EGSS Annual Conference Friday April 5th

English Graduate Student Society's
Annual Conference | Friday April 5th 2024
AUTONOMY
Grand Palm Room | UN 103 | 10am–5pm
 

Florida Atlantic University’s English Graduate Student Society (EGSS) is proud to announce the return of the FAU EGSS Conference, to be held at FAU’s Boca Raton Campus—Grand Palm Room 3—on Friday, April 5th, 2024 from 10am to 5pm.

Undergraduate and graduate students from several academic institutions as well as independent scholars will explore the theme of “Autonomy” creatively and academically.

For more information or questions, please contact Sarah Dumitrascu at sdumitrascu2022@fau.edu, or Amanda Barrera at abarrera2022@fau.edu.

EGSS Conference 2024
10:00am
Check-In
All events will be held in UN 103: Grand Palm Room 3
11:00am
Opening Comments & Keynote
Sarah Dumitrascu
Opening Comments
Nicole Morse, Ph.D., Keynote Address
"It’s the Clichés that Cause the (Gender) Trouble," a discussion of Jeanette Winterson’s Written on the Body
11:30am
Session 1: Academic  Moderator: Jay Hersey
Genesis Pabon, WGSS
Lobizona and Cemetery Boys: Broadening Representation in the Latinx/Chicanx Community
Amanda Barrera, Florida Atlantic University
Hope on the Horizon: Memory, Story, and the Utopian Potential in The Last Cuentista
Thomas Marin, Florida International University
In Search of the Self: Individualism and Ontology in Philip K. Dick's Dystopias
12:45pm
Session 2: Creative  Moderator: Sarah Dumitrascu
Grace Downey, Communications and English Undergraduate
"Oni's Box"
Libby Ennis, Florida Atlantic University
"Binary Trees and Dryads"
Alex Borowsky and David Eileen, FAU and Independent Scholar
Conquering Out: Self-Revelation as Practice of Autonomy
1:45pm
Lunch 
2:45pm
Session 3: Academic  Moderator: Kate Wolfe
Ida Moraghebati, Graphic Design and Visual Arts
REIMAGINING HERSTORY: Empowering Women Through Visual Narratives
Daniella Orias, Comparative Studies
The Rise of the Modern "W.I.T.C.H." as Reproductive Justice Activist: Casting off the Partiarchy
Jessica Dobbs, Florida Atlantic University
Excerpt from "How La Celestina and El Sí De las Niñas Define and Defy Philosophy and Religion"
4:00pm
Session 4: Creative (The Human Experience)  Moderator: Amanda Barrera
Andrew Chapman, First Year English MA
"The Pacemaker"
Amanda Nelson, LIT 3333: Literature of Adolescence
"Patterns"
Sebastian Sosa-Reese, FAU Undergraduate English Major
"The Mirror Salesman"
5:00pm
Closing Comments  
Amanda Barrera