Scholarship and Creativity Day: April 28, 2007
At the seventh annual Scholarship and Creativity Day, many English majors presented their research and creative projects for fellow students, faculty, staff, and families.
Below is a list of the presenters, their faculty advisors, and their topics:
- Jolene Brink (S. Mara Faulkner, OSB)
The Relationship Between Poetry and Conflict: A Study of the Wars in Guatemala, Bosnia and Somalia
- Leah Niebur (Dr. Mike Opitz)
How to Kill a Myth and Plead the Fifth: The Mechanics of Andy Warhol and Barthian Mythology
- Grace Brogan (S. Eva Hooker, CSC)
Poetry
- Alison Frank (S. Mara Faulkner, OSB)
Refused at the Door
- Rachel Peterson (S. Mara Faulkner, OSB)
A Reading of "The Calm Before"
- Kelly Marie Prosen (Dr. Noreen Herzfeld, Fr. JP Earls)
Beyond the Unmoved Mover: Rahner's Theology of Grace in The Lord of the Rings and the Chronicles of Narnia
- Kelly Marie Prosen (Dr. Christina Shouse-Tourino)
Ellison's Blind Spot: Women's Sexuality in the Invisible Man
- Michael Rubbelke (Dr. Mike Opitz)
Silent Text: J.D. Salinger's Silence and the Problem of the Author
- Matt Smith (Dr. Kaarin S. Johnston, Dr. Mike Opitz)
Creating an Independent Film from Concept to Screen
- Sweetman, Patrick G and Leah Niebur (Dr. Mike Opitz)
Steal This Book vs. Steal This Album!: Examining the Countercultures of the 1970's and 2002
- Sara Trent (S. Mara Faulkner, OSB)
Perspectives to Dissolve Reality: Voices of Robert Hass & Allen Ginsberg within Original Poetry
- Megan M. Vetsch (Dr. Mike Opitz)
Tattoos: How the Middle Class Finds Meaning Behind the Myth
- Nicholas Bingham, Joseph Bowen, Jolene Brink, Mary Dellenbach, Kristin Haubrich, Andrea Lewandowski, Peter Mullin, Brett Pequin, Daniel Phillipe, Jessica Ranfranz, Gretchen van der Hagen, and Erin Wentz (Dr. Hadara Bar-Nadav)
Advanced Creative Writing Class Presentations
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