Program-At-A-Glance
Presiding: Hena Ahmad
8:00
2 - 1 DEVIN A. HEIERDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Social Disorientation: A Historical and New Critical Analysis of Shusake Endo's Silence
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8:15
2 - 2 ALEX C. SENGERDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor The Past in a Portrait: Agha Shahid Ali's "Cracked Portraits" and its Construction of History
8:30
2 - 3 JORDAN H. LEWISDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Reading Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things as a Feminist Novel
8:45
2 - 4 DANIEL R. PHILBINDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor "The Looms of Bengal Silenced": History and Memory in Agha Shahid Ali's "The Dacca Gauzes"
9:00
2 - 5 MATT R. HERNANDEZDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Colonial Legacy in Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things
Presiding: Elizabeth Delmonico
3 - 1 JONATHAN D. WALTONDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Dreams in Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things
3 - 2 ALY MARTIDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor "A Blink of the Earth Woman's Eye:" Ecofeminism in Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things
3 - 3 SARAH E. PAULEYDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor "Power's Fear of Powerlessness" in Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things
3 - 4 CONSTANCE A. TUBBSDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor The God of Loss: The Role of Velutha in The God of Small Things
3 - 5 GUINEVERE A. LAWSONDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Siblings and Love Laws in Arundhati Roys The God of Small Things and V. C. Andrews Flowers in the Attic
Presiding: Robert Mielke
4 - 1 JESSICA M. JENKOTDr. Bob Mielke, Faculty Mentor Gender and Race in Second Class Citizen and Their Eyes Were Watching God
4 - 2 KATHRYN E. FRITZDr. James D'Agostino, Faculty Mentor Séance: Finding and Expressing the Poetic in Research
4 - 3 KATHERINE E. RAMLOSEDr. Bob Mielke, Faculty Mentor Tom Stoppard's Portrayal of Czechoslovakian History in Rock 'n' Roll
4 - 4 KATHERINE V. MURPHYDr. James D'Agostino, Faculty Mentor Their Side of the Story: A Multi-Genre Exploration of Autobiography
4 - 5 MADISON C. MARCHDr. Bob Mielke, Faculty Mentor Class, Gender, and Diaspora: The Role of Status and Flexibility in Buchi Emecheta's Second-Class Citizen
Presiding: Julianna Taylor
9:30
14 - 1 MEAGAN E. MCGLASSONDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor The Binary Nature of Sexuality in Xinran's The Good Women of China and Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things
9:45
14 - 2 LAUREN A. BAKERDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Discriminatory Attitudes Toward Men's and Women's Sexual Needs in Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things
10:00
14 - 3 JENNIFER L. WILBORNDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Portrayals of Loss in Xinran's The Good Women of China.
10:15
14 - 4 AMANDA L. WILLIAMSDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Of All Things Female: The Écriture Féminine in The God of Small Things
10:30
14 - 5 MICHELLE E. NORIEGADr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Reducing Homosexuality to a Stereotype in Xinran's The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices
15 - 1 TREVOR A. GRIZZELLDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Deepa Mehta's Elements Trilogy: Transnational Visions of Women's India(s)
15 - 2 MADISON C. MARCHDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Class Consciousness in Sunlight on a Broken Column: Locating the Connections between Attia Hosain and the Progressive Writers' Movement
15 - 3 SAMANTHA R. SIMMSDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Antidepressants for an Uplifting Future?
15 - 4 REBECCA J. KOLLDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Driven to Despair: A Psychoanalytical Examination of Edna Pontellier in Kate Chopin's The Awakening
15 - 5 ASHLEY L. WOLFDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor "When the Dream is Over": A Psychoanalytic Reading of Agha Shahid Ali's "I Dream It Is Afternoon When I Return to Delhi"
Presiding: Anthony Meyer
16 - 1 IAN J. CANTRELLDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Through a Surrealist Lens: Memory and Dreams in The Half-Inch Himalayas by Agha Shahid Ali
16 - 2 DEVIN K. O'BRYANDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor "My Body Casts His Shadow": Exploring the Uncanny in Agha Shahid Ali's The Half-Inch Himalayas
16 - 3 NOELLE G. CHANDLERDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor An Album of Loss: A New Critical Analysis of the Imagery in Agha Shahid Ali's "Postcard from Kashmir" and "A Lost Memory of Delhi" from his collection The Half-Inch Himalayas
16 - 4 AILEEN A. GALLAGHERDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor The Illuminative Capacities of the Transactive Theory of Reading, and the Impulse Toward Creative Fusion of Self and Other: A Look at Agha Shahid Ali's The Half-Inch Himalayas
16 - 5 MEGAN A. KABLERDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Exile, Loss, and Longing in Agha Shahid Ali's The Half-Inch Himalayas
From the Bible to Star Wars: Religion and Popular Culture
John Lyden,Visiting Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Grand View University
Presiding: Kelly Tharp
1:15
24 - 1 JULIE E. PERREYDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor It Had To Be You: An Analysis of Women's Relationships in Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things
1:30
24 - 2 CHARUNDI K. PANAGODADr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor An Ecofeminist and Ecocritical Analysis of Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things
1:45
24 - 3 JESSICA M. JENKOTDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor All Is Fair In Love and War: Love in Arundhati Roy's The God Of Small Things
2:00
24 - 4 TIANNA K. SIMENSONDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor The Loss of Innocence in Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things
2:15
24 - 5 EMILY J. AUTREYDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Locked Out of the History House: Criticizing Orientalism in Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things
Presiding: Karianne Jones
25 - 1 JAIME N. CHAMBERSDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Geography of the Self: Landscape and Identity in Agha Shahid Ali's "Postcard from Kashmir"
25 - 2 ERIC R. GAULDENDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor A Redefinition of Home: An Analysis of "Postcard from Kashmir"
25 - 3 OMONSEIGHO O. ESANGBEDODr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor EXILE: An Analysis of Agha Shahid Ali's "Postcard from Kashmir"
25 - 4 CAROLINA SCALZODr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Sustaining the Human Dignity of Biotechnology: A Plausible Cause?
25 - 5 JULIANNE E. MEYERDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor "To Crush or to Hold": The Power of a Mother in Janet Fitch's White Oleander
Presiding: Linda Seidel
26 - 1 KATHRYN J. MCCLAINDr. Sarah Mohler, Faculty Mentor Interlocking Worlds: A Cognitive Reading of David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas
26 - 2 STEPHEN J. FURLONGDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor How Parents Shape Us: A Psychoanalytical Approach to Plath's "Daddy" and Hughes' "Mother to Son"
26 - 4 DAVID D. WINNDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor An Examination of Insanity and Allusion in Vladimir Nabokov's "Signs and Symbols"
Presiding: Paul Yoder
33 - 2 REBECCA PUND*♦ and ALAINA MEUTH♦Dr. Barbara Price and Dr. Paul L. Yoder, Faculty Mentors Comparing the Effectiveness of Vocabulary Instruction Methods
33 - 4 ALLISON B. PHILLIPS♦Dr. Paul L. Yoder, Faculty Mentor Increasing Student Engagement and Comprehension Through Literature Circles
Presiding: Alanna Preussner
2:45
38 - 1 TOM FRANKENDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Structure and Chaos: Examining Dominant and Submissive Entities in The God of Small Things
3:00
38 - 2 MEGHAN L. NEWTONDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Color as Metaphor: The Psychological Significance of Color in Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things
3:15
38 - 3 SERENA A. KARRAKERDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor A Marxist Approach to Roy's The God of Small Things
3:30
38 - 4 KURTIS B. MILBERGDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor The Evasion of Dreams in The God of Small Things
3:45
38 - 5 ANN N. RICEDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor The Caste of Arundhati Roy's Novel The God of Small Things
Presiding: Kasey Perkins
39 - 1 ALISON N. STAGNERDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Presentation Withdrawn
39 - 2 JANNA E. LANGHOLZDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Things Incapable of Communication: Ambiguity and Absurdity in Post-War Japan
39 - 3 KI'ARA D. CROSSDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor The Characteristics of a Good Woman in The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices
39 - 4 JAMES LEWISDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor The Oppression of the Individual: A New Historicist Analysis of Lao She's The Rickshaw Boy
39 - 5 DAUNTE L. MONROEDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor "Women and Their Trifles": A Look At The Influence Women Have and The Significance of Motherhood In Their Oppressed Roles in Susan Glaspell's Trifles
41 - 1 JAMES W. MELLISHDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor "What You Want Destroys What You Need": A Marxist Criticism of Vance Moore's Odyssey
41 - 2 ALEXANDER C. DAGUEDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor "The Cask of Amontillado": A Psychoanalytic Criticism
41 - 3 MEGAN A. CALDWELLDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor A Woman's Way; A Feminist-Marxist Analysis of A Doll's House and "A Rose for Emily"
41 - 4 BRANDON S. WHITMOREDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor "Maps and Mirrors" in Amitav Ghosh's The Shadow Lines
41 - 5 JUSTINE C. DE ROACHDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor A Marxist Interpretation of William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice
Presiding: Lloyd Pflueger
44 - 2 RACHEL E. WHITEDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Three Women in the Wrong; A Feminist Approach to the Stories of Eve, Delilah, and Mary Magdalene in the Bible
