Sigma Tau Delta Convention at a Glance

Hyatt Regency, Cincinnati , O h. March 19-23

Wednesday, March 19: 3:30-5:30 p.m. Ea rly Registration (Second Leve l)

8:30-9:30 p.m.

8- 10 p.m.

Registrat ion resumes

Literary and Musical Performances by Sigma Tau Deltans (Regency A)

Thursday, March 20: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Open Reg istration (Second Level)

10-11:30 a.m.

11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

12:45-1 p.m.

1:15-2:30 p. m.

2:45-4 p.m.

4: 15-5:30 p.m.

5:'30-8 p.m.

H-0 p.m.

Friday, March 21 : 9 a.m. -2 p.m. Open registration (Second Level)

8:15-9:30 a.m. Breakout Sessions

9:45-11 a.m. Breakout Sessions

11 a.m.-noon General Session: Business Meeting-Chapter Delegates MUST Attend. (Regency A)

noon-1:45 p.m. Lunch Break

2-.3:15 p.m. Breakout Sessions

3:30-4:45 p.m. Breakout Sessions

5-6 p.m. Dinner Break

6- 7 p.m. President's Reception for Faculty Sponsors (Buckeye B)

8-9 p.m.

9:15p.m.

General Session: Keynote Address by Robert Hass (Regency A)

Open Microphone (Regency A)

Saturday, March 22: 8:15-9:30 a. m. Breakout Sess ions

9:45-11 a.m. Breakout Sessions

11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Lunch Break

12:30- 1:45 p.m. Breakout Sessions

2-3:15 p.m. Breakout Sessions

3:30-4:45 p.m. Breakout Sessions

5-5 :45 p.m.

6: 15p.m.

General Session: Kyoko Mori Reading (Regency)

General Session: Awards Banquet (Regency A, B, C)

Sunday, March 23: 9 a. m. Art Deco Tour of Cincinnati (pre-registrants only)

Sigma Tau Delta Convention Program

"'The Present Time. Ourselves.' They read it on the programme. Then they read what came next:"

- Virginia Woolf, Between the Acts

Ongoing C hapter displays will be on exhibit in Hoosier A throughout the convent ion. Stop by to see the outstanding work done by representative Sigma Tau Delta chapters.

Wednesday, March 19, 2003 3:30-5:30 p.m. Open Registration, Second Level 8:30-9:30 p.m.

8- 10 p.m. Literary and Musical Performances by Sigma Tau Deltans, Regency A

Beginning a new Deltan tradition , tonight's presentations will showcase the work of several student and facult y members. Entertainment will include readings by writers published in The Rectangle and a musical performance bj• Daniel Robinson. Also, Fabienne )osaphat will read from and sign copies of her novel, Requiem pour Anaise .

Thursday, March 20, 2003 t) :>.lll. -5 p.m.

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01 1:15-2:30 KEYSTONE 19th Century American Literature

Moderator: Ronald Schroeder, University of Mississippi Chair: Sa lly W iggins, University of Alabama

Leslie Bartlett, Arkansas Tech University: "The House of Mirth: Selden's Fear"

Kara Burks, Cedarville University: "Jack London's Patriarchal View in The Call of the Wild"

Katheryn Crane, Washington State University: "What is a Woman to Do?: The Impossibility of Female Independence in Kate Chopin's The Awakening"

Shiaw-Ling Lai, Santa C lara Unive rsity: "The Female Artist and the Replacement of Women in Edith Wharton's 'The Duchess at Prayer"'

02 1:15-2:30 Film Plus

BLUEGRASS A

Moderator: John Pennington, St. Norbert College Chair: Carlee Breneman, Alvernia College

Patty Gardiner, Tex

Corbett Mount, Southeastern Louisiana University: Selected Poetry

A llen Jones, University of Alabama: "The Red Piano," "In absentia"

Heather Kersnick, Carson-Newman College: "Ode to Psychoanalytical Theory"

Phyllis C roy, Northern Kentucky University: Selected Poetry

Leanne Miller, Fort Hays State University: Selected Poetry

07 2:45-4:00 KEYSTONE 20th Century American Literature

Moderator: Dan C lark, Cedarville University Chair: Patrick List, Alvernia College

Victoria May, Oklahoma Baptist University: "Community and Identity in Animal Dreams"

Josh Bearden, Samford University: "The Natural World in King Lear and A Thousand Acres"

Carla Kraehenbuehl, Dickinson State University: "A H istorica l Perspective of Charles Johnson's Middle Passage"

Kristy Berry, Northwest Missouri State University: "Maybe He's Not Such a Bad Guy After A ll: Mora lity and Lolita's Humbert Humbert"

Dusty Folds, Samford University: "Death of a Saleswoman: Examining and Experimenting with Gender Roles in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman"

08 2:45-4:00 WOLVERINE 8 Language and Usage

Moderator: Rebecca Belcher, O livet Nazarene University C hair: Kr istin A lberts, St. Norbert College

Elizabeth Florez, University of Nebraska/Omaha: "The Social and Education Disadvantages of African-American Vernacular English"

Marc Munea l, Morehouse College: "Reflections of a Culture: Trinis Do T;1l k Like Dis"

.) :1ed uck P8rk, Universi ty of Nebraska/Omaha: "Korean Women's Langm1 gl' V:1ricty"

V:dvrk Y:1zz:1, Fort Lewis College: "May I Talk About Myself: Understi'lndl 1 1 ~ W hvn 111 ll sl' First Person"

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12 2:45-4:00 WOLVERINE A Panel !-Ourselves Reflected Through Service

Moderator: Carrie Fitzpatrick, A lvern ia College

A llen Jones, University of Alabama

Kristin Watson, Alvernia College

Gina Newsom, University of Alabama

Kate Keenan, Clarion University

13 2:45-4:00 Poetry II

BLUEGRASS B

Moderator: Erica Scott, S lippery Rock University Chair: Joel Gagnon, Williams Baptist College

Matt Maki, University of Alabama: Selected Poetry

Sarah Harris, Slippery Rock University: Selected Poetry

Nicole Watson, Columbia College (MO): Selected Poetry

RaLynn Schrnalzried, Baker University: Selected Poetry

14 4:15-5:30 Poetry Ill

BLUEGRASS A

Moderator: David Johnson, O livet Nazarene University ha ir: Michelle Wolff, St. Norbert College

I :lll l' l' C urri s, University of Idaho: Selected Poetry

I l1• 1l1 Sv: ll·hri sL, Cedarville University: "Unwritten"

\ 11.i1 1',1 I \. 111 , m, Southeastern Louisiana University: Selected Poetry

[ll ~, lhc• il l ~ < . illll ' l\1 ', 111, O li vet Nazarene University: "Chrysanthemums"

i l,i\111 '1' 11.!.1, /\ I111111111S, Selected Poetry

It li tl11 ilL till I 1, ( ·, 11 1111 hi :1 College (SC): "Loosed Women: Three Poems 011 Ill i't ll'i 11• I d \YII \11 11'11 11

j:·.,j;il I 1!. l • ill ~ •nl' , l .i l l · l l l1i v e rs i ty: Selected Poetry

15 4:15-5:30 WOLVERINE B 19th Century American Literature

Moderator: Shirlee McGuire, Olivet Nazarene University Chair: Jessica Pascole, St. Norbert College

Eric O'Brien, University of Nebraska/Omaha: "Cultivating Destiny in Willa Cather's 0 Pioneers"

Joanna Stillman, Union University: "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: The Initiation Process of Huck's Moral Development"

James Wade, Boise State University: "The Alaskan Arctic and 19th Century Philosophical Theory: Determinism in Jack London's Short Stories"

Renee Reed-Miller, Stephens College: "Female Spirituality in Regionalist Fiction: Jewett and Freeman"

Natasha Brown, Columbia College (SC): "Determinism in Stephen Crane's 'The Open Boat'"

16 4:15-5:30 KEYSTONE English Heroines

Moderator: Natalie Schroeder, University of Miss issippi Chair: Joel Green, University of Idaho

G lenna Veteto, Union University: "Tess of the d' Urbervilles: Victim of Her Sex"

Samantha Minor, Columbia College (SC): "Maggie's Music"

Alissa Nephew, Oklahoma Christian University: "J ane Austen's Call for the Reform of Women's Education"

17 4:15-5:30 MOUNTAINEER Early American Literature

Moderator: Larry Dennis, Clarion University Chair: Kristin Watson, Alvernia College

l': 11 hmine Boyd, California Lutheran University: "Male Supremacy Made l',lss ihle by Women"

\ II b1 m Conley, Columbia College (SC): "Displacement of the Fear of Death '" 11 l ll nmosexuality in 'The Fall of the House of Usher'"

l1 11 1il fi: r Jameson, Southern Arkansas University: "On the Effectiveness of [, 11 ,11 h:1n Edwards' 'S inners in the Hands of an Angry God"'

Heather Delahunt , Williams Baptist College: "Captain John Smith and The General Historie: Cultural Dispos ition, Social Motivation, and Personal Perception"

18 4:15-5:30 Personal Essay Ill

HOOSIER B

Moderator: Peter Scholl, Luther College Chair: A lice Thompson , U niversity of Montevallo

Brian Fish , Northwest Missouri State University: "Exhuming the Idol"

Rya n Schiavo, A lvernia College: "College Years: The True Lessons Learned"

Teresa Ruff, O ld Dominion Un iversity: "Excerpts from The Powder Room"

Alexandra McConnell, Ca liforn ia Lu theran University: "Painfully Strengthened- the Cancerous Re8 1ity"

Gina N ewsom, University of A labama: "Whynot, Alabama"

19 4:15·5:30 Fiction Ill

BLUEGRASS B

Moderator: Chris Flynn, U niversity of Nebraska/Omaha C hair: Fabienne ]osaphat , Barry University

Lachelle Mason, Oklahoma C hristian University: "prayers that no one taugh t me, chapter one"

Cheryl Hotchkiss, Azusa Pac ific Universi ty: "Visions"

Louis Rue, Southeastern Louisiana Un iversity: "Parking"

Robert Boviard, Baker University: "One-Fifty-Two"

8-9 p.m. General Session: Bernard Cooper Reading, Regency A Sponsored by the Eas tern Regent, High Plains Regent, and Clarion University 's Rho Iota Chapter.

9:15-11 p.m.

Book signing will follow.

Mixer, hors d'oeuvres, Regional Meetings, Dry T-shirt Competition, and Bad Poetry, followed by open microphone session. StJonsored by Sigma Tau Delta Student Representatives .

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Friday, March 21, 2003 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Open Registration, Second Level

20 8:15-9:30 Shakespeare

MOUNTAINEER

Moderator: Judith C lark, Stephens College Chair: Lia St. Ledger, University of Kansas

Emily Celaric, Northern Illinois Un iversity: "Lear and Gloucester: Redemption after Blindness"

Shawn Kosior, Slippery Rock University: "Hamlet as Representative of Divergent World Views"

Carlee Breneman, Alvernia College: "Ahead of His Time: Edward's Extreme Idea of N ature Versus Gloucester's Ideas of Nature in King Lear"

Katherine Quevedo, Santa Clara University: "The Senses and Insensibility: An Analysis of Sensory Perceptions in A Midsummer Night's Dream"

21 8:15·9:30 Poetry IV

Moderator: C hair:

BLUEGRASS B

Diane Scho ll , Luther College Leanne Miller, Fort Hays State University

Jodi C hilson, Boise State U niversity: Selected Poetry

Mel inda Frye, Alvernia College: "Knock"

Robert Boviard, Baker University: Selected Poetry

Scan Field, Loyola University/New O rleans: "Ars Poe tica at the Famine Walls"

Andrea Gilham, University of Southern Indiana, Selected Poetry

1\oss G ipson , Missouri Southern State College: "Cement Shoes"

/\ Iissa Nephew, Oklahoma Christian University: "Friday Nights with You"

ivss ica Kidd, University of Alabama: Selected Poetry

2 8: 15·9:30 KEYSTONE World Literature

Moderator: Lucy Price, Baker University Chair: Matthew Lea l, Texas A&M/Corpus Christi

1\, \'1·rly Loflin, Francis Marion University: "Sleeping Beauties: Depictions of \V, tllll' il in Holocaust Literature"

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Lisa Payne, Olivet Nazarene University: "Gender Roles in Madame Bovary"

Geoffrey Rocca, Santa Clara University: "Destruction of the World of Beauty in Mishima's The Temple of the Golden Pavilion"

Rachelle Kovar, Fairmont State College: "The Novel as a Means of E'icape through the Moral Struggles of Main C haracters"

23 8:15-9:30 WOLVERINE B 20th Century American Literature

Moderator: Mich

Erin Laning, 0 \i veL N;tz:l l' l' lll' U ni versity: "Destructive Defiance: Sue Bridehead

in Jude the Obscure"

Jillian Tangem;111 , U 1 ti V\'I'~ it y ,,(Nebraska/Kearney: Virginia Woolf's 'A Haunted Hou s~·': It ttl t.tl l :x pv~' l :Hi ons and Final Conclusions"

29 9:45-11 :00 Poulry V

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BLUEGRASS B

l\, tl \'11 Knudson, Ol ivet Nazarene University Jvlttd C h:1 mpion, Carson-Newman College

\111 I l !ll ' t.'tt l, l l ~tt \' t ' r .~ II Y u ( ld :1 ho: Selected Poetry

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34 2:00-3:15 HOOSIER 8 Victorian Literature

Moderator: Chanda Funston, N orthwest Missouri State University C hair: G reg Bacon, Slippery Rock University

Amanda High, Miami University of O hio: "The Female Mind with a Male Perspective: The Dramatizat ion of Lady Audley's Secret"

Kristin Loiko, Westfield State College: "Maggie Tulliver: A Study in Masculine Femininity"

Rebecca Sharp ley, Widener University: "Suffering the Self: Repression and Masochism in Villette"

Meredith Carter, Columb ia College (SC): "Language and the N ature of Evil in Robert Browning's 'Porphyria's Lover' and 'My Last Duchess"'

Matt Maki, University of Alabama: "Poet as Hermes: Tennyson's C rossing Disparate Victorian Worlds"

35 2:00-3:15 Personal Essay IV

MOUNTAINEER

Moderator: Shannin Schroeder, Southern Arkansas University Chair: Tara Steimle, C haminade University of Honolulu

Ka therine Berry, Columbia College (SC) : "Take These Shackles Off My Fee t, So I Can Dance"

N atasha Gerdau, Ca lifornia Lu thenm University: "The Elusive Self"

Sn rah Birdwell, University of A labama: "El O tro Lado (The O ther Side)"

Laura McKenna, University ofNebrnska/Omaha: "A Glimpse of Silence"

36 2:00-3:15 KEYSTONE The American Renaissance

Moderator: Jim Murphy, University of Montevallo Chair: Michel Aaij, University of Alabama

Melissa Pinto, Williams Baptist College: "Hawthorne and Bioethics"

Patri Thompson, Boise State University: "Love Above Nature in 'Live Oak, With Moss'"

Kim Kather, Ithaca College: "Narrative Style in Moby Dick"

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Karen Engle, Columbia College (SC): "Hindu Ideas in Emerson 's 'Nature' and 'The American Scholar'"

37 2:00-3:15 Fiction V

Moderator: Chair:

BLUEGRASS 8

Roger Stanley, Union University Jacqueline Connolly, Assumption College

Heather Molloy, California Lu theran University: "The Night I Died"

Jennifer Jameson, Southern Arkansas University: "The Funeral"

Rebecca Addy, University of Nebraska/Kearney: "The Stuff of Legends"

Khadij a Muhammad, Harris-Stowe State College: "Now What?"

Alan Coulter, Middle Tennessee State University: "Hot Water"

38 2:00-3:15 WOLVERINE A Panel Ill-Women and Rhetoric: A Feminist Approach on the Reflection of Meaning in Culture

Moderator: Adrienne Redding, Andrews University

John Gagnon, Andrews University

Helen Helgeson, Andrews University

Kyla Marden-Steinkraus, Andrews University

Jane Meija-Bor, Andrews University

39 2:00-3:15 Shakespeare

WOLVERINE 8

Moderator: Lillian Schanfield , Barry University C hair: Shiaw-Ling Lai, Santa Clara University

Joshua Paine, Erskine College: "The Sign of Nothing"

Mmy Johansen, Northern Illinois University: "Benedick's Integrating into a Male and Female Society in Much Ado About Nothing"

Ka rly Wilhelm, California Lutheran University: "Women of Influence"

Ti na Vines , Lamar University: "From Daughter to Woman"

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40 3:30-4:45 Poetry VI

BLUEGRASS A

Moderator: S idney Watson, Oklahoma Baptist University Chair: Beth Genemore, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Lucy Barge, Ca liforn ia Lutheran University: Selected Poetry

Lauren Bruner, Oklahoma Christian University: "Laughter"

Holly Herlinger, Stephens College: Selected Poetry

Jeremy Giannetti, Westfield Sta te College: Selected Poetry

Amanda Beck, O livet Nazarene University: "Song of the Unrequited"

Brett Boyette, University of A laska: "Lives Forgotten"

Kimberly Bu ltsma, University of N ebraska/Omaha: Selected Poetry

41 3:30-4:45 WOLVERINE 8 20th Century American Literature

Moderator: Nancy Popkin, Harris-Stowe State College C hair: Melinda Frye, Alvernia College

jessica Kidd, University of A laba ma: "Self-loathing in Savage Holiday"

Juli a Ca in, Samford University: "Symbolism of Sexulaity and Id in The Maltese Falcon"

Brooke Fly, Un iversity of Mississippi: "How to Bury the Dead, According to 'Tn-l c t'"

Adri enne C runican, Azusa Pacific University: "Deconstructing the Scared: ill\ :\f."(e and Metaphor in Anne Lamott's Traveling Mercies"

I" ( )nmrd, California Lutheran University: "'The Master's Tools:' Race and 111 1.1 11 \\l A mir Bruaka's Dutchman"

3:30-4:45 HOOSIER B A Miscellany

~ j, ,. j1'1.1 ltl r: j: 11 nes McNelis, Wilmington College 1 l1 11 1 C: 11·knc Isham, Assumption College

111 IIi l lrll\\' 11 tvll.ll\1'~ 1 1 ' 11 \ S1;1te University: "The Combative Trinity 11 1\ ~ II 1111' l 11d 111 1l w ( ~

Allison Conley, Columbia College (SC)

Mallory Griffin , Columbia College (SC)

Virgini a Owings, Columbia Co llege (SC)

46 3:30-4:45 Fiction VI

BLUEGRASS B

Moderator: Bruce Stevenson, California Lutheran University Chair: Lisa Paciello, Assumption College

Steve Moore, University of A laska, "Justification"

Pat Murphree, Grayson County College: "The Soldier"

Jay Cardens, Baker University: "The (Fucking) Bells"

Em my Nicklin, Univers ity of Virginia, "Sawyer and Ben"

5-6 p.m.

6-7 p.m.

8-9 p.m.

9 p.m.

Dinner Break

President's Reception for Faculty Sponsors, Buckeye B

General Session: Keynote Address by Robert Hass, Regency A Sponsored by Midwestern Regent and the Southwestern Regent. Book signing will follow.

Open Microphone, Regency A Hosted by Sigma Tau Delta Student Assistants. Come prepared to read your original work or simply enjoy listen ing to others.

Saturday, March 22, 2003

47 8:15-9:30 BLUEGRASS A 20th Century American Literature

Moderator: Kerry McKeever, University of Idaho C hair: Eric O'Brien, University of Nebraska/Omaha

Nikki 1\ ohr b:=t ugh, University of Virginia: "An Admirable Old Maid"

t ;, 11il >l ll tvl111 ~l ' , 1\zus:=t Pac ific University: "Thomas Wolfe's The Lost Boy: !\ l ~ il d ltll ~''" " 'l' ' " ' liH· the Modern Reader"

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Leanne Miller, Fort Hays University: "The Dickinsonian Origins of Faulkner's Miss Emily"

Sean Field, Loyola University of N ew O rleans: "Voices of Ghosts: The Role of Language in Lafcadio Hearn's Vision of the Supernatural and New Orleans Cu ltural Identity"

Shay Wise, Southern Arkansas University: "Consistency Ain't as Important as Meanin': A Comparison of Dia lect Usage in Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin and Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"

48 8:15-9:30 BLUEGRASS B British Literature

Moderator: Dana Asp inall , Assumption College Cha ir: Marc Munea l, Morehouse College

Adam Lowry, Santa Clara University: "The Dehumanizing Costs of Perfection: An Analysis of Part IV of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels"

Angela Henderson, University of N orth Texas: "The Austen Women: A Look into Character"

Jocelyn Wilhelm, Widener University: "From Desire to Glory: Blake's 'The Garden of Love' and The Marriage of Heaven and Hell"

Natalie Roxburgh, University of Nebraska/Omaha: "Narrative as Exchange in l);m iel Defoe's Moll Flanders"

La uren Wood, University of Alabama: "Animalistic Temptation and Bad b ;:m1p le: Catalysts for the Fall"

49 8:15-9:30 Personal Essay V

HOOSIER B

Moderator: Cami Agan, Oklahoma Christian University Chair: Samantha Minor, Columbia College (SC)

l l11 1a Sully, Community College of Southern Nevada: "My N ame is XXX"

l·"·quc line Connolly, Assumption College: "The Walk"

( ', 11 hcrine Moore, Harris-Stowe State College: "Those Great Women"

~ l1•g: m Holt, University of Alabama: "A Walk"

I 11 1 .1 Rosa les , Texas A&M/Corpus Christi: "Fall Reflections"

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50 8:15-9:30 Fiction VII

MOUNTAINEER

Moderator: Toni McMillen , Grayson County College Chair: Nicole Miller, University of Idaho

Ashley Wells, Oklahoma Baptist University: "Table for Two"

Edward Charboneau, Northern Michigan University: "The Cat Tale"

Julie Engel, University of Idaho: "The Infinite Being: C reeks, Butterflies, and a Swing"

Bret t Boyette, University of A laska: "Understanding"

C athy Jamison-Hume, University of Central Oklahoma: "O ut of the Nest and In to the Fire"

51 8: 15-9:30 Poetry VII

KEYSTONE

Moderator: Pat Piety, Harris-Stowe State College C hair: John Sheldon , Widener University

Beverly Williams, Lamar University: "Bay St. Louis, Miss issippi, 1928"

Kristina England, Assumption College: Selected Poetry

Karly Wilhelm, Californ ia Lutheran University: "Untitled," "Seeking Freedom," "Untitled"

Heather Molloy, Californ ia Lutheran University: Selected Poetry

Kelly Westeen , Northern Michigan University: "The Mystery Religion"

Vanessa Powell, University of A laska: "The Forming of What I Became"

Shaen Pogue, Stephens Co llege: Selected Poetry

52 8:15-9:30 WOLVERINE A Panel V-Reflections on Professional Development in lhr Writing Center

Moderator: Ho llie Doyle, Southern Utah University

Renee Barki.un e, Southern Utah University

Wend y Wegner, Southern Utah Un iversity

jdfrcy W inge t , Southern Utah Unive rsity

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53 9:45-11:00 Poetry VIII

BLUEGRASS A

Moderator: Ray Ventre, Northern Michigan University C hair: Karen Engle, University of Idaho

Heather Branstetter, University of Idaho: Selected Poetry

Kerre Heintz, Northwest Missouri State University: "Paradelle"

Sasha Connors, Clarion University; Selected Poetry

Donna Gregory, Oklahoma C ity Un iversity: "In the Arms of the Survivor Tree"

Rebekah Hale, California Lutheran Un iversity: Selected Poetry

)a rret G reen, Union University: "My Morning Shower"

54 9:45-11 :00 HOOSIER 8 Marlowe and Shakespeare

Moderator: Beth DeMeo, A lvernia College C hair: Becky Sorenson, Brigham Young University

Andrea Abernathy, University of Monteva llo: "Machiavellian Traits in God ?"

I b ;1 Paciello, Assumption College: "Othello: Shakespeare's C ritic ism of ! l,1 mestic Abuse"

< '.1ryl Bishop, University of C en tral O klahoma: "A Tale of Two Shrews: I ,11 h: trin::t and Beatrice in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew and Much Ado \ IIIJ IIt. Nothing"

~ !. 111 0 Cerame, Ithaca College: "The Root of Misanthropy in Timon of Athens"

9:45-11:00 Personal Essay VI

MOUNTAINEER

Moderator: Peggy Wilfong, Cedarville University ' hair: Kristin Watson, Alvernia College

I ll " I 11,1\CS, O klahoma Baptist University: "All I Want for Christmas"

I 1111 1 l l, dtlke, University of N ebraska/Omaha: "The Cook's Guide to Mothers ~t ll l . 111 g hl e rs"

I l L' Y. 1zz:t, Fort Lewis College: "A Portrait of Alcohol"

llr11 1 "111'~ , U niversity of A labama: "Canoe Talk"

1" 11\1 IS, Ma ri an College: "Q ueen of the Corn"

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Khadija Muhammad, Harris-Stowe State College: "One is Too Many and a Thousand is Never Enough"

56 9:45-11 :00 KEYSTONE Hawthorne and Company

Moderator: Larry Dennis, Clarion University Chair: Christina Rauh, University of Alabama

Vincent Tafolla, University of Nebraska/Omaha: "Hester's Purgatory or Hell?"

Ma llory G riffin, Columbia College (SC): "Hawthorne's 'The Birthmark' and 'R

61 12:30-1:45 HOOSIER B Theoretical Considerations

Moderator: Simone Billings, Santa Clara Chair: Rebecca Addy, University of Nebraska/Kearney

Jeremy G ianetti, Westfield State College: "Exploring Defamiliarization Through Joe Wenderoth's Letters to Wendy's"

1\: tcr Sinott, Slippery Rock University: "The Value of Confusion"

Ju: m I·J ill , Cali fornia State Polytechnic University: "A Primer in Poetry"

S:1r:ih l.:1wson, University of Houston/Clear Lake: "An Ars Poetica: Poetry is I ikL' :1 Lush, G reen Forest"

62 12:30-1:45 MOUNTAINEER 20th Century British Literature

Moderator: J. Robert Baker, Fairmont State College Chair: Melissa Pinto, Williams Baptist College

Barbara Langston, College of Charleston: "'I Will Write My Name in Fire Reel': Identity and Subjectivity in Wide Sargasso Sea"

Laura Pearl, Northwest Missouri State University: "Hiding the Breach in the Bungalow Wall: The Continued Quest for Cultural Isolation in E.M. Forster's A Passage to India"

Michael Merritt, University Texas/El Paso: "Sticks and Stones: Doublespeak and Winston's Existential Pain"

Kevin Gunter, Samford University: "Colonization and Transformation: The Poetry of Derek Walcott"

Carlene Isham, Assumption College: "The Brave New World Versus Modernity"

63 12:30-1:45 KEYSTONE Chaucer and Shakespeare

Moderator: Judith Clark, Stephens College Chair: Jaena Hollingsworth, University of Alabama

Lance Curtis, University of Idaho: "Chaucer's Modern Monsters: lron i•ll 1 Wings"

1 1111, ·1", University of Idaho: "A Simple Prayer"

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67 2:00-3:15 WOLVERINE B American Literature

Moderator: Sandra Mayfield, University of Oklahoma Chair: Christin Kaminsky, University of Idaho

Jody Godoy, Azusa Pacific Univers ity: "The Search for Authentic Faith in a World of Paradox: The Spiritual Journeys of Annie Dillard and Dorothy Day"

P:ltric ia Hinkson, Slippery Rock University: "Will the First Woman Humorist P\c;tse Stand Up?"

.J :i ll1 l 'S La mbert , Brigham Young University: "Spiritual 'Rebirth of Wonder': The 1\c ligious Rcv iv;d of Ferlinghetti's 'I Am Waiting"'

1< :11 il· Mll rg; m, Samfo rd University: "A Tribute to Bernstein: Position and 11t'lll'l'SS in Language Poe try"

68 2:00-3:15 HOOSIER B British Literature

Moderator: Chris Flynn, University of Nebraska/Omaha Cha ir: Elizabeth Pisarski, Assumption College

Lauren Floyd, Samford University: "Ruth or Spanish Jacky: Pinter's Ideal Woman-A Constructionist Feminist Approach to The Homecoming"

Louis Rue, Southeastern Louisiana University: "A Review of The Cripple of lnishmaan"

Sarah Birdwell, University of Alabama: "An Aphrodisiac Addiction: Sexual Politics in McGuckian's 'The Aphrodisiac'"

Nicole Dodd, Samford University: "The New Woman in George Bernard Shaw's Mrs. Warren's Profession"

Amanda Beck, Olivet Nazarene University: "Excess, Deficiency and the Gn l•l• • Mean: The Aristotelian Development of Stephen's Aesthetics in A Portrc1i1 ,, the Artist As a Young Man"

69 2:00-3:15 Fiction IX

BLUEGRASS A

Moderator: Carrie Fitzpatrick, Alvernia College C hair : Alycia Shedd, University of Idaho

ac Ryder, C alifornia Lutheran Univers ity: "Lights Out"

Michelle Dougherty, California Polytechnic State University: "L11 Iy ,,( ,J, Eastern Skies"

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Fabienne Josaphat, Barry University: "The Secret Behind Things"

Jessica DeBacker, Northern Michigan University: "Diamond Cutter"

70 2:00-3:15 WOLVERINE A Panel VII-Smoke and Mirrors: Demystifying Women Writing Women

Moderator: Gwendolyn Morgan, Montana State University

Mary Biehl, Montana State University

Kathryn Conner, Montana State University

1\.ebecca Syme, Montana State University

Amy Beth Voorhees, Montana State University

2:00-3:15 MOUNTAINEER Workshop with Kyoko Mori: Teaching Adolescent Literature

Chair: John Pennington, St. Norbert College

2:00-3:15 BLUEGRASS B Poetry XI

Moderator: Diane Scholl, Luther College Chair: Kristin Alberts, St. Norbert College

lltt 111 Newsom, Oklahoma Baptist University: Selected Poetry

I 11111 ' 11 Piotti, Widener University: Selected Poetry

1111' 1\eed-Miller, Stephens College: Selected Poetry

ll t ll t l Tremblay, University of North Carolina/Pembroke: Selected Poetry

l •tt lt• Il l' Mason, Oklahoma Christian University: "polyester religion"

~ill I• ~ l.t.,~cy, University of Missouri/Rolla: "Hide-N-Seek"

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Elizabeth Carr, SR Southern Region , Northeast Alabama State College

Tammy Jaresh , Execut ive Secretary Tau Alpha, Grayson County College

Pelt Murphree, Vice-Pres ident Tau Alpha, Grayson County College

(~ in ; l Sull y, SR North Western Region, Community College of Southern NL'V

Ashley Wells, Oklahoma Baptist University: "Meridelle Sueur and Emotional Radicalism"

Andrew Lugo, C larion University: "Seen and Unseen: The Discovery of /\mc ri c:w C ulture Within and Without Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eyes"

79 3:30-4:45 WOLVERINE A Sigma Kappa Delta, Panel IX-Teaching at the Two-Year College

Moderator: Toni McMillen, Grayson County College

Sheila Byrd, Calhoun Community College

Jill Chadwick, Calhoun Community College

Cynthia Jones, Hostos Community College of CUNY

Linda Kraeger, SKD President

Joan Reeves, Northeast Alabama State Community College

Leslie Shipp, Comunity College of Southern Nevada

80 3:30-4:45 HOOSIER 8 Panel X-Critical Selves: Literary Methods and Personal Experiences

Moderator: Loreen Giese, Ohio Univers ity

jennifer Combes , Ohio University

'a ro line Manley, Ohio University

Sean Riley, Ohio University

5-5:45 p.m.

6:15p.m.

General Session: Kyoko Mori Reading, Regenq SjJonsored by the Far Western Regent and St. Nurht ·, 1 College's A ljJha Tau chapter. Book sign ing will t1 1ll• '

General Session: Awards Banquet, Regenc y 1\ , II SjJonsored by Thomas More College's Nu O meg11 ,/i,, and Sigma Kappa Delta.

"A burst of app lause greeted this flatt ering I I'll •Ill ourselves." - Virginia Woolf

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Sunday. March 23, 2003 Tours of C incinnati. Registration in (ldvance required. Participants will meet at H:45 a. m. in the hotel lobby.

Sigma Tau Delta thanks all of the following:

The C larion University Rho Iota chapter for serving as a convention host.

The Thomas More College Nu O mega chapter for serving as a convention host.

Jeannie C legg and Tony G ustafson in the Sigma Tau Delta Centra l Office.

Members of the Convention Committee for the ir help.

Cl ra ham Ross from A lvernia College for the Sigma Tau Delta T-shirt design.

The Slippery Rock University Eta Delta chapter for assisting with book , I istri bution.

); ' 111 c at least it was indicated that we are members one of another. I '' l1 is part of the whole .... I leave that to you. I am not here to explain. ll,o~l role has not been assigned me. I speak only as one of the aud ience, one of lll ··•·lvcs . "- Virginia Woolf.

l't•'l 'lilltl note : Any changes or additions to the jJrogram will be posted at the '""' llli1m and will be announced in the convention folders.

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Sigma Tau Delta Convention Participants, 2003

Aaij, Michel-30, 36

Abernathy, Andrea- 54

Addy, Rebecca-37, 61

Agan , Cami--49

Alberts, Kristin-08, 72 A llen, Deneice-73

Alouf, Sarah- 43

Andrews, Christina- 03

Aspinall , Dana--48

A ustin, Michael-23

Bacon, Greg-34

Bair, Krist ine-10, 60

Baker, J. Robert-62

Barge, Lucy- 40

Barkume, Renee- 52

Bartlett, Leslie- 0 1

Barton, Andrea-14

Bearden, Josh-07

Beck, Amanda--40, 68

Belcher, Rebecca- 08

Berry, Katherine- 35 , 45

Berry, Kristy- 07

Biehl, Mary- 70

Billings, Simone- 06, 61

Birdwell, Sarah-35, 59, 68

Bishop, Caryl-54

Black, Holly-65, 76

Blackmon, Stephanie-26

Bledsoe, Lydia-27

Blocker, Erin-28

Boatwright, Kirsten- 26

Boddie, Tiffany-10, 64

Bohn, Theo-14

Bosini, Kimberly- 58

Boviard, Robert-1 9, 21

Boyd, Katharine-17

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Boye tte, Brett--40, 50

Branstetter, Heather- 09, 53, 60

Breneman, Carlee-02, 20

Brewster, Glen-5 8

Brown, Natasha-15, 58

Brown, Nathan--4 2

Bruner, Lauren- 40

Bultsma, Kimberly--40

Burks, Kara-0 1

Butler, Jennifer-66

Byrd, Sheila-79

Cain, J ulia--4 1

Cardens, Jay--46, 64

Carr, Elizabeth- ? 3

Carter, Meredith-14, 28, 34

Celaric, Emily-20

Cerame, Mario- 54, 64

C hadwic k, J ill-79

Champion, ]erod- 29, 66

Charboneau, Edward-50, 64

Chilson, ]odi-21 , 27

C lark, Dan-07

Clark, ]udith-20, 63

Coghill , Elizabeth- 30

Combes, Jennifer- SO

Conley, Allison- 17, 45

Conner, Kathryn- 70

Connolly, Jacqueline- 37, 4c

Connors, Sasha-06, 53

Cooper, Bernard-3 1

Copp, Erin-05, 43

Coulter, Alan-29

Crafton , Robert- 04, ()()

Crane, Katheryn- 0 I

Croy, Phyllis-06

Crunican, Adricnnv •I I

' ucla, Donna- 14

C urt is, Lance-04, 14, 63

I \ 1hlke, Laura- 55

I \ lllgherty, Kristie- 11, 29

I );,vis, Jo-09

I k Backer, ]essica-69

I k l:1hunt, Heather-17

I k Meo, Beth- 03, 54

I \·Mint, Tiffany-30

I lvt1nis, Larry- 17, 56

I lv~s:1 so , Deborah-78

I ltvt ri ch, Kathryn-06, 44

I lt~dd, N icole-68 I lt~ t ~c y, Donna- 64, 74

11,,1tghcrty, Miche lle-69, 77 I 1,,\'k', !-!ollie-52

11 1. 1,kk , Felicia-04

I , . .,Ill, Anita-24, 73

l tt f' l' l, Julie- 50

ltt~ l., t l d , Kristina-5 1

I 1 qd1·, Karen- 36 , 53

to lol, :-;c

Jamison-Hume, Cathy-03, 50

Jaresh , Tammy-29, 73

Johansen, Mary-39

Johnson, David- 14

Johnson, William- 43

Jones , A llen-06, 12, 55

Jones, Cynthia-79

Jones, El issa-55

Jones , Emily-59

Josaphat, Fabienne-19, 69

Kain , Sarah-30

Kaminsky, Christin-26, 64, 67

Karhan , Karen-03

Kather, Kim- 36

Keenan, Kate-12, 57

Kelley, Daniel- 06

Kerrigan, John-33

Kersnick, Heather-06, 66

Kidd, Jess ica-2 1, 41

Knapp, Jeremy-28

Knudson, Karen-29

Konkle, Cra ig-42

Kosior, Shawn- 20

Kovar, Rachelle-22

Kraeger, Linda-79

Kraehenbuehl, Carla-07

Krahe, Erica-10, 65

Lai, Shiaw-Ling- 01, 39

Lambert, James-67

Langston, Barbara-62

Laning, Erin- 28

Larkin, Sammy-05

Lawson, Ashley-03

Lawson, Sarah-61

Leal, Matthew-22

Lee, Beth-32

List, Patrick-07, 65

Loflin, Beverly-06, 22

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Loiko, Krist in- 34

Lowry, Adam-48

Lugo, A ndrew-7 8

MacPhail, Andrew- 33

Maki, Matt- 13, 34, 78

Manley, Caroline-SO

Marden-Steinkraus, K y Ia-38

Mason, Lachelle- 19, 72

Massey, Julie-04, 72

Matthews, Jennife r- 44, 72

May, Victoria- 07

Mayfield , Sandra- 67

McConnell , A lexandra-18

McGaha, Shauna-10, 29

McGuire, Shirlee- 15, 57

Mcinerney, Erin- 7 5

McKeever, Kerry-4 7

McKenna, Laura- 35

McMillen, Toni- 50, 79

McNel is, James-42

McNemar, Jessica- 27

Meij a-Bor, Jane- 38

Merritt, Michael- 17 , 62

Meyer, Heather- 77

Miller, Leanne-6 , 21, 4 7 Miller, N icole-50, 66

Minor, Samantha- 16, 49

Mohr, Janet-59

Molloy, Heather- 3 7, 51

Moore, Cather ine- 49

Moore, Emi ly-32

Moore, Steve-46

Moren, Holly- 58

Morgan, Gwendo ly11 ?tl

Morgan, Katic- 67

Mori, Kyoko- 7 1

Morrison, Gmy

Morse, Ca rlLo11 •I

Mount, Corbett-06

Mucciarone, Jeff-5 8

Muhammad, Khadija-37 , 55

Mull ane, Doug-04, 76

1\ lu11 ea l, Marc-08, 48

l\ l11rn:m, Susan-75

~ l lll"!' hree, Pat- 46, 73

~ li ii 'Phrey, Timothy-75

~ h1rph y, Jim-36

I\ I1 11T, Jona than-04, 33

~ lw.scn , Kathryn-75

I l. l )~c l , Jennifer-30

t h·r•hcw, A lissa-16, 21 ll1 II'M l m, Brent-72 , 77

IJIII'M l m, G ina-12 , 18, 23

~ ~~ kli11, Emmy-46

1 1111 \' 11 , Eric- 15, 47

1111 : , Ky le-10

1,t l11gs , Virginia-09, 45

I' 11 11•11 ,,, Lisa- 46, 54, 74 l 'o~llll', ioshua- 39, 74

l 1 o~ tl , J:tL'duck-08 1 d,·, Jcss ica-15, 44 t 1\1' , l. iSCI- 22

11! , I .lt ll"cl- 62

Il l , I Iii 25

11 1111 ~: 1 1 1 11 , John-02,71

1 , jv,,,c-44

I Jlt•I\ Ji- 09

11 , '-\ l d~mie-33, 75

11.1 1 S I

~ l1·l issa- 36 , 62

'' 1 I ot llr,· n- 59, 72 l11, ll iwbcth- 56, 68

.,I ,J l.ll' l1 - 24, 51

fl I Lll lCy- 4 1

jl .1 11 \'SSa- 51

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37

Q uevedo, Katherine- 20, 65, 74

Ra ll , Blondel-74

Rau h, Christ ina- 05, 56, 75

Redd ing, Adrienne- 38

Reed-Miller, Renee-15, 72

Reeves , Joan- 79

Reichenberg, Heather-27

Rice, Prisci lla-5 7, 63

Riley, Sean-SO

Rinehart, Elizabeth-1 1

Ritchey, Emily-23

Rivers, Nathaniel-33

Robinson, Danie l-30

Rocca, Geoffrey-22

Rohrbaugh, N ikki- 4 7

Rosa les , Erica-49

Roxbu rgh, Natalie-48

Rue, Louis-19, 68

Ruff, Teresa-18

Ryder, Zac-69

Schanfie ld, Lillian-39 , 77

Schiavo, Ryan-1 8, 23

Schirmer, ]ames-25

Schmalzried, RaLynn-13 , 26

Schnellenberger, Karen- 05

Scholl , Diane-2 1, 72

Scholl, Peter-18, 78

Schraeder, ] effrey- 57, 63

Schroeder, Nata lie-16, 74

Schroeder, Rona !d-O 1

Schroeder, Shannin-35

Schuler, Elizabeth-11, 24

Schurman, Elizabeth-14, 57

Schuttemeyer, Jim- 26

Scott, Erica-13, 64

Seachrist, Beth- 14

Sevenker, Justin- 30

Sexton, Rachel- 02

Sharpley, Rebecca-34

Shedd, Alycia-60, 69

Sheldon, John-05, 51

Shelton, Margaret-60

Shipp, Leslie-79

Singh, Casie-24

Sinnott, Peter-61

Sorenson, Becky-54

Spradlin, Kelley-32

St. Ledger, Lisa-20, 65

Stanley, Roger-37

Steimle, Tara-3 5

Stemmler, Kevin-31

Stephens, Delores-28

Stevenson, Bruce-46

Stillman, Joanna-15

Stoddard, Alexis-10, 44

Strode, Katie- 27

Suergiu, Elizabeth-11, 43

Sully, Gina-49, 59, 73

Syme, Rebecca-70

Tafolla, Vincent-56

Tangeman, ]illian-28 , 57, 75

Thomas, Natalie- 77

Thompson , Alice-18

Thompson, Jan-24, 33

Thompson, Patri-36

Titus, James-29

Todd, Autumn-60

Tremblay, Austin-72

Turner, Kathleen-32, 57, 63

Vassilaros, Leah-11

Ventre, Ray- 53

Veteto, Glenna-16

Voorhees, Amy-70

Voorhis, Lori-23, 55

Wade, James-15

Watson, Kristin- 12, 55

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Watson, Nicole-13

Watson, Sidney- 40

Wavell, Laura- 08, 25

Wegner, Wendy- -43, 52

Wells, Ashley-50, 78

Weathersby, lrvin- 2 7

Westeen, Kelly-43, 51, 77

Wiggins, Sally- 01, 78

Wilfong, Peggy- 55

Wilhelm, Joce lyn-48

Wilhelm, Karly- 39, 51

Williams, Beverly- 04, 51, 60

Williams, Kenita-42

Williams, T.C.-05

Willis, Yonika- 74

Wingett, Jeffrey-52

Wise, Shay- 47, 76

Wolff, Michelle-14

Wolfram, Sharon- 57

Wood, Lauren- 3, 48, 76

Wooten, Devon- 23, 76

Wright, Sharon- 77

Wyman, Linda- 78

Yazza, Valerie- 08, 55

Zubizarreta, John- 45

Notes