2006-07 Faculty Conference Papers

Betsy Huang

• Presented at the American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA) convention at Princeton in March 2006
• Presented at the American Literature Association (ALA) convention in San Francisco in May 2006
• "Genres of Ethnicity: Reformulating Ethnicity in Contemporary American Literature and Culture." Freedom and Bondage: Transatlantic Dialogues International Workshop (convened by the Leir Luxembourg Program, Clark University, and Universitat Mainz), Chateau de Schengen, Luxembourg, August 2006.
• Participated in a roundtable discussion of recently deceased science fiction writer Octavia E. Butler at the Modern Language Association (MLA) convention in December 2006
• "The Work of Passing in the Age of Genetic Reuctionism," at the 2007 MELUS Conference, to be held in Fresno, CA in March 2007

Fern Johnson

• Presented her paper, "The Framing of Bilingual Education through Press Representations: Case Studies of Voter Referenda in the United States," at the Oxford Round Table on Bilingualism and Bilingual Education in Oxford, England in March 2006
• Presented her paper, "Technological Structure of Advertising Discourse: From words to Discourse Templates," at the Popular Culture Association Conference in Atlanta, in April 2006
• Presenting at Clark University as part of Higgins School of Humanities Faculty Lecture Series/Difficult Dialogues on Race: "Who Framed Bilingual Education? Voter Referenda and the Tale of Two Outcomes," March 13, 2007, Grace Conference Room, Higgins University Center

Lisa Kasmer

• Presented her paper, "Regendering History: Women as Writers and Observers in History, 1760-1830," at the Oxford Round Table on Women's Rights in Oxford, England, in March, 2006
• Will present her paper, "The Worthy Associates of the Best Efforts of the Best Men: Lucy Aikin's Epistles on Women," at the British Women Writers Conference in April 2007

Aimee Sands

• Presenting at Clark University as part of Higgins School of Humanities Faculty Lecture Series/Difficult Dialogues on Race: "What Makes Me White?" Film screening with Q&A panel following, March 29, 2007,Traina Center for the Arts.

Bill Tapply

• Gave talks or participated on panel discussions at these places and times in 2006:
  • Tamworth, NH library - February 2
  • Boston Public Library - March 24
  • New Hampshire Writers' Project - March 25
  • Quincy, MA library - April 2
  • Chesterfield, NH library - May 4
  • Stratham, NH library - September 27
  • Framingham, MA library - October 4
  • DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA - October 25
  • New England Mystery Writers annual convention - November 12

Virginia Vaughan

• Will be lecturing at the University of Maryland on March 2, 2007. Sponsored by Maryland's Center for Renaissance Studies, her talk on John Dryden and William Davenant's adaptation of Shakespeare's Tempest will follow a performance of the music that accompanied the 1670 production.