Program-At-A-Glance
Presiding: Dr. Hena Ahmad, Associate Professor of English
8:30
7 - 1 CHINAKA I. AGWUDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor The controversy: Black and White perspectives on Affirmative Action
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8:45
7 - 2 SAMUEL N. EDEHDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor (Re)Assessing African Gender Studies in American Classrooms
9:00
7 - 3 JERARD R. LEVERSONDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor What Eyes Have Not Seen: A Documentary On Ghetto
9:15
7 - 4 TREVOR J. ALEXANDERDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Homeland and Displacement: Issues of Loss in Agha Shahid Ali's "Postcard from Kashmir"
9:30
7 - 5 ERIN S. SILVADr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor A Call to Action: Working Towards Gender Equality in Changes
Presiding: Dr. Mary Shapiro, Associate Professor of Linguistics
8 - 1 JENNIFER I. FINLEYDr. Mary Shapiro, Faculty Mentor The Three Speech Acts in Bartleby the Scrivener
8 - 2 JILL D. HAMILTONDr. Christine Harker, Faculty Mentor Iona: The Melding of Political Community in the Imagined Community of Christianity
8 - 3 HEATHER RYAN*, SHANNON M. CLARKIN, and ANNE SCHONHARDTDr. Mary Shapiro, Faculty Mentor Language and Age
8 - 4 SHARITY D. NELSONDr. Christine Harker, Faculty Mentor The Legend of King Arthur's Tomb: The Role of Insular Culture in the Creation of English National Identity
8 - 5 JOANNA M. RISTOW* and LAINEY R. SEYLERDr. Mary Shapiro, Faculty Mentor Direction Giving: A Linguistic Analysis
Presiding: Nancy Majewski, Instructor in Communication
10:00
19 - 1 SAMANTHA N. BOUDRIADr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor "Drowning Ophelia": Ridding Media of Gender Stereotyping
10:15
19 - 2 CHRISTOPHER A. MATTHEWSDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Securing a Balance in Life: an Analysis of Okonkwo in Things Fall Apart
10:30
19 - 3 ANTONIA J. CAMPBELLDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Mother/Daughter Relationships: The Source of Esi's Dissatisfaction in Ama Ata Aidoo's Change
10:45
19 - 4 DANIEL C. TUCKERDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Bias in Moore’s Bowling for Columbine
11:00
19 - 5 JONATHON C. BURNSDr. Adam Davis, Faculty Mentor Travel Writing and Memoir: Experiential Research
Presiding: Dr. Matthew Killmeier, Assistant Professor of Communication
20 - 1 JOSHUA K. FENTONDr. Matthew Killmeier, Faculty Mentor a superstitious, cowardly lot: Cultural Representations in Frank Miller’s Batman
20 - 2 DANIEL D. COATEDr. Monica Barron, Faculty Mentor Masculine Struggle in “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber”
20 - 3 TALIA C. LINNEMANDr. Bob Mielke, Faculty Mentor Busby Berkely Dreams: Pop Culture in Magazines, Musicals, and 69 Love Songs
20 - 4 JENNIFER A. HERTLEINDr. Alanna Preussner and Dr. Priscilla Riggle, Faculty Mentors "Philip Marlowe in Drag": Gender Roles in Current Detective Fiction
20 - 5 XAVIER MORDRETDr. Cole Woodcox, Faculty Mentor An Interpretation of Spike Lee's Film Do the Right Thing From a Marxist Perspective
Barbara Dixon, President, Truman State University
Presiding: Dr. M. Royce Kallerud, Associate Professor of English
2:15
33 - 1 BRIAN R. ROSEDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Aristotle Doesn't Think Okonkow's a Tragic Hero!: A Look at Things Fall Apart
2:30
33 - 2 JESSICA L. FORDDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Enforcing the Love Laws: Baby Kochamma's Role in Roy's The God of Small Things
2:45
33 - 3 HILLARY R. KLOFKORNDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Richard Rodriguez: Literary Genius or Giant Tool?
3:00
33 - 4 ALEXANDER D. JOHNSONDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor The Powerful Voice
3:15
33 - 5 STEPHANIE A. MALINDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Anomie and Transformation: An Optimistic Reading Of Ayi Kwei Armah’s The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
Presiding: Dr. Bridget Thomas, Associate Professor of Classics
34 - 1 MELISSA R. CLARKDr. Clifton Kreps and Dr. Bridget Thomas, Faculty Mentors Evolution and Innovation in the Portrayal of the Cyclopes in Greek Literature (c. 725 BC to c. AD 150)
34 - 2 IFEANYI J. ELECHIMr. Eric M. Tumminia, Faculty Mentor Female Gender Roles In Igbo Culture
34 - 3 JOHN C. SHERWOODDr. Bridget Thomas and Dr. Clifton Kreps, Faculty Mentors The Mad Worlds of Aristophanes: Comedic Utopia in Fifth Century Athens
34 - 4 JEFFREY R. HUTCHINSONDr. Elizabeth M. Clark, Faculty Mentor A Reader- Response Criticism of "The Family Guy"
34 - 5 ERIC M. TUMMINIA♦Prof. Mark Spitzer, Faculty Mentor Peanuts and Raisins: Scenes from an Ozark Childhood
Presiding: Dr. Robert Mielke, Professor of English
35 - 1 DANA L. KUHNLINE♦Dr. Bob Mielke, Faculty Mentor We shape the landscape; the landscape shapes us: An exploration through poetry
35 - 2 KATHERINE M. RAMATOWSKIDr. Bob Mielke, Faculty Mentor The Way: A New Musical Based on the Lyrics and Music of Ani DiFranco
Presiding: Edward Rogers, Graduate Teaching Assistant in English
3:45
45 - 1 TY K. FAGANDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Midnight's Children and the Third Space
4:00
45 - 2 STEPHEN E. NELLISDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Okonkwo and the Severing of the Thread: Internal Denial as a Pathway to Cultural Destruction
4:15
45 - 3 DANIEL B. WITZOFSKYDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Escaping the Masculine in The God of Small Things
4:30
45 - 4 CASSANDRA J. RUNGEDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor "The Creature of Kumaon": The Embodiment of Agha Shahid Ali's Poetic Inspiration
4:45
45 - 5 AMY L. SHIPPDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Fitting In: Traditional Values versus Colonial Modernism in Changes: A Love Story
Presiding: Dr. Alanna Preussner, Associate Professor of English
46 - 1 RHIANNON C. SHOULTSDr. Antonio Scuderi, Faculty Mentor The Reader as Voyeur in the Works of Italo Calvino
46 - 2 KATIE A. GILBERT♦Dr. Alanna Preussner, Faculty Mentor Can We Tackle Wilde with a Five-Paragraph Essay? Why Teachers are Making the Move to Multigenre
46 - 3 EILENE E. KUEHNLE♦Dr. Alanna Preussner, Faculty Mentor The Diary of Anne Frank: Identity Construction Through Narrative
46 - 4 JOHN C. BECKERDr. Thomas M. Capuano, Faculty Mentor Evolutionary Change in Three Editions of an Early Printed Text Libro de Medecina Llamado Macer, eds 1518, 1519, 1527
46 - 5 MAGGIE E. MAYHANDr. Dennis Leavens, Faculty Mentor A Nameless Girl: Elizabeth Siddal, Model and Poet
