Meetings

MEETINGS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15 2:00-6:00 RMMLA Executive Board(Executive A) 3:00-4:30 FOREIGN LANGUAGE: German Literature since 1900 (T.C. Durant) Presiding: Meg H. Brown, Murray State University Secretary: Marilya Veteto-Conrad, Northern Arizona University Horst Mastag, University of Calgary. "The Figure of Job as Reflected in German Literature during the Nazi Period." Craig W. Nickisch, Idaho State University. "Walter Kolbenhoffs 'Trilogie des Leidens'- Zum Anbeginn der deutschen Nachkriegsliteratur." Klaus F. Michlmayr, University ofTexas at Austin. "The Skeleton in the Closet. Public Reception of Nestbeschmutzerliteratur: The Case of Merz/Qualtinger's Der Herr Karl." GENERAL TOPIC: Creative Writing(Spikers) Presiding: Chuck Guilford, Boise State University Secretary: Amy Pence, Tucson, Arizona Topic: Navajo Storytellers and the White University: Creative Writing Workshops and Cultural Diversity Georgia Briggs, Ute Mountain School. Collaborative Storyteller Ann Cummins, Northern Arizona University. Collaborative Storyteller Jennifer Denet-dale, Northern Arizona University. Collaborative Storyteller LINGUISTICS: English(Leland Stanford, Jr.) Presiding: Joseph CoUentine, University of Texas at Austin Secretary: Thomas DuBose, Louisiana State University, Shreveport Hector Torres, University ofNew Mexico at Albuquerque. "Supplementing the Binding Theory: On the Question of Proper Binding." Barbara Risch, NewMexico Highlands University. "StudentsWritingabout Literature: Linguistic Differences of Men and Women." Clyde Moneyhun, University of Arizona. "Rhetoric East and West: Implications for the Classroom." 129 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15 3:00-4:30 (continued) ENGLISH: Old and Middle English(Executive B) Presiding: Thomas R. Burton, Weber State University Bryan Bott, University ofColorado, Boulder. "Fighting Words: Beowulfas Linguistic Rambo." Raymond Tripp, Jr., University of Denver. "Christian Humanism in St. Erkenwald." David Dowling, University of Colorado, Boulder. "Economic Friction and Political Strife: The York Mystery Plays as an Instrument ofSocial Criticism." Susana Conde, Boise State University. "Troilus and Criseyde as the Seat of Paradigm Change in English Medieval Literary Discourse." GENERAL TOPIC: Native American Literature(Jupiter) Presiding: William Finlaw, University of Nebraska Secretary: Laura Tohe, University of Nebraska at Omaha Charles Ballard, University of Nebraska. "Sand Crane: A Cheyenne Folktale and Its Mythological Context." Crystal Cambrón, Washington State University. "Sealing Sacred Friendship: A Theoretical Approach for a Reexamination of Yellow Wolf: His Own Story." Ernest Stromberg, University ofOregon. "The Tension ofAssimilation in Francis La Flesche's Childhood Autobiography TAe Middle Five: Indian Schoolboys of the Omaha Tribe." Matthias Schubneil, Incarnate Word College. "Locke Setman, Emile Nolde and the Search for Expression in N. Scott Momaday's The Ancient Child." Michael W. Simpson, Eastern Washington University. "Returning Home to Ancestral Places: A Poetry Reading." SPECIAL TOPIC: Technical Communication—Forces of Change in Theory, Teaching, and Practice (Union Pacific A) Presiding: Elizabeth R. Turpin, Ferris State University Secretary: Mahalingam Subbiah, Weber State University Mary Coney, University of Washington. "Putting Reader Response Criticism to the Test." Katherine Staples, Austin Community College. "Advice, the Academy, and the Future: The Ethical Professional Role of the Technical Communications Advisor." Lynn Deming, New Mexico Institute ofMining and Technology. "Writing for International Audiences." 130 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15 3:00-4:30 (continued) Marion Tangum, Southwest Texas State University. "Old-Fashioned Rhetoric and Digital Fiber-Optics as Co-Conspirators: Technical Communication Forces a Communication Change." SPECIAL TOPIC: Writing Across the Curriculum/ Writing Centers(Dillon) Presiding: Mary Robinson, Arizona State University Mark L. Waldo, University of Nevada, Reno. "Why Rhetorically Neutral Writing Across the Curriculum Programs Work Better than Writing Intensive Programs, and Why They Do Not." Judith K. Powers, University of Wyoming. "The Writing Center, the University Faculty, and the Disciplines." Luke Robins and Randy Fetzer, Laramie County Community College. "Process in the Classroom, Product in the Center: De-emphasizing Product Orientation of Faculty and Students in WAC Programs." Carolyn P. Walker, San Jose State University. "Curriculum for the OneRoom Schoolhouse: When a Writing Center Serves Everyone at Once." 4:45-6:15 ENGLISH: English Literature since 1900(T.C. Durant) Presiding: Reed Way Dasenbrock, New Mexico State University Secretary: Patrice Caldwell, Eastern New Mexico University Topic: 1922: Annus Mirabilis of Modernism 70 Years After Paul Douglass, San Jose State University. " 'These Fragments': King Tut, The Waste Land and the Mummy's Curse." Edward A. Geary, Brigham Young University. " 'Feeling the Water Rise': Eliot, Joyce, Woolf and 1922." Kimberly J. Engdahl, University of Utah. " 'Cissy Work': The Transgression of Cross-Dressing in...