THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NEW YORK METS
Thursday, Friday, Saturday
April 26, 27, 28, 2012
Below are listed the panelists and scholars who will be participating in the conference. The complete program will be made available as soon as possible.
| Presenters | Affiliation | Paper Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Altano | Bergen Community College | The Summer of 1969: Bella, the Mets and Paul Stephans' Car Wash | |
| Steven Amarnick | Kingsborough Community College | A Long Journey: Teaching Homer's Odyssey and the Mets | |
| Jason D. Antos | Queens Gazette | Images of Baseball: Shea Stadium | |
| Nicholas Birns | Eugene Lang College, The New School | Benny Agbayani: Hero of the Multicultural Mets | |
| Don Bowen | Midland University | Poetic License and the New York Mets: How Poetic Forms Ritualize the Mets | Co-Author with Henry Krusiewicz |
| Ron Briley | Sandia Preparatory School | A Tale of Two Franchises: The New York Mets and the Houston Colt .45's - The Other Expansion Team of 1962 | |
| Robert Brinkmann | Hofstra University | How "Green" Is Your Outfield? Sustainability Practices at Citi Field and in the MLB | Co-Author with Elizabeth Strom |
| Kenneth T. Campbell | Losers No More: The Historic 1969 Season and the Unlikely Rivalry Between the New York Mets and the Baltimore Orioles | ||
| Peter Carino | Indiana State University | Shea Stadium as a Home for the New York Mets | |
| Mike Cesarano | Queensborough Community College/CUNY | The History and Evolution of the Mets Uniform and Logo Design | |
| Brian Cogan | Molloy College | "Hey, get out of here, ya punks!" The New York Mets as Punk Rock | Co-Author with Mike Faloon |
| Alan Cohen | Memorial Day, Sunday, May 31, 1964 - Thirty - two Innings | ||
| Terry Joseph Cole | LaGuardia Community College | Drawn and Quartered: A History of the Mets in Sports Cartoons | |
| Christopher DeRosa | Monmouth University | Bad Guys, Good Guys, Dodgers or Gangsters? The Mets Rivalries with Their Own Ghosts | |
| Joseph Dorinson | LIU/Brooklyn Campus | Conversion from Ardent Yankee Fan to Loyal, if Disappointed, Mets Supporter | |
| Chris D'Orso | Baseball Cards and the Mets | ||
| Rob Edelman | University at Albany/SUNY | Mets in the Movies | |
| Mike Faloon | Co-Editor, Zisk Editor, Go Metric |
"Hey, get out of here, ya punks!" The New York Mets as Punk Rock | Co-Author with Brian Cogan |
| Paul Fessler | Dordt College | The Mets and Hispanic Fans | |
| Alan Freedman | Director, National Jewish Hall of Fame & Museum | The Mets and Judaism | |
| Carl Galioto, FAIA | Senior Principal, HOK Architects | Making a House a Home: The Polo Grounds, Shea Stadium and Citi Field | Co-Author with Richard J. Pioreck |
| James L. Gates, Jr. | Library Director, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc. | The Forlorn Hope: A Look at the Forgotten Players of the 1962 Mets | |
| David Geller | Hofstra University | How Should the Mets of the Late 1980's Be Remembered? | |
| Stanton Green | Monmouth University | Living With the Mets Through Their Rivalries | |
| Michael Haupert | University of Wisconsin - La Crosse | New York, New York: A Financial History of Two Baseball Teams | |
| Leslie Heaphy | Kent State University | An Early Leader: Mrs. Joan Payson | |
| James R. Holzmeister | Columbus Technical College | Placing the Blame/Defining the Game: "The Midnight Massacre" and the Culture of the American Sports Business in the Later Twentieth Century | |
| Chris Horgan | Shea Stadium: From the Field to the Upper Deck, the Foundation of the Amazin' Mets | ||
| Judy Van Sickle Johnson | North Chatham, MA | Literature, The New York Mets, and the Tug of Baseball | |
| Ron Kaplan | Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf | How Books on The New York Mets Have Progressed With the Team and the Times | |
| David Krell, Esq. | Author, Blue Magic: The Glory and Heartbreak of the Brooklyn Dodgers | Meet the Mets: A Song, A Team, A History | |
| Jeffrey A. Kroessler | John Jay College, CUNY | Professional and Amateur Sports in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park | |
| Henry Krusiewicz | Midland University | Poetic License and The New York Mets: How Poetic Forms Ritualize the Mets | Co-Author with Don Bowen |
| Kathleen Lockwood | Author, Major League Bride: An Inside Look at Life Outside the Ballpark | Family Ties: An Inside Look at Life Outside the Ballpark | |
| Skip Lockwood | Shea Stadium: Where Everyone Knows Your Name | ||
| Dominic Longo | American Historical Association | Keith Hernandez Trade | |
| Lee Lowenfish | Remembering Jane Jarvis (1916-2010): The Mets One and Only Organist | ||
| Stuart Miller | Author, "The 100 Greatest Days in New York Sports" | ||
| Bill Morales | Bergan Community College | "You Can Go Home Again": The Invention of Tradition and the "Selling" of the New York Mets | |
| Peter J. Myers | Palto Alto College | Metmoirs | |
| Richard J. Pioreck | Hofstra University | Making a House a Home: The Polo Grounds, Shea Stadium and Citi Field | Co-Author with Carl Galioto, FAIA |
| Greg Prince | Our Shared Language: The New York Mets Dictionary of Cultural Literacy | ||
| Patty Rossi | The Mascot - An Examination of its Traditional Societal Significance and its Evolution into its Modern Day Role in Major League Baseball, Specifically With Respect to the New York Mets Franchise | ||
| Michael Ruscoe | Southern Connecticut State University | The Bad Guys Wore Blue - The 1986 Mets, the Elements of Story, and Why We Watch Sports | |
| John T. Saccoman | Seton Hall University | Gil Hodges | |
| NinaMaria Scaringello | Mastic Beach, NY | A View From The Stands | |
| John Scrimgeour | Author | The 1986 Mets: Liberation and Failure | |
| Michael Shapiro | Columbia University | Bottom of the Ninth | |
| Andrew Sparberg | Technical Career Institute | May 1957: Two Games and a Week That Foretold The Future | |
| Ray Stilwell | Williamsville, NY | The Decline and Loss of the New York Mets Radio Network | |
| Ira Stolzenberg | Farmingdale State College | How the 1962 Amazin' Mets Mended the Broken Heart of a Brooklyn Dodgers Fan | |
| Elizabeth Strom | University of South Florida | How "Green" Is Your Outfield? Sustainability Practices at Citi Field and in the MLB | Co-Author with Robert Brinkmann |
| Charlie Vascellaro | Baltimore, MD | The King and I - Remembering and Writing About Dave Kingman | |
| Jim Walters | St. John's University | Mets and Religion | |
| Russell Wolinsky | The Era Between June 15, 1977 and June 15, 1983 | ||
| Matthew Yeazel | Anne Arundel Community College | From Two Pair to a Straight Flush: What to do With Flushing? |