Kelly A. Parker
Professor of philosophy, environmental studies, and liberal studies at
Grand Valley State University
Grand Valley State University
What Ought We to Sustain?
A Pragmatic Framework for the Question
Friday, March 22, 2013
JUB 304
JUB 304
Flyer for Kelly Parker's talk
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Agenda for 18th Annual Conference
Baseball in Literature and Culture*
April 5, 2013
April 5, 2013
7:45-8:15 Registration and Breakfast
8:15-8:30 Welcome Warren Tormey, Conference Coordinator
Dr. Brad Bartel, University Provost
8:30-9:15 Keynote Address: Dr. Andrew Hazucha, Ottawa University
“A Jim Bouton Retrospective: Zen and the Politics of the Kuckleball”
9:20-10:20 Concurrent Sessions A
Session A1: “Negro League Contexts”
Location: Hazlewood Chair:
Stephanie Liscio, (Need affiliation): “Race and Baseball in Cleveland”
Will Boone, Winston-Salem State University: “Black Babe Ruths: Major League Baseball, Hip Hop Icons, and the Birth of the Uncool”
Dan Anderson, Dominican Univ., “’Sensational War of Words’: Cultural Ideals, the African-American Press, and the Formation of the Negro Leagues”
Session A2: “Baseball as Muse”
Location: Dining Rm. C Chair:
David Cicotello, Murfreesboro TN: “New Developments in McFarland’s Historical Ballparks Series”
Mark Sickman, Baseballbard.com: “Caught in a Run-Down: The Perilous Position of an Online Poetry Publisher”
Brian Steverson, Knoxville TN: “Negro League Baseball in Verse”
Session A3: “19th Century Baseball”
Location: Faculty Senate Chambers Chair:
Bob Barrier, Kennesaw State: “’The Great Match’ and ‘Our Baseball Club’: Two Early Baseball Novels”
Josh Howard, Middle Tennessee State University: “Amateur Baseball in Alleghany County, VA, During the Late-Nineteenth Century”
Warren Tormey, Middle Tennessee State University: “August 23rd, 1860: The Day Baseball Fell”
10:30-11:30 Concurrent Sessions B
Session B1: “Baseball and Locality”
Location: Hazlewood Chair:
Amanda Bales, Lincoln University: “Why I Want The Cubs to Win the World Series”
Michael Pagel, Northeastern State CC: “William Heuman’s ‘Brooklyns Lose’ (1954): Dodges Tragedy with the Goodwill of Neighbors”
Bill Gruber, Emory University: “Jocks, Herbs, and the 1936 Yankees”
Session B2: “Baseball in Film and TV”
Location: Dining Rm. C Chair:
Ginger Stelle, Morthland College: “’E.T. Steal Home’: Baseball on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine andThe X-Files”
Nick Bush, Motlow State CC: “’Mookie Wilson. That’s a Thing, Right?’—Pitching, Parody, and Perfection in How I Met Your Mother’s ‘Perfect Week’ Episode”
Ron Briley, Sandia Prep.: “A New Beginning for the Baseball Film Genre: Bang the Drum Slowly(1974)”
Session B3: “Seeing Stars: Baseball Heroes”
Location: Faculty Senate Chambers Chair:
Stephen Andrews, Grinnell College: “On Leanne Howe’s Miko Kings: An Indian Baseball Story”
R Dean Johnson, Eastern Kentucky University: “All-Star Treatment”
Gina Logue, Middle Tennessee State University: “Hank Aaron: My Childhood Hero”
11:40-12:05 Concurrent Sessions C
Session C1: “Sports Business”
Location: Hazlewood Chair:
Don Roy, Middle Tennessee State University: “MLBAM: ‘Trampling Snow’ to Bridge America’s Pastime and the Digital Future”
Session C2: “Creative Fiction I”
Location: Dining Rm. C Chair:
Craig Albin, Missouri State University: “Judgment Call”: A Short Story
Session C3: “Winding Up…”
Location: Faculty Senate Chambers Chair:
Crosby Hunt, Middle Tennessee State University: “Something on Ball Four”
12:15-2:00 Luncheon and Jim Bouton Talk
Tennessee Room
12:00-12:45 Lunch
12:45-1:30 Jim Bouton Talk (~20 min. talk + 10 min. Q&A)
Book Signing in James Union Lobby to follow talk
2:00-3:00 Concurrent Sessions D
Session D1: “Hall of Fame Decisions and Other Ethical Matters”
Location: Hazlewood Chair:
Sarah Bunting, tomatonation.com: “Facing Reality (TV): Pet Rose’s Biggest Obstacle to the Hall Isn’t that He Bet on Baseball”
Ben Morrill, Middle Tennessee State Univeristy: “The Baseball Hall of Fame’s Influence in the Development of Private Sports Museums and Halls of Fame”
* Phil Oliver, Middle Tennessee State University: “Right When They’re Wrong: Fallible Umpires and Infallible Rules”
Session D2: Baseball Creative Fiction II
Location: Dining Rm. C Chair:
Thomas Luckie, Butler University: “Rain Delay”
Steven Walker, Middle Tennessee State University: “Civil War”
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