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2011 URI Conference Program - URI Graduate Student Conference

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G r a d u a t e C o n f e r e n c e<br />

<strong>URI</strong><strong>2011</strong><br />

SPECIAL THANKS<br />

Our conference embodies what is possible when deeply committed gradu-<br />

ate students, faculty and staff work together across fields and disciplines to<br />

facilitate scholarly dialogue. As <strong>Graduate</strong> <strong>Student</strong>s in the Department of English,<br />

we are grateful for the continued support and encouragement of our faculty.<br />

The <strong>2011</strong> <strong>URI</strong> <strong>Graduate</strong> <strong>Student</strong> <strong>Conference</strong> Committee extends heartfelt<br />

thanks to our Department Chair, Professor Ryan Trimm, and to our Director of<br />

<strong>Graduate</strong> Studies, Professor Naomi Mandel for her advice, support, and involve-<br />

ment.<br />

Additionally, we thank Michelle Caraccia of the Department of English for<br />

her support, consideration, and patient assistance. We are grateful to Anita<br />

Burke, former Department of English <strong>Graduate</strong> Secretary, for her assistance.<br />

We gratefully acknowledge Jason Clarke for his generous contribution of<br />

graphic and program design. We are grateful to Anna Williams and Mason Adams<br />

for permission to use Anna’s striking photograph of the clock in the Musée<br />

d’Orsay.<br />

We extend our thanks to former <strong>Conference</strong> Committee coordinators<br />

Laurie Carlson, Stephen Marchand, Jenn Brandt, and Sara Murphy for their advice<br />

and support. Finally, we wish to thank our graduate colleagues and faculty for<br />

their continued encouragement and support.<br />

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