AUGUST 2011

Bellwoar, Hannah
SOCIOCULTURAL STUDIES OF BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE IN EVERYDAY LITERATE LIFEWORLDS
Chair: Paul Prior; and Peter Mortensen, Melissa Littlefield, Debra Hawhee

Bilbro, Rebecca
ENGINEERING LITERACY: THE PRACTICE OF DISCIPLINE
Chair: Paul Prior; and Bob Markley, Dale Bauer, Spencer Schaffner

DeBarros, Eric
THE LABORS OF HERCULES: EMBODIED LEARNING AND MALE DOMESTICATION IN EARLY MODERN CULTURE AND LITERATURE
Chair: Lori Newcomb; and Carol Neely, Andrea Stevens

Joseph, Terra
A “GREATER BRITAIN”: COLONIAL KIN IN FICTIONS OF SETTLEMENT, 1850-1890
Chair: Lauren Goodlad; and Antoinette Burton, Julia Saville, Hina Nazar

Lyons, Tara
ENGLISH PRINTED DRAMA IN COLLECTION BEFORE JONSON AND SHAKESPEARE
Chair: Carol Neely; and Zachary Lesser, Lori Newcomb, Curtis Perry

Oliverio, Lisa
“LINES OF SPIRITUAL MOTION”: THE REALIZATION OF AMERICAN CATHOLIC FICTION, 
1845-1965
Chair: Dale Bauer; and Bob Parker, Stephanie Foote, Jim Hansen

Simeone, Christopher
“BY THE PEOPLE”: REPRESENTATIVE LITERATURE AND DEMOCRATIC
REPRESENTATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1890-1930
Chair: Cary Nelson; and Stephanie Foote, Jim Hansen, Bill Maxwell

DECEMBER 2011

Boynton, Tom 
THE DESPOTISM OF FACT: CELTICISM AND THE TRANSNATIONAL 
CRITIQUE OF CAPITALISM IN ENGLAND AND IRELAND, 1865-1954
Chair: Joseph Valente; and Joshua Esty, Vicki Mahaffey, James Hansen, Lauren Goodlad

Lehnen, Carl A.
SEX, AESTHETICS, AND MODERNITY IN THE BRITISH ROMANCE OF ITALY, 1870-1914
Chair: Lauren Goodlad; and Matthew Hart, Hina Nazar, Julia Saville

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

Riede, Austin
PULLING ONESELF TOGETHER: POWER AND CHARACTER IN BRITISH
LITERATURE, 1914-1929
Chair: Matthew Hart, Lauren Goodlad; and Jim Hansen, Jed Esty

Rudolph, Kerstin
“I THOUGHT OF YOU IN HER PLACE”: REPRESENTATIONS OF BLACK
WOMANHOOD IN AMERICAN LITERARY REALISM, 1868-1900
Chair: Stephanie Foote; and Dale Bauer, Bill Maxwell, Erik McDuffie

MAY 2012

Alderfer, Sarah
EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FICTION AND THE PRODUCTION OF SHAME, 1680-1753
Chair: Robert Markley and Anthony Pollock; and Catharine Gray, Lori Newcomb

Bailes, Melissa
NATURAL HISTORY AND BRITISH WOMEN WRITERS, 1730-1830
Chair: Melissa Bailes; Robert Markley, Justine Murison, Gillen Wood

Bannon, Jessica
CAPITALIZING ON LITERACY: FEDERAL ADULT EDUCATION POLICY IN THE 20^TH CENTURY
Chair: Peter Mortensen; and Catherine Prendergast, Paul Prior, Kate Vieira

Bowen, Lauren
REWRITING THE AGING BODY: LITERACY, TECHNOLOGY, AND HISTORY
Chair: Peter Mortensen; and Gail Hawisher, Melissa Littlefield, Paul Prior

Buck, Amber
LIFE, LEARNING, AND LITERACY ON THE SOCIAL NETWORK: DIGITAL PARTICIPATORY CULTURE
Chair: Gail Hawisher; and Paul Prior, Spencer Schaffner, Lisa Nakumura

Colson, Dan
WRITING AGAINST DEMOCRACY: ANARCHIST LITERATURE AND THE APORIA OF REPRESENTATION, 1880-1940
Chair: Cary Nelson; and Stephanie Foote, Tim Newcomb, Alan Wald, John Marsh

Dennis, Sarah
PROSE FOR ART'S SAKE: CREATING AND DOCUMENTING AN AMERICAN AESTHETIC, 1810 – 1860
Chair: Patricia Loughran; and Stephanie Foote, Leon Chai, Christopher Freeburg

Henn, Rob
CLASS WORK: NEW YORK INTELLECTUAL LABOR AND THE CREATION OF POSTMODERN AMERICAN FICTION, 1932-1962
Chair: Bill Maxwell; and Michael Berube, Robert Parker, Kathryn Oberdeck

Morris, Dave
DOMESTIC FAITHS, GLOBAL MISSIONS: POST-SECULAR SCIENCE FICTION AT THE MILLENNIUM
Chair: Susan Koshy; and Trish Loughran, Jonathan Ebel, Ted Underwood