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Humanities Symposium Sessions

Session I

Session II

Session III

 

 Session I: 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM

PANEL A

HUM 1039

Alex Del Cueto Side Barre: Conversations with Dancers
Sophia Castro-Astor Purchase Presents: Season 3, Episode 2
Domenick Esposito Purchase Presents: Season 3, Episode 2

Lauren Hagen

Purchase Presents: Season 3, Episode 2

Moderator

Professor Megan Rossman

 

PANEL B

HUM 1040

Erin Motmans Alienation in William Blake and Karl Marx
Paige Merz Hands-Off Learning: Education’s Shift to Screens and the Effect on Childhood Motor Skills
Rose Rodriguez The Language of Loneliness

Moderator

 Professor Paul Megna

 

PANEL C

HUM 1041

Catherina Viljoen From Didactic Literature to Fairy Tale Fantasies: A Comparative and Genealogical Study of Cinderella and Cinderella-like Characters in Children’s Literature
Angelica Barreto The Legacy of Anne Boleyn
Jasmine Coy Fat Camp, Fatter Girls

Moderator

Professor Sharon Zechowski

 

PANEL D

HUM 1042

Jack Dennis Ottoman Origins, 1301-1453
Lilliana Haus Anti-Semitism in Medieval England and Its Influence on Anti-Semitism in Modern America
Caroline Jimenez Loving Thy Neighbor: How Latin American Immigration Revived the U.S. Catholic Church

Moderator

Professor Rachel Hallote

 

 Session II - 10:25 AM - 11:25 AM

PANEL A

HUM 1039

Andrew Agosto Heidegger and World: The Translation between Objectivity and Love
Jack Byrne Seeing Beyond Rage: The Young Baldwin’s Powerful Joy
Natalie Tulloch Need 4 Blood: Understanding The Importance of a Blood Shortage

Moderator

Professor Anna Ozbek

 

PANEL B

HUM 1040

Robyn Graygor Stream-Crossing Critters: How Log Crossings Over Streams Support Wildlife Biodiversity and Aid Habitat Connectivity
John Erich The New York, Westchester & Boston Railroad
Marihana Heloany Reis From Brazil to Port Chester: Oral Histories of Brazilian Women Navigating Immigration, Work, and Faith
Manuela Mares From Brazil to Port Chester: Oral Histories of Brazilian Women Navigating Immigration, Work, and Faith

Moderator

Professor Leandro Benmergui

 

PANEL C

HUM 1041

Joanna Perez-Calderon From Both Sides of the Easel: Women as Both Artists and Models in the 19th Century
Alec Hoxha Queer, Anti Author: Self-Censoring Narration in Contemporary LGBTQ Fiction
Cedar Warner The Knit Stitch

Moderator

Professor  Gaura Narayan

  

 

PANEL D

HUM 1042

Douglas Ownbey Fate and Agency in Fantasy Media
Liz Morel “You will ache like I ache”: Anguished Fame and Sadistic Catharsis in Female Authored Lyric Poetry, From Sylvia Plath to Lana Del Rey
Bernardo “Bernie” Manzolillo The Real Housewives: Agents of Hypernormalisation

Moderator

Professor Paul Megna

 Session III: 11:35 AM - 12:35 PM

PANEL A

HUM 1039

Elysé Ahmad Slashing Stereotypes: The Substance and Hagsploitation
Katherine Kelley Body Horror and Survival in Trans Young-Adult Fiction
Alira Cohen Cosmic Anxiety

Moderator

Professor Megan Zahay

 

PANEL B

HUM 1040

Caiden Oestreicher Go West Young Woman: Joan Didion and Eve Babitz’s Reinvention of California
Jennifer Ward Silent Struggles: Shedding Light on Children Raised by Alcoholic Mothers
Kay Mancino Apoptosis or Cell Death

Moderator

Professor Lee Conell

 

PANEL C

HUM 1041

Brendan Hennessy Lesser-Known Spies of the American Revolution: Margaret Kemble Gage, Miss Jenny, and Anna Smith Strong
Matthew Dragotto The Paintings of American Wars: Revolution to the Second World War
Elizabeth Baldino An Exploration Into Controlled Morality and Literary Tropes in Choice-Based Video Games Seen Through the Lens of the Western Genre in Red Dead Redemption II
Moderator Professor Laura Chmielewski

 

PANEL D

HUM 1042

Akilo Kelly The Fictionalization of the Black Experience: The Presence and Absence of Black Femininity
Felicia Hoffenberg Disappearance, Absence, Memory and Metaphor in Colombia
Guadalupe Conde Testimonios: From Oral to Digital Visual Narratives

Moderator

Professor Mariel Rodney