University of St. Thomas

UST English faculty and students are enouraged to attend a session or two of the annual ACTC English Majors Conference, hosted this year by Hamline University. Come show your support for our UST English major presenters! Below are our respective representatives in each of the five presentation categories:

• British Literature: Andrew Carr, "The Fear of Invocation"
  
• American Literature: Alyssa Adkins, "A Beautiful Ancient Meal: The Role of Food in The Middle of Everywhere"
  
• Multicultural/World Literature: Callie Wilson, "Carrie and Sally: Women Defined by Men in Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie and Sandra Cisneros's The House on Mango Street"
  
• Film/Theory/New Media: Samantha Schwab, "The Sacrificed Truth: Media Culture and Attempted Objectivity in Native Son and Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992"
  
• Creative Writing: Alix Post, reading short fiction

Conference Program

1:30pm, Registration and refreshments (Anderson Center main lobby)

2:00pm, Conference opening and welcome (Anderson Center 111)

2:30pm, Breakout Session 1
American Literature Panel (Anderson Center 304) and Film, New Media, & Theory Panel (Anderson Center 305)

4:00pm, Break and refreshments

4:15pm, Breakout Session 2
British Literature Panel (Anderson Center 304) and World & Multicultural Literature Panel (Anderson Center 305)

6:00pm, Dinner and Creative Writing Panel (Anderson Center 111)

8:00pm, Conference Conclusion