RMMLA Annual Conventions

61st Annual RMMLA Convention
Calgary, Alberta, Canada ~ October 4-6, 2007

Convention Program

We are looking forward to an exciting convention this year in Calgary. The Executive Board and the Secretariat Staff wish to thank everyone involved in making this a fantastic program and to our local host, the University of Calgary, for its generous support.
Scroll down to see the schedule, but PLEASE note:

Room assignments appear ABOVE the session title, to the RIGHT.
ALL MEETING ROOMS ARE LOCATED IN THE WESTIN HOTEL.
The easiest way to find one's name on the program is to do a FIND (hit CTRL F and type in the first or last name **OR** choose FIND from the EDIT pull-down menu and type in a portion of the name).
Room assignments may change, but every effort will be made to maintain the following assignments of session day/time. If a change is absolutely necessary, all concerned will be asked first.
Edits to this program must be sent to us by AUGUST 1 -- the program goes to press after this date.
An asterisk indicates a Special Topic Session; a plus sign indicates an affiliate member session.
If you DON'T see your name or your session, please contact us immediately at rmmla@wsu.edu.
To view a presentation abstract, click on the hyperlinked presentation title (however, not all presenters have submitted abstracts).

WEDNESDAY,  OCTOBER 3
3:00PM - 6:00PM

REGISTRATION SOUTH FOYER
Convention Check-In & On-Site Registration - WednesdayWEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 3:00PM- 6:00PM in SOUTH FOYER
Chair: Joan Grenier-Winther, Washington State University
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: RMMLA Secretariat 1, Washington State University. "Check-In."
THURSDAY,  OCTOBER 4
7:30AM - 5:00PM

REGISTRATION SOUTH FOYER
Convention Check-In & On-Site Registration - ThursdayTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 7:30AM- 5:00PM in SOUTH FOYER
Chair: Joan Grenier-Winther, Washington State University
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: RMMLA Secretariat 1, Washington State University. "Check-In."
8:00AM - 5:00PM

EXHIBITS GRAND FOYER
Book/Media Exhibits & Book Review Table - Thursday THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 8:00AM- 5:00PM in GRAND FOYER
Chair: Joan Grenier-Winther, Washington State University
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: RMMLA Secretariat 1, Washington State University. "Book/Media Exhibits & Book Review Table."
8:30AM -10:00AM

ENGLISH-BRITISH STUDIES ABERHART
Samuel Beckett in Context* THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 8:30AM-10:00AM in ABERHART
Chair: Patrick W. Bixby, Arizona State University West
Presenters: Patrick W. Bixby, Arizona State University West. "In Context: New Directions in Beckett Studies."
Sean D. Kennedy, St Mary's University. "Does Beckett Studies Require a Subject? Memory and Mourning in Texts for Nothing."
Carla Taban, University of Toronto. "Inter-textuality and/as Cultural Memory in Beckett�s Corpus."
GENERAL TOPICS BANFF
Literature and Religion - I*Race, Gender, and SexualityTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 8:30AM-10:00AM in BANFF
Chair: Aliza Atik, Stony Brook University, SUNY
Alternate Chair: Christopher J. Roberts, Reed College
Presenters: Mary F. Brewer, Loughborough University. "Black Arts and White Devils: Religion, Race and National Identity in Black Revolutionary Drama.."
Jessica K. Webb, Cardiff University (Wales). "Religion, Sorcery and Suffering Men: Witchcraft in Jude the Obscure.."
Krishna K. Manavalli, Michigan State University. "Modernist Visions, Brahmin Angst, and Lowcaste Female Bodies: A Study of Caste and Gender in U.R. Ananthmurthy's Samskara.."
Raji Singh Soni, Queens University, Kingston. "Reading between the Pyres: Embodiment, Desire, and Devotion after The Waste Land.."
GENERAL TOPICS BARCLAY
Autobiography* THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 8:30AM-10:00AM in BARCLAY
Chair: Craig Monk, University of Lethbridge
Alternate Chair: Denice H. Turner, University of Nevada, Reno
Presenters: Denice H. Turner, University of Nevada, Reno. "Female Aviators as Women 'Warriors': The Limits of Autobiography and the Construction of Life Writing by Amelia Earhart and Jackie Cochran."
Craig Monk, University of Lethbridge. "Optograms, Autobiography, and the Image of Jack the Ripper."
Wesley Sims, University of Illinois, Chicago. "Incarcerated Forms of Autobiography: John Edgar Wideman's Brothers and Keepers Imagines an Escape."
GENERAL TOPICS BONAVISTA
Medieval Romance* THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 8:30AM-10:00AM in BONAVISTA
Chair: Elizabeth Howard, Kent State University
Alternate Chair: J D Thayer, Gonzaga University
Presenters: J D Thayer, Gonzaga University. "Gadamer and Gawain."
Wendolyn Weber, Metropolitan State College of Denver. "Uncanny Visits: Gawain, the Green Knight, and the Return of the Repressed."
Pamela L. Troyer, University of Denver. "Lincoln�s Inn Hale 150 and the Problem of the Holster Book."
ENGLISH-BRITISH STUDIES BROWNLEE
Owen BarfieldTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 8:30AM-10:00AM in BROWNLEE
Chair: David Joplin, Monterey Peninsula College
Alternate Chair: Jeffrey N. Hipolito, Everett Community College
Presenters: Jeffrey N. Hipolito, Everett Community College. "Can Ideas Have Histories? Lovejoy, Collingwood, and Barfield on Meaning and Metaphysics."
Peter J. Fields, Midwestern State University. "'Infinite Desire' and Final Participation in Spenser's Faerie Queen and Lewis's Narnia Chronicles."
Jamie Hutchinson, Bard College at Simon's Rock. "Faithful Thinkers: A Barfieldean Reading of Emerson's Nature."
William C. Johnson, Lewis-Clark State College. "Barfield's Rainbow: Final Participation as Practice."
ENGLISH-BRITISH STUDIES EAU CLAIRE NORTH
English Renaissance LiteratureTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 8:30AM-10:00AM in EAU CLAIRE NORTH
Chair: McKenna Suzanne Rose, University of Nevada, Reno
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: Marilyn D. Simon, University of Toronto. "'Not To Be': The Dream of Social Absence in Hamlet."
Emily E. Shortslef-Foote, Syracuse University. "�Perfect hole�: Actaeon Refigured."
Kirk Melnikoff, University of North Carolina, Charlotte. "'Jigging veins of rhyming mother-wits, / And such conceits as clownage keeps in pay': Marlowe, Clowning and Dramatic Authorship."
THEORY/CRITICISM/COMPARATIVE STUDIES EAU CLAIRE SOUTH
Literary CriticismTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 8:30AM-10:00AM in EAU CLAIRE SOUTH
Chair: Alan Blackstock, Utah State University
Alternate Chair: James Caufield, University of California, Los Angeles
Presenters: Raphael T. Foshay, Athabasca University. "Deconstruction and Formalism: Derrida on Kafka's 'Before the Law'."
James Caufield, University of California, Los Angeles. "The Unction of Criticism: Postmodern Ethics and the Arnoldian Turn."
Robert M. Detman, Independent Scholar. "Towards the Liquidation of Literature."
Michael D. Roberson, University of Calgary. "Poetic Conditions: Toward a Postmodern Poetics of Response-ability in Nietzsche and Lyotard."
ENGLISH-US & CANADIAN STUDIES LAKE LOUISE
Association for Mormon Letters (AML)+Mormon Stories and HistoriographyTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 8:30AM-10:00AM in LAKE LOUISE
Chair: Bruce W. Jorgensen, Brigham Young University
Presenters: Helynne H. Hansen, Western State College of Colorado. "A Love Story in Diaries: Senator Elbert D. Thomas and Edna Harker Thomas, 1907-1942.."
Alan Goff, DeVry University. "Novelistic Technique and Mormon History: Figuration, Focalization, Narration, Plot, and Characterization in Mormon History Writing.."
Phyllis N. Barber, Vermont College. "Writing: An Act of Responsibility.."
ASIAN STUDIES LAKEVIEW
Modern Chinese Literature*Three Moments in Time: Texts from the Late Qing, Cultural Revolution and the PresentTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 8:30AM-10:00AM in LAKEVIEW
Chair: G�raldine A. Fiss, Harvard University
Alternate Chair: Andrea Lingenfelter, Independent Scholar
Presenters: Guo-ou Zhuang, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. "New Mission of an Old Genre: The Rise of Late Qing Fiction and Chinese Nation-Building."
Frederik H. Green, Yale University. "From Europe with Love: Xu Xu's Early Travel Writing and the Aesthetics of Foreign Encounter."
Hua Li, University of Manitoba. "A Myth of Tears: A Representative Reading of Su Tong's Binu."
SPANISH & PORTUGUESE STUDIES MAYFAIR
Artes Visuales, Literatura y Movimientos Culturales en la Espa�a del Siglo XX* THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 8:30AM-10:00AM in MAYFAIR
Chair: Mar�a Francisca Paredes M�ndez, Western Washington University
Alternate Chair: Jennifer Brady, University of Colorado, Boulder
Presenters: Mark A. Harpring, University of Puget Sound. "Illustrating Masculinity: Popular Images of Turn-of-the-Century Spanish Men."
Nuria God�n-Mart�nez, Creighton University. "Cultura popular y (pseudo)cultura: discursos de la ideolog�a franquista en Tiempo de silencio."
Jennifer Brady, University of Colorado, Boulder. "Performance, el otro y el problema del paradigma butleriano del g�nero sexual y el sujeto-yo en La llamada de Lauren (1985) por Paloma Pedrero."
Myriam Osorio, Memorial University of Newfoundland. "Cuerpo y g�nero en Historia del rey transparente de Rosa Montero."
GERMANIC STUDIES MOUNT ROYAL
Literature of the Holocaust* THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 8:30AM-10:00AM in MOUNT ROYAL
Chair: Sandra Alfers, Dickinson College
Alternate Chair: Jocelyne Fran�oise Le Ber, Royal Military College
Presenters: Yoon Sook Cha, University of California, Berkeley. "Impostures of Being Saved / Artifacts of Death: Sarah Kofman�s Rue Ordener, Rue Labat."
Michael Bachmann, University of Mainz (Germany). "Writing Fiction, Talking Life: Imre Kert�sz and Problems of Genre."
Maria O'Malley, University of Colorado. "Bored in the Concentration Camp: Representing the Holocaust in Kert�sz's Fateless."
PEDAGOGY NAKISKA
Practical Approaches to Teaching Language - IFriendly Amendments to the Communicative Approach in Language TeachingTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 8:30AM-10:00AM in NAKISKA
Chair: Eva-Maria Metcalf, University of Mississippi
Alternate Chair: Claudia Becker, Saint Xavier University
Presenters: Markus E. Muller, California State University, Long Beach. "Not Too Old to Change: The Communicative Approach and Today's Language Learners."
Susanne Even, Indiana University. "Communication and Consciousness: Drama Education for Foreign Grammar Learning."
ENGLISH-POSTCOLONIAL STUDIES REID
Caribbean Identity and the Diaspora* THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 8:30AM-10:00AM in REID
Chair: Jessie D. Dixon, Knox College
Alternate Chair: Kellie D. Weiss, Howard University
Presenters: Sonia Rey-Montejo, University of Colorado, Boulder. "Facing the Ghosts of the Past: Trespassing Boundaries of Time and Space in Daina Chaviano's La isla de los amores infinitos."
Joy Landeira, University of Northern Colorado. "Strife on the Hyphen: Exile Literature as Trauma Literature in the Works of Gustavo P�rez Firmat."
Kellie D. Weiss, Howard University. "Multiple Subjectivities, Moral Responsibility and the Migratory Figure:Carole Boyce Davies�s Black Women, Writing and Identity to Maryse Cond�s Heremakhonon."
Jessie D. Dixon, Knox College. "Discovering Identity: From the Mother to the Motherland in Cristina Garc�a�s Dreaming in Cuban."
FILM STUDIES RIDEAU
Film (Open Topic)THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 8:30AM-10:00AM in RIDEAU
Chair: Liahna Armstrong, Central Washington University
Alternate Chair: Liana M. Silva, Binghamton University
Presenters: Liahna Armstrong, Central Washington University. "China's Gong Li: Feminine/Feminist Screen Icon.."
Patricia L. Terry, Gonzaga University. "When Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Words? All the King's Men and Film Adaptation.."
Teresa R. Knudsen, Lakeside Language Services. "Pirates and Patriots: An American Tradition.."
Liana M. Silva, Binghamton University. "Love Me Madly: Illness and Desire in The Lady from Shanghai.."
10:15AM -11:45AM

FRENCH-FRANCOPHONE STUDIES ABERHART
Traditions and Transformations in French-Language Narratives THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 10:15AM-11:45AM in ABERHART
Chair: Seda Chavdarian, University of California, Berkeley
Alternate Chair: Mariah Devereux Herbeck, Boise State University
Presenters: Catharine Randall, Fordham University. "'Virile' Women: The Female Response to the Jesuit Relations ."
Seda Chavdarian, University of California, Berkeley. "Improvising the Model: Michel Butor's Auto-fiction."
John Rennell Secor, Morehead State University. "'Ma vie a fait un virage sur un dix sous' ('My life turned on a dime') and Other Surprising English Idioms in Durocher and Paquin's Et si on se retrouv@it ."
GENERAL TOPICS BANFF
Early Modern Witchcraft on Trial* THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 10:15AM-11:45AM in BANFF
Chair: Verena Theile, Washington State University
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: Catherine Anne Blose, University of Alabama. "Juggling Witchcraft: Conflicting Early Modern Representations of Witchcraft in Macbeth."
Peter Alan Morton, Mount Royal College. "Witchcraft Beliefs and Lutheran Pastoral Literature of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries."
THEORY/CRITICISM/COMPARATIVE STUDIES BARCLAY
Comparative Literature (Open Topic) THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 10:15AM-11:45AM in BARCLAY
Chair: Paul Papin, University of British Columbia
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: Natalie Wall, University of Calgary. "Structuring the Position of the Neo-Mimic Man."
Navneet Kumar, University of Calgary. "Kirpal Singh: From Hybridity to a Binary Existence in Ondaatje�s The English Patient."
Paul Papin, University of British Columbia. "The Rotten Apple Doesn�t Fall Far from the Tree: The Common Root of Mediocrity and Genius in Denis Diderot�s The Nephew of Rameau."
Alan Blackstock, Utah State University. "Mosque, Cathedral, Temple, Cave: Religion as Architecture in Death Comes for the Archbishop and A Passage to India."
SPANISH & PORTUGUESE STUDIES BONAVISTA
Peninsular Spanish Literature - I THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 10:15AM-11:45AM in BONAVISTA
Chair: Chaiwut Chittkusol, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Presenters: Chaiwut Chittkusol, University of Massachusetts, Boston. "Una representaci�n orteguiana de Don Juan Tenorio como un ��bermensch� espa�ol."
Carmi�a Palerm, Pacific Lutheran University. "Ghostly Presences in Julio Llamazares' La Lluvia amarilla."
SPANISH & PORTUGUESE STUDIES EAU CLAIRE NORTH
Representation of Woman in Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature*Latin American Women WritersTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 10:15AM-11:45AM in EAU CLAIRE NORTH
Chair: Gabriella Gutierrez y Muhs, Seattle University
Presenters: Clary Loisel, University of Montana. "A Process of Becoming Clairvoyant."
Amanda L. Petersen, University of Colorado, Boulder. "(Re)leyendo el cuento Domingo de Rosario Castellanos."
Elizabeth Montes-Garc�s, University of Calgary. "Deseo y globalizaci�n en Sirena Selena vestida de pena de Mayra Santos Febres."
ENGLISH-US & CANADIAN STUDIES EAU CLAIRE SOUTH
Western and Southwestern LiteratureTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 10:15AM-11:45AM in EAU CLAIRE SOUTH
Chair: Zelda Jeanne Rouillard, Western State College of Colorado
Alternate Chair: Liahna Armstrong, Central Washington University
Presenters: Emily Christine Ann Moore, Washington State University. "Identity and (Hyper)Reality in Annie Proulx's Close Range: Wyoming Stories."
Joy Moss, Arkansas Tech University. "Adventure Repeats Itself."
Theda Wrede, Dixie State College. "Liminality in Denise Chavez's The Last of the Menu Girls: Mapping Female Landscapes on the Border.."
PEDAGOGY LAKE LOUISE
Teaching English CompositionTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 10:15AM-11:45AM in LAKE LOUISE
Chair: Robert Sargent Fay, Landmark College
Alternate Chair: Greg Grewell, University of Arizona
Presenters: Bee Hoon Tan, Universiti Putra Malaysia. "WWW: Countering ESL Writer's Block."
Fify P. Juliana, Arizona State University. "Students Writing in(to) the Academy: It's All a Second-Language Phenomenon."
Maria Mikolchak, St. Cloud State University. "English Composition: Service-Learning and Technology Project."
William H. Thelin, University of Akron. "Beyond the Modes and Genres: Non-Formulaic Instruction."
ASIAN STUDIES LAKEVIEW
Chinese Literature and Film since 1900 - IHistorical Reflection in Chinese FilmTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 10:15AM-11:45AM in LAKEVIEW
Chair: G�raldine A. Fiss, Harvard University
Alternate Chair: Wei Yang, Yale University
Presenters: Claire Huot, University of Calgary. "Discussant:."
Terence C. Russell, University of Manitoba. "Traditional Culture and Contemporary Performance: Adaw Palaf's The Great Flood."
J. Colleen Berry, University of North Dakota. "What's So Funny about Crazy Stone? Societal Ills and Comedy in Ning Hao's Hit Movie."
ENGLISH-BRITISH STUDIES LOUGHEED
Feminist Perspectives on Renaissance DramaTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 10:15AM-11:45AM in LOUGHEED
Chair: Jason J. Zirbel, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
Presenters: Jason J. Zirbel, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh. "Queen Elizabeth I and Self-Fashioning."
Nicole Nannette Montoya, University of Texas, El Paso. "For Better or Worse: An Androgynous Lifestyle in Merry Old England."
Elizabeth V. Acosta, University of Texas, El Paso. "Portia's Assault on Cultural and Patriarchal Boundaries in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice."
TECHNICAL AND PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION MOUNT ROYAL
Technical and Professional Communication in the Classroom THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 10:15AM-11:45AM in MOUNT ROYAL
Chair: Beverly B. Zimmerman, Brigham Young University
Alternate Chair: Ryan Hoover, Texas Tech University
Presenters: Sandra Hill, University of Louisiana, Monroe and Christopher Sean Harris, University of Louisiana, Monroe. "Teaching Service-Learning Online in Professional Writing Classes."
Lynda Walsh, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. "The Wiki vs. the Classroom: An Experiment in Cyberpedagogy at New Mexico Tech."
Beverly B. Zimmerman, Brigham Young University. "Technical Communication in the 'New Career' Frontiers."
GENERAL TOPICS REID
Literature and Religion - II*Modernity and (Post)Colonial QuestionsTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 10:15AM-11:45AM in REID
Chair: Aliza Atik, Stony Brook University, SUNY
Alternate Chair: Christopher J. Roberts, Reed College
Presenters: Christopher J. Roberts, Reed College. "A Creole Messiah in Chamoiseau's Texaco.."
David E. McGlynn, Lawrence University. "Kinship with Heavenly Bodies: The Politics of the Sublime in E.M. Forester�s A Passage to India.."
P. S. Sri, Royal Military College of Canada. "The Twin Selves: Upanishadic Echoes in T.S. Eliot's Poetry and Drama.."
11:45AM - 1:00PM

SPECIAL EVENTS ESSENCE RESTAURANT
RMMLA Executive Board Meeting (Closed) THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 11:45AM- 1:00PM in ESSENCE RESTAURANT
Chair: Joan Grenier-Winther, Washington State University
Presenters: Joan Grenier-Winther, Washington State University. "RMMLA Executive Board Luncheon (Closed)."
1:00PM - 2:30PM

ENGLISH-US & CANADIAN STUDIES ABERHART
African American Literature THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1:00PM- 2:30PM in ABERHART
Chair: Geta LeSeur-Brown, University of Arizona
Alternate Chair: Andrea Yolande Seeger, University of Colorado, Boulder
Presenters: Geta LeSeur-Brown, University of Arizona. "Love of the Abstract in Paradise."
Andrea Yolande Seeger, University of Colorado, Boulder. "Treacherous Inheritances and Dangerous Identities: James Baldwin."
Lindsay M. Christopher, University of Denver. "Mapping the Landscape: History and Cultural Memory in Toni Morrison's Paradise."
Michael Wayne Merritt, University of Texas at El Paso. "An Extravagance of Violence: Ralph Ellison's Brutal Aesthetic."
PEDAGOGY BANFF
Teaching Foreign Languages - IThe Place of Technology in Language LearningTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1:00PM- 2:30PM in BANFF
Chair: Louise E. Stoehr, Stephen F. Austin State University
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: Mary Grantham O'Brien, University of Calgary and Annika Orich, University of Calgary. "Virtually There: Culture through Virtual Reality.."
Carlos Soler-Montes, Instituto Cervantes. "The Blended Teaching Approach in the Spanish Second Language Classroom.."
GERMANIC STUDIES BARCLAY
German Crime Fiction and Film* THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1:00PM- 2:30PM in BARCLAY
Chair: Corinna Kahnke, Indiana University, Bloomington
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: Martin Rosenstock, University of California, Santa Barbara. "Encounters with Fiction: Alternate Realities in Friedrich Dürrenmatt's Justiz."
Cornelius Partsch, Western Washington University. "Aufklärung and Double Agency in The Lives of Others."
SPANISH & PORTUGUESE STUDIES BONAVISTA
Peninsular Spanish Literature - II* THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1:00PM- 2:30PM in BONAVISTA
Chair: Shanna C. Lino, University of Toronto
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: Shanna C. Lino, University of Toronto. "Crossing the Fine Line: Border Zones and the Globalized Media in the Spanish Novela Negra on Immigration.."
Jos� M. Garc�a-S�nchez, Eastern Washington University. "Formaciones discursivas propagand�sticas en los diarios de navegaci�n del Pac�fico Septentrional en el siglo XVIII.."
Patricia T. Anderson, University of Massachusetts, Boston. "El Derecho femenino en la Espa�a medieval de Alfonso X, el Sabio."
ENGLISH-US & CANADIAN STUDIES BROWNLEE
American HumorTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1:00PM- 2:30PM in BROWNLEE
Chair: Peter J. Goodwin, University of California, Berkeley
Alternate Chair: Stephanie T. Taitano, Saddleback College
Presenters: Peter J. Goodwin, University of California, Berkeley. "Poe in Drag: The Signora Psyche Zenobia."
Andrew J. Smith, University of Central Florida. "Comedy's Subversion of Bureaucracy: Joseph Heller's Catch-22."
Fabian Guy Ironside, Independent Scholar. "Mather, Barnum, Strickland, Spike: Towards a Definition of Subversive Yankee Humor."
Louis J. Budd, Duke University. "The (Sometimes) Amiable Glory of Mark Twain's Humor."
ENGLISH-US & CANADIAN STUDIES EAU CLAIRE NORTH
American Literature after 1900THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1:00PM- 2:30PM in EAU CLAIRE NORTH
Chair: Mary Dezember, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Alternate Chair: Sascha Poehlmann, Ludwig Maximilians Universitaet, Munich
Presenters: Rita M. Jones, University of Northern Colorado. "Lily Bart and the Negotiation of National Desires in The House of Mirth."
Kristen M. Haven, University of Arizona. "Embodied Information and the (Inter)textuality of William S. Burroughs' The Ticket that Exploded."
Lance A. Rubin, Arapahoe Community College. "Memory, Nostalgia and Identity in Pagan Kennedy's Confessions of a Memory Eater."
Michael Wutz, Weber State University. "Embodiment and Self--Searching in Raymond Federman's Body Shards."
ENGLISH-BRITISH STUDIES EAU CLAIRE SOUTH
English Nineteenth-Century LiteratureTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1:00PM- 2:30PM in EAU CLAIRE SOUTH
Chair: Bianca Page Tredennick, Gonzaga University
Alternate Chair: Mary E. Bell, University of Arizona
Presenters: Nikole King, UC Riverside / Gonzaga University. "H. G. Wells� 'The Truth about Pyecraft' and the Culture of Reducing in England at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century.."
Scott T. Rogers, Weber State University. "'Keeping my private sentiments to myself': Privacy, Class, and The Moonstone."
Jen Hill, University of Nevada, Reno. "Here, There, 'Nowheer': Nation, History, and Economy in Sylvia�s Lovers."
LINGUISTICS LAKE LOUISE
General and Applied LinguisticsTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1:00PM- 2:30PM in LAKE LOUISE
Chair: Felice Anne Coles, University of Mississippi
Alternate Chair: Vilma Concha-Chiaraviglio, Meredith College
Presenters: Susan McKay, Weber State University. "Marginal Rules and their Roles in Syntax.."
Randall Gess, Carleton University. "Teaching Presentational Cleft Constructions in French: When to Do It and How to Do It.."
Martha Islas, El Colegio de Jalisco (Mexico). "Spanish Psych Verbs: Syntactic Frame and Inherent Aspect.."
Ashley L. Burnett, University of Calgary. "Middle English Vowel Length in French Loanwords.."
GENERAL TOPICS LAKEVIEW
Poetry and Poetics* (Open Topic) THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1:00PM- 2:30PM in LAKEVIEW
Chair: Emily K. Carr, University of Calgary
Presenters: Tyler Reeb, Claremont Graduate University. "The Divergent Politics and Letters of Edmund Wilson and Archibald MacLeish: Why their Feud Amounted to So Much More Than Just an �Omelet�."
Emily K. Carr, University of Calgary. "Artifact/ Erasure: Performative Writing in Mary Ruefle's A Little White Shadow and Jen Bervin's Nets."
Andy Weaver, York University. "Sublime Tension: Darren Wershler-Henry�s the tapeworm foundry."
Siobhan Scarry, University at Buffalo, SUNY. "Doublings of Desire and New Ontologies in Hart Crane's �White Buildings�."
ENGLISH-BRITISH STUDIES LOUGHEED
Old and Middle English - I THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1:00PM- 2:30PM in LOUGHEED
Chair: Cindy L. Carlson, Metropolitan State College of Denver
Alternate Chair: Jennifer A. Palmgren, Saint Paul College
Presenters: Elizabeth Howard, Kent State University. "The Clothes Make the Man: Disrobing, Dissolution, and Disarming in Beowulf."
Harold C. Zimmerman, Stanford University. "Nationalist Accomplishment and the Reputation of Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians."
Christopher M. Flavin, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. "Beowulf as Celtic Hero: The Incorporation of Celtic and Breton Traditions in Anglo-Saxon Literature."
Kevin Kia-Choong Teo, University of Calgary. "Practical Magic and the Functional Uses of Paganism in the Anglo-Saxon Charms."
THEORY/CRITICISM/COMPARATIVE STUDIES MANNING
Deleuze and Guattari - II*What is Philosophy?THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1:00PM- 2:30PM in MANNING
Chair: Daniel G. Anderson, George Mason University
Presenters: Alix Mazuet, University of Central Oklahoma. "In Between."
Joe P. Hughes, University of Edinburgh. "Deleuze and Phenomenology."
Matthew Tiessen, University of Alberta. "When is Too Much Too Much? Excess in Deleuze and Bataille."
FILM STUDIES MAYFAIR
Critical Perspectives on Contemporary Cinema* THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1:00PM- 2:30PM in MAYFAIR
Chair: Crystal L. Hicks, Texas Tech University
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: Lisa J. Schnell, University of Vermont. "'I've Got You Under my Skin': Revelation and the Body in Christopher Nolan's Memento."
Graham Lyons, Simon Fraser University and Janice Morris, University of British Columbia. "Digitization and the Double Edge of Aura: Walter Benjamin and Star Wars."
Josh Toth, University of Manitoba. "Remembering Postmodernism: Narrative Renewal after Postmodernism in Nolan's Memento and Gondry's Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind."
ASIAN STUDIES MOUNT ROYAL
Modern Chinese Poetry - I*Modern Chinese-Language Poetry and Its ContextsTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1:00PM- 2:30PM in MOUNT ROYAL
Chair: Andrea Lingenfelter, Independent Scholar
Alternate Chair: Paul Manfredi, Pacific Lutheran University
Presenters: Jennifer L. Feeley, Yale University. "From the Boudoir to the Nation: Poetic In(ter)ventions of Gender, Space, and Modernity in the Women's Press.."
Lucas R. Klein, Yale University. "Discerning the Soil: Bian Zhilin, Context, and Modern Chinese Poetry as Translation.."
GENERAL TOPICS REID
Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature and FilmThe Famous, the Infamous, and the Controversial in Science Fiction and FantasyTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1:00PM- 2:30PM in REID
Chair: Ericka Ann Hoagland, Purdue University
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: Diane Krantz, Weber State University. "Subversion of Christian Religious Teachings in The Matrix."
Kirk H. Layton, Mount Royal College. "Leaning to the Right: Challenging the Canadian Conservative in Blood Rain."
Megan E. Grove, Sonoma State University. "Desiring Doom: Wyrd, Fate, and a Curse of Choice in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Children of Hurin."
OTHER FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDIES RIDEAU
Hungarian Studies (Open Topic)*Literary and Cultural Approaches in Hungarian StudiesTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1:00PM- 2:30PM in RIDEAU
Chair: Susan Nyikos, Utah State University
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: Agnes J. Vashegyi MacDonald, University of British Columbia. "Between Nostalgia and Hope: The �Luk�cs Effect� in Twentieth-Century Hungarian Literature and Film."
Susan Nyikos, Utah State University. "Vampires and Ethnic Schizophrenia: A Hungarian Reading of Bram Stoker's Dracula."
Krisztian Fonyodi, Queen's University. "Rediscovering Kinship in Istvan Szabo's Last Film, Rokonok (2006)."
1:15PM - 5:00PM

SPECIAL EVENTS JASPER BOARDROOM
RMMLA Executive Board Meeting (Closed Meeting)THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1:15PM- 5:00PM in JASPER BOARDROOM
Chair: Joan Grenier-Winther, Washington State University
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: Joan Grenier-Winther, Washington State University. "RMMLA Executive Board Meeting."
2:45PM - 4:15PM

ENGLISH-US & CANADIAN STUDIES ABERHART
Jewish American Literature* THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2:45PM- 4:15PM in ABERHART
Chair: Ezra Cappell, University of Texas, El Paso
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: Ezra Cappell, University of Texas, El Paso. "Observant Readers and Contemporary Jewish American Fiction."
Margie R. Nelson, University of Texas, El Paso. "'Jewish Mothers Worry More': Literary Representations of Jewish Mothers."
Jerien Elizabeth Rausch, University of Texas, El Paso. "Cynthia Ozick and Idolatry."
FRENCH-FRANCOPHONE STUDIES BANFF
Women in French THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2:45PM- 4:15PM in BANFF
Chair: Caren M. Barnezet Parrish, Roanoke College
Alternate Chair: Stacey Ann Weber-Feve, Iowa State University
Presenters: Celita Lamar, University of Miami. "�lisa in Havana: Carole Frechette�s La peau d��lisa with a Cuban Beat.."
Stacey Ann Weber-Feve, Iowa State University. "Breaking from Tradition: (Re)Presenting Female Iconography at Home with Le�la Sebbar.."
Caren M. Barnezet Parrish, Roanoke College. "Nathalie Sarraute�s Enfance : A Tropistic Childhood Experience.."
ENGLISH-BRITISH STUDIES BARCLAY
The Atlantic in Transatlantic Romanticism* THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2:45PM- 4:15PM in BARCLAY
Chair: Jeffrey W. Miller, Gonzaga University
Alternate Chair: Brian C. Cooney, Gonzaga University
Presenters: Liz Brocious, Brigham Young University. "Emerson's Transatlantic Eyeball: The Transmutation of European Hermeticism into American Nationalism."
Christina A. Valeo, Eastern Washington University. "Crossing Over: Christianity and Native Spirituality in the Poems of Felicia Hemans (1793-1835)."
Brian C. Cooney, Gonzaga University. "British Imperialism and Irish Deforestation in the Poetry of Mary Tighe."
SPANISH & PORTUGUESE STUDIES BONAVISTA
Spanish American LiteratureLiteratura ModernaTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2:45PM- 4:15PM in BONAVISTA
Chair: Miriam Balboa Echeverria, Texas State University
Alternate Chair: Sonia Rey-Montejo, University of Colorado, Boulder
Presenters: Ester Gonzalez, University of Northern Colorado. "Sin estar ya conmigo ni ser un otro, otro,retratos en poemas de escritores hispanoamericanos."
Miriam Balboa Echeverria, Texas State University. "Huellas del boom en la escritura del futuro: Las escritoras y los infrarealistas."
Charl�ne Fouqueray, University of Calgary. "Trasvestismo y medios de comunicación y globalización en La muerte como efecto secundario de A. M. Shua."
GENERAL TOPICS BROWNLEE
Literature and ScienceTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2:45PM- 4:15PM in BROWNLEE
Chair: Robin E. Calland, Southern Utah University
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: Alex Link, Alberta College of Art and Design. "Chromatic Soma: Recreating the Body in Steve Tomasula's Vas."
Bryce Christensen, Southern Utah University. "What the Contrast between Sherlock Holmes and Father Brown Teaches about Modernity.."
Robin E. Calland, Southern Utah University. "Failing to Abide by Disciplinary Boundaries: The Place of Evolutionary Biology in the Lyrics of Moore, Loy, and Niedecker.."
THEORY/CRITICISM/COMPARATIVE STUDIES EAU CLAIRE SOUTH
EcocriticismTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2:45PM- 4:15PM in EAU CLAIRE SOUTH
Chair: Angela Rae Waldie, University of Calgary
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: Lee Rozelle, University of Montevallo. "�A Sting of Enlightenment�: Toxic Transcendence in Don DeLillo's Underworld.."
Maria R. Irchenhauser, Queen's University. "�Word People� and the Critique of Reason in Margaret Atwood�s Oryx and Crake, Marian Engels� Bear, and in J. M. Coetzee�s The Lives of Animals.."
Andy D. Belyea, Royal Military College of Canada. "Honouring Mystery: Evolutionary Fiction and Evolving Choice.."
Kip Robisch, Purdue University. "A Preponderance of Evidence: Jonathan Harr�s A Civil Action and the Legacy of the Superfund Essay.."
LINGUISTICS LAKEVIEW
Foreign Language LinguisticsTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2:45PM- 4:15PM in LAKEVIEW
Chair: Fify P. Juliana, Arizona State University
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: Agustini Budiman, Arizona State University. "Thematic Role Changes in the Indonesian Language as a Result of Different Affixes Attached to the Root Words."
Roswita A. Dressler, University of Calgary. "Motivation and Demotivation in Heritage Language Learners of German."
Evelyn Wisbey, University of Kansas. "On Trouble Sources and Attempts for their Resolution in Non-native German Talk-in-Interaction."
GENERAL TOPICS LOUGHEED
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Caucus Seminar THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2:45PM- 4:15PM in LOUGHEED
Chair: Jennifer M. Wing, Georgia State University
Presenters: Douglas Meyers, University of Texas, El Paso. "The Representation of Gay Young Adulthood in the Oeuvre of Alex Sanchez.."
J. Ken Stuckey, Bentley College. "Not Gaye: Luther Vandross and the Masculinity of the Black Crooner.."
Carmen Lanette Phelps, Longwood University. "Confusing the Issue: Bisexuality as the In/Determining Factor in Popular Culture and the Academy.."
CONJOINT MEETINGS MANNING
Owen Barfield Society+ (Closed Meeting) THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2:45PM- 4:15PM in MANNING
Chair: Jane Hipolito, California State University, Fullerton
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: Jane Hipolito, California State University, Fullerton. "Owen Barfield Society Business Meeting (Closed)."
ASIAN STUDIES MAYFAIR
Asian Comparative Literature and Film - I*Interpreting Sex and Violence in China, Taiwan and JapanTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2:45PM- 4:15PM in MAYFAIR
Chair: David C. Stahl, Binghamton University, SUNY
Alternate Chair: Sylvia Li-Chun Lin, University of Notre Dame
Presenters: Carlos Prado-Fonts, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. "From the Avant-Garde to Grotesque Neorealism: Su Tong�s Rice and the Representations of Violence.."
Claire Huot, University of Calgary. "Tsai Ming-Liang�s Cinema of Cruelty: Excruciating Time-images of Bodily Gestures.."
Justin Jesty, University of Chicago. "Purge: Revolution and Repetition in Postwar Japan.."
ENGLISH-US & CANADIAN STUDIES MOUNT ROYAL
Margaret Atwood THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2:45PM- 4:15PM in MOUNT ROYAL
Chair: Sarah A. Appleton, Murray State University
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: Thomas P. Jordan, Binghamton University. "Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake: The Need to Study Literature."
Camille Harris, Utah State University. "'The proper study of Mankind is Man': Identity in Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake."
ENGLISH-BRITISH STUDIES NAKISKA
ShakespeareTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2:45PM- 4:15PM in NAKISKA
Chair: Kirk Melnikoff, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Alternate Chair: David Ruiter, University of Texas, El Paso
Presenters: Denys W. Van Renen, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. "'My kingdom for a ship!' Shakespeare�s King Lear Weathers James�s Land Invasion.."
Barbara Mather Cobb, Murray State University. "Hippolyta, Helena, and Hounds: Women, Power, and Authority in A Midsummer Night�s Dream.."
David Ruiter, University of Texas, El Paso. "Hospitality and Hostility in Macbeth.."
GENERAL TOPICS REID
Ethnic StudiesTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2:45PM- 4:15PM in REID
Chair: Robin Somers, University of California, Santa Cruz
Presenters: Kathleen G. Washburn, University of California, Los Angeles. "'It was as it should be': Rewriting Indigenous Territory in Welch's Historical Fiction.."
Robin Somers, University of California, Santa Cruz. "Distorted Shadow: Zitkala-Sa's Creative Space.."
Tamara N. Cooper, New York University. "Representations of Racial Trauma and Recovery in Black Canadian Cinema.."
Patricia Sagasti Suppes, University of North Carolina, Greensboro. "A Culinary Allegory: The Language of Situation in Latin American Women's Writing."
GERMANIC STUDIES RIDEAU
New Perspectives on the German Past* THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2:45PM- 4:15PM in RIDEAU
Chair: John Antosh, State University of New York, Fredonia
Alternate Chair: Katja Fullard, University of Saint Thomas
Presenters: Petra S. Fiero, Western Washington University. "Verdraengung der kollektiven und individuellen Geschichte in Vladimir Vertlibs Geschichte Mein erster Moerder."
Katja Fullard, University of Saint Thomas. "The Old Men and the War: Memory, Identity and Mourning in Autobiographical Texts by Guenter Grass and Dieter Wellershoff."
John Antosh, State University of New York, Fredonia. "The Role of Music in the Fiction of Guenter Grass."
4:30PM - 6:00PM

THEORY/CRITICISM/COMPARATIVE STUDIES ABERHART
Rhetorical Approaches to Literature* THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 4:30PM- 6:00PM in ABERHART
Chair: Raymond Craig, Kent State University
Presenters: Paul J. Neel, Kent State University. "The Rhetoric of Propriety in the Prefatory Material to the KJV."
Beth Wynstra, University of California, Santa Barbara. "A Rhetorical Move: The Pageant of the Paterson Silk Strike and a New Lens for Political Theater."
Juan J. Colombi, California State University, San Bernardino. "The Business of Rhetoric: Aristotelian Rhetorical Theory in David Mamet�s Glengarry Glen Ross."
Lena Margaret Q. Heilmann, University of Colorado, Boulder. "Move Over, Man! A New Space for the Rhetorical Female Voice."
PEDAGOGY BANFF
Practical Approaches to Teaching FilmTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 4:30PM- 6:00PM in BANFF
Chair: Rachel Ritterbusch, Shepherd University
Alternate Chair: Joanne Sellen, Washington State University
Presenters: Joanne Klein, St. Mary's College of Maryland. "Teaching Film to Trouble Verisimilitude."
Sarah Hurlburt, Whitman College. "Teaching Scene Analysis through Remakes."
Beatrice Henrioulle, Washington State University. "From Cinema to Culture: The Role and Function of Multi-Media."
Colette M. Henriette, McDaniel College. "How Cinema Study Can Turn Passive Students into Creative Authors."
GENERAL TOPICS BARCLAY
RMMLA Prose Authors Read their Works THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 4:30PM- 6:00PM in BARCLAY
Chair: Helynne H. Hansen, Western State College of Colorado
Alternate Chair: Beth Cooley, Gonzaga University
Presenters: Mary Dezember, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. "Dance."
Isabella E. M. Drzemczewska Hodson, University of Calgary. "Excerpts from Prickles."
SPANISH & PORTUGUESE STUDIES BONAVISTA
Early Modern Spanish Writers* THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 4:30PM- 6:00PM in BONAVISTA
Chair: Michael Fulton, Wake Forest University
Alternate Chair: Frederic Conrod, Creighton University
Presenters: William R. Cummins, Ashland University. "Calderón and the Question of Manicheism.."
Carrie L. Ruiz, University of Colorado, Boulder. "Inversions, Peepholes, and Hiding Games: A Sample of Textual Anamorphosis in the Novelas ejemplares.."
Frederic Conrod, Creighton University. "Reading the City as a Spiritual Exercise: Rome at the End of the Journey in Gracian's Criticón.."
ENGLISH-US & CANADIAN STUDIES BROWNLEE
Sympo(e)sium - I*Reading the Cryptic PoeTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 4:30PM- 6:00PM in BROWNLEE
Chair: Paul Milton, University of British Columbia, Okanagan
Alternate Chair: George Greenlee, Missouri Southern State University
Presenters: Dana L. Flaskerud, University of Puget Sound. "A Comparison of the Poetic Ideas of Poe and B�cquer."
Russell A. Sbriglia, University of Rochester. "The (Ordinary Language) Philosophy of Composition: Poe, Hieroglyphics, and the Logic of Signification in The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym."
ENGLISH-BRITISH STUDIES EAU CLAIRE NORTH
English Literature since 1900 - IThreats and Promises of CoherenceTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 4:30PM- 6:00PM in EAU CLAIRE NORTH
Chair: Anthony Flinn, Eastern Washington University
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: Christine Kerr, Champlain College. "Lewis Grassic Gibbon: Time, History, and Scotland."
Matthew J. Snyder, University of Florida. "David Jones' In Parenthesis: The Making of Order from Chaos on the Western Front through Allusive �Seeing�."
Jennifer J. Gustar, University of British Columbia, Okanagan. "Serious Gaming: The Ludic in Contemporary Feminist Fiction."
Kristine A. Miller, Utah State University. "Writing the People�s War: Mass-Observation during the Blitz."
GENERAL TOPICS EAU CLAIRE SOUTH
DramaRadio Plays in the United States and AbroadTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 4:30PM- 6:00PM in EAU CLAIRE SOUTH
Chair: Maila Zitelli, Minot State University
Alternate Chair: John Antosh, State University of New York, Fredonia
Presenters: Stefan R. Fink, Georgetown University. "Crossing Borders: Radio Plays as Intercultural 'Windows of the Mind'."
Audrey Johnson, Washington State University. "Making Power Audible: The Radio Plays of Caryl Churchill."
Maila Zitelli, Minot State University. "Border Calls for Reckoning: German, Czech and Jewish Voices on the (Phone)line in L. Askenazy's Das Gespraech ging auf Ihre Rechnung."
GERMANIC STUDIES LAKE LOUISE
German Literature before 1900 - IMedieval LiteratureTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 4:30PM- 6:00PM in LAKE LOUISE
Chair: Heide Crawford, University of Kansas
Alternate Chair: Albrecht N. Classen, University of Arizona
Presenters: James H. Brown, University of Kansas. "The Portable Castle: Tents, Reading, and the Ekphrasis of Space in Medieval German Romance.."
Albrecht N. Classen, University of Arizona. "Naked Men in Medieval German Literature and Art.."
James W. Harrison, Southern Utah University. "Wolfram and Wagner: Time, Redemption and Good Friday in Parzival and Parsifal.."
GENERAL TOPICS LAKEVIEW
The Meaning of Food* THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 4:30PM- 6:00PM in LAKEVIEW
Chair: Robin Somers, University of California, Santa Cruz
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: Breyan N. Strickler, Loras College. "Frankenfish Alert!: The Threat of Food Impurity in Contemporary Australian and American Fiction.."
Laura A. White, Binghamton University. "Ingestion and Ideology in Adichie's Purple Hibiscus.."
Melanie R. Hunter, Tulsa Community College. "The Meaning of Food: Assimilation versus Authenticity in American Consumption."
Troy Omafray, Naropa University. "Monk Fuel: How Tibetan Buddhists Regard Food."
ENGLISH-BRITISH STUDIES LOUGHEED
Milton* THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 4:30PM- 6:00PM in LOUGHEED
Chair: Jennifer M. Wing, Georgia State University
Alternate Chair: William John Silverman Jr, Florida State University
Presenters: Eric Dunnum, Marquette University. "A Political God: Mechanisms of Power and the Father's Laws in Paradise Lost ."
Antonella Piazza, University of Salerno (Italy). "Milton and Marriage: Between Protestant and Catholic Reformations."
Serkan Ertin, Middle East Technical University. "Milton's Paradise: Originally Traditional; Traditionally Original."
SPANISH & PORTUGUESE STUDIES MANNING
Postmodern Tendencies in Latin American Literature and Culture* THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 4:30PM- 6:00PM in MANNING
Chair: Raul J. Rosales-Herrera, Drew University
Alternate Chair: Gabriella Gutierrez y Muhs, Seattle University
Presenters: Javier F. Gonzalez, University of Colorado, Boulder. "La biblioteca de Babel: libros y m�nadas.."
Gabriella Gutierrez y Muhs, Seattle University. "Evoluci�n de la escritura y publicaci�n en el caso de las escritoras chilenas.."
Carimer Ortiz, Stanford University. "F�bula Rasa: Invenci�n y sociedad en Oveja negra y dem�s f�bulas de Augusto Monterroso.."
Raul J. Rosales-Herrera, Drew University. "Mirta Ojito's Finding Ma�ana and the Autobiographical Reframing of Mariel Discourse.."
FILM STUDIES MAYFAIR
Horror Film - I*Horror in Culture and the EnvironmentTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 4:30PM- 6:00PM in MAYFAIR
Chair: Tony J. Perrello, California State University, Stanislaus
Presenters: Sarah Otto Marxhausen, University of Wisconsin, Madison. "Eliza Fraser Cries Wolf Creek.."
Tony J. Perrello, California State University, Stanislaus. "Sustainability or Apocalypse? The Zombie Film�s Eco-Conscience.."
John M. Wegner, Angelo State University. "It�s Morning in America: Making It through the Night and Conservative Values in American Slasher Movies."
Amanda Marie Alvarado, Indiana University, South Bend. "Living in Terror: Post 9/11 Horror Films."
ASIAN STUDIES MOUNT ROYAL
Late Qing and Early Republican Chinese Literature and Thought*Innovation, Transformation and Emancipation in Late Qing FictionTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 4:30PM- 6:00PM in MOUNT ROYAL
Chair: G�raldine A. Fiss, Harvard University
Alternate Chair: Steve Riep, Brigham Young University
Presenters: Anne L. Xu, Austin College. "Returning the Gaze: Lu Xun and the Gawking Crowd."
Steve Riep, Brigham Young University. "Letting Women Live: Religion and Women's Emancipation in the Short Fiction of Xu Dishan."
Sufen S. Lai, Grand Valley State University. "An Unfulfilled Vision of Woman's Kingdom in Full Bloom: Flowers in the Mirror as an Encyclopedic Novel."
Honghong Ma, University of California, Los Angeles. "A Deceptive Theory in Action: Late Qing Novel Typology, Tropology, and Teleology."
GENDER STUDIES NAKISKA
Popular Women's Fiction in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries* THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 4:30PM- 6:00PM in NAKISKA
Chair: Pamela T. Washington, University of Central Oklahoma
Alternate Chair: Barbara Z. Vielma, University of Texas, Pan American
Presenters: Patsy S. Fowler, Gonzaga University. "Eliza Haywood, Propaganda, and the Duncan Campbell Texts."
Cassandra Phillips, University of Saskatchewan. "Haggis, Kilts, and Tartan: An Exploration of Scottish National Identity in the Novels of Susan Ferrier."
Tarah A. Demant, Washington University, St. Louis. "Gender, Market, and the Anxiety of Achievement in Popular American Women's Fiction."
GENERAL TOPICS REID
Undergraduates Unplugged* THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 4:30PM- 6:00PM in REID
Chair: Marie I. Drews, Washington State University
Presenters: Jenny Lynn Zylstra, Washington State University. "Images of Una: Divine Love and Forgiveness in The Faerie Queene."
Daniel James Rudary, University of Richmond. "Southern Honor in William Faulkner's The Unvanquished."
Chad E. Iwertz, Pepperdine University. "'Hold Me in Awe': Spiritual Rhetoric and Allegory in Early Middle English Literature."
Chase Patrick Mohney, Harvard College. "Killing History: Conceptions of Violence and History in The Marrow of Tradition."
TECHNICAL AND PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION RIDEAU
Forces of Change in Technical and Professional Communication THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 4:30PM- 6:00PM in RIDEAU
Chair: Ryan Hoover, Texas Tech University
Alternate Chair: Erik Juergensmeyer, Fort Harris College
Presenters: Dibakar Pal, Independent Scholar (India). "Language of Technical and Professionals.."
Erik Juergensmeyer, Fort Harris College and David J. Reamer, University of Arizona. "Breaking through the Border: A Multi-Class Collaborative Simulation for Professional Writing Service Courses."
Mary M. Webb, University of Nevada, Reno. "An Amicable Parting: Handing Back the Engineering Communications Course."
Diana Wegner, Douglas College. "A Rhetorical-Discursive Analysis of Environmental Advocacy: Improvisation, Agency, and Vigilance."
6:00PM - 7:30PM

SPECIAL EVENTS BELAIRE
Opening Night (Drop-In) ReceptionTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 6:00PM- 7:30PM in BELAIRE
Chair: Joan Grenier-Winther, Washington State University
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: Joan Grenier-Winther, Washington State University. "Opening Night Reception."
9:00PM -11:00PM

SPECIAL EVENTS MAYFAIR
Film Showing - Thursday Evening - A World without Thieves (2004)In Mandarin, with English SubtitlesTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 9:00PM-11:00PM in MAYFAIR
Chair: Joan Grenier-Winther, Washington State University
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: Steve Riep, Brigham Young University. "A World without Thieves (2004, Chinese; Director, Feng Xiaogang; 100 min., Not rated)."
FRIDAY,  OCTOBER 5
7:30AM - 5:00PM

REGISTRATION SOUTH FOYER
Convention Check-In & On-Site Registration - FridayFRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 7:30AM- 5:00PM in SOUTH FOYER
Chair: Joan Grenier-Winther, Washington State University
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: RMMLA Secretariat 1, Washington State University. "Check-In."
8:00AM - 5:00PM

EXHIBITS GRAND FOYER
Book/Media Exhibits & Book Review Table - Friday FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 8:00AM- 5:00PM in GRAND FOYER
Chair: Joan Grenier-Winther, Washington State University
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: RMMLA Secretariat 1, Washington State University. "Book/Media Exhibits & Book Review Table."
8:30AM -10:00AM

ENGLISH-BRITISH STUDIES ABERHART
English Literature since 1900 - II*Restorative AestheticsFRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 8:30AM-10:00AM in ABERHART
Chair: Anthony Flinn, Eastern Washington University
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: Linda D. Tym, University of Edinburgh. "Memory and Sensory Experience in Elspeth Barker�s O Caledonia."
Jacqueline H. Harris, Utah State University. "Aesthetically Framing Reality: Music and Poetry in Ian McEwan�s Saturday."
Michael J. Brisbois, University of Calgary. "The Possibility of Social Justice in W. H. Auden's The Age of Anxiety."
PEDAGOGY BANFF
Technology and Distance EducationFRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 8:30AM-10:00AM in BANFF
Chair: Isabelle Sabau, Northern Illinois University
Alternate Chair: Meg V. B. Wood, University of Wyoming
Presenters: Jill Larsen, Brigham Young University. "Technology at the Crossroads of Composition Education."
Isabelle Sabau, Northern Illinois University. "E-Learning and Emerging Technologies."
ENGLISH-US & CANADIAN STUDIES BARCLAY
Southern LiteratureFRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 8:30AM-10:00AM in BARCLAY
Chair: Pamela T. Washington, University of Central Oklahoma
Alternate Chair: Tara Powell, University of South Carolina, Columbia
Presenters: Dorothy C. Schnitzer, Independent Scholar. "'Freaks' and 'Morris Finesteins': An Examination of Gender Adherence in Carson McCullers's The Ballad of the Sad Cafe.."
Randy Jasmine, Dixie State College of Utah. "Making It on the Bevel: Cash's Mediation in Faulkner's As I Lay Dying.."
Sura Rath, Central Washington University. "Allegory of Fashion in Flannery O'Connor's Stories.."
PEDAGOGY BONAVISTA
Practical Approaches to Teaching Languages - III* FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 8:30AM-10:00AM in BONAVISTA
Chair: Norma E. Arroyo, Fossil Ridge High School
Presenters: Norma E. Arroyo, Fossil Ridge High School. "Understanding the 5 C's for World Languages and How to Develop Lessons Based on Each of the Five Standards."
Marlon Valencia, Washington State University and Michael Owens, Washington State University. "Why Do Foreign Language Teachers Need to Learn to Juggle? Ten Keys to a Successful Language Class."
CLASSICAL STUDIES BROWNLEE
The Interpretation and Influence of Greek MythsThe Thread of MemoryFRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 8:30AM-10:00AM in BROWNLEE
Chair: Susan F. Joseph, Catholic University of America
Alternate Chair: Mary G. Economou, Seneca College and Sheridan College
Presenters: Anita Nikkanen, Harvard University. "The Importance of Being Mindful: Memory as the Guide to What Is Right in the Odyssey."
Alison C. Traweek, University of Pennsylvania. "The Modern Labyrinth."
Veronique Dorais, University of Calgary. "Re-scripting Memory through Myth in Anita Rau Badami�s Tamarind Mem."
Marie Carri�re, University of New Brunswick. "Evoking Medea: Memory and the Exorcism of Grief in Beloved and Le Livre d�Emma."
GENDER STUDIES EAU CLAIRE SOUTH
Women in/and LiteratureFRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 8:30AM-10:00AM in EAU CLAIRE SOUTH
Chair: Rita M. Jones, University of Northern Colorado
Presenters: Lourdes M. Arciniega, University of Calgary. "Run A(Broad) Run: Female Escapism in E. M. Forster's Novels."
Melissa Root, Naropa University. "Embodying Trauma: Yvonne Vera's Perspective of History."
Mary Dezember, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. "Gendered Space: The Sexual Semiotics of Sartre's The Respectful Prostitute."
Katie O'Donnell Arosteguy, Washington State University. "Emerging from the 'Dark Passage': Harriet Wilson's Our Nig Negotiates Literary Space in the American Renaissance Landscape."
THEORY/CRITICISM/COMPARATIVE STUDIES LAKE LOUISE
Ethical Criticism*Ethical Criticism and the Morality of ReadingFRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 8:30AM-10:00AM in LAKE LOUISE
Chair: Alan Goff, DeVry University
Alternate Chair: Robert W. Hill, Kennesaw State University
Presenters: Bruce W. Jorgensen, Brigham Young University. "Overhearing Hemingway's 'Hills Like White Elephants'.."
Jane Bowers Hill, University of West Georgia. "The Ethics of Literature: Carol Shield's Unless and What We Do.."
Robert W. Hill, Kennesaw State University. "Ethical Criticism and the 'Gifts' of James and Christopher Dickey.."
GENERAL TOPICS LAKEVIEW
War in Literature and Film* FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 8:30AM-10:00AM in LAKEVIEW
Chair: Patricia L. Terry, Gonzaga University
Alternate Chair: Jill A. Dahlman, University of Hawai'i, Manoa
Presenters: Beth Cooley, Gonzaga University. "'My Subject is War and the Pity of War': Poetry in Pat Barker's Great War Trilogy."
Ingrid Ranum, Gonzaga University. "'Every Inch a Soldier': The Measure of a Man in Rebecca West's The Return of the Soldier.."
Nicole Butler, Utah State University. "Political and Personal Parenthood in Ian McEwan's Saturday.."
GENERAL TOPICS MAYFAIR
Literature and Other ArtsFRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 8:30AM-10:00AM in MAYFAIR
Chair: Andrew J. Albin, Brandeis University
Presenters: Laurence Petit, Central Connecticut State University. "'Specters of Kath': 'In the Negative' of Penelope Lively's The Photograph.."
Kristen Hylenski, University of Minnesota, Duluth. "Reading and Writing the Body: Frank Wedekind�s Ballet.."
Geoffrey A. Shullenberger, Brown University. "The Uses of Music in Two Post-Avant-Garde Novels.."
SPANISH & PORTUGUESE STUDIES MOUNT ROYAL
Luso-Brazilian Language and LiteratureFRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 8:30AM-10:00AM in MOUNT ROYAL
Chair: Jose I. Suarez, University of Northern Colorado
Alternate Chair: Sonia D. Barrios Tinoco, University of California Berkeley
Presenters: Jose I. Suarez, University of Northern Colorado. "Antonio Vieira's 'The Hidden One': Sebastian or John IV?."
Sonia D. Barrios Tinoco, University of California Berkeley. "Memorial de Maria Moura (1992) by Rachel de Queiroz."
Gl�ucia Silva, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth and Sandra I. Sousa, Brown University. "Production of the Subjunctive in Portuguese: Heritage vs. Non-Heritage Learners."
ENGLISH-US & CANADIAN STUDIES REID
Mystery and Detective Fiction in the Western US and Canada* FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 8:30AM-10:00AM in REID
Chair: Blair Oliver, Front Range Community College
Alternate Chair: Lisa J. Trochmann, University of Minnesota
Presenters: Lisa J. Trochmann, University of Minnesota. "Family Noir: Re-reading Ross Macdonald and Margaret Millar."
Peter Soliunas, Independent Scholar. "Serious Crime: Reading the Pseudonymous Crime Novels of Julian Barnes and John Banville."
FRENCH-FRANCOPHONE STUDIES RIDEAU
Conseil international d'�tudes francophones+Haine et amour dans le cin�ma et la litt�rature francophonesFRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 8:30AM-10:00AM in RIDEAU
Chair: Cecile Hanania, Western Washington University
Alternate Chair: Jason Herbeck, Boise State University
Presenters: Jocelyne Fran�oise Le Ber, Royal Military College. "Une m�re et un fils : Entre la haine et l�amour dans Vip�re au poing.."
Karin Egloff, Western Kentucky University. "'Jusqu�ici, tout va bien� C�est trop glauque!' Une lecture aimante de La Haine de Kassovitz.."
Tunda Kitenge-Ngoy, University of Botswana. "L�amour de la terre dans La plantation de Calixte Beyala.."
Cecile Hanania, Western Washington University. "Un qu�b�cois au Rwanda, Gil Courtemanche et le g�nocide Tutsi.."
10:15AM -11:45AM

ENGLISH-BRITISH STUDIES ABERHART
English Literature since 1900 - III*Unsettled at Home and AbroadFRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 10:15AM-11:45AM in ABERHART
Chair: Anthony Flinn, Eastern Washington University
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: Jenni Keys, University of California, Riverside. "Writing Home: Travel Literature and Narrations of Self in the Works of Sunity Devee."
Aaron C. Eastley, Brigham Young University. "Naipaul's Trinidad: Quarrying the 1946 Trinidadian General Election."
Carol L. Yang, National Chengchi University. "Sexual/Textual Politics of Identity: The Invisible Fl�neuse in T.S. Eliot�s 'Eeldrop and Appleplex'."
OTHER FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDIES BANFF
Romania's Contributions to International HeritageFRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 10:15AM-11:45AM in BANFF
Chair: Monica M. Grecu, University of Nevada, Reno
Alternate Chair: Isabelle Sabau, Northern Illinois University
Presenters: Mircea Sabau, Independent Scholar. "Mircea Eliade and the Sacred."
Monica M. Grecu, University of Nevada, Reno. "Eliade's Fantastic Fiction and the Theme of Reintegration."
Carmen S. Sabau, Independent Scholar. "Art, Symbolism and Flight: Mircea Eliade and Constantin Brancusi."
ENGLISH-BRITISH STUDIES BARCLAY
Irish Literature and Film* FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 10:15AM-11:45AM in BARCLAY
Chair: Peter Soliunas, Independent Scholar
Alternate Chair: Blair Oliver, Front Range Community College
Presenters: James Preston Fambrough, Baker University. "Carnival Echoes in Joyce Cary's The Horse's Mouth."
Maria T. Pramaggiore, North Carolina State University. "Barry Lyndon: From Picaresque to Picturesque."
Blair Oliver, Front Range Community College. "Banville's Tempest: Shakespeare in The Sea."
SPANISH & PORTUGUESE STUDIES BONAVISTA
Asociacíon Internacional de Literatura Femenina Hispánica (AILFH)+ FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 10:15AM-11:45AM in BONAVISTA
Chair: Liliana Dorado, Hope College
Presenters: Liliana Dorado, Hope College. "Carlota O'Neill: Una mexicana en la guerra de Espana.."
Vilma Navarro-Daniels, Washington State University. "From the Fascist Messiah to the Redeemer Prostitute: Initiation and Transfiguration in Paloma Pedrero's Cachorros de negro mirar."
Astrid A. Billat, Meredith College. "�Adi�s! al viejo Yo y hello a la mujer emancipada en Arte de Acecho."
Debora Maldonado-DeOliveira, Meredith College. "The Meaning and Ideas of Puerto Rico in Judith Ortiz-Cofer�s The Meaning of Consuelo."
ENGLISH-US & CANADIAN STUDIES BROWNLEE
Chuck Palahniuk: Fight Club and Beyond - I* FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 10:15AM-11:45AM in BROWNLEE
Chair: Lance A. Rubin, Arapahoe Community College
Alternate Chair: Christina C. Angel, University of Denver
Presenters: Emma Louise Howard, Manchester Metropolitan University. "�Deliver me, Tyler�: Post-secular Belief Systems in Fight Club and Survivor."
Christina C. Angel, University of Denver. "'This Theatre of Mass Destruction': Medieval Morality and Jacobean Convention in the Works of Chuck Palahniuk."
Charles Dodd White, Texas A and M, Commerce. "Informational Identity and the Creedish Hive Mentality in Chuck Palahniuk�s Survivor."
SPECIAL EVENTS EAU CLAIRE NORTH
'A Pall of Orthodoxy': Academic Freedom in the Classroom FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 10:15AM-11:45AM in EAU CLAIRE NORTH
Chair: Joan Grenier-Winther, Washington State University
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: Douglas Steward, Modern Language Association. "'A Pall of Orthodoxy': Academic Freedom in the Classroom."
GERMANIC STUDIES LAKE LOUISE
German Literature before 1900 - II*Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century LiteratureFRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 10:15AM-11:45AM in LAKE LOUISE
Chair: Heide Crawford, University of Kansas
Presenters: Candace M. Beutell Gardner, Wayne State University. "Infinite Optimism: Friedrich J. Bertuch's Pioneering Translation (1775-77) of Don Quixote.."
Sabine Sievern, Widener University. "The Innocent Queen: Karoline Ludecus' Historical Drama Johanne Gray (1806).."
Nathalie Lachance, McGill University. "Heinrich Heine and the Myth of the Fall.."
David J. Rosenberg, University of California, Santa Barbara. "The Birth of the Composer from the Spirit of the Tomcat: Heine on Wagner.."
ENGLISH-US & CANADIAN STUDIES LAKEVIEW
Canadian Literature and Film (Open Topic) FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 10:15AM-11:45AM in LAKEVIEW
Chair: Joel Daehnke, University of Northern Colorado
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: Linda J. Sumption, Eastern New Mexico University. "'Bewildered, and like a Madman': Gothic Alexander Henry."
Cheryl Cowdy Crawford, York University. "'Subdivisions': A Psychogeography of the Canadian Suburb in Contemporary Fiction and Film.."
Maureen S.G. Hawkins, University of Lethbridge. "'The Empire Soiree': Masculinity, Imperialism, War, and Modern Tragicomic Structure in Billy Bishop Goes to War."
Joel Daehnke, University of Northern Colorado. "'Our Bodies are Nations': Deceit, Desire, and the Political Terrain of the Body in The English Patient."
GENDER STUDIES LOUGHEED
African American Women Writers* FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 10:15AM-11:45AM in LOUGHEED
Chair: Erin Mae Clark, Washington State University
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: Jeffrey W. Miller, Gonzaga University. "�All Hail, My Royal Ancestors�: Civic Virtue and Black Nationalism in Pauline Hopkins�s Of One Blood."
Isabella E. M. Drzemczewska Hodson, University of Calgary. "The Meaning of Black Motherhood in Angelina Weld Grimk�s Rachel and Georgia Douglas Johnson�s Safe."
Leola Dublin, Washington State University. "Resistance and the Oral Tradition in the Work of Louise Bennett."
ENGLISH-BRITISH STUDIES MANNING
Old and Middle English - II*Middle EnglishFRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 10:15AM-11:45AM in MANNING
Chair: Cindy L. Carlson, Metropolitan State College of Denver
Presenters: Andrew J. Albin, Brandeis University. "Performing Richard Rolle's Mystical Liminality, or, How to Achieve canor in Three Easy Steps."
Colleen Butler, University of Toronto. "'And for my word, I have none': Women and the Limitations of Language in The Assembly of Ladies."
Patricia Catherine Tehan, University of Rochester. "Galehaut the Absent."
Debbie M. Killingsworth, University of Colorado, Boulder. "Women's 'Trowth': Lunet's Example in Ywain and Gawain."
PEDAGOGY MAYFAIR
Practical Approaches to Teaching CultureInnovative, creative, and engaging methods of teaching culture.FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 10:15AM-11:45AM in MAYFAIR
Chair: Deborah L. Bridges, University of Houston
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: Deborah L. Bridges, University of Houston. "Teaching to Learn: Creating Digital Stories and Podcasts to Compare and Contrast Cultures."
Kyoung-Ah Nam, University of Minnesota. "Maximizing Study Abroad through Culture and Language Learning Strategies."
Lesley A. Harbon, University of Sydney (Australia). "Grappling with the New Intercultural Imperatives: Australian Foreign Language Teachers and the Pedagogical Implications of Teaching Languages and Cultures."
Esther K. Murphy, Dublin City University. "Adapting New Methods of Teaching Culture for Visually Impaired and Blind."
TECHNICAL AND PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION MOUNT ROYAL
Technical and Professional Communication in the Workplace and Beyond FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 10:15AM-11:45AM in MOUNT ROYAL
Chair: Teena A M Carnegie, Eastern Washington University
Alternate Chair: David J. Reamer, University of Arizona
Presenters: Michael S. Knievel, University of Wyoming and April M. Heaney, University of Wyoming and Meg V. B. Wood, University of Wyoming. "Offering a Contextual Approach to Writing Workshops in the Workplace."
Molly K. Johnson, University of Houston-Downtown and Carroll Ferguson Nardone, Sam Houston State University. "Driving the Workplace: Preparing Students to Define and Manipulate Information Technologies."
Ryan Hoover, Texas Tech University. "Fixing a Broken Window: What's Good (and Bad) about Windows Vista.."
SPECIAL EVENTS NAKISKA
RMMLA Overview FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 10:15AM-11:45AM in NAKISKA
Chair: Joan Grenier-Winther, Washington State University
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: Joan Grenier-Winther, Washington State University. "Drop-In Session for Information on RMMLA Journals, Executive Board, and Awards."
THEORY/CRITICISM/COMPARATIVE STUDIES REID
Deleuze and Guattari - I*Interbeing, IntermezzoFRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 10:15AM-11:45AM in REID
Chair: Daniel G. Anderson, George Mason University
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: Carol Siegel, Washington State University, Vancouver. "The Mystery of Child Molestation: A Deleuzian/Minoritarian Approach to Mysterious Skin and Mystic River."
Michael Kramp, University of Northern Colorado. "Deleuzian Love, Aesthetic Theory, and the Pulsations of Modernity."
Mark A. Pfeiffer, University of Georgia. "Exploring Minor Literature: Literary Production and Criticism in the Caribbean Sphere."
Eleanor Kaufman, University of California, Los Angeles. "Deleuze, Levi-Strauss, and the Inhuman Structures."
SPECIAL EVENTS RIDEAU
Interview EtiquetteTips on How to Succeed in a Professional InterviewFRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 10:15AM-11:45AM in RIDEAU
Chair: Joan Grenier-Winther, Washington State University
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: Maureen Smith, Washington State University. "Interview Etiquette."
11:45AM - 1:30PM

SPECIAL EVENTS BRITANNIA/BELAIRE
Luncheon Banquet & Keynote Speech by Elizabeth George(Pre-registration required by September 15)FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 11:45AM- 1:30PM in BRITANNIA/BELAIRE
Chair: Joan Grenier-Winther, Washington State University
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: Elizabeth George, Independent Scholar. "The Appeal of Crime."
1:45PM - 3:15PM

SPANISH & PORTUGUESE STUDIES ABERHART
Gender and Nineteenth-Century Spanish Fiction* FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1:45PM- 3:15PM in ABERHART
Chair: Mark A. Harpring, University of Puget Sound
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: Josefa Lago-Gra�a, University of Puget Sound. "'Adios r�os, adios fontes': Rosal�a de Castro and the Theme of Exile in Nineteenth-Century Galician Poetry.."
Collin McKinney, Bucknell University. "Models of Masculinity in Tormento and La de Bringas.."
Mar�a Francisca Paredes M�ndez, Western Washington University. "Conmociones dialogadas: la ambigüedad sexual y el sacerdocio en La Regenta de Leopoldo Alas 'Clarín'.."
PEDAGOGY BANFF
Practical Approaches to Teaching Literary Studies Abroad and Travel Classes - II*MethodologyFRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1:45PM- 3:15PM in BANFF
Chair: Barbara Z. Vielma, University of Texas, Pan American
Alternate Chair: Sue Schaper, Albertson College of Idaho
Presenters: Virginia N. Crank, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse. "I Swear Someone Was Standing behind Me: Teaching Gothic Literature in a Castle.."
Colleen A. Clemens, Lehigh University and Elizabeth D. Vogtsberger, Lehigh University. "Cape Town Meets the Classroom: Fostering Global Citizenship through Writing about Study Abroad.."
Sue Schaper, Albertson College of Idaho. "Twenty-first-Century Grand Tour.."
Mary Beth Pringle, Wright State University. "Touching What We Read: Literature on Semester at Sea.."
PEDAGOGY BARCLAY
Practical Approaches to Teaching Language - II*Connecting Reading and WritingFRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1:45PM- 3:15PM in BARCLAY
Chair: Claudia Becker, Saint Xavier University
Alternate Chair: Eva-Maria Metcalf, University of Mississippi
Presenters: Fabiana M. MacMillan, University of Calgary. "Paraphrasing and Reading Ability by Reference to a Standardized English Proficiency Test: Analytical Insights and Pedagogical Applications."
Claudia R. Kost, University of Alberta and Genevi�ve Maheux-Pelletier, University of Alberta. "Implementing Reading and Writing Practice in Beginning to Advanced Language Courses."
ENGLISH-US & CANADIAN STUDIES BONAVISTA
Flannery O'ConnorFlannery O'Connor North of the 49thFRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1:45PM- 3:15PM in BONAVISTA
Chair: Irwin H. Streight, Royal Military College of Canada
Presenters: Evelyn C. White, Independent Scholar. "In the Tradition: Flannery O'Connor, Alice Munro, and the Womanist Ethics of Alice Walker.."
Agnes T. Kramer-Hamstra, McMaster University. "'A Walking Panner-Rammer': Revisiting the Spectacle in Flannery O'Connor's 'Parker's Back.'."
Anita Helmbold, Taylor University College. "Grotesque Encounters: O'Connor in the Classroom.."
ENGLISH-US & CANADIAN STUDIES BROWNLEE
Chuck Palahniuk: Fight Club and Beyond - II*More Perspectives on Chuck PalahniukFRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1:45PM- 3:15PM in BROWNLEE
Chair: Lance A. Rubin, Arapahoe Community College
Alternate Chair: Christina C. Angel, University of Denver
Presenters: Giancarlo Pugliese, Independent Scholar. "Gender and Authenticity in the Novels of Chuck Palahniuk."
Brendan B. Van Voris, Texas A and M, Commerce. "Self-mutilation as Self-fashioning: Identity in Palahniuk�s Invisible Monsters."
Sean M. George, Texas A and M, Commerce. "Chuck Palahniuk�s Narrative of Trauma: Fight Club and Survivor."
WRITING PROGRAMS EAU CLAIRE NORTH
Creative Writing Roundtable with Elizabeth George FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1:45PM- 3:15PM in EAU CLAIRE NORTH
Chair: Tara Powell, University of South Carolina, Columbia
Presenters: Catherine Kunce, University of Colorado, Boulder and Tara Powell, University of South Carolina, Columbia and Liahna Armstrong, Central Washington University and Elizabeth George, Independent Scholar. "Panel Discussion on Teaching Creative Writing."
SPECIAL EVENTS JASPER BOARDROOM
CV Help Session (by reservation only)FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1:45PM- 3:15PM in JASPER BOARDROOM
Chair: Joan Grenier-Winther, Washington State University
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: Joan Grenier-Winther, Washington State University. "Those who sent in their CVs for this session will be contacted individually re: time/place.."
FRENCH-FRANCOPHONE STUDIES LAKE LOUISE
French Literature since 1800FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1:45PM- 3:15PM in LAKE LOUISE
Chair: Ruth Antosh, State University of New York, Fredonia
Alternate Chair: Catherine S. Marachi, Saint Mary's College of California
Presenters: Catherine S. Marachi, Saint Mary's College of California. "Le thème de l'incomplétude dans Sphinx d'Anne Garreta."
Francoise M. Belot, University of Washington. "Dangerous Minds: Consciousness and conscience in Zola's La bête humaine."
Herv� Georges Picherit, Stanford University. "Et Destouches devint C�line: Le Voyage et la m�tempsychose de L.-F. C�line."
Ruth Antosh, State University of New York, Fredonia. "Ange cornu or brebis perdue? Spirituality in Michel Tremblay's Works."
SPANISH & PORTUGUESE STUDIES LAKEVIEW
Latin American Literature and FilmFRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1:45PM- 3:15PM in LAKEVIEW
Chair: Sonia D. Barrios Tinoco, University of California Berkeley
Alternate Chair: Eduardo Alfonso Caro, Phoenix Country Day School
Presenters: Nayibe I. Berm�dez Barrios, University of Calgary. "El espacio en La ci�naga y La ni�a santa de Lucrecia Martel: Cronotopo, representaci�n y el sujeto l�sbico en el cine argentino.."
Bridget Christine Arce, University of California, Berkeley. "'Dios pinta como quiere': Representations of the Mulata in Mexican Literature and Film.."
Maria G. Cantu, University of Califonia, Berkeley. "Distance through Approximation: The Evolution of Esta��o Carandiru.."
Eduardo Alfonso Caro, Phoenix Country Day School. "Posfeminismo y globalizaci�n en el universo contrahegem�nico de Rosario Tijeras."
ENGLISH-BRITISH STUDIES LOUGHEED
Mary ShelleyFRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1:45PM- 3:15PM in LOUGHEED
Chair: Lucy Morrison, Salisbury University
Alternate Chair: Erin L. Webster-Garrett, Radford University
Presenters: Lucy Morrison, Salisbury University. "Are You Looking and Listening Carefully? Music in Mary Shelley's Works."
Liberty Star Stanavage, University of California, Santa Barbara. "Un-'Happy Endings' and Social Reform: Proserpine, Midas, and the Question of Change."
Erin L. Webster-Garrett, Radford University. "Refracting Cervantes: Border Crossings, Imposture, and Other Quixotic Interventions in Mary Shelley's The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck, A Romance."
Justine Alexandra McGhee, University of Rochester. "'Unhallowed Arts': Desolation and the Monstrous Other in Frankenstein."
ASIAN STUDIES MANNING
Gender, Physiognomy, and Memory: The Crossing of Genres in Premodern Chinese Literature* FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1:45PM- 3:15PM in MANNING
Chair: Manling Luo, Washington State University
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: Chun Mei, Central Washington University. "Corporeality and Historicity: Physiognomic Acts in Early Chinese Historical Writing."
Daniel Alan Fried, University of Alberta. "Discussant."
Yue Hong, Harvard University. "'Romantic Lover': A New Mode of Literati Self-Fashioning in the Ninth Century."
Jing Zhang, New College of Florida. "Summons of the Fragrant Soul: Contemporaneity, Authority, and the Invention of an Ideal Female Reader."
OTHER FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDIES MAYFAIR
Russian Language and Literature - I*Russian LanguageFRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1:45PM- 3:15PM in MAYFAIR
Chair: Maria Mikolchak, St. Cloud State University
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: Elena Y. Kostoglodova, University of Colorado, Boulder. "Making Russian a Hot Commodity: The Value of Creating Promotional Videos in Intermediate Classes."
David K. Hart, Brigham Young University. "Descriptive and Explanatory Adequacy: A Comparison of Three Morphological Approaches to the Russian Verbal System."
Katherine Moskver, U.S. Air Force Academy. "Using Register and Genre to Address the Needs of Advanced Learners of Russian: A Case Study."
TECHNICAL AND PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION MOUNT ROYAL
Theory and Research in Technical and Professional CommunicationRoundtable Discussion on Program AssessmentFRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1:45PM- 3:15PM in MOUNT ROYAL
Chair: Carroll Ferguson Nardone, Sam Houston State University
Presenters: Carroll Ferguson Nardone, Sam Houston State University. "Participants should bring success and challenges to the table to discuss with peers. Topics can range from research to pedagogy.."
GERMANIC STUDIES REID
Modern Austrian Literature and Culture Association (MALCA)+ FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1:45PM- 3:15PM in REID
Chair: Jeffrey Packer, Utah Valley State College
Alternate Chair: Jennifer Michaels, Grinnell College
Presenters: Isolde M. Mueller, Saint Cloud State University. "Die Geister, die ich rief! History and Haunting in Alois Hotschnig�s Ludwigs Zimmer.."
Jennifer Michaels, Grinnell College. "Cross-Cultural Encounters: Egon Erwin Kisch�s Entdeckungen in Mexico.."
Sean Ireton, University of Missouri, Columbia. "Adalbert Stifter�s Der Hochwald: Walden in the Bavarian Forest."
ENGLISH-BRITISH STUDIES RIDEAU
English Eighteenth-Century Literature - IPrivate and Public SpheresFRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1:45PM- 3:15PM in RIDEAU
Chair: Marianna D'Ezio, University of California Roma Study Center
Presenters: Susan C. McNeill-Bindon, University of Alberta. "Site / Sight and Sensibility: Socialization and the Gaze in The History of Ophelia.."
Jack W. Shear, Binghamton University, SUNY. "The Reader's Idle Talk: Gossip in Henry Fielding�s Tom Jones.."
Amanda J. Spuckler, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. "Veiled Yet Still Revealed: Costuming to Divert and Redirect the Passions in The Female Quixote.."
Kathleen J. Tamayo, St .John's University. "'Swift-Re-Fashioning': Private Women in the Masculinist Public Sphere."
3:30PM - 5:00PM

FILM STUDIES ABERHART
Australian Film and Literature: Beneath the Down UnderDown Under, CinematicallyFRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 3:30PM- 5:00PM in ABERHART
Chair: Liahna Armstrong, Central Washington University
Alternate Chair: Catherine Lasswell, University of Colorado, Boulder
Presenters: Catherine Lasswell, University of Colorado, Boulder. "Resisting Colonialism: The Aboriginal Secrets Denied."
Stephen D. Papson, St, Lawrence University. "Re-Writing the Imaginary: Vilification and Masculinity in Australian Cinema."
Sophie M M Sunderland, University of Western Australia. "Secular Suburbs/Spiritual Deserts: Space and Spirituality in Jane Campion's Holy Smoke and Sweetie."
ASIAN STUDIES BANFF
Modern Chinese Poetry - II*Contemporary Poetry in Chinese: Fringe, Avant-garde, and VirtualFRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 3:30PM- 5:00PM in BANFF
Chair: Andrea Lingenfelter, Independent Scholar
Presenters: Barbara Jenni, University of Zurich. "Ganga as a Key Metaphor in Xi Chuan's Oeuvre of the 1990s.."
Yi-Ping Tsou, National Central University. "Rub:Ineffable: Making Sense of Hsia Y�'s Transgressive Poetics."
Paul Manfredi, Pacific Lutheran University. "Modernism in Contemporary Chinese Poetry.."
Michael Martin Day, National University. "On Paper or Online, or Both?."
FRENCH-FRANCOPHONE STUDIES BARCLAY
Francophone Literature of Africa and the CaribbeanFRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 3:30PM- 5:00PM in BARCLAY
Chair: Maryann Weber, Missouri Southern State University
Alternate Chair: Monique M. Manopoulos, Idaho State University
Presenters: Maryann Weber, Missouri Southern State University. "Virtual Cinematography in Le Lys et le flamboyant by Henri Lopes.."
Janice Marie Morgan, Murray State University. "The [M]Other Tongue in Patrick Chamoiseau's Chemin d'�cole: Perfomative Linguistic Spaces in a French Creole Childhood.."
Anjanita Mahadoo, Rutgers University. "La cr�olisation � l'�le Maurice: Une mosa�que � couleurs distinctes.."
ENGLISH-US & CANADIAN STUDIES BROWNLEE
Sympo(e)sium - II*Poe's Far-Reaching InfluenceFRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 3:30PM- 5:00PM in BROWNLEE
Chair: Paul Milton, University of British Columbia, Okanagan
Alternate Chair: George Greenlee, Missouri Southern State University
Presenters: Joseph James Darowski, Michigan State University. "�It�s Uncanny!�: Affinities and Influences in the Works of Edgar Allan Poe and Joss Whedon."
Cliff Toliver, Missouri Southern State University. "Lovecraftian Poevianism: Edgar Allan Poe's Haunting of H. P. Lovecraft's Writing."
SPECIAL EVENTS EAU CLAIRE NORTH
Panel Discussion on Academic FreedomPolitical Problems in our ProfessionFRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 3:30PM- 5:00PM in EAU CLAIRE NORTH
Chair: Albrecht N. Classen, University of Arizona
Alternate Chair: Alan Blackstock, Utah State University
Presenters: Bruce W. Jorgensen, Brigham Young University and Albrecht N. Classen, University of Arizona and Alan Blackstock, Utah State University and David H. Chisholm, University of Arizona and Douglas Steward, Modern Language Association. "Panel Discussion on Academic Freedom."
LINGUISTICS LAKE LOUISE
Spanish and Portuguese LinguisticsFRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 3:30PM- 5:00PM in LAKE LOUISE
Chair: Scott M. Rex, Southern Oregon University
Alternate Chair: Felice Anne Coles, University of Mississippi
Presenters: Gabriela Vokic, Southern Methodist University. "Access to L1 Allophones in the Process of L2 Speech Production.."
Scott M. Rex, Southern Oregon University. "The Acquisition of Spaciotemporal Relationships in Spanish by Native English Speakers."
CLASSICAL STUDIES LAKEVIEW
Classical Rhetoric in Modern Contexts* FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 3:30PM- 5:00PM in LAKEVIEW
Chair: William J. McCarthy, Catholic University
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: Susan F. Joseph, Catholic University of America. "'None but the simplest words:' The function of repetition and variation in the radio plays of Samuel Beckett."
Mary G. Economou, Seneca College and Sheridan College. "Bewitching in the Odyssey: Circe's Stories."
Thelma Shinn Richard, Arizona State University. "Opposing Rhetorical Strategies of Two Survivors: Henry James�s The Sacred Fount and Octavia E. Butler�s Fledgling.."
William J. McCarthy, Catholic University. "'Orphistic' Montage and Paronomasia in the Orpheus Films of Cocteau, Camus, and Diegues."
ENGLISH-BRITISH STUDIES LOUGHEED
English Seventeenth-Century LiteratureFRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 3:30PM- 5:00PM in LOUGHEED
Chair: Daniel G. Anderson, George Mason University
Alternate Chair: Quentin David Vieregge, University of South Florida
Presenters: Daniel G. Anderson, George Mason University. "Timon of Athens and the Contagious Body Politic."
Robert P. Eggleston, University of British Columbia, Okanagan. "'A fortnight�s sickness did this play produce': Edward Ravenscroft and his Plays."
Quentin David Vieregge, University of South Florida. "The Scathing and Hapless Fools: A Reinterpretation of Shylock and Malvolio as Fools."
Dosia Anne Reichardt, James Cook University. "Dead Parrots and Smoking Dunnies: The Seventeenth-Century Comic Elegy."
OTHER FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDIES MANNING
Russian Language and Literature - II*Russian LiteratureFRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 3:30PM- 5:00PM in MANNING
Chair: Maria Mikolchak, St. Cloud State University
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: Michael S. Lavers, Brigham Young University. "Feminine Russia in the Patriotic Poetry of Boris Slutsky."
Mark Purves, Brigham Young University. "Zhivoi tovar: The Object of Ownership in Chekhov�s Prose."
Emily M. Scott, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park. "Women of Flesh and Blood: Providing Feminine Agency without the Loss of God in Dostoevsky�s Crime and Punishment."
GENDER STUDIES MAYFAIR
Race and Gender in Literature and Film* FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 3:30PM- 5:00PM in MAYFAIR
Chair: DoVeanna S. Fulton, University of Alabama
Alternate Chair: Carmen Lanette Phelps, Longwood University
Presenters: Stephanie Serrano, Arizona State University. "Theorizing Real Women Have Curves: Generational Performance and Communal Hybridity."
Anne Moore, University of Calgary. "Martha, Not Christ: Women, Food, and Religion in Film."
Rachel Ritterbusch, Shepherd University. "Depictions of Female Sexuality in Contemporary French Cinema: The Case of Anne Fontaine."
Charity Fox, George Washington University. "'Tell him what I done done for this family': Manipulations and Limitations of (White) Guilt in Ernest Gaines� A Lesson Before Dying."
ENGLISH-US & CANADIAN STUDIES NAKISKA
A Passion for Freedom: Alice Munro and Alice Walker* FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 3:30PM- 5:00PM in NAKISKA
Chair: Evelyn C. White, Independent Scholar
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: Evelyn C. White, Independent Scholar. "A Passion for Freedom: Alice Munro and Alice Walker."
GENERAL TOPICS REID
RMMLA Poets Read their WorksFRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 3:30PM- 5:00PM in REID
Chair: Liz C. Robbins, Flagler College
Presenters: Siobhan Scarry, University at Buffalo, SUNY and Thomas E. Caraway, University of North Dakota and Jeffrey G. Dodd, Gonzaga University and Liz C. Robbins, Flagler College. "Original Works."
FILM STUDIES RIDEAU
Horror Film - II*Horror, Terrorism, and AnxietyFRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 3:30PM- 5:00PM in RIDEAU
Chair: Tony J. Perrello, California State University, Stanislaus
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: John N. Fried, Duquesne University. "Look Ma, No Chainsaw: Genre Repetition and Reinvention in Eli Roth�s Cabin Fever.."
Kyle W. Bishop, University of Arizona. "The Idle Proletariat: Dawn of the Dead and the Loss of Productive Labor.."
Heide Crawford, University of Kansas. "The Vampire as a Metaphor for Domestic Terrorism in Werner Herzog�s Horror Film Nosferatu: Phantom of the Night.."
David W. Briggs, University of Alberta. "Route 666: The Horror of the Highway.."
5:15PM - 6:30PM

SPECIAL EVENTS BELAIRE
Meet the University of Calgary Department of EnglishInformal Reception PLUS Presentation on a Newly Discovered 17th c. Dramatic ManuscriptFRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 5:15PM- 6:30PM in BELAIRE
Chair: Mary Polito, University of Calgary
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: Mary Polito, University of Calgary and Susan Rudy, University of Calgary. "Informal Reception, with Wine Bar -- Presentation on 17th c. Dramatic Manuscript in University of Calgary Special Collections."
7:00PM - 8:30PM

GERMANIC STUDIES BANFF
Creative Writing in German - Readings by Authors* FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 7:00PM- 8:30PM in BANFF
Chair: John Antosh, State University of New York, Fredonia
Alternate Chair: Albrecht N. Classen, University of Arizona
Presenters: Lisa Kahn, Emerita Scholar and Albrecht N. Classen, University of Arizona and Irmgard Hunt, Colorado State University and Claudia Becker, Saint Xavier University. "."
9:00PM -11:00PM

SPECIAL EVENTS MAYFAIR
Film Showing - Friday Evening - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 9:00PM-11:00PM in MAYFAIR
Chair: Joan Grenier-Winther, Washington State University
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: RMMLA Secretariat 1, Washington State University. "TBA."
SATURDAY,  OCTOBER 6
7:30AM - 9:00AM

SPECIAL EVENTS BONAVISTA
Continental Breakfast in Bonavista Room, 7:30-9:00 AM SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 7:30AM- 9:00AM in BONAVISTA
Chair: Joan Grenier-Winther, Washington State University
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: Joan Grenier-Winther, Washington State University. "Continental Breakfast sponsored by the University of Calgary."
REGISTRATION SOUTH FOYER
Convention Check-In & On-Site Registration - SaturdaySATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 7:30AM-12:00PM in SOUTH FOYER
Chair: Joan Grenier-Winther, Washington State University
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: RMMLA Secretariat 1, Washington State University. "Check-In."
8:00AM - 1:00PM

EXHIBITS GRAND FOYER
Book/Media Exhibits & Book Review Table - Saturday SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 8:00AM- 1:00PM in GRAND FOYER
Chair: Joan Grenier-Winther, Washington State University
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: RMMLA Secretariat 1, Washington State University. "Book/Media Exhibits & Book Review Table."
8:30AM -10:00AM

PEDAGOGY BANFF
Teaching Feminist Perspectives in the ClassroomFeminist Perspectives and PedagogiesSATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 8:30AM-10:00AM in BANFF
Chair: Wendy Koenig, Middle Tennessee State University
Alternate Chair: Reid T. Sagara, University of Washington
Presenters: Reid T. Sagara, University of Washington. "Teacher Positionality and the Politics of Feminist Investment.."
Diandra M. Oliver, University of Northern British Columbia and Jeremy D. Stewart, University of Northern British Columbia. "We Don't Need Utopia for This to Happen: Using Art and Lifestyle as a Means of Resistance.."
Diane K. Neu, Boise State University. "Passionate Awakening: Recreating Pride and Prejudice for a Modern Day Audience.."
Wendy Koenig, Middle Tennessee State University and Marsha G. Morrison, Independent Scholar. "Feminism in the Flesh: Teaching the 'Body' in Twentieth-century Art.."
GENDER STUDIES BARCLAY
Women's Voices in PoetrySATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 8:30AM-10:00AM in BARCLAY
Chair: Mary Kate Azcuy, Monmouth University
Alternate Chair: H. Marlowe Daly-Galeano, University of Arizona
Presenters: Mary C. Pinard, Babson College. "Broken Prayer for the Book-Length Sonnet Sequence: Reinvention and Expansion in Ellen Bryant Voigt's Kyrie.."
Mary Kate Azcuy, Monmouth University. "Body Image and Poetry: Louise Gluck�s Echoes.."
Janella Dawn Moy, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville. "Robert Lowell�s History: Poetic Power Play or Making Space for Women."
ENGLISH-US & CANADIAN STUDIES BROWNLEE
Literature of the North: Canada and Alaska* SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 8:30AM-10:00AM in BROWNLEE
Chair: Paul Milton, University of British Columbia, Okanagan
Alternate Chair: Jerome W. Stueart, Independent Scholar
Presenters: Allison Katherine Athens, University of California, Santa Cruz Dept. of Lit.. "Hallucinating Sam McGee: Literature and the Alaskan Imaginary."
Marianne Beauvilain, Mount Royal College. "Reading Nancy Huston in Calgary."
Lalage Grauer, University of British Columbia, Okanagan. "The Ethic of Non-Interference in Eden Robinson�s Monkey Beach."
SPECIAL EVENTS EAU CLAIRE NORTH
RMMLA Open Forum & Business Meeting (Open Meeting)Anti-Plagiarism Services and Copyright InfringementSATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 8:30AM-10:00AM in EAU CLAIRE NORTH
Chair: Joan Grenier-Winther, Washington State University
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: Joan Grenier-Winther, Washington State University and Jennifer Michaels, Grinnell College. "Open Forum on Anti-Plagiarism Services and Copyright Infringement / Business Meeting."
THEORY/CRITICISM/COMPARATIVE STUDIES EAU CLAIRE SOUTH
French Cultural and Literary TheorySATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 8:30AM-10:00AM in EAU CLAIRE SOUTH
Chair: Debra J. Drummond, Utah Valley State College
Alternate Chair: Christa Albrecht-Crane, Utah Valley State College
Presenters: Margaret Heady, Eastern Washington University. "From Marxism to Postmodernism: Postcolonial Theory in the Francophone Caribbean.."
Karin Anderson, Utah Valley State College. "Non-Identical Twins: Mis-speaking the Self in Fanon and deBeauvoir.."
Christa Albrecht-Crane, Utah Valley State College. "Therefore, to Encounter Derrida.."
Fran�oise Cevaer, University of the West Indies, Mona (Jamaica). "Sur les traces de Chester Himes: Intertextualité et identité transnationale dans le polar francophone.."
PEDAGOGY LAKE LOUISE
Visible Knowledge Project* SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 8:30AM-10:00AM in LAKE LOUISE
Chair: Michael Delahoyde, Washington State University
Alternate Chair: Carol Anelli, Washington State University
Presenters: Cynthia Cavanaugh, Kean University. "A Visual Approach to Teaching My �ntonia."
Carol Anelli, Washington State University. "Interdisciplinary Approaches with Historical Scientific Racism."
Regina McMenomy, Washington State University. "Using Commercials in the Composition Classroom."
Michael Delahoyde, Washington State University. "Shake-speare's The Winter's Tale as Tudor Family Allegory."
FRENCH-FRANCOPHONE STUDIES LAKEVIEW
Octave Mirbeau: From Life to Fiction* SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 8:30AM-10:00AM in LAKEVIEW
Chair: Anna Gural-Migdal, University of Alberta
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: Aleksandra Gruzinska, Arizona State University. "Church and Country: The Calvary of Octave Mirbeau�s S�bastien Roch (1890)."
Romain Chareyron, University of Alberta. "La nouvelle figure du monstre: Pour une s�miotique de la peau dans Le Jardin des supplices d�Octave Mirbeau et Le Silence des agneaux de Jonathan Demme."
Anna Gural-Migdal, University of Alberta. "La 628-E8 de Mirbeau et le road movie."
ASIAN STUDIES MAYFAIR
Asian Comparative Literature and Film- II*Interpreting Sex and Violence in Postwar JapanSATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 8:30AM-10:00AM in MAYFAIR
Chair: David C. Stahl, Binghamton University, SUNY
Presenters: Masashi Ichiki, Chikushi Jogakuen University. "De-mystifying the War: Reading Japanese Yakuza Films.."
David C. Stahl, Binghamton University, SUNY. "Sins of the Father, Sins of the Son: Transgenerational Transgression in Imamura Sh�hei�s Vengeance is Mine.."
Kate Elizabeth Taylor, University of Bangor. "Legacy of a Violent Man: Chi to Hone and the Trauma of Korean-Japanese Existence.."
GENERAL TOPICS MOUNT ROYAL
Fashion and Aesthetics*Using Material Culture to Theorize Art and SubjectivitySATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 8:30AM-10:00AM in MOUNT ROYAL
Chair: Paul L. Fortunato, University of Houston, Downtown
Alternate Chair: Ilya Parkins, Trent University
Presenters: Kara Tennant, Cardiff University. "The �Mauve Measles': Fashion, Aniline Dyes and the Mid-Victorian Consumer."
Sara Tatyana Bernstein, University of California, Davis and Rachel A. Harris, Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising. "Suit/able for Ladies: Fashion, Fiction and Women�s Magazines in Nineteenth-Century America."
Whitney L. Braun, University of California, Los Angeles. "The Construction of the Natural: Fashion and Taste in Burney, Bourdieu, and Barthes."
Marianna D'Ezio, University of California Roma Study Center. "The Dress-Maker�s Perspective on Consumerism in Frances Burney�s Novels."
FILM STUDIES RIDEAU
The Cinema of Alfred Hitchcock* SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 8:30AM-10:00AM in RIDEAU
Chair: Liahna Armstrong, Central Washington University
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: David P. Foster, University of Alberta. "The Vertigo of Paratexts: Reading and Re-reading Hitchcock in La Jetee, Sans Soleil, and Twelve Monkeys."
Soophia Ahmad, Aligarh Muslim University. "Strangers on a Train: Novel and Film as Constructors of a Social Reality."
Michael Vincent Dow, New York University. "The Corpse Bride: Narrative and Ideological Reversion at the Center of Hitchcock's Psycho."
10:15AM -11:45AM

PEDAGOGY BANFF
Teaching Foreign Languages - II*Communicating IdeasSATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 10:15AM-11:45AM in BANFF
Chair: Louise E. Stoehr, Stephen F. Austin State University
Alternate Chair: Evelyn Wisbey, University of Kansas
Presenters: Cecilia Dolores Sessarego, Mount Royal College. "Pragmatic Language Instruction in the Foreign Language Classroom.."
Claudia Becker, Saint Xavier University. "Integrating Writing as a Process and Social Act into Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Foreign Language Courses: Preliminary Findings.."
ENGLISH-BRITISH STUDIES BROWNLEE
Ben Jonson in the Twenty-first Century* SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 10:15AM-11:45AM in BROWNLEE
Chair: Barbara Mather Cobb, Murray State University
Alternate Chair: Heather C. Easterling, Gonzaga University
Presenters: Heather C. Easterling, Gonzaga University. "�What men should do�: Jonson�s Epicene Men and Urban Language."
Amanda Penlington, University of the West of England. "�Merry, and as full of noise, as sport�: Jonson and the Royal Shakespeare Company."
TECHNICAL AND PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION EAU CLAIRE NORTH
Association of Teachers of Technical Writing (ATTW)+ SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 10:15AM-11:45AM in EAU CLAIRE NORTH
Chair: Shelley Thomas, Weber State University
Alternate Chair: Mali Subbiah, Weber State University
Presenters: Shelley Thomas, Weber State University. "ATTW Business Meeting."
WRITING PROGRAMS EAU CLAIRE SOUTH
Writing ProgramsOutsourcing Writing Instruction? Perspectives from Brigham Young UniversitySATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 10:15AM-11:45AM in EAU CLAIRE SOUTH
Chair: Gary L. Hatch, Brigham Young University
Alternate Chair: George Greenlee, Missouri Southern State University
Presenters: Gary L. Hatch, Brigham Young University. "What Do Writing Program Administrators Need to Know about AP English: A Report from the Inside."
Kristine Hansen, Brigham Young University. "Minding the Gap: Toward Better Articulation of College, High School, and Independently Provided College Writing Curricula."
Deirdre Murray Paulsen, Brigham Young University and Colleen K. Whitley, Brigham Young University. "The Effect of AP English on Students' Perceptions of their Ability as Writers: A Study of BYU Honors Students."
Anna C. Lewis, Brigham Young University. "Capitalizing on the Writing Conference, or, How to Spend Less Time Reading Student Papers."
GERMANIC STUDIES LAKE LOUISE
Germany since 1990* SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 10:15AM-11:45AM in LAKE LOUISE
Chair: Cornelius Partsch, Western Washington University
Alternate Chair: Gabriele Eckart, Southeast Missouri State University
Presenters: Selma Erdogdu, University of Virginia. "The Self and the Other? Depictions of the Orient in �zdamar's Die Br�cke vom Goldenen Horn and Zaimoglu's Liebesmale, scharlachrot.."
Jill Scott, Queens University. "9/11 or 11/9? Reversing September 11 and Reconciling Terror in Katherina Hacker�s Die Habenichtse, Ian McEwan�s Saturday, and Pia Frankenberg�s Nora.."
Ingo R. Stoehr, Kilgore College. "Redemption and Epiphanies in Contemporary German Literature.."
Tim Gruenewald, University of Washington. "Projecting Whiteness on Africa.."
GENERAL TOPICS LAKEVIEW
Literature for Children and Young Adults - II*Contemporary LiteratureSATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 10:15AM-11:45AM in LAKEVIEW
Chair: Sonja Allen, Queen's University
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: Sonja Allen, Queen's University. "Revealing the Deeper Meaning of Erich Kästner's Emil and the Detectives: Children's Literature as a Pedagogical Tool."
Anja S. Shepela, University of Minnesota. "Fairy Tales as a Political Tool for Building Nationalism."
PEDAGOGY MAYFAIR
Practical Approaches to Teaching Literary Studies Abroad and Travel Classes - I*Variant PedagogiesSATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 10:15AM-11:45AM in MAYFAIR
Chair: Barbara Z. Vielma, University of Texas, Pan American
Alternate Chair: Sue Schaper, Albertson College of Idaho
Presenters: Idoia Elola, Texas Tech University and Curtis Bauer, Texas Tech University. "Creating Reflective Spaces in Study Abroad Courses.."
Lucy M. Stamp, Landmark College. "Designing Study Abroad Courses for College Students with Learning Disabilities and/or AD/HD.."
Waldemar Zacharasiewicz, University of Vienna. "Encounters with Representative Writers on their Home Turf."
Anne T. Higgins, Simon Fraser University. "Learning about the City: How and Why Culture Changed after the Black Death.."
GENERAL TOPICS MOUNT ROYAL
Literature and Trauma*Testimony and Witness in Holocaust and Ethnic American LiteratureSATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 10:15AM-11:45AM in MOUNT ROYAL
Chair: Joy Viveros, Whitman College
Alternate Chair: Nancy L. Van Styvendale, University of Alberta
Presenters: Jeanie M. Tietjen, Brandeis University. "�Made to touch my past�: Representations of Mass Violence in the Fiction of Gayl Jones, Tadeusz Borowski, and Charlotte Delbo."
Karen E H Skinazi, University of Alberta. "Sparks of New Life: Third Generation Creativity in Jonathan Safran Foer�s Everything is Illuminated."
Nancy L. Van Styvendale, University of Alberta. "Witnessing the Intersection of �Loss� and �Absence� in Colonial Trauma Narratives."
Joy Viveros, Whitman College. "Penumbral Witnesses: Theorizing Positionalities in Holocaust and Slave Narratives."
GENDER STUDIES RIDEAU
Women's Caucus SeminarGendered 'I's in Literature and FilmSATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 10:15AM-11:45AM in RIDEAU
Chair: Lisa C. Byrd, University of Tennessee
Presenters: Precious McKenzie-Stearns, University of South Florida. "Mary Kingsley: 'Set yourself to gain personal power.'."
Cheryl Hindrichs, Boise State University. "Woman's Cinematic Eye/I: Germaine Dulac's The Smiling Madame Beudet and Virginia Woolf's 'Street Haunting.'."
Lisa C. Byrd, University of Tennessee. "The 'I' of the Beholder: Jonson's Layered Perspective in the Masque of Beauty.."
ITALIAN STUDIES WATERTON
Italian-American Writers SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 10:15AM-11:45AM in WATERTON
Chair: Marianna D'Ezio, University of California Roma Study Center
Presenters: Marie Robinson, Morgan State University. "The Theme of the Unspoken within Italian-American Culture: A Cultural Approach of Christopher Castellani's The Saint of Lost Things.."
JoAnne Ruvoli, University of Illinois, Chicago. "Italy to Canada: Immigration and Memory in Maria Ardizzi�s Made in Italy and Women and Lovers.."
Robert Cote, University of Arizona. "La novella non � bella se non c�� la giuntarella. [The story isn�t good if it doesn�t have its moral.]: Italian-American Self-Fashioning and the Oral Narrative Tradition.."
Jessica L. Maucione, Washington State University. "Negotiating the Politics in/of (White) Ethnic America in Carole Maso�s Ghost Dance.."
11:45AM - 1:30PM

GENDER STUDIES BONAVISTA
Women's Caucus Luncheon and Guest Speaker+Women's Caucus Luncheon w/ Guest Speaker Kirsten Pullen, University of CalgarySATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 11:45AM- 1:30PM in BONAVISTA
Chair: Lisa C. Byrd, University of Tennessee
Presenters: Kirsten Pullen, University of Calgary. "Spectacular Bodies, Spectacular Women: Can Celebrities Be Role Models for Academic Women?."
SPECIAL EVENTS ESSENCE RESTAURANT
RMMLA Editorial Board Meeting (Closed Meeting)SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 11:45AM- 1:30PM in ESSENCE RESTAURANT
Chair: Joan Grenier-Winther, Washington State University
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: Sabine Davis, Washington State University. "RMMLA Editorial Board Meeting."
12:00PM - 1:30PM

CLASSICAL STUDIES ABERHART
Classical Language and Literature: LatinSATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 12:00PM- 1:30PM in ABERHART
Chair: Judith Lynn Sebesta, University of South Dakota, Vermillion
Alternate Chair: Victor Castellani, University of Denver
Presenters: Amy Elva Kaiulani Vail, Baylor University. "Diversa Simulatione: Illusion and Reality in Tacitus' Depiction of Agrippina�s Downfall.."
Jeremy T. Low, University of Calgary. "That Digressive Lucan: A Look at Book 9 of his Bellum Civile.."
Judith Lynn Sebesta, University of South Dakota, Vermillion. "To Breastfeed or Not: A Curious Argument by the Philosopher Favorinus.."
ASIAN STUDIES BANFF
Chinese Literature and Film since 1900 - II*Articulating Experiences of the Margins: Tibet, Taiwan and Hong Kong in Chinese-Language LiteratureSATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 12:00PM- 1:30PM in BANFF
Chair: G�raldine A. Fiss, Harvard University
Alternate Chair: Andrea Lingenfelter, Independent Scholar
Presenters: Andrea Lingenfelter, Independent Scholar. "Margin as Sanctuary in Annie Baobei's Padma."
Daniel Alan Fried, University of Alberta. "Nationalism, Nostalgia and Necrology in the Taiwanese Poetics of Wang Song."
Wei Yang, Yale University. "Body, Race, and Gender: Forms of Identity in Shi Shuqing's Hong Kong Trilogy."
GENERAL TOPICS BARCLAY
Disability Studies Approaches to Modernist Literature* SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 12:00PM- 1:30PM in BARCLAY
Chair: Cara L. Cardinale, University of California, Riverside
Presenters: Drennan Spitzer, Castleton State College. "The Wandering Uterus: Illness, Hysteria, and the Grotesque Body in Charlotte Perkins Gillman's 'The Yellow Wallpaper.'."
Heather Garrison, East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania. "Disability as a Sociocultural Construct in Literature: Of Mice and Men ."
Cara L. Cardinale, University of California, Riverside. "�The Body Intervenes�: Virginia Woolf, Stream of Consciousness and Sign Language.."
Michael H. Chase-Levenson, University of Virginia. "�Completeness� as �Goodness�: The Cycle of the Body in Joyce�s Ulysses.."
ENGLISH-BRITISH STUDIES BROWNLEE
English Eighteenth-Century Literature - II*Literary Influences and IntersectionsSATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 12:00PM- 1:30PM in BROWNLEE
Chair: Marianna D'Ezio, University of California Roma Study Center
Presenters: Sharon M. Hekman, Northern Illinois University. "The Seasons Compared: A Re-Evaluation of Thomson and Hinchliffe.."
Lora A. ONeil, Salisbury University. "Thomson�s Romantic Influence.."
Samantha Tomasetto, Roehampton University, London. "Self and Identity: Montaigne and Addison."
Katherine E. Zelinsky, University of Calgary. "�Full Many a Flower�: Cross-Sexual Homages in Thomas Gray�s �Elegy�.."
SPECIAL EVENTS EAU CLAIRE NORTH
Graduate Student ForumThe Rhetoric of Elections and How One Might Integrate Political Discourse into the CurriculumSATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 12:00PM- 1:30PM in EAU CLAIRE NORTH
Chair: Joan Grenier-Winther, Washington State University
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: Beverly B. Zimmerman, Brigham Young University and Marie I. Drews, Washington State University and Javier F. Gonzalez, University of Colorado, Boulder and Gary L. Hatch, Brigham Young University. "Roundtable Discussion on the Rhetoric of Elections."
GERMANIC STUDIES EAU CLAIRE SOUTH
German Literature since 1900SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 12:00PM- 1:30PM in EAU CLAIRE SOUTH
Chair: Katja Fullard, University of Saint Thomas
Alternate Chair: Gabriele Eckart, Southeast Missouri State University
Presenters: Regine Kroh, University of Kansas. "An Outcast Beyond Exile: The Reflections on Exile in Klaus Mann's Autobiography Der Wendepunkt.."
David Michael Gruenbaum, University of Kansas. "Der Katzenkomplex in Wolfdietrich Schnurres Die Tat: Auswirkungen eines schuldbeladenen Gewissens der Mitl�uferschuld.."
Kim Fordham, University of Alberta, Augustana. "Loss of Voice after Violence in Selected Works of Mariella Mehr."
Gabriele Eckart, Southeast Missouri State University. "Don Juan in GDR Literature.."
GENERAL TOPICS LAKE LOUISE
Problems of Translation from Foreign LanguagesSATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 12:00PM- 1:30PM in LAKE LOUISE
Chair: James A. Wojtaszek, University of Minnesota, Morris
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: Lorin Donald Card, University of British Columbia, Okanagan. "Evaluating Literary Translations."
Stefan F. Mummert, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. "In Between Wor(l)ds: Translating the East German Post-Wende Literature."
Michelle A. Cipriano-Risner, Wright State University. "Subtitling Culture and History in El laberinto del fauno.."
Edith Borchardt, University of Minnesota, Morris. "Translating Trakl: �Lost in Translation� or �Found in Translation�?."
LINGUISTICS LAKEVIEW
Second Language AcquisitionSATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 12:00PM- 1:30PM in LAKEVIEW
Chair: Gabriela Vokic, Southern Methodist University
Alternate Chair: Scott M. Rex, Southern Oregon University
Presenters: Yi Lin, University of Windsor. "A New Alternative for ESL Teachers: Culturally Responsive Communicative Language Teaching (CRCLT).."
Peter B. Swanson, Georgia State University and Karen Weller, George Mason University and Carmen Schlig, Georgia State University. "What is the Beginners� Linguistic Level? Assessing Emerging Proficiency.."
Samuel Francis, College of Charleston. "Grammatical, Lexical and Cultural Proficiencies of Beginning-level Students of Spanish in an Intensive Summer Immersion Program.."
PEDAGOGY MAYFAIR
Teaching EnglishSATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 12:00PM- 1:30PM in MAYFAIR
Chair: Breyan N. Strickler, Loras College
Alternate Chair: Jack W. Shear, Binghamton University, SUNY
Presenters: Abbey J. Kanzig, Bowling Green State University. "Validating the Vernacular: (Re)Placing the Displaced Dialects.."
Beth Ann McGowan, Rockford College. "Quantum Writing: A New Rhetoric Pedagogy Using Place-Based, CBL Technologies.."
Julie Barlow, Weber State University. "A Global Family Portrait.."
Jayne W. Higgins, Rockford College. "Building a Classroom 'Living Database.'."
GENERAL TOPICS MOUNT ROYAL
Literature and Fashion*Clothing as the Lens Through Which to Understand Literary TextsSATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 12:00PM- 1:30PM in MOUNT ROYAL
Chair: Catherine R. Mintler, University of Illinois, Chicago
Alternate Chair: Sara Tatyana Bernstein, University of California, Davis
Presenters: Carla Marie Rivera, University of Southern California. "Quitting the Veil: Narrative (Dis)Guise in Charlotte Lennox's The Female Quixote .."
Elizabeth Coggin Womack, Rice University. "Obfuscations on Monmouth Street: Second Hand Clothing in Dickens's Little Dorrit and Sketches by Boz .."
Martha E. Davis, Catholic University of America. "Un/dressing for Men in Emilia Pardo Bazan's Later Short Stories (1901-1921)."
Lois J. Gilmore, Bucks County Community College. "Marianne Moore and the Magical Green Suit: Fashion, Friendship and the Construction of Identity.."
ENGLISH-US & CANADIAN STUDIES RIDEAU
Women Writers and the North American Frontier* SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 12:00PM- 1:30PM in RIDEAU
Chair: Sara Smilko, University of Colorado, Boulder
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: Janna Marie Knittel, Saint Cloud State University. "'I know what an Indian woman can do': Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins as Cultural Mediator in Life among the Piutes."
Sara Smilko, University of Colorado, Boulder. "'Turning up when least expected': Constance Fenimore Woolson and Native American History."
Emily Fawcett, Independent Scholar. "'Two Fighting Halves': American Frontiers in Muriel Rukeyser�s The Book of the Dead."
2:00PM -10:00PM

SPECIAL EVENTS HOTEL LOBBY
Excursion - Banff w/Optional High Tea at Banff Springs Hotel (By reservation only) SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2:00PM-10:00PM in HOTEL LOBBY
Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 1, Washington State University
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: RMMLA Secretariat 1, Washington State University. "Bus Transportation to Banff - Departure from Hotel Lobby at 2:00 PM, Return approx. 10:00 PM."
SPECIAL EVENTS HOTEL LOBBY
Excursion - Calgary City Tour (By reservation only) SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2:00PM- 6:00PM in HOTEL LOBBY
Chair: Joan Grenier-Winther, Washington State University
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: RMMLA Secretariat 1, Washington State University. "Calgary City Tour - Departure from Hotel Lobby at 2:00 PM, Return approx. 6:00 PM."
9:00PM -11:00PM

SPECIAL EVENTS MAYFAIR
Film Showing - Saturday Evening - The Lives of Others (2006)In German, with English SubtitlesSATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 9:00PM-11:00PM in MAYFAIR
Chair: Albrecht N. Classen, University of Arizona
Alternate Chair: RMMLA Secretariat 2, Washington State University
Presenters: Albrecht N. Classen, University of Arizona. "The Lives of Others (2006; Germany; Director, Florien Hinkle von Donnersmarck)."

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61st Annual RMMLA Convention Calgary, Alberta, Canada ~ October 4-6, 2007

Convention Program

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6

61st Annual RMMLA Convention
Calgary, Alberta, Canada ~ October 4-6, 2007