Friday, September 29, 2023 Session 1 Punctuated Humor: The Missing Dissentive Edge of African American Standup Comedy Kelih B Henyo The Digitalization of Tuvalu and the Environment's Impact on Culture and Nationality Felipe de Bolle “Lucky pawns”: The deception of educational gift economies in Never Let Me Go Annie Eun Jun Kim Yo Ho, Yo Ho, a Pirate's Life for Me: Captain Jack Sparrow the Byronic Hero Daniella Caldarella The Environmental Martyrdom of Walden Pond Brooke Jurgenson “At Least I'm at Princeton”: Unraveling the Tension Between Princeton University's Public and Private Interests Julian Ibarra “The Torch of Liberty”: Theological Foundations of the Episcopal Church in America Anna Ferris Oppy, the Beloved, Fictional and Unsocial Robot: the Anthropomorphization of the Mars Rover's Death Through Detached Grief Isha Wagle We Reap What We Sow: Exposing Environmental Colonialism in the Reemergence of Tulare Lake Lauren Malek Means of Colonization as significance of historical identity Zhangir Murat Playing a Forgotten Melody: Sounds of Hazel and the Work of Memorial as Revival Helena Richardson Session 2 “Making a Mark”: How Fiona Foley Disrupts Frameworks of Authenticity Surrounding Aboriginal Australian Art Laura Zhang Revolution of Our Times: Postcolonial Identity and Protest in Hong Kong Michelle Miao “Pots, Pans and Multiplicitous Meanings”: Domestic Objects in Julia Child's Kitchen as a Site of Personal and Collective Memory Sally Menaker When Perception of Agency Undermines Agency Itself: How Overconfidence Bias Undermines the Agency of Retail Investors Jay Kang Détente through the Deconstruction of “The Other”: Evaluating the Possibility of Peace in the Korean Peninsula Hannah Jo “She's so many things”: The Plenum-of-Possibilities in Spike Jonze's Her Grace Wang AcadeMEDIA: How Racist Anthropology Trickles down into Media Representations of Ancient Egypt Mariam Elawady ‘Taking Matters Into Her Own Hands’: Restoring Female Agency Through Revenge in Promising Young Woman Sam Yamashita Veganism as Resistance: An Examination of Agency Within the African American Vegan Community Regina Roberts “Gym Goes Up, Columbia Goes Down”: Black Students' Race, Class, and Structural Location in the Columbia Student Protest of 1968 Janah Richardson The Radical Globalization of Whistleblowing: WikiLeaks' Ethical Foundations and Tensions Between the Media and U.S. Government Amrita Sahu Finding Hope in Re-story-ation: Environmental Wisdom from the Skywoman Nation Raphaela Gold “Without Apology”: Princeton's Western Humanities Sequence and the Intellectual Foundations of Empire Daniel J.M. Yu Named in honor and celebration of librarian Mary W. George and her devotion to undergraduate research at Princeton, the conference showcases the exceptional, diverse scholarly works of students from the Writing Seminars. Many thanks to the students, faculty, and librarians for their dedication to the continued work and research Mary inspired in us all.
