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“EXAMINING THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE”: A CULTURAL STUDIES CONFERENCE
Bryant Conference Center -- 240 Paul W Bryant Dr, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3rd
11:00 - 12:45
Meetup / Lunch
Nichols Room
1:00 - 2:15
Librarian Panel -- Resources and Research Skills
Smith Room
2:15 - 3:45
Panel -- Problems of American Identity
Smith Room
Panel -- Religion in American Culture
Mobile Room
4:00 - 5:00
Free time
5:00 - 7:00
Keynote Speaker -- Dr. Amanda Littauer
Mobile Room
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4th
8:00 - 8:45
Meetup / Coffee and light breakfast
Nichols Room
8:45 - 9:55
Panel -- Art and Historical Interpretation
Smith Room
Panel -- Pop Culture
Nichols Room
Panel -- Consuming America
Mobile Room
9:55 - 11:25
Panel -- Women in America
Smith Room
Panel -- Race and Sexuality
Mobile Room
11:25 - 1:00
Lunch
Nichols Room
Religion in American Culture
Savannah Finver -- University of Alabama -- Religious Studies -- “The Legacy of the American Experiment: Toward a Theory of the Connection Between Protestantism and American Nationalism”
Alison Isidore -- University of Alabama -- Religious Studies -- “Jim Jones and his Social Justice Church”
Keeley McMurray -- University of Alabama -- Religious Studies -- “Of Heralds and Heathens: Religion as an Authorizing and Racializing Discourse Within and Without the Nat Turner Slave Rebellion”
Problems of American Identity
Nate Duke -- Florida State University -- History -- “Colonizing the Enemy’s Language: New American Englishes in Contemporary Native Poetries”
Toni Munoz-Hunt -- University of Texas at Dallas -- Humanities -- “Aztlan: From Mythos to Logos and the Bordercano/a Identity”
Joseph Welty -- University of Alabama -- “Irish/Americans: The Liminal Identity”
Kristy Cherry-Randle -- University of Alabama -- American Studies -- “Chaotic Narratives Deserve a Deep Mapping: Incorporating Cultural Silences in the Cabeza Matrix”
Art and Historical Interpretation
Shannon Walsh -- University of Alabama -- Art History -- “The Vision-Place of Souls: Photographic Memorialization in the Post-Civil War Commemorative Era”
Nadia DelMedico -- University of Alabama -- Art History -- “Icons for the Bereaved Visual Representations of the Civil War”
Nathan Smith -- Mississippi State University -- Art History -- “The Third Battle of Manassas: The Blue, the Grey, and the Mouse”
Pop Culture
Stephanie Oliver -- University of Texas at Dallas -- Visual and Performing Arts -- “Seeing America by Van: A Critical Analysis of American Honey (2016) and the Contemporary American Experience”
Colin Campbell -- Mississippi State University -- “‘All Skrewed Up’: Ian Stuart, Skredriver, and the Political Uses of Punk Rock”
Abbie Dupont -- Mississippi State University -- History -- “Where the ‘Wild’ Things Are: A Tale of Ferality”
Consuming America
Meghan Mayo-Knapp -- Marshall University -- History -- “In the Shadows of the Mountains: A Look at the Problem of Drug Addiction and the Women of Southern West Virginia”
Rachael Lowrey -- University of Alabama -- American Studies -- “The Damage of Addiction”
Madeline Berry -- Mississippi State University -- History -- “That Pastoral Crap: Distance Running and the Consumption of the Natural Experience”
Women in America
Danielle Deavours -- University of Alabama -- Communication and Information Sciences -- “Symbolic Annihilation of Women as News-Sources: A Content Analysis of Coverage of the Kavanaugh Allegations”
Reem Abu-Baker -- University of Alabama -- Gender and Race Studies -- “Bodies and Borders: On Citizenship, Pregnancy, Abortion, and the Vulnerable Between”
Christinia Brown -- University of Alabama -- Communication and Information Sciences -- “The Ultimate Witch Hunts: Feminism, Women, and the Witch in Contemporary American Politics”
Madeline Kennedy -- University of Alabama -- American Studies -- “Sex Spells Doom: Women and the Witchsploitation Cinema of Early ‘70s America”
Race and Sexuality
Parker Evans -- University of Alabama -- Gender and Race Studies -- “Radicalism and Reform: Imagining Racial Justice Beyond the American State”
Savannah Harper -- University of Alabama -- American Studies -- “‘Dirt in the Skirt’: Queering African American Female Athletes in Early Baseball Leagues”
Justin Branum -- University of Alabama -- American Studies -- “‘Shut Up and Dribble’: Protests, Sports, and Race in America”
Jeffrey Jones -- University of Alabama -- American Studies -- “How Queer is Too Queer?: (In)Visibility and Silence in Anti-Transgender Homicide”
Bryant Conference Center -- 240 Paul W Bryant Dr, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3rd
11:00 - 12:45
Meetup / Lunch
Nichols Room
1:00 - 2:15
Librarian Panel -- Resources and Research Skills
Smith Room
2:15 - 3:45
Panel -- Problems of American Identity
Smith Room
Panel -- Religion in American Culture
Mobile Room
4:00 - 5:00
Free time
5:00 - 7:00
Keynote Speaker -- Dr. Amanda Littauer
Mobile Room
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4th
8:00 - 8:45
Meetup / Coffee and light breakfast
Nichols Room
8:45 - 9:55
Panel -- Art and Historical Interpretation
Smith Room
Panel -- Pop Culture
Nichols Room
Panel -- Consuming America
Mobile Room
9:55 - 11:25
Panel -- Women in America
Smith Room
Panel -- Race and Sexuality
Mobile Room
11:25 - 1:00
Lunch
Nichols Room
Religion in American Culture
Savannah Finver -- University of Alabama -- Religious Studies -- “The Legacy of the American Experiment: Toward a Theory of the Connection Between Protestantism and American Nationalism”
Alison Isidore -- University of Alabama -- Religious Studies -- “Jim Jones and his Social Justice Church”
Keeley McMurray -- University of Alabama -- Religious Studies -- “Of Heralds and Heathens: Religion as an Authorizing and Racializing Discourse Within and Without the Nat Turner Slave Rebellion”
Problems of American Identity
Nate Duke -- Florida State University -- History -- “Colonizing the Enemy’s Language: New American Englishes in Contemporary Native Poetries”
Toni Munoz-Hunt -- University of Texas at Dallas -- Humanities -- “Aztlan: From Mythos to Logos and the Bordercano/a Identity”
Joseph Welty -- University of Alabama -- “Irish/Americans: The Liminal Identity”
Kristy Cherry-Randle -- University of Alabama -- American Studies -- “Chaotic Narratives Deserve a Deep Mapping: Incorporating Cultural Silences in the Cabeza Matrix”
Art and Historical Interpretation
Shannon Walsh -- University of Alabama -- Art History -- “The Vision-Place of Souls: Photographic Memorialization in the Post-Civil War Commemorative Era”
Nadia DelMedico -- University of Alabama -- Art History -- “Icons for the Bereaved Visual Representations of the Civil War”
Nathan Smith -- Mississippi State University -- Art History -- “The Third Battle of Manassas: The Blue, the Grey, and the Mouse”
Pop Culture
Stephanie Oliver -- University of Texas at Dallas -- Visual and Performing Arts -- “Seeing America by Van: A Critical Analysis of American Honey (2016) and the Contemporary American Experience”
Colin Campbell -- Mississippi State University -- “‘All Skrewed Up’: Ian Stuart, Skredriver, and the Political Uses of Punk Rock”
Abbie Dupont -- Mississippi State University -- History -- “Where the ‘Wild’ Things Are: A Tale of Ferality”
Consuming America
Meghan Mayo-Knapp -- Marshall University -- History -- “In the Shadows of the Mountains: A Look at the Problem of Drug Addiction and the Women of Southern West Virginia”
Rachael Lowrey -- University of Alabama -- American Studies -- “The Damage of Addiction”
Madeline Berry -- Mississippi State University -- History -- “That Pastoral Crap: Distance Running and the Consumption of the Natural Experience”
Women in America
Danielle Deavours -- University of Alabama -- Communication and Information Sciences -- “Symbolic Annihilation of Women as News-Sources: A Content Analysis of Coverage of the Kavanaugh Allegations”
Reem Abu-Baker -- University of Alabama -- Gender and Race Studies -- “Bodies and Borders: On Citizenship, Pregnancy, Abortion, and the Vulnerable Between”
Christinia Brown -- University of Alabama -- Communication and Information Sciences -- “The Ultimate Witch Hunts: Feminism, Women, and the Witch in Contemporary American Politics”
Madeline Kennedy -- University of Alabama -- American Studies -- “Sex Spells Doom: Women and the Witchsploitation Cinema of Early ‘70s America”
Race and Sexuality
Parker Evans -- University of Alabama -- Gender and Race Studies -- “Radicalism and Reform: Imagining Racial Justice Beyond the American State”
Savannah Harper -- University of Alabama -- American Studies -- “‘Dirt in the Skirt’: Queering African American Female Athletes in Early Baseball Leagues”
Justin Branum -- University of Alabama -- American Studies -- “‘Shut Up and Dribble’: Protests, Sports, and Race in America”
Jeffrey Jones -- University of Alabama -- American Studies -- “How Queer is Too Queer?: (In)Visibility and Silence in Anti-Transgender Homicide”