STUDENT RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS
Scholar Presentations Based on Research
The English major includes much research on theories of literature, culture, and writing, and students have opportunities to apply what they learn. All junior and senior English courses include research and writing projects. And the capstone theory course (EN490) culminates in a major research project that students present at the spring Arts & Humanities Symposium. Professor Comer oversees EN490, and Professor Harper oversees the symposium, which is orgainzed like a professional conference.
During the Spring 2011 symposiium, the following three English majors presented their research papers:
Emily Arnold
Disability in the Twelve Original Issues
of X-men
Miles Bynre
Disability in Miller’s Batman: The Dark
Knight Returns
Rebekah Stottlemyer
Disability in Wide Sargasso Sea
More . . . photos of the Arts & Humanities Symposium
The English Department of Defiance College sponsors several publications. We encourage students to develop their creative writing and technical skills by contributing to the following publications:
Monica Switzer, 2011-2012 editor
Progeny, the DC literary and photography magazine (in print and online format)
Editing Progeny . . . photos of the editors
The PaperWad, an online webzine for students of AH110 and AH120
The Defender, the Defiance College newspaper
Research and Creative Communication Projects
Students produce several creative works in English courses. Click here to see the "silent film" that some of the students of the Advanced Writing class made. The assignment was to "communicate using no more than four written words." Kristi Jo Leaders, Jessica Meyer, Angela Santo, and Amy Von Deylen went one better by producing a film that communicated without any spoken words.
Spoof on Coffee Table Books by Advanced Writing Students;
or, Kevinisms: The But(t) of Discourse
Enjoy this parody of all things literary by students of EN270.