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Writing and Research Competitions at 四色AV

Winners of the 四色AV Research Symposium Essays

Every spring, 四色AV sponsors a Research Symposium in which students showcase their work for the year.听Papers read from a variety of disciplines compete for recognition and the best are chosen from among them by a team of faculty judges.
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winners

听L-R:听Cameron Irby, Rebekah Barnes, Anson Andrews, David Brasher, Rachael Maddox


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Spring 2016

Undergraduate:

1st:听听听 David Brasher, 鈥溾楢 Theatre of Manliness鈥: How Ronny Heaslop鈥檚 Masculinity in E.M. Forster鈥檚 A Passage to India Serves British Colonialism.鈥 Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jana Giles (English; Undergraduate)
2nd: Cameron Irby, 鈥淭eaching Electronic Literature: An Argument for a New Literary Medium.鈥 Faculty Mentor: Dr. Julia Guernsey-Pitchford (English; Undergraduate)
3rd:听 Rachael Maddox, 鈥淣etflix Narrative: The Development of Serial Storytelling.鈥 Faculty Mentor: Dr. Janet Haedicke (English; Undergraduate)

Graduate:

1st: Rebekah Barnes, 鈥淪tephen鈥檚 Artistic Identity: Paternity in Joyce鈥檚 Portrait and Ulysses.鈥 Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jana Giles (English; Graduate)
2nd:听听 Anson Andrews, 鈥淓agles and Authority: Chaucer鈥檚 Subversion of Classical Authority and Creation of English Authority.鈥 Faculty Mentor:听 Dr. Will Rogers (English; Graduate)

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Spring 2015

Undergraduate:听Oral Presentation

First place: Rachael Maddox of Start presented 鈥淪eeing the Forest for the Trees: Unraveling the Roles of Shakespeare鈥檚 Forests.鈥 Maddox鈥檚 mentor is Dr. Julia Guernsey-Pitchford.

Graduate:听Oral Presentation

First place: Catherine Olson of Oil City presented 鈥淩oman de la Rose: A 鈥楩alse Seeming鈥 Multiplicity.鈥 Olson鈥檚 faculty mentors are Dr. Jana Giles and Dr. Rebecca Stephenson.

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Spring 2014

Adam BreitenbachGraduate winners

听First place: Adam Breitenbach
听鈥淓.M. Forster鈥檚 Strategic听听听听听听听听听 Indeterminacy in A Passage to India鈥
听Faculty mentor:听 Dr. Jana Giles


Undergraduate

First place: Jillian Allbritton
鈥淪tinking Lizaveta: the Humble Saint of The Brothers Karamazov鈥
Faculty mentor:听 Dr. Jana Giles







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Spring 2013

Graduate winners

First place: Adam Breitenbach
Department of English
"The Monkey Wrench Gang and Environmental Radicalism"
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jana Giles

Second place: Justina Salassi
Department of English
"Hipster Kitsch: Toward and Appreciation of the Other"
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Mary Adams

Third place: Katherine Roy
Department of English
"The High Price of Dreaming: The Performance of Masculinity in August Wilson's Fences and Suzan-Lori Parks' Topdog/Underdog"
Faculty Mentor, Dr. Janet Haedicke
Undergraduate

First place: Melinda Johnson
Department of Foreign Languages
"English in Korean Popular Culture"
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Rebecca Stephenson

Second place: Danielle Jones
Pharmacy
"The Influence of Catalunya on the Life and Works of Antoni Gaudi"
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ruth Smith
Justina Salassi
Adam Breitenbach
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Spring 2012

Graduate winners

First place: Andrew Price
Department of English
鈥淟iterary Hoaxes鈥
Faculty mentor Dr. Mary Adams.

Second place: Hannah Clifton
Department of English
鈥淜ing Arthur in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight鈥
Faculty mentor Dr. Rebecca Stephenson.

Undergraduate

First place: Shanae Thomas
Department of English
鈥淎my as a Decider in the novel Roxana鈥
Faculty mentor Dr. David Nunnery.






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Spring 2010

First place:听Stephanie Pierce, 鈥淢ad and Melodious: An Analysis of Ophelia鈥檚 Songs in Hamlet.鈥澨鼺aculty mentor Dr. LaRue Sloan.

Second place:听Maure Kyser, 鈥淭he Construct of the Ideal Woman in The Rape of Lucrece.鈥 Faculty mentor Dr. LaRue Sloan.

Third place.听Kristi Thomson, 鈥淭urning Tragedy into Triumph in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.鈥澨鼺aculty mentor Dr. Julie Guernsey-Pitchford.

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Spring 2009

First place Winners
Brittany Layne Stringer
Department of Communications
鈥淐ommunicating Health: Childhood Obesity and Elementary Health Education鈥
Mentor, Dr. Mara Loeb
Vanelis Rivera
Department of English
"Lacing Up Sexuality and Unlacing Independence: Moll鈥檚 Wearing of a Codpiece and Breeches in The Roaring Girl鈥
Mentor, Dr. LaRue Sloan.
Vanelis Rivera receives First Place Reseach Award from President Cofer
President Cofer awards Vanelis Rivera 1st place
for her research paper on Moll Frith.

Second place:听Lauren Fix
Department of English.听
鈥淯ntil Death Do Us Part: A Study of Marriage in The Tragedy of Othello.鈥澨
Mentor, Dr. LaRue Sloan.

Third place:听Tara Kester
Department of History.听
鈥淭he Aftermath of the 1967 Newark Riots: Not a Legacy, Just a Continuation.鈥澨
Mentors, Dr. Monica Bontty and Dr. Jeffrey Anderson.