College English Association – Middle Atlantic Group
March 9, 2002
University of the District of Columbia
4200 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20008
202-274-5000
Beyond the Classroom: Mobilizing the Discipline
Registration -Building 44, Lobby
9:00 – 9:30 Continental Breakfast
Session I: 9:30 – 10:50 -Building 39
A. Opening with Chaucer:
Session Chair: Leela Kapai, Prince George’s Community College
“Chaucer Overview Course”
Cherie Wein, Montgomery College, Germantown
B.Writing beyond the Classroom
“Part I: Rhetorical Case Concepts”
“Part II: Developing a Rhetorical Case”
Arthur Kahn, University of Baltimore
Plenary Session: 11:00 – 11:50 –Building 44, A 04-
A. Welcome: Helene Krauthamer, President, CEA-MAG
B. Opening Remarks:
C. Keynote Address: Timothy Jenkins, Esq. Interim President of the University of the District of Columbia
D. Annual Business Meeting
Lunch – Building 38, Second Floor Student Lounge: 12:00 – 1:20
Reading by Geoff Becker
Session II: 1:30 – 2:50 – Building 39
A. Reading and Writing Popular Culture:
Session Chair: Nishith Bhatt, University of the District of Columbia
“Dysphemism in Critical Rhetoric: A Reflection of Cultural Values”
Linda DiDesidero, Capitol College
“Media Representations of Disaster in Don DeLillo’s White Noise”
David Kaloustian, Bowie State University
“Popular Culture in the Writing Classroom”
Helene Noor, University ofNorthern Virginia/University of the District of Columbia
B. Strategies in Teaching:
Chair: Michael Eckert, Montgomery College
“Keeping the Classroom Current”
Dennis Kaplan, Goucher College, Community College of Baltimore County – Essex
“A New Pedagogy: Fa-Digi Sisòkò and Dario Fo as Models”
Karl Henzy, Morgan State University
“Using American Drama to Teach Writing to Social Work Students”
Benjamin Opipari, Catholic University
“Learning English through Art”
Rose Debenedetti, Montgomery College
C. Technology in the Classroom: Pitfalls and Promises
“Unravel the Tangled Web: Teaching Students to Evaluate Web Pages”
Linda K. Brown, Baltimore County Schools
“Technology Revolutionizing and Revitalizing the Literature Classroom”
Lena Ampadu, Towson University
“Naked on the Web”
Suzanne Legault, Towson University
D. Forum on Adjunct Issues
“Developing a Positive Adjunct Culture: Issues and Strategies”
Susan L. Gabriel, Community College of Baltimore County – Essex County
“The Graduate Teaching Fellow Experience”
Graduate Teaching Fellows from the University of the District of Columbia
Session III: 3:00 – 4:20
A. Connecting with other Disciplines:
Chair: Patricia Coward, Frostburg State University
“The Individual, Identity, and Society in George Gissing;s Fiction”
Lewis D. Moore, University of the District of Columbia
“Recovering the Absent Mother in Jane Austen and Mary Shelley”
L. Adam Mekler, Morgan State University
“The Limits of Neutrality: Ethics and Politics and the Classroom”
Kimberly Freeman, University of the District of Columbia
B. Contemporary English
“Email and Discourse Structure”
Milford Jeremiah, Morgan State University
“Universal Aspects of African-American Language”
Grace C. Cooper, University of the District of Columbia
C. Technology in the Classroom II
“Teaching First Year Composition On-Line- Examining the Environment for Effective Learning”
Sharon E. Strand, Black Hills State University
“Breaking down the Digital Divide: Teaching an English Fundamentals Course at an HBCU”
Patricia E. George, University of the District of Columbia
“The Phoenix Online”
Lesa Jeanpierre, University of the District of Columbia
“Shining the Light on Blackboard: Using Flashlight Online Assessment to Evaluate Faculty Readiness to Use Blackboard Online Instruction”
Helene Krauthamer, University of the District of Columbia
D. Panel on Fiction Writing
Moderator: C. Jenise Williamson, Bowie State University
Closing Reception will begin at 4:30 in Building 38, Second Floor Student Lounge
Reading of Creative Work: Poetry and Fiction
Program Committee:
Michael Eckert, Robert Giron,Leela Kapai, Helene Krauthamer, Wendy Perkins
Site Chair: Helene Krauthamer
Officers of CEA-MAG
President: Helene Krauthamer
Vice President/Treasurer: Lena Ampadu
Secretary: Cherie Wein
CEA-MAGazine Editor: Virginia Carruthers
Liaison to National: Valerie Sedlak
Executive Council
Patricia Coward, Michael Eckert, Robert Giron, Karl Henzy, Leela Kapai, Suzanne LeGault, L. Adam Mekler, Wendy Perkins, Julia Romano, Pamela Ward
The College English Association – Middle Atlantic Group would like to thank the Department of English at the University of the District of Columbia for its financial support of this conference.