2009 Undergraduate Literature Conference

April 10, 2009 

8:30 AM BREAKFAST, 512 CL 

8:45 AM OPENING REMARKS, 501 CL by John Twyning, Literature Program Director 

9-10 AM PANEL 1, 501 CL Conflict and Limits: 20th Century American Literature 

Panelists: Terrence Hales, Nathan Taylor, Michelle Vo 

Moderator: Ross Ruffing 

10-10:15 AM BREAK 

10:15-11:15 AM PANEL 2, 501 CL Girl Talk: Representing Women in Literature 

Panelists: Jocelyn Petyak, Maria Seger, Cara Lyndsey Steiner 

Moderator: Robin Curry 

11:15-11:30 AM BREAK 

11:30 AM-12:30 PM PANEL 3, 501 CL Revisionaries: Textual Infidelity 

Panelists: Joseph Gruber, Shawna McDermott, Devin Thomas 

Moderator: Rebecca Wigginton 

12:30-1:15 PM BUFFET LUNCH, 512 CL 

1:15-2:15 PM PANEL 4, 501 CL Re-presentation and Appropriation of William Blake’s Works in Illuminated Printing 

Panelists: Lorraine Baer, Colleen Hale, Randi Higinbotham, Josh Ulrich 

Moderator: Katie Homar 

2:15-2:30 PM BREAK & SNACK, 512 CL 

2:30-3:30 PM PANEL 5, 501 CL States of Trauma: Death and Marriage 

Panelists: Jaclyn Bankert, Dave Breingan, Sheila Hubbard 

Moderator: Alexandra Valint 

3:30-3:40 PM BREAK 

3:40-4:40 PM PANEL 6, 501 CL Body and Soul: The Erotics of Religion 

Panelists: Elaina Clark, Josefine Cresswell, Kathryn Plazek 

Moderator: Adrienne Brenneman 

4:40-4:45 PM BRIEF BREAK 

4:45-5:45 PM PANEL 7, 501 CL Placemaking: Landscape and the Canon 

Panelists: Andrea Miller, Elizabeth Reali, Matina Vassilaros 

Moderator: Kerry Mockler 

5:45-6:15 PM PANEL 8, 501 CL On Being a “Lectures in Literature” Undergraduate Teaching Assistant 

Panelists: Lorraine Baer, Rachel Brickner, Laura Herrmann, Ashley Watt 

Moderator: Alexandra Valint