ISSUED: 10 April 2019
MEDIA CONTACT: Valerie Owens
SHEPHERDSTOWN, WV — Students from several Shepherd University departments will showcase their research in the inaugural Humanities and Social Sciences Student Research Evening on Wednesday, April 17, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the Robert C. Byrd Center for Congressional History and Education auditorium. During this interdisciplinary event, students in the fields of English literature, political science, Appalachian studies, creative writing, and history will introduce work covering a diverse range of topics in short oral presentations. The event is free and open to the public.
The presentations will include:
- 6:30 p.m.—Allison Wharton, Charles Town, Appalachian studies, “Shepherd Speaks: Voices of Today”
- 6:40 p.m.—Eric Ostrow, Reisterstown, Maryland, political science and global studies, “The Effect of Opioid Abuse on Violent Crime Rates”
- 6:50 p.m.—Claudia McCarron, Charles Town, English, “‘French Dancer’s Bastard’: Imperialism, Girlhood, and Adéle Varens in Brontë’s Jane Eyre”
- 7:20 p.m.—Lena Nunez, Fayetteville, North Carolina, political science and global studies, “The Effect of Post-Secondary Education Prison Programs on Statewide Recidivism”
- 7:30 p.m.—Staci Knisley, Keymar, Maryland, English, “Motherhood: As Voiced by Jhumpa Lahiri”
- 7:40 p.m.—Claire Tryon, Martinsburg, history, “The Furies: Challenging Notions of Separatist Space”
- 8 p.m.—Robert Carney, Martinsburg, English, “Dark Matters”
- 8:10 p.m.—Claire Affinito, Harpers Ferry, history, “Stopping the Madness: The Role of the Legal System in Early Modern English Witch Persecutions”
- 8:20 p.m.—Rebecca Kamp, Martinsburg, political science and global studies, “Jab Meri Izzat Kho Jaati Hai: When My Honor is Lost”
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