Here is the program for the Michigan College English Association Conference on October 5, 2019 at Michigan State University in Bessey Hall.
Michigan College English Association 2019 Conference
Theme: Borders, Walls, and Bridges
Saturday, October 5, 2019
Michigan State University, Bessey Hall
434 Farm Lane, East Lansing MI 48824
8:30 am—9:30 am
Registration (continues throughout the conference) in 1st Floor Hallway
9:30 am—10:45 am
Session 1A – Speak-Out Poetry in Room 105
Moderator: Joyce Meier
A Piece of Creative Non-Fiction, with Imbedded Poems–David Settle, Grand Rapids Community College
A Poetry Reading–Cheryl Caesar, Michigan State University
Selection of poems from Quiet Woman–Katrina Kalisz, Grand Rapids Community College
“The Trump Dunciad” and Other Humorous Poems–Janet Ruth Heller, President of the Michigan College English Association
Session 1B – Connecting Undergraduates to Research in Room 106
Moderator:
Undergraduate Research as the Bridge between Triggering Feminist Aesthetics in the Classroom and Students’ Lived Experiences–Nicole McCleese, Michigan State University; Tabitha Zivku, Michigan State University; Hannah Rosemurgy, Michigan State University
Session 1C – Testimonials and Bridges in Room 111
Moderator:
Poems from Imaginary Homeland–Jenna Bazzell, Monroe Community College
Poetry Reading–Margaux Griffith, Michigan State University
“The Testimony of Ebb Cade, Injected without His Knowledge with
Plutonium-239 by Doctors of the Manhattan Project” (& other poems)– John Blair, Texas State University
Reading from “Bridge the Grand” (a short story)–Curtis Van Donkelaar, Michigan State University
11:00 am—12:15 pm
Session 2A– Justice, Stereotypes, and Boundaries in Room 105
Moderator: Lori Burlingame
Building Bridges: Restorative Tribal Justice in Louise Erdrich’s LaRose— Lori Burlingame, Eastern Michigan University
Muslim Women: Individualism and Stereotypes–Mary Assel, Henry Ford Community College
Erased from History: The “Vanishing Indian” as Perpetuated by Misrepresentation–David Eltz, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Riddle of the Reed: Crossing Medieval Boundaries of Space and Speech– Ilse Schweitzer Van Donkelaar, Michigan State University
Session 2B – Poetry Reading in Room 106
Moderator: Cheryl Caesar
“Autonomy and the Human Collection” (poems)–Megan Jones, Wayne State University
Selections from Magician Lake: A Memoir–Sarah J. Smith, Lake Michigan College
Poems (both published and new)–Nancy Owen Nelson, Henry Ford Community College
Reading from novel The Night of the Red Moon–Gonzalo Munévar, Lawrence Technological University
Session 2C – Stretching Boundaries (A Poetry Reading) in Room 111
Moderator: Joyce Meier
Setting and Stretching Boundaries, Bridging to Family and the Natural World–Mary Anna Kruch, Northern Michigan University; Jan Shoemaker, independent scholar; Rosalie Sanara Petrouske, Lansing Community College; Janine Certo, Michigan State University
12:30 pm—1:15 pm — Lunch in Room 106
1:15 pm–2018 Conference Guest Speaker in Room 106
Dennis Hinrichsen, former Lansing Poet Laureate
Also, thank you to the Lansing Refugee Development Center for their assistance in setting up and arranging for the Refuge Lansing exhibit to be at our conference!
1:45 pm—3:00 pm
Session 3A – Walls & Bridges in Room 105
Moderator: Joyce Meier
The Third Wall–Edward Lessor, Colorado State University
On Working with International Students in FYW and Beyond–Joyce Meier, Michigan State University
Sharing Stories: Using Narratives to Help Students Build Bridges between the Literate Practices of Home and School–Tina Arduini, Texas State University
What Could the Commons Mean for Community Colleges Today?– Tim Deines, Lansing Community College
Session 3B – Diaspora and Identities in Room 106
Moderator: Janet Ruth Heller
The Contemporary Iraqi Poetry Diaspora–Wijdan Alsayegh, University of Michigan
Tom Zimmerman, Washington Community College–Ecuador is Black: Afro-Ecuadorian Literary Resistance in Drums Under My Skin–Gabriella Davis, Grand Valley State University
Session 3C – Conversation, Past & Present in Room 111
Moderator: Cheryl Caesar
Assessing ‘Good English’ for First-Year Writing Placement: Examining the 1935 Michigan Committee on the Articulation of High School and College English–Andrew Moos, University of Michigan
Pomodoros in the Classroom–Eric Hood, Michigan State University
Increasing Student Imagination and Specificity of Language in Creative Writing Using Virtual Reality–Rebekah Keaton, Niagara County Community College
Thoreau and Conversation–Michael Daher, Henry Ford Community College
3:15 pm-4:15 pm
MCEA Business Meeting in Room 106
All are welcome to join.
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