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Writing and Research Competitions at 天美影视

Winners of the 天美影视 Research Symposium Essays

Every spring, 天美影视 sponsors a Research Symposium in which students showcase their work for the year.听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

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

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Spring 2016

Undergraduate:

1st:听听听 David Brasher, 鈥溾�楢 Theatre of Manliness鈥�: How Ronny Heaslop鈥檚 Masculinity in E.M. Forster鈥檚 A Passage to India Serves British Colonialism.鈥� Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jana Giles (English; Undergraduate)
2nd: Cameron Irby, 鈥淭eaching Electronic Literature: An Argument for a New Literary Medium.鈥� Faculty Mentor: Dr. Julia Guernsey-Pitchford (English; Undergraduate)
3rd:听 Rachael Maddox, 鈥淣etflix Narrative: The Development of Serial Storytelling.鈥� Faculty Mentor: Dr. Janet Haedicke (English; Undergraduate)
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Graduate:
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1st: Rebekah Barnes, 鈥淪tephen鈥檚 Artistic Identity: Paternity in Joyce鈥檚 Portrait and Ulysses.鈥� Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jana Giles (English; Graduate)
2nd:听听 Anson Andrews, 鈥淓agles and Authority: Chaucer鈥檚 Subversion of Classical Authority and Creation of English Authority.鈥� Faculty Mentor:听 Dr. Will Rogers (English; Graduate)

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Spring 2015

Undergraduate:听Oral Presentation

First place: Rachael Maddox of Start presented 鈥淪eeing the Forest for the Trees: Unraveling the Roles of Shakespeare鈥檚 Forests.鈥� Maddox鈥檚 mentor is Dr. Julia Guernsey-Pitchford.

Graduate:听Oral Presentation

First place: Catherine Olson of Oil City presented 鈥淩oman de la Rose: A 鈥楩alse Seeming鈥� Multiplicity.鈥� Olson鈥檚 faculty mentors are Dr. Jana Giles and Dr. Rebecca Stephenson.

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Spring 2014

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Adam BreitenbachGraduate winners

听First place: Adam Breitenbach
听鈥淓.M. Forster鈥檚 Strategic听听听听听听听听听 Indeterminacy in A Passage to India鈥�
听Faculty mentor:听 Dr. Jana Giles


Undergraduate

First place: Jillian Allbritton听
鈥淪tinking Lizaveta: the Humble Saint of The Brothers Karamazov鈥�
Faculty mentor:听 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
鈥淟iterary Hoaxes鈥�
Faculty mentor Dr. Mary Adams.

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

Undergraduate

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






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Spring 2010

First place:听Stephanie Pierce, 鈥淢ad and Melodious: An Analysis of Ophelia鈥檚 Songs in Hamlet.鈥澨鼺aculty mentor Dr. LaRue Sloan.

Second place:听Maure Kyser, 鈥淭he Construct of the Ideal Woman in The Rape of Lucrece.鈥� Faculty mentor Dr. LaRue Sloan.

Third place.听Kristi Thomson, 鈥淭urning Tragedy into Triumph in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.鈥澨鼺aculty mentor Dr. Julie Guernsey-Pitchford.

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Spring 2009

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First place Winners
Brittany Layne Stringer
Department of Communications
鈥淐ommunicating Health: Childhood Obesity and Elementary Health Education鈥�
Mentor, Dr. Mara Loeb
Vanelis Rivera
Department of English
"Lacing Up Sexuality and Unlacing Independence: Moll鈥檚 Wearing of a Codpiece and Breeches in The Roaring Girl鈥�
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:听Lauren Fix
Department of English.听
鈥淯ntil Death Do Us Part: A Study of Marriage in The Tragedy of Othello.鈥澨�
Mentor, Dr. LaRue Sloan.

Third place:听Tara Kester
Department of History.听
鈥淭he Aftermath of the 1967 Newark Riots: Not a Legacy, Just a Continuation.鈥澨�
Mentors, Dr. Monica Bontty and Dr. Jeffrey Anderson.
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