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Rocky Mountain Modern Language AssociationReno in 2008! The 62nd RMMLA convention will be held at Harrah's Resort from 9 to 11 October 2008. Our local host will be the University of Nevada, Reno, and our local arrangements chair is Stacy Burton, chair of the Department of English and former RMMLA president. Proposals for special-topic sessions must be submitted by 1 November 2007 to be included in the call for papers (e-mail submission preferred - rmmla@wsu.edu). The CFP will be mailed to members and posted to the RMMLA Web site in mid-November 2007 (www.rmmla.org). Please consider proposing a paper and joining us in Reno.Returning to 2007, however, we are very excited to be traveling to the heart of the Canadian Rockies for our 61st annual convention in Calgary, Alberta, hosted by the Univ. of Calgary. Our keynote speaker at this convention is Elizabeth George, author of the Inspector Lynley mystery novels, some of which have been filmed for television by the BBC and broadcast in the United States on the PBS Mystery series. At RMMLA, George will give a talk entitled "The Enduring Appeal of Crime"; she will also participate in a special panel discussion on creative writing. We are also pleased to have Douglas Steward, Associate Director of MLA English Programs, who will give a talk on academic freedom. We have over 150 regular and special-topic sessions on languages, literatures, cultures, linguistics, pedagogy, critical theory, film, drama, instructional technology, and technical writing. Special professional sessions on interview etiquette, scholarly publishing, and effective CV writing, as well as poetry and prose readings and book displays will round out the program. Thanks to all organizers and presenters for their support of RMMLA. Convention participants are required to join RMMLA by 1 April. Yearly rates: $35, faculty members; $25, students, emeritus faculty members, independent scholars; Discounted, three-year rates: $85, faculty members, $50, students, emeritus faculty members, independent scholars. Lifetime rates also exist. Payment may be made to RMMLA, PO Box 642610, Pullman, WA 99164-2610; payment by Visa or MasterCard may be done online, mailed, faxed (509 335-3708), or called in (509 335-4198). Convention registration fees also apply. RMMLA membership is for the calendar year and includes a subscription to the association's two refereed journals, the Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature and the Web-based Rocky Mountain E-Review; the privilege of presenting convention papers and organizing panels, submitting articles, and being nominated to the Executive Board; and eligibility for all RMMLA research and travel awards (see www.rmmla.org). The Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature is printed in April and November. The editors encourage submission of scholarly articles on any topic of interest to our membership, written in English. See the Web site for submission guidelines. Articles appearing in the RMMLA's online journal, the Rocky Mountain E-Review, undergo exactly the same review process as articles considered for the print journal. Articles destined for the online journal may be written in English or any other language and may include multimedia components (graphics, audio, video, hyperlinks to other Web sites, etc.). Pieces accepted for publication in the E-Review will appear as soon as they have passed through the review process, rather than on a fixed print publication schedule. RMMLA distributed a number of grants and awards in 2006-07 (see www.rmmla.org for guidelines and application procedures). The Neila and Candadai Seshachari Faculty Convention Travel Grant recipient was Marianne d'Ezio (Univ. of Rome, La Sapienza), who presented "Introducing Hester Thrale Piozzi: A New Critical Approach" in the English Eighteenth Century session at the 2006 convention in Tucson. The two Graduate Student Convention Travel Grants went to Corinna Kahnke (Indiana Univ., Bloomington), who spoke on "Generation Golf Meets Zonenkinder" in the Germany after 1990 session, and Wendy Barnes (Kansas State Univ.), who spoke on "From Opera Cloak to Docksiders and Back Again: Dressing Dracula in Literature and Life" in the Fashion and Aesthetics session. The recipient of the Cecilia Konchar Farr Award for a Convention Presentation using Feminist Theory was Lisa Byrd (Univ. of Tennnessee), for her paper entitled "Spectacle of Strangeness: Anti-masque Nature in Jonson's Masque of Queens," presented at the Women's Caucus Seminar in Tucson. The Charles Davis Award for the Outstanding Graduate Student Presentation at the RMMLA Convention ($100 each) went to Amy Hamilton (Univ. of Arizona), for her paper entitled "'You better keep right on walking': Remembering Migration and Removal in American Indian Women's Poetry," and to Wendy Roberts (Northwestern Univ.), for her paper entitled "Regionalizing Christianity: Charles Sheldon's In His Steps in the Context of Regionalist Fiction." Both presented at the 2006 convention in Tucson. This year's RMMLA-Huntington Research Grant ($2,000 stipend to cover one month of residency and research at the Huntington Library in San Marino, CA) went to Allison Ksiazkiewicz (York Univ.), for her project entitled "The Visual Culture of Natural History of the Nineteenth Century and Contemporary Nations of Wilderness in American Landscape Painting." The Faculty Research Travel Grant ($250) and the Research Travel Grant for an ABD Student ($250) were not awarded in 2007. 2007 RMMLA Executive Board: Past President, Jennifer Michaels (German, Grinnell Coll.); President, Liahna Armstrong (English, Central Washington Univ.); Vice President, Albrecht Classen (German, Univ. of Arizona); Delegates-at-Large, Alan Blackstock (English, Utah State Univ.), David Chisholm (German, Univ. of Arizona), and Beverly Zimmerman (English, Brigham Young Univ.); Graduate Student Delegates, Marie Drews (English, Washington State Univ.) and Javier Gonzalez (Spanish, Univ. of Colorado). Secretariat at Washington State University: Executive Director, Joan Grenier-Winther; Senior Editor: Michael Delahoyde; Editor, Sabine Davis; Managing Editor: Nathanael Whitworth; Administrative Assistant / Public Relations Intern: Jennifer Schweie. JOAN GRENIER-WINTHER Executive Director
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