Program-At-A-Glance
Presiding: Dr. Sally Cook, Associate Professor of Linguistics
8:15
4 - 1 FARAH MAHLAOUI♦Dr. Sally Cook, Faculty Mentor Creating Languages: A Close Look At Nadsat In A Clockwork Orange By Anthony Burgess
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8:30
4 - 2 DANIEL D. COATE♦Dr. Sally Cook, Faculty Mentor Politeness in Sartre's Huis clos: scene V
8:45
4 - 3 TODD L. KUHNS♦Dr. Sally Cook, Faculty Mentor Trends in Email Formallity Across Age Groups
9:00
4 - 4 CRYSTAL L. BUFFALOE♦Dr. Sally Cook, Faculty Mentor Fox News Live and CNN News Live: Is It What They Say or How They Say It?
9:15
4 - 5 ANDREW J. KRAMER♦Dr. Sally Cook, Faculty Mentor Grammar: Where Are We Now?
Presiding: Dr. Christine Harker, Associate Professor of English
5 - 1 ANDREA L. WALDROPDr. Christine Harker, Faculty Mentor A Middle English Geoffrey of Franconia: A Dialectal Analysis
5 - 2 SARAH N. BIRMANDr. Betsy Delmonico, Faculty Mentor Space and Time in Three Works by Amitav Ghosh
5 - 3 KATIE E. MONAGHANDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor T.S. Eliot's Sardonic Love Song Challenges Desolate Society
5 - 4 JACQUELINE M. TOSSPONDr. Christine Harker, Faculty Mentor Readdressing the Question of Unferth
5 - 5 STEVEN J. BERMUDEZDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Isolationism, Living Death, and Emily Grierson
Presiding: Dr. Royce Kallerud, Associate Professor of English
6 - 1 SYDNEY C. YOUNGDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor "Playing With Revision”: Exploring the Connections Between Run Lola Run and Dance
6 - 2 KATIE A. BOESDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor "Lucia: The Role of an Empowered Woman in Dangarembga's Nervous Conditions"
6 - 3 ANDREW M. WARNERDr. Betsy Delmonico, Faculty Mentor From Helen Keller to Saddam Hussein: Offensive Humor as Folklore
Presiding: Dr. Bridget Thomas, Associate Professor of English
9:45
21 - 1 ELLEN E. O'LEARYDr. Bridget Thomas and Dr. Clifton Kreps, Faculty Mentors Revenge of the Poet: Ovid Critiques Augustus through Myth
10:00
21 - 2 JOSHUA M. JONESDr. Clifton Kreps, Faculty Mentor “Calumnia”: An Analysis of Female Trickster Figures in Ancient Greek Literature
10:15
21 - 3 CASSANDRA J. RUNGEDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor The Unexpected Connections of Poetry and Mythology: Examining A Nostalgist's Map of America by Agha Shahid Ali
10:30
21 - 4 JACQUELINE A. JONESDr. Bridget Thomas and Dr. Clifton Kreps, Faculty Mentors Altered Fulfillment: Ovid’s Treatment of the Familiar in Myth
Presiding: Dr. Martha Bartter, Professor of English
22 - 1 SHANNON A. DAMERYDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Solitary Strength: Maiguru as a Powerful Figure in Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions
22 - 2 NEIL V. BALESDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor A Postcolonial Study of the Universalisms and Imperialism in Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre and Jean Rhys’ Wide Sargasso Sea
22 - 3 JILL M. STEENSGARDDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Beginning of the Independent African Woman: Altering Female Roles in Ama Ata Aidoo's Changes
22 - 4 ANNIE E. SCHIPPERSDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Dirt as Power: Resistance to Patriarchy and Colonialism in Tsitsi Dangarembga's Nervous Conditions
Presiding: Dr. Thomas Capuano, Professor of Foreign Language
23 - 1 RAYMOND G. FEILNER, JR.Dr. Thomas M. Capuano, Faculty Mentor Lexicography's Obstacles: A Closer Look at an Old Spanish Translation of Fibonacci
23 - 2 CHRISTOPHER R. STEFFEDr. Thomas M. Capuano, Faculty Mentor A Presentation of MS Additional 23002
23 - 3 MARSHALL F. EDWARDSDr. Thomas M. Capuano, Faculty Mentor The Lyrics of Brazilian Capoeira: Tradition, Values, and Culture
Naomi Shihab Nye, Acclaimed Poet, Essayist, and Teacher
Presiding: Mr. Mark Spitzer, Assistant Professor of English
1:15
35 - 1 PERRIN C. CARRELLProf. Mark Spitzer, Faculty Mentor "Bean Soup" and Other Poems
1:30
35 - 2 MICHAEL J. DERBYProf. Mark Spitzer, Faculty Mentor "A Cremation for Kansas" and Other Poems
Presiding: Dr. Linda Seidel, Professor of English
37 - 1 SAMUEL N. EDEHDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Rights of women and the girl child - the Nigerian perspective
37 - 2 IFEANYI J. ELECHIDr. Linda Seidel, Faculty Mentor African Women and Empire:The Untold Story of Colonialism
1:45
37 - 3 MATTHEW J. WELKERDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Social and Economic Control over Women in 19th Century Western Society as Portrayed in Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre and Jean Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea
2:00
37 - 4 MEAGHAN E. QUINLYDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor The Gender-Stratification of Marriage and Its Stifling Influence on Woman's Potential as Presented in Ama Ata Aidoo's Changes: A Love Story
2:15
37 - 5 JOHN H. HITZELDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor More Than Half a Century Later: Looking Back at Ralph Ellison’s “Battle Royal”
Presiding: Dr. Robert Mielke, Professor of English
38 - 1 EMILY J. MURDOCKDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Male Fear Silences Female Sexuality in Ama Ata Aidoo's Changes and Attia Hosain's Sunlight on a Broken Column
38 - 2 SARAH E. TSCHIGGFRIEDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Escaping the Burdens of Womanhood
38 - 3 AMANDA M. BARRDr. Bob Mielke, Faculty Mentor Jesus Loves Lesbians: The deeper meaning behind Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter
38 - 4 ALEXANDRIA L. LOCKETTDr. Linda Seidel, Faculty Mentor Sexualizing Oppression? Portrayals of African American Women in 21st Century Interracial Pornography
38 - 5 KRYSTAL R. MILLERDr. Elizabeth M. Clark, Faculty Mentor “Get in your undies!”; Rape as Romance on Mania TV
Presiding: Dr. Elizabeth Clark, Associate Professor of Communication
2:45
49 - 1 MARTIN L. GALLOWAYDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Lost in the Shadows
3:00
49 - 2 JESSICA M. RASMUSSENDr. Karon Speckman, Faculty Mentor A Content Analysis of Headlines from the 2004 Presidential Campaign
3:15
49 - 3 LISA J. HANSONDr. Diane Johnson, Faculty Mentor Media Literacy Programs and Adolescent Smoking Behavior
3:30
49 - 4 JOHNNY VINES♦Dr. Bob Mielke, Faculty Mentor "Real American" Orientalism: Examining the Evolution of Orientalism As a Paradox in World Wrestling Entertainment
3:45
49 - 5 ASHLEY S. OPPENHEIMDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Communism as a Driving Force in Arundhati Roy's novel The God of Small Things
Presiding: Dr. Elizabeth Delmonico, Professor of English
50 - 1 JAKE S. BEARDDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor "Exploring The Fear Motifs in Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things"
50 - 2 CHRISTOPHER D. ROBINSONDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Estha and the Orangedrink Lemondrink Man: Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things
50 - 3 CLARE M. MARTIN - WESTDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Completion and Twin-Egg Cohesion: an Analysis of Estha and Rahel's Relationship in Roy's God of Small Things
50 - 4 J. M. K.Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor The More Things Change the More They Stay the Same: Political Hypocrisy within Arundhati Roy’s Novel The God Of Small Things
50 - 5 ASHLEIGH N. JONESDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor The Power of Childhood Perception in Roy's The God of Small Things
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LUKIN T. MURPHYDr. Sally Cook, Faculty Mentor An Assessment of the Needs of Non-Native Speakers of English at Truman
