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The following abstracts for division Language & Literature have been submitted:

• “The Alien Name She Had Given Me”: Colonial Women Students and British Women Teachers in Clear Light of Day and Sunlight on a Broken Column
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Sarah M. Carter
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (38-5, 3:15, VH 1304)
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• Advertising and Myth
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (Communication)
  Alan L. Venneman
  Dr. Matthew Killmeier, Faculty Mentor
  (53-2, 4:00, VH 1304)
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• Bombs and Nets: Virginia Woolf and the Infancy of Humanity
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Todd C. Ruecker♦
  Dr. Bob Mielke, Faculty Mentor
  (38-1, 2:15, VH 1304)
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• Changing Ground: The Evolution of Small Farming in Chariton County, Missouri
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (Communication)
  Roger W. Meissen
  Dr. Matthew Killmeier, Faculty Mentor
  (21-4, 10:30, VH 1320)
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• Cicero, Master of the Negative Campaign
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (Classics)
  Christopher R. Steffe
  Prof. Alex Tetlak, Faculty Mentor
  (52-3, 4:15, VH 1320)
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• Complimentary Gossip: Sex-Based Differences in Compliment Behavior When the Recipient is Absent
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Sofia Kerbawy
  Dr. Mary Shapiro, Faculty Mentor
  (7-5, 9:15, VH 1304)
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• Conversational Functions of Pseudo-Generic You
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Lainey R. Seyler* and Heather J. Ryan
  Dr. Mary Shapiro, Faculty Mentor
  (7-3, 8:45, VH 1304)
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• Covering Campaign Finance: A Content Analysis of Articles, Editorials and Columns on the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (Communication)
  Samuel P. Murphey*, Christina D. Collison, and Anthony J. Albrecht
  Dr. Karon Speckman, Faculty Mentor
  (53-5, 4:45, VH 1304)
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• An Ethical Criticism of "Body Worlds"
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (Communication)
  Meghana R. Kunkala
  Dr. Kevin M. Minch, Faculty Mentor
  (39-5, 3:15, VH 1320)
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• Ethical Issues of Direct-to-Consumer Pharmaceutical Advertising
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (Communication)
  Elaine E. Wright
  Dr. Karon Speckman, Faculty Mentor
  (39-3, 2:45, VH 1320)
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• An Examination of Color and Beauty: An African American Woman’s Perspective
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Starr M. Skinner
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (21-3, 10:15, VH 1320)
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• Examination of Rape Coverage Through an Exploration of Communitarian Thought and Kant's Categorical Imperative
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (Communication)
  Sandra J. Montgomery
  Dr. Karon Speckman, Faculty Mentor
  (39-2, 2:30, VH 1320)
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• The Female Adolescent's Inner Struggle for Acceptance Vis-à-Vis Attempts to Sustain Social Subordination
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (Communication)
  Stephanie M. Dunavant
  Dr. Matthew Killmeier, Faculty Mentor
  (53-1, 3:45, VH 1304)
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• Fibonacci in Spain? Medieval Spanish Translations of Fibonacci's Liber Abaci
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (Spanish)
  Raymond G. Feilner Jr
  Dr. Thomas M. Capuano, Faculty Mentor
  (52-5, 4:45, VH 1320)
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• Finding Flowers on a Concrete Island in the Dark: Urban Indian Writers Lighting Matches to Locate Culture
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Nathan J. Moore
  Dr. Martha Bartter, Faculty Mentor
  (37-1, 2:15, OP 2115)
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• Finding the Roots of Biophilia in Experience and Literature
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Alan L. Venneman
  Dr. Alanna Preussner, Faculty Mentor
  (6-1, 8:15, VH 1320)
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• Gender and Interruption: Perceptions of Power
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Jeanette M. Jackson
  Dr. Mary Shapiro, Faculty Mentor
  (7-1, 8:15, VH 1304)
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• How Similar or Different are the Errors of Second Language Learners of Spanish and Free Online Machine Translation Software?: Distinction between Ser and Estar
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (Spanish)
  Raymond G. Feilner Jr
  Dr. Eric Jewell and Dr. Sally Cook, Faculty Mentors
  (6-5, 9:15, VH 1320)
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• Image Repair in Action: The Ashley Simpson Mishap
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (Communication)
  Matthew C. Myers
  Dr. Andrew Klyukovski, Faculty Mentor
  (53-3, 4:15, VH 1304)
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• King Arthur at Glastonbury Abbey: A Study of the Saint Cult and the Promotion of Secular Patronage
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Sharity D. Nelson
  Dr. Christine Harker, Faculty Mentor
  (52-4, 4:30, VH 1320)
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• Media Maintenance: Rural Latinos' Use of Spanish and English Media
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (Communication)
  Natalie D. Fieleke
  Dr. Karon Speckman, Faculty Mentor
  (53-4, 4:30, VH 1304)
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• The Monster in the Bedroom: Xenophobia and Manipulation of Myth in Euripides' Medea
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (Classics)
  Courtney R. Wilson
  Dr. Bridget Thomas and Dr. Clifton Kreps, Faculty Mentors
  (52-2, 4:00, VH 1320)
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• Mystic Knowledge in Ibn Sina and His Philosophical Presuppositions
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (French)
  Daniel D. Coate♦
  Dr. Patrick Lecaque, Faculty Mentor
  (38-2, 2:30, VH 1304)
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• The Necessity of Offensiveness in Humor
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Gina R. Cook
  Dr. Mary Shapiro, Faculty Mentor
  (7-4, 9:00, VH 1304)
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• Neon, Not Just Another Sign
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (Art)
  Dylan J. Steinmetz
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (6-4, 9:00, VH 1320)
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• On Walking
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Lauren Rosenfield♦
  Dr. Alanna Preussner, Faculty Mentor
  (6-2, 8:30, VH 1320)
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• Online Education Controversy
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Joel D. Andersen
  Dr. Sally Cook, Faculty Mentor
  (20-3, 10:15, VH 1304)
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• Reality TV: Exploring Television’s Latest Epidemic
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (Communication)
  Eleanor C. Amann
  Dr. Karon Speckman, Faculty Mentor
  (39-4, 3:00, VH 1320)
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• The Role of Gender in Lexical Disambiguation of Unprimed, Visual Stimuli
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Corie A. Bednar
  Dr. Mary Shapiro, Faculty Mentor
  (7-2, 8:30, VH 1304)
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• Sexual Relation Words: The Lexical Differences between Heterosexual Men and Women in Talking about Sex and Sexual Activities
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Lisa C. Miller
  Dr. Mary Shapiro, Faculty Mentor
  (20-2, 10:00, VH 1304)
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• So Fresh and So Clean!: A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Taboo Negotiation in Menstrual Product Advertisements
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Dana L. Kuhnline♦
  Dr. Mary Shapiro, Faculty Mentor
  (20-1, 9:45, VH 1304)
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• Superstitions in 17th century Spain
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (Spanish)
  Jeremy M. Jordan
  Dr. Matthew Tornatore, Faculty Mentor
  (38-3, 2:45, VH 1304)
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• Unearthing the Origin of the Igbo People through Igbo-Ukwu Art
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (History)
  Samuel N. Edeh
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (21-2, 10:00, VH 1320)
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• Unveiling the Ethical Conflict within Northern Ireland
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (Communication)
  Kaitlin D. Flatley
  Dr. Karon Speckman, Faculty Mentor
  (39-1, 2:15, VH 1320)
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• Urban Image, Urban Empires: The Decline of Individual City Identity and the Experience of International Urban Identity
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Maggie E. Mayhan
  Dr. Bob Mielke, Faculty Mentor
  (21-1, 9:45, VH 1320)
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• Walden in the Oven
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Julie B. Ferdman
  Dr. Alanna Preussner, Faculty Mentor
  (6-3, 8:45, VH 1320)
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• Wisdom and Gender in Ancient/Classical Greece
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Allison K. Schlobohm
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (52-1, 3:45, VH 1320)
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• Women, Men, and Disney’s Depiction: Explicit Sex Roles in Motion Picture Songs
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Elizabeth A. Gentry
  Dr. Sally Cook, Faculty Mentor
  (20-4, 10:30, VH 1304)
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• Words for All Time: A Closer Look at the Monumental Shakespearean Sonnet 55
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Idean E. Judah
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (38-4, 3:00, VH 1304)
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