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2002 Fellows Conference

"Plants, Animals, and Insects in Human Culture"

Welcome

George E. Dambach, Vice President, Research

Moderators

Bradd Burningham, Administrator, University Library System, Purdy Library
Heidi Gottfried, Associate Professor, CULMA

Keynote Speaker

Donna Haraway, Professor of the History of Consciousness at the University of California at Santa Cruz:. From Cyborgs to Companion Species: Kinship in Technoscience

Faculty Fellow Presenters

Christopher Collins, Associate Professor, Music: Animals, Beasts, and Banshees in Celtic Folklore: Expressions of an Irish-American Composer

William Harris, Professor, English: Hip-Hop Adaptations of Brer Rabbit Tales

Donna Landry, Professor, English, The Making of the English Hunting Seat

Anca Vlasopolos, Professor, English: Ring of Fire: Opening Japan to Western-Style Species Extinction


Edward M. Wise Dissertation Fellows Conference

Moderator

Sandra VanBurkleo, Associate Professor, History (wife of the late Edward M. Wise)

Edward M. Wise Fellow Presenters

Julie Towell, Ph.D. Candidate, English, Edward M. Wise Fellow: The 'Rise and Progress' of Anglo-Saxonism and English National Identity

Craig Smith, Ph.D. Candidate, Communication, Awardee: Eustace Tilley's Closet: Gay and Lesbian Writers at the New Yorker 1925-1992

Mark Huston, Ph.D. Candidate, Philosophy, Awardee: Intuitions and Concepts