两性色午夜

Conference Schedule

Thursday, July 9, 2015

3:00-6:00

Registration

5:30-6:00

Opening Announcements and Remarks, Dix Room

Introductions: Tammy Clewell, Professor of English, 两性色午夜 University
Welcome: James L. Blank, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Biological Sciences, 两性色午夜 University

6:00-7:00

Plenary Session, Dix Room
鈥淣either Immersion nor Distraction: How We Engage the Arts鈥

Gabrielle Starr, Professor of English and Sheryl Kushner Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, New York University
Introduction: Deborah Barnbaum, Professor and Chair, Department of Philosophy, 两性色午夜 University

7:00-10:00

Reception with Cash Bar

Friday, July 10, 2015

8:00-10:00

Breakfast Buffet and Registration

9:00-10:15

Concurrent Sessions
A. Teacher Workshop: Encouraging Empathy through Immersion Reading, Dix Room

Suzanne Keen, Professor of English and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Washington and Lee University
Introduction: Tammy Clewell, Professor of English, 两性色午夜 University


B. Developing Key Cognitive Capabilities through Literary Study, McGilvrey Room

1. 鈥濃橲ome Powerful Rankling Passion鈥: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Emotion Regulation Strategies in Joanna Baillie鈥檚 Passion Plays,鈥 M. Soledad Caballero and Aimee Knupsky, Allegheny College
2. 鈥淭heory of Mind and Feminist Dystopian Fiction,鈥 Barbara Simerka, Queens College
Chair: Nicole Robinson, Outreach Manager, Wick Poetry Center, 两性色午夜 University


C. Promoting Peace and Justice in History and Economics Courses, Kent Room

1. 鈥淗istorical Perspective and Empathy in the Undergraduate History Classroom,鈥 Elizabeth Smith-Pryor, 两性色午夜 University
2. 鈥淲hy the 鈥楬istory鈥 in my 鈥楬istory of Violence鈥 Class Still Matters: Illumination and Justification from New Developments in Behavioral, Cognitive and Neurological Sciences,鈥 Daniel Thiery, Iona College
3. 鈥淎 Role for the Humanities in Economics Courses and Discourses,鈥 Eric Touya, Clemson University
Chair: Patrick Coy, Professor of Political Science and Director, School of Peace and Conflict Studies, 两性色午夜 University

10:15-10:30

Break

10:30-11:30

Plenary Session, Dix Room
鈥淚ndirect Communication: Artistic Literature as a Social Influence that Enables People to Be Themselves鈥

Keith Oatley, Professor of Psychology and Human Development, University of Toronto
Introduction: Eric Mintz, Professor of Biological Sciences and Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, 两性色午夜 University

11:30-12:00

Break

12:00-1:00

Plenary Session, Dix Room
鈥淟ife and Reading: Wayfinding Cognition, Cultural Evolution, and Literary Processing鈥

Nancy Easterlin, Research Professor of English, University of New Orleans
Introduction: Ryan Hediger, Assistant Professor of English, 两性色午夜 University

1:00-2:00

Lunch

2:00-3:15

Concurrent Sessions
A. Teacher Workshop: Taking the Perspective of Problematic Students, Dix Room

Hunter Gehlbach, Associate Professor of Education, Harvard University
Introduction: Kenneth Bindas, Professor and Chair, Department of History, 两性色午夜 University


B. Fostering Empathy through Literature, McGilvrey Room

1. 鈥淓ngagement with Popular Young Adult Fiction Influences Empathy,鈥 Louise Freeman, Mary Baldwin College
2. 鈥溾橳aking Refuge in How鈥: Empathic Mirroring in The Bluest Eye,鈥 Kay Satre, Carroll College
3. 鈥淓vil and Empathy: Supervillain鈥檚 Origins and Imagining Pain,鈥 Valentino Zullo, 两性色午夜 University
Chair: Babacar M鈥橞aye, Associate Professor of English, 两性色午夜 University


C. Cognitive Functions of Narrative, Kent Room

1. 鈥淭oward a Narrative-Based Pedagogy,鈥 Collin Bjork, Indiana University
2. 鈥淗ands of Gods: The Narrative Dilemma of Overdetermined Agency,鈥
Eric Luttrell, Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi
3. 鈥淐apgras Delusion, Narrative Selves, Ethics, and Tragedy,鈥 David Palmer, Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Chair: Robert Trogdon, Professor and Chair, Department of English, 两性色午夜 University

3:15-3:30

Break

3:30-4:30

Plenary Session, Dix Room
鈥淟iterature and Theory of Mind: Reading Habits and Moral Judgments鈥

David Comer Kidd, Postdoctoral Fellow in Psychology, The New School for Social Research
Introduction: Catherine Wing, Associate Professor of English, 两性色午夜 University

4:30-5:00

Break

5:00-6:00

Plenary Session, Dix Room
鈥淓mpathy and Immersion Reading鈥

Suzanne Keen, Professor of English and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Washington and Lee University
Introduction: Brooke Horvath, Professor of English, 两性色午夜 University

6:00-9:00

Reception with Cash Bar

6:45-8:00

Guided Tour of May 4 Memorial and Visitors Center

Tammy Clewell, Professor of English, 两性色午夜 University

Saturday, July 11, 2015

8:00-10:00

Breakfast and Registration

9:00-10:15

Concurrent Sessions
A. Teacher Workshop: Experience, Narration, Analysis: Gwendolyn Brooks鈥檚 "The rites for Cousin Vit," Dix Room

Nancy Easterlin, Research Professor of English, University of New Orleans
Introduction: David Hassler, Director, Wick Poetry Center, 两性色午夜 University


B. Promoting Empathy and Solidarity through Writing

1. 鈥淧rompting Student Empathy: Content, Relations, and Writing Pedagogy,鈥 Eric Leake, Texas State University
2. 鈥淲riting and Culture: A Sociolinguistic Approach to Embracing the 鈥榃e鈥,鈥 Mica Hall
Chair: William Kist, Associate Professor of Education, 两性色午夜 University


C. Transforming Ableist Cognition through Disability Studies in Literature

1. 鈥淎 Cognitive Approach to Blindness and Life-Writing,鈥 Ren茅 Harrison, Purdue University
2. 鈥淓mpathetically Interrogating Ideologies: Transformations Promising Social Justice,鈥 Rachel Mazique, University of Texas at Austin
3. Response, Sara Newman, 两性色午夜 University
Chair: Sara Newman, Professor of English, 两性色午夜 University

10:15-10:30

Break

10:30-11:30

Plenary Session, Dix Room
鈥淭heory of Mind In the Classroom,鈥

Lisa Zunshine, Bush-Holbrook Professor of English, University of Kentucky
Introduction: Tammy Clewell, Professor of English, 两性色午夜 University

11:30-12:00

Break

12:00-1:00

Plenary Session
鈥淎pproaching Literature Scientifically: Is It Still Literary?鈥

David Miall, Professor Emeritus of English and Film Studies, University of Alberta
Introduction: Susan Roxburgh, Professor of Sociology, 两性色午夜 University

1:00-2:00

Lunch

2:00-3:15

Concurrent Sessions
A. Teacher Workshop: Reading to Live Many Lives and to Understand Other Minds, Dix Room

Keith Oatley, Professor of Psychology and Human Development, University of Toronto
Introduction: Natasha Levinson, Associate Professor of Education, 两性色午夜 University


B. Promoting Solidarity through the Humanities, McGilvrey Room

1. 鈥淎ddressing the Humanistic Needs of Teacher Candidates: Helping the Teacher Help the Student,鈥 Rebecca Chism, 两性色午夜 University
2. 鈥淪olidarity: A Key Word in Allende鈥檚 Social Experiment,鈥 Amado J. Lascar, Ohio University
3. 鈥淐hristina Rossetti鈥檚 Environmentalist Reconceptualization of the Revelation,鈥 Todd O. Williams, Kutztown University
Chair: Rebecca Chism, Associate Professor of Foreign Language Pedagogy, 两性色午夜 University


C. Moral Development through the Humanities, Kent Room

1. 鈥淩eading for Justice: Bioethics and Shakespeare鈥檚 Measure for Measure,鈥 Donald Beecher, Carleton University
2. 鈥淎 Sino-Jewish Encounter, A Humanitarian Fantasy,鈥 Haiyan Lee, Stanford University
3. 鈥淏eyond Bystander Status: Re-claiming Empathy and Engagement in the Face of Genocidal Violence,鈥 Roderic L. Owen, Mary Baldwin College
Chair: Michael Byron, Associate Professor of Philosophy, 两性色午夜 University

3:15-3:30

Break

3:30-4:30

Plenary Session, Dix Room
鈥淪ocial Perspective-Taking鈥

Hunter Gehlbach, Associate Professor of Education, Harvard University
Introduction: Elizabeth Smith-Pryor, Associate Professor of History, 两性色午夜 University

4:30-5:00

Break

5:00-6:00

Plenary Session, Dix Room
鈥淚nterdisciplinary Research and the Value of Literary Study: Neuroscience and the Humanities鈥

Natalie Phillips, Assistant Professor of English, Michigan State University
Introduction: Douglas Delahanty, Professor of Psychology and Director of the Initiative of Clinical and Translational Research, 两性色午夜 University

6:00-7:00

Reception with Cash Bar

7:00

Banquet with Cash Bar, McGilvrey Room
鈥淭he Science of Storytelling: How Empirical Research into Literature Can Re-Program Hollywood and Nurture Democracy鈥

Angus Fletcher, Associate Professor of English and Film Studies, The Ohio State University
Introductions: Mark Bracher, Professor of English, 两性色午夜 University
Welcome: James L. Blank, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Biological Sciences, 两性色午夜 University

Sunday, July 12, 2015

8:00-10:00

Breakfast and Registration

9:00-10:30

Concurrent Sessions
A. Teacher Workshop:  Aesthetic Issues: Empirical Answers, Dix Room

David Miall, Professor Emeritus of English and Film Studies, University of Alberta
Introduction: Gina Zavota, Associate Professor of Philosophy, 两性色午夜 University


B. Developing the Cognitive Bases for Social Justice in Literature Classes, McGilvrey Room

1. 鈥溾橣aulty鈥 Stereotypes: New Forms of Assessment in the Multi-Ethnic Literature Classroom,鈥 Mayuri Deka, College of the Bahamas
2. 鈥淯nderstanding the Native American Experience: Correcting Faulty Person-Schemas,鈥 Dustin Horner, 两性色午夜 University
3. 鈥淓nhancing Social Cognition and Promoting Social Justice: Teaching Literature in the Developmental Classroom,鈥 April Mason, Lakeland Community College
Chair: Sarah Rilling, Associate Professor of English, 两性色午夜 University


C. Fostering Critical Thinking through the Humanities, Kent Room

1. 鈥淓mpathy鈥檚 Contribution to Critical Thinking,鈥 Kevin Cutright, St. Louis University
2. 鈥淐ritical Thinking as a Tool for Meta-Cognition and Improved Decision-Making: A Case Study in Evolutionary Epistemology from a NC Correctional Institute,鈥 Joseph Osei, Fayetteville State University
3. 鈥淚nterpretation and Scientific Method: A Unity of Purpose and Process,鈥 Brad Sullivan, Western New England University
Chair: Dirk Remley, Associate Professor of English, 两性色午夜 University

10:30-11:00

Break

11:00-12:30

Plenary Session, Dix Room
Moving Forward: How to Advance the Humanities with the Cognitive and Neurosciences

Presiding: Mark Bracher, Professor of English, 两性色午夜 University

12:30

Lunch, McGilvrey Room