The Sixth Annual English Spring

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Welcome to the 2015 DePaul English Spring Conference! We are proud to showcase the work of more than forty talented DePaul undergraduates and graduate students, and we hope you enjoy the writing and research into which they have put so much effort. The conference, now in its sixth year, has continued to grow in its participation and support. We are pleased to offer DePaul University graduate and undergraduate students the opportunity to present both literary scholarship and creative writing to their peers. The DePaul community has continued to demonstrate enthusiasm for this annual event through writing submissions, publicity for the conference, and attending the panels. We would like to extend our thanks to all faculty and students who volunteered to help with moderating panels. Without your help and support, this wouldnt be possible! Special thanks to Jennifer Wright, for her advice in all aspects of planning; to James Phelps, in communicating with undergraduate students; and to Professors John Shanahan and Jennifer Conary for advice and support in organizing this years event. The conference gratefully acknowledges the generous financial support provided by the Department of English. We are honored to welcome author Crystal Chan today as our keynote speaker. We hope you will join us tonight as she shares with us her journey to becoming a successful author. Congratulations to all the presenters, and once again, we hope you enjoy the conference. Anastasia Sasewich and Hana Yoo 2015 English Spring Conference Coordinators

2015 DePaul Engl ish Spring Conference

Conference Coordinators

Hana Yoo Graduate Assistant to Graduate Programs

MA in English

Anastasia Sasewich Graduate Assistant to Undergraduate Programs

MA in Writing and Publishing

Facul ty Advisor Dr. John Shanahan Associate Professor of English

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Session One: noon1:15 p.m. Room 409: Literary Analysis: Narrating Religion

1. Laura Anne Gray, Is This Duress?: The Rape of the Lovesome Damsel in Chrtien de Troyes The Knight of the Cart

2. Marissa DePumpo, The End of the Affair and The Loneliness of The Long Distance Runner: The Humanity of Unreliable Narration

3. Katelynn Moxon, What We Talk About When We Talk About God: The Wonder of Religious Language and Negative Predication in Literature

Room 410: Literary Analysis: Jane Austen

1. Sheila Gerhardt, Moral Worth and Corruption of Characters within Mansfield Park

2. Sam Okrasinki, Emma Woodhouse: Ladies Woman? 3. Alyssa Walker, Sensing Mansfield Park: Sight and Sound and

Austen 4. Katherine Connolly, Mind Your Manners: The Importance of

Social Conformity for Austens Heroines Room 412: Fiction

1. Ty Wilcosky, "To Be Born a Stone" 2. Anne Malina, "Bus Stop" 3. Rhiannon Lindgren, "Two Cold Shots of

Espresso" 4. Sam Garfinkel, "A Full Head of Hair"

Room 414: Fiction 1. Nina Gaulin, "The Piece" and "Cupcakes" 2. Adrianna Cole, "Untitled" 3. Kelly Holifield,"Chasing the Stars" 4. Avery Cunningham, Titans and Men: A Novel,

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2015 Conference Volunteers

Featured Alumna

Amanda Licastro, MAE 08, is an Instructional Technology Fellow through the Macaulay Honors College and an instructor at NYUs Gallatin School of Individualized Study. Her research focuses on the relationship between technology and writing, where she applies digital humanities methods to the questions raised by composition and rhetoric theory. She is also the cofounder and project manager of The Writing Studies Tree.

Special Thanks

To alumni Tim Hillegonds, Maria Hlohowskyj, and Josh Lesser for making the trek back to DePaul and regaling us with your words of wisdom.

Thanks to our Panel Moderators!

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Session Two: 1:302:45 p.m. Room 409: Fiction

1. Kevin Sterne, "Brush Strokes" 2. Melissa Weirick, "Because We Are Sisters"

Room 410: Poetry 1. Eric Hollander, Some Ducks: Integral Serialism and

Conceptual Processes in Poetry Composition 2. Kiah Stern, Moonlight Hymn 3. Alye Prentice, Miscellaneous Poems from a Person of Affect 4. Josh Fisher, Between the Footnotes

Room 412: American Literature and Culture

1. Adam Syvertsen, The European American: Hawthorne and the Early Nineteenth Century American Identity

2. Jordan Weber, The long diminishing parade of time you didnt hear: William Faulkners The Sound and the Fury, Race, and Temporality

3. Edward Bonneau, Segregation Still Alive in Chicago: Theres No Way Out

4. David Cherry, The American Dream Awakened in T.C. Boyles Tortilla Curtain

Room 414: Writers Guild This panel of regular group participants will provide an introduction to Writers Guild, one of the UCWbL's writing groups, which provides a forum for the discussion of creative work in multiple genres and is available to current students, alumni, and other members of the DePaul community.

1. Avery Cunningham, MAWP 16 2. Clare Stuber, MAWGS, 15 3. David Mathews, MAWP 13 4. Jennifer Finstrom, MAWP 12

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Keynote Presentation: 6 p.m. in ALH Room 103

Crystal Chan

Crystal Chan grew up as a mixed-race kid in the middle of the Wisconsin cornfields and has been trying to find her place in the world ever since. Over time, she found that her heart lies in public speaking, performing, and ultimately, writing. She has given talks and workshops across the country; facilitated discussion groups at national conferences; is a professional storyteller for children and adults alike; and contributes to Wisconsin Public Radio. In Chicago, where Crystal now lives, you will find her biking along the city streets and talking to her pet turtle. Her debut middle-grade novel, Bird, is published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers. (http://crystalchanwrites.com/bio)

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Session Three: 34:15 p.m. Room 409: Virginia Woolf

1. Daniel Clarkson, The Architecture of Death in Virginia Woolfs To The Lighthouse

2. Jade Turner, A return to the land of what the land has given me: An Ecocritical Perspective on Virginia Woolfs Orlando: A Biography

Room 410: Poetry 1. Caleb Bromberg, Weathered Moonpaint: Springwind Recital 2. Dana Alsamsam, Roots 3. Meagan Anderson, ((tales from the psych ward and other

poems))

Room 412: Creative Nonfiction: Families 1. Michael Cuaresma, Grandma Jan and the Mexican Man 2. Maddie Jones, The Hauntedness of Absence 3. Nikki Bartoloni, My Boy

Room 414: Editing the Literary Magazine (Crook & Folly Panel)

1. Anastasia Sasewich, Crook & Folly Nonfiction Genre Editor 2015

2. Eric Streichert, Crook & Folly Micro Prose Genre Editor 2015 3. Megan Pietz, Crook & Folly Copyeditor 2015 4. Dave Welch, Threshold Editor-in-Chief 2004 5. Stephanie Klein, Crook & Folly Events and Publicity

Coordinator 2015, and panel moderator 6. Eric Houghton and Lucina Schell, Crook & Folly Editors-in-

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Session Four: 4:305:45 p.m. Room 409: Mythology

1. Avery Cunningham, A Black Pawn and a White King: The Main Characters of Titans and Men: A Novel and Their Mythological Counterparts

2. Kate Currie, Blake's Concept of Innocence and Experience as an Intertwined Relationship

3. Rachel Summerfield, Bestiary, Elise Paschen 4. Kristina Roderick, "A Dialogue between the Soul and

Body: How Death Cab for Cutie Has the Answer Room 410: Eighteenth-Century Literature

1. James Neisen, No Sense, All Sensibility: Opinions on The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy

2. Mihaela Stoica, Fashion Rewarded: Clothing as Cultural Artifact of Social Hybridity in Samuel Richardson's Pamela

3. Norah Alsuhaibani, A Close Reading of The Pilgrims Progress

Room 412: Alumni Career Panel 1. Maria Hlohowskyj, MAWP 13, Creative Programs Manager

at StoryStudio Chicago and Words for Work Business Writing Training

2. Josh Lesser, MAE 14, Adjunct Instructor, Roosevelt University, and Test-Prep Director for Chicago Academic

3. Tim Hillegonds, MAWP 14, Essayist and founder of the Chicago-based copyrighting agency Thrive Content Solutions

Room 414: Digital Humanities: Where Your DePaul Degree Can Take You Amanda Licastro, MAE 08 N.B.: This is a hands-on workshop, and students are encouraged to bring laptops or tablets.

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