Women of Appalachia, returning to the Ohio University Zanesville campus after an absence of three years, hopes to re-invigorate this area of scholarship with a concentrated one-day conference, to be held on Friday, October 21, 2011, featuring Grammy award-nominated artist Becky Hobbs.

Thursday, October 20 Community Partnership Day

· 1 p.m. program for K-12 students with Muskingum Valley Educational Service Center – contact Leslie Charles at 740.452.4518
· 7 p.m. A Glimpse at Nanyehi – a musical featuring Becky Hobbs
Friday, October 21 Scholarly Conference

Detailed agenda coming soon, please check back! Presenters include:
Clarissa Confer, Associate Professor, California University of Pennsylvania
confer_c@calu.edu

Alexandra Finley, Ph. D. Candidate in Early American History
College of William and Mary
axfinl@email.wm.edu

Stephanie Sellers, Director of the Women's Center and Faculty
Gettysburg College
ssellers@gettysburg.edu

Wendy Pearce Miller, Assistant Professor of English and Assistant Chair
Department of English and Theatre
UNC Pembroke
wendy.miller@uncp.edu

Christina Fisanick, Assistant Professor of English, California Univeristy of Pennsylvania fisanick@calu.edu

Julie Dixon, filmmaker
Words and Pictures Productions
wordsandpicturesprod@mac.com