College English Association of Ohio Spring Conference 2025 Program
Kent State University, Stark Campus
April 5, 2025
Session A: 9 am to 10:15 am
| Room 111 (Workshop) | Room 124 (Panel) | Room 128 (Panel) |
| Translating Tradition: Appalachian Storytelling and Writing in the Classroom Jessica Jones (Kent State Stark) Amanda Hayes (Kent State Tuscarawas) | English Studies and the Machine: Changing Values/Changing Teaching Moderator: Judith Lazendorfer Braving the Winds of Change in Machine Learning: Visual Adaptations to Generative AI in Composition Classes Elizabeth Hall (Kent State University) What Kind of Yakuza Are You Anyway? Honor and Integrity in Grand Theft Auto III Stephen E. Flask (Kent State University) Promoting Writer Autonomy and Agency through a Translingual Information-based Academic Writing Portfolio Task Chengyuan Yu (Kent State University) | Diverse Resistance: English Studies and International Rights Moderator: Renea Frey Women Voices and the Rhetoric of Inclusivity in Socioeconomic and Political Operations in Nigeria: The Past and Present Funmi Adie (Kent State University) The Influence is Not Benign: Rethinking the Humanities Through the Principle of Wu-wei Mischa Klenovich (Kent State University) Resist, Refuse, Reclaim: Recovering Parrhesia to Reaffirm Democracy Renea Frey (Xavier University) |
Session B: 10:30 am to 11:45 am
| Room 124 (Workshop) | Room 217 (Panel) | Room 111 (Panel) | Room 128 (Workshop) |
| Shaping Transformations in Learning: AI Ethics, Authentic Voice, and the Future of Work Moderator: Judith Lazendorfer Judith Lazendorfer (University of Findlay)Jenne Cairns (University of FindlayEmily Kemp (University of Findlay) | Literature and the Social Moderator: Martin Brick “To Fly by Those Nets”: The Failed Joycean Epiphany in Iris Murdoch’s Under the Net Abbey Sullivan (University of Dayton) Social and Cultural Discourses in Jean Toomer’s Cane: Lessons for Today Babacar M’Baye (Kent State University) From Maternal Bonds to Feathered Friends: Amy Tan’s Literary Style Evolution Sorina Ailiesei (Kent State University, Geauga Campus) | Contemporary Creative Reading and Writing Moderator: Sarah Mohler Reimund’s Diamonds: A History of Creative Writing at the University of Findlay Noah M. Fischbach (University of Findlay) Adapting to the Post-pandemic Composition Student: Using a “Reading day” to Transform a First-year Composition Course Nicole Diederich (University of Findlay) Gone for a Spell Angie Romines (The Ohio State University) | Student Writing in the Age of AI: Principles for Assignment and Rubric Design Jennifer Maclure (Kent State University) |
Lunch Session: Noon to 1:30 pm (Science and Nursing, Room 101)
CEAO Business Meeting
John Hollow Award Presentation: Nicole Diederich, University of Findlay
Nancy R. Dasher Award Presentation: Renea Frey, Xavier University (The Theory, History, and Practice of Parrhesia: The Rhetoric of Resistance)
Keynote Presentation: Dr. Barbara George, Carnegie Mellon University
“Forefronting the Humanities within Changing Technical Landscapes”
Special thanks to our Local Arrangements Chairperson Dirk Remley, Stark Campus Liaison Mary Rooks, and Program Chairperson Anthony Edgington.
Session C: 1:45pm to 3 pm
| Room 111(Panel) | Room 124 (Panel) | Room 128 (Workshop) | Room 217 (Panel) |
| Utterance in the Whirlwind: Poetry as Anchor in Shifting Educational Landscapes Moderator: Emily Kemp Jessica Jones (Kent State University Stark Campus)Kristen Tetzmann (Cleveland State University) Michelle Duke (Akron University) | Writing the University: Adjusting the Sails with Place-Based Writing Assignments Moderator: Anthony Edgington Teresa Boyer (University of Toledo)Michelle Davidson (University of Toledo)Alex Derosa (University of Toledo)Suzanne Smith (University of Toledo) | Ethical Use of AI in the Composition Classroom; Student Voices and Drafting a Policy Shayna Sharpe (Kent State University) | Critical Response and Cultural Shifts Cultural Negotiations and Trips of Rearrival in Hala Alyan’s The Arsonists’ City Merna Hesham Fahmy (University of Dayton) Caged by Theory Alexandra Thiele (University of Dayton) The City and the Lake: Using the Lake Erie Bill of Rights to Teach NatureCultural Place-based Writing in the Classroom Spencer Myers (Bowling Green State University) |
English Notes 