Concurrent Session 1A
Moderator: Barbara Redeker, Rice University
Conflict Resolution in Ministry
Malcolm McGuire, MADR, Southern Methodist University
The Concept of the Animal in Cormac McCarthy's Child of God
Adam Ryan Barton, University of Dallas
Information-Seeking Behavior Among Young People in China: AI vs. Search Engines (PPT file)
Sophie Ying Chen, Southern Methodist UniversityÂ
Concurrent Session 1B
Moderator: Rodi Franco, Rice University
From the Phenomenological through the Existential to the Temporal: The Threefold Repetition of Being and Time (PPT file)
Christopher Gruber, Pontifical Gregorian University
Abandoning the Behemoth for Something More Human
Lue Kraltchev, Southern Methodist University
Concurrent Session 2A
Moderator: Dennelle Gibbins-Lyon, Rice University
Media Portrayal of Women's Deviant Behavior and the Ensuing Effect on Social Change MovementsÂ
Callie Summers, Southern Methodist University
The Power of Narrative in Healing the Traumatic Soul: Trauma and Witness at the
W.F. Ramsey Unit
Arlandis Jones, Southern Methodist University
Selfies, Spectacles, and Social Media: Deconstructing Gender, Consumerism, and Ideology in #skimsdress (PPT file)
Rebecca Jinxiu Han, University of Texas - Dallas
Concurrent Session 2B
Moderator: Dick Cheney, Rice University
An Emerging Writer's Journey Into the World of Online Literary Journals
Linda K. Allison, Rice University
Nancy L. Glass, Rice University
AI and a Case of Writer's Block (PPT file)
Stephanie Chretien, Rice University
Concurrent Session 3A
Moderator: Linda Allison, Rice University
The Aesthetics of Artistic Autonomy in Virginia Woolf's To The Lighthouse
Shivika Mathur, University of Texas - Dallas
The Intersection of Emerging Journalism, Feminism and Social Justice
Abby Cole, University of Texas - Dallas
Sympathetic Imagination and its failure in Coetzee's Elizabeth Costello
Marjan Heidari, University of Texas - Dallas
Concurrent Session 4A
Moderator: Patsy Liao, Rice University
"A Volatile State of Being:" Chimamanda Adichie and Mohsin Hamid in our Transnational Globalized World (PPT file)
Amy Aliz Simpson, Texas Christian University
Ted Dohmen, Rice University
Concurrent Session 4B
Moderator: Mary Lynn Fernau, Rice University
When The Death Counter Stares Back: Locating Lacan's Gaze in Masocore Games
Rachel Catlett, University of Texas - Dallas
Ambiguity and Trickery in Robert de Boron's "Merlin"
Sarah Lesikar Eschrich, University of Dallas
Beyond Bourdieu: Rethinking Taste, Race, and Gender in Nella Larsen's Passing (PPT file)
Manzar Feiz, University of Texas - Dallas