2011 URI Conference Program - URI Graduate Student Conference
2011 URI Conference Program - URI Graduate Student Conference
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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