CAS Colloquium – Wednesday

MUC, Goshen Lounge

9:00-9:40am

Welcome and Opening Session

Aldemaro Romero, College of Arts & Sciences

U.S.-Cuba Exchanges Since 1959 and Their Future: The Potential Role of the SIU System

11:00am-12:30pm

Writing About America

Creative Writing faculty and graduate students from the Department of English Language & Literature: Allison Funk, Adrian Matejka, Jeffrey Skoblow, Daniel Boyt, Geoff Schmidt, Megan Hudgins, Valerie Vogrin, John Savoie, David Rawson, Ashley Luster, Stacey Lynn Brown

12:45-1:45pm

One-Act Opera: Carlisle Floyd’s Slow Dusk

Marc Schapman, Music

Hairpin Drive

9:50am-12:45pm

(Tour bus will depart from the flagpole)

East St. Louis History and Culture Bus Tour

Andrew Theising, Director of the SIUE Institute for Urban Research, will conduct a driving tour of East St. Louis—which celebrates its 150^th anniversary this year – including visits to the old National Stock Yards, the East St. Louis riverfront, historical sites in the city, and a review of newer development projects.  Come see and learn about this city’s dramatic rise and fall.

MUC, Oak/Redbud Rooms

9:50-11:00am

Walt Whitman Thinking About America

Jason Stacy, Historical Studies; Andrew Carver, English Language & Literature; Jessica DeSpain, English Language & Literature

11:15am-12:15pm

America’s Practical Bluestockings: Early National Women’s Reading & 19th-Century Authorship

Jill Anderson (Moderator) and English Language & Literature Students: Bonnie Brueggemann, Kayla Hays, Consuella Kelly, Rachel Pease, Caitlin Pinney

12:30-2:30pm

America Divided: Examining Social & Economic Gaps I

Hsin-hsin Huang, Social Work

Impact of War on American Iraq &Afghanistan

Veterans: Contextual and Psychological Implications

Natalee Schwalb, Speech Communication; Sonia Zamanou-Erickson, Speech Communication

Effects of Social Gap and Digital Divide on

Opportunities for American Under-Privileged Youth

Lakesha Butler, School of Pharmacy

Health Disparities of America

Wendy Shaw, College of Arts & Sciences

The Geography of U.S. Poverty: Selected Comments

2:45-4:00pm

America Divided: Examining Social & Economic Gaps II

Gary Hicks, Mass Communications

From ‘Snake Pit’ to ‘South Park’: The Changing American Face of Mental Illness

Angela Kaiser, Social Work

Facilitating the Development of Bridging Social Capital in America

MUC, Maple/Dogwood Rooms

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