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Writing and Research Competitions at 91做厙

Winners of the 91做厙 Research Symposium Essays

Every spring, 91做厙 sponsors a Research Symposium in which students showcase their work for the year.泭Papers read from a variety of disciplines compete for recognition and the best are chosen from among them by a team of faculty judges.
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winners

泭L-R:泭Cameron Irby, Rebekah Barnes, Anson Andrews, David Brasher, Rachael Maddox


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Spring 2016

Undergraduate:

1st:泭泭泭 David Brasher, A Theatre of Manliness: How Ronny Heaslops Masculinity in E.M. Forsters A Passage to India Serves British Colonialism. Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jana Giles (English; Undergraduate)
2nd: Cameron Irby, Teaching Electronic Literature: An Argument for a New Literary Medium. Faculty Mentor: Dr. Julia Guernsey-Pitchford (English; Undergraduate)
3rd:泭 Rachael Maddox, Netflix Narrative: The Development of Serial Storytelling. Faculty Mentor: Dr. Janet Haedicke (English; Undergraduate)

Graduate:

1st: Rebekah Barnes, Stephens Artistic Identity: Paternity in Joyces Portrait and Ulysses. Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jana Giles (English; Graduate)
2nd:泭泭 Anson Andrews, Eagles and Authority: Chaucers Subversion of Classical Authority and Creation of English Authority. Faculty Mentor:泭 Dr. Will Rogers (English; Graduate)

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Spring 2015

Undergraduate:泭Oral Presentation

First place: Rachael Maddox of Start presented Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Unraveling the Roles of Shakespeares Forests. Maddoxs mentor is Dr. Julia Guernsey-Pitchford.

Graduate:泭Oral Presentation

First place: Catherine Olson of Oil City presented Roman de la Rose: A False Seeming Multiplicity. Olsons faculty mentors are Dr. Jana Giles and Dr. Rebecca Stephenson.

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Spring 2014

Adam BreitenbachGraduate winners

泭First place: Adam Breitenbach
泭E.M. Forsters Strategic泭泭泭泭泭泭泭泭泭 Indeterminacy in A Passage to India
泭Faculty mentor:泭 Dr. Jana Giles


Undergraduate

First place: Jillian Allbritton
Stinking Lizaveta: the Humble Saint of The Brothers Karamazov
Faculty mentor:泭 Dr. Jana Giles







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Spring 2013

Graduate winners

First place: Adam Breitenbach
Department of English
"The Monkey Wrench Gang and Environmental Radicalism"
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jana Giles

Second place: Justina Salassi
Department of English
"Hipster Kitsch: Toward and Appreciation of the Other"
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Mary Adams

Third place: Katherine Roy
Department of English
"The High Price of Dreaming: The Performance of Masculinity in August Wilson's Fences and Suzan-Lori Parks' Topdog/Underdog"
Faculty Mentor, Dr. Janet Haedicke
Undergraduate

First place: Melinda Johnson
Department of Foreign Languages
"English in Korean Popular Culture"
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Rebecca Stephenson

Second place: Danielle Jones
Pharmacy
"The Influence of Catalunya on the Life and Works of Antoni Gaudi"
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ruth Smith
Justina Salassi
Adam Breitenbach
Adam Breitenbach泭泭泭泭泭泭泭泭泭泭泭泭 泭 泭 泭 泭 泭 泭泭泭泭 Justina Salassi
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Spring 2012

Graduate winners

First place: Andrew Price
Department of English
Literary Hoaxes
Faculty mentor Dr. Mary Adams.

Second place: Hannah Clifton
Department of English
King Arthur in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Faculty mentor Dr. Rebecca Stephenson.

Undergraduate

First place: Shanae Thomas
Department of English
Amy as a Decider in the novel Roxana
Faculty mentor Dr. David Nunnery.






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Spring 2010

First place:泭Stephanie Pierce, Mad and Melodious: An Analysis of Ophelias Songs in Hamlet.泭Faculty mentor Dr. LaRue Sloan.

Second place:泭Maure Kyser, The Construct of the Ideal Woman in The Rape of Lucrece. Faculty mentor Dr. LaRue Sloan.

Third place.泭Kristi Thomson, Turning Tragedy into Triumph in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.泭Faculty mentor Dr. Julie Guernsey-Pitchford.

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Spring 2009

First place Winners
Brittany Layne Stringer
Department of Communications
Communicating Health: Childhood Obesity and Elementary Health Education
Mentor, Dr. Mara Loeb
Vanelis Rivera
Department of English
"Lacing Up Sexuality and Unlacing Independence: Molls Wearing of a Codpiece and Breeches in The Roaring Girl
Mentor, Dr. LaRue Sloan.
Vanelis Rivera receives First Place Reseach Award from President Cofer
President Cofer awards Vanelis Rivera 1st place
for her research paper on Moll Frith.

Second place:泭Lauren Fix
Department of English.泭
Until Death Do Us Part: A Study of Marriage in The Tragedy of Othello.泭
Mentor, Dr. LaRue Sloan.

Third place:泭Tara Kester
Department of History.泭
The Aftermath of the 1967 Newark Riots: Not a Legacy, Just a Continuation.泭
Mentors, Dr. Monica Bontty and Dr. Jeffrey Anderson.