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  Seven students to present at IU women's conference

April 1, 2005

 
KOKOMO, Ind.—Seven Indiana University Kokomo students will present papers at the 17th Annual IU Intercampus Women's Studies/Gender Studies Undergraduate Research Conference. This year's conference, titled “Women's Lives,” takes place April 1 at IU Southeast in New Albany.

Participating students and their presentation topics include

Martha Bugher, Kokomo, English major: “ 'That is called beauty, except the color:' Aphra Behn and Issues of Race in Oroonoko”

Edwin Faunce, Kokomo, communication arts major: “An Interview with Dr. Fatimah Muhammad: An Individual's Perspective on Gendering”

Melissa Heffernan, Rossville, English major: “ 'She was a worthy woman al hir live:' Chaucer and the Question of Misogyny”

Amelissa James, Logansport, psychology major: “Violence in Video Games and the Home: A Content Analysis”

Dixie Laures, Fulton, sociology major: “Family Preservation”

Carri Luster, Kokomo, humanities major: “Gender in Comics”

Navi Van Wormer, Peru, communication arts major: “Zora Neale Hurston: Positive Integration of Nature and Nurture”

Robert Strikwerda, Ph.D., director of the IU Kokomo Honors Program, has coordinated the students' conference participation. For more information, contact Strikwerda at rstrikwe@iuk.edu.


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Program Contact:

Robert Strikwerda, Ph.D.
Honors Program

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