Friday, October 5th, five students from SCSU's English department took part in an English major's conference. The conference was held at Central Connecticut State University. It was a conference inclusive of English majors from all the Connecticut State Universities.
Throughout the day there were four sessions. Each session had three different panels running simultaneously. Students and faculty who were not presenting or moderating were able to choose which of the three panels they would watch during that session. Each session lasted 45 minutes, enough time for the panelists to present and the audience to partake in a quick Q&A.
The event ran smoothly. SCSU's first student of the day was Nathaniel Johnston. He wrote a story titled "Ryan" and presented in the panel "Engaging with Trauma and Injustice". Johnston and one other presenter were in this panel. Each read their paper and then the audience was allotted time for questions about each of their projects.
The last session of the day held the panel that contained the other four SCSU Students. This panel, panel 10 was titled "Reading American Literature Through History: Contrast, Journey, Resonance". The presenters of this panel were:
Emily Sheehy, “The Narrative Effects Time and Space through the Literary Works of Singularities and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”
Rosabella Ziou, “Mary Rowlandson and Georgiana Peck’s Contrasting Understanding of the Christian Religion in the Wilderness of New Worlds”
Noah Jackson, “Moby-Dick and Experiential Learning: Engaging Students through Experience, Past and Present”
Rhiannon Crandley, “Escape from Society: Creating an Individual Outlook on Life”
Professor Charles Baraw of SCSU was the panel moderator. All four of the SCSU students filled this panel. The students read their papers and like Johnston were allotted time for a Q&A after.
The event was exciting and inspiring. There were a total of 12 panels ranging from a variety of topics. One panel was titled "Aesthetic Strategies and Theory in Literary Studies". Another was "Whale, Ho! And Intellectual Vertigo: New Readings of Moby Dick and Between the World and Me". The day was very successful and a great learning opportunity as well as experience to present work.
The SCSU team had a blast and hopes to attend with more students next year.
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