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56th Annual RMMLA Convention, Scottsdale, AZ
October 10-12, 2002
Program Summary by Session Type
| Asian American Literature* | Saturday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Desert Room |
| Gender and Modernity in Asia* | Saturday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Desert Room |
| The Queen, the Fag Hag, and the Straight Man* | Thursday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Fiesta Room I |
| The Question of Nation in Chinese Film and Literature-I* | Friday, 1:45PM - 3:15PM | Desert Room |
| The Question of Nation in Chinese Film and Literature-II* | Friday, 3:30PM - 5:00PM | Desert Room |
| Classical Language and Literature: Greek | Saturday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Fiesta Room I |
| Classical Language and Literature: Latin | Friday, 1:45PM - 3:15PM | Granada Room I |
| The Interpretation and Influence of Greek Myths | Thursday, 3:30PM - 5:00PM | Fiesta Room I |
| D.H. Lawrence's New Mexico Works* | Friday, 1:45PM - 3:15PM | Mohave Room III |
| English Eighteenth-Century Literature | Saturday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Fiesta Room II |
| English Literature 1800-1899 | Thursday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Mohave Room I |
| English Literature Since 1900 | Friday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Mohave Room III |
| English Renaissance Literature | Thursday, 3:30PM - 5:00PM | Mohave Room II |
| English Seventeenth-Century Literature | Saturday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Granada Room I |
| Feminist Perspectives on Renaissance Drama | Friday, 3:30PM - 5:00PM | Barcelona Room |
| Mary Shelley* | Thursday, 12:00PM - 1:30PM | Granada Room I |
| Old and Middle English | Thursday, 1:45PM - 3:15PM | Encanto Room II |
| Shakespeare* | Friday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Fiesta Room II |
| ENGLISH-POSTCOLONIAL STUDIES | | |
| Caribbean Literature (Non-French)* | Friday, 3:30PM - 5:00PM | Granada Room I |
| ENGLISH-US & CANADIAN STUDIES | | |
| American Humor | Saturday, 12:00PM - 1:30PM | Kiva Room III |
| American Literature After 1900 | Friday, 1:45PM - 3:15PM | Encanto Room II |
| Early American Literature | Saturday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Kiva Room I |
| Ethnic Literature | Saturday, 12:00PM - 1:30PM | Fiesta Room II |
| Flannery O'Connor* | Thursday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Granada Room II |
| Frank Waters Society+ | Thursday, 1:45PM - 3:15PM | Boardroom 409 |
| John Steinbeck: A Centennial Perspective* | Saturday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Granada Room I |
| Margaret Atwood: Texts and Contexts* | Saturday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Kiva Room I |
| Mystery and Detective Fiction in the Western US and Canada* | Thursday, 12:00PM - 1:30PM | Mohave Room II |
| Native American Literature | Thursday, 12:00PM - 1:30PM | Encanto Room II |
| Nineteenth-Century American Literature | Friday, 3:30PM - 5:00PM | Granada Room II |
| Owen Barfield | Thursday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Mohave Room I |
| Re-Imagining Prairie Space* | Friday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Fiesta Room I |
| Robinson Jeffers: His Place in Twentieth-Century American Poetry* | Thursday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Barcelona Room |
| The Politics and Poetics of Loss: The Form of Elegy* | Thursday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Mohave Room III |
| The Western* | Friday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Encanto Room II |
| The Works of Audre Lorde: The Intersection of Poetics and Politics* | Thursday, 12:00PM - 1:30PM | Mohave Room III |
| Western and Southwestern Literature | Thursday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Mohave Room III |
| Book/Media Review Table | Friday, 8:30AM - 5:00PM | Registration Area |
| Beneath the Down Under: Australian Film and Literature* | Friday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Desert Room |
| British Hitchcock: His Silent and Early Sound Films* | Friday, 1:45PM - 3:15PM | Barcelona Room |
| Contemporary Film Theory and Criticism | Thursday, 1:45PM - 3:15PM | Barcelona Room |
| Film (Open Topic) | Saturday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Barcelona Room |
| Filmed Lives* | Friday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Barcelona Room |
| Gender and Race in Literature and Film* | Thursday, 3:30PM - 5:00PM | Barcelona Room |
| FRENCH-FRANCOPHONE STUDIES | | |
| Conseil international d'études francophones | Saturday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Barcelona Room |
| Eros et politique dans la littérature française du vingtième siècle | Friday, 3:30PM - 5:00PM | Encanto Room I |
| Francophone Immigrant Literature in Quebec/Littérature migrante francophone au Québec* | Thursday, 3:30PM - 5:00PM | Encanto Room I |
| Francophone Literature of Africa and the Caribbean | Thursday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Encanto Room I |
| French Cultural and Literary Theory* | Friday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Encanto Room I |
| French Literature After 1800 | Thursday, 12:00PM - 1:30PM | Encanto Room I |
| French Literature Before 1800 | Saturday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Kiva Room III |
| Société des professeurs français et francophones en Amérique | Saturday, 12:00PM - 1:30PM | Arizona Room |
| Women in French - I | Thursday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Cactus Room |
| Women in French - II | Thursday, 1:45PM - 3:15PM | Mohave Room II |
| Late Medieval Women Writers 1500-1700* | Friday, 1:45PM - 3:15PM | Granada Room II |
| Popular Women's Fiction in the 18th and 19th Centuries* | Thursday, 12:00PM - 1:30PM | Desert Room |
| Women in/and Literature-I | Friday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Granada Room II |
| Women in/and Literature-II | Friday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Granada Room II |
| Women's Caucus Luncheon and Guest Speaker+ | Saturday, 12:00PM - 1:30PM | Encanto Room |
| Women's Caucus Seminar+ | Saturday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Encanto Room |
| Women's Voices in Poetry | Thursday, 1:45PM - 3:15PM | Granada Room II |
| Women's Voices in Prose | Thursday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Granada Room II |
| Astronomy and Literature* | Saturday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Fiesta Room II |
| Autobiography and Biography* | Thursday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Mohave Room II |
| Drama | Thursday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Cactus Room |
| Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Caucus Seminar | Thursday, 3:30PM - 5:00PM | Mohave Room III |
| Literature and Other Arts | Thursday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Desert Room |
| Literature and Science | Friday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Mohave Room III |
| Problems of Translation from Foreign Languages | Friday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Mohave Room II |
| RMMLA Poets Read their Works* | Friday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Granada Room I |
| Romanticism | Friday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Encanto Room II |
| Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature and Film* | Saturday, 12:00PM - 1:30PM | Cactus Room |
| Sigma Tau Delta | Friday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Boardroom 409 |
| Text and Illustration - I* | Thursday, 12:00PM - 1:30PM | Barcelona Room |
| Text and Illustration-II* | Saturday, 12:00PM - 1:30PM | Barcelona Room |
| Travel Literature* | Thursday, 1:45PM - 3:15PM | Mohave Room I |
| Autobiography and Memoirs in Twentieth-Century Germany-I* | Saturday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Granada Room II |
| Autobiography and Memoirs in Twentieth-Century Germany-II* | Saturday, 12:00PM - 1:30PM | Granada Room II |
| German Literature Before 1900 - III | Saturday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Kiva Room II |
| German Literature Before 1900-I | Thursday, 1:45PM - 3:15PM | Encanto Room I |
| German Literature Before 1900-II | Friday, 3:30PM - 5:00PM | Encanto Room II |
| German Literature Since 1900 | Friday, 1:45PM - 3:15PM | Encanto Room I |
| Poetry Reading by German-American Poets* | Friday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Mohave Room II |
| American Association for Italian Studies+ | Saturday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Boardroom 409 |
| American Dialect Society+ | Thursday, 3:30PM - 5:00PM | Desert Room |
| General and Applied Linguistics - II | Saturday, 12:00PM - 1:30PM | Granada Room I |
| General and Applied Linguistics I | Friday, 1:45PM - 3:15PM | Fiesta Room II |
| Linguistics - Asian Languages | Friday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Granada Room I |
| Linguistics - English | Thursday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Fiesta Room II |
| Linguistics-Second Language Acquisition | Thursday, 1:45PM - 3:15PM | Fiesta Room II |
| Linguistics-Spanish & Portuguese | Friday, 3:30PM - 5:00PM | Fiesta Room I |
| OTHER FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDIES | | |
| Discursive Construction of the Middle East since the Mid-20th Century* | Thursday, 1:45PM - 3:15PM | Fiesta Room I |
| Romania and Its Contributions to the International Heritage* | Thursday, 12:00PM - 1:30PM | Fiesta Room I |
| Slavic Literature | Friday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Mohave Room I |
| Computers in Literatures and Languages | Friday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Barcelona Room |
| Creative Writing | Friday, 1:45PM - 3:15PM | Fiesta Room I |
| Practical Approaches to Teaching Culture* | Saturday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Cactus Room |
| Practical Approaches to Teaching Film* | Saturday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Arizona Room |
| Practical Approaches to Teaching Language* | Friday, 1:45PM - 3:15PM | Cactus Room |
| Practical Approaches to Teaching Literature* | Friday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Desert Room |
| Teaching English | Friday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Fiesta Room II |
| Teaching English in Two-Year Colleges* | Thursday, 3:30PM - 5:00PM | Granada Room II |
| Teaching Foreign Languages | Thursday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Fiesta Room I |
| Teaching Slavic Languages | Thursday, 12:00PM - 1:30PM | Mohave Room I |
| Technology and Distance Education | Thursday, 1:45PM - 3:15PM | Desert Room |
| Writing Across the Curriculum - I | Thursday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Mohave Room II |
| Convention Check-In, On-Site Registration, and Exhibits - Friday | Friday, 7:30AM - 6:00PM | West Foyer |
| Convention Check-In, On-Site Registration, and Exhibits - Saturday | Saturday, 7:30AM - 1:30PM | West Foyer |
| Convention Check-In, On-Site Registration, and Exhibits - Thursday | Thursday, 7:30AM - 6:00PM | West Foyer |
| Convention Check-In, On-Site Registration, and Exhibits - Wednesday | Wednesday, 3:00PM - 6:00PM | West Foyer |
| SPANISH & PORTUGUESE STUDIES | | |
| Analyzing Chicana/o and Latina/o Language Practices in the Southwest* | Saturday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Granada Room II |
| Asociacion de Literatura Femenina / Letras Femeninas+ | Friday, 3:30PM - 5:00PM | Mohave Room II |
| Feministas Unidas* | Thursday, 12:00PM - 1:30PM | Granada Room II |
| Latin American Literature and Other Cultural Expressions* | Thursday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Desert Room |
| Latin American Literature and the Cultural Context* | Thursday, 3:30PM - 5:00PM | Cactus Room |
| Luso-Brazilian Language and Literature | Friday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Mohave Room I |
| Peninsular Spanish Literature | Saturday, 12:00PM - 1:30PM | Kiva Room I |
| Poets of the Early Modern Spanish Period* | Thursday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Encanto Room II |
| Spanish American Literature | Thursday, 1:45PM - 3:15PM | Cactus Room |
| Un Panorama Global Sobre la Obra Litteraria de Justo S. Alarcón | Friday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Boardroom 409 |
| Women in Spanish Literature* | Thursday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Granada Room I |
| ACLS / NEH Drop-In Information Session | Saturday, 12:00PM - 1:30PM | Kiva Room II |
| ACLS / NEH Information Session | Friday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Cactus Room |
| Announcement of Huntington, Farr, Davis and Travel Grant Award Winners (Friday Luncheon Banquet) | Friday, 12:00PM - 1:30PM | Banquet Hall |
| Announcement of Raffle Winners (Friday Luncheon Banquet) | Friday, 12:00PM - 1:30PM | Banquet Hall |
| Book/Media Review Table | Saturday, 8:30AM - 1:30PM | Registration Area |
| Book/Media Review Table | Thursday, 8:30AM - 5:00PM | Registration Area |
| Curriculum Change and Program Survival. | Friday, 1:45PM - 3:15PM | Mohave Room I |
| CV Help Session | Friday, 3:30PM - 5:00PM | Boardroom 409 |
| Dramatization of Virginia Woolf's The Waves | Friday, 8:00PM - 10:00PM | Cactus Room |
| Excursion to Taliesin West and Desert Botanical Gardens | Saturday, 2:00PM - 6:00PM | Departure from hotel. |
| Friday Evening Film Showing - I | Friday, 7:00PM - 9:00PM | Barcelona Room |
| Friday Evening Film Showing - II | Friday, 7:00PM - 10:00PM | Desert Room |
| Friday Evening Film Showing - III | Friday, 9:00PM - 11:00PM | Barcelona Room |
| Graduate Student Forum | Friday, 1:45PM - 3:15PM | Mohave Room II |
| Interview Etiquette | Saturday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Arizona Room |
| Keynote Speech by Elaine Kim, UC Berkeley, PLUS Luncheon Banquet | Friday, 12:00PM - 1:30PM | West Patio |
| No Host Participation in Scottsdale ARTWALK | Thursday, 7:00PM - 9:00PM | Main St/Marshall Way area |
| Nordstrom Department Store - For Men | Friday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Encanto Room I |
| Nordstrom Department Store - For Women | Friday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Fiesta Room I |
| Opening Night Reception | Thursday, 9:00PM - 10:30PM | West Patio |
| Overview of RMMLA Services and Publications | Friday, 3:30PM - 5:00PM | Fiesta Room II |
| Publishing Forum | Friday, 3:30PM - 5:00PM | Cactus Room |
| Readings by Alberto Rios | Friday, 3:30PM - 5:00PM | Mohave Room I |
| Readings by Margarita Cota Cardenas | Saturday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Kiva Room II |
| Readings by Ofelia Zepeda | Saturday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Paloma Room I |
| RMMLA Editorial Board Meeting | Saturday, 12:00PM - 1:30PM | Desert Room |
| RMMLA Executive Board Meeting | Thursday, 3:30PM - 5:00PM | Boardroom 409 |
| RMMLA Open Forum & Business Meeting | Thursday, 1:45PM - 3:15PM | Granada Room I |
| RMMLA Opening Night Reception | Thursday, 9:00PM - 10:30PM | West Patio |
| Saturday Evening Film Showing - I | Saturday, 7:00PM - 9:00PM | Barcelona Room |
| Saturday Evening Film Showing - II | Saturday, 9:00PM - 11:00PM | Barcelona Room |
| Tenure and Promotion | Saturday, 12:00PM - 1:30PM | Fiesta Room I |
| Thursday Evening Film Showing | Thursday, 7:00PM - 9:00PM | Barcelona Room |
| TECHNICAL AND PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION | | |
| Association of Teachers of Technical Writing (ATTW)+ | Saturday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Encanto Room |
| Forces of Change in Technical Professional Communication | Friday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Cactus Room |
| Technical and Professional Communication in the Classroom | Saturday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Cactus Room |
| Technical and Professional Communication in the Workplace and Beyond | Thursday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Barcelona Room |
| Theory and Research in the Technical and Professional Communication | Thursday, 12:00PM - 1:30PM | Cactus Room |
| THEORY/CRITICISM/COMPARATIVE STUDIES | | |
| Bibliography and Textual Criticism* | Friday, 1:45PM - 3:15PM | Boardroom 409 |
| Comparative Literature (Open Topic) | Thursday, 3:30PM - 5:00PM | Fiesta Room II |
| Ecocriticism: Literature and the Environment* | Saturday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Kiva Room III |
| Literary Criticism - I | Thursday, 1:45PM - 3:15PM | Mohave Room III |
| Literary Criticism - II | Friday, 3:30PM - 5:00PM | Mohave Room III |
| Narrative Theory and the Teaching of Narrative* | Thursday, 12:00PM - 1:30PM | Fiesta Room II |
| Rhetorical Approaches to Literature* | Saturday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Fiesta Room I |
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