Humanities Symposium Sessions
Session I: 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM
PANEL A |
HUM 1039 |
| Lotte Fincken | “I Am No Bird; and No Net Ensnares Me”: Unreliable and Split Narration in Modern American Narratives of Female Depression |
| Rin Fenster | Pride and Priorities |
| Blake Coniglio | Anatomy of a Soul |
Moderator |
Professor Virginia Breen |
PANEL B |
HUM 1040 |
| Ailie Kinnier | There Is No Such Thing As An Autonomous Text: Considering the Paratext of Digital Mediums |
| Theodore Haegele | The Utility Closet: Queer(ing) Sculpture and the (dys)Functional Object, 1967-1997 |
| Linda Harvey | Underbelly |
Moderator |
Professor Anthony Domestico |
PANEL C |
HUM 1041 |
| Kassidy Prentice-O’Dell | Martin Scorsese Put Her In A Bed: The Erasure of Indigenous Women in American History |
| Desirae Smith | In Living Memory |
| Kirry Kaufer | Impossible Creatures |
Moderator |
Professor Anna Ozbek |
PANEL D |
HUM 1042 |
| Julia Rosenberg | Spanish Silver and the Forging of the Pacific World |
| Hanna Drillings | Friend, Food, and Fancy: The History of Guinea Pigs in Art |
| Nick Rampulla | The Pepsi Problem |
Moderator |
Professor Elise Lemire |
Session II - 10:25 AM - 11:25 AM
PANEL A |
HUM 1039 |
| Barbara Kay | “Lenses From Which I See the World”: The Experiences of LGBTQ+ People With Borderline Personality Disorder |
| Gawain Mosher | Unmonstering: Finding Queer Hope in Monstrous Literature |
| Jade Viñas | Let Kids Read the Rainbow: The Importance of Queer Children’s Literature |
Moderator |
Professor Paul Megna |
PANEL B |
HUM 1040 |
| El J Ayala | Bartering |
| Michael Abramson | The Deadbeat Collection |
| Nicholas Antoski | “Gone” and “Glaring” |
Moderator |
Professor Mehdi Okasi |
PANEL C |
HUM 1041 |
| Daniela Rodriguez | Venezuelan Immigrants in New York: How a Community of Displaced People Becomes Visible Inside the Melting Pot |
| Dylan Silva | A Nation in Motion & Its Forgotten Motives: Exploring Dimensions that led to the Fall of Salazar’s Dictatorship in 1960s Portugal |
| Aidrian Graber | From Schmaltz to Success: A Deli-icious Analysis of the History and Evolution of Ashkenazi Jewish Cuisine |
Moderator |
Professor Donna Cornachio |
PANEL D |
HUM 1042 |
| Isobelle Novak | Phenomenology of World |
| Abigail Lofrese | “When She Jumped, She Probably Thought She’d Fly”: Suburban Gothic and the Destructive Potential of Aestheticism |
| Vanessa Lewis | The Slab |
Moderator |
Professor Megan Rossman |
Session III: 11:35 AM - 12:35 PM
PANEL A |
HUM 1039 |
| Sonnel Hill Basora | A Black Woman’s Guide to Calling Love Back Home |
| Cielo Howell | Mother, Maiden, Moon |
| Agota Petrauskas | Always Somewhere |
Moderator |
Professor Elise Lemire |
PANEL B |
HUM 1040 |
| Angelica Diaz | Pleasure and Liberation: From Frederick Douglass to Summer Walker |
| Isabella Martinelli | Fangirl Isn’t a Dirty Word: The Cultural Force Behind the Superficial Stigma |
| Savannah Meyer | Bulbs and Soft Things with Bones |
Moderator |
Professor Megan Rossman |
PANEL C |
HUM 1041 |
| Lirije Mustafaj | Medicine Through War |
| Leymare Figueroa | Medical Mistrust: The Tale of Scientific Racism and African Americans |
| Madison Fetzer | My Sibling’s Keeper: Growing Up in the Shadow of a Chronically Ill Sibling |
| Moderator | Professor Jessica Levy |
PANEL D |
HUM 1042 |
| Fernando Coronado | The Masculine Urge to Isolate |
| Finn Beirne-Shafer | Unbecoming |
| Moderator | Professor Anthony Domestico |