Streamlines Schedule

Opening Session: 8:45 - 9:00
Welcome to Streamlines and Opening Remarks Join Meeting

Session 1: 9:00 - 10:15
Far from the Femme Fatale: Representations of Women and Power in the Spy Text (Genre Studies) Moderator: Blake Westerlund Join Meeting	Killing Eve: Igniting Powerful Women, Challenged Gender Structures, and the Desire to Kill - Tara Willox, UW Eau Claire The Trap of Visibility & the Power of Surveillance in William Boyd’s Restless - Jenna Mielke, UW Eau Claire The Thrill of Vera Kelly - Hayley Jacobson, UW Eau Claire
Nature and Nightmares (Creative Writing I) Moderator: Matt Muilenburg Join Meeting	*Retelling The Hour of Start* By Clare Lispector** - Emily Rudie, University of St. Thomas Thalassaphobic Nightmares and Sunken City - Myra Meyer, Waldorf University Environmental Poetry - Madina Tuhbatullina, Waldorf University Broken Limbs: Poems of Trauma and Nature - Sierra Earle, Mount Mercy University
International Images (Literary Analysis I) Moderator: Jeannine Pitas Join Meeting	A Director, Not a Puppeteer - Emma Johnson, U of Mary Hardin-Baylor “Where is Our Purpose Now?” How Moscow’s Gentleman becomes a Man of Intent - Anna Fisher, Benedictine U Roman Holiday and Anastasia: Social Class and Identity in 1950s Film - Lauren Hildum, Hiram College The Irony of Godhood - Luke Bentz, Baylor U

Session 2: 10:30 - 11:45
Explorations in Nonfiction (Creative Writing II) Moderator: Jessica Schreyer Join Meeting	A Godless Child - Victoria Welter, U of St. Thomas What is the Point of All This? - Izzy Iliff, U of St. Thomas World of Peace - Cassie Ales, U of St. Thomas
Vampires and Identity (Literary Analysis II) Moderator: Michele McKinlay Join Meeting	Dracula’s Existential Crisis - Myra Meyer, Waldorf U Blood and Queer Relationships in Dracula - Gretchen Burnette, Waldorf U Normalization and Acceptance in The Gilda Stories - Michelle Flores, U of St. Thomas
Diverse Perspectives on British Literature (Literary Analysis III) Moderator: Jon Barz Join Meeting	Death and Humor in Mary Kingsley’s Travels in West Africa - Kenneth Dantes, Elmhurst U, The Female Utopia through Mary Astell’s A Serious Proposal to the Ladies and Thomas Moore’s Utopia - Emily Rudie, U of St. Thomas Noble Savages and Warrior Maids: Sir Satyrane and Political Philosophy in The Faerie Queen - Luke Bentz, U of Mary Hardin-Baylor
11:45—Break

Keynote Address 12:00 - 12:50
What's English, Spanish and Liberal Arts Got to Do With It?: Lesson Learning Across Two Centuries Ann Pelelo Join Meeting	Ann Pelelo is Professor of English and Chair of the Society, Culture and Discourse department at Clarke University in Dubuque, Iowa. In addition, over the past several years she has contributed her writing skills to various projects for the Educational Testing Service and has served as a member of the Peer Corps for the Higher Learning Commission. Her academic background in English and Spanish has fed both her professional and personal lives as she has traveled extensively with both her students and her family to Europe, Africa and Latin America.

Keynote Address
12:00 - 12:50

What's English, Spanish and Liberal Arts Got to Do With It?: Lesson Learning Across Two Centuries
Ann Pelelo

Join Meeting

Ann Pelelo is Professor of English and Chair of the Society, Culture and Discourse department at Clarke University in Dubuque, Iowa. In addition, over the past several years she has contributed her writing skills to various projects for the Educational Testing Service and has served as a member of the Peer Corps for the Higher Learning Commission. Her academic background in English and Spanish has fed both her professional and personal lives as she has traveled extensively with both her students and her family to Europe, Africa and Latin America.

Session 3: 1:10 - 2:00
Critical Approaches to Toni Morrison (Literary Analysis IV) Moderator: Steve Bellomy Join Meeting	All That Glitters: Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon - Hannah Holst, Clarke U "Anything dead coming back to life hurts": Pain and Storytelling in Toni Morrison’s Beloved - Emily Boge, Clarke U The Scapegoating of Sula Peace - Sierra Earle, Mount Mercy U
American Illusions (Literary Analysis V) Moderator: Michele McKinlay Join Meeting	In Defense of Veda Pierce: Family Dynamics and the American Dream in Michael Curtiz’s Mildred Pierce - Lauren Hildum, Hiram College Hawthorne’s Mesmerism in Society - Kathrynn Smith, Wichita State U “The Yellow Wallpaper”: Overcoming Oppression Through Paper - Emily Smith, Clarke U
Poetic Expressions (Creative Writing III) Moderator: Andrew Jones Join Meeting	Surving - Katrina Owensby, U of Dubuque A Look Into My Soul - Rasharra Smith, U of Dubuque Sing Along and Joyriding - Beatrice Ogeh, U of St. Thomas My Version of Starry Night - Kaylyn LeGrand, Clarke U

Closing Session: 2:25
Conference Closing Remarks Join Meeting

Opening Session:8:45 - 9:00

Welcome to Streamlines and Opening Remarks

Session 1:9:00 - 10:15

Far from the Femme Fatale: Representations of Women and Power in the Spy Text

Nature and Nightmares

International Images

Session 2:10:30 - 11:45

Explorations in Nonfiction

Vampires and Identity

Diverse Perspectives on British Literature

11:45—Break

Keynote Address12:00 - 12:50

Session 3:1:10 - 2:00

Critical Approaches to Toni Morrison

American Illusions

Poetic Expressions

Closing Session:2:25

Conference Closing Remarks

Opening Session:
8:45 - 9:00

Session 1:
9:00 - 10:15

Session 2:
10:30 - 11:45

Keynote Address
12:00 - 12:50

Session 3:
1:10 - 2:00

Closing Session:
2:25