Final Program - ASLE Conference - University of Kansas

Association for the Study ofLiterature and EnvironmentTenth Biennial Conference__________________The University of KansasLawrence1

Welcome to Lawrence!On behalf of the University of Kansas, greetings to all of the attendees of the Association for theStudy of Literature and Environment Tenth Biennial Conference. Hosting this event has particularsignificance for us because of the university's long-standing commitments to scholarship onenvironmental issues in the humanities and sciences, and sustainable practices in our institutionaland personal lives. We are a year and a half into the implementation of a campus-wide strategicinitiative "Sustaining the Planet, Powering the World," which will build on KU's strengths inclimate change studies, interdisciplinary environmental studies, and alternative energy andtransportation science. Our Center for Sustainability actively promotes sustainable practices inoperations, education, research, and campus life, and our well-established Environmental Studiesprogram fosters active and engaged interdisciplinary scholarly dialogue. I'm delighted to be ableto support our faculty and students in hosting one of the major conferences in the environmentalhumanities, and to welcome you to the University of Kansas and LawrenceJeffrey Vitter, Executive Vice Chancellor and ProvostThank You!Many thanks to our hosts at University of Kansas, especially: Jeffrey Vitter, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Danny Anderson, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Ann Cudd, Associate Dean for the Humanities Marc Greenberg, Interim Associate Dean for the Humanities Victor Bailey, Director of the Hall Center for the Humanities Anna Neill, Chair, Department of English J. Christopher Brown, Director, Environmental Studies Program Danny Novo, Project Coordinator, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Web Services Kate Meyer, Assistant Curator, Spencer Art Museum Emily Ryan, Coordinator, The Commons Jonathan Perkins, Director, Ermal Garinger Academic Resource Center Sharon Leatherman, Office Manager for Events Services, Kansas Union Whitney Fox, Catering Coordinator, Kansas Union Lisa Eitner, Special Events, KU Bookstore Chris Sewalish, Assistant Director for Apartment Living, Student Housing Lori Whitten, Administrative Associate, Department of English Clare Echterling, Publishers’ Exhibit coordinator, shuttle coordinator, and all-around organizer of many things The Graduate Student Volunteers: Creighton Brown, Ali Brox, Dustin Crowley, Aaron Long, Annie Lowe, Ann Martinez, Ashley Ortiz, JessicaWeatherford, Mary Beth Woodson And most especially to ASLE Managing Director Amy McIntyre and site host Byron Caminero-Santangelo. Without their commitment of time,energy, and intelligence, this conference would not have been possible.We also owe a debt of gratitude to the following people: NEW-CUE President Joe Doll, and NEW-CUE (Nature and Environmental Writers, College and University Educators) for their generoussponsorship of two travel grants to independent scholars and graduate students. The Conference Travel Awards Committee: Sarah Jaquette Ray, Anthony Lioi, Andrew Hageman and Tom Hillard Conference proposal review committee: Catriona Sandilands and Anthony Lioi (special thanks to Anthony for help in naming panels) Book and Paper Awards coordinator Tom Lynch The judges for ASLE’s biennial awards in Ecocriticism and Environmental Creative Writing: Scholarly Book: Stacy Alaimo, Mark Long, Lewis Ulman Creative Writing Book: Jeff Thomson, Bernie Quetchenbach, Janine DeBaise Graduate Student scholarly paper: Serpil Opperman, Dan Wylie, Jenny Kerber Graduate student creative paper: Susan Hawthorne, Brian Bartlett, John Ryan Preconference Workshop coordinator Greta Gaard Authors’ Reception coordinators Salma Monani and Catherine Meeks Community grants co-coordinators Joni Adamson and Mark Long Christoph Irmscher and Ursula Heise, the host and program coordinator of the 2011 biennial conference, for their guidance and support2

Publishers’ ExhibitHoursWednesday, May 29Thursday, May 30Friday, May 31Saturday, June 18:30am – 5pm8:30am – 5pm8:30am – 1pm8:30am – 12pmLocation: Alderson, Kansas Memorial UnionExhibitorsAmerican ScientistEcotoneMilkweed EditionsOrion MagazineOxford University PressPenguin Group USAThe Scholar's ChoiceUniversity of Virginia PressUniversity of Georgia PressUniversity of Nevada PressUniversity of Illinois PressUniversity of Utah Press*Note: KU Bookstore/Jayhawk Ink will offer theplenary speakers’ books for sale/signing by authorsin the Ballroom Parlors at each plenary session.They offer 15% off and can arrange shipping forcustomers.2013 ASLE Book and Paper Award WinnersEcocriticism Book Award:Rob Nixon, University of Wisconsin, MadisonSlow Violence and the Environmentalism of the PoorPublished by Harvard University PressEnvironmental Creative Writing Book Award:David Gessner, University of North Carolina, WilmingtonThe Tarball Chronicles: A Journey Beyond the Oiled Pelicanand into the Heart of the Gulf Oil SpillPublished by Milkweed PressEcocriticism Graduate Student Paper Award:William Lombardi (University of Nevada, Reno)"Unequal Burdens: An Outline for PostlocalEcocriticism and Notes on the Location of EcosocialJustice" (session 2S)Environmental Creative WritingGraduate Student Paper Award:Maya Laxmi Kapoor (University of Arizona)"The Slowness of Our Eyes: A Creative Nonfiction Lookat Life Through a Microscope" (session 4K)3Travel Award Winners$500 ASLE Graduate Travel AwardsKiu-wai ChuVera R. ColemanNg’ang’a wa MuchiriSamuel Awuah-NyamekyeJamie Bolker$250 ASLE Graduate Travel AwardsChantal BilodeauFabiana DimpflmaierYeonhaun KangJennifer Bargara SibaraPatricia H. Audette-LongoJasmine JohnstonYvonne KaisingerAdele TiengoBenjamin VogtLauren Woolbright$250 NEW-CUE Travel AwardsLindsay Dunne JacobyMaya L. KapoorConference Registration DeskUniv. of Hong Kong/Univ. of IdahoArizona State UniversityUniversity of MiamiUniversity of LeedsFordham UniversityIndependent ScholarUniversity of Rome ‘La Sapienza’University of FloridaUniversity of Southern CaliforniaConcordia UniversityUniversity of British ColumbiaUniversity of SalzburgState University of MilanUniversity of Nebraska-LincolnClemson UniversityLocation: Lobby, Kansas Memorial UnionTuesday, May 28 12—7pmWednesday, May 29 8am – 5pmThursday, May 30 8am – 5pmFriday, May 318am – 1pmSaturday, June 1 8am – 1pmUniversity of Maryland, College ParkUniversity of ArizonaKey Facility Hours & InformationCampus Housing Check-In DeskCheck-in is at the main desk in the lobby of the dorm you have beenassigned: Corbin Hall, GSP Hall, KK Amini Scholarship Hall orMargaret Amini Scholarship Hall. These desks will be open 24 hoursa day during ASLE, beginning May 27 at 9am and ending June 2 at2pm. Staff members for conference services are easily recognizable,as they will be wearing red KU logo polo shirts.Important: you must also check out with staff in person, and turn inyour keys to them. If you do not check out in person and keys toyour room are not returned, ASLE will be charged for the remainingnights of the conference, and for changing the locks on your room.These charges will then be passed on to you to pay in full.Dining OptionsThe Market Café in the Kansas Memorial Union will be open May 28-June 1 from 7am-3pm. It offers a wide variety of foods,including a salad bar and vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-freeoptions. There is a coffee shop on the fourth floor of the Union (ThePulse) open till 5pm that serves drinks and snacks. ASLE will alsooffer a complimentary continental breakfast in the lobby of the Unionon Sunday, June 2 from 8am-11am. The best option for dinnerwill be the many restaurants in downtown Lawrence; the conferenceshuttles will run at dinnertime and most of the downtownrestaurants and bars are within walking distance of the dorms (1/4mile to a mile), although the walk back is uphill. The food at the banquetand receptions will be vegetarian with vegan and gluten freeselections.

Downtown ShuttleFree shuttle buses (they will have a sign saying “private shuttle”)will be running continuously between campus and downtown in themorning and evening. Shuttle buses will be running on a 30 minuteloop. The first 15 minutes of every half hour will cover arrival to/departure from the downtown stops (Tuesday 4:00-4:15, 4:30-4:45,5:00-5:15, etc.) and second 15 minutes will cover arrival to/departure from Union (Tuesday 4:15-4:30, 4:45-5:00, 5:15-5:30,etc.). General schedule is: One bus running continuously between 4:00-9:30 pm onTuesday May 28th One bus running continuously from 7:30-10:30 am and from4:30- 9:30 pm on Wed. May 29, Thursday May 30, and SaturdayJune 1. One bus running continuously from 7:30-10:30 am, 12-1 pm, and5:30-9:30 pm on Friday May 31.The stops will be: The Union, Wheatfields (heart of downtown),Eldridge Hotel, Spring Hill SuitesAirport ShuttleA reservation and advance payment is needed to ride the ASLEairport shuttle. Shuttles will drop off and pick up at the campusresidence buildings, downtown hotels and the Union (for thosestaying at the Oread). If you have a flight delay, please email uswith your new arrival information at ASLEshuttle@gmail.com. If youcannot email, call (785) 393-6032 and leave a message. We will doour best to set up a new shuttle time for you and email or call youback, but cannot make guarantees.ParkingGuests do NOT need parking permits. All resident hall lots are free(this does not include metered spaces). Pay-as-you-go parking isalso available in a covered lot adjacent to the KU Union. Do NOTpark in other lots on campus; you will be ticketed. See campus mapon back cover.Technology and Business ServicesAttendees will have free access to the guest wireless network fromtheir own laptop computers anywhere on campus. The passwordwill be emailed to you right before the conference and will be availableat the registration desk.All classrooms are equipped for most media needs except Skype. Ifyou plan to use tech in the classrooms, your best option will be tobring your own laptop; Mac users should bring a standard (VGA)adaptor as well. You will also be able to use the computers in therooms for your tech needs; the generic user id and password toaccess the computers will be given out at registration. Instructionson how to use the technology in the classrooms are posted in theclassrooms, but if problems arise the tech help desk number is(785) 864-1200.Jayhawk Ink (2nd floor of the Kansas Memorial Union across thehall from the main bookstore) offers shipping via UPS and can assistwith any printing needs. Attendees get campus pricing at $.02 perpage for b/w and $.25 per page for color. They are closed on Monday,May 27, but will be open from 8:30-5:30 Tuesday-Friday andSaturday from 10:00-5:30.Library HoursWatson Library is next to Fraser Hall, where many of the sessionswill be taking place. Here are the hours:Mon, May 27 (Memorial Day)Tuesday - Friday, May 28-31Sat, Jun 1Sun, Jun 2Closed8 am - 5 pmClosed1 pm - 5 pm4Sustainability at ASLE 2013Carbon FootprintFrom arranging bus transportation to and from the airport, tocreating a pedestrian-friendly conference, to our hybridshuttle buses, we have tried to minimize our carbon footprintat the conference. We have also established a carbon offsetprogram. Funds donated for carbon offsets during registrationwill be matched in amount by ASLE and donated to“atmosfair,” a non-profit organization based in Bonn,Germany (s for moreinformation). Although ASLE recognizes the limitations ofcarbon offsets, we still believe they can play an importantrole. If you would like to donate and have not yet, you may doso at the registration desk.Program, Name Tags and FoldersAttendee name badges are 100% recycled paper, and theholders are made of biodegradable and reusable plastic. Wewill have receptacles at registration to drop the nametags inafter you are done using them, in the hope that we can reusethem at future conferences. The registration packet folderscontain 100% post-consumer content. The program wasprinted locally using recycled paper and cover stock.Banquet and ReceptionsEvery effort has been made to work with campus catering touse local, organic, and sustainable products when possible.The food at the banquet and receptions will incorporate theseingredients, and local beers will be served.Logo ItemsThe logo items at the conference are made of sustainable,recycled, organic or biodegradable materials. If you prepurchaseditems during online registration, you can pick themup at the registration desk. If you did not pre-purchase anitem, a limited number of these items are available forpurchase at the registration desk.Things You Can Do to Contribute to a MoreSustainable Conference: Be mindful of how many times you print your conferencepaper, and print only necessary documents employingsmaller margins, duplex printing, and other strategies toreduce paper and ink consumption Consider posting handouts to a website or usingPowerPoint rather than printing copies to distribute Shut off lights and technology in academic and residencerooms when not in use Patronize local and/or sustainable businesses for yourneeds while in Lawrence Walk, bike, or make use of public transportation while inLawrence Make use of recycling receptacles on campus Reduce food waste and minimize consumption of heavilypackaged foods Bring your own reusable water bottle or coffee mug, orpurchase one at the conference.For information on the University of Kansas and sustainability,go to http://www.sustainability.ku.edu/Plan/index.shtml

Messages and MeetupsWe will have a board at the registration desk to post your notes andmessages. Feel free to post to and check our ASLE Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/ASLE-Association-for-the-Study-of-Literature-and-Environment/110738002282120) and Twitter pages(http://twitter.com/#!/ASLE_US, use hashtag #asle13) for updatesand to connect with other conference attendees.Mentoring MeetingsThese one-hour meetings are designed to welcome graduate studentsand new members to the ASLE community and to provideprofessional mentoring to graduate students beyond their homedepartments. There are a few open slots if you are still interested inthis opportunity. Contact Mark Long, ASLE Mentoring Coordinator,at mlong@keene.edu.Weather in KansasWhile it is highly unlikely that severe weather will threaten yoursafety while you are at the conference, dangerous storms dohappen here, and this is the season for them. In the event of atornado warning, loud sirens will sound throughout Lawrence andthe KU campus; you should take shelter immediately if you hear onego off. The Kansas Memorial Union and other buildings on campushave shelters where you will be safe. For more information on whatto do in the event of severe weather, please see: http://kualerts.com/severe-thunderstorm/.ASLE Officers & CoordinatorsVoting OfficersPresident: Paul Outka, University of KansasVice-President: Mark Long, Keene State CollegeImmediate Past President: Joni Adamson, Arizona State UniversityDiversity Coordinator: Salma Monani, Gettysburg CollegeGraduate Student Liaison (senior): Andrew Hageman, Luther CollegeExecutive CouncilAllison Carruth, University of California, Los Angeles (2013-2015)Christoph Irmscher, Indiana University, Bloomington (2012-2014)Stephanie LeMenager, University of California, Santa Barbara /University of Oregon (2012-2014)Anthony Lioi, The Juilliard School (2011-2013)Sarah Jaquette Ray, University of Alaska, Southeast (2013-2015)Kimberly Ruffin, Roosevelt University (2011-2013)CoordinatorsExecutive Secretary: Karla Armbruster, Webster UniversityInternational Liaison: George Handley, Brigham Young UniversityGraduate Student Liaison (junior): Andrew Husband, Texas TechUniversityGraduate Student Mentoring Program Coordinator: Mark Long,Keene State CollegeAwards Coordinator: Tom Lynch, University of Nebraska, LincolnProfessional Liaison Coordinator: Tonia Payne, Nassau CommunityCollege - SUNYASLE News Editor: Catherine Meeks, University of Tennessee atChattanoogaISLE Editor: Scott Slovic, University of IdahoBook Review Editor, ISLE: Tom Hillard, Boise State UniversitySite HostByron Caminero-Santangelo, University of KansasStaffManaging Director: Amy McIntyre5THEMATIC STREAMSStreams are a tool to help conference participantsselect sessions they wish to attend. Whereverpossible, we have tried not to schedule too many panelsin the same stream concurrently so that participantswith related interests can attend each other'spresentations. But since some streams have receivedmany more panel and paper submissions than others,some doubling up has been unavoidable, and somestreams are not represented in every time slot.Panels form part of one of the following streams,which are listed next to the panel title in the program:Affect, Change, LossBeyond WordsCreative WritingEcopedagogyGender, Race, JusticeGeographiesGreen/TheoryNature Writing and EcopoeticsPostcolonial and Transnational EnvironmentsSpecies and FoodSpencer Art Museum ExhibitionsThe Spencer Museum of Art at KU has curated two smallexhibitions from their permanent collection to coincide withthe ASLE Conference:Teaching Gallery: Ecocritical Art HistoryMay 14 - June 9, 2013 | Gallery 319These works have been selected to complement apre-conference seminar organized by Professor AlanBraddock at the College of William & Mary concerning theemerging study of ecocriticism in the field of art history.Research topics of particular interest include natural historyillustration, 19th-century photographic depictions of fog,Robert Adams photographs, representations of glaciers, andissues related to ecocritical assessments of contemporaryart.Conversation XIV: WaterMarch 23 - July 28, 2013 | 20/21 Gallery Conversation WallWater is timeless… or is it? This installation of worksexplores contemporary artists’ perspectives on the elixir oflife: H₂0. Many of the works assembled for this installationtake an ecocritical approach to the subject matter, exploringpollution and scarcity, whereas others address water lessliterally and more symbolically, as a cleansing or destructiveforce. From this selection of 20th- and 21st-Century works, asubtle visual dialogue emerges between the Kaw River ofKansas and the Yangtze of China. Work by ASLE presenterand artist Lisa Grossman is featured in this exhibit.Museum Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday Friday & Saturday;10 a.m.-8 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday; Noon-4 p.m. Sunday.

Program in Brief:Tuesday, May 289am – 4pm: Executive Council Meeting - Sabatini Multicultural Resource Center12 – 7pm: Registration desk open – Lobby, Kansas Memorial Union12 - 5pm: Setup for Publishers’ Exhibit – Alderson, Kansas Memorial Union2 – 5pm: Pre-Conference Workshops and Seminars – Various rooms in Kansas Memorial Union5:30 – 6:30pm: Membership Meeting – Big 12 Room, Kansas Memorial Union7 – 8:30pm: Opening Reception, Sponsored by Oxford University Press – The CommonsWednesday, May 297am– 3pm: Kansas Memorial Union Market Café open continuously for breakfast and lunch on your own8am – 5pm: Registration desk open – Lobby, Kansas Memorial Union8:30am – 5pm: Publishers’ Exhibit – Alderson, Kansas Memorial Union8:30 – 10am: Concurrent Sessions 1 – Various Classrooms10:30 – 12pm: Plenary 1: Rob Nixon – Ballroom, Kansas Memorial Union1:30 – 3pm: Concurrent Sessions 2 – Various Classrooms3:30 – 5pm: Concurrent Sessions 3 – Various Classrooms5:30 – 7pm: Plenary 2: Antonia Juhasz – Ballroom, Kansas Memorial Union7 – 8:30pm: Dinner on your own – Shuttles running to downtown8:30 – 10pm: Graduate Student/International Receptions – Adams Alumni CenterThursday, May 307am– 3pm: Kansas Memorial Union Market Café open continuously for breakfast and lunch on your own8am – 5pm: Registration desk open – Lobby, Kansas Memorial Union8:30am – 5pm: Publishers’ Exhibit – Alderson, Kansas Memorial Union8:30 – 10am: Concurrent Sessions 4 – Various Classrooms10:30 – 12pm: Plenary 3: Stacy Alaimo & Cary Wolfe – Ballroom, Kansas Memorial Union12:30-1:30: ASLE Diversity Caucus Meeting – Smith 1001:30 – 3pm: Concurrent Sessions 5 – Various Classrooms3:30 – 5pm: Plenary 4: Maxine Burkett – Ballroom, Kansas Memorial Union5:30 - 6:30pm: Interest Group Meetings – Various Rooms in Kansas Memorial Union6:30 - 8pm: Dinner — Shuttles running to downtown8 - 9:30 pm: Authors' Reception, Sponsored by Orion and Milkweed Editions – The CommonsFriday, May 317am– 3pm: Market Café, Kansas Memorial Union open continuously for breakfast and lunch on your own8:00am – 1pm: Registration desk open – Lobby, Kansas Memorial Union8:30am – 1pm: Publishers’ Exhibit – Alderson, Kansas Memorial Union8:30 – 10am: Concurrent Sessions 6 – Various Classrooms10:30 – 12pm: Concurrent Sessions 7 – Various Classrooms12:15 – 7:30pm: Field Trips on and off campus (or time on your own)5 – 7:30pm: Dinner – Shuttles running to downtown8 – 9:30pm: Plenary 5: Juan Carlos Galeano & Jeff Thomson – Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Memorial UnionSaturday, June 17am– 3pm: Market Café, Kansas Memorial Union open continuously for breakfast and lunch on your own8am – 1pm: Registration desk open – Lobby, Kansas Memorial Union8:30am–12pm: Publishers’ Exhibit – Alderson, Kansas Memorial Union8:30 – 10am: Concurrent Sessions 8 – Various Classrooms10:30am–12pm: Plenary 6: Daniel Wildcat - Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Memorial Union12:30-1:30pm1:30 – 3pm: Concurrent Sessions 9 – Various Classrooms3:30 – 5pm: Concurrent Sessions 10 – Various Classrooms5:15 – 6:45pm: Plenary 7: Donald Worster & Wes Jackson - Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Memorial Union7 – 9pm: Banquet (purchased tickets required) – Ballroom, Kansas Memorial UnionSunday, June 28 – 11 am: Complimentary Continental Breakfast – Lobby, Kansas Memorial Union6

Tuesday, May 28Pre-conference Seminars and Workshop(for pre-registrants only)Seminars:Pre-Conference Sessions: 2 - 5 pmClimate Change EcocriticismsJAYHAWK ROOM, KANSAS MEMORIAL UNIONLeaders: Janet Fiskio, Oberlin College, and Michael Ziser, Universityof California, Davis Saskia Cornes, Columbia University, Futures Past: ClimateChange and the Georgic Mode Teresa Coronado, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Cooper asNaturalist and Metaphor: James Fenimore Cooper’s ThePathfinder and Confrontations of Frontier-ism Sara L. Crosby, Ohio State University at Marion, Outside theWall: Beasts of the Southern Wild and the Representation ofSouth Louisiana’s Climate Refugees Barbara Eckstein, University of Iowa, Strange Climate and SettlerCulture: Tales from Down Under Stephanie Fitzgerald, University of Kansas, Climate Change asIndigenous Dispossession for the Twenty-First Century: TheCase of the United Houma Nation of Louisiana Everett Hamner, Western Illinois University, The Novel as AerialLens, Rock Salt, and Time Capsule: The Paradigm Shifts of KimStanley Robinson George Hart, California State University Long Beach, c o 2 a n d al l: Larry Eigner’s Ecopoetics and Climate Change Matthew Hooley, The College of Wooster, After the Spectacular:Climate Change, Photography, and Indian Country Lindsay Dunne Jacoby, University of Maryland-College Park, Whois Environmentalism for? Kathryn Kirkpatrick, Appalachian State University, Towards aClimate Change Eco-Poetics Cheryl Lousley, Lakehead University, Climate Change, ScienceFiction, and Postcolonial Biology Antonia Mehnert, Rachel Carson Center, Munich University,“Back to the Future”- Re-Imagining Time in T.C. Boyle’s A Friendof the Earth Nancy Menning, Ithaca College, An Apocalypse of Butterflies: TheReligious Imagination in Barbara Kingsolver’s Flight Behavior Nicole M. Merola, Rhode Island School of Design, ConfrontingClimate Denialism: Helen Simpson’s In-Flight Entertainment Stephen Siperstein, University of Oregon, Do the Math, then GetArrested: From Apocalyptic Narratives to Scary Numbers andWhat That Says About the Evolution of the Climate ChangeMovement Brett Werner, Centre College, Individualizing the solution…Derrick Jensen and An Inconvenient TruthEcocritical Art HistoryRECEPTION ROOM, SPENCER MUSEUM OF ARTLeader: Alan Braddock, The College of William & Mary Christopher Todd Anderson, Pittsburg State University, Garbage,Art, Environments Renee Ater, University of Maryland, Alexander Gardner’sPhotographs of the Ecological Disaster of AntietamThe Challenge of Environmentalist Art as Utility Vehicles Kiu-wai Chu, University of Hong Kong/University of Idaho, NewChinese Landscapes: An Eco-materialist Approach towards XuBing’s Background Story Don Fredericksen, Cornell University, TBA Frank Fucile, The College of William and Mary, Green Target: TheAim of New Materialist Ecocriticism Scott Hess, Earlham College, Why Ecocriticism Still Needs“Nature”: the Example of Asher Durand Elizabeth Hutchinson, Barnard College, Climate and Chemistry:Photographic Fog in the Nineteenth Century Christoph Irmscher, Indiana University, Bloomington, Towards anEcological Understanding of Natural History Illustration George LeBourdais, Stanford University, Bodies of Ice/Bodies ofKnowledge, or the Thing About Nineteenth-Century GlacialEcologies Kate Meyer, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas,“When Tillage Begins”: The Other Arts, and Making a Difference James Nisbet, University of California, Irvine, Shifting Ecologiesand the Shaping of Contemporary Art David Stentiford, Stanford University, Weighing Visible EcologicalAssociations Celka Straughn, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas,“This world of apathy and ugliness”: Ludwig Meidner’sApocalyptic Landscapes and the Urban Environment in LateWilhemine Germany William J. Stroup, Keene State College, Landscape Art and theLand Ethic Jim Warren, Washington and Lee University, Forms of aGeography: Robert Adams’s Faith in the LightEcocriticism and Latin AmericaALCOVE G, KANSAS MEMORIAL UNIONLeader: Jorge Marcone, Rutgers, The State University Dulce Abigail Perez Aguilera, Arizona State University, TBA Simão Farias Almeida, Federal University of Roraima,Ecojournalism and Ecoliterature on the Brazilian LiteraryJournalism Mark Anderson, University of Georgia, Uncaging Criticism:On Dissensus, Decoloniality, and Latin American EcologicalThought Scott DeVries, Bethel College, The Nature of Miners and Oilers:Ecological Representations of the Resource Curse in SpanishAmerican Literature Roberto J. Forns-Broggi, Metropolitan State University of Denver,Agreement with and Variance from Indigenous Knowledge:Unlearning Monolingual Mind-Sets7

Tuesday, May 28 Yvonne Kaisinger, University of Salzburg, Changing Visions ofChanging Natures: Latin American Literature and theEnvironment Jeremy G. Larochelle, University of Mary Washington, EcologicalLoss and Interconnectedness in Recent Amazonian Poetry: ThePlace of Amazonian Thought in Ecocritical Studies of LatinAmerican Literature Gabriela Nuñez, California State University, Fullerton,A Sustainable Future? U.S.-Latino Science Fiction and Ecocriticismof the Global South David Taylor, University of North Texas, TBA Ignacio Valero, California College of the Arts, EcoDomics, Market Mary-Anne Vetterling, Regis College, TBA Priscilla Solis Ybarra, University of North Texas, Latina/oEnvironmental?Material Ecocriticism and Changing NaturesCENTENNIAL ROOM, KANSAS MEMORIAL UNIONLeaders: Serenella Iovino, University of Turin, and Serpil Oppermann,Hacettepe University Yalan Chang, Huafan University, A Transcorporeal Reading ofMargaret Atwood's Surfacing John Claborn, University of Louisville, Postmodernism andMaterial Ecocriticism Amanda Di Battista, York University, Looking for Place: MaterialEcocritical Perspectives on Place-Conscious Pedagogy Sabrina Ferri, University of Notre Dame, Giacomo Leopardi'sPoetic Materialism: A New Perspective on the Nature of Things James Finley, University of New Hampshire, Eco-materialistEthics in the Antebellum U.S Rochelle Johnson, The College of Idaho, Ineffable Materiality Sigfrid Kjeldaas, University of Tromsø, New Materialisms in anArctic Setting Xinmin D. Liu, Washington State University, Embedded NewMaterialism and the Case about Manufactured Landscape Lance Newman, Westminster College, The Matter of the ClassedBody Judith Rauscher, University of Bamberg, Eco-materialistConcerns in the Poetry of Juliana Spahr and Ed Roberson Sarah Jaquette Ray, University of Alaska Southeast,Environmental Justice, the Toxic Sublime, and Materiality inEdward Burtynsky’s Manufactured Landscapes Christian Hummelsund Voie, Mid Sweden University, MaterialEcocriticism and the Landscape of Fear in American NatureWriting Kerim Can Yazgünoglu, Hacettepe University, PosthumanNarrative NatureCultures: Problematization of Politics of Life inMaterial Ecocriticism Zümre Gizem Yilmaz, Hacettepe University, Dirt and Garbage as aText: Discursive MattersVegetal Ecocriticism: The Question of “The Plant”KANSAS ROOM, KANSAS MEMORIAL UNIONLeaders: Joni Adamson, Arizona State University, and CateSandilands, York University Elizabeth Callaway, UC Santa Barbara, Towards an Aesthetics ofDifference: Eduardo Kac's Edunia and the Overemphasis onSimilarity Hannes De Vriese, Université de Toulouse II-Le Miraill (France) /Universiteit Gent (Belgium), Dormancy: Learning the Patience ofPlants with Jean-Loup Trassard Erin Despard, Concordia University, On Garden Writing and theSocialization of the Vegetal Micha Gerrit Philipp Edlich, Johannes Gutenberg University, "Myintelligence is a web": "Plant-Thinking" and Plant Rights in AlanMoore's Swamp Thing Hsinya Huang, National Sun Yat-sen University, Orality, Textualityand Memory: The Power of the Plant in Pacific Islands Writing Wang Huang, The Ohio State University, The Touch of An Other:Flower-Spirits, Body, and Place in Liaozhai zhiyi Annie Merrill Ingram, Davidson College, Sentience andPersonification Julie Joosten, Experience Elsewhere: Light and the Matter of thePlant Yeonhaun Kang, University of Florida, Journey into VegetalAesthetics: Food, Gardening, and Transpacific EnvironmentalStudies Maya L. Kapoor, University of Arizona, The Social Life of Plants Margaret Konkol, Georgia Institute of Technology, The Civic Life ofTrees Anthony Lioi, The Juilliard School, There's Nothing Wrong withMen That Plants Can't Fix: Phytomorphic Genderfuck inContemporary Science Fiction Gillian Osborne, University of California Berkeley, RepresentativeMen, Vegetative Men: Emersonian Composition Darren Patrick, York University, Grounding the Ghetto Palm:Toward a Vegetal Ethics and Politics of Queer Urban Ecologies Elana Santana, York University, Old Growth Feminism: ArborealAgencies on Lesbian Land Aubrey Streit Krug, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, ProducingPlant Bodies on the Great Plains Sarah Weiger, University of Portland, "It bloomed and dropt":Phenology in Dickinson and ThoreauWorkshop:Teaching a TreeENGLISH ROOM, KANSAS MEMORIAL UNIONLeaders: Sydney Landon Plum, University of Connecticut, andSusan L. Tomlinson, Texas Tech University8

Tuesday, May 28ASLE Membership MeetingBig 12 Room, Kansas Memorial UnionModerated by Mark Long, ASLE Vice PresidentMeeting: 5:30 - 6:30 pmJoin the Executive Council for an update on the latest ASLE business, including reports on ASLE’s financial status, new grantsand programs, diversity initiatives, collaborations with allied organizations, and off-year symposia, among other topics. If youare interested in getting more involved in ASLE, this is a great opportunity to do so!Reception: 7 - 8:30 pmOpening Reception, Sponsored by Oxford University PressThe Commons, Spooner HallHelp us kick off the conference with hearty food and drink, good conversation and a chance togreet old friends and make new ones. Come and see our new ASLE logo, which will be unveiled forthe first time at this event!There will be a short program at 7:30pm: Jeffrey Vitter, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost atthe University of Kansas, will welcome ASLE to KU. Trish Thomas from OUP and Scott Slovic, editorof our Journal ISLE, will give a few short remarks about our publishing partnership as it enters itsfifth year. ASLE President and conference program chair Paul Outka will also give a brief welcome.Plenty of hot and cold appetizers and desserts, plus an open bar of beer and wine.The Kansas JayhawkSo-called “Bleeding Kansas” was the site of brutal paramiltary struggles between pro-slaveryand Abolitionist settlers from roughly 1855-1858, in advance of a vote that would decidewhether the Territory entered the Union as a Free or Slave state. Violence persistedthroughout the Civil War, including attacks by Kansas native John Brown and his sons, andthe infamous "Quantrill's Raid" on Lawrence in 1863 that burned most of the town to theground and killed more than 150 men and boys. "Jayhawk" was an insulting term used byproslavery settlers for their anti-slavery opponents—combining the hawk's stealth and thequarrelsome jay's propensity to steal from other birds. For more information on the historyof the jayhawk, see: http://www.ku.edu/about/traditions/jayhawk.php.9

Wednesday, May 29Session 1: 8:30 - 10 am1A. Weather MachinesStream: Affect, Change, LossFRASER 119Chair: Christopher Schaberg, Loyola University New Orleans Christopher Schaberg, Loyola University New Orleans,Conditions Beyond Control Andrew C. Hageman, Luther College, Weather MachinesInvolving and Involved Clara Van Zanten, Luther College, Cloud Machines1B. Thinking the End: Apocalypse, Extinction, andAnti-futurity in 21st Century PoeticsStream: Affect, Change, LossSPOONER HALL, THE COMMONSChair: Lynn Keller, University of Wisconsin-Madison Lynn Keller, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Making Art “UnderThese Apo-Calypso Rays” Angela Hume, University of California, Davis, An Ecopoetics ofthe Limit: Myung Mi Kim's Penury Matthew Hooley, The College of Wooster, Toxic Recognition:Rethinking the Apocalyptic in Sherwin Bitsui and Will Wilson1C. Western American Film: Bodies, Technology, Nature(Sponsored by the Western Literature Association)Stream: Beyond WordsFRASER 122Chair: Kerry Fine, Texas Tech UniversityKerry Fine, Texas Tech University, Our Monsters, Ourselves: TheAnxiety of Edible BodiesChristopher T. Gonzalez, Texas A&M University, Commerce, BrownBodies, Cyber Braceros: Migration and Power in Alex Rivera’sSleep DealerNicolas S. Witschi, Western Michigan University, TheMetacinematic West: Nature, Koyaanisqatsi, and theTechnological Sublime1D. Animated NaturesStream: Beyond WordsFRASER 106Chair: Ursula Heise, University of California, Los Angeles Michelle Yates, Columbia College Chicago, “Stay the Course” ofEnvironmental Crisis: Mainstream Environmentalism andWALL-E’s Edenic Recovery Hakan Yilmaz, Hacettepe University, AnimatingDevelop/mentalism, Environmentalism and Publicity in Wall-E1E. Acoustic EnvironmentsStream: Beyond WordsFRASER 225Chair: Erin Scheffer, University of Toronto Marc Hudson, Wabash College, Marc Auge and William Stafford:Resisting the Global and Welcoming the Local Through RadicalListening Mirja Lobnik, Georgia Institute of Technology, Listening toAnother World: Indigenous Voices and the Land Melissa Brotton, La Sierra University, Nature's Music in theEcopoetry of Elizabeth Barrett Browning1F. The Migration of MeaningStream: Creative WritingFRASER 124Chair: Elizabeth Bradfield, Brandeis University Christine Byl, Dirt Work: An Education in the Woods Elizabeth Bradfield, Brandeis University, In the Wake of: PoemsTracking MacMillan Eva Saulitis, University of Alaska Anchorage, Still Dreaming of aCommon Language1G. Companions in Wonder: Children and Adults ExploringNature TogetherStream: Creative WritingFRASER 117Chair: Susan Cohen, Anne Arundel Community College Janine DeBaise, SUNY, College of Environmental Science andForestry, If Henry David Thoreau had a Reality TV Show Rick Van Noy, Radford University, After the Wonder Years: Whatto Do with Teens in the Woods Susan Cohen, Anne Arundel Community College, Littoral Drifter Michael P. Branch, University of Nevada, Reno, Silver Hills Kids1H. Revising Place-Conscious CompositionStream: EcopedagogyFRASER 214Chair: Aubrey Streit Krug, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Jeff Lacey, Ralston High School, Really Going In: Local WatershedEducation in a Suburban High School Catherine M. English, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, WorkEthnographies: Teaching Economic Sustainability Susan Martens, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, The WritingMarathon: Writing in Place for Teaching Writing, TeachingPlace, and Teaching Inquiry Aubrey Streit Krug, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Solving forPerennial Patterns: Composing Place-Conscious Citizenship10

Wednesday, May 291I. Place, Writing, and PedagogyStream: EcopedagogyFRASER 223Chair: Kevin Maier, University of Alaska Southeast Barbara E. George, Kent State University, Distribution,Sustainability and Literacy Meredith Harvey, George Williams College of Aurora University,An Applied Approach to Environmental Composition: ServiceLearning, Living Laboratories, and Literature in anInterdisciplinary Undergraduate Classroom Katie Fallon, West Virginia University, Writing AppalachianEcology: Essays, Outreach, and Activism Phillip David Johnson, II, Colorado State University, We All ThrowThings Away! Teaching Place-Based Literature in a Place-lessClassroom1J. Preservation and Exploitation in IndigenousEnvironmental PracticeStream: Gender, Race, JusticeFRASER 111Chair: Simon Estok, Sungkyunkwan University Jennifer Wheat, University of Hawaii-Hilo, Hungry for Honu: Downthe Hatch with Another Endangered Species Scott Cannon Cameron, Brigham Young University-Idaho, WildlyDomestic: The Cultural Landscapes of Zitkala-Sa, CharlesEastman, and Luther Standing Bear Karen Thornber, Harvard University, Anthropocentric Ecologiesand the “Ecological Native”: The Limits of EnvironmentalConservation in American Indian, Mâori, and AboriginalTaiwanese Literatures1K. Indigenous Stories: From Ontology to ActivismStream: Gender, Race, JusticeFRASER 212Chair: Paris Masek, Arizona State University Paris Masek, Arizona State University, Elemental Flow: TheFootprint of Environmental Change and CulturalTransformations Living Inside Pueblo Literature Nimachia Hernandez, The Other Becomes the Self: Reciprocityand Reflection in Land-Animal-Human Ecologies Kyle Bladow, University of Nevada, Reno, Restorying forResilience1L. Ecocriticism and Narrative TheoryStream: Green/TheoryFRASER 113Chair: Erin James, University of Idaho Erin James, University of Idaho, Ecocriticism and NarrativeStoryworlds Eric Morel, University of Washington, Making “New Acquaintances” in Reading: Jewett, Vaillant, and a NarrativeTheory Foray into Ecocriticism Anna Banks, University of Idaho, Achieving Animal SubjectivityThrough the Use of Restricted POV Camera Techniques in Jean-Jaques Annaud’s The Bear Glenn Willmott, Queen's University, Ecologizing Plot, AnimalizingCharacter1M. Literature as CompostStream: Green/TheoryFRASER 222Chair: Brett Werner, Centre College Steven Skattebo, University of Arkansas, "CompostHappens": Metaphor, Science, and Interdisciplinarity Michelle Niemann, University of Wisconsin-Madison,Compost and Pleasure: Organic Form and Organic Farming inWendell Berry's Poetry and Prose Daniel E. Burke, Marquette University, The (De)Composition ofEcopoetics in Whitman, Niedecker, and Stevens1N. Organic Objects and ActivismStream: Green/TheorySMITH 107Chair: Maggie Kainulainen, University of Illinois Maggie Kainulainen, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,"Awful in Both Senses of the Word": Aesthetic Experience andClimate Change Pedagogy at Chicago's Brookfield Zoo Mary Pinard, Babson College, Limits, Energy, and Migration: TheArt of Weaving as (Prairie) Restoration and Metaphor in theWork of Sheila Hicks Daniel Barclay, Western Illinois University, Christmas Trees in theCapitol: Turning Nature into a Rhetoric of Power1O. Beasts, Biology, and Bicycles in H. G. WellsStream: Nature Writing and EcopoeticsFRASER 208Chair: Jeremy Withers, Iowa State University Jeremy Withers, Iowa State University, Bicycling and HumanArrogance in Wells’ War of the Worlds Helena Feder, East Carolina University, Wells, Darwin, and theMissing Link of Desire Clare Echterling, University of Kansas, “I wish I’d never set eyeson your infernal island”: The Island Laboratory and thePosthuman Environment1P. Transformations: Thoreau and Changing Nature(Sponsored by The Thoreau Society)Stream: Nature Writing and EcopoeticsFRASER 107Chair: James Finley, University of New Hampshire Rochelle Johnson, The College of Idaho, Returning to the Matterof Spirit: New/Feminist Materialism and the Requisite Recoveryof Thoreau’s Radical Nature Karla M. Armbruster, Webster University, Walking with Thoreauin Mind and Dog(s) on Leash Diane P. Freedman, University of New Hampshire, Thoreau atMid-Life: “The Widow-Maker”11

Wednesday, May 291Q. Africa, Water, and the Politics of InfrastructureStream: Postcolonial and Transnational EnvironmentsSABATINI MULTICULTURAL RESOURCE CENTERChair and Moderator: Garth Myers, Trinity College Peter Soppelsa, University of Oklahoma, From the Sahara to theTropics: Images of Africa in Paris's Water Crisis Daniel Mains, University of Oklahoma, Mud, Seepage, and Flows:The Role of Water in Mediating the Experience ofInfrastructure in Urban Ethiopia Shannon Jackson, University of Missouri-Kansas City, SouthAfrica’s “Toilet Wars” and the Politics of Waste1R. Indigenous Environmentalisms in Postcolonial AfricanLiterature I—The Country, the City, and the ForestStream: Postcolonial and Transnational EnvironmentsFRASER 123Chair: Chengyi Coral Wu, University of Nevada, Reno Chengyi Coral Wu, University of Nevada, Reno, African Conceptsof Country and City: Post/colonial Environments in CyprianEkwensi’s Burning Grass Brady Smith, University of Chicago, Gikuyu na Mumbi: UrbanEcology in Ngugi wa Thiongo'o's Wizard of the Crow Respondent: Scott Slovic, University of Idaho1S. Diaspora, Refugees, and PlaceStream: Postcolonial and Transnational EnvironmentsSMITH 100Chair: Susan Berry Brill de Ramirez, Bradley University Robert Melchior Figueroa, University of North Texas,Disintegrated Environmental Identity and DisplacedEnvironmental Heritage: Depictions of Refugees’ Places and theImplications for Environmental Justice (Part I) Leslie Olson, Human Write Communications, DisintegratedEnvironmental Identity and Displaced EnvironmentalHeritage: Depictions of Refugees’ Places and theImplications for Environmental Justice (Part II) Susan Berry Brill de Ramirez, Bradley University, Geographies ofBelonging and Placefulness in the Intersections ofIndigeneity and Diaspora1T. Posthuman FamiliesStream: Species and FoodSMITH 108Chair: John Bruni, Grand Valley State University Brian Deyo, Grand Valley State University, Strange Fits of Robert B. Mellin, Purdue University North Central, KurtVonnegut's Galápagos: Looking for Mutualism at the Origin ofEvolutionary Narratives1U. Becoming AnimalStream: Species and FoodFRASER 112Chair: Heather Swan, University of Wisconsin-Madison Lora Geriguis, La Sierra University, An Ecocritical Re-reading of theRabbit-Breeding Woman of Surrey, Mary Toft (1726) Heather Swan, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Becoming Bee: Hong, Chen, Shanghai Normal University, Eco-consciousness orEcophobia? Reading Shen Shixi's Animal FictionPlenary Session 1: 10:30 am - 12 pmThis Brief Multitude: The Anthropocene and Our Age of DisparityBallroom, Kansas Memorial Union12

Wednesday, May 29Lunch: 12 - 1:30 pmSession 2: 1:30 - 3 pm2A. Affect and Environmentalism in the Nineteenth CenturyStream: Affect, Change, LossFRASER 117Chair: Seth Reno, Wittenberg University Seth Reno, Wittenberg University, Rethinking the Romantics'Love of Nature Emily Conheady, “Slake his Thirst with the Steaming Blood":Affect Theory, Animal Welfare, and the Romantic Sublime William J. Stroup, Keene State College, Embarrassing Displays ofDevotion in Nineteenth-Century Paintings Lisa Ottum, Xavier University, Affect, Romantic (Mis)reading, andthe Case of Chris McCandless2B. Green Hearts, Black Hands: Ecocriticism and OilStream: Affect, Change, LossFRASER 122Chair: Heidi Scott, Florida International University Steven M. Hoffman, University of St. Thomas, Expanding theFootprint: Tar Sands, Pipelines and Rhetoric of Opposition Matthew Schneider-Mayerson, University of Minnesota, Peak OilFiction and the Post-Carbon Imaginary Heidi Scott, Florida International University, American Oil CultureBefore the Age of Petroleum2C. Paper Jam: Diminishing Returns: Waste, Diminution andDecay in 20th-Century American LiteratureStream: Affect, Change, LossFRASER 106Chair: Randall Roorda, University of Kentucky Aaron Cloyd, University of Kentucky, A Witness of Decay:Entropy as Unavailable Energy in Cormac McCarthy's All thePretty Horses Margaret Johnson, Idaho State University, “One Big TangledThing”: Degradation and Loss in Don DeLillo’s The Names Jenna Goldsmith, University of Kentucky, Building a House toHold us all: Natural Debris and Literary Ref(use) in AlisonBechdel's Fun Home Leah Bayens, St. Catharine College, Shit Is Happening: Compostas Dwelling in American Farming Texts Randall Roorda, University of Kentucky, Tumblebugs: Hrabal,Ammons, and Crap2D. Dark Nature: Ecocriticism and the GothicStream: Affect, Change, LossFRASER 124Chair: Tom J. Hillard, Boise State University Sarah Groeneveld, University of Wisconsin-Madison, TheAnimals Have Faces: Margaret Atwood’s Gothic Beasts Troy Boone, University of Pittsburgh, Green Horror: TheRuination of the Human Susan Rowland, Pacifica Graduate Institute, Gothic Hell inHuman/Nonhuman Nature: (Re)connecting Psyche and Naturethrough Myth and Wuthering Heights Tom J. Hillard, Boise State University, Hawthorne’s Chickens:Ecocriticism, Emblematic Nature, and Anxieties of Decay in TheHouse of the Seven Gables2E. From “Other" to Us: Reclaiming the Eco-CinematicSpaceStream: Beyond WordsSMITH 100Chair: Joni Adamson, Arizona State University Salma Monani, Gettysburg College, Kissed by Lightning andIndigenous Cinema’s Natureculture Continuum Jennifer Barager Sibara, University of Southern California,Questions of the Future in Agent Orange Documentaries Deborah Adelman, College of DuPage, Tulpan: Life on theKazakh Steppes Alexa Weik von Mossner, University of Klagenfurt, The PrettiestPlace on Earth: Understanding Eco-Cinematic Space in Beasts ofthe Southern Wild2F. Connecting with Canines: A Creative Non-FictionReadingStream: Creative WritingFRASER 225Chair: Corey Lewis, Humboldt State University Corey Lewis, Humboldt State University, Prairie Wolf Paul Bogard, James Madison University, Once You Gain anEcological Education You Live Alone in a World of Wounds, or,How Walking My Dog Three Times a Day Keeps Me Alive Ceiridwen Terrill, Concordia University, Part Wild: CaughtBetween the Worlds of Wolves and Dogs2G. Paper Jam: The Poetics of Emplacement: Spoon RiverPoetry Review Poets ReadStream: Creative WritingFRASER 107Chair: Kirstin Hotelling Zona, Illinois State University & Spoon RiverPoetry Review Kirstin Hotelling Zona, Illinois State University & Spoon RiverPoetry Review, The Poetics of Emplacement: SRPR Poets Read William Stobb, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, In GeologicalTime: A Great Basin Poetics Joshua Corey, Lake Forest College, Revising the Pastoral Poetic Tyler Mills, University of Illinois-Chicago, Poetics of Emplacement Holms Troelstrup, Bradley University, Dis/Connections: Limitsand Intention Adrian Matejka, Indiana University Bloomington, Poetry Zoos &Poetics of Emplacement13

Wednesday, May 292H. Graduate Student Special Session: Topographies ofProfessionalization I: Nearing the Market(s)Stream: EcopedagogySABATINI MULTICULTURAL RESOURCE CENTERChair: Andrew Hageman, Luther CollegePanelists: Andrew Hageman, Luther CollegeChristopher Schaberg, Loyola University New OrleansHeather Sullivan, Trinity UniversityMark Allister, St. Olaf College2I. Foreign Language Education and the EnvironmentStream: EcopedagogyFRASER 206Chair: Uwe Kuechler, Universität Bonn Uwe Kuechler, Universität Bonn, Languages, Cultures,Environments: Diversifying Teaching Approaches Natalie Eppelsheimer, Middlebury College, Greening the GermanClassroom Charlotte Melin, University of Minnesota,Twin Cities,Contemporary Germany: Environmental Issues in the ForeignLanguage Classroom2J. Climate Justice, Indigenous Peoples, and CollectiveAction (Sponsored by the International Association ofEnvironmental Philosophy)Stream: Gender, Race, JusticeFRASER 223Chair: Janet Fiskio, Oberlin College Kyle Powys Whyte, Michigan State University, Climate Justice andIndigenous Networks Janet Fiskio, Oberlin College, Mapping a Haunted Landscape:Memory and Resistance in Simon Ortiz’s Fight Back Kirsten Vinyeta, University of Oregon, Community Photographyas a Tool to Address Climate Change Impacts Affecting theCoquille Indian Tribe's Sovereignty and Culture Christopher Paul Bindel, Coconino Community College / GrandCanyon Trust, The Painted Desert Project: Street-art andEnvironmental Justice Alliances on the Colorado Plateau2K. Twentieth-Century Literary UrbanismStream: Gender, Race, JusticeFRASER 208Chair: Amy T. Hamilton, Northern Michigan University Robert M. Myers, Lock Haven University, Managing Migrations:Progressivism, Ecology, and Crane’s Maggie Jill Gatlin, New England Conservatory, Sublime and Sordid Smoke:The Aesthetic and Moral Reconciliation of Pollution andProgress in Turn-of-the-Century U.S. Fiction Nathan Mickelson, The New Community College, CUNY, CharlesOlson's Topography and Some Contradictions of Urban Renewal2L. Race, Gender, Garden, RegionStream: Gender, Race, JusticeFRASER 113Chair: Rhona McAdam Yeonhaun Kang, University of Florida, Rethinking “the AmericanGarden”: Native American Gardening, Place, and EnvironmentalImagination in Leslie Marmon Silko’s Gardens in the Dunes Alicia J. Carroll, Auburn University, “We Are Two Women”: NewWoman Ecologies and the Market Garden Carol Dickson, Sterling College, Gendered Landscapes in EarlyTwentieth-Century New England Ballads2M. Extreme Identities: Adventure and the Limits of NatureStream: GeographiesFRASER 222Chair: Kristin J. Jacobson, Stockton College Kristin J. Jacobson, Stockton College, American AdrenalineNarrative: Adventurous Natures, Risky Religions Elizabeth Mazzolini, Virginia Tech, Redefining Access Breyan Strickler, Loras College, Man on the Mountain2N. Home and Away: Memory, Ecology, Writing, and PlaceStream: GeographiesFRASER 212Chair: Jim Wohlpart, Florida Gulf Coast University David Taylor, University of North Texas, Entre Hogar y Querencia:Complexities of Cuban-American Environmentalism in SouthernFlorida Sasha Wohlpart, Florida Gulf Coast University, Sustainable Living:Ecological Exploration from Florida to Costa Rica Jim Wohlpart, Florida Gulf Coast University, Restor(y)ing the Selfand the Home: Ecological Restoration in Ray’s Ecology of aCracker Childhood John Lane, Wofford College, A Selection of Recent Poems fromTravels in the Bahamas and the British Virgin Islands2O. Earthen Archives: Ecocritical Theory and Textual StudiesStream: Green/TheoryFRASER 111Chair: Michael P. Branch, University of Nevada, Reno Kent Ryden, University of Southern Maine, LinguisticBioregionalism: An Ecocritical Reading of the Linguistic Atlas ofNew England Mark Sturges, Pennsylvania State University, Crevecoeur's BotanicalTrunk: The Textual Remains of Letters from an AmericanFarmer Andrew Husband, Texas Tech University, Gretel Ehrlich’s FirstSummer in the Sierra: Ecotextual Criticism and Affects Jill Hampton, University of South Carolina-Aiken, Gretel Ehrlich:from the Archives to the Printed Page2P. Roundtable: Geezer Poets: Voices of EldersStream: Nature Writing and EcopoeticsFRASER 214Chair: Jim Warren, Washington and Lee University Jim Warren, Washington and Lee University, W. S. Merwin Laird Christensen, Green Mountain College, Wendell Berry Bernard Quetchenbach, Montana State University, Billings, GarySnyder John Tallmadge, Wandering Scholar, Gary Snyder Mark Long, Keene State College, Mary Oliver & Maxine Kumin14

Wednesday, May 292Q. Paper Jam: Environmental Science Fiction and ChangedNature (Sponsored by the Science Fiction ResearchAssociation)Stream: Nature Writing and EcopoeticsSPOONER HALL, THE COMMONSChair: Robert Boschman, Mount Royal University Robert Boschman, Mount Royal University, "Beginning to think insome necessary ways”: Crossing Carbon Boundaries and FullCost Accounting in Kim Stanley Robinson and Paolo Bacigalupi Rebecca Phillips, West Virginia University at Parkersburg, "TheyMeant No Harm": Environmental and Social Disruption in MaryDoria Russell's Rakhat Novels Diana Leong, University of California, Irvine, An Ecology ofObjects: Ecopessimism and Beasts of the Southern Wild Everett Hamner, Western Illinois University, From Cell to Planet:Synthetic Biology, Human Animals, and Social Justice in KimStanley Robinson’s 2312 Stephen Siperstein, University of Oregon, Octavia Butler,Ecological Limits, and the Age of Empathy Shane Donnelly Hall, University of Oregon, Cloud Atlas and theTextual Apocalypse Anthony Lioi, The Juilliard School, Ecocriticism X: Hybrid Realityand the Ethos of Science Fiction2R. Indigenous Environmentalisms in Postcolonial AfricanLiterature IIStream: Postcolonial and Transnational EnvironmentsFRASER 123Chair: Chengyi Coral Wu, University of Nevada, Reno Joshua Williams, University of California, Berkeley,ECO-INSURGENCY: Land, Freedom, and Peasant Revolution inEast African Performance and Film Weeraya Donsomsakulkij, Bayreuth International GraduateSchool of African Studies (BIGSAS), University of Bayreuth, ThePresencing of the Physical World in Bessie Head’s When RainClouds Gather: A Topopoetic Reading Chibuzo Asomugha, Federal Polytechnic, Nigeria, Oil InducedInternal Displacement in Modern Nigerian Literature2S. Transnational Urban EcocriticismStream: Postcolonial and Transnational EnvironmentsFRASER 112Chair: Ursula Heise, University of California, Los Angeles Hans-Georg Erney, Armstrong Atlantic State University,Maximum Cities, Minimum Villages, and Urban Ecocriticism inPostcolonial Literature William V. Lombardi, University of Nevada, Reno, "UnequalBurdens": An Outline for Postlocal Ecocriticism and Notes onthe Location of Ecosocial Justice Annie Lowe, University of Kansas, The Polarization of ArundhatiRoy: North-South, East-West2T. Wandering Weeds/Floating Seeds: Thoughts on PlantMigrationsStream: Species and FoodFRASER 119Chair: Anne-Lise Francois, University of California, Berkeley Anne-Lise Francois, University of California, Berkeley, “The Lovesof the Plants”: Reading Romantic Botany in an Age of ColonyCollapse Juliana Chow & Gillian Osborne, University of California Berkeley,California in New England: Eschscholzia Californica (commonname: California Poppy) in Emily Dickinson and Celia Thaxter Michael C. Cohen, University of California Los Angeles, Bad SeedsSession 3: 3:30 - 5 pm3A. Inadvertent Environmentalisms: Changing Nature byAccidentStream: Affect, Change, LossFRASER 113Chair: Sarah Weiger, University of Portland Sarah Weiger, University of Portland, Accident and the Evolutionof Romantic Natural History Julie Joosten, “Glittering Idly”: Wordsworthian Gratuitousness Sarah Ensor, Portland State University, Rachel Carson and thePolitics of Reluctance3B. Atwood and Others at the End of the WorldStream: Affect, Change, LossFRASER 123Chair: Adele Tiengo, State University of Milan Cheryl Lousley, Lakehead University, Climate Change and GlobalExotica: The Politics of Mimicry and Mutation in Larissa Lai’sSalt Fish Girl and Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake and Yearof the Flood Adele Tiengo, State University of Milan, The Legacy of the LastMen: Narrations on Catastrophes and Ecophobia Tonia L. Payne, Nassau Community College-SUNY, Profits orProphets: Margaret Atwood’s Dystopian Satires3C. Ecomusicologies in Canada: Sonic Narratives,Imaginings, and RepresentationStream: Beyond WordsFRASER 222Chair: Kate Galloway, Memorial University Kate Galloway, Memorial University, Sounding the EnvironmentalPast and Present: Repurposing and Representing Soundscape inContemporary Canadian Compositions Erin Elizabeth Scheffer, University of Toronto, BetweenClassifying and Romanticism: Musically Imagining IndigenousCanadians in 1940s CBC Radio Drama Jeremy Strachan, University of Toronto, Sounding Empire:Coloniality and Environment in Canadian Art Music15

Wednesday, May 293D. Images of Nature and the Nature of ImagesStream: Beyond WordsSMITH 100Chair: Sidney I. Dobrin, University of Florida Sean Morey, Clemson University, Econography Sidney I. Dobrin, University of Florida, Fiat Lux Lauren Woolbright, Clemson University, Players Gone Wild:World of Warcraft’s Ecological Ethics3E. Kansas Rivers: Polluted and PoeticStream: Creative WritingSPOONER HALL, THE COMMONSChair: Elizabeth Schultz, University of Kansas Laura Calwell, Friends of the Kaw, The Kansas River: A Prairie-Based River System Kristin Van Tassel, Bethany College, City River: Where the WildThings Are Lisa Grossman, Painting the Kansas River Joan Stone, University of Kansas, Bends of the Kaw: A RiverDance Heidi Mehl, Kansas State University, Sand-Dredging the KansasRiver Elizabeth Schultz, University of Kansas, Kansas Rivers: Pollutedand Poetic3F. Belles of the Southern WildStream: Creative WritingSMITH 107Chair and Respondent: Ann Fisher-Wirth, University of Mississippi Abigail C. Greenbaum, Berry College, Taking the Wild Out Anna Lena Phillips, American Scientist, Names for the Land:Toward a Subjective Southern Ecopoetics Catherine Meeks, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, TheOnly House3G. The New Nature WritingStream: Creative WritingSMITH 108Chair: John M. Gist, Western New Mexico University Richard Kerridge, Bath Spa University, Cold Blood John M. Gist, Western New Mexico University, Reflections of aBook Burner Stella Capek, Hendrix College, Buttons in the River3H. Graduate Student Special Session: Topographies ofProfessionalization II: Early Career PlanningStream: EcopedagogySABATINI MULTICULTURAL RESOURCE CENTERChair: Andrew Husband, Texas Tech UniversityPanelists: Andrew Husband, Texas Tech UniversityTom J. Hillard, Boise State UniversityKerry Fine, Texas Tech UniversitySusan N. Maher, University of Minnesota Duluth3I. Sense of Nature and Ecopedagogical Design in Swedishand German Children's LiteratureStream: EcopedagogyFRASER 223Chair: Sture Packalén, Mälardalen University Sture Packalén, Mälardalen University, Elsa Beskow and theNordic View of Nature Magnus Jansson, Malardalen University, The WonderfulAdventures of Nils – the Educational Potential of Storytelling Karin Molander Danielsson, Mälardalen University, Fantasy andEco-pedagogy in Swedish Children’s Literature from the 20thCentury Marie Öhman, Mälardalen University, Environmentalist Positionsin Astrid Lindgren’s Ronja the Robber’s Daughter3J. Histories of Slavery and the Nature of ResistanceStream: Gender, Race, JusticeFRASER 107 Marnie McInnes, DePauw University, Literary Habitats: The Caseof Haiti Barbara Eckstein, University of Iowa, In a Borrowed Canoe: TheExtramodern Mississippi River Journey of Eddy L. Harris Liz Hutter, University of Minnesota / Metropolitan StateUniversity, “Plunged in a Watery Grave”: Elegiac Reverie forDrowned Slaves3K. PathographiesStream: Gender, Race, JusticeFRASER 106Chair: Sean Farrell, University of Texas at Arlington Veronica Vold, University of Oregon, Mapping Cancer: LocatingEnvironmental Risk in Graphic Cancer Narratives Arlene Plevin, Olympic College, (Re)Forming the Body in Science:Body Burdens and the Changing Power of Narrative Hanna Straß, Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität, A PostcolonialReading of Environmental Illness Narratives: Kiana Davenport'sHouse of Many Gods and Indra Sinha's Animal's People3L. Indigenous Identity and HybridityStream: Gender, Race, JusticeFRASER 112Chair: Martina Sciolino, University of Southern Mississippi Martina Sciolino, University of Southern Mississippi, TranshumanIntersubjectivity, Indigenous Medicine and the NewCommons: Linda Hogan’s Book of Medicine David L. Moore, University of Montana, “the cranky one”: D’ArcyMcNickle’s Looking-Glass for the White Man Linda Helstern, North Dakota State University, Mixing Oil andWater: Visions of Sovereignty in Eric Gansworth's SmokeDancing Desiree Hellegers, Center for Social and Environmental Justice,Washington State University Vancouver, From "Poisson Road toPoison Road": Mapping Capital in Linda Hogan’s Solar Storms16

Wednesday, May 293M. Ecocriticism and Latin AmericaStream: GeographiesFRASER 119Chair: Scott Slovic, University of Idaho Scott DeVries, Bethel College, Lost: Ecological Literature fromOutside the Spanish American Canon Roberto J. Forns-Broggi, Metropolitan State University ofDenver, How Different and Necessary is Ecocriticism in LatinAmerica? Zelia M. Bora, University Federal of Paraíba, Globalization,Margins and Nature in Brazilian Literature Mac J. Wilson, Rutgers University, Seeing through Slash and Burn:Agriculture, Landscape, and Ecology in Juan L. Ortiz’s “Ah, mirasal presente” Jeremy G. Larochelle, University of Mary Washington, FromRedemptive Waters to Dying Lakes and Rivers: Ecological Lossand Interconnectedness in Recent Amazonian Poetry3N. Minding the Climate: Interdisciplinary Perceptions ofNature’s Agency in Embodied Experiences, NarrativeFormations, and Public PolicyStream: Green/TheoryFRASER 212Chairs: Michael A. Phillips, Illinois Valley Community College, and LisaL. Phillips, Illinois State University Lisa L. Phillips, Illinois State University, The Salton Sea Smells: A“Whether” Phenomenon Megan Gregory, Illinois State University, A Force of Nature:Reimagining Relations Through Chaucer’s The Parliament ofFowles Michael A. Phillips, Illinois Valley Community College,Environmental Migrations Around DePue, Illinois3O. Graveyards and NecroregionsStream: Green/TheoryFRASER 117Chair: Troy Boone, University of Pittsburgh Jesse Oak Taylor, University of Maryland-College Park, Fossilized:After Life After Death Eleanor Gold, SUNY Buffalo, “I Have Made Your Bed at the Foot ofthe Hill”: Sara Baartman and an Ecopolitics of Interment Christian Hummelsund Voie, Mid Sweden University, Out thereand within: Nature Writing Discovers the Necroregion3P. Pastoral for the 21st CenturyStream: Nature Writing and EcopoeticsFRASER 124Chair: Tana Jean Welch, Florida State University Matthew M. Low, Creighton University, “What sweet descriptionsbards disdain to sing”: The Post-Pastoral Folk of John Clare andWilliam Elliott Whitmore Lauren Brozovich, Harvard University, Climate Change, the ElegiacPotential of Tropes, and Contemporary Pastoral in JorieGraham’s Sea Change Tana Jean Welch, Florida State University, “More Like Us thanWe’d Allow”: D.A. Powell’s Posthuman Pastoral3Q. Disruptions in Early American LiteratureStream: Nature Writing and EcopoeticsFRASER 208Chair: Teresa Coronado, University of Wisconsin-Parkside Matthew Wynn Sivils, Iowa State University, James FenimoreCooper's The Crater and the Epistemology of Natural Disaster Amy T. Hamilton, Northern Michigan University, Whitman,Nature, and the Urban Teresa Coronado, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, “The familiarname of Hermaphrodites”: James Fenimore Cooper’s The WaterWitch, Nationhood, and the Pastoral3R. Missing Links, Mutant Bunnies, and MilitantLabradoodles: Connecting Human and Animal throughSpeculative FictionStream: Species and FoodFRASER 122Chair: Christy Tidwell, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology Bridgitte Barclay, Aurora University, Circus or Science?: Eden,Evolution, and Akeley’s Influence in Two Early SF Films Nathaniel Williams, University of California, Davis, ReimaginingTwain's Talking-Dog Sentimentalism in 21st-Century ScienceFiction Christy Tidwell, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology,Rabbits and Lizards and Frogs, Oh My!: The Threat ofNon-Predatory Animals in 1970s Creature Features3S. On the Wings of the Butterfly, Moth, and Firefly: Art,Technology, and NatureStream: Species and FoodFRASER 111Chair: Jeanne Dubino, Appalachian State University Andrew J. Smyth, Southern Connecticut State University, WhoBuilt that Garden? Putting the Insects to Work in EdmundSpenser’s “Muiopotmos” Jeanne Dubino, Appalachian State University, The Death of a Mothand the Zap of a Firefly: The Lyrical Meets the Technological Ziba Rashidian, Southeastern Louisiana University, On the Wingsof a Butterfly: Bioethics and Bio-Art in Atwood, Nabokov, andMenzes17

3T. Paper Jam: Blue Sheep and Other OdditiesStream: Species and FoodFRASER 214Chair: Justin Lerberg, University of Texas at Arlington Justin Lerberg, University of Texas at Arlington, Black, Red,Green: Anti-life and Colorful Migrations in DC Comics’ AnimalMan and Swamp Thing Jason Hertz, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, On the Trail of BlueSheep and Snow Leopards: Peter Matthiessen’s and GeorgeSchaller’s Biocentric Travel Writing Robert Lipscomb, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, The Queeringof Richard Parker Melinda Linscott, Idaho State University, Knowing the Subject inthe Exeter Riddles: Wuhte, Swift, and Wiga Matthew Lerberg, University of Texas at Arlington, Convergenceof Aesthetics and Ethics from a Posthuman PerspectiveWednesday, May 29The Past, Present, and Future of Big OilBallroom, Kansas Memorial UnionPlenary Session 2: 5:30 - 7 pmAntonia Juhasz is a leading oil and energy expert. She is a Fellow of the InvestigativeReporting Program at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism where her works focuses onoil, natural gas and the Afghanistan war. Juhasz is the author of three books: Black Tide: theDevastating Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill (2011), The Tyranny of Oil (2008), and The Bush Agenda(2006). Her work has appeared in numerous publications, including The Atlantic, Harper’s Magazine,CNN.com, the New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Los Angeles Times, MiamiHerald, The Nation, and Tikkun. Juhasz is a frequent media commentator. She founded the EnergyProgram at Global Exchange, a San Francisco-based human rights non-profit organization,and directed the program from July 2009 to July 2011. Juhasz is an associate fellow with theInstitute for Policy Studies and a senior policy analyst for Foreign Policy In Focus.Refreshments will be available to tide you over till dinnerDinner On Your Own: 7 - 8:30 pmReception: 8:30 – 10 pmGraduate Student and International ReceptionsAdams Alumni CenterThis joint reception to honor the graduate students and international attendees at the ASLE Conference isOPEN TO ALL. Please come greet and celebrate these important members of our organization. There willbe a short program at 9:00pm.Light appetizers and desserts are provided, with a cash bar.18

Thursday, May 30Session 4: 8:30 - 10 am4A. McCarthy and Atwood: EndingsStream: Affect, Change, LossFRASER 212Chair: Tonia L. Payne, Nassau Community College-SUNY Rolando Rubalcava, California State Universtiy, Northridge, Greyin a Changing World: An Environmentalist Critique of CormacMcCarthy's Post-Apocalyptic Earth in The Road Louise Squire, University of Surrey, The Post-Mortal Posthuman:Life, Death and Paradox in an Environmental Crisis World Laura Wright, Western Carolina University, Vegans of theEcopocalypse: McCarthy’s The Road and Atwood’s Year of theFlood4B. Film Eco-Horror: Bugs, Blood, and BirdsStream: Beyond WordsSABATINI MULTICULTURAL RESOURCE CENTERChairs: Carter Soles, The College at Brockport (SUNY), and StephenRust, University of Oregon Carter Soles, The College at Brockport (SUNY), The Nature ofEnvironmental Apocalypse in The Birds and Night of the LivingDead Joseph K. Heumann, Eastern Illinois University, Cockroach Moviesand the Sometimes Mad Scientist Stephen Rust, University of Oregon, Postmodernism and theEco-Horror Film Robin L. Murray, Eastern Illinois University, Cockroach VampireHorror: The Case of Cronos4C. DataStream: Beyond WordsSPOONER HALL, THE COMMONSChair: Simon Estok, Sungkyunkwan University Juliette Lapeyrouse-Cherry, University of Louisiana at Lafayette,The Rhetoric of Biopiracy in the GE Seed Debate Ursula K. Heise, University of California, Los Angeles, EcologicalEpic: Databases, Conservation, and the Imagination of the Future Heather Houser, University of Texas at Austin, VisualizationAesthetics and Environmental Ethics4D. Todos Somos Migrantes Ambientales: Writing Place in aTime of Ecological DisplacementStream: Creative WritingFRASER 225Chair: Marisol Cortez, Esperanza Peace and Justice Jessica Weatherford, University of Kansas, “If It Wasn’t for theWabash River": Meditations on What It Means to Say Home Marisol Cortez, Esperanza Peace and Justice, Luz At Midnight:Readings from a Novel in Progress Kamala J. Platt, Meadlowlark Center, Poems of Earth Crises4E. Roundtable: Crafting Sustainable Teaching Practices:Respecting and Relying on the Eco-SystemStream: EcopedagogyFRASER 223Chairs: Jody Cohen and Anne Dalke, Bryn Mawr CollegePanelists: Jody Cohen, Bryn Mawr CollegeAnne Dalke, Bryn Mawr CollegeSophia Abbot, Bryn Mawr CollegeChandrea Peng, Bryn Mawr College4F. Fighting Fossil FuelsStream: Gender, Race, JusticeFRASER 214Chair: Creighton Nicholas Brown, University of Kansas Jon Gordon, University of Alberta, Irrational Oil: Ducks, Bitumen,Satire Patricia H. Audette-Longo, Concordia University, IndigenousDiscourses in Tar Sands Advocacy: Where do Canada’s FirstPeoples Fit Against the Backdrop of Keystone XL Terre Ryan, Loyola University Maryland, Dead Worker Heroes andDisastrous Energy Discourse4G. Slavery, Reconstruction, EcocriticismStream: Gender, Race, JusticeFRASER 106Chair: Britt Rusert, University of Massachusetts Amherst Matthew Bruen, New York University, His Own Dear Native Soil:Frederick Douglass, Postbellum Migration, and the Emergence ofan African-American Land Ethic Benjamin Child, University of Mississippi, Strange Vicissitudes:Southern Ecologies and Black Agrarianism during the Nadir Jamie Bolker, Fordham University, The Problem of Racial Pests:(Jim) Crows in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Dred: A Tale of the GreatDismal Swamp4H. Ecocriticism and Geocriticism: Overlapping Territoriesand Cross-Border MigrationsStream: GeographiesFRASER 124Chair: Christine M. Battista, Johnson and Wales University Christine M. Battista, Johnson and Wales University, BorderEcologies and Transformative Bodies: Mapping a FeministGeography in Linda Hogan’s Solar Storms Stephanie Posthumus, McGill University, Mapping CulturalDifferences: Géocritique and Ecocriticism Judith Rauscher, University of Bamberg, Place and Displacementin Contemporary Transnational American Poetry19

Thursday, May 304I. Landscape With Waterslide: Leisure Spaces and theEnvironmentStream: GeographiesFRASER 123Chair: Daniel Spoth, Eckerd College Daniel Spoth, Eckerd College, Reading the Beach: Literary Visionsof Leisurely Space Lindsay Dunne Jacoby, University of Maryland-College Park,Preserving an Experience: The Campaign for Voyageurs NationalPark Amanda Hagood, Hendrix College, Wrestling the Leviathan:Nature, Leisure, and the Landscape of South Florida in KarenRussell's Swamplandia! Rachel Paparone, University of Georgia, (De)Constructing Nature:Environmental Conservation and Dystopia in J. C. Rufin'sGlobalia4J. From Ecocriticism and Environmental History to theEnvironmental (Post-)Humanities: Mapping CommonGroundStream: Green/TheorySMITH 100Chair: Hannes Bergthaller, National Chung-Hsing University Agnes Kneitz, Rachel Carson Center, “As if the river was not meatand drink to you!”: Social Novels as a Means of Framing 19thCentury European Environmental Justice Dana Phillips, Towson University/Rhodes University,Posthumanism, Environmental History, and Narratives of“Collapse” Adeline Johns-Putra, University of Surrey, Reading ClimateChange Historically: Eleanor Anne Porden’s Arctic Expeditions Hannes Bergthaller, National Chung-Hsing University, “No MoreEternal than the Hills of the Poets”: Ecocriticism, EnvironmentalHistory, and the Shifting Grounds of Moral Authority in SilentSpring4K. We Are Legion: Microscopic LifeStream: Green/TheoryFRASER 122Chair: Andrew B. Ross, University of Nevada, Reno Sean Farrell, University of Texas at Arlington, Animating Art:Toward a New Materialist Understanding of Bioart and Agency Maya L. Kapoor, University of Arizona, The Slowness of Our Eyes:A Creative Nonfiction Look at Life Through a Microscope Andrew B. Ross, University of Nevada, Reno, On Bodies andArchives4L. The Language of ObjectsStream: Green/TheoryFRASER 107Chair: Gareth Farmer, University of Bedfordshire Jennifer Ladino, University of Idaho, “They had no choice”:Agency, Affect and Materiality at the Animals in War Memorial Cara Chamberlain, Rocky Mountain College, Turned Back IntoRock: A Reading of Original Poetry Mandy Bloomfield, University of Bedfordshire, “A constellation of4M. Writing the Americas: Audubon and DarwinStream: Nature Writing and EcopoeticsFRASER 117Chair: Eric Russell, University of Missouri-Columbia Eric Russell, University of Missouri-Columbia, Presenting America:John James Audubon's Ornithological Biography, Volume I Daniel Patterson, Central Michigan University, The ForgottenWestern Journals of John James Audubon and Their Implicationsfor His Conservationist Legacy Noah Heringman, University of Missouri-Columbia, Darwin, Tierradel Fuego, and the longue durée of Transatlantic Natural History4N. Thoreau and the Borderlands of Science, Literature, andLanguage (Sponsored by the Thoreau Society)Stream: Nature Writing and EcopoeticsSMITH 108Chair: Francois Specq, Ècole Normale Supérieure de Lyon William Rossi, University of Oregon, Thoreau, Natural Knowledge,and the Language of Nature Francois Specq, Ècole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, WestwardMigration and Poetic Borderlands in Thoreau’s “Walking” Laura Dassow Walls, University of Notre Dame, From Philosophyto Poetry: Thoreau's Flute and the Laughter of the Loon4O. Postcolonial Ecocriticism: Symbiotic Shifting of Self,Shelters, and SystemStream: Postcolonial and Transnational EnvironmentsFRASER 119Chair: Sarah Lewis Mitchem, University of Florida Arnaud Barras, University of Geneva, Ecosystem ofTransformation: Migration, Borders and Environmentalism inAmitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide Sarah Lewis Mitchem, University of Florida, What Are We Else?:Forming a Neuro-cosmopolitan Perspective to Adapt Personaland National Identities April Anson, University of Oregon, Little Shelter, Big Questions: AnInsider’s Critique of the Rhetoric and Philosophies of the TinyHouse Movement4P. Postcolonial Environmental Criticism: Towards aTransnational Turn in EnvironmentStream: Postcolonial and Transnational EnvironmentsFRASER 111Chair: Arun Kumar Pokhrel, University of Florida, Gainesville Arun Kumar Pokhrel, University of Florida, Gainesville, History andStory-telling: The Environmental Poetics and the Materiality ofthe Environment in George Mackay Brown’s Greenvoe Arjun P. Poudel, Northeastern University, Return to the Common/Commons Robert Drury King, Sierra Nevada College / Free University ofBrussels, The Entropy of Decolonization: Systems Analysis ofDecolonization Processes in the International Political Economy20

4Q. Reclaiming Inner and Outer Landscapes in Chicana/oEnvironmental WritingStream: Postcolonial and Transnational EnvironmentsSMITH 107Chair: Priscilla Solis Ybarra, University of North Texas Christina Holmes, DePauw University, Chicana FeministCartographies: Ecological Narratives amidst a Landscape ofMisrecognitions Christopher Keller, University of Texas-Pan American, “Thestruggle has always been inner”: Gloria Anzaldúa’s (Border)LandImages and the (R)evolutionary Priscilla Solis Ybarra, University of North Texas, DecolonizingEcocriticism, via Chicana/o Environmental WritingThursday, May 304S. Consumers, Butchers, and Bird-Watchers: Binding theEveryday Experiences of Human and Non-Human LifeStream: Species and FoodFRASER 208Chair: H. Louise Davis, Miami University Ohio H. Louise Davis, Miami University Ohio, Where Have All theWhole Grains Gone?: Green Energies, the World Food Crisis, andRadical NGO Initiatives for Food Aid in the Global South Yvonne C. Murphy, SUNY Empire State College, AviarialMigrations and (De)Constructions: Modeling Transcorporealityin the Post Despair Urban Lyric Karyn Pilgrim, SUNY Empire State College, Why Did the ChickenCross the Road? Contradictions in the Rhetoric of Ethical Eating4R. Environmental Activism and Activists: Europe and NorthAmericaStream: Postcolonial and Transnational EnvironmentsFRASER 222Chair: M. Karen Powers, Kent State University at Tuscarawas M. Karen Powers, Kent State University at Tuscarawas, Working-Class Ecofeminism: Mothers/Wives, Environmental Justice, andthe Public Work of Rhetoric Håkan Sandgren, Kristianstad University, Rhetoric of Containmentin the Nature Writing of a Political Activist Rachel Myslivy, University of Kansas, Catholic Sisters and theSeamless Garment of Eco-Justice4T. Farming, Art, and War: The End of Food and the WorldStream: Species and FoodFRASER 112Chair: William Major, Hillyer College at University of Hartford William Major, Hillyer College at University of Hartford, OtherKinds of Violence: Wendell Berry and Agrarian Pacifism Andrew McMurry, University of Waterloo, Observations onSystems and Hunger Evan Neely, Columbia University, Performing Abundance in theAffluent Society: Performance Art and Ritual ConsumptionBallroom, Kansas Memorial UnionPlenary Session 3: 10:30 am - 12 pmComposing Blue Ecologies: Science, Aesthetics, and Animal Studies in the AbyssStacy Alaimo is Professor of English and Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texasat Arlington. She has published widely in the environmental humanities, science studies, and feministtheory on such diverse subjects as environmental literature and film, environmental art andarchitecture, activist performance art, environmental pedagogy, gender and climate change, "queer"animals, and ocean conservation. She currently serves on the MLA Division of Literature and Scienceand is the new editor of the "Critical Ecologies" stream of the Electronic Book Review. Herpublications include Undomesticated Ground: Recasting Nature as Feminist Space (Cornell UP 2000);Material Feminisms, edited with Susan J. Hekman (Indiana UP 2008); and Bodily Natures: Science,Environment, and the Material Self (Indiana UP 2010). Bodily Natures won the ASLE Award forEcocriticism in 2011.Humans, Animals, and Recent Biopolitical ThoughtCary Wolfe is the Bruce and Elizabeth Dunlevie Professor of English and Director of the new 3CT:Center for Critical and Cultural Theory at Rice University. His books include Animal Rites: AmericanCulture, The Discourse of Species, and Posthumanist Theory (Chicago UP 2003), What Is Posthumanism?(Minnesota UP 2010), and Before the Law: Humans and Other Animals in a Biopolitical Frame(Chicago UP, forthcoming 2012). Edited collections include Zoontologies: The Question of the Animal(Minnesota UP 2003) and (with Branka Arsic) The Other Emerson (Minnesota UP 2010). He hasalso participated in two recent multi-authored collections: Philosophy and Animal Life (Columbia UP2008), and The Death of the Animal: A Dialogue (Columbia UP 2009). He is founding editor of theseries Posthumanities at the University of Minnesota Press, and currently working on a book projectto be called Wallace Stevens' Birds: The Poetics of Extinction.21

Thursday, May 30Lunch: 12 - 1:30 pmDiversity Caucus Meeting12:30-1:30 pm, bring a brown bag lunchSMITH 100Grab a sandwich or salad and then join the meeting. The Diversity Caucus is a group in ASLE devoted to exploring environmentaland social justice issues; addressing the intersections of race, class, gender, sexuality, and nature; and fostering therelationships between disciplines, communities, and activists. Facilitated by ASLE Diversity Coordinator Salma Monani.5A. Science Fiction and Climate ChangeStream: Affect, Change, LossFRASER 122Chair: Anthony Lioi, The Juilliard School Lauren Yero, University of Nevada, Reno, Fiction Needs NoPermit: Reimagining the Ruin through Postapocalyptic Narrative Andrew M. Rose, University of Washington, Climate Change,Geo-Engineering and the "Passionate Scientist" in Robinson’sScience in the Capital Trilogy Antonia Mehnert, Rachel Carson Center, Munich University, FromRoots to Routes: Riskscapes in Climate Change Fiction5B. Art and Eco-ActivismStream: Beyond WordsFRASER 123Chair: TBASession 5: 1:30 - 3 pm Vera Coleman, Arizona State University, Emergent Rhizomes:Posthumanism and Embodied Environmental Ethics in theParticipatory Art of Ala Plástica Jennifer A. Wagner-Lawlor, Penn State University, “Plastics areall washed up”: Art, Advocacy, and the Plastic Pollution Crisis5C. The Spirit of Ethics in Wendell BerryStream: Beyond WordsFRASER 225Chair: Jeremy Elliott, Abilene Christian University Ethan Mannon, The Pennsylvania State University, BurleyCoulter's Degradation: Living the Limits of Agriculture inWendell Berry's Fiction Josh A. Weinstein, Virginia Wesleyan College, Wendell Berry’sSabbath Poems and Psalms: Rural Praises from the Land Rob Porter and Brenda Porter, Western Illinois University,“Agresistance” to Agribusiness: A Comparison of WendellBerry’s Fidelity to a Community Garden5D. Home and Away: Writing the Literary LandscapeStream: Creative WritingFRASER 223Chair: Suzanne Roberts, Lake Tahoe Community College / SierraNevada College Suzanne Roberts, Lake Tahoe Community College / Sierra NevadaCollege, The Three Wise Women: Confronting Issues of Genderon the John Muir Trail Chris Robertson, University of Nevada, Reno, Anatomy of aHighway: On Animal Migration, Road Kill, and the IntractableNature of Borders Jennifer Hughes Westerman, Appalachian State University, TheLimits of Hope5E. Migrations to the MetropolisStream: Creative WritingFRASER 222Chair: Douglas Haynes, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh James Barilla, University of South Carolina, Endangered, Invasive,Urban Jim Fairhall, DePaul University, Missing Nature: The NguyenFamily and Rural Migration to Cities in Vietnam Douglas Haynes, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Another Day'sWork: New Urbanites in Central America's Largest Market5F. Roundtable: Race and Nature in the 19th-Century UnitedStatesStream: Gender, Race, JusticeSMITH 108Chair: Lance Newman, Westminster CollegePanelists: Joshua Bennett, Princeton UniversityBrigitte Nicole Fielder, University of WisconsinJames Finley, University of New HampshireIan Finseth, University of North TexasJennifer C. James, George Washington UniversityLance Newman, Westminster CollegeBritt Rusert, University of Massachusetts Amherst22

Thursday, May 305G. Denaturalizing Landscapes in American Indian TextsStream: Gender, Race, JusticeFRASER 106Chair: Lisa Tatonetti, Kansas State University Maureen Konkle, University of Missouri-Columbia, JaneSchoolcraft's “Castle Island”: A Brief History of Colonialism inMichigan, c. 1838 Stephanie Fitzgerald, University of Kansas, Lisa Tatonetti, Kansas State University, Changing Landscapes &Queer Migrations in American Indian Literatures5H. Violence, Materialism, and Imperialism in LatinAmerican EnvironmentsStream: Gender, Race, JusticeFRASER 117Chair: Timothy Gilmore, University of California, Santa Barbara Timothy Gilmore, University of California, Santa Barbara, The LastMan in the Wild: The Failings of Yankee Ingenuity in TheMosquito Coast George English Brooks, Snow College, Guns, Maize, and Mud:Strategic Animisms and Material Agencies in Latin AmericanFiction5I. Ecocriticism and Chinese CultureStream: GeographiesFRASER 214Chair: Scott Slovic, University of Idaho Liu, Bei, Shandong Normal University, On Zhang Wei’s Sense ofPlace and its Contemporary Cultural Significance Kiu-wai Chu, University of Hong Kong / University of Idaho, Neon-Greening New Landscapes in Contemporary Chinese Art: FromDaoist Ecology to Eco-materialism Xinmin D. Liu, Washington State University, Emotive Interventionin “Documenting” China’s Manufactured Landscapes Song, Lili, Tsinghua University, On the Pathos of ChineseEnvironmental Writings5J. Big Sky Country: Takin' it to the Limit in the CentralFlywayStream: GeographiesFRASER 124Chair: Matthew Pullen, South Dakota State University Katie Meiners, Minnesota State University Moorhead, HawkWatch Matthew Pullen, South Dakota State University, No Brains, NoHeadaches: Anti-intellectualism and Environmental Problems Brandon R. Baker, Minnesota State University Moorhead,Trampling the Common Garden: Secular and Religious Overlapin the Creation of Ecological Crisis5K. NaturalCultural Alliances: Material Ecocriticism and theBlurred Boundaries of Matter and TextStream: Green/TheorySMITH 100Chair: Jeffrey J. Cohen, George Washington University Heather I. Sullivan, Trinity University, From Faust to Fracking:Material Ecocriticism and the Ecologies of Energy Greta C. Gaard, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, The Agency ofFireworks Serenella Iovino, University of Turin, Reading (Absent) Bodies:Pompeii’s Casts, Material Narratives, and the Changing Memoryof Nature Serpil Oppermann, Hacettepe University, NaturalCultural Storiesof Compound Individuals5L. Materializing KinshipStream: Green/TheoryFRASER 111Chair: Kristin Girten, University of Nebraska Omaha Kristin Girten, University of Nebraska Omaha, The Ontology ofKinship and the Aesthetics of Touch Devin Garofalo, University of Wisconsin-Madison, "The Mermaidsin the Basement": Emily Dickinson and a New Materialist Theoryof Kinship Allison Dushane, University of Arizona, Humanist Fantasy andMaterialist Ontology in Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go Michele Marie Desmarais, University of Nebraska Omaha,Sweetgrass: Placing Voice5M. Crossing Lines, Revising Lines: An Ecopoetry AnthologyReading of the Process of Re/WritingStream: Nature Writing and EcopoeticsFRASER 119Chair: Ann Fisher-Wirth, University of MississippiPanelists: Ann Fisher-Wirth, University of MississippiThorpe Moeckel, Hollins UniversitySheryl St. Germain, Chatham UniversityLaura-Gray Street, Randolph CollegeJonathan Skinner, University of Warwick5N. Transatlantic Early Modern EcocriticismStream: Nature Writing and EcopoeticsFRASER 212Chair: Ann Martinez, University of Kansas Christopher Foley, University of California, Santa Barbara, “[G]odssent not / Corn for rich men only": Interrogating the Socio-Environmental Causes of Famine in Shakespeare’s Coriolanus Katherine Gillen, Texas A&M-San Antonio, Capitalist Conversions:Commoditized Earth in Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus andTimon of Athens Joshua Bartlett, University at Albany, "Ah dear New England!dearest land to me": The Ecological Impulse of MichaelWigglesworth's "God's Controversy with New-England"23

Thursday, May 305O. Postcolonial Nature and NationalismStream: Postcolonial and Transnational EnvironmentsFRASER 112Chair: Ali Brox, University of Kansas Dulce Abigail Perez Aguilera, Arizona State University, NahuaPoetry and Cosmopolitics for a Decolonial Dialogue Kimberly Madsen, College of Southern Idaho, Landscape,Environmental In/Justice, and the Dilemma of Nationalism inChattopadhyay’s Anandamath and Mistry’s A Fine Balance Alan G. Johnson, Idaho State University, The Forest Chronotopein Indian Literature5Q. Postcolonial DogsStream: Species and FoodFRASER 208Chair: Shakti Brazier-Tompkins, University of Saskatchewan Mark Anderson, University of Georgia, The Aesthetics of theStray in Latin American Fiction Koichiro Ito, Independent Scholar, The Indigenization of thePomeranian in Brian Friel’s The Yalta Game Carolina Beltrán, University of California, Los Angeles, Of FabledFoxes and Vertical Ecology: Andean Cosmovision in José MaríaArguedas’s “El zorro de arriba y el zorro de abajo”5P. New Directions in Food Studies and EcocriticismStream: Species and FoodSABATINI MULTICULTURAL RESOURCE CENTERChair: Dan Philippon, University of Minnesota David B. Goldstein, York University, The oyster is still in mymouth: Ecologies of Eating in M.F.K. Fisher’s The GastronomicalMe Allison Carruth, University of California, Los Angeles, LocavoreRedux: Slow Food and DIY Farming Dan Philippon, University of Minnesota, Slow Food or SmallFood? Learning from Italian ProducersPlenary Session 4: 3:30 - 5 pmClimate-Induced Migration and the Challenge of Statehood: Defining the Problem,Identifying SolutionsBallroom, Kansas Memorial UnionMaxine Burkett is an Associate Professor of Law at the William S. Richardson School of Law,University of Hawai'i and from 2009-2012 served as the inaugural Director of the Center forIsland Climate Adaptation and Policy (ICAP), at the University of Hawai'i. Her courses includeClimate Change Law and Policy, Torts, Environmental Law, Race and American Law, andInternational Development. She has written in the area of race, reparations, and environmentaljustice. Currently, her work focuses on "Climate Justice," writing on the disparate impact ofclimate change on vulnerable communities, in the United States and globally. Her March 2007conference "The Climate of Environmental Justice" at the University of Colorado broughttogether leading academics, activists, and legal practitioners in the Environmental Justice field toconsider the emerging interplay between race, poverty, and global warming.24

Thursday, May 30Interest Group Meetings: 5:30 - 6:30 pmASLE is pleased to be able to facilitate the meetings ofseveral interest groups in literature and environment. Ifyou are interested in the following subjects, pleaseconsider attending. Meetings are open to all!Creative WritingandEcocriticism and NarrativeKANSAS ROOM, KANSAS MEMORIAL UNION(a separate table space will be designated for each group)ALECC (Association for Literature, Environment andCulture in Canada)PINE ROOM, KANSAS MEMORIAL UNIONReligion and NatureENGLISH ROOM, KANSAS MEMORIAL UNIONEcomediaJAYHAWK ROOM, KANSAS MEMORIAL UNIONAsian EcocriticismMALOTT ROOM, KANSAS MEMORIAL UNIONGraduate Student Working GroupCENTENNIAL ROOM, KANSAS MEMORIAL UNIONA group of graduate students who seek to organize activitiesat ASLE’s biennial conferences and improve ASLE’sprograms and publications for fellow students. If you area graduate student, this is an excellent way to becomeactive in ASLE! Coordinated by ASLE’s Graduate StudentLiaisons, Andrew Hageman and Andrew Husband.Dinner On Your Own: 6:30 - 8 pmReception: 8 – 9:30 pmAuthors’ Reception, Co-Sponsored by Orion and Milkweed EditionsThe Commons, Spooner HallMeet and greet authors who have published books since the last ASLE conference in 2011. Somebooks will be available for purchase and signing. Everyone is invited to this ever-popular event!(A list of participating authors is on page 40 of the program.)Welcome by Victor Bailey, Director of the Hall Center at KU. There will be a short program at 8:30pmto acknowledge the winners of the ASLE Book and Paper Awards.Light appetizers and desserts are provided, with an open bar of beer and wine.25

Friday, May 31Session 6: 8:30 - 10 am6A. The BombStream: Affect, Change, LossFRASER 107Chair: Lindsey M. Banco, University of Saskatchewan Marjorie C. Allison, Western Illinois University, Playground forDemons: Postcolonial Ecocriticism in Melal Bill D. Toth, Western New Mexico University, Commercial Fictionas Toxic Discourse Matrix: Martin Cruz Smith's Stallion Gate Molly Wallace, Queen's University, Ekphrastic Explosions: Writingthe Bomb6B. EcomusicStream: Beyond WordsFRASER 106Chair: Ian Marshall, Penn State Altoona Ian Marshall, Penn State Altoona, “Blisters Heal . . . ButMemories Linger On": William O. Douglas, Sigurd Olson, and theC&O "Canal Song” Mark Allister, St. Olaf College, Music, Emotion, and EnvironmentalUnderstanding: The Example of Cloud Cult Richard Hunt, Potomac State College, The Green in the Blues:Sense of Place in 20th Century Blues Songs6C. Writing at the Center: A Reading by ContemporaryMidwestern Nature WritersStream: Creative WritingSMITH 107Chair: John T. Price, University of Nebraska at Omaha Tom Montgomery Fate, College of DuPage, Cabin Fever John T. Price, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Daddy Long Legs:The Natural Education of a Father Julene Bair, Where Rivers Run Sand6D. Holy Alliances and Fools for Love: Stories from the LandCommunityStream: Creative WritingFRASER 225Chair: Priscilla Stuckey, Prescott College Priscilla Stuckey, Prescott College, Kissed by a Fox: And OtherStories of Friendship in Nature (Counterpoint 2012) Gail D. Storey, I Promise Not to Suffer: A Fool for Love Hikes thePacific Crest Trail (Mountaineers Books, 2013) Barbara K. Richardson, Tributary (Torrey House Press, 2012) Ann McCutchan, University of North Texas, River Music: AnAtchafalaya Story (TAMU Press, 2011)6E. Roundtable: Building “The Environmental Humanities”Stream: EcopedagogySMITH 100Chair: Stephanie LeMenager, University of California, SantaBarbara / University of OregonPanelists: Stacy Alaimo, University of Texas at ArlingtonJon Christensen, University of California, Los AngelesStephanie LeMenager, University of California, SantaBarbara / University of OregonPaul Outka, University of KansasCatriona Sandilands, York UniversityJennifer Wenzel, University of Michigan6F. American Studies, Ecocriticism and Citizenship I: NewDirections in Environmental Justice and the Study of the“Commons”Stream: Gender, Race, JusticeSABATINI MULTICULTURAL RESOURCE CENTERChair: Joni Adamson, Arizona State University Joni Adamson, Arizona State University, Rethinking AmericanStudies and the Commons Hsinya Huang, National Sun Yat-sen University, TowardTrans-Pacific Ecopoetics Karen Salt, University of Aberdeen, Caribbean Political EcologyAmidst the Twilight Islands Kyndra Turner, Arizona State University, Biochemical Engineeringand Environmental Limits and Ethics in Aldous Huxley’s BraveNew World and Richard Powers's Generosity: An Enhancement6G. Migration, Nature, and Narrative: Environmental JusticeReadings of MovementStream: Gender, Race, JusticeFRASER 214Chair: David J. Vázquez, University of Oregon David J. Vázquez, University of Oregon, Toxicity, Migration, andthe Politics of Narration: Imagining Social and EnvironmentalJustice in Salvador Plascencia’s The People of Paper Sarah Wald, Drew University, The Modern EnvironmentalMovement and the United Farm Workers Daniel Platt, University of Oregon, “Heal L.A. or Heel L.A.": KarenTei Yamashita’s Tropic of Orange as New Urbanist Critique Sarah Jaquette Ray, University of Alaska Southeast, ClimateRefugees as Ecological Others: Migration, Security, and theNIMBY Nation6H. Satoyama: Ecology, Gender, and Ideology in the IconicLandscape of JapanStream: GeographiesFRASER 223Chair: John Rippey, The University of Shiga Prefecture John Rippey, The University of Shiga Prefecture, MappingSatoyama: Ecology, Aesthetics, and Academics Mayumi Toyosato, Sapporo University, From the Shadow ofSatoyama: a Language for Peripheral Landscapes in JapaneseWomen Writers Masami Yuki, Kanazawa University, Satoyama Orientalism:Environmental Dilemma in Contemporary Japan26

Friday, May 316I. Thinking Continental: Surveying, Exploring, andEmbracing Macro-SpaceStream: GeographiesFRASER 111Chair: Susan N. Maher, University of Minnesota Duluth Tom Lynch, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, ContinentalTraverses, Whitefella Dreamings, and the Settler-ColonialImaginary of Place Susan N. Maher, University of Minnesota Duluth, Superior'sWaters: Re-envisioning the Continental Interior of NorthAmerica O. Alan Weltzien, University of Montana Western, LiteraryMapping of the Northwest Corner Fabiana Dimpflmeier, University of Rome 'La Sapienza', ItalianGazing: Lands and Men in the Eyes of a Continental Mariner6J. Reading the Environment in(to) the Archive: ARoundtable DiscussionStream: Green/TheoryFRASER 122Chairs: Lauren E. LaFauci, Simpson College, and Rochelle Johnson,The College of IdahoPanelists: Tina Gianquitto, Colorado School of MinesAnnie Merrill Ingram, Davidson CollegeLauren E. LaFauci, Simpson College6K. Prosthetic and Posthuman in Contemporary ScienceFictionStream: Green/TheoryFRASER 119Chair: Robert Boschman, Mount Royal University Pelin Kumbet, Kocaeli University / Hacettepe University,Posthumans as Supplement Prosthetics to NaturalHumanbeings: Liminality of Beings in Never Let Me Go Donna Binns, Eastern Illinois University, The Bionic Woman:Machine or Human? Micha Gerrit Philipp Edlich, Johannes Gutenberg University,Concrete, Swamp Thing, and the Posthuman6L. Not Just Trout Fishing: Richard Brautigan's EnvironmentsStream: Nature Writing and EcopoeticsFRASER 222Chair: Jill E. Anderson, Tennessee State University Jill E. Anderson, Tennessee State University, “We’re on aconveyor belt”: Countercultural Marriage and AlternativeReproductions in Richard Brautigan's The Abortion: An HistoricalRomance 1966 Christiaan Sabatelli, No Mayonnaise Please: An Ecocritical Look AtTrout Fishing In America Margaret Konkol, Georgia Institute of Technology, EnvironmentalGrief in Richard Brautigan’s Revenge of the Lawn6M. Nature at the Edge of ModernityStream: Nature Writing and EcopoeticsFRASER 212Chair: Katherine Gillen, Texas A&M-San Antonio Ann Martinez, University of Kansas, Nanesmannesland:No-man’s-land, Monstrous Boundaries and the Figure of theHybrid in Beowulf Kristin Bovaird-Abbo, University of Northern Colorado,St. Guthlac: Wasteland Warden Elizabeth Gruber, Lock Haven University, Elegizing theCosmopolis: Chthonian Justice in Arden of Faversham Brandon Jones, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,(De)Signing the Modern Constitution: Demon Phenomenologyand Metamorphosis in Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus6N. Natures of Empire I: Postcolonial Ecocriticism and theEnvironmental HumanitiesStream: Postcolonial and Transnational EnvironmentsSPOONER HALL, THE COMMONSChair: Byron Caminero-Santangelo, University of KansasPanelists: Byron Caminero-Santangelo, University of KansasAnthony Carrigan, Keele UniversityGraham Huggan, University of LeedsJorge Marcone, Rutgers, The State UniversityRob Nixon, University of Wisconsin-MadisonSusie O'Brien, McMaster UniversityMalcolm Sen, University of Notre DameAnthony Vital, Transylvania University6O. Wolf Politics: Power and PurityStream: Species and FoodFRASER 208Chair: Michael Lukas, University of Victoria Shakti Brazier-Tompkins, University of Saskatchewan, Turncoats:Wolfish Dogs and Wolf-Dog Hybrids in Sir Charles G. D. Roberts’sAnimal Stories Michael Lukas, University of Victoria, The Truth about Wolves Ana Isabel Queiroz, Universidade NOVA, Lisbon, Exploring theIberian Wolf in Portuguese Literature: Changes During the LastTwo Centuries (*co-authored by Margarida Lopes Fernandes andFilipa Soares)6P. Bestiality and ZoophiliaStream: Species and FoodFRASER 123Chair: Jacqueline A. Stuhmiller, University of California, Berkeley Jacqueline A. Stuhmiller, University of California, Berkeley,Teaching Bestiality June Dwyer, Manhattan College, Unsafe Sex: Exploring Bestialityin Yeats’s “Leda and the Swan” and Albee’s The Goat Wang Huang, The Ohio State University, Body and Animal inChinese Erotic Fiction: A Reading of The Prayer Mat of Flesh andA Cursed Marital Fate27

Friday, May 316Q. Staying Alive: a Workshop for Academic Professionals(Part I of II)Stream: EcopedagogySMITH 108Workshop Leaders: John Tallmadge, Independent ScholarMark Long, Keene State CollegeSession 7: 10:30 am - 12 pm7A. Staying Alive: a Workshop for Academic Professionals(Part II of II)Stream: EcopedagogySMITH 108Workshop Leaders: John Tallmadge, Independent ScholarMark Long, Keene State College7B. Time in the AnthropoceneStream: Affect, Change, LossFRASER 124Chair: Elizabeth Callaway, University of California, Santa Barbara Mary V. Stark, Central College, & Stephen R. Johnson, What isPost-Natural? Nicole M. Merola, Rhode Island School of Design, "Perhaps theuniverse is the memory of our mistakes": Materializing theBurdens of the Anthropocene in Jeanette Winterson’s TheStone Gods Elizabeth Callaway, University of California, Santa Barbara, ASpace for Justice: Messianic Time in the Figures of ClimateChange7C. Growth and Its AlternativesStream: Affect, Change, LossFRASER 212Chair: Allen MacDuffie, University of Texas at Austin Patrick Russell, University of Nevada, Reno, Bringing EnvironmentalJustice Full Circle: Reading for Political Economy in AnnePancake's Strange as this Weather has Been Luis I. Prádanos, Westminster College, Recent Spanish NonfictionBooks on Socioenvironmental Perspectives: Challengingthe Mainstream Discourses in European Environmentalism Allen MacDuffie, University of Texas at Austin, Breaking Bad'sUnsustainable Narratives7D. Cleanwashing, Greenwashing, and Other Incapacities ofVision: Visual Rhetoric in the Arts of Environmental PoliticsStream: Beyond WordsFRASER 119Chair: M. Jimmie Killingsworth, Texas A&M University Jimmy Guignard, Mansfield University, Red, White, andBluewashing: Visual Rhetoric and Fracking the Marcellus Shale M. Jimmie Killingsworth, Texas A&M University, SystemicIncapacities of Vision in Environmental Rhetoric and Poetics Diana Ashe, University of North Carolina, Wilmington,“Pretending to Care Is the New Caring”: Visual Rhetoric and theRe-mixed Greenwash7E. Eco-Ethics and the Moving ImageStream: Beyond WordsSMITH 107Chair: Nicole Seymour, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Nicole Seymour, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, “SlowViolence,” Slow Cinema John J. Morrell, Vanderbilt University, Lost Cows and RecalcitrantDonkeys: Field Notes from Behind the Camera Erika Berroth, Southwestern Univesity, Marica Bodrožic’sDocumentary of post-war Croatia: The Self in Space and Place7F. I'm from Somewhere's Else: Stories of Migration,Transience, and TravelStream: Creative WritingFRASER 222Chair: Cody Lumpkin, Marshall University Cody Lumpkin, Marshall University, “I Was Told There’d BeCanyons”: Poems of the Tourist Southwest Sarah A. Chavez, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, The Land of MyGrandmother’s Labors: Mestizaje and Consciousness in theCalifornia Central Valley Michelle Menting, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Residents &Residence & Retention Time: Migrations of Memory, of Water Jennifer Case, SUNY-Binghamton, Longing for Sawbill: Place,Migration, and the Search for a Family Home7G. Stepping Outside: Imagining Nature Writing beyondEcomimesisStream: Creative WritingFRASER 107Chair: William Kupinse, University of Puget Sound William Kupinse, University of Puget Sound, Lookalike: Poems David George Haskell, Sewanee: The University of the South, TheForest Unseen Suzanne Warren, University of Puget Sound, The ReindeerDaughter7H. Relocating the Limits of Activist and AcademicCoexistenceStream: Gender, Race, JusticeFRASER 106Chair: Christopher R. Lawrence, SUNY Sullivan Simon C. Estok, Sungkyunkwan University, Tragedy, Terror,Ecophobia, Praxis Hillary J. Fogerty, Missouri Southern State University, Why SheCan’t Stop Talking About the Farmers Market: Considering theRole of Activism and Advocacy in Food Studies Pedagogy andCurriculum Yanoula Athanassakis, Rutgers University, EJ, Pedagogy, and theLimits of Empathy Christopher R. Lawrence, SUNY Sullivan, Think Local, Act Local:Bioregional Literature as Bite-Sized Activism for Academia28

Friday, May 317I. American Studies, Ecocriticism and Citizenship II: NewDirections in Environmental Justice and the Study of the"Commons"Stream: Gender, Race, JusticeSABATINI MULTICULTURAL RESOURCE CENTERChair: Joni Adamson, Arizona State University John Gamber, Columbia University, Our Nations and All OurRelations: Ecological Citizenship in William S. Yellow Robe’s TheCouncil Jeffrey Myers, Manhattan College, Self, Nature, and Other inPercival Everett’s Wounded Sarah Grieve, Arizona State University, “Remembering It AllWrong”: Ecotourism, Memory, and Environmental Justice inElizabeth Bishop’s Travel Poems7J. Placed and DisplacedStream: GeographiesFRASER 208Chair: Sarah E. McFarland, Northwestern State University Mark O. Melder, Louisiana Tech, Deviant Places Reimagined:Toward a Human Ecology of Place Jennie J. Joiner, Keuka College, Romancing the Falls: HydroelectricPower in the 21st Century Angela Glover, Midland University, Growing Up in the Suburbs Sarah E. McFarland, Northwestern State University, After theEcocollapse: Migration in Post-Apocalyptic Literature7K. Violence, Landscape, and PoliticsStream: GeographiesFRASER 123Chair: TBA Dennis Rothermel, California State University, Chico, The Agony ofthe Agonistic Man in the Naked Western Wilderness in AnthonyMann’s The Naked Spur (1953) Lindsey M. Banco, University of Saskatchewan, “Hiroshima IsPeanuts”: The Surrealist Landscape of The Day After Katie K. Cooper, University of Idaho, “Sliding Beneath theSurface”: Environment, Gender, and Trans-Corporeality in TimO’Brien’s The Things They Carried7L. Violence and Alliance in the NorthStream: GeographiesFRASER 223Chair: Jim Warren, Washington and Lee University Jasmine Johnston, University of British Columbia, Copper, Blood,Caribou, and Ocean: Migrating Natures in a Dene Narrative Sigfrid Kjeldaas, University of Tromsø, The Significance of Hunting Eric Heyne, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaskan Gothic: TheDark North of David Vann (and Others)7M. Prismatic Ecologies: Ecotheory Beyond GreenStream: Green/TheorySMITH 100Chairs and Respondents: Serenella Iovino, University of Turin, andSerpil Oppermann, Hacettepe University Jeffrey J. Cohen, George Washington University, Ecology'sRainbow Vin Nardizzi, University of British Columbia, Greener Eileen Joy, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Blue Lowell Duckert, West Virginia University, Maroon Steve Mentz, St John's University, Brown7N. Romantic EnergiesStream: Nature Writing and EcopoeticsFRASER 113Chair: William Stroup, Keene State College Scott Obernesser, The University of Mississippi, Byronic Nature :Biocentrism, Anthropocentrism, and Nature in Don Juan Doug Thorpe, Seattle Pacific University, “Energy Is Eternal Delight”:Blake, Energy, and the Transformation of Industry Katherine Thorpe, Wesleyan University, A “Labour of Benevolence”:The Poetics of Agricultural Cultivation in Lyrical Ballads7O. New Directions in Ecopoetic CritiqueStream: Nature Writing and EcopoeticsFRASER 117Chair: Mandy Bloomfield, University of Bedfordshire Sarah Nolan, University of Nevada, Reno, Unnatural Ecopoetics:Unlikely Environments in Contemporary American Poetry Gareth Farmer, University of Bedfordshire, Douglas Oliver’s rockhewnpoetics: "In what cave in the love of love / does swoftnesslie"? Norah Bowman-Broz, Okanagan College, “No Friend of Cattle”:Ken Belford’s Virtual Forest in Decompositions7P. Conservation and its Opponents in 20th CenturyAmerican Western Nature WritingStream: Nature Writing and EcopoeticsFRASER 112Chair: Laird Christensen, Green Mountain College Christian Knoeller, Purdue University, Changing Migrations: TheEcological Memory of Midwestern Literary Naturalists David T. Sumner, Linfield College, Why the Change? People andProperty in Edward Abbey’s Monkeywrenching Novels Michaelann Nelson, Bethel University, Wet Desert: AppropriatingNature Writing in Anti-Environmental Novels29

Friday, May 317Q. Natures of Empire II: Postcolonial Ecocriticism and theEnvironmental HumanitiesStream: Postcolonial and Transnational EnvironmentsSPOONER HALL, THE COMMONSChair: Byron Caminero-Santangelo, University of KansasPanelists: Byron Caminero-Santangelo, University of KansasAnthony Carrigan, Keele UniversityGraham Huggan, University of LeedsJorge Marcone, Rutgers, The State UniversityRob Nixon, University of Wisconsin-MadisonSusie O'Brien, McMaster UniversityMalcolm Sen, University of Notre DameAnthony Vital, Transylvania University7R. International Eco-ActivismsStream: Postcolonial and Transnational EnvironmentsFRASER 225Chair: Rachel Myslivy, University of Kansas Yoshiko Kayano, Meisei University, Restoring the Power of Wordsand Action: Japan’s Unprecedented Anti-Nuke GrassrootsMovement Caitlyn Schuchhardt, Literary Activism of the Bhopal Disaster:Slow Violence, Ecocide, and the Call for Corporate Responsibility Creighton Nicholas Brown, University of Kansas, "Ka huri”:Mega-Tourism and the Outsider in Potiki and A Small Place7S. I Am Not An Animal: Ideas of Nature, (Social) Darwinism,and RecreationStream: Species and FoodFRASER 111Chair: Ryan Hediger, Kent State University, Tuscarawas Donna L. Potts, Kansas State University, Room for Creatures: FrancisHarvey’s Bestiary Elizabeth Badolato, St. Johns University, The Emergence of theScientist Ryan Hediger, Kent State University, Tuscarawas, I Am Not AnAnimal: Violent Nature, (Social) Darwinism, and the History ofAmerican Football Justine Wells, University of South Carolina, Preservation, Conservation,and Recreation: The Human at Play in the Hetch HetchyDebate7T. Animals and the Language of SustainabilityStream: Species and FoodFRASER 122Chair: Christina Colvin, Emory University Kathryn Kirkpatrick, Appalachian State University, RepresentingFoxes in Irish Literature and Culture Kelsi Nagy, Canisius College, “Invasivores”: Human Responses toAlien Species, Trash Animals and Ecosystems of the Post Pristine Christina Colvin, Emory University, Animals, Engineered: ProducingLife on the Factory Farm and in Atwood’s Oryx and Crake Greg Brown, Mercyhurst University, The Rhetoric of Native andInvasive in an Era of Global Change7U. Talking Animal, Talking Animals, Talking ThingsStream: Species and FoodFRASER 214Chair: Aaron Long, University of Kansas Christopher R. Clason, Oakland University, Language as Leveler:Tearing Down Species Boundaries in Hoffmann’s Kater Murr Rob McAlear, The University of Tulsa, Non-human Rhetorics: LeGuin’s “Therolinguistics” and Pure Form Kevin Trumpeter, Allen University, The Language of the Stones:Literary Naturalism and New Materialism Laura A. White, Middle Tennessee State University, Haunted byMatter: Environmental Materialist Narration in Kim Scott’s ThatDeadman Dance30

Friday, May 31Field Trips: 12:15 – 7:30 pmPre-registration is required for all trips (except movies)Please check your departure and return times, they varyfrom trip to trip!For descriptions of all trips, please see http://asle.ku.edu/fieldtrips/Field experiences are an ASLE tradition dating from our very firstconference in 1995. Please enjoy exploring the region, but comeprepared. Turn in your field trip waiver forms at the registrationdesk prior to the trip date; you will not be allowed to participate inthe trips without a signed waiver. For all trips (except the moviescreenings on campus) you should plan to pack: Plenty of water. The weather gets quite hot in late May, and theKonza hike includes steep hills. For the Konza Prairie andWakarusa Wetlands trips we will have two 5-gallon water jugs,but please come with a full water bottle. Snacks—no food is provided on the trips. The Market in theKansas Memorial Union will be open to purchase lunch andsnacks before the trip. SunscreenKonza Prairie Biological Station TripDeparture: The Arrow Stage Lines buses will depart from outsidethe Kansas Memorial Union at exactly 12:30 pm on Friday, May31st. It will take 1 ½ hours to get to the destinationReturn: Buses will depart the KPBS promptly at 5:45 pm and makea short stop for participants to purchase snacks and use therestroom. You will arrive back in Lawrence at 7:30 pm, where thebus will drop you off at either the Spring Hill Suites, the Eldridge,the Oread, the dorms, or the Kansas Memorial Union.KU Field StationDeparture: Two KU buses will depart from the Kansas MemorialUnion at 1:30 PM. One bus will start at the Field Station and then goto the Native Medicinal Plant Garden, and the other will start at theNative Medicinal Plant Garden and then go to the Field Station.Return: Buses will depart from the Field Station at 5:00 pm andreturn back to the Kansas Memorial Union.Wakarusa WetlandsDeparture: Two KU buses will leave the Kansas Memorial Union at1:30 PM and will drop participants off at the nearby Haskell IndianNations University Cultural Center.Return: Buses will be back at the Cultural Center at 4:30 to takeparticipants back to the Union.Bicycling TripDue to the small number of cyclists, we will be making plans fortransportation and start and end times of this trip with theparticipants directly.Boating TripDeparture: A KU bus will depart with participants from the KansasMemorial Union at noon and arrive at the boat ramp at 12:15. Fromthere, Up a Creek will collect signed waivers and transport boatersto the get-in location at 12:30.Return: The buses will be back at the boat ramp at 6 PM to takeparticipants to the Spring Hill Suites, the Eldridge, the Oread, thedorms, or the Kansas Memorial Union. Buses will not leave until allparticipants are back at the boat ramp, but please be on time!MoviesWOODRUFF AUDITORIUM, KANSAS MEMORIAL UNIONEGARC is an academic unit within the Humanities division of theCollege of Liberal Arts & Sciences whose mission is to promote thelearning and teaching of languages, cultures and humanities at theUniversity of Kansas through the use of technology and other instructionalmedia.The auditorium is large enough to accommodate drop-ins if you didnot reserve a ticket in advance.The Trees Have a Mother: Amazonian Cosmologies,Folktales, and Mystery1:00-3:00pmA film by Juan Carlos Galeano. In spite of mounting ecological damage,the Amazon Basin continues to nurture age-old stories andbeliefs. This documentary illustrates the importance of indigenousnarratives to those who dwell near the city of Iquitos, Peru, andview their natural surroundings in mythical terms. Concerning ayoung man who has recently gone missing in the forest, the filmdepicts his mother’s attempts to find him with the help of localshamans—resulting in various magical explanations for his disappearanceand eventually producing a rich tapestry of tales and visionsfrom all over the community. Viewer discretion is advised dueto sexual content. (subtitled)After the screening (movie runs 71 min.) Plenary speaker Juan CarlosGaleano will be available for a question and answer discussion onthe film.Jamaica for SaleA Documentary About Tourism & Unsustainable Development4:00-6:00pmJamaica for Sale, by Esther Figueroa and Diana McCaulay, countersthe dominant view that tourism is the savior of the Jamaican people.Lively and hard hitting, with powerful voices, arresting visualsand iconic music, Jamaica for Sale documents the environmental,economic, social and cultural impacts of unsustainable tourismdevelopment. As Jamaica is irreversibly transformed by massivehotel and luxury condominium development, Jamaica for Sale bothdocuments this transformation and tries to turn the tide.http://www.jamaicaforsale.net/After the screening (movie runs 92 min.), we hope to have plenaryspeaker Maxine Burkett (who appears in the film) participate viaSkype in a question and answer session on the film.31

Friday, May 31Dinner On Your Own: 5:00 - 7:30 pmPlenary 5: 8 – 9:30 pmJuan Carlos Galeano and Jeffrey Thomson: A Poetry Reading and ConversationWoodruff Auditorium, Kansas Memorial UnionJuan Carlos Galeano is a Professor of Modern Languages and Linguistics at Florida StateUniversity. He is the author of Baraja Inicial (1986), Pollen and Rifles (1997), Amazonia (2003), andYakumama and other Mythical Beings (2011). His poetry, inspired by Amazonian cosmologies andthe modern world, has been published internationally and translated into French, English,Portuguese, and German. Poems from Amazonia have been published in magazines and journalssuch as The Atlantic Monthly, Field, Ploughshares, TriQuarterly, Antioch Review, and Review:Literature and the Arts of the Americas. His poems and folktales have also appeared in collegetextbooks, collections and in international anthologies such as Literary Amazonia (Florida UP 2004),Ecopoetry: A Contemporary American Anthology (Trinity UP, forthcoming), and The Encyclopedia ofReligion and Nature (Continuum 2005). His research on Amazonian culture has appeared in hiscollection of folktales Cuentos amazónicos (Literalia Editores 2007), Folktales of the Amazon (ABC-CLIO 2008), as well as in the film he co-directed and co-produced, The Trees Have a Mother (Filmsfor the Humanities and Sciences, 2008).Jeffrey Thomson, Associate Professor of English, teaches poetry writing and contemporaryliterature at the University of Maine at Farmington. He is the author of four books of poems,including Birdwatching in Wartime (Carnegie Mellon UP 2009), winner of both the 2010 Maine BookAward and the 2011 ASLE Award in Environmental Creative Writing, and Renovation (CarnegieMellon UP 2005). He is the 2012 Fulbright Distinguished Scholar in Creative Writing at the SeamusHeaney Poetry Centre at Queen's University Belfast. Recipient of a 2005 Literature Fellowship inPoetry from the National Endowment for the Arts, a 2006 Fellowship from the Pennsylvania Councilon the Arts, and the 2008 Fellowship in the Literary Arts from the Maine Arts Commission, he is alsothe co-editor of From the Fishouse: An Anthology of Poems that Sing, Rhyme, Resound, Syncopate,Alliterate, and Just Plain Sound Great (Persea 2009).32

Saturday, June 1Session 8: 8:30 - 10 amNOTE: Because the Fraser, Smith, and Sabatini buildings are closedon the weekends, Saturday sessions will be held in Wescoe Hall andThe Commons in Spooner Hall.8A. Labor and CalamityStream: Affect, Change, LossWESCOE 4020Chair: Kent Ryden, University of Southern Maine Karl Zuelke, College of Mount St. Joseph, Butterfly, Kentucky Glenn Stubbs, Kent State University, Memorialization of aWorkplace Disaster: (Re)defining a Local Community Daniel J. Martin, Rockhurst University, Overburden: A Retold Storyof Limestone Mining in Kansas City8B. Models, Mind, and MaterialsStream: Affect, Change, LossWESCOE 4023Chair: Anne Keller, Antioch University New England David L. Gugin, University of Guam, From the Tragic to the Comic:Indigenous Environmentalisms and Paradigm Migration Elizabeth Latosi-Sawin, Missouri Western State University,Changing Our Natures: Material Ecocriticism, Theory of Mindand the Novel Anne Keller, Antioch University New England, Every LandscapeTells a Story: Ecological Narratives of May Theilgaard Watts andSigurd F. Olson8C. Landscapes of Nation, Place, and Gender in Visual MediaStream: Beyond WordsWESCOE 4025Chair: Mary Beth Woodson, University of Kansas Don Fredericksen, Cornell University, Solastalgia andPsycho-terratic Dis-eases: A Typology for Film Eco-criticism Christopher (Chip) Oscarson, Brigham Young University,Modernity’s Changing Nature: Development of an EcologicalAesthetic in turn of the Twentieth Century Scandinavia Cynthia Belmont, Northland College, Travels in"Queernaturecultures": An Ecofeminist Reading of Boys Don'tCry and By Hook or By Crook8D. Places of Personal Satisfactions (Sponsored by theWestern Literature Association)Stream: Creative WritingWESCOE 4071Chair: Liz Stephens, Ohio University Lisa Knopp, University of Nebraska-Omaha, Going to the Beets Liz Stephens, Ohio University, I Lived For a While In Ohio Russell Beck, Utah State University, The Roots of Aspens8E. Feminine GeographiesStream: Creative Writing, EcopoeticsWESCOE 4008Chair: Megan Kaminski, University of Kansas Megan Kaminski, University of Kansas, Deep City Marcella Durand, Black Earth Institute, In This World of 12Months Bonnie Roy, University of California-Davis, Mother Nature: Poetryand Placing the Maternal Linda Russo, Washington State University, Geography Walking:Pedestrian Counter-Mapping8F. Engaging Undergraduate Eco-Agency: A PedagogyRoundtable and Student Paper JamStream: EcopedagogyWESCOE 4067Chair: Sarah Jaquette Ray, University of Alaska, Southeast Evelyn Meisenbacher, Drew University, The Masumoto FamilyFarm in David Mas Masumoto’s Harvest Son: Planting Roots inAmerican Soil Christina Ocampo, Drew University, Religious Change and theEnvironment in Cherrie Moraga’s Heroes and Saints Anne Thomas, University of Alaska Southeast, The Ecological Indianin the Pacific Northwest Adam Wood, University of Alaska Southeast, Environmental Journalism:An Ethical DilemmaRespondents: Kevin Maier, University of Alaska, Southeast, and SarahWald, Drew University8G. Reimagining the Prairie: Overcoming Western Myths inTheater, Landscape Design, Immigration, and RemovalStream: GeographiesSPOONER HALL, THE COMMONSChair: Benjamin Vogt, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Patricia Oman, Hastings College, “Oh What a Beautiful Morning”:The Music of Great Plains Utopia and Ecological Disaster Terry A. Tucker, Kansas State University, O Pioneers!: Ossian ColeSimonds and the Romance of the Prairie in Landscape Design Benjamin Vogt, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Mennonites inKansas: How Subversive Immigration Displaced Prairie Cultures Linda Hogan, Chicasaw Nation, Bringing the People and Land BackTogether: The Repatriation of Sacred Knowledge8H. Language, Ontology, and EnvironmentStream: Green/TheoryWESCOE 4007Chair: Kaitlin Mondello, The Graduate Center, CUNY Kaitlin Mondello, The Graduate Center, CUNY, Real Leaves inSurrealist Landscapes: The Art of Ecology in Elizabeth Bishop’sNorth and South Roland Racevskis, University of Iowa, Language as Waste in J.M.G.Le Clézio's The Giants W. Mark Giles, Alberta College of Art + Design, Inscribing on/byWilderness: Letter, Logos and Utterance in Margaret Atwood’s“Death By Landscape”33

Saturday, June 18I. Human and Linguistic EnvironmentsStream: Green/TheoryWESCOE 4033Chair: Nathan Germain, University of Wisconsin-Madison Nathan Germain, University of Wisconsin-Madison, A Poetics ofSpace: Cultural, Linguistic, and Geographical Hybridity in VerreCassé by Alain Mabanckou James M. Pangborn, SUNY Oswego, Wider than the Sky: Languageas Ecosystem; Poem as Environment Justin King Rademaekers, Purdue University, Ecocritical Activismand Networked Ontologies: A Metaphoric Approach8J. Modernist Women and the NovelStream: Nature Writing and EcopoeticsWESCOE 4041Chair: Jesse Bordwin, University of Virginia Andrew Kalaidjian, University of California, Santa Barbara, TheBlack Sheep: Ambient Pastoral in Djuna Barnes's Nightwood Sarah Dunlap, Ohio State University, The Eco-Logic of H.D.'sHERmione Jesse Bordwin, University of Virginia, Woolfian Aesthetics andCompassionate Metaphysics Rebekah A. Taylor, Kent State University, "considering the wholeeffect": Woolf's The Waves, Ecocriticism, and Literary Form8K. Poetry Across BoundariesStream: Nature Writing and EcopoeticsWESCOE 4001Chair: Gülsah Dindar, Hacettepe University Tom Pughe, Université d'Orléans, Nature’s Social Union:Re-Reading Anthropomorphism in Poetry About Animals Gülsah Dindar, Hacettepe University, Ted Hughes’s Animals andAnimality: The Crow and/or Us Yuehong Chen, The University of Texas at Dallas, A ComparativeStudy of Ezra Pound and Hu Shi in their Conception of theMan-Nature Relationship: Transcending Binary Thinking inEast-West Comparative Studies of Views of Nature8L. Environmental Justice and Political Ecology in ThreeAfrican EnvironmentsStream: Postcolonial and Transnational EnvironmentsWESCOE 4012Chair: Juan Meneses, Purdue University Dustin Crowley, University of Kansas, Political Ecology in Ngugi'sWizard of the Crow Juan Meneses, Purdue University, Land Matters: Dissent andPolitical Agency in South African Fiction Ali Brox, University of Kansas, Pirates or Conscientious Avengers:Journalism, Environmental Justice, and Ocean Sustainability inNuruddin Farah’s Crossbones8M. Dog and Cat PeopleStream: Species and FoodWESCOE 4019 Matthew Guzman, University of Texas at San Antonio, Dog’s BestFriend? – Mark Twain’s “A Dog’s Tale” John MacNeill Miller, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey,Migrating Between Character and Setting: Animals andEnvironments in George Eliot’s Realism Mary De Jong, Penn State University, Altoona College, Canine andHuman Ferality in Hornung's Dog Boy8N. Nearly HumanStream: Species and FoodWESCOE 4002Chair: Ashley C. Kramer, University of Southern California Ashley C. Kramer, University of Southern California, Toward anEthics of Difference: Kazuo Ishiguro and Bioethical Systems Shinji Iwamasa, Shirayuri College, Nausicaä and the Humanoids ofthe Uncanny Valley Erin Conley, University of California, Los Angeles, “We were herefirst. We have never left”: The Extra-Terrestrial and Keri Hulme’sNaturalcultural Contact Zones Nina Varsava, Stanford University, The “Posthuman” Novel:Human/Animal Hybridity and Laurence Gonzales’ Lucy8O. Farming, Eating, IdentityStream: Species and FoodWESCOE 4051Chair: Bethany Ober, Penn State University Shamim Us-Saher Ansari, St. Louis Community College-Meramec,“You are What You Eat and How You Eat”: The Ethics andAesthetics of Eating in French Canadian Culture as Dramatized inWilla Cather’s Shadows on the Rock Bethany Ober, Penn State University, Expanding the Limits ofGender and Domesticity in Contemporary Ecofeminist Memoir Rhona McAdam, In Your Own Backyard: Food Soverignty and theUrban Garden8P. Don't Kill the Messenger: Animal Events and HumanMediaStream: SpeciesWESCOE 4076Chair: Yvonne Kaisinger, University of Salzburg Yvonne Kaisinger, University of Salzburg, Frogs are FortuitousCanaries in our Coal Mine: The Treatment of AmphibianExtinction in Mayra Montero's In the Palm of Darkness Summer Gioia Harrison, University of Wisconsin-Madison,Environmental Justice in the Media: Affect and AffectedIgnorance Ron Broglio, Arizona State University, Untimely AnimalRevolution: Santino the Chimp as an Incidents in the Revolutionagainst Humans34

Saturday, June 1Plenary 6: 10:30 am – 12 pmAfter Progress: Enacting Systems of Life-EnhancementWoodruff Auditorium, Kansas Memorial UnionDaniel Wildcat is a professor at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas. He writeson indigenous knowledge, technology, environment, and education. He is co-director of the HaskellEnvironmental Research Studies Center, which he founded with colleagues from the Center forHazardous Substance Research at Kansas State University. A Yuchi member of the Muscogee Nationof Oklahoma, Dr. Wildcat is the author of Red Alert! Saving the Planet with Indigenous Knowledge(Fulcrum 2009); coauthor, with Vine Deloria, Jr., of Power and Place: Indian Education in America(Fulcrum 2001); and coeditor, with Steve Pavlik, of Destroying Dogma: Vine Deloria, Jr., and HisInfluence on American Society (Fulcrum 2006). Known for his commitment to environmental defenseand cultural diversity, Dr. Wildcat has been honored by the Kansas City organization The Future IsNow with the Heart Peace Award.Special Presentation: 12:30 – 1:30 pmSaving the Sacred Wakarusa Wetlands in LawrenceBig 12 Room, Kansas Memorial Union (bring a brown bag lunch)In 2008-2009, John Tallmadge, under the leadership of past presidents Rochelle Johnson, Dan Philippon, and Annie Ingram, led a developmentcampaign to raise monies that would allow ASLE to facilitate stronger connections between faculty and students working in theenvironmental humanities and local communities. At the 2012 ASLE Leadership Retreat, President Joni Adamson and the Executive Councilsketched the outlines of three pilot projects that would begin building these connections. The first of these projects will be presented in thissession which will connect ASLE to the Wetlands Preservations Organization and EcoJustice Coalition of Lawrence. ASLE's Executive Councilawarded this group a grant to support efforts to preserve and protect the sacred Wakarusa Wetlands. In addition to being a crucial refuge ofrich biodiversity, these wetlands have immense spiritual and historical for the students and faculty of Haskell Indian Nations University. Formore than twenty years, members of the Haskell and Lawrence community have contested the construction of a large, multi-lane highwaythrough the wetlands. Many of the legal avenues for fighting the construction have been exhausted, but Haskell and the WetlandsPreservation Organization (WPO) continue to fight through appeals for public support. ASLE's grant will help this group raise awareness ofthe history and significance of the wetlands through artistic installations and the production of narratives inspired by native culture and itslinks with the rich local ecosystem.Joni Adamson will introduce a panel made up of faculty and students from Haskell and KU, as well as other members of the Lawrencecommunity. The panel will discuss the history of the wetlands and address questions from the audience. It will include Dan Wildcat, MikeCaron, Kelly Kindscher, Jessica Lackey, and Ali Brox.Session 9: 1:30 - 3 pm9A. Petrochemicals, Consumer Culture, and Toxic BodyBurdens: How Industrial Production Gets Written on (and in)the Environment and the Human BodyStream: Affect, Change, LossWESCOE 4071Chair: McKay Jenkins, University of Delaware McKay Jenkins, University of Delaware, What's Gotten Into Us:Petro-Chemicals, Consumer Culture and Toxic Body Burdens Michael Lundblad, Colorado State University, Toxic Hierarchies:Cancer, Environment, and Animality in Sandra Steingraber’sLiving Downstream Anita Girvan, University of Victoria, wii 2 r ephemera: ArchivingEco-Cultural Morphology359B. Happiness, Affection, Fear, GriefStream: Affect, Change, LossWESCOE 4020Chair: Zümre Gizem Yilmaz, Hacettepe University Peter F. Perreten, Ursinus College, Protoecology in ErasmusDarwin's "The Happiness of Organic Life" José Manuel Marrero Henríquez, Universidad de Las Palmas deGran Canaria, Words that Breathe Zümre Gizem Yilmaz, Hacettepe University, Ecophobia: Fear,Migration, and Changing the Environment Sylvan Goldberg, Stanford University, “This Too Late Impression”:Environmental Loss and the Problems of Grief in John KirkTownsend’s Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountainsto the Columbia River

Saturday, June 19C. Ecocritical Encounters with BuddhismStream: Beyond WordsSPOONER HALL, THE COMMONSChair: Nancy Menning, Ithaca College David T. Bialock, University of Southern California, ReanimatingJapanese Animism: Reading Back from Ishimure Michiko’sParadise in a Sea of Sorrow Nancy Menning, Ithaca College, Mourning Nature: Extending theReligious Imagination in Colin Thubron's To a Mountain in Tibet Won-Chung Kim, Sungkyunkwan University, From Despair andDisillusionment into Enlightenment: Buddhism and Ecology inSeungho Choi's Ecopoetry9D. Changing Landscapes, Creative Responses: Writing theNatural WorldStream: Creative WritingWESCOE 4023Chair: Jessica Weatherford, University of Kansas Callista Buchen, University of Kansas, Readings from The BloodyPlanet Anne Valente, University of Utah, Readings from "Mollusk,Membrane, Human Heart" Matt Bell, Northern Michigan University, Readings from In theHouse upon the Dirt between the Lake and the Woods9E. Ecological MakeoversStream: Creative WritingWESCOE 4067Chair: Jim Bishop, Young Harris College Julia Corbett, University of Utah, Trout, Truffles, and Temples ofConsumption Jim Bishop, Young Harris College, Dropping Possums and Chunkin’Punkins: Recreation, Waste, and Material Ecocriticism Hal Crimmel, Weber State University, Two Gallons of MountainDew a Day: A Chronicle of America’s Love Affair With Soda andMountains9F. Teaching, Writing, SurvivalStream: EcopedagogyWESCOE 4019Chair: Katherine R. Chandler, St. Mary's College of Maryland Katherine R. Chandler, St. Mary's College of Maryland, Students'Low Reserves of Oil: Sustaining Interest in Environmental Issues Kristen Epp & Andrew Hazucha, Ottawa University,Interdisciplinary Ecopedagogy: Wrenching Hope from Despair Elyse Zucker, Hostos Community College/CUNY, MakingConnections between Ecological Processes, our Egos and OurOikos9G. Connecting the Classroom to the WorldStream: EcopedagogyWESCOE 4012Chair: Rebecca Galeano, Florida State University George Hart, California State University Long Beach, & TaylorParker, Tidal Influence, Coastal Consilience: Urban WetlandsRestoration, Environmental Literature, and Service Learning Rebecca Galeano, Florida State University, For Better or Worse?CRFA Schools Effects on Indigenous and Mestizo Communities inthe Rural Peruvian Amazon Jonathan Steinwand, Concordia College, Introducing EnvironmentalJustice through Poetry While Introducing Poetry throughEnvironmental Justice9H. Postcolonial Ecofeminist LiteratureStream: Gender, Race, JusticeWESCOE 4008Chair: Annie Lowe, University of Kansas Gurpreet Kaur, University of Warwick, Sohaila Abdulali’s TheMadwoman of Jogare: A Postcolonial Ecofeminist Analysis Susan Comfort, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Uzma AslamKhan's Trespassing as a World-Ecology Novel: Gender/Sex,Embodiment, and Global Environmental Justice Lynn Abbassi, University of the West Indies, “The language oflandscape”: Ecofeminism and Trinidadian Women’s Novels9I. Mothers, Magic, and MysteriesStream: Gender, Race, JusticeWESCOE 4001Chair: Ian Werkheiser, Michigan State University Ian Werkheiser, Michigan State University, Apron Strings, Mama'sBoys, and Obstetrics: The Problem with Representing “Nature”as “Mother” in Our Culture Kimberly Beilfuss, Oklahoma State University, Wild Women,Makers, & Mystics: The Intersection of Nature, Aesthetics, andFemale Power in Contemporary Blogs Heidi Staples, Piedmont College, Beyond Self and Epic: The Counter-EpicImpulse in Juliana Spahr’s This Connection of Everyonewith Lungs, Anne Waldman’s Manatee/Humanity, and AliceNotley’s Descent of AletteStream: GeographiesWESCOE 4007Chair: Kevin Maier, University of Alaska Southeast Kevin Maier, University of Alaska Southeast, ASLE Juneau: TheReport from the 2012 Off-Year Symposium Chantal Bilodeau, independent, SILA William Slaymaker, Wayne State University, Boon/doggle/doggerel: Slanted perspectives, Poetic and Political, on theTranscanadian XL Pipeline Elspeth Tulloch, Université Laval, Elegy for Change: The ExtinctionNarrative in Fred Bodsworth’s Last of the Curlews36 Will Elliott, University of California, Davis, Cryopolitics / ColdCosmopolitanism: Contemporary Alaskan Writing on theExtraterrestrial Scale

Saturday, June 19K. Canadian UrbanityStream: GeographiesWESCOE 4035Chair: Matthew Zantingh, McMaster University Erin Despard, Concordia University, A Love for Plants Gone Bad:Lessons from a Non-linear History of Gardens in Montreal Derek J. Woods, Rice University, Poetic Geography of Vancouver:Ecologies of Inscription in Marlatt, Quartermain, and Robertson Matthew Zantingh, McMaster University, Towards a Theory ofUrban Nature: What the City Might Mean for Ecocriticism9L. Orientalism, Nationalism, NatureStream: GeographiesWESCOE 4002Chair: James Weaver, Denison University James Weaver, Denison University, Washington Irving, ImperialDomesticity, and the Seeds of Ecological Awareness Matthew H. Pangborn, Briar Cliff University, Towards an Ecologyof Mind: Orientalism and the Environment in WashingtonIrving’s Tales of the Alhambra and Tour on the Prairies Josh Mabie, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater, Making theBloom Desert: Nineteenth Century American Writing and HolyLand Desolation Hannes De Vriese, Université de Toulouse II-Le Miraill /Universiteit Gent, Robinson Crusoe: Anglo-Saxon andFrancophone Encounters with Ecopoetic Insularity9M. After the Truth of Ecology: Ecology's Current Place inEcocriticismStream: Green/TheoryWESCOE 4076Chair: Ashley Elaine Reis, University of North Texas Ashley E. Reis, University of North Texas, Cross-Fertilization:Steinbeck and the “Truth of Ecology” in Ecocriticism Melissa S. Sexton, The Oregon Extension, Towards a LatourianPolitical Ecology: Better Theory, Better Science, and Ecocriticism Respondent: Dana Phillips, Towson University/Rhodes University9N. The Good, The Bad, and the UglyStream: Nature Writing and EcopoeticsWESCOE 4025Chair: Stephanie LeMenager, University of California, Santa Barbara /University of Oregon Scott Hess, Earlham College, Yoking Nature and Nation in"America the Beautiful”: A Study in Cultural Migration Shawn Thomson, University of Texas Pan American, HermanMelville’s “Bartleby, the Scrivener” and the Fugitive Road Tripfrom Wall Street to Manhattan Christopher Todd Anderson, Pittsburg State University,Emerson’s Lobster, Dickinson’s Flies: Appreciating Ugly Nature in19th-Century America9O. Natural Machines, Natural ElementsStream: Nature Writing and EcopoeticsWESCOE 4033Chair: Jenny Kerber, University of Toronto Christina Alt, University of St. Andrews, Mechanizing Nature: EarlyEcology and the Modernist Avant-Garde Jenny Kerber, University of Toronto, Here Comes the Flood:Cross-Boundary Dams, Climate Change, and Future Memory Rick Sweet, Genesee Community Colllege, Human Air Travel: AChallenge to Environmental Integrity9P. Environmental Justice in Chicano/a PerspectiveStream: Postcolonial and Transnational EnvironmentsWESCOE 4041Chair: Ashley Ortiz, University of Kansas Kiara L. Kharpertian, Boston College (via Skype), Brown Work inGreen Space: The Labor of Ethnic Ecocriticism in Maria AmparoRuiz de Burton’s Squatter and the Don and Raymond Barrio’sThe Plum Plum Pickers Taylor McHolm, University of Oregon, "That Was Due Her":Embodied Debt in Helena Maria Viramontes's Under the Feet ofJesus Edward Schaumberg, University of Washington, Your Family Tree:Natural Environments and Identity in Americo Parédes's GeorgeWashington Gómez9Q. Agricultural JusticeStream: Species and FoodWESCOE 4051Chair: Michelle C. Neely, University of Toronto/Connecticut College Michelle C. Neely, University of Toronto/Connecticut College,Pre-Industrial American Animal Agriculture: Puncturing thePastoral Myth Cory Shaman, Arkansas Tech University, The New SouthernApologists: Southern Local Foodways, Racial Reconciliation, andAnimal Welfare Julie Berthoud, University of Cincinnati, TransnationalEco-feminist Paradigms for Survival in Ruth Ozeki’s My Year ofMeatsSession 10: 3:30 - 5 pm10A. Ecologies of ViolenceStream: Affect, Change, LossWESCOE 4071Chair: Pete Hay, University of Tasmania Teresa Shewry, University of California, Santa Barbara, Stories ofEntrapment in Ecologies of Violence Maureen E. Shea, Tulane University, Reverence: José MaríaArguedas and the Natural World in The Fox from Up Above andthe Fox from Down Below Pete Hay, University of Tasmania, Fear and Loathing inTasmania’s Forest Conflict and Timber Industry: Poetic andOther Creative Representations from the Field37

Saturday, June 110B. Photography, Cartography, VideographyStream: Beyond WordsWESCOE 4067Chair: David Stentiford, Stanford University David Stentiford, Stanford University, How to Look at anEcosystem: Composite Photography and the Visual Culture ofEcology Matthew Varner, Purdue University, Photography through aHawk's Eye: Henri Cartier-Bresson's Animals Mary Beth Woodson, University of Kansas, Same Film, DifferentPictures: Nonhuman Animal Portrayal in Planet Earth and Earth10C. Land and MemoryStream: Creative WritingWESCOE 4041Chair: Caroline M. Stephens, University of Montana Caroline M. Stephens, University of Montana, A Murder of Crowsand a Mess of Place: Examining Masculine Heritage and Work inKentucky Eric Dieterle, Northern Arizona University, In passing: After manydestinations, an arrival Nels Christensen, Albion College, Things Made and Unmade10D. Defining Land with WaterStream: Creative WritingWESCOE 4033Chair: Brian Bartlett, Saint Mary's University Brian Bartlett, Saint Mary's University, A Calendar of Water:Excerpts from a Book of Days Susan Hanson, Texas State University, The Vicissitudes of GoodWater Diane Hueter Warner, Texas Tech University, After the Tornado10E. Paper Jam: Creating a Climate for Change: ActivismWithin and Beyond the Borders of the ClassroomStream: EcopedagogySPOONER HALL, THE COMMONSChairs and Moderators: Brianne Burke, Iowa State University, andChiyo Crawford, Mount Holyoke College Brianna R. Burke, Iowa State University, Cutting Through theSmog: Teaching About Mountain Top Removal at a UniversityPowered by Coal Chiyo Crawford, Mount Holyoke College, From a Queer EcologicalReading of Sui Sin Far's Fiction to Enacting Change in the “RealWorld” Elizabeth Ammons, Tufts University, Double Duty: TeachingActivism at the Graduate Level Vivek Freitas, Tufts University, Ecocriticism and Political Activism:What’s to be Learnt from Animal’s People? Samuel Awuah-Nyamekye, University of Leeds, Between Rhetoricand Reality: Post-Independence African Governments’ Attitudeto Indigenous Ecological Knowledge – Case study from Ghana Modhumita Roy, Tufts University, A World to Win: A NewInternational EJ Anthology J. Drew Lanham, Clemson University, Pedagogy, Activist Practice,and Applied Conservation10F. Teaching and PlaceStream: EcopedagogyWESCOE 4035Chair: Scott Knickerbocker, The College of Idaho Scott Knickerbocker, The College of Idaho, Skiing with Papa:Teaching Hemingway in the Backcountry Snow John Bennion, Brigham Young University, Getting StudentsOutside: Integrated Natural History—Utah Patrick Byrne, McMaster University, Narratives in Outdoor andEnvironmental Education: Using Ecocriticism to Inform Practice Nathan Straight, Utah State University, Distance as Substance:Place-Based Studies for Place-Bound StudentsStream: EcopedagogyWESCOE 4025Chair: Carly Lettero, Spring Creek Project, Oregon State UniversityEric Magrane, University of Arizona10H. Trauma and Alliance in African American NatureWritingStream: Gender, Race, JusticeWESCOE 4008Chair: Daniel J. Martin, Rockhurst University Kelly Clasen, East Central University, Charles Chesnutt’s EarliestNovel, Mandy Oxendine, and the Emergence of HisEnvironmental Ethos David Anderson, University of Louisville, Sterling Brown and theGeorgic Tradition in African American Literature Carol A. Gosselink, Missouri State University, A Little FriendlyLynching: A Natural History of Racism, Speciesism, andGenocide10I. Narratives of Ecological Disaster and Resistance in theUS SouthStream: GeographiesWESCOE 4023Chair: Kerim Can Yazgünoglu, Hacettepe University Kerim Can Yazgünoglu, Hacettepe University, MaterialNatureCultures: Oil, Toxicity, and Nonhuman Corporeality inJosh and Rebecca Tickell’s The Big Fix and Sarah Hall’s TheCarhullan Army John Fredericks, University of Nevada, Reno, Sink or Swim:Environmental Justice in the Post-Katrina Flood Narrative Sara L. Crosby, Ohio State University at Marion, Losing Louisiana:The Rhetorics Destroying America’s Wetland Michael J. Beilfuss, Oklahoma State University, SouthernMigrations: Wilderness, Pastoral, and Urbanity in CormacMcCarthy’s Suttree38

Saturday, June 110J. Owning, Cultivating and Managing LandStream: GeographiesWESCOE 4001Chair: Daniel D. Clausen, Boise State University Daniel W. Noland, University of North Carolina Wilmington, WeOught to Own Land Susan Bruxvoort Lipscomb, Houghton College, Slaves and LandAgents: the Trouble with Stewardship Annie K. Smart, Saint Louis University, Critical Migrations:Towards an Ecocritical Reading of Nature in George Sand Daniel D. Clausen, Boise State University, Ten Acres Enough: A19th Century Farm Narrative10K. Memory and Resistance in Celtic LandscapesStream: GeographiesWESCOE 4012Chair: Frank Merksamer, University of Nevada, Reno Eric Gidal, University of Iowa, Ossianic Unconformities: BardicPoetry in the Industrial Age Frank Merksamer, University of Nevada, Reno, Joseph Sheridan LeFanu's Forests Aaron Long, University of Kansas, For Peat’s Sake: Trolling theBog of Twentieth-Century Irish Literature to Understand theEarth Liberation Front10L. Disability and the Sense of NatureStream: Green/TheoryWESCOE 4007Chair: Stillman Wagstaff, University of Wisconsin-Madison Julie Williams, University of New Mexico, This Land Belongs to Allof Us: Disabilities Access and the Need for Nature Matthew J.C. Cella, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, TheEcosomatic Paradigm: Bodies and Place in Disability Narratives Stillman Wagstaff, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Alive to theSensual Mesh: Non-visual Sense Perception in the Poetry ofLorine Niedecker Chris Klassen, Wilfrid Laurier University, Trans-corporealPermeability: Challenging the Metanarrative of Environmentaland Spiritual Holism10M. Ethics and Activism in Children's LiteratureStream: Nature Writing and EcopoeticsWESCOE 4002Chair: Clare Echterling, University of Kansas Dean Mendell, Touro College, Children of the Sea: MoralEducation on the Whale Ships of Nineteenth-Century Fiction Amy Cummins, University of Texas Pan American, Ecotage inRecent Fiction for Young Adults: Burnout, Torched, and Earthgirl Kyhl Lyndgaard, Marlboro College, A Borderlands CaptivityNarrative for “Dear Children Everywhere”10N. Agriculture and its DiscontentsStream: Nature Writing and EcopoeticsWESCOE 4019Chair: Jim Warren, Washington and Lee University Katherine Osborn, Creighton University, Robert Bloomfield andhis Ecology of Nation: Work, Nature, and Regionalism Kevin McKelvey, University of Indianapolis, Till Plain: A novel-inprogress David Plastrik, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Two Farms:Prose Poems Jeremy Elliott, Abilene Christian University, Environmentalists'Bread Problem, and Janisse Ray's Response10O. Caribbean Women Writers and ResistanceStream: Postcolonial and Transnational EnvironmentsWESCOE 4076Chair: Ania Kowalik, Emory University Douglas Boudreau, Mercyhurst University, (Un)natural Disastersin the Colonial Climate: Maryse Condé’s Moi, Tituba, Sorcière Adam G. Benson, University of Idaho, Welcome to the Jungle:Representations of Environmental Excess in Wide Sargasso Sea Ania Kowalik, Emory University, A Breath That Heals, a BreathThat Wounds: Entanglements of Nature and History in JamaicaKincaid10P. Historical Perspectives on African EnvironmentalismStream: Postcolonial and Transnational EnvironmentsWESCOE 4020Chair: Dustin Crowley, University of Kansas Paul Shaw, University of the West Indies, From Mission toCommission: Colonial Perceptions of the Kalahari Environment1849-1960. Augustine Nchoujie, University of Yaounde / York University,Africa, the Ancestral Home of Ecocriticism? Ng’ang’a wa Muchiri, University of Miami, Migration, SettlerMentality & (Hu)Man Transformation of African Landscapes10Q. Animal TheoryStream: Species and FoodWESCOE 4051Chair: Linda Haverty Rugg, University of California, Berkeley Yalan Chang, Huafan University, Animality and Transformation Michael Emerson, Northwestern Michigan College, Wild,Domestic, and the Rest of Us Animals: Significant Otherness inGiono’s Joy of Man’s Desiring Anne E. Porter, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Interagentivityin Cortazar's “Axolotl”39

Saturday, June 1Nature and Agriculture on the Great PlainsWoodruff Auditorium, Kansas Memorial UnionPlenary 7: 5:15 – 6:45 pmThe Garden in the WestDonald Worster is the Joyce and Elizabeth Hall Professor of U.S. History at the University ofKansas. He is considered a foundational scholar in the field of environmental history and haswritten extensively on changing perceptions of nature, the rise of conservation andenvironmentalism, and the impact of the natural world on human society. His most recent book,A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir, was published by Oxford University Press in 2008 andwas named the best work of non-fiction by the Scottish Arts Council, as well as winning theAmbassador Award for Biography from the English Speaking Union. Earlier books have won morethan a dozen book prizes. He is former president of the American Society for EnvironmentalHistory and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His extensive publicationsinclude Dust Bowl: the Southern Plains in the 1930s (Oxford UP 2004), Nature's Economy: AHistory of Ecological Ideas (Cambridge UP 1994), and Rivers of Empire: Water, Aridity, and theGrowth of the American West (Oxford UP 1992).New Roots for AgricultureWes Jackson, President of The Land Institute, studied botany and genetics and was a professorof biology at Kansas Wesleyan and later established the Environmental Studies department atCalifornia State University, Sacramento, where he became a tenured full professor. He resignedthat position in 1976 and returned to Kansas to found The Land Institute. Dr. Jackson's mostrecent works include Nature as Measure (2011) and Consulting the Genius of the Place: AnEcological Approach to a New Agriculture (2010); with William Vitek, he has co-edited The Virtuesof Ignorance: Complexity, Sustainability, and the Limits of Knowledge (2008) and Rooted in theLand: Essays on Community and Place (1996). For his work with The Land Institute, Life magazinenamed Wes Jackson as one of 18 individuals they predict will be among the 100 "importantAmericans of the 20th century." In the November 2005 issue, Smithsonian named him one of "35Who Made a Difference," and in March, 2009 Wes was included in Rolling Stone's "100 Agents ofChange." Jackson is a recipient of the Pew Conservation Scholars award (1990), a MacArthurFellowship (1992), Stockholm’s Right Livelihood Award (known as the "Alternative Nobel Prize")(2000), and the Louis Bromfield Award (2010).Closing Banquet 7:00 – 9 pmBanquetBallroom, Kansas Memorial UnionSay goodbye to friends old and new, and enjoy a vegetarian buffet with vegan and gluten freeselections, wine, and local beers.There will be a short program of thanks and announcements at 8:15pm.40

Sunday, June 2Complimentary Continental BreakfastLobby, Kansas Memorial UnionBreakfast: 8 – 11 amHave some sustenance on us before you begin your travels home. Enjoy a continental breakfastof bagels and cream cheese, yogurt, fruit, and coffee.Thanks for joining us at the ASLE conference!Shuttle Service (advance reservation required)Conference airport shuttle buses will be running between Lawrence at the Kansas City airport (MCI) according to the scheduleposted at the website (http://asle.ku.edu/logistics/transportation.php).The buses will pick up at all dorms, Eldridge, Springhill Suites, and the Union.Those staying at the Oread will board their buses at the Union.41

Participants in the Author’s ReceptionASLE Book Award Winners:42

Index of PresentersThis index includes preconferernce leaders and session respondents but not chairsAbbassi, Lynn, 9HAbbot, Sophia, 4EAdamson, Joni, preconf, 6FAdelman, Deborah, 2EAguilera, Dulce Abigail Perez,preconf, 5OAlaimo, Stacy, Plenary 3, 6EAllison, Marjorie C., 6AAllister, Mark, 2H, 6BAlmeida, Simão Farias, preconf, 5HAlt, Christina, 9OAmmons, Elizabeth, 10EAnderson, David, 10HAnderson, Mark, preconf, 5QAnderson, Jill E., 6LAnderson, Chris, preconf, 9NAnsari, Shamim Us-Saher, 8OAnson, April, 4OArmbruster, Karla M., 1PAshe, Diana, 7DAsomugha, Chibuzo, 2RAter, Renee, preconfAthanassakis, Yanoula, 7HAudette-Longo, Patricia H., 4FAwuah-Nyamekye, Samuel, 10EBadolato, Elizabeth, 7SBair, Julene, 6CBaker, Brandon R., 5JBanco, Lindsey M., 7KBanks, Anna, 1LBarclay, Daniel, 1NBarclay, Bridgitte, 3RBarilla, James, 5EBarras, Arnaud, 4OBartlett, Brian, 10DBartlett, Joshua, 5NBattista, Christine M., 4HBayens, Leah, 2CBeck, Russell, 8DBeilfuss, Michael J., 10IBeilfuss, Kimberly, 9IBell, Matt, 9DBelmont, Cynthia, 8CBeltrán, Carolina, 5QBennett, Joshua, 5FBennion, John, 10FBenson, Adam G., 10OBergthaller, Hannes, 4JBerroth, Erika, 7EBerthoud, Julie, 9QBialock, David T., 9CBilodeau, Chantal, 9JBindel, Christopher Paul, 2JBinns, Donna, 6KBishop, Jim, 9EBladow, Kyle, 1KBloomfield, Mandy, 4LBoettger, Suzaan, preconfBogard, Paul, 2FBolker, Jamie, 4GBoone, Troy, 2DBora, Zelia M., 3MBordwin, Jesse, 8JBoschman, Robert, 2QBoudreau, Douglas, 10OBovaird-Abbo, Kristin, 6MBowman-Broz, Norah, 7OBraddock, Alan, preconfBradfield, Elizabeth, 1FBranch, Michael P., 1GBrazier-Tompkins, Shakti, 6OBrill de Ramirez, Susan Berry, 1SBroglio, Ron, 8PBrooks, George English, 5HBrotton, Melissa, 1EBrown, Creighton Nicholas, 7RBrown, Greg, 7TBrox, Ali, 8LBrozovich, Lauren, 3PBruen, Matthew, 4GBruni, John, 1TBuchen, Callista, 9DBurke, Brianna R., 10EBurke, Daniel E., 1MBurkett, Maxine, Plenary 4Byl, Christine, 1FByrne, Patrick, 10FCallaway, Elizabeth, preconf, 7BCalwell, Laura, 3ECameron, Scott Cannon, 1JCaminero-Santangelo, Byron, 6N,7QCapek, Stella, 3GCarrigan, Anthony, 6N, 7QCarroll, Alicia J., 2LCarruth, Allison, 5PCase, Jennifer, 7FCella, Matthew J.C., 10LChamberlain, Cara, 4LChandler, Kate, 9FChang, Yalan, preconfChavez, Sarah A., 7FChen, Hong, 1UChen, Yuehong, 8KChild, Benjamin, 4GChow, Juliana, 2TChristensen, Nels, 10CChristensen, Laird, 2PChristensen, Jon, 6EChu, Kiu-wai, preconf, 5IClaborn, John, preconfClasen, Kelly, 10HClason, Christopher R., 7UClausen, Daniel D., 10JCloyd, Aaron, 2CCohen, Susan A., 1GCohen, Michael C., 2TCohen, Jody, 4ECohen, Jeffrey J., 7MColeman, Vera, 5BColvin, Christina, 7TComfort, Susan, 9HConheady, Emily, 2AConley, Erin, 8NCooper, Katie K., 7KCorbett, Julia, 9ECorey, Joshua, 2GCornes, Saskia, preconfCoronado, Teresa, preconf, 3QCortez, Marisol, 4DCrawford, Chiyo, 10ECrimmel, Hal, 9ECrosby, Sara L., preconf, 10ICrowley, Dustin, 8LCummins, Amy, 10MDalke, Anne, 4EDavis, H. Louise, 4SDe Jong, Mary, 8MDe Vriese, Hannes, preconf, 9LDeBaise, Janine, 1GDeLoughrey, Elizabeth, 6N, 7QDesmarais, Michele Marie, 5LDespard, Erin, preconf, 9KDeVries, Scott, preconf, 3MDeyo, Brian, 1TDi Battista, Amanda, preconfDickson, Carol, 2LDieterle, Eric, 10CDimpflmeier, Fabiana, 6IDindar, Gülsah, 8KDobrin, Sidney I., 3DDonsomsakulkij, Weeraya, 2RDubino, Jeanne, 3SDuckert, Lowell, 7MDunlap, Sarah, 8JDurand, Marcella, 8EDushane, Allison, 5LDwyer, June, 6PEchterling, Clare, 1OEckstein, Barbara, 3JEckstein, Barbara, preconfEdlich, Micha Gerrit Philipp, preconf,6KElliott, Jeremy, 10NElliott, Will, 9JEmerson, Michael, 10QEnglish, Catherine M., 1HEnsor, Sarah, 3AEpp, Kristen, 9FEppelsheimer, Natalie, 2IErney, Hans-Georg, 2SEstok, Simon C., 7HFairhall, Jim, 5EFallon, Katie, 1IFarmer, Gareth, 7OFarrell, Sean, 4KFate, Tom Montgomery, 6CFeder, Helena, 1OFerri, Sabrina, preconfFielder, Brigitte Nicole, 5FFigueroa, Robert Melchior, 1SFine, Kerry, 1C, 3HFinley, James, preconf, 5FFinseth, Ian, 5FFisher-Wirth, Ann, 5MFiskio, Janet, 2JFitzgerald, Stephanie, preconf, 5GFogerty, Hillary J., 7HFoley, Christopher, 5NForns-Broggi, Roberto J., preconf,3MFrancois, Anne-Lise, preconf, 2TFredericks, John, 10IFredericksen, Don, 8CFreedman, Diane P., 1PFreitas, Vivek, 10EFucile, Frank, preconfGaard, Greta C., 5KGaleano, Rebecca, 9GGaleano, Juan Carlos, Plenary 5Galloway, Kate, 3CGamber, John, 7IGarofalo, Devin, 5LGatlin, Jill, 2KGeorge, Barbara E., 1IGeriguis, Lora, 1UGermain, Nathan, 8IGianquitto, Tina, 6JGidal, Eric, 10KGiles, W. Mark, 8HGillen, Katherine, 5NGilmore, Timothy, 5HGirten, Kristin, 5LGirvan, Anita, 9AGist, John M., 3GGlover, Angela, 7JGold, Eleanor, 3OGoldberg, Sylvan, 9BGoldsmith, Jenna, 2CGoldstein, David B., 5PGonzalez, Christopher T., 1CGoodrich, Charles, 10GGordon, Jon, 4FGosselink, Carol A., 10HGreenbaum, Abigail C., 3FGregory, Megan, 3NGrieve, Sarah, 7IGroeneveld, Sarah, 2DGrossman, Lisa, 3EGruber, Elizabeth, 6MGugin, David L., 8BGuignard, Jimmy, 7DGuzman, Matthew, 8MHageman, Andy, 1A, 2HHagood, Amanda, 4IHall, Shane Donnelly, 2QHallock, Thomas, 6JHamilton, Amy T., 3QHamner, Everett, preconf, 2QHampton, Jill, 2OHanson, Susan, 10DHarrison, Summer Gioia, 8PHart, George, preconf, 9GHarvey, Meredith, 1IHaskell, David George, 7GHay, Pete, 10AHaynes, Douglas, 5EHazucha, Andrew, 9FHediger, Ryan, 7SHeise, Ursula K., 4CHellegers, Desiree, 3LHelstern, Linda, 3LHenrichs, Kyle, 3NHeringman, Noah, 4MHernandez, Nimachia, 1KHertz, Jason, 3THess, Scott, preconf, 9NHeumann, Joseph K., 4BHeyne, Eric, 7LHillard, Tom J., 3H, 2DHoffman, Steven M., 2BHogan, Linda, 8GHolmes, Christina, 4QHooley, Matthew, preconf, 1BHouser, Heather, 4CHuang, Hsinya, preconf, 6FHuang, Wang, preconf, 6PHudson, Marc, 1EHueter Warner, Diane, 10DHuggan, Graham, 6N, 7QHume, Angela, 1BHunt, Richard, 6B43

Index of PresentersHusband, Andrew, 2O, 3HHutchinson, Elizabeth, preconfHutter, Liz, 3JIngram, Annie Merrill, preconf, 6JIovino, Serenella, preconf, 5KIrmscher, Christoph, preconfIto, Koichiro, 5QIwamasa, Shinji, 8NJackson, Shannon, 1QJackson, Wes, Plenary 7Jacobson, Kristin J., 2MJacoby, Lindsay Dunne, preconf, 4IJames, Erin, 1LJames, Jennifer C., 5FJansson, Magnus, 3IJenkins, McKay, 9AJohnson, Rochelle, preconf, 1PJohnson, Margaret, 2CJohnson, Alan G., 5OJohnson, Stephen R., 7BJohnson, II, Phillip David, 1IJohns-Putra, Adeline, 4JJohnston, Jasmine, 7LJoiner, Jennie J., 7JJones, Brandon, 6MJoosten, Julie, preconf, 3AJoy, Eileen, 7MJuhasz, Antonia, Plenary 2Kainulainen, Maggie, 1NKaisinger, Yvonne, preconf, 8PKalaidjian, Andrew, 8JKaminski, Megan, 8EKang, Yeonhaun, preconf, 2LKapoor, Maya L., preconf, 4KKaur, Gurpreet, 9HKayano, Yoshiko, 7RKeller, Lynn, 1BKeller, Christopher, 4QKeller, Anne, 8BKerber, Jenny, 9OKerridge, Richard, 3GKharpertian, Kiara L., 9PKillingsworth, M. Jimmie, 7DKim, Won-Chung, 9CKing, Robert Drury, 4PKirkpatrick, Kathryn, preconf, 7TKjeldaas, Sigfrid, preconf, 7LKlassen, Chris, 10LKneitz, Agnes, 4JKnickerbocker, Scott, 10FKnoeller, Christian, 7PKnopp, Lisa, 8DKonkle, Maureen, 5GKonkol, Margaret, preconf, 6LKowalik, Ania, 10OKramer, Ashley C., 8NKuechler, Uwe, 2IKumbet, Pelin, 6KKupinse, William, 7GLacey, Jeff, 1HLadino, Jennifer, 4LLaFauci, Lauren E., 6JLane, John, 2NLanham, J. Drew, 10ELapeyrouse-Cherry, Juliette, 4CLarochelle, Jeremy G., preconf, 3MLatosi-Sawin, Elizabeth, 8BLawrence, Christopher R., 7HLeBourdais, George, preconfLeMenager, Stephanie, 6ELeong, Diana, 2QLerberg, Matthew, 3TLerberg, Justin, 3TLettero, Carly, 10GLewis, Corey, 2FLinscott, Melinda, 3TLioi, Anthony, preconf, 2QLipscomb, Susan Bruxvoort, 10JLipscomb, Robert, 3TLiu, Bei, 5ILiu, Xinmin D., preconf, 5ILobnik, Mirja, 1ELombardi, William V., 2SLong, Aaron, 10KLong, Mark, 2P, 6Q, 7ALousley, Cheryl, preconf, 3BLow, Matthew M., 3PLowe, Annie, 2SLukas, Michael, 6OLumpkin, Cody, 7FLundblad, Michael, 9ALynch, Tom, 6ILyndgaard, Kyhl, 10MMabie, Josh, 9LMacDuffie, Allen, 7CMadsen, Kimberly, 5OMagrane, Eric, 10GMaher, Susan N., 3H, 6IMaier, Kevin, 9JMains, Daniel, 1QMajor, William, 4TMannon, Ethan, 5CMarcone, Jorge, preconf, 6N, 7QMarrero Henríquez, JoséManuel, 9BMarshall, Ian, 6BMartens, Susan, 1HMartin, Daniel J., 8AMartinez, Ann, 6MMasek, Paris, 1KMatejka, Adrian, 2GMazzolini, Elizabeth, 2MMcAdam, Rhona, 8OMcAlear, Rob, 7UMcCutchan, Ann, 6DMcFarland, Sarah E., 7JMcHolm, Taylor, 9PMcInnes, Marnie, 3JMcKelvey, Kevin, 10NMcMurry, Andrew, 4TMeeks, Catherine, 3FMehl, Heidi, 3EMehnert, Antonia, preconf, 5AMeiners, Katie, 5JMeisenbacher, Evelyn, 8FMelder, Mark O., 7JMelin, Charlotte, 2IMellin, Robert B., 1TMendell, Dean, 10MMeneses, Juan, 8LMenning, Nancy, preconf, 9CMenting, Michelle, 7FMentz, Steve, 7MMerksamer, Frank, 10KMerola, Nicole M., preconf, 7BMeyer, Kate, preconfMickelson, Nathan, 2KMiller, John MacNeill, 8MMills, Tyler, 2GMitchem, Sarah Lewis, 4OMoeckel, Thorpe, 5MMolander Danielsson, Karin E., 3IMonani, Salma, 2EMondello, Kaitlin, 8HMoore, David L., 3LMorel, Eric, 1LMorey, Sean, 3DMorrell, John J., 7EMuchiri, Ng’ang’a wa, 10PMurphy, Yvonne C., 4SMurray, Robin L., 4BMyers, Garth, 1QMyers, Robert M., 2KMyers, Jeffrey, 7IMyslivy, Rachel, 4RNagy, Kelsi, 7TNardizzi, Vin, 7MNchoujie, Augustine, 10PNeely, Evan, 4TNeely, Michelle C., 9QNelson, Michaelann, 7PNewman, Lance, preconf, 5FNiemann, Michelle, 1MNisbet, James, preconfNixon, Rob, Plenary 1, 6N, 7QNolan, Sarah, 7ONoland, Daniel W., 10JNuñez, Gabriela, preconfOber, Bethany, 8OObernesser, Scott, 7NO'Brien, Susie, 6N, 7QOcampo, Christina, 8FÖhman, Marie, 3IOlson, Leslie, 1SOman, Patricia, 8GOppermann, Serpil, preconf, 5KOsborn, Katherine, 10NOsborne, Gillian, preconf, 2TOscarson, Christopher (Chip), 8COttum, Lisa, 2AOutka, Paul, 6EPackalén, Sture, 3IPangborn, James M., 8IPangborn, Matthew H., 9LPaparone, Rachel, 4IParker, Taylor, 9GPatrick, Darren, preconfPatterson, Daniel, 4MPayne, Tonia L., 3BPeng, Chandrea, 4EPerreten, Peter F., 9BPhilippon, Dan, 5PPhillips, Rebecca, 2QPhillips, Anna Lena, 3FPhillips, Lisa L., 3NPhillips, Michael A., 3NPhillips, Dana, 4J, 9MPilgrim, Karyn, 4SPinard, Mary, 1NPlastrik, David, 10NPlatt, Kamala J., 4DPlatt, Daniel, 6GPlevin, Arlene, 3KPlum, Sydney Landon, preconfPokhrel, Arun Kumar, 4PPorter, Anne E., 10QPorter, Rob, 5CPorter, Brenda, 5CPosthumus, Stephanie, 4HPotts, Donna L., 7SPoudel, Arjun P., 4PPowers, M. Karen, 4RPrádanos, Luis I., 7CPrice, John T., 6CPughe, Tom, 8KPullen, Matt, 5JQueiroz, Ana Isabel, 6OQuetchenbach, Bernard, 2PRacevskis, Roland, 8HRademaekers, Justin King, 8IRashidian, Ziba, 3SRauscher, Judith, preconf, 4HRay, Sarah Jaquette, 4I6GReis, Ashley E., 9MReno, Seth, 2ARichardson, Barbara K., 6DRippey, John, 6HRoberts, Suzanne, 5DRobertson, Chris, 5DRoorda, Randall, 2CRose, Andrew M., 5ARoss, Andrew B., 4KRossi, William, 4NRothermel, Dennis, 7KRowland, Susan, 2DRoy, Modhumita, 10ERoy, Bonnie, 8ERubalcava, Rolando, 4ARusert, Britt, 5FRussell, Eric, 4MRussell, Patrick, 7CRusso, Linda, 8ERust, Stephen, 4BRyan, Terre, 4FRyden, Kent, 2OSabatelli, Christiaan, 6LSalt, Karen, 6FSandgren, Håkan, 4RSandilands, Cate, preconf, 6ESantana, Elana, preconfSaulitis, Eva, 1FSchaberg, Christopher, 1A, 2HSchaumberg, Edward, 9PScheffer, Erin Elizabeth, 3CSchneider-Mayerson, Matthew, 2BSchuchhardt, Caitlyn, 7RSchultz, Elizabeth (Beth), 3ESciolino, Martina, 3LScott, Heidi, 2BSen, Malcolm, 6N, 7QSexton, Melissa S., 9MSeymour, Nicole, 7EShaman, Cory, 9QShaw, Paul, 10PShea, Maureen E., 10AShewry, Teresa, 10ASibara, Jennifer Barager, 2ESiperstein, Stephen, preconf, 2QSivils, Matthew Wynn, 3QSkattebo, Steven, 1MSkinner, Jonathan, 5MSlaymaker, William, 9JSlovic, Scott, 1R, 3MSmart, Annie K., 10JSmith, Brady, 1RSmyth, Andrew J., 3SSoles, Carter, 4BSong, Lili, 5ISoppelsa, Peter, 1QSpecq, Francois, 4N44

Spoth, Daniel, 4ISpringer, Emilie, 9JSquire, Louise, 4ASt. Germain, Sheryl, 5MStaples, Heidi, 9IStark, Mary V., 7BSteinwand, Jonathan, 9GStentiford, David, preconf, 10BStephens, Caroline M., 10CStephens, Liz, 8DStobb, William, 2GStone, Joan, 3EStorey, Gail D., 6DStrachan, Jeremy, 3CStraight, Nathan, 10FStraß, Hanna, 3KStraughn, Celka, preconfStreet, Laura-Gray, 5MStreit Krug, Aubrey, preconf, 1HStrickler, Breyan, 2MStroup, William J., preconf, 2AStubbs, Glenn, 8AStuckey, Priscilla, 6DStuhmiller, Jacqueline A., 6PSturges, Mark, 2OSullivan, Heather I., 2H, 5KSumner, David T., 7PSwan, Heather, 1USweet, Rick, 9OTallmadge, John, 2P, 6Q, 7ATatonetti, Lisa, 5GTaylor, Jesse Oak, 3OTaylor, Rebekah A., 8JTaylor, David, preconf, 2NTerrill, Ceiridwen, 2FThomas, Anne, 8FThomson, Shawn, 9NThomson, Jeffrey, Plenary 5Thornber, Karen, 1JThorpe, Doug, 7NThorpe, Katherine, 7NTidwell, Christy, 3RTiengo, Adele, 3BTomlinson, Susan, preconfToth, Bill D., 6AToyosato, Mayumi, 6HTroelstrup, Holms, 2GTrumpeter, Kevin, 7UTucker, Terry A., 8GTulloch, Elspeth, 9JTurner, Kyndra, 6FValente, Anne, 9DValero, Ignacio, preconfVan Noy, Rick, 1GVan Tassel, Kristin, 3EVan Zanten, Clara, 1AVarner, Matthew, 10BVarsava, Nina, 8NVázquez, David J., 6GVetterling, Mary-Anne, preconfVinyeta, Kirsten, 2JVogt, Benjamin, 8GVoie, Christian Hummelsund,preconf, 3OVold, Veronica, 3KWagner-Lawlor, Jennifer A., 5BWagstaff, Stillman, 10LWald, Sarah, 6GWallace, Molly, 6AWalls, Laura Dassow, 4NWarren, Suzanne, 7GWarren, Jim, preconf, 2PWeatherford, Jessica, 4DWeaver, James, 9LWeiger, Sarah, preconf, 3AWeik von Mossner, Alexa, 2EWeinstein, Josh A., 5CWelch, Tana Jean, 3PWells, Justine, 7SWeltzien, O. Alan, 6IWenzel, Jennifer, 6EWerkheiser, Ian, 9IWerner, Brett, preconfWesterman, Jennifer Hughes, 5DWheat, Jennifer, 1JWhite, Laura A., 7UWhyte, Kyle Powys, 2JWildcat, Daniel, Plenary 6Williams, Julie, 10LWilliams, Joshua, 2RWilliams, Nathaniel, 3RWillmott, Glenn, 1LWilson, Mac J., 3MWithers, Jeremy, 1OWitschi, Nicolas S., 1CWohlpart, Jim, 2NWohlpart, Sasha, 2NWolfe, Cary, Plenary 3Wood, Adam, 8FWoods, Derek J., 9KWoodson, Mary Beth, 10BWoolbright, Lauren, 3DWorster, Donald, Plenary 7Wright, Laura, 4AWu, Chengyi Coral, 1RYates, Michelle, 1DYazgünoglu, Kerim Can, preconf, 10IYbarra, Priscilla Solis, preconf, 4QYero, Lauren, 5AYilmaz, Hakan, 1DYilmaz, Zümre Gizem, preconf, 9BYuki, Masami, 6HZantingh, Matthew, 9KZona, Kirstin Hotelling, 2GZucker, Elyse, 9FZuelke, Karl, 8A45

Map of portions of KU campus where ASLE events are held:Adams Alumni Center (AAC)Anschutz Library (ANSL)Corbin Residence Hall (COR)Fraser Hall (FR)Gertrude Sellards Pearson Residence Hall (GSP)Kansas Memorial Union (U), which contains:Alcove G, Alderson, Ballroom, Big 12 Room, CentennialRoom, English Room, Jayhawk Room, Kansas Room, MalottRoom, The Market, Pine Room, WoodruffKK Amini Scholarship Hall (KKAH)Margaret Amini Scholarship Hall (MAH)Sabatini Multicultural Resource Center (SMRC)Smith Hall (SMI)Spencer Museum of Art (SMA)Spooner Hall—The Commons (SP)Watson Library (WATS)Wescoe Hall (WES)Parking: All resident hall lots are free (this does not includemetered spaces), including lots 100-105, 107, 109, 110, 111,112, 114, 121, 124 and 128.Pay-as-you-go parking is also available in a covered lotadjacent to the KU Union. Do NOT park in other lots oncampus; you will be ticketed.Full campus map: http://maps.dept.ku.edu/assets/pdf/campus_map-color.pdf52