Session 1 Breakouts

8-9 a.m.

(1A) Fiction
Room EH 215
Moderator: Serena Smith

• Zachary Brady, Utah State University, "Mortui Vivos Docent"
• Hallie Burnett, Brigham Young University-Idaho, "Amateur Gods" & "The Homemaker"
• Jana Lee Moon, Weber State University, "Mindbreaker"
• Lindsey Rowley, Weber State University, "Passerby"

(1B) British Literature
Room EH 218
Moderator: Mariah Hawkins

• Matthew Corsi, Colorado Mesa University, "Literary Studies: Redefining the Boundary of Human and Non-Human"
• Jessica Mancini, University of Toronto, "A Recipe For Ideology: Identifying the Political Unconscious in The Cottage Cookbook"
• Bridget Smith, Weber State University, "The Transformation of Mr. Collins"
• Anna Wang, Point Loma Nazarene University, "The Weaver Who Weaves Verse"

(1C) Poetry
Room 219
Moderator: Sylvia Newman

• Marissa Archibald, College of Southern Idaho, "Selected Poetry"
• Rachel Douglass, Weber State University, "Selected Poetry"
• Benjamin Jensen, Weber State University, "Heaven in Earth: A Collection of Nature Poetry"
• Alayna Mosher, Weber State University, "Quartet of Poems on Mind, Body, and Heart"

(1D) World Literature
Room EH 206
Moderator: Michael Wutz

• Amal Al Salim, Weber State University, "Edward Said's Orientalism in the Modern World"
• Addison Bradshaw, Colorado Mesa University, "The Art of Ambush: Unveiling Shock Within Fantasy"
• Eden Jacob, Utah State University, "The Tragedy of King Christophe, Negritude, and Césaire"