By Discipline: English (2009)

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The following abstracts for discipline English have been submitted:

• The Agnewian Strain of Marceldom in Proust's The Captive & The Fugitive
  Oral Paper
  
  (English, Justice Systems, Interdisciplinary)
  John P. McDonough
  Dr. Bob Mielke and Prof. Joe Nedelec, Faculty Mentors
  (49-1, 2:45, OP 2113)
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• "Autobiography in the Enemy's Language": An Examination of Assia Djebar’s Use of French in Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade
  Oral Paper
  
  (English)
  Ava K. Cichock
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (37-3, 1:45, OP 2121)
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• Becoming Elizabeth: Jane Austen's Self-Portrayal in Pride and Prejudice
  Oral Paper
  
  (English, Psychology)
  Shannon M. Tanner
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (14-4, 9:00, OP 2117)
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• "Between-Two-Languages": Validation and Liberation in Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade
  Oral Paper
  
  (English, History)
  Monica J. Morrey
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (37-4, 2:00, OP 2121)
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• Black Nationalism from the Home Front: Creating a Space for the Expression of both the Black and Female Selves
  Oral Paper
  
  (African-American Studies, English, Interdisciplinary)
  Gemmicka F. Piper
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (48-4, 3:30, OP 2111)
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• Breaking the Silence: A Feminist Postcolonial View of Assia Djebar's Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade
  Oral Paper
  
  (English)
  Emily A. Ward
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (37-1, 1:15, OP 2121)
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• Building the Homeplace: The Influences of Galvin, White, and O'Brien on My Creative Nonfiction
  Oral Paper
  
  (English)
  Katherine E. Jennings
  Dr. James D'Agostino, Faculty Mentor
  (5-3, 8:45, OP 2115)
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• Designing for QUEER(ability): Writing On Walls
  Oral Paper
  
  (Interdisciplinary, English, Women's and Gender Studies)
  Leia P. Wilson
  Dr. Cole Woodcox, Faculty Mentor
  (48-5, 3:45, OP 2111)
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• An Examination of Postcolonial Feminism in Assia Djebar's Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade
  Oral Paper
  
  (English)
  Emily E. Walker
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (37-5, 2:15, OP 2121)
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• An Exploration of Primogeniture in Jane Austen Novels
  Oral Paper
  
  (English, History)
  Tammy L. Graves♦
  Dr. Patricia Gately, Faculty Mentor
  (14-2, 8:30, OP 2117)
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• Family: Creative Nonfiction Readings
  Roundtable
  
  (English)
  Rebecca L. Coleman*, Shannon Gallaher, Aaron Razavi, Jessie Elledge, Emily Meyer, Emily R. Sjorgren, Andrew McQuinn, Charlotte Keenan, Margaret Hooper, Elizabeth Zerkel, Laina Meuth, Diane McGinnis, Nicole Corder, Amanda Herzberg, Laura Robinson, Samantha Dever, Jennifer Lewis, John Garofalo, Liz Nasir, and Brenna McDermott
  Dr. Charles Breed, Faculty Mentor
  (30-1, 12:15, SUB Alumni Room)
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• A Feminist Criticism of Edmund Burke's and William Godwin's Views of Society
  Oral Paper
  
  (English)
  Megan E. Burik
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (14-3, 8:45, OP 2117)
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• Finding Equilibrium in A Fine Balance: Understanding and Overcoming Society Through Friendship
  Oral Paper
  
  (English)
  Danielle L. Schieber
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (25-1, 9:45, OP 2121)
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• Fitzhughian Ideology: Implications and Embodiment in Literature
  Oral Paper
  
  (English)
  Shannon C. Harbaugh
  Dr. Bob Mielke, Faculty Mentor
  (53-1, 2:45, OP 2117)
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• Formal Functions: Experiments in Poetic Structure
  Oral Paper
  
  (English, Art, Interdisciplinary)
  Shawn M. Bodden
  Dr. James D'Agostino, Faculty Mentor
  (5-2, 8:30, OP 2115)
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• Gender-Based Differences in Color Naming Lexicons
  Oral Paper
  
  (Linguistics, English)
  Ashlee Stoddard
  Dr. Sally Cook, Faculty Mentor
  (44-1, 1:15, OP 2117)
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• A Ham in America
  Oral Paper
  
  (English, Lincoln Bicentennial, Art)
  Raymond C. Holmes
  Dr. James D'Agostino, Faculty Mentor
  (34-3, 1:45, OP 2210)
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• Intertwined Shadows and a Symbolic Mourner: Investigating the Narrative Similarities and Dogmatic Differences Between Naguib Mahfouz and Charles Dickens
  Oral Paper
  
  (English)
  Samantha C. Ghormley
  Dr. Bob Mielke, Faculty Mentor
  (25-4, 10:30, OP 2121)
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• Is Journaling Effective in the High School English Classroom?
  Oral Paper
  
  (Education, English)
  Whitney M. Wilhelm♦
  Dr. Barbara Price, Faculty Mentor
  (20-1, 9:45, VH 1320)
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• January 1st 2006: An experiment on transcending the barrier of perspective within non-fiction
  Oral Paper
  
  (English)
  Shannon C. Harbaugh
  Dr. Charles Breed, Faculty Mentor
  (5-1, 8:15, OP 2115)
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• John Keats' Hyperion as a Rejection of Scientific Thought: A New Historicist Interpretation
  Oral Paper
  
  (English)
  Matthew K. Ohs
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (14-5, 9:15, OP 2117)
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• The Joker told the Batman, "You Complete Me": Yin / Yang and the Roles of Hero and Villain in The Dark Knight
  Oral Paper
  
  (English, Philosophy & Religion, Interdisciplinary)
  John H. Hitzel
  Dr. Bob Mielke, Faculty Mentor
  (43-5, 2:15, OP 2113)
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• The Light and Dark Worlds: The Struggle Between Old and New in Midaq Alley
  Oral Paper
  
  (English)
  Kevin D. Cowling
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (25-3, 10:15, OP 2121)
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• Mise-en-scène in Stagecoach: Dallas' Newly Embraced Freedom
  Oral Paper
  
  (English)
  Kara M. Bollinger
  Dr. Bob Mielke, Faculty Mentor
  (19-3, 10:15, OP 2117)
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• Ozymandias: Shelley's Warning Against Tyrannical Hubris
  Oral Paper
  
  (English)
  Zeeshan R. Reshamwala
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (14-1, 8:15, OP 2117)
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• A Postcolonial Look at Assia Djebar's Feminism in Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade
  Oral Paper
  
  (English)
  David J. Giovagnoli
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (37-2, 1:30, OP 2121)
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• Preface to Chapter 3: Spectral Theory, Quantum Choice
  Oral Paper
  
  (English, Interdisciplinary)
  Leia P. Wilson
  Dr. James D'Agostino, Dr. Linda Seidel, Dr. Bridget Thomas, and Dr. Scott Alberts, Faculty Mentors
  (2-2, 8:30, OP 2113)
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• The Psychology of Solitude in Gabriel Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude
  Oral Paper
  
  (English)
  Paul R. Witte
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (19-2, 10:00, OP 2117)
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• Reevaluating A True Conception of the Middle East: Creating a New Projection of a Diverse Landscape
  Oral Paper
  
  (Sociology/Anthropology, Interdisciplinary, English)
  Andrew P. Kindiger
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (49-5, 3:45, OP 2113)
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• Shaping Meaning Through Sound: 'That You Might Bond to Me, Covalently'
  Performance Art
  
  (English, Linguistics, Interdisciplinary)
  Arthur D. Gregg
  Dr. James D'Agostino, Faculty Mentor
  (5-4, 9:00, OP 2115)
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• Sketch Poems: Exercises of a Bittersweet Nature
  Oral Paper
  
  (English, Art, Interdisciplinary)
  Erin M. Neuman
  Dr. James D'Agostino, Faculty Mentor
  (2-1, 8:15, OP 2113)
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• Style, Morality, and Inconclusiveness in Godard's Breathless
  Oral Paper
  
  (English)
  Molly M. McCleery
  Dr. Bob Mielke, Faculty Mentor
  (19-1, 9:45, OP 2117)
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• "T-r-a-g-e-d-y": Social Portraiture in Naguib Mahfouz's Midaq Alley
  Oral Paper
  
  (English)
  Elizabeth A. Bramon
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (25-2, 10:00, OP 2121)
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• Traditional Forms, New Voices: Poetry Expressing Unique Religious Musical Practices
  Oral Paper
  
  (Music, Philosophy & Religion, English)
  Emi E. Griess
  Dr. James D'Agostino, Faculty Mentor
  (19-4, 10:30, OP 2117)
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• Trapped the Wallpaper as a Good Sport: Performative Gender Constructions from Gilman to Parker
  Oral Paper
  
  (English)
  Suzanne N. Russell
  Dr. Alanna Preussner, Faculty Mentor
  (53-2, 3:00, OP 2117)
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• The Will to Power and Henry James: A Nietzschean reading and character study of The Awkward Age
  Oral Paper
  
  (English)
  Grant A. Kling
  Dr. Bob Mielke, Faculty Mentor
  (53-3, 3:15, OP 2117)
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• The World That Is Handed to Us
  Oral Paper
  
  (English)
  Kyle A. Oesch
  Dr. James D'Agostino, Faculty Mentor
  (5-5, 9:15, OP 2115)
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