AUGUST 2011

Bellwoar, Hannah
SOCIOCULTURAL STUDIES OF BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE IN EVERYDAY LITERATE LIFEWORLDS
Committee: Prior (Chair); Mortensen, Littlefield, Hawhee

Bilbro, Rebecca
ENGINEERING LITERACY: THE PRACTICE OF DISCIPLINE
Committee: Prior (Chair); Markley, Bauer, Schaffner

DeBarros, Eric
THE LABORS OF HERCULES: EMBODIED LEARNING AND MALE DOMESTICATION IN EARLY MODERN CULTURE AND LITERATURE
Committee: L. Newcomb (Chair); Neely, Stevens, Walsh

Joseph, Terra
A “GREATER BRITAIN”: COLONIAL KIN IN FICTIONS OF SETTLEMENT, 1850-1890
Committee: Goodlad (Chair); Burton, Saville, Nazar

Lyons, Tara
ENGLISH PRINTED DRAMA IN COLLECTION BEFORE JONSON AND SHAKESPEARE
Committee: Neely (Chair); Lesser, L. Newcomb, Perry

Oliverio, Lisa
“LINES OF SPIRITUAL MOTION”: THE REALIZATION OF AMERICAN CATHOLIC FICTION, 
1845-1965
Committee: Bauer (Chair); Parker, Foote, Hansen

Simeone, Christopher
“BY THE PEOPLE”: REPRESENTATIVE LITERATURE AND DEMOCRATIC
REPRESENTATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1890-1930
Committee: Nelson (Chair); Foote, Hansen, Maxwell

 

DECEMBER 2011

Boynton, Tom 
THE DESPOTISM OF FACT: CELTICISM AND THE TRANSNATIONAL 
CRITIQUE OF CAPITALISM IN ENGLAND AND IRELAND, 1865-1954
Committee: Valente (Chair); Esty, Mahaffey, Hansen, Goodlad

Lehnen, Carl A.
SEX, AESTHETICS, AND MODERNITY IN THE BRITISH ROMANCE OF ITALY, 1870-1914
Committee: Goodlad (Chair); Hart, Nazar, Saville

O’Neill, Kimberly L.
WRITING INSURRECTION: U.S. LITERATURE AND THE POLITICS OF LATIN
AMERICAN INTERVENTION, 1898 TO 2010
Committee: Dale Bauer (Chair); Castro, Hutner, Rodriguez

Riede, Austin
PULLING ONESELF TOGETHER: POWER AND CHARACTER IN BRITISH
LITERATURE, 1914-1929
Committee: Hart, Goodlad (Chairs); Hansen, Esty

Rudolph, Kerstin
“I THOUGHT OF YOU IN HER PLACE”: REPRESENTATIONS OF BLACK
WOMANHOOD IN AMERICAN LITERARY REALISM, 1868-1900
Committee: Foote (Chair); Bauer, Maxwell, McDuffie

MAY 2012

Alderfer, Sarah
EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FICTION AND THE PRODUCTION OF SHAME, 1680-1753
Committee: Markley, Pollock (Chairs); Gray, L. Newcomb

Bailes, Melissa
NATURAL HISTORY AND BRITISH WOMEN WRITERS, 1730-1830
Committee: Bailes (Chair); Markley, Murison, Wood

Bannon, Jessica
CAPITALIZING ON LITERACY: FEDERAL ADULT EDUCATION POLICY IN THE 20TH CENTURY
Committee: Mortensen (Chair); Prendergast, Prior, Vieira

Bowen, Lauren
REWRITING THE AGING BODY: LITERACY, TECHNOLOGY, AND HISTORY
Committee: Peter Mortensen (Chair); Hawisher, Littlefield, Prior

Buck, Amber
LIFE, LEARNING, AND LITERACY ON THE SOCIAL NETWORK: DIGITAL PARTICIPATORY CULTURE
Committee: Hawisher (Chair); Prior, Schaffner, Nakumura

Colson, Dan
WRITING AGAINST DEMOCRACY: ANARCHIST LITERATURE AND THE APORIA OF REPRESENTATION, 1880-1940
Committee: Nelson (Chair); Foote, J. Newcomb, Wald, Marsh

Dennis, Sarah
PROSE FOR ART'S SAKE: CREATING AND DOCUMENTING AN AMERICAN AESTHETIC, 1810 – 1860
Committee: Loughran (Chair); Foote, Chai, Freeburg

Henn, Rob
CLASS WORK: NEW YORK INTELLECTUAL LABOR AND THE CREATION OF POSTMODERN AMERICAN FICTION, 1932-1962
Committee: Maxwell (Chair); Berube, Parker, Oberdeck

Morris, Dave
DOMESTIC FAITHS, GLOBAL MISSIONS: POST-SECULAR SCIENCE FICTION AT THE MILLENNIUM
Committee: Koshy (Chair); Loughran, Ebel, Underwood