Student Research Guided by members of the department, many English majors pursue independent research projects. These may result in conference presentation and/or publication. The most recent research projects are listed below. Sample Independent Research Projects: Conference Presentations Sheila Fuentes '07 "Black Motherhood: From African Dignity to American Slavery," presented at 2006 State Conference for English Majors, sponsored by the English Association of the Pennsylvania State Universities (EAPSU), Lock Haven University, Lock Haven, PA. Christina Reidy '05 "White or Black? Concepts of Racial Passing in the Life of Walter White and Johnson's The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man," presented at 2005 National Conference for Undergraduate Research (NCUR), Richmond, VA. The paper was also published in NCUR's journal. Patricia Dickert '05 "The Imaginative Homosexual Seducer and the Crew of Homophobic Hunters in Bram Stoker's Dracula, " presented at the Pennsylvania College English Association Conference March 18-20, 2004. Scranton, PA. Rebecca Sparling '05 "But...Your're Just a Girl": Representations of the 'New Woman' in Buffy and Dracula, " presented at the Pennsylvania College English Association Conference March 18-20, 2004, Scranton, PA. Thomas Borthwick '04 "Logos and Eros, the New Woman, and Thomas Hardy's Jude the Obscure, " presented at the Pennsylvania College English Association Conference, March 18-20, 2004, Scranton, PA. Leslie Clearwater '04 "Kate Chopin's The Awakening as a Metaphysical Text." John Cashman '04 "Lost and Found: The Absence and Redisocvery of Maori Spirituality in Hulme's The Bone People and Duff's Once Were Warriors."presented at 2003 NCUR, Salt Lake City, Utah, and 2003 EAPSU, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA. Erica Barone '03 "The Search for Identity in Contemporary Native American Literature." Jason Petrochko '03 "Orwell Heidegger and DeLillo: The Power of Language to Control Thought," presented at 2003 NCUR, Salt Lake City, Utah, and 2003 EAPSU, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA. Ondrej Dusik '02 "Auditory Imagery and Techniques of Terror in Anne Radcliffe's The Romance of the Forest," presented at 2002 EAPSU, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA. Honors Theses 2006 Maura Rose Calderone, The Lady of the House: The Dark Architecture of Women's Gothic Fiction. Kelly Alexandra Trotta, In Her Image and Likeness: The Feminine Nature of God in Christian Theology and Modern LiteratHer ure. Robinne Okrasinski, Consumer Capitalism in Walt Disney World's Epcot. 2005 Rebecca Anita Sparling, Princess Lessons: Gender, Power and the Princess Diaries. Robert Sparling, God, Sex and Monsters: Explanations of the Metaphysical in Alan Moore's Promethea. 2003 Erica Lyn Barone, Myths in Contemporary Native American Fiction. Internships 2005 Maura Hedman interned with the Lackawanna Historical Society, Scranton, PA Cory Potomis interned at FutureConnect, Scranton, PA Autumn Chmil interned at Disney World, Orlando, FL 2004 Melissa Leonard interned with Attorney Michael J. Kenny, Scranton, PA Allison Borosky interned at Jangle AMC, an advertising, marketing and communications firm, Nazareth, PA Maureen Moore interned in School Librarianship at the Ellenville Central School District, Ellenville, NY Brigid Jennings interned with the National Park Association at Thomas Edison's House in New Jersey Frank Pagnotti interned with NFL Films in Philadelphia, PA John Cashman interned at The Two River Times, in Monmouth County, NJ 2003 Andrea Ciarlo interned at The Washington Times. Susanna O'Hara interned at Senator Arlin Specter's office, Scranton, PA Michelle Conklin interned at Harcourt Direct, Scranton, PA Andrea Ciarlo interned with the Lackawanna Historical Society Patricia Dickert interned with Attorney Michael J. Kenny Published Works 2003 Teressa Dombrosky published an essay in The Carbondale News, Carbondale, PA Craig Reifler published a poem in The Mulberry Journal, Scranton, PA 2002 Teresa Mallory writes book reviews for The Binghamton Press and The Sun Bulletin, Binghamton, NY       Contact us at: 570-348-6219. E-mail: English@marywood.edu.

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