Department of English

Undergraduate Honors Theses, Awards and Publications

Undergraduate Theses: 2006-07

  • Amanda Guisbond with advisor Bill Tapply
  • Claudia McQuistion with advisor Jay Elliott
  • Rebecca Posner with advisor Jay Elliott
  • Michelle Simon with advisors Virginia Vaughan and Beth Gale
  • Danielle Tifft with advisor Gino DiIorio

Undergraduate Theses: 2005-06

  • Genie Giaimo, "Women Talking about Women: An Exploration of the Contested Self in Narrative Identity Construction," with advisors Jay Elliott and Jaan Valsiner
  • Hannah Knafo, " Reflections of Modernity: Pre- and Post-World War I Conceptions of Modernity as Embodied by the New Woman in F. Scott Fitzgerald¹s The Beautiful and Damned (1922) and Collete's La Vagabonde (1910)," with advisor Jay Elliott
  • Michael LaFrancis, "William Faulkner: Perception and Reception," with advisor Betsy Huang
  • Meghan Rosa, "Deconstructing Oppression: The Women¹s Room, Sula, and a Call for Unity among the Marginalized," with advisor Jay Elliott
  • Kristen Small, "Working Through the Uncanny: A Feminist Reading of Autobiography," with advisor Betsy Huang
  • Elizabeth Valenti, "A Hopeless, One-Sided Institution: Marriage and the Feminist Politics of Oscar Wilde," with advisor Lisa Kasmer

Undergraduate Prizes: 2006-07

  • Lucy Finnie, University of East Anglia Exchange Program Scholarship, Fall 2006
  • Meredith Leber, University of East Anglia Exchange Program Scholarship, Spring 2007
  • Genie Giaimo, Grant to attend conference in Braga, Portugal (June 2, 2006). Sponsored by the Dean of the College, The English Department, and Student Council
  • Danielle Tifft, Henry J. Leir Summer Research Scholarship Internship with the U.S. Embassy in Luxembourg (2006) New member of Fiat Lux (Fall 2006)
  • Tracy Walsh,Prentiss Cheney, Hoyt Poetry Contest William H. Carter, Jr. Prize in English Award

2006 English Department Writing Contest Winners

  • Courtney Denison: "Longing", Prentiss Cheney Hoyt Poetry Contest
  • Genna Sarnak: "A Fish in Action"
  • Mariah Hamilton: "Sea Crow" Betty '79 & Stanley Sultan Short Story Contest
  • Fardeen Chowdhury: "To be Left Alone"
  • Emily Mele: "Kneecaps"
  • Gregory Dusfresne: "New Canaan"
  • Sean Connell: "The Yacht Club @ the End of the World", Loring H. & Ruth Dodd Drama Contest
  • Danny Balel: "It¹s Not Me It¹s You"
  • Leroy Allston Ames Contest
  • Michael LaFrancis: "Transformational Verse: Spirituality & Society in William Blake¹s The Chimney Sweeper & Gerard Manley Hopkins¹ God¹s Grandeur"

Undergraduate Prizes: 2005-06

2005 English Department Writing Contest Winners

  • Matt Suss, "Ten Deaths of Federico Garcia Lorca", Prentiss Cheney, Hoyt Poetry Contest
  • Claudia McQuistion, "Relative"
  • Elizabeth Molloy, "A Poem for Anna-Sophie" Betty ¹79 & Stanley Sultan Short Story Contest
  • Greg Dufresne, "Idol Crime: A Dixon Trent Mystery"
  • Karen C. Smith, "Starbucks"
  • Peter Legasey, "Peanut Butter Sandwich" Loring H. & Ruth Dodd Drama Contest
  • Sam Musen, "Big, Bad and Deperate"
  • Danielle Tifft, "Downstream"
  • Leroy Allston Ames Contest
  • Jonathan Corke, "Radical Visions"

Undergraduates Papers Presented at Conferences: 2006

Genie Giaimo

  • Presented a completed overview of her double honors thesis at the 4th International Conference of the Dialogical Self in Braga, Portugal on June 2nd, 2006
  • Presented portions of her double honors thesis at the Women¹s Studies Conference- University of Connecticut on March 31st, 2006
  • Presented portions of her double honors thesis at the Graduate History Forum- University of North Carolina on March 18th, 2006

Hannah Knafo
Clark University's Academic Spree Day, April 26, 2006: "Pre- and Post-World War I Conceptins of Modernity as Embodies by the New Woman in Fitzgerald and Colette." (sponsors, Beth Gale and Jay Elliott)

Michael LaFrancis (Anton Fellow)
Clark University¹s Academic Spree Day, April 26, 2006: "William Faulkner: Masks, Roles, and Reception" (sponsor, Betsy Huang)

Liz Valenti
Clark University¹s Academic Spree Day, April 26, 2006: "A Hopeless One-Sided Institution: Marriange and the Feminist Politics of Oscar Wilde" (sponsor, Lisa Kasmer)

Undergraduates Publications: 2006

  • Charlye Cunningham¹s essay, "The Palpable Inexistence" was published in the Spring 2006 edition of Blank Canvas Magazine.
  • Courtney Denison was published in the Spring 2006 edition of Blank Canvas Magazine
  • Michael LaFrancis, e-mail diary page of his Anton Fellowship research: www.clarku.edu/research/access/anton/2005/lafrancisdiary.shtml
  • Rebecca Posner was published in the Spring 2006 edition of Blank Canvas Magazine