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Lydia
Fletcher is pursuing her Master's of
Philosophy in Medieval English Studies at the
University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.
In 2007, she graduated with her B. A. in English,
magna cum laude. She is wearing her
'sub fusc', the official academic uniform for
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Jeff Jaeckle
is a Visiting Assistant Professor of English at
Michigan State University where he
teaches courses on American literature and film.
He has published articles in Dreiser Studies,
The Wallace Stevens Journal, and ALN:
The American Literary Naturalism Newsletter.
He has forthcoming essays on the intersections
of literary naturalism and film in MLA
Approaches to Teaching Jack London and the
Oxford Handbook to Naturalism. He is
currently at work on two book projects that
examine the functions of film dialogue in the
contexts of narrative form, genre, and cultural
identity. |
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Jessica Junqueira, who graduated with a BA
in English in 2007,
was one of three
individuals selected as a Portz Scholar by the
National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC)
for her undergraduate honors thesis entitled
“Seeing, Knowing, and Loving: An Exploration of
the Neo-Platonic Influences Underlying C. S.
Lewis’s Till We Have Faces and George
MacDonald’s Phantastes.” She presented
this paper in a plenary session on 3 November
2007 at the NCHC National Conference in Denver,
Colorado. |
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Jessica
Loudermilk is a summa cum laude
graduate with a B.A. and M.A. in English from
UTSA. She was awarded an Alva Englund
fellowship for her doctoral studies in
English literature at the University of
California, Davis. She was also
awarded with a research appointment at the Davis
Humanities Institute, where she involved with
the inaugural project of the California Cultures
Initiative at Davis. Jessica recently presented
a paper and chaired panels at the American
Literature Association's symposium on American
naturalism. |
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Susie Warley,
a summa cum laude graduate with a B. A.
in English from the University of Texas at San
Antonio, has a new album, Kalypso.
The album showcases her song-writing
ability and unique vocal style. More information
about Susie, her album, and her live-performance
schedule can be found on her MySpace page. |
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