College English Association

Translations

&

Transgressions

 

 

Session I: 9:30-10:50 a.m.            

A. Panel: Pop and Political Rhetoric                                    HH 116

Panel Chair:  Joseph Marshall, Stevenson University

 

“From ‘Homely Cheer’ to ‘Absentee Cooking’: Translating the Ideals of the Arts and Crafts Movement into Appliance Sales”

– Charlie Ewers, Frostburg State University

 

“Ethos and the Politically Conservative Journalist” – Linda DiDesidero, University of Maryland University College

 

B.  Speaking in Tongues                                              HH 316

Panel Chair:  Bennis Blue, Virginia State University

 

“Speaking in Tongues: Yours or Mine? Classroom and Community Codeswitching”

– Bennis Blue, Monica Herron, and members of The Department of Language and Literature, Virginia State University

 

C. Transgressions of Grammar                                  HH  408

Panel Chair:  Lauren DiPaula, Towson University

 

“Transgressions of Grammar: An Error Analysis Study”

– Helene Krauthamer, Rodney Burton, and Charles Ferguson, University of the District of Columbia

 

“Learning the Rules by Breaking  Them: Teaching Parallel Structure to Students in Developmental English Courses” – Kim Murphy, Montgomery College

 

“Reclaiming the Past: Amalgamating Teaching of Grammar and Critical Thinking Skills in the Classroom” – Samuel Doku, Howard University

 

D.  Pedagogical Translations                                     HH 409

Panel Chair: Theresa Adkins, Towson University

 

“Online in the Regular Classroom: A Professor’s Journey to Better Pedagogy” – Elizabeth Benton, Montgomery College

 

“E=(LG)2: Translating Sustainability” – Sydney Duncan, Frostburg State University

 

“Reading Without Writing: Teaching More by Responding Less” – Cheryl Brown, Towson University

 

E.  Musical Translations                                              HH 420

Panel Chair:  Tina Kelleher, Towson University

“Opening the Field: Jazz Poetics as Teen Poetics” – Wynn Yarbrough, University of the District of Columbia

 

“Homer’s Idomeneus to Mozart’s Idomeneo” – Greg Hill,  Masters of Humanities at Towson University

 

PLENARY SESSION  11:00-12:00            Lecture Hall 238

Welcoming Remarks: Edwin Duncan, Chair, Dept. of English

Towson University

 

Keynote Address: Marianne Noble

 

Business Meeting: Mike Eckert, President, CEA-MAG

 

LUNCH: 12:00-1:20 p.m. Burkshire Mariott Hotel

 

Session II:  1:30-2:50 pm

A. Panel:  Epic and Mythical Metamorphoses            HH 316

Panel Chair:  George Hahn, Towson University

 

“Dulce et decorum est pro Deo mori: Translating Soldier to Martyr in The Song of Roland” – Robert Panizari, Masters of Humanities at Towson University

 

“Some Dreadful Thing No Doubt: Knowledge as Mor(t)al Transgression in Paradise Lost” – David Kaloustian, Bowie State University

 

“Medusa: The Enduring Image of the Goddess” – Effie Siegel, Montgomery College (Rockville)

 

B.    Between Chinese and English                            HH 408

Panel Chair:  Anca Nemoianu, The Catholic University of America

 

“Between Chinese and English: Communication without Translation” 

– Anca Nemoianu, The Catholic University of America

 

– Ying Ding, Nanjing University of Finance and Economics

 

– Suzy Shen Zien, The Catholic University of America

 

C.  Communication and Community                          HH  409

Panel Chair:  Mary Anne Lutz, Frostburg State University

“Clunkers: Utilizing Transgressions of Grammatical Propriety in ENG 101” – William Pittman, Montgomery College (Rockville)

“English Language and Cued Speech: Transgressing Deaf Culture”

– Marlana Portolano, Towson University

 

“Plagiarism in the Field of English as a Second Language”

– Jennifer Mott-Smith, Towson University

 

D. (D)evolution of Language                                        HH 305

Panel Chair:  Chris Cain, Towson University

 

“The Indeterminacies of Nadsat: Uncovering the Heteroglot World of  A Clockwork Orange” –  Brian Chappell, The Catholic University of America

 

“The Future of English: Mackwardt’s Predications Revisted”

– Edwin Duncan, Towson University

 

E. Re-presenting the Self                                             HH 420

Panel Chair:  Holly Sneeringer, Towson University

 

“Five Fish in a Barrel: Translating Cultural Transgression in Family History”

– Deja Earley, Framingham State College

 

“How to Write Snappy Not Sappy When Discussing a Disability”

– Diane Scharper, Towson University

 

“(Mis)translation and the Published Self: Un-gendering My ‘Life’ as Brigitte Bardot” – Rachael Wilson, Montgomery College (Rockville)

 

Break and Awards Presentation 3:00- 3:20   Lecture Hall 238

 

Session III:  3:30 pm- 4:50 pm

A. Translating the Museum into the Classroom          HH 305

Panel Chair: Effie Siegel, Montgomery College (Rockville)

“From Exhibit to Essay”

 

“Art, Myth, and Literature: Garden of the Cosmos and the Ramayana”

“The Nature of Science”

 

“Revisiting the Looking Glass: Mirrors on the Museum”

 

 – Tulin Levitas, Montgomery College (Rockville)

 – Effie Siegel, Montgomery College (Rockville)

– Carol Malmi, Montgomery College (Rockville)

– Ronald Nunn, Montgomery College (Rockville)

– Joan Naake, Montgomery College (Rockville)

– Amanda Truett, Montgomery College (Rockville)

B.  Gender and Language                     HH 116

Panel Chair:  Edwin Duncan, Towson University

 

“Africana Women Writers and the Erotic”

– Cherie Turpin, University of the District of Columbia

 

“Gender and Folk Speech: Understanding Women and Assertive Voice in Hurston’s ‘Sweat,’ ‘Gilded Six Bits,’ and ‘The Story in Harlem”

– Pearlie Peters, Rider

 

“Gender and the Dilemma of Marriage in Ama Ata Aidoo’s Changes, The Dilemma of a Ghost, and Anowa”

– Lena Ampadu, Towson University

 

C.  Translating Selfhood                        HH 408

Panel Chair:  Mike Eckert, Montgomery College

 

“En/Gendering Self: Examining the Body Paper Assignments”

– Genevieve Carminati, Montgomery College (Rockville)

 

“The Role of the Past in Developing Selfhood: Robert Penn Warren’s Later Poetry” – Joan Romano, The Catholic University of America

 

“An Outrageous Burlesque: Why George Schuyler’s Black No More must be an American Classic”

– La Tanya Reese, University of the District of Columbia

 

D.  Literary Transgressions                           HH 409

Panel Chair:  David Kaloustian, Bowie State University

 

“Guilty Pleasures: The Transgressive Fictions of Donald Barthelme” – Matthew Petti, University of the District of Columbia

 

“Traitor and Liberator in Brian Friel’s Play, Translations” – Gerald Snelson, Frostburg State University

 

“Louisa May Alcott’s Thrillers: Transgressive Pleasures Hidden in Plain Sight” – Alexander Howe, University of the District of Columbia