By Marcus Smith ’27, Student Correspondent<\/p>\n
Every year, Sigma Tau Delta, the international English Honor Society, hosts a convention that gathers some of the most brilliant of the next generation of writers and literary scholars.<\/p>\n
This year, 11 student members of Mu Omicron, The University of Scranton\u2019s chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, attended the annual convention \u201cSecond Lines and New Beginnings\u201d from March 29 to April 1, in New Orleans, where they presented papers ranging from short stories to poetic criticism.<\/p>\n
Almost 200 different universities and colleges from across the globe attended the closing ceremonies on April 1, where awards were presented to around 70 presenters for outstanding works in their categories, ranging from original prose to LGBT literature to pop-culture analysis.<\/p>\n
Out of those 68 recipients, two University of Scranton alumni and one current undergraduate won awards, putting Scranton in the upper tier of universities to be awarded, with three in total.<\/p>\n
The following students presented their papers at the convention:<\/p>\n
Emily Carey \u02bc26, a public policy and philosophy double-major from Monroe Township, New Jersey, presented \u201cUttering Identity.\u201d<\/p>\n
Adelle Confer \u02bc26, an English and Philosophy double-major from Canton, presented \u201cClifton and Madhubuti: Assassination, Hopelessness, and Dejection.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lauren DeSantis \u02bc26, an English and Philosophy double-major from Copiague, New York, presented \u201cThe Emerald Standard: Limitations on Irish Women in Lady Gregory and W. B. Yeats\u2019 \u201cCathleen Ni Houlihan\u201d and James Joyce\u2019s \u2018Eveline.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Amanda Karpiak \u02bc27, an English major from Scranton, presented \u201cDeath In Edinburgh.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jenna LaBarca \u02bc26, an English and Criminal Justice major from Tuckahoe, New York, presented \u201cAnnis\u2019 Departure from the World of Spirits and Passage to Freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n
Faith Montagnino \u02bc26, an English major from Morganville, New Jersey, presented \u201cGrief as Protest: Reimagining the Elegy in Danez Smith\u2019s \u2018not an elegy for Mike Brown.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Gabriella Palmer \u02bc26, an English, Theatre and Philosophy triple-major from Phoenixville, presented \u201cThe Inheritance of Vivienne Dupree.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nya Rowe ’26, an English major from the Bronx, New York, presented “The Art of Dorian Gray: Victorian Aesthetics in Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray.'”<\/p>\n
Marcus Smith \u02bc27, an English and Theatre double-major from Schuylkill Haven, presented \u201cThe Scranton Anomaly.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lauren Spratt \u02bc26, an English major from Philadelphia, presented \u201cWomen and Proto-Feminism in Victorian Literature.\u201d<\/p>\n
Benjamin Storman \u02bc27, an English major from Scranton, presented \u201cJournal of an American Janitor.\u201d<\/p>\n
The students were chaperoned by Billie Tadros, Ph.D., and Madeline Gangnes, Ph.D., both associate professors in the Department of English and Theatre who also serve as faculty moderators for Mu Omicron.<\/p>\n
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