Program-At-A-Glance
Presiding: Dr. Hena Ahmad
8:00
101 - 1 ALAN J. SMITHDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor "The Sign's the Thing": Entertainment-as-Drug in Wallace's Infinite Jest
"The Sign's the Thing": Entertainment-as-Drug in Wallace's Infinite Jest
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8:15
101 - 2 ABIGAIL E. DORSEYDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Allen Ginsberg’s “Kaddish”: Defying and Embracing Death in the Twentieth Century
Allen Ginsberg’s “Kaddish”: Defying and Embracing Death in the Twentieth Century
8:30
101 - 3 HALEY L. WOOD Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor A feminist approach to Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea
A feminist approach to Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea
8:45
101 - 4 KATELYN N. HAWKINSDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor The Purpose and Critique of "Anonymity" in Go Ask Alice
The Purpose and Critique of "Anonymity" in Go Ask Alice
9:00
101 - 5 ROWEN L. CONRYDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Sex, Drugs, and Even More Drugs: John Jasper’s Dreams and Desires in The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Sex, Drugs, and Even More Drugs: John Jasper’s Dreams and Desires in The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Presiding: Dr. Barbara Price
102 - 3 JULIANNE L. DWORAK♦Dr. Rebecca Dierking, Faculty Mentor Teaching Grammar: Altering Student Attitudes Through Contextual Learning
Teaching Grammar: Altering Student Attitudes Through Contextual Learning
Presiding: Dr. Jerry Hirsch
108 - 1 KAYLA J. CLAYDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Unequal Childhoods: A Look at Race and Class within Family Dynamics
Unequal Childhoods: A Look at Race and Class within Family Dynamics
108 - 2 WAYMON D. WHITEDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor African American of Mass incarceration: The New Jim Crow
African American of Mass incarceration: The New Jim Crow
9:30
201 - 1 STEPHANIE M. MCDONALDDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Sexism and Women Scientists
Sexism and Women Scientists
9:45
201 - 2 REESE BENNETTDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Anita Sarkesian, Misrepresenting Videogame Sexism: A Critical look at a flawed argument
Anita Sarkesian, Misrepresenting Videogame Sexism: A Critical look at a flawed argument
10:00
201 - 3 DANIELLE A. KRAUCKDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Gender and Identity: The Classification That Defines Your Being
Gender and Identity: The Classification That Defines Your Being
10:15
201 - 4 CAROLINE G. RUPRECHTDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Stay-at-Home Mom: Understanding the Gap between Working Mothers and Working Fathers
Stay-at-Home Mom: Understanding the Gap between Working Mothers and Working Fathers
10:30
201 - 5 ABBIE K. SCHULTZDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor His or Hers? Reviewing Gender Roles and Social Norms
His or Hers? Reviewing Gender Roles and Social Norms
Presiding: Dr. Summer Pennell
202 - 1 MICHELLE HADLER♦Dr. Rebecca Dierking, Faculty Mentor Examining Voice: A Study of How Various Writing Contexts Affect Student Writing Voice
Examining Voice: A Study of How Various Writing Contexts Affect Student Writing Voice
Presiding: Dr. Monica Barron
207 - 2 BRIGHID C. HEFFERNANDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Defunding and Destroying: the Truth of Health Care in the United States
Defunding and Destroying: the Truth of Health Care in the United States
207 - 3 LEILANI (IAN) S. PRATTDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Transcending Feminism: Queering the Equality Movement
Transcending Feminism: Queering the Equality Movement
207 - 4 SARA J. WIMMERDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Creating a Perfect Society: Comparing Patriarchies and Matriarchies
Creating a Perfect Society: Comparing Patriarchies and Matriarchies
207 - 5 THERESA HOWEDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Ecofeminism and Why it Matters
Ecofeminism and Why it Matters
Presiding: Dr. John Quinn
209 - 1 KIDEN PITIADr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Looking at Undocumented Immigrants Through the Lens of Science Fiction Film District 9
Looking at Undocumented Immigrants Through the Lens of Science Fiction Film District 9
Dr. Julio F. Turrens, Associate Dean, College of Allied Health Professions, University of South Alabama
1:00
301 - 1 CAMERON P. CLOGSTON♦Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Shooting a Dog: Imperialist Pressure and Masculinity in George Orwell's Burmese Literature
Shooting a Dog: Imperialist Pressure and Masculinity in George Orwell's Burmese Literature
1:15
301 - 2 MIA P. POHLMAN♦Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Mary Turner and Mental Illness in Doris Lessing's The Grass is Singing
Mary Turner and Mental Illness in Doris Lessing's The Grass is Singing
1:30
301 - 3 KATIE LUCARZ♦Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Memory and History in Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children
Memory and History in Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children
1:45
301 - 4 LYDIA A. WHITACRE♦Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Nyasha and Ifeoma: Hybrid Liminals Subverting the Binary Hegemonic Systems of Patriarchy and Colonialism in Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus
Nyasha and Ifeoma: Hybrid Liminals Subverting the Binary Hegemonic Systems of Patriarchy and Colonialism in Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus
2:00
301 - 5 ROWEN L. CONRYDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor One or The Other: Latent and Blatant Uses of Mimicry in Coetzee’s Foe
One or The Other: Latent and Blatant Uses of Mimicry in Coetzee’s Foe
Presiding: Dr. Rebecca Dierking
302 - 1 KATIE J. BAILEY♦Dr. Rebecca Dierking, Dr. Summer Pennell, and Dr. Barbara Price, Faculty Mentors Alternative Literature's Effect on Student Understanding of Canonical Texts
Alternative Literature's Effect on Student Understanding of Canonical Texts
Presiding: Dr. Bob Mielke
304 - 1 LAURA L. HEDRICKDr. Bob Mielke, Faculty Mentor Depictions of Breast Cancer and Female Struggle in Frances Burney’s “A Mastectomy”
Depictions of Breast Cancer and Female Struggle in Frances Burney’s “A Mastectomy”
304 - 2 ALAN J. SMITHDr. Bob Mielke, Faculty Mentor Greene's Theology of Liberation in The Comedians
Greene's Theology of Liberation in The Comedians
304 - 3 KATRINA A. BURGESS♦Dr. James D'Agostino and Prof. Edward Rogers, Faculty Mentors Jaggering Shadows
Jaggering Shadows
304 - 4 ALAYNA M. MUELLERDr. James D'Agostino, Faculty Mentor Casablankout
Casablankout
Presiding: Dr. Jay Self
308 - 5 ISAAC A. CARMICHAELDr. Mark Smith, Faculty Mentor “On the other side, I see…” Applying Intertextuality to David Lynch’s Inland Empire
“On the other side, I see…”
Applying Intertextuality to David Lynch’s Inland Empire
2:30
401 - 1 KATRINA A. BURGESS♦Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor From Oppression to Madness: A Postcolonial Examination of Jean Rhys’ Wide Sargasso Seas
From Oppression to Madness:
A Postcolonial Examination of Jean Rhys’ Wide Sargasso Seas
2:45
401 - 2 CONNOR P. MAGUIRE♦Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Visions of Home: Variations on Nostalgia in Sam Selvon and Agha Shahid Ali
Visions of Home: Variations on Nostalgia in Sam Selvon and Agha Shahid Ali
3:00
401 - 3 SARAH L. CHABOT♦Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor The Cause of Her Madness: Why Mr. Rochester is the Reason for Antoinette Rochester’s Insanity in Wide Sargasso Sea and Jane Eyre
The Cause of Her Madness: Why Mr. Rochester is the Reason for Antoinette Rochester’s Insanity in Wide Sargasso Sea and Jane Eyre
Presiding: Dr. Peter Kelly
402 - 1 JOSH M. THOMASDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor The Gender Inequality in Education by the Statistics
The Gender Inequality in Education by the Statistics
402 - 3 SHELBY L. KANE♦Dr. Donna Rhinesmith and Dr. Christopher Maglio, Faculty Mentors Accuracy of "Plickers" as a Self-Reflection Tool
Accuracy of "Plickers" as a Self-Reflection Tool
Presiding: Dr. James D'Agostino
403 - 1 JESSE R. DINKINSDr. David Partenheimer, Faculty Mentor Traditions of Nihilism in German Picaresque Works
Traditions of Nihilism in German Picaresque Works
403 - 2 SARAH LARSONDr. David Partenheimer, Faculty Mentor Why Trust the Picaro?
Why Trust the Picaro?
403 - 3 AUSTIN L. STUARTDr. David Partenheimer, Faculty Mentor Computer Generated Poetry
Computer Generated Poetry
3:15
403 - 4 SEBASTIÁN G. MALDONADO-VÉLEZDr. James D'Agostino, Faculty Mentor Chupa Mi Cabra: A Creative Study of Queer Identity through Surrealist Poetry
Chupa Mi Cabra: A Creative Study of Queer Identity through Surrealist Poetry
Presiding: Dr. Franta Majs
405 - 1 SARAH L. LARARADr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor One Drink for Man, One Drink for Environmental Inequality and Lead Poisoning
One Drink for Man, One Drink for Environmental Inequality and Lead Poisoning
Presiding: Dr. Mark Smith
407 - 2 SARAH K. HICKSDr. Marilyn Yaquinto, Faculty Mentor A Climate Change Documentary or Horror Movie? A Textual Analysis of Documentary Music and its Influence on the Audience’s Perspective of Global Warming
A Climate Change Documentary or Horror Movie? A Textual Analysis of Documentary Music and its Influence on the Audience’s Perspective of Global Warming
407 - 3 AMY M. JEREBDr. Mark Smith, Faculty Mentor How to Get Away with Feminism
How to Get Away with Feminism
407 - 4 KAYLEY N. HAGLDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Disability and Inequality: Transforming Attitude
Disability and Inequality: Transforming Attitude
Presiding: Dr. Paul Shapiro
410 - 1 CAITLIN S. DONAHUE-GLEESONDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Gender Discrimination: A Personal Perspective
Gender Discrimination: A Personal Perspective
410 - 2 ZARA J. SHOUNEDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Hijab is Not Oppression
Hijab is Not Oppression
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SYDNEY N. RUFFINDr. Heather Cianciola and Dr. John Quinn, Faculty Mentors Reading Images: Using Linguistic Analysis of Comics to Improve Literacy
Reading Images: Using Linguistic Analysis of Comics to Improve Literacy
