SPORT LITERATURE ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE XXXIX
Conference dates: Wednesday June 15 – Saturday June 18
Hosted online via Zoom. All times are US Eastern Daylight time
Host: Jamie Dopp
Program Chair: Angie Abdou
President: Kasey Symons
Program
DAY ONE
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
9.00am-9.20am: Welcome
Host: Jamie Dopp
President: Kasey Symons
Housekeeping and Zoom: Jamie Dopp
Session One: 9.30am-11.30am
Disruptions – Panel Chair: Angie Abdou
9.30am: Disrupting the Dominant Gaze: Claudia Rankine’s Portraits of Serena Williams
Dr. Emily Ruth Rutter, Ball State University
9.55am: Unheralded: The Shadow Canon of Interwar Boxing Literature
Josh Sopiarz, Governors State University
10.20am: Skateboarding in Place: Creating and Reclaiming Namescapes Through ‘Skatescapes’; Kim Shortreed, University of Victoria
10.45am: A Heroic female coach in Chinese movie: Peter Chan’s Leap (2020)
Siyao Lin, University of Limoges,
11.05am: Q & A
11.30am: Break
Session Two: 2.00pm-3.45pm
Creative Session I – Panel Chair: Emily Ruth Rutter
2.00pm: The Mighty Oak
Jeff Bens, Manhattanville College
2.25pm: “Feeds”
Scott Palmieri, Johnson & Wales University
2.50pm: Heading North
Holly Wendt, Lebanon Valley College
3.15pm: She Scores at the Euros
Gráinne Daly, University College Dublin
3.40pm: Q & A
3.45pm: End of Day 1 messages
DAY TWO
Thursday, June 16, 2022
10.15am: Welcome
Session Three: 10.30am-12.20pm
Panel Chair: Joyce Duncan
Transcendence, Theatrics, & Transdisciplinarity
10:30am: Patrick Imbert’s The Summit of the Gods (2021): picturing sport and transcendence in animation films
Thomas Bauer, University of Limoges and Maxence Leconte, Trinity (Texas)
10:55am: Ted Lasso and Transdisciplinarity
David Kilpatrick, Mercy College
11:20am: Playing for Sports: Sports Plays as a Theatrical Endeavor
Michael Lawrence Franz, Florida State University
11:45am: Transformation of a sport antihero on screen
Paulina Korzeniewska, University of Zielona Gora
12:10pm: Q & A
12.20pm: Break
Extended lunch hour
Session Five: 2.00pm-3:15pm
Gender and Sexuality in Sport Literature: Mark Noe
2.00pm: Female Voices in Danish Sport Literature
Preben Kærsgaard Philipson, Denmark
2.25pm: What’s Queer about Queer Hockey Literature? Homonormativity in the Lesbian Hockey Romance Genre;
Jamie Ryan, Queens University
JAMIE RYAN IS THE 2022 LYLE OLSEN AWARD WINNER
2.50pm: The role of display masculinity in Gabe Habash’s
Tommaso Villa, University of Lincoln, United Kingdom
TOMMASO VILLA IS THE 2022 RUNNER-UP FOR THE LYLE OLSEN AWARD
3.15pm: Mid-session break
Session 5, part 2: 3:30pm-5:00pm
Sports and Politics: Jamie Dopp
3:30pm: Trusting the need for risk: art and motorcycling in The Flamethrowers
Misao Dean, University of Victoria
3:55pm: Football and Fascism in Spanish Short Stories of the 1960s
Adam Winkel, High Point University
4:20pm: Banning Sports? That’s Out of Bounds
Charmayne Mulligan, Davenport
4:45pm: Q & A
5:00pm: End of day 2 messages
DAY THREE
Friday, June 17, 2022
9.00am: Welcome
Session Six: 9.15am-11.15am
Baseball and Football – Panel Chair: Phil Wedge
9:15am: What’s in a Name? Cleveland Indians to Guardians: How a Team’s Name Feels to Fans
Ken Moon, Iowa Western Community College
9:40am: Primal Beings: Representations of the Frontier in Don DeLillo’s End Zone
Thomas Ross Griffin, Qatar University
10:05am: Baseball and Literature in Venezuela: an overlooked (love) story
Wladimir Márquez Jiménez, Regis University
10.30am: Q & A
11:00am: Break
Session Seven: 12.30pm
Virtual Business Meeting
12.30pm: Association Announcements
Session Eight: 1.00pm-3.00pm
Poetry Session – Panel Chair: Jeremy Larance
1.00pm: Poetry
Mark D. Bennion, Brigham-Young University Idaho
1.25pm: Grappling with the Impossible, Skateboard Poems
Kim Shortreed, University of Victoria
1:50pm: “We are Seven”: A Tale of Two Poems
Richard Harrison, Mount Royal University
2:10pm: Q &A
2:30pm: Break
Session Nine: 2:45pm-4:00pm
Special Panel for Stoney – Panel Chair: Susan Bandy
Dick Crepeau, Don Johnson, Ron Smith, Susan Bandy
Followed by cocktails and social
DAY FOUR
Saturday, June 18, 2022
10.00am: Welcome
Session Ten: 10.15am-11.45am
Aesthetics in Sport and Sport Lit – Panel Chair: Joyce Duncan
10.15am: Sports Poetry in Poland – Kazimierz Wierzyński, Krzysztof Zuchora and Other Selected Examples
Michaeł Mazurkiewicz, Poland
10.40am: Henry de Montherlant and the Aesthetics of Athleticism
Roxanna Curto, University of Iowa
11:05am: BeatBoxing: How Hip-Hop Changed the Fight Game
Todd Snyder, Siena College, Albany
11.30am: Q & A
Lunch Break
Session Eleven: 1.00pm-3.30pm
Final Reflections– Panel Chair: Fred Mason
1.00pm: Angling for Inclusion: Race and Ethnicity in the Sport of Fly Fishing
Cory Willard, Mount Royal University
1:25pm: Cricket, War, and Imperial Heroism in Sir Henry Newbolt’s “Vitaï Lampada”
Jeremy Larance, West Liberty
1:50pm: Creative Writing, Collaboration and Maximising Conference Connections: A reflection on the collaborative environment of the Sport Literature Association
Kasey Symons, Swinburne University of Technology and Lee McGowan, University of the Sunshine Coast
2:15pm: Discussion
2:30pm: Closing Remarks
Membership
All presenters and conference attendees must be current members of the Sport Literature Association. For information on membership, click here.
To renew or become a member of the SLA, please contact Dr. Joyce Duncan at joyced1001@cs.com
Past Conferences
2021 .pdf program Online Zoom Conference
.pdf proceedings
President: Bruce Pratt, University of Maine
Program Chair: Kasey Symons, Swinburne University
Host: Fred Mason, University of New Brunswick
Virtual Program Coordinator: Jeremy Larance, West Liberty University
2020 .pdf program Online Zoom Conference
.pdf proceedings
President: Fred Mason, University of New Brunswick
Program Chair: Bruce Pratt, University of Maine
Host: Scott Peterson, University of Missouri
Virtual Program Coordinator: Jeremy Larance, West Liberty University
2019 .pdf program University of Limoges
President: Angie Abdou, Athabasca University
Program Chair: Fred Mason, University of New Brunswick
Host: Thomas Bauer, U of Limoges
2018 .pdf program University of Kansas
President: Richard McGehee, University of Texas, Austin
Program Chair: Angie Abdou, Athabasca University
Host: Phil Wedge, U of Kansas
2017 .pdf program West Liberty University, WV
President: Cory Willard, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Program Chair: Richard McGehee, University of Texas, Austin
Host: Jeremy Larance, West Liberty University
2016 .pdf program University of New Brunswick
President: Kyle Belanger, Springfield College
Program Chair: Cory Willard, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Host: Fred Mason, UNB
2015 .pdf program East Tennessee State University
President: Jamie Dopp, University of Victoria
Program Chair: Kyle Belanger, Springfield College
Hosts: Joyce Duncan & Don Johnson, ETSU
2014 .pdf program College of the Rockies, British Columbia
President: Jeremy Larance, West Liberty University
Program Chair: Jamie Dopp, University of Victoria
Host: Angie Abdou, College of the Rockies
2013 .pdf program Monmouth University, New Jersey
President: Duncan Jamieson, Ashland University
Program Chair: Jeremy Larance, West Liberty University
Host: Frank Fury, Monmouth U
2012 .pdf program Springfield College, Massachusetts
President and Host: Dennis Gildea, Springfield College
Program Chair: Duncan Jamieson, Ashland University
2011 .pdf program University of Maine, Orono
President: Julian Meldon D’Arcy, University of Iceland
Program Chairs: John Slack, Florida Memorial University, and Dennis Gildea, Springfield College
Hosts: Scott Peterson & Judy Hakola, U of Maine
2010 .pdf program Pennsylvania College of Technology
President and Host: Mark Noe, Penn College
Program Chair: Julian Meldon D’Arcy, University of Iceland
2009 .pdf program University of Western Ontario
President: Michelle Sanders, Abilene Christian University
Program Chair: Mark Noe, Pennsylvania College of Technology
Host: Don Morrow, UWO
2008 .pdf program East Tennessee State University
President: Craig Riordan, Humboldt State University
Program Chair: Michelle Sanders, Abilene Christian University
Hosts: Joyce Duncan & Don Johnson, ETSU
2007 .pdf program Skidmore College
President: John Slack, Florida Memorial University
Program Chair: Craig Riordan, Humboldt State University
Hosts: Dan Nathan & Jeff Segrave, Skidmore
2006 .pdf program Humboldt State University
President: Michele Schiavone, Marshall University
Program Chair: John Slack, Florida Memorial University
Host: Craig Riordan, Humboldt State
2005 .pdf program Iowa State University
President: Dale Ritterbusch, University of Wisconsin – Whitewater
Program Chair: Michele Schiavone, Marshall University
Host: Neil Nakadate, Iowa State
2004 .pdf program Pennsylvania College of Technology
President: Duncan Jamieson, Ashland University
Program Chair: Dale Ritterbusch, University of Wisconsin – Whitewater
Host: Mark Noe, Penn College
2003 .pdf program Springfield College, Massachusetts
President: Judy Hakola, University of Maine
Program Chair: Duncan Jamieson, Ashland University
Hosts: Dennis Gildea & Ed Sims, Springfield College
2002 .pdf program University of Western Ontario
President: Dick Stull, Humboldt State University
Program Chair: Judy Hakola, University of Maine
Hosts: Don Morrow & Glynn Leyshon, UWO
2001 .pdf program East Tennessee State University
President: Gregg Neikirk, Westfield State College
Program Chair: Dick Stull, Humboldt State University
Hosts: Don Johnson & Joyce Duncan, ETSU
2000 .pdf program Humboldt State University
President: Sidney Vance, University of Montevallo
Program Chair: Gregg Neikirk, Westfield State College
Host: Dick Stull, Humboldt State
1999 .pdf program Westfield State College, Massachusetts
President: Tim Morris, University of Texas at Arlington
Program Chairs: Sidney Vance, University of Montevallo; HR Stoneback, SUNY-New Paltz
Host: Gregg Neikirk, Westfield State
1998 .pdf program University of Montevallo, Alabama
President: Don Morrow, University of Western Ontario
Program Chair: Tim Morris, University of Texas at Arlington
Host: Sidney Vance, U of Montevallo
1997 .pdf program Ithaca College
President: Judy Hakola, University of Maine
Program Chair: Don Morrow, University of Western Ontario
Host: Steve Mosher, Ithaca College
1996 .pdf program University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point
President: Steve Mosher, Ithaca College
Program Chair: Judy Hakola, University of Maine
Host: Richard Doxtator, UW-Stevens Point
1995 .pdf program University of Maine, Orono
President: David Vanderwerken, Texas Christian University
Program Chair: Steve Mosher, Ithaca College
Host: Judy Hakola, University of Maine
1994 .pdf program University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
President: Bill Plott, The Birmingham News
Program Chair: David Vanderwerken, Texas Christian University
Host: Ron Hyatt, UNC
1993 .pdf program joint meeting with NASSH
Albuquerque Academy
President: Gailmarie Pahmeier-Henry, University of Nevada
Program Chair: Bill Plott, The Birmingham News
Host: David Barney, Albuquerque Academy
1992 .pdf program University of Western Ontario
President: John Pyros, Tarpon Springs, FL
Program Chair: Gailmarie Pahmeier-Henry, University of Nevada
Host: Glynn Leyshon, UWO
1991 .pdf program Springfield College, Massachusetts
President: Judy Hakola, University of Maine
Program Chair: John Pyros, Tarpon Springs, FL
Host: Ed Sims, Springfield College
1990 .pdf program Florence, Oregon
President: Harry Opperman, Texas Christian University
Program Chair: Judy Hakola, University of Maine
Host: Michael Oriard, Oregon State
1989 .pdf program joint meeting with NASSH
Clemson University
President: Ed Sims, Springfield College
Program Chair: Harry Opperman, Texas Christian University
Host: Joe Arbena, Clemson
1988 .pdf program East Tennessee State University
President: Richard Keller, Emporia State University
Program Chair: Ed Sims, Springfield College
Host: Don Johnson, ETSU
1987 .pdf program joint meeting with Philosophic Society for the Study of Sport
Texas Christian University
President: David Vanderwerken, Texas Christian University
Program Chair: Richard Keller, Emporia State University
Hosts: Spencer Worth & David Vanderwerken, TCU
1986 .pdf program University of San Diego
President: David Vanderwerken, Texas Christian University
Program Chair: David Vanderwerken, Texas Christian University
Host: Fred Boe, San Diego State
1985 .pdf program University of San Diego
President: David Vanderwerken, Texas Christian University
Program Chair: Lyle Olsen, San Diego State
Host: Dick Wells
1984 .pdf program University of California, San Diego
President: Ralph Grawunder, San Diego State
Program Chair: Susan Bandy, San Diego State
Host: Lyle Olsen, San Diego State
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