Tentative schedule for the 5th annual Red River Graduate Student Conference at NDSU
March 28th
Friday: Workshop Schedule
2:00-2:30
Welcome and registration
Crest Room
2:30 - 3:30
"Learning with Graphic Novels"
Kelli Muzzy
Kathryn Dunlap
3:30 - 4:30
"Delivery in Composition Classroom"
Karl Russell Klint
4:30 - 5:30
"Literature in the First Year Classroom"
Stacy Rasmussen
Hidatsa Room
2:30 - 3:30
"Confronting Student Apathy in the Classroom"
Tiffany Piotrowicz
3:30 - 4:30
"How to Create a Reading Question"
Conan Kmiecik
4:30 - 5:30
"Podcasting Workshop"
Kelli Muzzy
Jennie Enger
5:15 - 6:30 Lobby of the Memorial Union Ballroom
Light Reception
Crest Room
6:30 - 7:30
"Literature Pedagogy Roundtable"
Open Invite
Hidatsa Room
6:30 - 7:30
"Composition and Rhetoric Pedagogy"
Open Invite
March 29th
Saturday: Presentation Schedule
Arikara Room
9:00-10:00
Moderator: Dominic Sayler
"Commonwealth English Studies Milton and Marvell"
Grant Tharaldson
Kurt Russow
Kristina Caton
10:00 - 12:00 Moderators: Katie Gunter, Rhonda Portmann
"Personal Revelations: Exploring Feminine Disguises and Disclosures Across Literatures"
Julie Prindle,
Samantha Majhor
Heather McNiel
Jessica Levesque,
Bethany Timmerman
12:00-1:30
Lunch and Keynote Speaker: Geoffrey Sirc
1:30 - 2:30 Moderator: Luc Chinwongs
"Feminist Perspectives in Literature"
Katie Gunter
Michele Wilman
Yvonne Asp-Grahn
2:30 - 3:30 Moderator: Landon Kafka
"Studies in Creative Pop Culture"
Kelli Muzzy
Carissa Wolf
Luc Chinwongs
3:30 - 4:30 Moderator: Michele Willman
"20th Century Literature"
Julia Zschernitz
Michael Tomanek
Kent Emerson
4:30-5:15 Moderator: Paula Comeau
"New Women's Fiction"
Israel Howard
Maura Dunst
Hidatsa Room
9:00 - 10:00 Moderator: Brianne Wilkening
"Pedagogy in the First Year English Classroom I"
Cindy Deuser
Stacy Rasmussen
Melissa Vosen
10:00-10:45 Moderator: Michael Tomanek
"The Human Body in Literature"
Elisabeth L. Miller
Dominic Sayler
11:00 - 12:00 Moderator: Kurt Russow
"Pedagogy in the First Year English Classroom II"
Karl Russell Klint
Michele Timp-Pilon
Nathaniel Hansen
12:00 - 1:30
Lunch and Keynote Speaker: Geoffrey Sirc
1:30-2:30 Moderator: Kathryn Dunlap
"Cultural Studies in Composition"
Jennie Enger
Nilüfer Mısırlı & Elizabeth Willingham.
Ronda Portmann
2:30 - 3:30 Moderator: Abigail Gaugert
"Classical Rhetoric & Contemporary Texts"
Kathryn Dunlap
Paula Jean Comeau
Seth Archer
3:30 - 4:30 Moderator: Carissa Wolf
"Creative Nonfiction and Creative Publications"
Sara McDonald
Nathan Logan
Erik Meyer
4:30 - 5:15 Moderator: Natalie Smith Carlson
"North Dakota State University Senior Capstone Projects"
Damon Barta
Abigail Gaugert
Post Conference Social:
Betsy and Kevin graciously volunteered theirhouse again for a social event following the conference on Saturday. Forthose of you who missed last year's social, it was a splendid way tofinish the conference, and it provided an opportunity for the faculty,graduate students, and presenters to come together and talk in a non-threateningenvironment.
When: Saturday night (3/29) after the conference (6-7:30 or so)
Where: 1418 6th St. S. Fargo (Birmingham-Brooks home)
Why: wine and snacks and conversation