By Discipline: English - 2017 Student Research Conference

2017 Student Research Conference:
30th Annual Student Research Conference

By Discipline: English (2017)

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The following abstracts for discipline English have been submitted:

“On the other side, I see…”

Applying Intertextuality to David Lynch’s Inland Empire

Oral Paper
(Communication, English)
Isaac A. Carmichael
Dr. Mark Smith, Faculty Mentor
(308-5, 2:00, VH 1010)
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"The Sign's the Thing": Entertainment-as-Drug in Wallace's Infinite Jest

Oral Paper
(English, Linguistics, Philosophy & Religion)
Alan J. Smith
Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
(101-1, 8:00, MG 1000)
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Accuracy of "Plickers" as a Self-Reflection Tool

Oral Paper
(Education, English)
Shelby L. Kane♦
Dr. Donna Rhinesmith and Dr. Christopher Maglio, Faculty Mentors
(402-3, 3:00, MG 1090)
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African American of Mass incarceration: The New Jim Crow

Oral Paper
(History, Justice Systems, English)
Waymon D. White
Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
(108-2, 8:15, VH 1224)
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Allen Ginsberg’s “Kaddish”: Defying and Embracing Death in the Twentieth Century

Oral Paper
(English)
Abigail E. Dorsey
Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
(101-2, 8:15, MG 1000)
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Alternative Literature's Effect on Student Understanding of Canonical Texts

Oral Paper
(English MAE Intern, English, Education)
Katie J. Bailey♦
Dr. Rebecca Dierking, Dr. Summer Pennell, and Dr. Barbara Price, Faculty Mentors
(302-1, 1:00, MG 1090)
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Anita Sarkesian, Misrepresenting Videogame Sexism: A Critical look at a flawed argument

Oral Paper
(Interdisciplinary, English)
Reese Bennett
Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
(201-2, 9:45, MG 1000)
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Casablankout

Performance Art
(English, Interdisciplinary, Classics)
Alayna M. Mueller
Dr. James D'Agostino, Faculty Mentor
(304-4, 1:45, MG 1098)
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The Cause of Her Madness: Why Mr. Rochester is the Reason for Antoinette Rochester’s Insanity in Wide Sargasso Sea and Jane Eyre

Oral Paper
(English, Women's and Gender Studies)
Sarah L. Chabot♦
Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
(401-3, 3:00, MG 1000)
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Chupa Mi Cabra: A Creative Study of Queer Identity through Surrealist Poetry

Oral Paper
(English)
Sebastián G. Maldonado-Vélez
Dr. James D'Agostino, Faculty Mentor
(403-4, 3:15, MG 1096)
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A Climate Change Documentary or Horror Movie? A Textual Analysis of Documentary Music and its Influence on the Audience’s Perspective of Global Warming

Oral Paper
(Communication, English, Music)
Sarah K. Hicks
Dr. Marilyn Yaquinto, Faculty Mentor
(407-2, 2:45, VH 1010)
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Computer Generated Poetry

Oral Paper
(English, Computer Science)
Austin L. Stuart
Dr. David Partenheimer, Faculty Mentor
(403-3, 3:00, MG 1096)
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Creating a Perfect Society: Comparing Patriarchies and Matriarchies

Oral Paper
(Women's and Gender Studies, English)
Sara J. Wimmer
Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
(207-4, 10:15, MG 2090)
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Defunding and Destroying: the Truth of Health Care in the United States

Oral Paper
(Women's and Gender Studies, Health Science, English)
Brighid C. Heffernan
Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
(207-2, 9:45, MG 2090)
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Depictions of Breast Cancer and Female Struggle in Frances Burney’s “A Mastectomy”

Oral Paper
(English)
Laura L. Hedrick
Dr. Bob Mielke, Faculty Mentor
(304-1, 1:00, MG 1098)
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Disability and Inequality: Transforming Attitude

Oral Paper
(Disability and Society, Psychology, English)
Kayley N. Hagl
Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
(407-4, 3:15, VH 1010)
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Ecofeminism and Why it Matters

Oral Paper
(Women's and Gender Studies, Environmental Studies, English)
Theresa Howe
Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
(207-5, 10:30, MG 2090)
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Examining Voice: A Study of How Various Writing Contexts Affect Student Writing Voice

Oral Paper
(English MAE Intern, English, Education)
Michelle Hadler♦
Dr. Rebecca Dierking, Faculty Mentor
(202-1, 9:30, MG 1090)
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A feminist approach to Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea

Oral Paper
(English)
Haley L. Wood
Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
(101-3, 8:30, MG 1000)
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From Oppression to Madness:

A Postcolonial Examination of Jean Rhys’ Wide Sargasso Seas

Oral Paper
(English, Women's and Gender Studies)
KatRina A. Burgess♦
Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
(401-1, 2:30, MG 1000)
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Gender and Identity: The Classification That Defines Your Being

Oral Paper
(Interdisciplinary, English)
Danielle A. Krauck
Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
(201-3, 10:00, MG 1000)
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Gender Discrimination: A Personal Perspective

Oral Paper
(Sociology, English, Psychology)
Caitlin S. Donahue-Gleeson
Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
(410-1, 2:30, VH 1236)
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The Gender Inequality in Education by the Statistics

Oral Paper
(Education, Statistics, English)
Josh M. Thomas
Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
(402-1, 2:30, MG 1090)
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Greene's Theology of Liberation in The Comedians

Oral Paper
(English, Philosophy & Religion)
Alan J. Smith
Dr. Bob Mielke, Faculty Mentor
(304-2, 1:15, MG 1098)
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Hijab is Not Oppression

Oral Paper
(Sociology, History, English)
Zara J. Shoune
Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
(410-2, 2:45, VH 1236)
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His or Hers? Reviewing Gender Roles and Social Norms

Oral Paper
(Interdisciplinary, English)
Abbie K. Schultz
Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
(201-5, 10:30, MG 1000)
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How to Get Away with Feminism

Oral Paper
(Communication, English, Women's and Gender Studies)
Amy M. Jereb
Dr. Mark Smith, Faculty Mentor
(407-3, 3:00, VH 1010)
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Jaggering Shadows

Oral Paper
(English)
KatRina A. Burgess♦
Dr. James D'Agostino and Prof. Edward Rogers, Faculty Mentors
(304-3, 1:30, MG 1098)
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Looking at Undocumented Immigrants Through the Lens of Science Fiction Film District 9

Oral Paper
(Political Science, Sociology, English)
Kiden Pitia
Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
(209-1, 9:30, VH 1212)
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Mary Turner and Mental Illness in Doris Lessing's The Grass is Singing

Oral Paper
(English, African Studies, Disability and Society)
Mia P. Pohlman♦
Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
(301-2, 1:15, MG 1000)
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Memory and History in Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children

Oral Paper
(English)
Katie Lucarz♦
Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
(301-3, 1:30, MG 1000)
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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

Oral Paper
(English, African Studies, Women's and Gender Studies)
Lydia A. Whitacre♦
Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
(301-4, 1:45, MG 1000)
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One Drink for Man, One Drink for Environmental Inequality and Lead Poisoning

Oral Paper
(Environmental Studies, Political Science, English)
Sarah L. Larara
Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
(405-1, 2:30, MG 2050)
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One or The Other: Latent and Blatant Uses of Mimicry in Coetzee’s Foe

Oral Paper
(English)
Rowen L. Conry
Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
(301-5, 2:00, MG 1000)
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The Purpose and Critique of "Anonymity" in Go Ask Alice

Oral Paper
(English)
Katelyn N. Hawkins
Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
(101-4, 8:45, MG 1000)
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Reading Images: Using Linguistic Analysis of Comics to Improve Literacy

Poster
(Art, English, Interdisciplinary)
Sydney N. Ruffin
Dr. Heather Cianciola and Dr. John Quinn, Faculty Mentors
(P-4-, , GEO - SUB)
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Sex, Drugs, and Even More Drugs: John Jasper’s Dreams and Desires in The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Oral Paper
(English)
Rowen L. Conry
Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
(101-5, 9:00, MG 1000)
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Sexism and Women Scientists

Oral Paper
(Interdisciplinary, English)
Stephanie M. McDonald
Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
(201-1, 9:30, MG 1000)
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Shooting a Dog: Imperialist Pressure and Masculinity in George Orwell's Burmese Literature

Oral Paper
(English)
Cameron P. Clogston♦
Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
(301-1, 1:00, MG 1000)
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Stay-at-Home Mom: Understanding the Gap between Working Mothers and Working Fathers

Oral Paper
(Interdisciplinary, English)
Caroline G. Ruprecht
Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
(201-4, 10:15, MG 1000)
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Teaching Grammar: Altering Student Attitudes Through Contextual Learning

Oral Paper
(English MAE Intern, English MAE Intern, English)
Julianne L. Dworak♦
Dr. Rebecca Dierking, Faculty Mentor
(102-3, 8:30, MG 1090)
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Traditions of Nihilism in German Picaresque Works

Oral Paper
(English)
Jesse R. Dinkins
Dr. David Partenheimer, Faculty Mentor
(403-1, 2:30, MG 1096)
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Transcending Feminism: Queering the Equality Movement

Oral Paper
(Women's and Gender Studies, English)
leilani (Ian) S. Pratt
Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
(207-3, 10:00, MG 2090)
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Unequal Childhoods: A Look at Race and Class within Family Dynamics

Oral Paper
(History, Psychology, English)
Kayla J. Clay
Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
(108-1, 8:00, VH 1224)
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Visions of Home: Variations on Nostalgia in Sam Selvon and Agha Shahid Ali

Oral Paper
(English)
Connor P. Maguire♦
Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
(401-2, 2:45, MG 1000)
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Why Trust the Picaro?

Oral Paper
(English, Geography)
Sarah Larson
Dr. David Partenheimer, Faculty Mentor
(403-2, 2:45, MG 1096)
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