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
Zoe Chinander-McFaul – Reflection of a body in water: a poetry collection
Patrick Coy-Bjork – “To the World We Dream About:” Reinterpreting Myth As Present Day Activism
Marley Craine – Developments: A Poetry Chapbook
Sydney Ellison –By-Proxy: Critical Race Theory in Black Narratives
Miranda Farrow – Eco-Shakespeare in the (National) Park: Problem Plays and Subverted Tragedies in Yosemite Valley
Zoe Felsch – Variations
Madeline Graf -A Legend in Her Lifetime: Carmen and Marisol as Mediums of a Mythical Spanish Identity
Siri Greene – Separations: a poetry collection
Maddie Heinz -They Might Have Been Giants: Fact, Legend and Politics in Medieval Giant Narratives
Wednesday, Apr 24 Presentations
Sam Hopkins – Leadlights: a poetry collection
Reagan Kimzey – An Antebellum Macbeth
Miles Latham – Catwalk: A Poetry Collection
Chloë Moore – Crip Embodiments, Eco Embeddedness: Essays and
Proof of Life: Poems
Skye Newhall – Dinnseanchas, Echoes of Ireland: the Poetic Language of Place and Land
Sofia Onuscheck – Love Letters
Cheyenne Woerman -Pain is Like Gas: The Human Condition in Sports Literature
Semanti Pathak -Dreamscapes: Exploring Political Resistance and National Identity through Surrealism in the Contemporary Chilean Novel
The English department would like to congratulate all the capstone students on this great accomplishment!