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Two English Alumnae Present Papers

Both presented their research at the 25th Annual British Women Writers Conference at the University of Chapel Hill

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Two English alumnae presented their graduate research at the 25th annual British Women Writers Conference at the University of Chapel Hill (June 21-24).
Christina Jen, a doctoral candidate at Rutgers, presented work from her dissertation in a paper title “‘Reading Behind the Curtain: Jane Austen’s Theory of ‘Incomplete’ Acting.” Bianca Perez-Cancino is in her third year at Indiana.  Her paper was titled:  “Parental Authority and Filial (Dis)Obedience in Gaskell’s North and South.”

Christina won the British Women Writers Association’s graduate student travel award. Congratulations to both!