Charles H. Woolbert Award Panel: The Critique of Vernacular Discourse

Session Submission Type: Paper Session

Abstract

This panel showcases the winner of the Charles H. Woolbert Research Award for 2008, the essay "The Critique of Vernacular Discourse" by John Sloop and Kent Ono. The Charles H. Woolbert Award recognizes an essay that has stood the test of time, an essay that was not recognized with any awards at the time of its publication but has in the ten years since its publication proved to have a significant impact on scholarship and scholarly discussions.

Sub Unit

• NCA Research Board

Chair

• Raymie McKerrow, Ohio University

Individual Presentations

• The Performative Possibilities of Vernacular Discourse - Bernadette Calafell, University of Denver

• Everyday Engagements: Calls of Conscience in Ethnic Vernacular Discourse - Christine Garlough, University of Wisconsin, Madison

• Resistance and the Moral Vernacular of Human Rights - Gerard Hauser, University of Colorado, Boulder

Respondents

• John Sloop, Vanderbilt University

• Kent Ono, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Session Organizer

• James Darsey, Georgia State University