2024 English Graduate Conference Schedule

9:30AM – Check In & Refreshments (DAC 4th Floor)

10:00 AM – Welcome Address (DAC – 416B)

Steve Mentz, Ph.D. (he/him)
2024 English Graduate Conference Faculty Liaison

Jennifer Travis, Ph.D. (she/her)
Professor and Chair, Department of English

10:30 AM – Choose to attend one of the two following panels

The Global Village: Political Inclusion and Exclusion (DAC – 416B)

Panel Chair:
Jennifer Travis, Ph.D. (she/her)
Professor and Chair, Department of English

Panelists:

Salvatore Centanni (he/him)
M.A. Graduate, Department of English
“Science and the Humanities: Enemies No More”

Jacqulyn Graber (she/her)
Ph.D. Student, Department of English
“#WeAreChildfree: How Childfree Individuals are Using Online Communities to Advocate for
Inclusive Reproductive Healthcare in a Post-Roe America”

Rebecca Trumino (she/her)
Ph.D. Student, Department of English
Modern Propaganda: Weaponizing AI in Advertising

Intersecting Art, Activism, & Academia (DAC – 416C)

Panel Chair:
Dohra Ahmad, Ph.D. (she/her)
Professor, Department of English

Panelists:

Dawn C. Cancellieri (she/her)
Ph.D. Student, Department of English
“Postcolonial Gothic in Sylvia Garcia’s Mexican Gothic

Jenn Lebowitz Patel (she/her)
Ph.D. Student, Department of English
“In the Face of All This Direness: Applying Abolitionist Theory to Pedagogical Practice”

Rachel Peters (she/her)
Ph.D. Student, Department of English
Banksy and the Evolution of Graffiti in the Risk Society

Mosammat Sultana (she/her)
Ph.D. Student, Department of English
“Josiane and the French Ban: The Western Desire to Control the Muslim Female Body”

11:15 AM – Coffee Break

11:30 AM – Poetry Workshop

Anthropocene Poets Unite (DAC – 416C)

Moderator:
Peter Vanderberg (he/him)
Ph.D. Student, Department of English

Panelists:

Michelle Cicillini (she/her)
Ph.D. Student, Department of English

Seán Griffin (she/they)
Ph.D. Student, Department of English

Tess Patalano (she/her)
Ph.D. Student, Department of English

1:00 – 2:00 PM – Lunch (DAC- 412 Lounge)

2:00 – 3:15 PM – Keynote Speakers with Q&A (DAC – 416B)

Moderator:
Steve Mentz, PhD (he/him)
Professor, Department of English

Elizabeth Albert, MFA (she/her)
Associate Professor, Department of Core Studies
St. John’s University

Philip Lee, J.D. (he/him)
Professor, School of Law
St. John’s University

3:15 PM – Closing Remarks

Noelle Marie Nagales (she/her) and Cynthia Schmidt (she/her)
Ph.D. Students, Department of English
Graduate Assistants, Department of English

Be the first to comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published.


*