Students

Oct 3, 2019

Event Spotlight: Dufresne & The Voices of Our People

The Voices of Our People event was a success! So much kudos and hugs to our MA graduate student, Kelsey Virginia Downs Dufresne, for putting this all together. This event was open to the community and it had such a great turnout! The Voices of Our People event was made possible through the…

Oct 2, 2019

Burt Presented at 2019 Comics and Popular Arts Conference with DragonCon

Our MA rhetoric and composition concentration student, Kathryn Burt, presented her paper in the Comics and Popular Arts Conference with DragonCon at Atlanta, Georgia early last month. She shared her experience presenting “How do you want to do this?: A Critical Narrative analysis of Dungeons & Dragons” below: Presenting my research on the discursive power…

Jun 13, 2019

Dufresne Participated in International Whitman Week

Shortly after our MA literature concentration student, Kelsey Virginia Downs Dufresne, presented at the 2019 American Literature Association Conference in Boston, Massachusetts she flew on the next plane to New York to participate in the 2019 International Whitman Week conference. Dufresne shares her personal experiences below: “At the 30th annual ALA Conference in Boston, I was able…

Jun 13, 2019

Dufresne Participated in International Whitman Week

Shortly after our MA literature concentration student, Kelsey Virginia Downs Dufresne, presented at the 2019 American Literature Association Conference in Boston, Massachusetts she flew on the next plane to New York to participate in the 2019 International Whitman Week conference. Dufresne shares her personal experiences below: “At the 30th annual ALA Conference in Boston, I was able…

Jun 13, 2019

Dionne & Dufresne Presented at 2019 American Literature Association Conference

Our MFA poetry concentration student, Jessica Dionne, and MA literature concentration student, Kelsey Virginia Downs Dufresne presented their paper at the 30th Annual ALA Conference 2019 at Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo courtesy of Jessica Dionne) (Photo courtesy of Kelsey Virginia Downs Dufresne) The following topics were presented:Jessica Dionne – “The Dean and the Father…

Apr 26, 2019

Technical Communication Association Hosted SpeedCon 2019 – Diversified

On April 19, 2019, the Technical Communication Association led by President, Esther Kentish, hosted its annual unconference, SpeedCon 2019 – Diversified. The event welcomed over 89 guests and was the TCA’s annual knowledge exchange gathering to promote the latest trends in the field of technical communication while simultaneously serving as information architects aiming to reconnect…

Apr 26, 2019

Technical Communication Association Hosted SpeedCon 2019 – Diversified

On April 19, 2019, the Technical Communication Association led by President, Esther Kentish, hosted its annual unconference, SpeedCon 2019 – Diversified. The event welcomed over 89 guests and was the TCA’s annual knowledge exchange gathering to promote the latest trends in the field of technical communication while simultaneously serving as information architects aiming to reconnect…

Apr 17, 2019

Kentish Presented at Oxford Neuroscience Symposium

Esther Kentish (MSTC) visited Oxford, England in the United Kingdom on March 18-March 21 to present her poster presentation “Bridging the Gap: The Dictomoy between Neuropsychology and Data Visualization” in the Oxford Neuroscience Symposium. Esther met with several neuropsychologists, neuroscientists, and leading researchers in the science fields. There, she attended several workshops and presentations to…

Apr 9, 2019

Horne, Meshaw, and Morgan Presented at 2019 Anguish Conference

Our MA literature concentration students, Austin Horne and Clark Meshaw, and MA linguistics concentration student, Marissa Morgan, presented their research at the 2019 Anguish conference in Washington, D.C. last month. The following topics were presented: Austin Horne – “Either/Or: The Roles of Addiction, Higher Powers, Anhedonia and Solipsism in David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest” Clark Meshaw – “After the…

Apr 9, 2019

Tim Becker – Winner of the Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award for 2018

Congratulations to Tim Becker for being a winner of the Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award for 2018! Thanks go to him for his achievements in the classroom and sustaining the great teaching that goes on in our department. A list of his award and other winners can be found here. You can read…