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The following abstracts for discipline have been submitted:

• “Calumnia”: An Analysis of Female Trickster Figures in Ancient Greek Literature
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (Classics)
  Joshua M. Jones
  Dr. Clifton Kreps, Faculty Mentor
  (21-2, 10:00, VH 1304)
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• Altered Fulfillment: Ovid’s Treatment of the Familiar in Myth
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (Classics)
  Jacqueline A. Jones
  Dr. Bridget Thomas and Dr. Clifton Kreps, Faculty Mentors
  (21-4, 10:30, VH 1304)
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• Revenge of the Poet: Ovid Critiques Augustus through Myth
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (Classics)
  Ellen E. O'Leary
  Dr. Bridget Thomas and Dr. Clifton Kreps, Faculty Mentors
  (21-1, 9:45, VH 1304)
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• “Get in your undies!”; Rape as Romance on Mania TV
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (Communication)
  Krystal R. Miller
  Dr. Elizabeth M. Clark, Faculty Mentor
  (38-5, 2:15, VH 1320)
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• A Content Analysis of Headlines from the 2004 Presidential Campaign
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (Communication)
  Jessica M. Rasmussen
  Dr. Karon Speckman, Faculty Mentor
  (49-2, 3:00, VH 1304)
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• Lost in the Shadows
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (Communication)
  Martin L. Galloway
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (49-1, 2:45, VH 1304)
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• Media Literacy Programs and Adolescent Smoking Behavior
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (Communication)
  Lisa J. Hanson
  Dr. Diane Johnson, Faculty Mentor
  (49-3, 3:15, VH 1304)
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• Solitary Strength: Maiguru as a Powerful Figure in Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Shannon A. Damery
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (22-1, 9:45, VH 1320)
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• "Bean Soup" and Other Poems
  Performance Art
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Perrin C. Carrell
  Prof. Mark Spitzer, Faculty Mentor
  (35-1, 1:15, OP 2302, Black Box Theatre)
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• "A Cremation for Kansas" and Other Poems
  Performance Art
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Michael J. Derby
  Prof. Mark Spitzer, Faculty Mentor
  (35-2, 1:30, OP 2302, Black Box Theatre)
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• "Exploring The Fear Motifs in Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things"
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Jake S. Beard
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (50-1, 2:45, VH 1320)
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• "Lucia: The Role of an Empowered Woman in Dangarembga's Nervous Conditions"
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Katie A. Boes
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (6-2, 9:00, VH 1408)
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• "Playing With Revision”: Exploring the Connections Between Run Lola Run and Dance
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Sydney C. Young
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (6-1, 8:45, VH 1408)
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• An Assessment of the Needs of Non-Native Speakers of English at Truman
  Poster
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Lukin T. Murphy
  Dr. Sally Cook, Faculty Mentor
  (60-52, 4:15, OP Lobby and Atrium)
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• Beginning of the Independent African Woman: Altering Female Roles in Ama Ata Aidoo's Changes
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Jill M. Steensgard
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (22-3, 10:15, VH 1320)
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• Communism as a Driving Force in Arundhati Roy's novel The God of Small Things
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Ashley S. Oppenheim
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (49-5, 3:45, VH 1304)
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• Completion and Twin-Egg Cohesion: an Analysis of Estha and Rahel's Relationship in Roy's God of Small Things
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Clare M. Martin - West
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (50-3, 3:15, VH 1320)
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• Creating Languages: A Close Look At Nadsat In A Clockwork Orange By Anthony Burgess
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Farah Mahlaoui♦
  Dr. Sally Cook, Faculty Mentor
  (4-1, 8:15, VH 1304)
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• Dirt as Power: Resistance to Patriarchy and Colonialism in Tsitsi Dangarembga's Nervous Conditions
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Annie E. Schippers
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (22-4, 10:30, VH 1320)
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• Escaping the Burdens of Womanhood
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Sarah E. Tschiggfrie
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (38-2, 1:30, VH 1320)
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• Estha and the Orangedrink Lemondrink Man: Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Christopher D. Robinson
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (50-2, 3:00, VH 1320)
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• Fox News Live and CNN News Live: Is It What They Say or How They Say It?
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Crystal L. Buffaloe♦
  Dr. Sally Cook, Faculty Mentor
  (4-4, 9:00, VH 1304)
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• From Helen Keller to Saddam Hussein: Offensive Humor as Folklore
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Andrew M. Warner
  Dr. Betsy Delmonico, Faculty Mentor
  (6-3, 9:15, VH 1408)
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• The Gender-Stratification of Marriage and Its Stifling Influence on Woman's Potential as Presented in Ama Ata Aidoo's Changes: A Love Story
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Meaghan E. Quinly
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (37-4, 2:00, VH 1304)
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• Grammar: Where Are We Now?
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Andrew J. Kramer♦
  Dr. Sally Cook, Faculty Mentor
  (4-5, 9:15, VH 1304)
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• Isolationism, Living Death, and Emily Grierson
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Steven J. Bermudez
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (5-5, 9:15, VH 1320)
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• Male Fear Silences Female Sexuality in Ama Ata Aidoo's Changes and Attia Hosain's Sunlight on a Broken Column
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Emily J. Murdock
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (38-1, 1:15, VH 1320)
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• More Than Half a Century Later: Looking Back at Ralph Ellison’s “Battle Royal”
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  John H. Hitzel
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (37-5, 2:15, VH 1304)
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• The More Things Change the More They Stay the Same: Political Hypocrisy within Arundhati Roy’s Novel The God Of Small Things
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  J. M. k.
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (50-4, 3:30, VH 1320)
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• Politeness in Sartre's Huis clos: scene V
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Daniel D. Coate♦
  Dr. Sally Cook, Faculty Mentor
  (4-2, 8:30, VH 1304)
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• A Postcolonial Study of the Universalisms and Imperialism in Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre and Jean Rhys’ Wide Sargasso Sea
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Neil V. Bales
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (22-2, 10:00, VH 1320)
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• The Power of Childhood Perception in Roy's The God of Small Things
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Ashleigh N. Jones
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (50-5, 3:45, VH 1320)
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• Readdressing the Question of Unferth
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Jacqueline M. Tosspon
  Dr. Christine Harker, Faculty Mentor
  (5-4, 9:00, VH 1320)
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• "Real American" Orientalism: Examining the Evolution of Orientalism As a Paradox in World Wrestling Entertainment
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Johnny Vines♦
  Dr. Bob Mielke, Faculty Mentor
  (49-4, 3:30, VH 1304)
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• Rights of women and the girl child - the Nigerian perspective
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Samuel N. Edeh
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (37-1, 1:15, VH 1304)
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• Sexualizing Oppression? Portrayals of African American Women in 21st Century Interracial Pornography
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Alexandria L. Lockett
  Dr. Linda Seidel, Faculty Mentor
  (38-4, 2:00, VH 1320)
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• 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
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Matthew J. Welker
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (37-3, 1:45, VH 1304)
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• Space and Time in Three Works by Amitav Ghosh
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Sarah N. Birman
  Dr. Betsy Delmonico, Faculty Mentor
  (5-2, 8:30, VH 1320)
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• T.S. Eliot's Sardonic Love Song Challenges Desolate Society
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Katie E. Monaghan
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (5-3, 8:45, VH 1320)
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• Trends in Email Formallity Across Age Groups
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Todd L. Kuhns♦
  Dr. Sally Cook, Faculty Mentor
  (4-3, 8:45, VH 1304)
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• The Unexpected Connections of Poetry and Mythology: Examining A Nostalgist's Map of America by Agha Shahid Ali
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Cassandra J. Runge
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (21-3, 10:15, VH 1304)
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• Jesus Loves Lesbians: The deeper meaning behind Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (Interdisciplinary)
  Amanda M. Barr
  Dr. Bob Mielke, Faculty Mentor
  (38-3, 1:45, VH 1320)
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• A Middle English Geoffrey of Franconia: A Dialectal Analysis
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (Interdisciplinary)
  Andrea L. Waldrop
  Dr. Christine Harker, Faculty Mentor
  (5-1, 8:15, VH 1320)
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• A Presentation of MS Additional 23002
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (Latin)
  Christopher R. Steffe
  Dr. Thomas M. Capuano, Faculty Mentor
  (23-2, 10:00, OP 2111)
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• The Lyrics of Brazilian Capoeira: Tradition, Values, and Culture
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (Portuguese)
  Marshall F. Edwards
  Dr. Thomas M. Capuano, Faculty Mentor
  (23-3, 10:15, OP 2111)
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• African Women and Empire:The Untold Story of Colonialism
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (Sociology/Anthropology)
  Ifeanyi J. Elechi
  Dr. Linda Seidel, Faculty Mentor
  (37-2, 1:30, VH 1304)
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• Lexicography's Obstacles: A Closer Look at an Old Spanish Translation of Fibonacci
  Poster
  
  Language & Literature (Spanish)
  Raymond G. Feilner, Jr.
  Dr. Thomas M. Capuano, Faculty Mentor
  (23-1, 9:45, OP 2111)
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