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Writing and Research Competitions at ULM

Winners of the ULM Research Symposium Essays

Every spring, ULM sponsors a Research Symposium in which students showcase their work for the year.ÌýPapers 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

ÌýL-R:ÌýCameron Irby, Rebekah Barnes, Anson Andrews, David Brasher, Rachael Maddox

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Spring 2016

Undergraduate:

1st:ÌýÌýÌý David Brasher, “‘A Theatre of Manliness’: How Ronny Heaslop’s Masculinity in E.M. Forster’s A Passage to India Serves British Colonialism.â€� 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:Ìý Rachael Maddox, “Netflix Narrative: The Development of Serial Storytelling.â€� Faculty Mentor: Dr. Janet Haedicke (English; Undergraduate)
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Graduate:
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1st: Rebekah Barnes, “Stephen’s Artistic Identity: Paternity in Joyce’s Portrait and Ulysses.� Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jana Giles (English; Graduate)
2nd:ÌýÌý Anson Andrews, “Eagles and Authority: Chaucer’s Subversion of Classical Authority and Creation of English Authority.â€� Faculty Mentor:Ìý Dr. Will Rogers (English; Graduate)

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Spring 2015

Undergraduate:ÌýOral Presentation

First place: Rachael Maddox of Start presented “Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Unraveling the Roles of Shakespeare’s Forests.� Maddox’s mentor is Dr. Julia Guernsey-Pitchford.

Graduate:ÌýOral Presentation

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

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Spring 2014

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Adam BreitenbachGraduate winners

ÌýFirst place: Adam Breitenbach
Ìý“E.M. Forster’s StrategicÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Indeterminacy in A Passage to Indiaâ€�
ÌýFaculty mentor:Ìý Dr. Jana Giles


Undergraduate

First place: Jillian AllbrittonÌý
“Stinking Lizaveta: the Humble Saint of The Brothers Karamazov�
Faculty mentor:Ìý Dr. Jana Giles







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Spring 2013

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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
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Spring 2012

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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:ÌýStephanie Pierce, “Mad and Melodious: An Analysis of Ophelia’s Songs in Hamlet.â€�ÌýFaculty mentor Dr. LaRue Sloan.

Second place:ÌýMaure Kyser, “The Construct of the Ideal Woman in The Rape of Lucrece.â€� Faculty mentor Dr. LaRue Sloan.

Third place.ÌýKristi Thomson, “Turning Tragedy into Triumph in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.â€�ÌýFaculty mentor Dr. Julie Guernsey-Pitchford.

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Spring 2009

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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: Moll’s 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:ÌýLauren Fix
Department of English.Ìý
“Until Death Do Us Part: A Study of Marriage in The Tragedy of Othello.â€�Ìý
Mentor, Dr. LaRue Sloan.

Third place:ÌýTara Kester
Department of History.Ìý
“The Aftermath of the 1967 Newark Riots: Not a Legacy, Just a Continuation.â€�Ìý
Mentors, Dr. Monica Bontty and Dr. Jeffrey Anderson.
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