Schedule of Events
PROGRAM
Check In: 10:00-10:30am (Beaumier Suites)
Welcome: 10:30-10:50am (Beaumier Suite B)
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SESSION 1: 11:00am-12:15pm (2 concurrent panels)
Session 1a: Gender & Social Norms in the Emerging American Nation (Beaumier Suite B)
Moderator: Lisa Lamson (PhD Candidate, History)
Elizabeth Whitman: Seduced, Extorted, and Immortalized
Session 1b: Science, Medicine, and the Humanities (Beaumier Suite C)
Moderator: Anna Scanlon (PhD Candidate, English)
The Vaccine Debate Examined through Relativistic and Utilitarian Ethical Frameworks
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Lunch: 12:15-1:15pm
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SESSION 2: 1:15-2:30pm (2 concurrent panels)
Session 2a: Channeling Chaucer: Modern Adaptations of The Canterbury Tales (Beaumier Suite B)
Moderator: Anna Scanlon (PhD Candidate, English)
As many other holy men have done
Session 2b: Narrative, Power, and Spiritual Identity (Beaumier Suite C)
Moderator: Danielle Clapham (PhD Candidate, English)
Two Sides of the Same Pearl: Powerless Femininity in Pearl and Silence
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SESSION 3: 2:45-4:00pm (2 concurrent panels)
Session 3a: Theory into Practice: Social Justice and the Humanities (Beaumier Suite B)
Moderator: Sam Harshner (PhD Candidate, History)
Serving The 65.3 Million: One Student’s Findings in The Modern-Day Refugee Crisis
Session 3b: J.R.R. Tolkien and His Legendarium (Beaumier Suite C)
Moderator: Dr. Gerry Canavan (Assistant Professor of English)
Eowyn’s Sickness: Tolkien’s Failure To Understand Female Psychology As It Manifests In His Legendarium
Check In: 10:00-10:30am (Beaumier Suites)
- Name tags and programs distributed
- Coffee, juice, and pastries available
Welcome: 10:30-10:50am (Beaumier Suite B)
- Jenna Lieungh and Katherine Stein, MUHuCon Co-Chairs
- Dr. Elizaveta Strakhov, Assistant Professor of English
- Days of Future Past: Studying Medieval Manuscripts with Modern Technologies
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SESSION 1: 11:00am-12:15pm (2 concurrent panels)
Session 1a: Gender & Social Norms in the Emerging American Nation (Beaumier Suite B)
Moderator: Lisa Lamson (PhD Candidate, History)
Elizabeth Whitman: Seduced, Extorted, and Immortalized
- Carrie Sikich, Secondary Education/English Language Arts, Junior
- Andrea Lin, English, Senior
- Rachel Harmon, Advertising/Writing-Intensive English, Senior
Session 1b: Science, Medicine, and the Humanities (Beaumier Suite C)
Moderator: Anna Scanlon (PhD Candidate, English)
The Vaccine Debate Examined through Relativistic and Utilitarian Ethical Frameworks
- Michael Nordness, Biomedical Sciences, Senior
- Shabi Haider, Biomedical Sciences, Senior
- John Godfrey, Jr., Writing-Intensive English, Sophomore
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Lunch: 12:15-1:15pm
- Light lunch to be provided
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SESSION 2: 1:15-2:30pm (2 concurrent panels)
Session 2a: Channeling Chaucer: Modern Adaptations of The Canterbury Tales (Beaumier Suite B)
Moderator: Anna Scanlon (PhD Candidate, English)
As many other holy men have done
- Angelise Loredo, Biology/Economics, Sophomore
- Jonathan D’Souza, Electrical Engineering, Junior
- Stephen Pleasant, Accounting, Senior
- Haley Wellner, Accounting, Sophomore
Session 2b: Narrative, Power, and Spiritual Identity (Beaumier Suite C)
Moderator: Danielle Clapham (PhD Candidate, English)
Two Sides of the Same Pearl: Powerless Femininity in Pearl and Silence
- Quazaye Konkel, Writing-Intensive English, Junior
- Jenna Lieungh, English Literature, Senior
- Christopher Gregorio, Theology/Philosophy, Junior
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SESSION 3: 2:45-4:00pm (2 concurrent panels)
Session 3a: Theory into Practice: Social Justice and the Humanities (Beaumier Suite B)
Moderator: Sam Harshner (PhD Candidate, History)
Serving The 65.3 Million: One Student’s Findings in The Modern-Day Refugee Crisis
- Zac Wierschem, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Senior
- Jack Moore, Writing Intensive English/Economics, Sophomore
- Alexis Garcia, Secondary Education/History, Junior; Brigid Nannenhorn, Secondary Education/History, Junior; Aaron Nytes, Political Science/Economics, Junior; Angela Scavone, Secondary Education/History, Junior
Session 3b: J.R.R. Tolkien and His Legendarium (Beaumier Suite C)
Moderator: Dr. Gerry Canavan (Assistant Professor of English)
Eowyn’s Sickness: Tolkien’s Failure To Understand Female Psychology As It Manifests In His Legendarium
- Andrew Meyer, International Affairs, Senior
- Katherine Stein, English Literature/History, Junior