Monday, April 18, 2011

Undergraduate Honors

The English department and the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies in English, Dan Mueller, are pleased to announce the undergraduate students receiving Honors in English at graduation in May, 2011.

Andrew Field has been awarded summa cum laude for his Honors Thesis, "'For All That May Yet Be True':
Subjunctive Narrative and Postmodernity in Thomas Pynchon's Mason & Dixon." His Honors Thesis advisor was David Jones. In recognition of his receiving the highest honors the Department of English bestows upon a graduating senior, he has been invited to speak at the English Department convocation on Saturday, May 14 at 1 p.m. in Woodward Hall.

Kelsey Byrne was awarded cum laude for her Honors Thesis, "'The Beauty of Meaning': Art, Aesthetics and the Visual in Jane Eyre." Her Honors Thesis advisor was Aeron Hunt.

Analisa Goodman was awarded cum laude for her Honors Thesis, "'We Neither of Us Perform to Strangers': An Analysis of Performance, Women, and the Making of a Heroine." Her Honors Thesis advisor was Carolyn Woodward.

Tamara Martinez was awarded cum laude for her Honors Thesis, "'Call it gossip, if you will': The Female Writers Critique of Male Rumormongers in Persuasion and Wuthering Heights." Her Honors Thesis advisor was Gail Houston.

Patricia Remark was awarded cum laude for her Honors Thesis, "'Industry in Transition': The Uncertain Future of University Presses." Her Honors Thesis advisor was Jim Burbank.

Many thanks to the advisors and faculty evaluators without whose help there would not be an Honors Program in English at all.

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