GLS Symposium 2015

Schedule of Presentations

SATURDAY, 20-Jun-15

OPENING REMARKS 8:45 PAB 320  
PANEL 1A
PAB 320
9:00-10:30
Moderator Grace Lee Park Reed College
African Colonization on its Own: The Black Emigration Movement's Distinct Role in Early American History Katherine Orloff Stanford University
The Politics of Culture: Multiculturalism and Ethnic Discrimination in Germany Lea-Maria Warlich Maastricht University
What happened when Anna jumped out the window: The Domestic Slave Trade in antebellum Washington, D.C. Candy Carter Stanford University
PANEL 1B
PAB 332
9:00-10:30
Moderator Maylorie Townsend Reed College
How Many Ways Do I Love Thee?: The Parafictions of Nanni Balestrini's Tristano Rohan Ghatak St. John's College
Shifting Identity/Shifting Discourse: Re-Naming in Contemporary Literature by Zadie Smith, Jeffrey Eugenides, and Salman Rushdie Jennifer Krengel Dominican University
Narrative Symmetry in Jorge Luis Borges Colleen Rafferty St. John's College
PANEL 1C
PAB 131
9:00-10:30
Moderator Jan Carpenter Reed College
Representation of Technology and Place in Leslie Ragan's New 20th Century Limited Neil Ramiller Reed College
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Modernity Siddhartha Shome Stanford University
The Romantic Revolt Sophie Rijnaard Maastricht University
BREAK 10:30-10:45 am PAB  
PANEL 2A
PAB 320
10:45-12:15
Moderator Derek Finn Reed College
Making No Compromise with the Public Taste: Writing and Performing the Non-acquiescent Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven Nadia Thibault Simon Fraser University
A Tribal Perspective on Maastricht's Student Subculture Scott Philippe Maastricht University
Speaking Up for the Spoken Word: an Exploration of Live Poetry's Place within Academia Rhega-Mai Ward Maastricht University
PANEL 2B
PAB 332
10:45-12:15
Moderator Hal Nevis Reed College
Edith Warton: Rethinking Race in The House of Mirth Nazima-Tabasum Chowdhary Stanford University
Ira Levin's The Stepford Wives: a Jewish-American Novel Tricia Pummill San Diego State University
Voltaire and the Jews Maxine Rose Schur Stanford University
PANEL 2C
PAB 131
10:45-12:15
Moderator Mark Pettibone Reed College
Helen's Autopsy: a Forensic Approach to Myth in Herodotus's Histories Julie Felix Reed College
Men Feel Patriarchy is Still Influencing the Sexes Cathy Bennett Marylhurst University
LUNCH 12:15-1:45pm Commons  
PANEL 3A
PAB 320
1:45-3:15
Moderator Julie Felix Reed College
The Role of Practice Babies in Home Economics Education during the Great Depression Claire Michie Reed College
Capitalizing on an Image: Queen Elizabeth I's Influence on the Lives and Works of Anne Bradstreet and Aphra Behn Emma Allen UW, Tacoma
The Role of All-Female Battlefield Hospitals During WWI on the Vote for Women in Britain Candace M. Turtle Stanford University
PANEL 3B
PAB 332
1:45-3:15
Moderator Nora McLaughlin Reed College
The Rich Dead and Strange Ghosts of Rupert Brooke's War Poetry Laura Moore Stanford University
Driving with the Dead: Stories of Loss, Journey, and Wonder Valerie Silver Dominican University
Arendt's Empirical Theory of Judgment: or, How to Understand the "Banality of Evil" Darek Teller Reed College
PANEL 3C
PAB 131
1:45-3:15
Moderator Linda Meng Reed College
Improving Patient Health Outcomes through Increased Patient Health Literacy and Healthcare Provider Structural Competence Kari Kennedy UW, Tacoma
Carbon Dioxide: an Invisible Link Between Stress and Chronic Disease Benjamin C. Mefford Marylhurst University
In the Hopes of Helping the Students of St. Jude Primary School Eric Rader UW, Tacoma
BREAK 3:15-3:30pm PAB  
PANEL 4A
PAB 320
3:30-5:00
Moderator Neil Ramiller Reed College
Attenuation of Japanese Identity: A Rise to Terrorism Brandon Brookes San Diego State University
Graven Images: the Power of Sign and Signified Carol L. Ferris Marylhurst University
Visual Culture and Violence Rose Catriona Bunagan Simon Fraser University
PANEL 4B
PAB 332
3:30-5:00
Moderator Jennifer Turner Reed College
Brian Kent's Reflection in Eudora Welty's Moon Lake Dave Seter Dominican University
"Life in Continuous Present:" Sharing the Story with a New Audience Margaret Lundberg UW, Tacoma
The Female Orphan Archetype in Anne of Green Gables: Beauty, Imagination & Community Claire Benjamin Marylhurst University
PANEL 4C
PAB 131
3:30-5:00
Moderator Bennett Gilbert Reed College
The Baha'i System of Translation and Its Decision Tree Karen Tucker Lynch Marylhurst University
The Experience of ātman:How the Manifestation of Brahman Perceives the Corporeal World Holly Duffy St. John's College
Faith and Empirical Investigation in Buddhism Michelle Wruck St. John's College
RECEPTION 5:30 PM PAB Upper Level  

SUNDAY, 21-Jun-15

PANEL 5A
PAB 320
9:30-11:00
Moderator Mary Lou Anderson Reed College
Remembering the Smoot-Hawley Tariff of 1930 in Light of the Agricultural Crisis of the 20s James Cranston Reed College
Exploring a Meritocratic Alernative to Democracy Lauren Kresowaty Simon Fraser University
Plato's Cave:
a Vision to Overturn Homer's—and Why it Matters Today
Gene Slater Stanford University
PANEL 5B
PAB 332
9:30-11:00
Moderator Kati Stenstrom Reed College
The Pathway of a Healing Planet: Awakening to the Wild Within Sarah Kreisman Marylhurst University
Racing with Copepods Barbara McVeigh Dominican University
Ten Years Gone: Hurricane Katrina and the Late September Dogs in the City that Care Forgot Karin A. Dalesky UW, Tacoma
PANEL 5C
PAB 131
9:30-11:00
Moderator Claire Michie Reed College
From Anna Karenina to To the Lighthouse: Virginia Woolf's Response to Tolstoy's Portrayal of Motherhood Andre Gerard Simon Fraser University
Girl who Married a Bear: Story, Ritual, and Belief of Bear in Circumpolar Hunting Cultures Leah Kiczula Marylhurst University
Daughters of the Sun Megan Lynn Dominican University
CLOSING SESSION 11:15 PAB 320