Spring 2014 Program of Events
Friday, April 11, 2014
Welcome
10:00-10:15am
Amanda Irwin Wilkins, Director, Princeton Writing Program
Session I
10:15-11:00am
Panel A
Peter Park, "A Question of Honor? The Importance of Pragmatism in American Interventionism"
Melissa Parnagian, "The Asterisk: Inequalities of Affirmative Action"
Maria Medvedeva, Moderator
Session II
11:15am-12:15pm
Panel A
Selena Kitchens, "Holy Grails and Golden Hands: Redemption in the Morte d'Arthur and A Song of Ice and Fire"
Katherine Lee, "To Nerd or Not to Nerd: Representations of Scientists in The Big Bang Theory"
Margaret Wang, "Heisenberg as the Uncertainty Principle: What is Walter White?"
Brendan Wright, Moderator
Panel B
Alice Tao, "Bounded by Beauty: The Influence of Photography on Perception and Approaches to Cultural Landscape Assessment"
Natsuko Sato, "The Vocaloid Case Study: Examining Advancements in Music Technology"
Danielle Meinrath, Moderator
Lunch
12:15-1:30pm
Session III
1:30-2:30pm
Panel A
Paul Rosen, "Feeling Backward and Better: Female Disability in Empire Falls"
Cailin Hong, "Gender, Power and Sexual Transgression in American Beauty"
Vinicius Amaral, "Calling to the Underworld: How the Clash's London Calling Redefined a Cultural Era"
Joseph Califf, Moderator
Panel B
Katie Hanss, "George Washington Carver: Man, Myth, and Historical Perspective"
Juliette Hackett, "The Effects of Society's Attitude and Current Legislation on the Well-Being of Teenage Sex Offenders Who Committed Consensual Statutory Rape"
Vivian Chen, "Too Big to Fail: Resolution Procedure for Systemically Important Financial Institutions"
Khristina Gonzalez, Moderator
Session IV
2:45-3:45pm
Panel A
Arunraj Balaji, "Reactions to Paranormal Horror: The Search for a Comprehensive Theory"
Martha Jachimski, "Melancholia: A Portrayal of Major Depression as an Existential Reality Check"
Jonathan Liebman, "A Smile on a Tormented Face: Absurdist Consciousness and Post-Reflective Identity in Camus' L'Étranger"
Timothy Recuber, Moderator
Panel B
Emily Chen, "Expanding the View of Asian-American Autobiographies: From Expressions of the Collective Self to Multidimensional Voices of History"
Lulu Chen, "Genius: Society, Mythology, and You"
Lori Bin, "Realness and Gender Identity: Is Drag as Subversive as it Seems?"
Timothy Haupt, Moderator
Conference organized by Andy Hakim, Emma Ljung, and Benjamin Weber. Sponsored by the Princeton Writing Program.