Conference Schedule

Building Community and Connections

Time	Session
8-8:30 a.m.	Continental Breakfast Regnier Center (RC) Atrium
8:30-8:50 a.m.	Welcome RC 101 Mickey McCloud, JCCC Provost Opening Remarks Clare Hollander, Central Youth Services Manager at the Kansas City Public Library Gurbhushan Singh, JCCC Vice President of Academic Affairs/Chief Academic Officer
9-10 a.m.	Session I Session 1A (RC 101A) Storytelling That Builds Community The Role of Listening in Storytelling Session 1B (RC 101B) Farmworker Poet: Lessons from the Fields Resistance Through Writing: Counterstory Methodology as Critical Pedagogy Session 1C (RC 145) Dare to be Creatively Unoriginal Once Upon This Time: The Role of Context in the Future of Stories Session 1D (RC 157) The Past Becomes the Future: Serializing Literary Fiction and Self-Publishing in 2025 Session 1E (RC 175) Jane Austen and the Future of Storytelling StoryMapping for Writing and Belonging Session 1F (RC 181) Storytelling for Your Peers: Student Journalism in the TikTok Era
10:10-11:10 a.m.	Session II Session 2A (RC 101A) Storytelling and Civic Responsibility Storytelling in Narrative Medicine Session 2B (RC 101B) Ūre Tunge: Linguistic Trauma and Vernacular Writing Retelling Classic Stories Session 2C (RC 145) Using Oral History Digital Archives in the Classroom: Storytelling in the Digital Age From Folktales to Films: The Enduring Legacy of Bengali Storytelling Session 2D (RC 157) Glowing Up the Literacy Narrative: How Social Media Influencers Can Broaden Conversation in Writing Classrooms Teens Tell Their Stories: Empowering Voices Through Podcasting Session 2E (RC 175) The Substance of Style: Anna Kornbluh's Immediacy and Problems in Storytelling Now Reinvented Stories for Multifaceted Characters: Teaching Jane Eyre Through Graphic Novels Session 2F (RC 181) Choose Your Adventure: Storytelling in Videogames Session 2G (RC 183) Belonging Through the Art of Storytelling: Building Community in the English Classroom
11:10-11:30 a.m.	Coffee Break RC Atrium
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Session III Session 3A (RC 101A) Storytelling at the Homeless Resource Center, Lawrence, Kansas Session 3B (RC 101B) Rewriting the Narrative: Transforming Composition for Students Retaking First-year Writing "Sorry if you find this email creepy": Community, Creative Writing, and Teaching Through Grief Session 3C (RC 145) Multimedia Shakespearan Sonnets Engaging Students with Shakespeare Through Creative Writing Session 3D (RC 157) Making Sense of Experiences: Finding the Story to Tell Savoring Stories: Using Food Reviews to Teach the Art of Storytelling Session 3E (RC 175) Narrative Across the Genres: Why Storytelling is Important in Any Class We Teach Session 3F (RC 181) Ekphrastic Prose as a Gateway to Creative Storytelling in the College Classroom Using Art to Explore Social Narratives About Diversity Session 3G (RC 183) Beyond the Quest: Teaching Archetypes in the Real World The Paradox of Gender in a Cosmological Atmosphere of Violence: A Comparative Study of Macbeth and Winter's Bone
12:40-2:10 p.m.	Lunch and Keynote with José Faus Remarks by Brian Shawver, Dean, English and Journalism Division, Johnson County Community College Hare & Bell Award Recognition by Kara Kynion, Writing Center Director, Johnson County Community College Keynote Introduction by Beth Gulley, Assistant Professor, English, Johnson County Community College Keynote — What is It About the Stories We Tell? A Rumination on the Ties That Bind José Faus Stories can be extremely personal, familial narratives that hint at lives rich but hidden behind the veil of privacy. There are communal stories that give breath and cohesion to shared ideals and values. These are stories epic in nature, national in character, cross-cultural and timeless. Stories can bear witness, reveal sacrifice, illuminate and shape history. Stories can make us laugh and cry spasmodically. Stories shape the world we live in and the lives we navigate. To turn away from storytelling is to dampen a primordial need to narrate human experience. A society that does not believe in stories starves for the truths hidden within them.
2:10-2:30 p.m.	Closing Remarks

10th Annual Conference

The Future of Storytelling

Friday, April 11, 2025
8 a.m.-3 p.m.

Registration fee: $35
Registration deadline: April 4

Location:
Johnson County Community College
12345 College Blvd.
Overland Park, KS 66210
Regnier Center
Map and parking

Contact:
Andrea Broomfield,
Chair, English Department
Email

Conference Schedule

Building Community and Connections

Continental Breakfast

Welcome

Session I

Session II

Coffee Break

Session III

Lunch and Keynote with José Faus

Keynote — What is It About the Stories We Tell? A Rumination on the Ties That Bind

Closing Remarks

Cavalier Conference on Writing and Literature