CLU Festival of Scholars
CLU's 2008 Festival of Scholars, sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences, was held March 27- April 3. Students presented their research or creative projects.
The Festival of Scholars provides students in the College of Arts and Sciences with the opportunity to showcase their original research and projects. The weeklong celebration of student scholarship culminates with a reception honoring the students. Students whose work is chosen as the top selection from each of the four divisions (Humanities, Creative Arts, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences) receive an Outstanding Research/Project Award and are asked to present their work.
2008 Festival of Scholars English Department Presentations
| Lauren Coss | Little Downfalls | English | Details |
| David Watterson | “The Graduate: Reflections on Film & Life” | English | Details |
| Jessica Porter | Aging and Duality: A Non-Modernist Interpretation of “Prufrock” | English | Details |
| Amy Lever | Hollow Imagery and Imperialism in Heart of Darkness | English | Details |
| Jaclyne Rodriguez | The Effects of War on Iraqi Children | English | Details |
| Kristina M. Skiba | V, Vengeance, Villains, and Victims: A Butterfly Effect | English | Details |
| Mario Piumetti Jr. | The Vatraviča | English | Details |
| Amanda Setto | The Four Humours Throughout Medieval & Renaissance English Literature | English | Details |
| Timothy Harker | Rising, Falling and Redemption in Fallen Angels | English | Details |
| Nicole Walker | Check Your Blood | English | Details |
| Blake Hunsicker | Daniel and Cyrus before the Idol Bel | English | Details |
| Elizabeth Fox | Peter's Absent Mother | English | Details |
| Crystal Lorraine Murguia | The Witches’ Manipulation of Macbeth through Foresight | English | Details |
| Sylvia Naranjo | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Christian Imagery Expressed through Harry and His Supporting Characters | English | Details |
2007 Festival of Scholars English Presentations
Jake Goodrich “Faith and Lack Thereof: Spiritual Attitudes in the Wake of the Holocaust”
Matt Johnson “The Journey Within: Exploring the Natural World in Heart of Darkness”
Danielle Martin “The Outlaw Kid”
Luci Masredjian “Calvinism Misguided in Faulkner’s Light in August”
Emily Moffett “Parallelism in the Modern Prometheus”
Erin Warrell “The Evolution of the Little Red Riding Hood Character as Reflective of Changing Socio- Cultural Perspectives"
Sam Farinacci EVAN
Amelia Norton “John Donne as Crypto-Catholic: Religious Imagery in Holy Sonnets XIII – XIX”
Patrick Jennett “Deuces Wild and Dime Novel”
Daniel Thomas “Reciprocity and Jungian Psychology in Ursula Le Guin’s Earthsea Trilogy”
Briana Williams “A Study of Inner and Outer Beauty in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast”
To view all student abstracts for the CLU Festival of Scholars 2007, please follow this link: Student Abstracts for 2007 CLU Festival of Scholars
More Information:
Contact: Dr. Mindy Puopolo
Phone: (805) 493-3528
Email: mpuopolo@callutheran.edu