ASAT

American Studies Association of Texas

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The American Studies Association of Texas is the Texas regional affiliate of the national American Studies Association. It is dedicated to the study of and promotion of all areas of American studies. It holds yearly conferences, publishes a journal (JASAT, Journal of the American Studies Association of Texas), and supports all aspects of American studies in the State of Texas. However, its membership is not limited to people residing in or near Texas. It draws members from all over the United States. It celebrated its fiftieth anniversary at its 2006 Conference in Waco.

To view the Constitution and By-Laws of the American Studies Association of Texas, click here.
Click here for indivdiual membership form.

Table of Contents
Membership
Officers for 2011
JASAT: The Journal of the American Studies Association of Texas: Invitation for Submissions
Future Conference Schedule
Best Paper Award 2010
Links to Other Pages

Yueqin Yang and Doug Ferdon (both of Baylor University) register for 2011 conference at Shreiner University in Kerrville

Charlie McCormick (Schreiner University) delivers the keynote address, "On the Road to Adulthood: Growing Up CRuising the Strip," at the 2011 conference

Membership

Individual membership dues in the American Studies Association of Texas are $25.00 per year.
Sustaining members pay $50.00 per year.
Institutional members pay $50.00 per year.
Retired members pay $15.00 per year.
Student members pay $15.00 per year.

Send dues to Greg Giddings, Department of English, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX 76308.

Make checks payable to ASAT.

Ken Jones (Art Institute of Houston) presents "Poetry as Piano" at 2011 conference

Mark Busby (Texas State University) and Mimosa Stephenson (UT at Brownsville) wait between sessions at the 2011 conference

Ray Rios entertains at the banquet at the 2011 conference

Officers for 2011

President: Kathleen A. Hudson, English Department, Schreiner University, 2100 Memorial Blvd., Kerrville, TX 78028, email: khudson@schreiner.edu
Vice President and Program Chair: Greg Giddings,Department of English, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX 76308, email: greg.giddings@mwsu.edu
Secretary-Treasurer: Greg Giddings, Department of English, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX 76308, email: greg.giddings@mwsu.edu
Councilors: Mark Busby, Department of English, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX 78666, email: mb13@txstate.edu; John Wegner, Department of English, Angelo State University, San Angelo, TX 76909, email: john.wegner@angelo.edu; Terry Dalrymple, Department of English, Angelo State University, San Angelo, TX 76909, email: terry.dalrymple@angelo.edu; Richard Tuerk, Department of Literature and Languages, Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, TX 75429, email: Richard_Tuerk@tamu-commerce.edu; Lisa Hull Reed, Collin College, Preston Ridge Campus, 9700 Wade Blvd., Frisco, Texas 75035,email: JASATbookreview@yahoo.com

Editor of JASAT: Douglas Ferdon, Department of Journalism, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798, email: Doug_Ferdon@baylor.edu

Representative to American Studies Association: Rachel Sailor

Brad Klypchak (Texas A&M University-Commerce) and David Gaines (Southwestern University) present during the "American Music Rediscovered" panel at the 2011 conference

JASAT, The Journal of the American Studies Association of Texas
Invitation for Submissions

The Journal of the American Studies Association of Texas (JASAT) is a peer-reviewed journal published annually in November by the American Studies Association of Texas. The purpose of JASAT is to focus interdisciplinary attention on the most important thematic, methodological, and pedagogical issues in American culture. JASAT welcomes manuscripts 15-25 pages in length on various aspects of American culture--e.g., history, literature, popular culture, critical theory, technology, race and ethnicity, and the arts--preferably with an emphasis on Texas, the South or Southwest. Manuscripts must be sent as an e-mail attachment in Word format. All manuscripts should conform to MLA style and should be submitted to Douglas Ferdon, Department of Journalism, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798, email: Doug_Ferdon@baylor.edu

Lisa Hull Reed is book review editor of JASAT. Address questions about reviews and send books for review to Lisa Hull Reed, Collin College, 9700 Wade Blvd., Frisco, TX 75035; email: JASATbookreview@yahoo.com. If you want your book reviewed in JASAT please request that your publisher send us a copy.

Guidelines for reviews follow:

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS
Lisa Hull Reed-Book Review Editor
Collin College
9700 Wade Blvd., Frisco, Tx 75035
JASATbookreview@yahoo.com

General guidelines are as follows:
Length: Approximately 350 words.
Due date: No later than Apr. 1, 2012. Early submissions appreciated!
Format: Electronic, either as an attachment or pasted into the body of an email is preferred; send it to the book review editor. If you must send it in hardcopy, please mail it to the book review editor. A sample review is enclosed for reference.

1.Format for bibliographic heading:

DeKoven, Marianne. Utopia Limited: The Sixties and the Emergence of the Postmodern.Durham: Duke UP, 2004. 363 pages. $23.95 paper. ISBN 9-8233-3269-8.

2. Please keep to the word limit. If you find it necessary to exceed the limit, please contact one of us. (And please be aware that we may have to do some cutting!)

3, Complete the review by the assigned deadline. Let one of us know asap if there's a problem.

4. Include a brief summary of the scope, purpose, and content of the book. Also include an evaluation of the author's success in achieving the purpose, his/her use of available resources, and the organization and presentation of the material. Use inclusive language. Reviews should generally be one part introduction to the book, the author, the topic, and the method; one part analysis and evaluation; and one part discussion of the book's contribution to American Studies.

5. Evaluation may, of course, be favorable or unfavorable; but the review should in all cases avoid personalities and should express criticism with civility.

6. Please stick to discussion of the book and avoid irrelevant digressions.

7. Don't list typographical or other minor errors unless they significantly impair the value of the book.

8. Include page numbers in parentheses for quotations.

9. At the end of the review, type your name flush left in all caps. Directly beneath your name, type your institutional affiliation flush left. (If you have no institutional affiliation, type "Independent scholar" and location.)

Future Conference Schedule

Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX

2010 Conference Best Paper Award

M. Dustin Knepp, University at Albany, State University of New York, "Reflections of Reality: Latina Literature as a Window to Mexican-American Cooking"

Links to Other Pages

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