Tuesday, February 22

12:30-1:30: Literature of the Americas

1. Andy Pense, "The Elusive Picture of Gatsby: An Analysis of the Pictures of Gatsby Derived from Nick’s Narrative"
2. *Karen Devere, "Thoreau’s Observation and Reflections of Nature in Walden"
3. *Jason Newman, "Diction and Contradiction: Emerson’s Incongruence and Meaning"
4. Manuela Davis, "Faith or Fallacy?"

1:30-2:30: Fiction and Poetry

1. *Billy Mullen, "Ice and Shadows", "An Old Friend" (short fiction)
2. *Zana Durbin, "Granny Hattie"(short fiction)

2:30-3:30: Irish Literature

1. *David Harden, "A Nation of Many Uncertainties: Irish Literature and Modernism"
2. *Megan McHale, "When Women and Servants Leave the Big House: The Subversion of Gender and Class in Maria Edgeworth’s Castle Rackrent"

3:30-4:30: Pedagogy

1. Jennifer Johnson, "Writing: A Compound of Theoretical Elements"
2. Jennifer Mason, "Interesting Assignments, Interested Students"
3. *Maggie Storm, "Role Playing in the Classroom"
4. Michelle Turk, "Teaching Empathy through Narrative Genres"

*Denotes member of Sigma Tau Delta English honor society.