October 12, 2011

Students in the Master of Arts in English, Literary, Cultural, and Textual Studies program have been active at conferences around the country this calendar year. In addition, Lindsay Anderson and April Urban had an article published in Southern Discourse.

Conference Presentations:

Jessica Holland, “Chasing Posthuman Reality: Simulacra, Advertising, and Philip K. Dick’s Ubik .” Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association National Conference, San Antonio, Texas, April 2011.

Lesley Kamphaus, “Before things got so serious:  Simulated Space in Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake.” Composing Spaces: An Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference, University of Cincinnati, 13 May 2011.

Lindsay McCoy, “More Fun in the Virtual World: Using iPod, LiveChat Transcripts, and E-notes to Reflect on Tutoring Strategies.” 2011 Southeastern Writing Center Association Conference, University of Alabama, February 2011.

Jay Jay Stroup, “Rediscovering Bonds of Intimacy: The Female Homosocial and Lesbian Continuum in Milcah Martha Moore’s Book .”  American Studies Symposium, West Lafayette, Indiana, April 2011. 

Jay Jay Stroup, “The Martha Graham Academy and the AnooYoo Spa:  The Production/Reproduction of Feminine Space in Atwood’s Oryx and Crake  and The Year of the Flood .”  Composing Spaces, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 2011.

 

SpencerTricker, “‘Cruel Ignominious Death’: Martyrdom of the Marginalized in John Neal’s Rachel Dyer ” at the College English Association 2011 conference in St. Petersburg on March 31st, 2011

Blake Vives, “The Melting Snowman and the Adaptive Gardener: Space and Identity in Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam Trilogy.” Composing Spaces: An Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference, University of Cincinnati, 13 May 2011.

 

Blake Vives, “Uncovering Deborah Sampson’s Apparently Silenced Voice: Gallantress of Early American Female Masculinity.” 36th Annual American Studies Symposium, Purdue University, 15 April 2011.

 

Publications:

Anderson, Lindsay and April Urban. “Using Technology as a Reflective Tool.” Southern Discourse 15.3 (2011): 6-7. Print.