2009 National Conference Program - PCA/ACA

Chair: Carlos Hernandez, CUNY—Borough of Manhattan
THURSDAY
8:30 – 10:00 P.M.
"How Do I Get Out of This Mess?: Using the Military Strategy Game Diplomacy to
Teach Problem-solving in Composition"
Joe Bisz, CUNY—Borough of Manhattan
"Game Nation: Simulation in the Basic Writing Classroom"
C. Jason Smith, CUNY—LaGuardia
"Levelers and Leveling: Experience Points and the Collaborative Classroom"
Frank Crocco, CUNY—Borough of Manhattan
"Gaming Across the Curriculum"
Carlos Hernandez
Preservation Hall Studio 3 (2nd Floor)
2215 Travel & Tourism III: Memoirs and Travel
Chair: William Lenz, Chatham University
"Sympathetic Misrepresentations: Gender, Empire, and Representation in the Travel
Writings of Wives of American Officials, 1901-1914"
Ma. Cecilia Samonte, Rockhurst University
"Deciphering the Hieroglyphics of John Lloyd Stephens: A Personal and
Professional Journey"
William Lenz
"Eat, Pray, Love, Mishaps, Illuminations and Close Encounters: Gender Differences
in the Psychological Value of Global Travel in Recent Essays and Memoirs"
Peter Marcus, Borough of Manhattan Community College/CUNY
Balcony K (4th Floor)
2216 The Vampire in Literature, Culture, & Film VIII: Stephenie Meyer’s
Twilight Series I
Chair: Karma Waltonen, University of California-Davis
"Dying to Grow Up: Coming of Age via Vampirism in The Lost Boys, Twilight,
‘Cherry,’ and Others"
Tracey F. Lander, CUNY-Brooklyn College
“The Vampiric Sublime: How Vampires in True Blood and Twilight Unify Man and
Nature”
Sarah Maitland, The University of Rhode Island
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