
ÌýL-R:ÌýCameron Irby, Rebekah Barnes, Anson Andrews, David Brasher, Rachael Maddox
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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.� 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)
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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Graduate winnersÌýFirst 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 Karamazovâ€� Faculty mentor:Ìý Dr. Jana Giles |
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 ![]() ![]() |
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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. |
ÌýSpring 2010
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| 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. |
![]() 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. |