Seniors Get Standing Ovation at Spring ‘24 Capstones!

by Rabi Michael-Crushshon ‘26

Seventeen English majors, across both disciplines, Creative Writing and Literature, embarked on their capstone projects this semester. Now, as the semester comes to a hectic close filled with late nights of studying, homework, and impending deadlines, their hours of hard work have paid off! On April 23rd, nine capstone students presented to a Harmon room filled to the brim with hot and sweaty friends, family, and professors.

Due to a broken air system, on April 24th, we all piled into a much cooler and smaller Old Main 4th Floor Lounge to listen to the remaining eight presenters. Those who were able to attend learned about a medley of different topics, from Powderhorn Park to Shakespeare and from Cats: the Musical to the pain and love that is sports.

Accompanied by snacks and drinks, these presentations were a great way to celebrate, acknowledge, and learn from the capstone students in the department! Each capstone presentation was unique and original, reflecting the students’ interests and passions. See below for titles and pictures of each presentation!

Tuesday, Apr 23 Presentations

Reflection of a body in water: a poetry collection

Zoe Chinander-McFaul

“To the World We Dream About:” Reinterpreting Myth As Present Day Activism

Patrick Coy-Bjork

Developments: A Poetry Chapbook

Marley Craine

By-Proxy: Critical Race Theory in Black Narratives

Sydney Ellison

Eco-Shakespeare in the (National) Park: Problem Plays and Subverted Tragedies in Yosemite Valley

Miranda Farrow

Variations

Zoe Felsch

A Legend in Her Lifetime: Carmen and Marisol as Mediums of a Mythical Spanish Identity

Madeline Graf

Separations: a poetry collection

Siri Greene

They Might Have Been Giants: Fact, Legend and Politics in Medieval Giant Narratives

Maddie Heinz

Wednesday, Apr 24 Presentations

Leadlights: a poetry collection

Sam Hopkins

An Antebellum Macbeth

Reagan Kimzey

Catwalk: A Poetry Collection

Miles Latham

Crip Embodiments, Eco Embeddedness: Essays and Proof of Life: Poems

Chloë Moore

Dinnseanchas, Echoes of Ireland: the Poetic Language of Place and Land

Skye Newhall

Love Letters

Sofia Onuscheck

Pain is Like Gas: The Human Condition in Sports Literature

Cheyenne Woerman

Dreamscapes: Exploring Political Resistance and National Identity through Surrealism in the Contemporary Chilean Novel

Semanti Pathak

The English department would like to congratulate all the capstone students on this great accomplishment!