of Fidelity and T. Rowe Price. Exxon Mobil Corporation is well known as the world's largest publicly traded oil company. Approximately 83% of Exxon's earnings come from its operations outside the U.S. Exxon Mobil has long been a core holding for investors seeking a defensive name with continued dividend growth. We maintain our Neutral recommendation on Exxon Mobil following its third quarter 2012 report. The stock provided a dividend yield of 2.65%. It had a forward P/E multiple of 10.9 versus 7.7 average for the industry. Chevron Corporation is one of the largest oil and gas companies in the world, based on proven reserves. Chevron's current oil and gas development project pipeline is among the best in the industry. We see the stock performing in line with the broader market and maintain our Neutral recommendation. Prior to the announcement of its third quarter results, the stock gave a dividend yield of 3.13%. It had a forward P/E of 8.9 compared with 8.5 for the industry. General Electric Company is one of the largest and the most diversified technology and financial service corporations in the world. More than 50% of GE's revenue is generated from emerging markets. The company generates huge free cash flow. We maintain our Neutral recommendation on General Electric. Prior to the announcement of its third quarter results, the stock provided a dividend yield of 3.01%. The stock had a forward P/E of 14.5 versus 16.1 for the industry. Johnson & Johnson 's worldwide business is segregated into three segments: Consumer, Pharmaceutical, and Medical Devices & Diagnostics. For the full year 2011, these segments contributed 23%, 37% and 40% respectively to the company's revenue. Johnson & Johnson recently struck several deals which should boost the company's top line. There are many candidates in final stages of development which hold strong potential. Emerging markets recorded 13% growth in 2011. Based on third quarter results, we maintain our Neutral rating on the stock. The stock recently had a dividend yield of 3.44%. Johnson & Johnson had a forward P/E of 13.9 compared with 14.2 for the industry. Wells Fargo & Company is one of the largest financial services companies in the U.S. (in terms of assets) with $1.3 trillion in assets and over $928 billion in deposits. The company provides banking, insurance, trust and investments, mortgage banking, investment banking, retail banking, brokerage services and consumer and commercial finance. Higher non-interest income along with cost control measures acted as positives for the latest quarter. After reviewing the third quarter results, we maintain our Neutral recommendation on the shares. The stock provided a dividend yield of 2.57%. The stock had a forward P/E of 10.3 versus 12.1 for the industry. Barring Exxon Mobil and Chevron Corporation which are more expensive on a forward P/E basis, the other three widely held dividend stocks are cheaper than the industry average. This suggests that the timing may still be favorable for taking long positions on select large cap dividend paying stocks.
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When you're happy, your food of choice could be steak or pizza, when you're sad it could be ice cream or cookies, and when you're bored it could be potato chips. Food does more than fill our stomachs -- it also satisfies feelings, and when you quench those feelings with comfort food when your stomach isn't growling, that's emotional eating.
"Emotional eating is eating for reasons other than hunger," says Jane Jakubczak, a registered dietitian at the University of Maryland. "Instead of the physical symptom of hunger initiating the eating, an emotion triggers the eating."
What are the telltale signs of emotional eating, what foods are the most likely culprits when it comes to emotional eating, and how it can be overcome? Experts help WebMD find the answers.
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There are several differences between emotional hunger and physical hunger, according to the University of Texas Counseling and Mental Health Center web site:
1. Emotional hunger comes on suddenly; physical hunger occurs gradually.
2. When you are eating to fill a void that isn't related to an empty stomach, you crave a specific food, such as pizza or ice cream, and only that food will meet your need. When you eat because you are actually hungry, you're open to options.
3. Emotional hunger feels like it needs to be satisfied instantly with the food you crave; physical hunger can wait.
4. Even when you are full, if you're eating to satisfy an emotional need, you're more likely to keep eating. When you're eating because you're hungry, you're more likely to stop when you're full.
5. Emotional eating can leave behind feelings of guilt; eating when you are physically hungry does not.
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Q: What is the first Cisco course I must take?
A: The first course is our BCS 208 Networking Fundamentals (Cisco CCNA Semester 1) class. This course will give students the basics of networking. Look at the Cisco Academy CCNA Networking Program information or the Networking Track of the BS in Computer Programming and Information Systems. The other courses in the CCNA sequence are BCS 209, BCS 320, and BCS 321.
Q: Are there any prerequisites for BCS 208 Networking Fundamentals?
A: No.
NOTE: Students must be very familiar with concepts of computers and computer technology, including having a basic understanding of operating systems.
Q: Will completion of these Cisco courses alone prepare me for a job in Networking?
A: No, the area of networking is a very complex and sophisticated field. The Cisco Systems courses are designed to supplement other courses taken by students in the computer science and networking fields. INSTEP and Cisco Systems, suggest that students continue their education towards a Bachelors degree. The four semesters of Cisco Networking Academy courses, by themselves, will not necessarily mean a student is ready for a job in networking. Again, networking is a very complex and sophisticated field and it is recommended that students take the necessary courses towards a Bachelors degree or other courses in networking and computer science. The Cisco courses do fill in a vital area of information needed in networking, but it is not the only knowledge and skills needed by employers. In other words, the Cisco courses by themselves will not make students job-ready, but along with other courses will help students prepare for entry-level positions in networking. (The Computer Systems Dept offers a Bachelor Degree in Computer Programming and Information Systems with a Networking Track.)
Q: What if I do not have a Bachelors degree or will not be getting one?
Will these courses still prepare me for a job in networking?
A: Yes, these and other networking, system administration courses will help (see the question, ("What other courses do you recommend?"). Someone without a B.A. or B.S. degree should take as many networking courses as possible and obtain other credible networking certifications. Most employers prefer that potential networking employees have a Bachelors degree in an IT (Information Technology) field or even a Bachelors degree in a non-IT field is helpful. A Bachelors degree usually tells an employer that the applicant has the ability to start and complete the tasks associated with reaching certain goals. Without a Bachelors degree it is up to the applicant to let the employer know that they have the technical and non-technical skills, knowledge and abilities to be an important team player in the company. Regardless of one's educational background, attitude, enthusiasm, and desire can go a long way in an interview!
Q: What other courses do you recommend?
A: There are many courses and areas which will match well with the Cisco courses. The more you learn about networking, the more you will see there is a lot to learn, which will give you a better understanding of networking. Do you need all of these courses for your first job? No, but at some point in your networking career, you will be learning information pertaining to most of these areas. SUNY Farmingdale offers some of these courses.
System Administration: (There are several courses in this area that students should take for Systems Administration. See information regarding the various MCSE, Sun Microsystems, SAIR, and other certifications.)
Networking and Telecommunications Courses
Other courses which also can be very beneficial
Q: Does INSTEP teach these classes so students can get jobs at Cisco Systems?
A: No. This program is not designed to prepare students for jobs at Cisco Systems, but as a piece of what they need to know to get a job in networking at any number of companies. These courses concentrate on router and internetworking technologies, which is important information for anyone to know if they are considering a job in networking. Many company with networks and internetworks will need people who understand router and internetworking, system administration and other technologies.
Q: What is the workload in these classes?
A: These classes are designed for students who are seriously interested in the field of computer networking. Students will need to be committed to the amount of work required in these classes, both inside and outside of class. The courses are all 3 credit classes, which means extensive reading and homework assignments. Many of the topics in these courses are very complex and will require students to put in extensive time outside of class to grasp these subject areas.
Q: Will other schools in NY Metro Area be offering this curriculum?
A: Yes, however, none have a Cisco approved academic program like the one provided by INSTEP.
Q: What are the names and course numbers of the Cisco CCNA classes offered at Farmingdale State?
A: Here is the Cisco curriculum series:
Q: Why does it take four semesters (minimum) through INSTEP to learn
the information to help me pass the CCNA exam? I have noticed that some private training companies "prepare" me in as little as 5 days.
A: INSTEP's objective is not only to help you obtain your CCNA certification, but to help you develop the knowledge and skills to live up to that certification title. Each INSTEP CCNA course is up to 15 weeks in duration. We want to make CCNAs , not just people who can pass the CCNA exam. Private training companies are not only expensive, but rely mostly on rote memory and "cram" sessions to try and pass the exam. Often, most of the material is "lost" after the exam is taken.
Q: When does INSTEP offer these courses? How many sections will be offered and what are the days and times?
A: Please check the Schedule of Classes.
Q: How do I register for these classes and is there a sign-up list for these classes?
A: These classes are like any other SUNY Farmingdale courses. Students will need to go through the regular admissions and registration process. There is no advance sign-up sheet.
Q: Can I take these classes if I do not want to pursue a degree at SUNY Farmingdale?
A: Yes. However, you must register first as a NON-MATRICULATED student with the Registrar in Laffin Hall.
Q: Can I register on-line?
A: Yes, but you must be a matriculated or official non-matriculated student first, with your student info on file with the Registrar in Laffin Hall. Then you can register at www.farmingdale.edu in the course registration section.
Q: What certifications do Cisco Systems offer and how do INSTEP courses fit in?
A: The courses INSTEP offers will help prepare students for the CCNA, Cisco Certified Networking Associates exam. This is the first level of Cisco certifications.
See http://www.cisco.com/en/US/learning/index.html for information regarding Cisco Systems certifications.
Q: Do I have to take these courses before taking the CCNA exam?
A: No, anyone can take the CCNA exam. See Cisco's web site for exam information.
Q: What certification is after CCNA?
A: The next level of certification is CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional). See Cisco's web site for exam information and other information. After CCNP is the highly coveted CCIE (Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert).
Q: Are the Cisco courses offered by INSTEP sequential?
A: Yes, the four Cisco courses are four different semesters and must be taken sequentially, one after the other. Students must pass the previous course to proceed to the next.
Q: Will these courses count towards a Computer Programming and Information Systems Certificate/Degree?
A: Yes, these are now a part of the BS CPIS Degree.
Q: I am not sure if the computer networking is for me. What does someone need to do in order to succeed in this program?
A: There are many ingredients to succeeding in this field, but there are two important suggestions we have for students considering taking courses in the Cisco Networking Academy program.
Students should only take these courses if:
Q: Who is Cisco Systems?
A: Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Cisco products include routers, LAN and ATM switches, dial-up access servers and network management software. These products, integrated by the Cisco IOS software, link geographically dispersed LANs, WANs and IBM networks. Cisco Systems news and product/service information are available on the World Wide Web site at http://www.cisco.com. Cisco Systems is headquartered in San Jose, Calif.


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Hafertepe Gets Late Race Pass For Attica FAST Win; Henry Earns Seventh Late Model Victory; Weaver Earns Second 305 Sprint WinBy Brian Liskai (Attica, OH) Sam Hafertepe Jr. blasted from fifth to second on a lap 23 restart and then traded slide jobs with Bryan Sebetto for the lead before assuming the top spot with four laps remaining and going on to his first ever win at Attica Raceway Park. In the 30-lap O'Reilly Auto Parts 410 Sprint feature, Jac Haudenschild and Cole Duncan would lead the field to the green with Duncan grabbing the lead. Haudenschild would pressure Duncan with Bryan Sebetto battling Byron Reed, Brad Haudenschild, Phil Gressman and Brandon Martin. Sebetto would slide around Haudenschild on lap four for second with Reed and Gressman pressuring. As Duncan hit lapped traffic on the 10th circuit, Sebetto quickly closed. The two ran nose to tail, slicing and dicing through traffic while Haudenschild battled Reed, Jacobs and Martin for third. Reed would take the spot on lap 12 and Jacobs would follow into fourth a lap latter. On lap 16 Sebetto would execute a slide job for the lead. Just as Reed closed on Duncan, he would slide off the high side of turn one on lap 19 to bring out the first caution. A lap and a caution for Jody Keegan who slowed on the back stretch, and Sebetto would pull away with Duncan battling with Jacobs and Martin for second. Meanwhile, Hafertepe, who started 13th, had worked his way up to sixth. On the ensuing restart, Sebetto would pull away with Duncan comfortably in second while a wild battle took place for third between Jacobs, Martin and Haudenschild. That battle would take an ugly turn on lap 23 when Martin and Jacobs made contact exiting turn four resulting in Martin taking a wild flip. The restart is when Hafertepe would make his move, using the extreme high line to vault from fifth to second just as Haudenschild would spin off the high side of turn one. On the restart it was Sebetto leading Hafertepe, Duncan, Jacobs and Darren Long. Sebetto would duck to the bottom with Hafertepe running up top. As they entered turn three with six laps to go, Hafertepe dove low and executed a slide job with Sebetto turn left to drive back by to maintain the lead. The pair did the exact same thing the next lap as Sebetto maintained the lead by just a wheel at the flag stand. Hafertepe had the momentum though and would slide into the lead in turn one. He would pull away slightly as Sebetto ran comfortably in second while Duncan and Jacobs battled for third with 14th place starter Mike Linder – who was racing with a heavy heart as his mother, Carol, had passed away earlier in the day – raced into sixth. Hafertepe would take the checkered about three car lengths ahead of Sebetto with Duncan, Jacobs and Linder rounding out the top five. In the Fultz Fabrications and Speed Shop UMP Late model feature John Mayes Jr. and Brian Ruhlman would lead the field to the green with Ruhlman gaining the advantage as fourth place starter Henry moved into second, bringing third place starter Doug Drown into third. Henry would drive around Ruhlman on lap two and again Drown would follow with J.R. Hotovy pressuring Ruhlman for third. Henry pulled away slightly but the battle for second was a dandy between Drown, Hotovy, Ruhlman, Rusty Schlenk and Ryan Missler. The first caution would fly on lap five for a Ryan VanderVeen spin. The restart order was Henry, Hotovy, Drown, Schlenk, Ruhlman and Missler. Again Henry was able to pull away as Hotovy, Frown and Schlenk battled for third. Just as Henry hit lapped traffic on lap 13, Hotovy would spin on lap 11 as he battled with Drown and Schlenk for the runner-up spot. With a clear track Henry was able to pull away again while Drown battled with Schlenk, Ruhlman and a surging Devin Shiels. Henry would catch the rear of the field with seven laps remaining, but Drown was too busy fighting with Schlenk, while Ruhlman, Shiels and Mike Bores waging their own war for fourth. Casey Noonan would stop with a flat on lap 27 to bring out the caution, giving Drown and Schlenk one more shot at Henry. But, "The Steel Driver" was just too strong as he rolled to the $3,000 payday. Drown, Schlenk, Ruhlman and Shiels would round out the top five. In the 25 lap 305 Fremont Fence 305 Sprint feature, Jess Stiger and Paul Weaver would lead the field to the green with Weaver getting the upper hand as Nate Reeser drove into second and Paige Polyak into third. On lap two disaster struck as Reeser and Stiger got together in turn one with Reeser flipping and collecting Steve Rando. During the ensuing wait as rescue crews carefully extracted Rando who went to the hospital to be checked out for a shoulder injury, Polyak would go pit side, handing second to Nate Dussel with Caleb Griffith in third and D.J. Foos into fourth. Weaver would pull away on the restart as Dussel and Griffith battled hard for second with Foos and Jason Keckler racing side by side for fourth. Weaver would hit lapped traffic by the ninth circuit, but Griffith could not close as Dussel ran comfortably in third with Foos, Keckler and Stuart Brubaker battling for fourth. The final caution would fly on lap 15 just as Griffith began to close in lapped traffic. With a clear track ahead, Weaver would fly around the top side the last 10 laps to take the win. Griffith would finish second with Dussel, Foos and Keckler rounding out the top five. Attica Raceway Park will host its last Friday night event of the 2011 season on Aug. 5 on Edward Jones of Clyde/Mike Neill Financial Advisor Night with the 410 sprints, UMP late models and 305 sprints. After a week off for the Attica Fair, " Ohio 's Finest Racing" speedplant will race on Saturday nights the final three events of the season. For more information go to www.atticaracewaypark.com Attica Raceway Park - 7/29/2011 Quality Welding / Ohio Logistics Night Night #15 - Kistler Racing Products F.A.S.T. Championship Series O'Reilly Auto Parts 410 Sprints (29 Cars) [#]-Starting Position Heat 1 - Engine Pro (8 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 11X-Brandon Martin[3] ; 2. 6-Jac Haudenschild[5] ; 3. 51-Brad Bowman[1] ; 4. 22-Cole Duncan [7] ; 5. 15H-Sam Hafertepe[10] ; 6. 7-Darren Long[2] ; 7. 11D-Bryce Dickson[4] ; 8. O-Mike Dussel[6] ; 9. 91-Aaron Middaugh[8] ; 10. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[9] Heat 2 - Ultra Schield Race Products (8 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 16-Bryan Sebetto[2] ; 2. 5T-Travis Philo[5] ; 3. 5R-Byron Reed[7] ; 4. 97-Dean Jacobs[9] ; 5. 312-Mike Linder[8] ; 6. 2+-Brian Smith[6] ; 7. 60-Jody Keegan[4] ; 8. 45L-Brian Lay[10] ; 9. 14H-Todd Heller[3] ; 10. 98-Robert Robenalt[1] Heat 3 - Bell Racing (8 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 53-Phil Gressman[1] ; 2. 10-Brad Haudenschild[2] ; 3. O9-Craig Mintz[6] ; 4. 45-Kevin Lee[4] ; 5. 78-Todd Kane[9] ; 6. 22T-Miranda Throckmorton[3] ; 7. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[8] ; 8. 11N-Ed Neumeister[7] ; 9. 69-Scott Curren[5] B-Main - Computer Man Inc. (10 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 60-Jody Keegan[2] ; 2. 45L-Brian Lay[5] ; 3. 11D-Bryce Dickson[1] ; 4. O-Mike Dussel[4] ; 5. 14H-Todd Heller[8] ; 6. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[3] ; 7. 11N-Ed Neumeister[6] ; 8. 91-Aaron Middaugh[7] ; 9. 69-Scott Curren[9] ; 10. 98-Robert Robenalt[11] A-Main - (30 Laps) 1. 15H-Sam Hafertepe[13]; 2. 16-Bryan Sebetto[4]; 3. 22-Cole Duncan [2]; 4. 97-Dean Jacobs[9]; 5. 312-Mike Linder[14]; 6. 7-Darren Long[16]; 7. 45-Kevin Lee[10]; 8. 78-Todd Kane[15]; 9. 5R-Byron Reed[3]; 10. O9-Craig Mintz[11]; 11. 5T-Travis Philo[7]; 12. 45L-Brian Lay[20]; 13. 2+-Brian Smith[17]; 14. 11D-Bryce Dickson[21]; 15. 22T-Miranda Throckmorton[18]; 16. 6-Jac Haudenschild[1]; 17. 11X-Brandon Martin[12]; 18. 60-Jody Keegan[19]; 19. 51-Brad Bowman[6]; 20. 10-Brad Haudenschild[5]; 21. O-Mike Dussel[22]; 22. 53-Phil Gressman[8] Hard Charger: 15H-Sam Hafertepe[+12] Sunoco American Late Model Series (34 Cars) [#]-Starting Position Heat 1 - Engine Pro (10 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) Fremont Fence 305 Sprints (22 Cars)[#]-Starting Position Heat 1 - Engine Pro (8 Laps - Top 8 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 1-Nate Dussel[1] ; 2. 40-Caleb Griffith [4] ; 3. 13-Junior Felver[2] ; 4. 83X-Nate Reeser[5] ; 5. M28-Josh Muntz[7] ; 6. 9-Jimmy Colvin[6] ; 7. 36X-Dustin Keegan[8] ; 8. 22D-Dan Hammond [3] Heat 2 - Ultra Schield Race Products (8 Laps - Top 8 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 35-Stuart Brubaker[5] ; 2. 19R-Steve Rando[1] ; 3. 1W-Paul Weaver[3] ; 4. 25-Jason Keckler[2] ; 5. 5-Dustin Dinan[4] ; 6. 36-Seth Schneider[6] ; 7. 717-Jim Cushing[7] Heat 3 - Bell Racing (8 Laps - Top 8 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 27-Paige Polyak[5] ; 2. 11F-D.J. Foos[4] ; 3. 8J-Jess Stiger[1] ; 4. 4M-Jamie Miller[7] ; 5. 5R-Jordan Ryan[3] ; 6. 72C-Ross Moore [6] A-Main - (25 Laps) 1. 1W-Paul Weaver[2]; 2. 40-Caleb Griffith [7]; 3. 1-Nate Dussel[5]; 4. 11F-D.J. Foos[6]; 5. 25-Jason Keckler[10]; 6. 35-Stuart Brubaker[11]; 7. 5-Dustin Dinan[14]; 8. 4M-Jamie Miller[8]; 9. 9-Jimmy Colvin[16]; 10. 13-Junior Felver[9]; 11. 8J-Jess Stiger[1]; 12. 36-Seth Schneider[17]; 13. M28-Josh Muntz[13]; 14. 36X-Dustin Keegan[19]; 15. 72C-Ross Moore [18]; 16. 5R-Jordan Ryan[15]; 17. 717-Jim Cushing[20]; 18. 27-Paige Polyak[4]; 19. 83X-Nate Reeser[3]; 20. 19R-Steve Rando[12]; 21. 22D-Dan Hammond [21] Hard Charger: 5-Dustin Dinan[+7] ©2011 - Results Provided by: Computer Man Inc. Fremont , OH |
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Wed, Jul 24, 13 at 9:42
When we were in San Antonio TX at the Riverwalk, I saw a large plant that was growing in segments around 8-10" in length, like bamboo. The segments were green. But the leaves were big and round, looking nothing like any bamboo I've ever seen. Since it does get cold enough for freezing weather in that area, it must be able enough to survive cold temperatures. It was a very pretty plant, and you really didn't see the bamboo-like segments unless you looked closely, as the big leaves prevented that, except on close inspection. Does anyone have any idea what kind of plant that could be? Nancy |
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- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Wed, Jul 24, 13 at 10:39
Did you take a pic? There are many kinds of bamboo but I don't think any has round leaves. Kind of sounds like Optunia cactus but I think you would have mentioned thorns. Maybe it was something like Canna, banana, bird-of-paradise plant? |
Could it have been Japanese knotweed? Do a search for photos of Fallopia japonica or Polygonum cuspidatum (synonyms) and see if that looks familiar. You do not want it. Even up here it is invasive and threatens native ecosystems. There's a big clump of the stuff in the backyard of my new apartment. The landlord referred to it as "bamboo." |
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