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NEW VOICES GRADUATE CONFERENCE
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(UN)EARTHING: ROOTS, REL ATIONS, & REVEL ATIONS About New Voices Graduate Conference .......................................................4 Mission Statement .....................................................................................................4 Location & Parking .........................................................................................5 Conference Location .................................................................................................5 Parking Location .......................................................................................................5 Dining & Entertainment ..................................................................................6 Nearby Restaurants ..................................................................................................6 Local Culture & Entertainment ....................................................................................7 Friday Schedule .............................................................................................8 (1) 9:00-10:15am .....................................................................................................8 (2) 10:30-11:45am ....................................................................................................9 Friday Keynote Speakers .........................................................................................10 (3) 2:00-3:15pm ......................................................................................................11 (4) 3:30-4:45pm .....................................................................................................12 Friday Reading Kickoff ............................................................................................13 Saturday Schedule .......................................................................................14 (1) 10:00-11:15am ..................................................................................................14 (2) 11:30-12:45am ..................................................................................................15 (3) 2:00-3:30pm .....................................................................................................16 Creative Writing Reading & Closing Statements .........................................................17 Presenter & Reader Index ............................................................................18 Panel Chairs & Workshop Leaders Index ..................................................................18 Committee Member Listing ...........................................................................19 Thank You to Our Sponsors ......................................................................................19 Notes ...........................................................................................................20
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ABOUT NEW VOICES GRADUATE CONFERENCE Welcome to the ninth annual New Voices Graduate Conference! Thank you for joining us for another celebration of graduate research and academic exploration. Our committee is excited for this year’s conference theme, and we look forward to everyone’s presentations and interpretations of the theme. Since 2012, New Voices Graduate Conference has been a conference developed by graduate students and designed for graduate students. Our annual conference is affiliated, organized, and funded by the Georgia State University’s Graduate English Association (GEA) with the goal of helping graduate students gain conference and public speaking experience. Each conference revolves around an interdisciplinary theme which changes from year-toyear. This year’s theme, (Un)earthing, asks presenters to focus on the unsung voices within their research area and shine a light on new research concepts. Our goal this year is to lead intersecting discussions of art and science that unearth new research ideas and innovative methodologies. These discussions will provide feedback for future research and future presentations that encourage participants to continue on their unearthing journey.
MISSION STATEMENT
Create spaces that celebrate graduate student work, and promote academic achievement for all students both locally and nationally.
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LOC ATION & PARKIN G CONFERENCE LOC ATION GSU English Department located on 23rd Floor of 25 Park Place NE, Atlanta GA 30303
25 Park Place from Woodruff Park
Sky Scape of Downtown Atlanta
PARKIN G LOC ATION T-Deck Parking Deck: 43 Auburn Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30303 G-Deck Parking Deck: 121 Collins Street, Atlanta, GA 30303 T-Deck Guest Parking costs $7, and the Parking Attendant will be notified to allow non-GSU presenters to park in T-Deck on Saturday. For Georgia State University associated purposes, visitors may park in the G-Deck for free on weekends only, provided entry is at the Collins Street entrance to G-Deck (across from the Sports Arena) during regular hours of operation. Visitor Parking Information is available online.  
T-Deck Parking Entrance
G-Deck Parking Entrance 5
DINING & ENTERTAINMENT NEARBY RES TAURANTS Average cost per person for meal including one drink, tax, and tip
Name
$
Thrifty: under $10
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Reasonable: $11-30
$$$
Upscale: $31-60
Address
Hours Mon-Thurs, Sun: 11:00am10:00pm Fri-Sat: 11:00am- 11:00pm
Price
Amalfi Pizza
17 Andrew Young International Blvd NE, Atlanta, GA 30303
Aviva by Kameel (Mediterranean Cuisine & Juice Bar)
225 Peachtree St NE (Ste Mon-Fri: 7:30am-4:30pm B-30), Peachtree Center Mall Sat-Sun: closed Atlanta, GA 30303
$$
Babalu Tacos & Tapas
Mon-Thurs: 11:00am- 10:00pm 33 Peachtree Pl NE, Atlanta, Fri-Sat: 11:00am- 11:00pm GA 30309 Sun: 11:00am- 9:00pm
$
$-$$
Gus’s World Famous Fried 231 West Peachtree St NW Chicken A-05, Atlanta, GA 30303
Mon-Thurs, Sun: 11:00am- 9:00pm $$ Fri-Sat: 11:00am- 11:00pm
Hungry Ghost (Thai & Viet- namese Fusion Cuisine)
345 Edgewood Ave SE, Atlanta, GA 30312
Mon-Thurs: 5:00pm-1:00am Fri-Sat: 5:00pm- 4:00am
$$
Meehan’s Public House Downtown (Irish Cuisine)
200 Peachtree St, Atlanta, GA 30303
Mon-Fri: 11:00am- 2:00am Sat: 11:00am- 3:00am Sun: 11:00am- 12:00am
$$
Polaris 265 Peachtree St NE, (Upscale Southern Cuisine: Atlanta, GA 30303 Iconic Rotating Restaurant)
Mon-Fri: 11am-2pm, 5pm-8pm Sat-Sun: Closed
$$$
Sweet Georgia’s Juke Joint 200 Peachtree St NE, (Soul Food: Refined Takes Atlanta, GA 30303 on Classics)
Mon-Thurs: 4:00-10:00pm Fri-Sat: 4:00pm- 12:00am Sun: 11:00am10:00pm
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Terrace Bistro at The Ellis 176 Peachtree St NW, Hotel Atlanta, GA 30303
Breakfast: Mon- Fri: 6:30am 10:30am Sat-Sun: 7:00- 11:30am Lunch: Mon- Fri: 11:30am- 2:00pm Sat-Sun: 12:00- 2:00pm $$ Dinner: Mon- Thurs, Sun: 5:30-10:00pm Fri-Sat: 5:3011:00pm
The Food Shoppe (Creole Cuisine)
Mon-Thurs: 8:30am-5:00pm Fri: 8:30am- 9:00pm Sat-Sun: 11:00am- $ 6:00pm
123 Luckie St NW, Atlanta, GA 30303
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Name
Address
The Sun Dial Restaurant and Bar at the Westin
Hours
210 Peachtree St NW, Atlanta, GA 30303
Price
Sun-Sat: 11:30am- 2:30pm, 6:0010:00pm
$$$
Upbeet (Health-conscious, Veg1071 Howell Mill Rd, heavy Grain Bowls, Toasts & Atlanta, GA 30318 Smoothies)
Mon-Sun: 9:00am-9:00pm
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White Oak Kitchen & 270 Peachtree St, Atlanta, Cocktails (Southern-tinged GA 30303 New American Cuisine)
Mon-Fri: 11:30am- 10:30pm SatSun: 4:00- 10:30pm Bar open every night ‘til 11:00pm
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LOC AL CULTURE & ENTERTAINMENT Name
Address
Phone
Hours
Agatha’s: A Taste of 161 Peachtree Center Ave NE, (404) 584- 2255 Mystery Atlanta, GA 30303
Call for Showtime
Auburn Avenue Research Library on 101 Auburn Ave NE, Atlanta, African American GA 30303 Culture and History
(404) 613- 4001
Mon: 12:00-6:00pm Tues: 10:00am-6:00pm Wed-Thurs: 12:00-8:00pm Fri: 12:00pm-6:00pm Sat: 10:00am-6:00pm Sun: 2:00-6:00pm
National Center for Civil and Human Rights
100 Ivan Allen Junior Blvd, Atlanta, GA 30313
(678) 999- 8990
Mon-Sat: 10:00am-5:00pm
New American Shakespeare Tavern
499 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA 30308
(404) 874- 5299
Call for Showtime
Atlanta Magic Theater
444 Highland Ave NE, Atlanta, (877) 624- 4264 GA 30312
Call for Showtime
Martin Luther King 450 Auburn Ave NE, Atlanta, Jr. National Historic GA 30312 Site
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(404) 331- 5190
Mon-Sun: 9:00am-5:00pm
F R I D AY S C H E D U L E ( 1 ) 9 : 0 0 - 10 : 15 A M 1-1 Uncovering (New) Truths: Genre, Paratext, & Audience Understanding, Panel Location: Tory Moore Library Chair: Dr. Ashley Holmes Stephanie Graves, Georgia State University The New Flesh: Videodrome, Scopophilia, and Gendered Positionality Shannon Geary, Georgia State University The Epistemology of Poisonville: Hammett's Red Harvest and the Nature of Truth Jessie McCrary, Paratext and Cultural Positioning in The Michigan Murders: Examining Regional and Marketing Interpretation of True Crime in the 1970s and Today
1-2 Earthing & Unearthing Trauma, Panel Location: Conference Room #2447 Chair: Dr. Jay Rajiva Dianne Berger, Georgia State University Remembering, Repeating, and Working Through: Hilda Doolittle’s War Prose Jeremy Simpson, Georgia State University "Don't ever tell anybody anything": Unearthing Sexual Trauma and Repression in Written Works and Film Nicole Turner, Georgia State University “This is a war on foot”: Receiving and Perceiving Traumatic Experience in Michael Ondaatje’s Anil’s Ghost
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( 2 ) 1 0 : 3 0 - 11 : 4 5 A M 2-1 Unearthing New Identities Rooted in Narrative, Panel Location: Tory Moore Library Chair: Dr. Mark Noble Joanmarie Bañez, Georgia State University My Mother’s Tongue is Just That: My Mother’s, Not Mine Ahngeli Shivam, Georgia State University Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir Andrew Lamb, Georgia State University The Search for Roots: The Uprooted and Authors in Exile
2-2 Trauma, Memory, Survival: Exploring Openings in Rhetoric, Panel Location: Conference Room #2447 Chair: Dr. Pearl McHaney Jacob Richter, Clemson University Writing Truths: Surviving Digital Doxa with Undergraduate Composers Sarah Richardson, Clemson University Excavating Identities: Re-Memorializing Forgotten Graves with Digital Spaces Kailan Sindelar, Clemson University Virtual Reality for Conservation: Re-visualizing and Repressing Animal Suffering
12:00-2:00 PM Lunch and Presentation by Keynote Speakers Location: Troy Moore Library
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F R I D AY K E Y N O T E S P E A K E R S This year we’re proud to host two wonderful keynote speakers discussing their upcoming edited collection: IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Dr. Lynée L. Gaillet is a distinguished University Professor and chair of the English Department at Georgia State University. She received a National Endowment for the Humanities Research Award and an International Society for the History of Rhetoric Fellowship. Gaillet has written many books, articles, and essays on rhetoric, program administration, composition/rhetoric pedagogy, and archival research methods.
Helen Gaillet Bailey is a marketing communications professional and blogger in Atlanta, Georgia.
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( 3 ) 2 : 0 0 - 3 : 15 P M 3-1 Unearthing Rhetorical Theories of Agency & Action, Panel Location: Tory Moore Library Chair: Dr. Michael Harker Sommer Sterud, Kent State University J. Ryan Garner, Clemson University Rhetorics of Resurrection: Unearthing the Transhuman in Posthumanity Jen Carter, Georgia State University Unearthing Parallels: Identity Theory, Discourse, and the Writing Process
3-2 Unearthing Marginalization and Exploitation via Historical Contexts, Panel Location: Conference Room #2447 Chair: Dr. Pearl McHaney Ruth Myers, West Chester University “Love Me and Remain a Slave”: Chase-Riboud’s Reimagined Sally Hemings. Yousef Alhamoudi, West Chester University The Ongoing Police Racism Echoes the Treatment of Joe Christmas in William Faulkner’s Light in August
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(4) 3:30-4:45PM 4-1 Earthen Works: Evaluating Agency within the Environment, Panel Location: Tory Moore Library Chair: Eli Schuett Genevieve Ruzicka, Stony Brook University From 'San Andreas' to New Orleans: Hurricane Katrina and the Changing Politics of Natural Disaster Films Nanya Jhingran, University of Washington “A Geography Animated with Intentions”: Reclaiming Indigenous Vitality through LandBased Struggles in Frantz Fanon’s Algeria Writings Zachary Lundgren, East Carolina University Pollutants and Agency: Applying Actor-Network Theory to Environmental Treaties
4-2 Histories & Cultures Explored, Panel Location: Conference Room #2447 Chair: Dr. Lynée Gaillet Rachel Adornato, Georgia State University Unearthing Gothic Tradition: Revisiting Depression-Era Mississippi in Eudora Welty’s Fiction and Photography Cecily Rouse Timmons, Clemson University “Taking What You Can Get” in the Western North Carolina Mountains: Rhetorical Constructs of Health and Nutrition for Poor, Rural Appalachians Philip Lythcott, Georgia State University More Than A Historical Memory: The Trauma and Triumph of Searching for Lucilla's Lucy.
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S AT U R D AY S C H E D U L E 9:00-10:00 AM Light Breakfast Location: Tory Moore Library
( 1 ) 1 0 : 0 0 - 11 : 1 5 A M 1-1 Reimagining the Discourses of Textual Voices, Panel Location: Tory Moore Library Chair: Joanmarie Bañez Matthew H. Brittingham, Emory University Unearthing the Varieties of Religious Discourse in Christian Romance Novels Elsa Klingensmith-Parnell, Oklahoma State University Humanity, Genres, and Change in Nnedi Okorafor's Lagoon Dawn A. Major, Reinhardt University A Southern Mythology: An Exploration of the Supernatural in the Works of William Gay
1-2 Connecting Contrastive Rhetoric to Writing Practice: An Anecdotal Textual Unearthing of First-Year Writing, Roundtable Location: Conference Room #2447 Chair: Brittny M. Byrom Lin Dong, Georgia State University Beth Topping, Georgia State University
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( 2 ) 11 : 3 0 - 1 2 : 4 5 A M 2-1 Layered Histories in the Anthropocene, Roundtable Location: Tory Moore Library Chair: D.E. St. John Genevieve Arlie, University of Georgia Aviva Kasowski, University of Georgia Nathan Dixon, University of Georgia Lindsay Tigue, University of Georgia Emma Catherine Perry, University of Georgia
2-2 Experience & Object-Oriented Ontology in My Own Private Idaho, Roundtable Location: Conference Room #2447 Chair: Dr. Christopher Kocela Jeremy Simpson, Georgia State University Alan Swirsky, Georgia State University
12:50-2:00PM Lunch Location: Troy Moore Library
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(3) 2:00-3:30PM 3-1 Poetry Workshop Location: Conference Room #2325 Workshop Leader: Molly Brodak IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
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Poetry Prize. She is the author of three chapbooks of
in Georgia. Her poems have recently appeared in Field, Kenyan Review, Ninth Letter, and Colorado Review. Her first book of poetry, A Little Middle of the Night (University of Iowa Press, 2010), won the 2009 Iowa poetry as well, along with Bandit: A Daughter’s Memoir (Grove Atlantic, 2016).
3-2 Prose Workshop Location: Conference Room #2447 Workshop Leader: Rachel Levy IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
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(Caketrain, 2015) and a founding editor of Dreginald magazine. Her fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Black Warrior Review, DIAGRAM, Tarpaulin Sky, finishing her second novel, Delicious Force, supported by an NEA Fellowship in Prose. Currently, she holds a postdoc position in the Department of English at Michigan State University, where she teaches courses in fiction and creative nonfiction. Her website is www.racheljlevy.com.
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CREATIVE WRITING READING & CLOSING STATEMENTS

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PRESENTER & READER INDEX Adornato, Rachel
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Lythcott, Philip
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Alhamoudi, Yousef
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Major, Dawn A.
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Arlie, Genevieve
15, 17
McCrary, Jessie
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Bañez, Joanmarie
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Myers, Ruth
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Berger, Dianne
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Perry, Emma Catherine
15
Brittingham, Matthew H.
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Richardson, Sarah
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Carter, Jen
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Richter, Jacob
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Dixon, Nathan
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Ruzicka, Genevieve
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Dong, Lin
14
Shivam, Ahngeli
8
Garner, J. Ryan
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Simpson, Jeremy
8, 15
Geary, Shannon
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Sindelar, Kailan
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Graves, Stephanie
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Sterud, Sommer
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Jhingran, Nanya
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Swirsky, Alan
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Kasowski, Aviva
15, 17
Tigue, Lindsay
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Kingery, Olivia
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Timmons, Cecily Rouse
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Klingensmith-Parnell, Elsa
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Topping, Beth
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Lamb, Andrew
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Turner, Nicole
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Lundgren, Zachary
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PANEL C HAIRS & WORKSHOP LEADERS INDEX
Bailey, Helen Gaillet
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Kocela, Christopher
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Bañez, Joanmarie
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Levy, Rachel
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Brodak, Molly
13, 16
McHaney, Pearl
9, 11
Byrom, Brittny
14
Noble, Mark
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Gaillet, Lynée L.
10, 12
Rajiva, Jay
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Harker, Michael
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Schuett, Eli
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Holmes, Ashley
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St. John, D.E.
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COMMITTEE MEMBER LISTING Faculty Advisor: Dr. Paul Schmidt
Treasurer and GEA Liaison: Stephanie Graves
First Chair: Brittny M. Byrom
Marketing Coordinator: Nicole Turner
Second Chair: Jennifer Carter
Creative Writing Coordinator: Ally Wright
Secretary: Beth Topping
Creative Writing Chair, Poetry: Caitlin Creson
Hospitality Chair: Joan Bañez
Creative Writing Chair, Prose: Megan Clark
Communication Chair: Shannon Lee
Faculty Liaison, William Grant Vickery
Planning Committee: Brittny M. Byrom, Jen Carter, Nicole Turner, Grant Vickery, Eli Schuett, Joan Bañez, Ally Wright, Megan Clark, and Caitlin Creson
T H A N K YO U T O O U R S P O N S O R S
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ART GATHERED FROM CREATIVE COMMONS
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