Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Panda Express Fund Raiser




This Thursday December 8, 2011 come by Panda Express on the CSUN campus and 20% of proceeds will go to AGSE. Pick up a flyer on our wall in ST 7th floor and present it anytime between 2:30 and 6pm.

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Reminder: Meeting 11/9

This is your reminder of the meeting scheduled for tomorrow at 2:30 -3:30pm in JR 319. There will be wonderful snacks and brownies.

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Highlights from 10/12 Meeting




Book Sale:

Thank you to all members who signed up to conduct the sale this upcoming week. We are sure to have great success. All members, remember to spread the word about the book sale to anyone you see. Please remind them all books are ONLY $1!!!

Facebook:

Since the old Facebook is being archived, the new Facebook is up and running. See photos and much more! Add "Agse Csun" as a friend today!


Tutoring Blog:

Remember that if you would like to be on the tutoring blog, please email us and we will gather your information to put you on there.

Monday, October 10, 2011

Upcoming Meeting

Monthly meeting this Wednesday

October 12, 2011

JR 319 2:30-3:30pm

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Highlights from Meeting

Wednesday September 14, 2011


Good News:






Book sale is set for October 18, 19, and 20 in the Jerome Breezeway (under Sierra Tower) 11-3pm. We have many books to sell and if you wish to volunteer even an hour of your time, there will be a sign up sheet emailed or you can email us directly.









Workshop on “How to Write a Proposal” will be October 19 in Jr 319 2:30pm hosted by Dr. Ian Barnard










Conference is set for March 3, 2012. Our guest speaker will be Dr. Julie Carlson, a romanticist from UCSB.












Things to Think About:


If you have any suggestions for fundraisers, workshops or anything else, please email your suggestions and they will be announced for the next meeting.

We wish make a compilation of advice for graduate school. If you have any experience in being a TA, SI leader, the Writing lab tutor or applying for scholarships you should share your advice. Please email us your experience and advice so that we may gather the best advice.

We hope to see you at the next meeting in October 12 in JR 319

Thursday, August 25, 2011

GET TO KNOW THE OFFICERS

For the coming school year of 2011-12, we five will be planning, preparing and promoting AGSE events that help to enhance your experience here at CSUN. Read our bios and get to know us better. If you see us in the halls say hello or ask about our next event. We hope to serve you well this year.

Dr. Ranita Chatterjee- Advisor



Dr. Chatterjee is the Graduate Director and professor in the English department here at Northridge. She teaches various interesting courses in British Romanticism as well as the core theory classes for the undergraduate and graduate level. In addition to all this she is our advisor for AGSE. As our guiding light, she supervises our work and provides an professional bridge between us (students) and the academic world with her vast knowledge and experience.




Corri Ditch-President



I have a tendency to greet people, even those I have just met, with a hug. I was born and raised in Hawaii and this is one of the many ways in which we express our Aloha Spirit. I inherited my work ethic from my great grandparents who immigrated to Hawaii from the Philippines. I am interested in British Romanticism, Poststructuralism, Feminist Theory, and Queer Theory. I am a proud member of the CSUN English Department; I recognize the exceptional faculty and staff that I am fortunate enough to study under, and work with. I am thrilled to be the 2011-2012 AGSE President, and to have the opportunity to work with an amazing group of accomplished and dedicated officers. It will be a very productive year and very fun year – I simply insist on it!


Norma Aceves- Vice President





My name is Norma Aceves, I am the AGSE Vice President this year. I am currently a Literature option, but I may switch to Rhetoric and Composition. I am also a teaching associate, supplemental instructor, and EOP (Educational Opportunity Program) Academic Mentor for the commuter bridge program. My recent casual reading selections tag me as part vampire and muggle, but I also enjoy the entanglements of Judith Butler and Helene Cixous. My current mission in life is to find a bridge between critical theory and composition studies, while single-handedly defeating Voldemort and Sue Sylvester.

Fariba Maleki- Treasurer




Fariba Maleki is the treasurer and a first year of graduate student majoring in English, Creative Writing option. Born in Iran,Tehran, the third of the four children of the family. From early on in her life she was deeply influenced with the artistic tone that ruled her home land and by the age of nine she wrote her first interpretation of the world in which she lived and called it “Night Guards.” Before the age of thirteen she had written other short stories entitled “Laundry Woman” and Windows of Tomorrow,” which were all published in Cinema Star magazine, the premier entertainment publication of Iran.

Margeaux Gamboa-Wong- Secretary




I am Margeaux Aegel Gamboa-Wong – Secretary, currently an English Graduate Student in Literature and a Teaching Associate. As a teaching associate, I teach Freshmen Composition, helping young minds understand rhetoric, genre and audience. As a literature student, I study different literatures, often gravitating to American Lit. But my real love is the Gothic, fascinated by how gothic literature historicizes the anxieties of a culture and by the seductive nature of monstrosity. My ironic love for the gothic and for the monster is the reason why I also love theory, especially Bakhtinian theory. For me, Mikhail Bakhtin makes possible a temporal and spatial understanding of all things that translates easily to the analysis of monstrosity and otherness. After receiving my Masters in English, I plan on going for a Doctoral degree in Queer Studies; an area that I think will help further my delving into things that the dominant society misunderstands.

Yollotl Lopez- Press Secretary




My name is Yollotl Lopez (jajolt) and I will be your Press Secretary this year. This is my second semester of grad school here at CSUN and I am in the Literature option. Though born and raised in Mojave, I live in Palmdale and commute to CSUN. I also work as an ISA and SI Leader helping students to enhance their writing skills. Though I love all literature, I love studying popular culture and film in order to see the fun ways in which it connects to classic works. Someday I hope to obtain a PhD and be able to teach, edit and write creatively.

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

CALL FOR BOOKS


Save the worms the hassle and donate your books to us! Sleep well knowing your undesired books will help AGSE fund future events through its annual book sale.




If you wish to donate books please email us at agse201011@gmail.com in order to schedule a time to pick up the books.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Congratulations New Officers

Thank you for participating in the elections this year. Here are the new officers for the 2011-2012 year:

Corri Ditch - President
Norma Aceves - Vice President
Margeaux Gamboa-Wong, Secretary
Fariba Maleki - Tresurer
Yollotl Lopez - Press Secretary

We look forward to their leadership and inspiration.

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Spring Conference Keynote Speaker

The Associated Graduate Students in English invite you to attend:

“How Free Is Free Speech?”
By Professor Susan Jarratt
Date: Saturday, April 16th, 2011
Time: 12:30- 2:00pm
Location: Thousand Oaks Room,
University Student Union



Professor Susan Jarratt is currently professor and chair of Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine where she served as Campus Writing Coordinator from 2001-07. Her interests include Ancient Greek and Roman rhetoric, contemporary rhetoric, political discourse, student writing, and writing pedagogies in universities and public contexts. She is currently working on a book about the significance of space and the imperial relationship in ancient Greco-Roman rhetoric. Additionally, she is collaborating with Andrea Lunsford, Robert Hariman, LuMing Mao, and Jacqueline Jones Royster in editing the Norton Anthology of Rhetoric and Writing.

Sponsored By: The Associated Graduate Students in English, Associated Students, and The Distinguished Visitor Speakers Program

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Spring Conference Order Of Events

“Upon A Precipice”
April 16th, 2011

8:00am-8:45
Check-in & Breakfast
Reseda Room

8:45am-10:00am
Session I

Yellow Brick Road
“ LOST GIRLS and the Deconstruction of Childhood: How the Graphic Novel Acts as Feminist Agency”,
Billie Jo Mason
“If You Weren’t in That Chair: Moving Away From Binary Representations of Disability”
Loretta McCormick
“swarm 4 warm 2 morrows”,
Ruben Mendoza
Moderator: Vania Sciolini
Santa Susana Room

CounterBound
“Interpreting Marie de France’s Lais: A Genre Theory Approach”,
Linda Olson
“The Second Coming Genocide: The Iranian Regime’s Revisioning of the Holocaust”,
August Samie
“Re-Examining the Re-Examination of Nationhood in Henry V”,
Timothy Foran
Moderator: Dr. Sandra Stanley
Agoura Room

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“British Empire Upon a Precipice: The Balance of Power in Stoker’s Dracula”,
Kathryn Christolear
Heidi Morton
“The Socio-Economic Effect: How the 18th Century English Novel Dropped the ‘Reality TV’ Bomb”,
Cynthie Cuno
Moderator: Dr. Michael Bryson
Ventura Room

20/20?
“Someone To Look Out For: Supplementing the Role of the Father in the Film Stand By Me”,
Jeff Klepper
“Dangers of the Condescending Narrator: Brandon Sanderson’s Questionable Attempt at Young Adult Fiction in the Alcatraz Series”,
Alissa McGowan
“Forever Young: Vampires, Young Love, and Identity in Stephanie Meyer's Twilight Saga”,
Jessica Glick (Presented by Mary Griffith)
Moderator: TBA
Thousand Oaks Room

10:15am-11:30am
Session II

Classic Moves
“Generation 1.5 Now Meets Platonic Theory”,
Isai Orozco and Derek Firl
“Ambiguity as an Asset: Teaching Style trough Cicero’s Three Levels”,
Margaret O’Rourke
“An Application of Stasis Theory and Its Implications for the Modern College-Comp Class”, Patricia do Carmo and Jennie Criddle
Moderator: Dr. Irene Clark
Santa Susana Room

Adjusting the Lens
“Dialogical Energy in Tristam Shandy and the 18C English Novel”,
Margeaux Aegel Gamboa-Wong
“On the Precipice of Freedom: Richardson, Fielding, and Defoe”,
Corri Ditch
“The Gothic Novel: Breaking Social Boundaries”,
Lesley Blake
Moderator: Nicole Warwick
Agoura Room

Architext
“ Postmodern Condition, Androids, and Dreams”,
Alexey Y. Dornin
“Architecture of a Maze: Traversing the Labyrinth in Mark Z. Danielewski’s House of Leaves”, Jonathan Holt
“A Trail of Blood and Slime: Metaphor in A.S. Byatt’s ‘The Thing in the Forest’”,
Stephanie Fuller
Moderator: Dr. Leilani Hall
Thousand Oaks Room

Student Centered Learning
“Applied Linguistics: A Composition Teacher’s Edge”,
Michelle Mutti
“What’s in a Prompt?”,
Jada Augustine
“Engaging Students: A Study of Contract Grades and New Literacies in the Freshman Composition Class”,
Kristin Cornelius
Moderator: Professor Kathy Leslie
Ventura Room

11:45am-12:15pm
LUNCH

12:30pm-2:00pm
Keynote Address
“How Free is Free Speech” by Professor Susan Jarratt
Thousand Oaks Room

2:15pm-3:30pm
Session III

Construction Zone
“Subverting the Scene or Conforming to the Cuff? BDSM, Queering Gender, and Subverting Heterosexism”,
Rachel Jordan
“’Ala al-Din and the Magic Lamp: ‘The Other Bisexuality’ and the Root of Power”
Norma Aceves
“Now That’s a Hole: Looking at Instances of the Gaze in Asterios Polyp”,’
Sean Pessin
Moderator: Dr. Ian Barnard
Santa Susana Room

Launching Out of Space
Jessica Morrill
“On the Brink: The Deferral of Apocalypse and the Progress of the figure of the Romantic Novelist in Mary Shelley’s The Last Man”,
Cesar Soto
“Creatures of the Moment: (Un)makingsof the Combinatory Subject in William Dean Howell’s A Hazard of New Fortunes”,
Jazmin Delgado
Moderator: Dr. Ranita Chatterjee
Ventura Room

Born Identity
“Radical Subtext: The Problems and Promise of Slash Fanfiction”,
Rebecca Lawson
“A Funny Kind of English(man): Humor and the Blurring of Ethnic Boundaries in Hanif Kureishi’s The Buddha of Suburbia”,
Elizabeth Jurgensen
Karmen Gei Sets Carmen Jones Free,
Kiese Lovette Vita
Moderator: Dr. Martin Pousson
Agoura Room

3:45pm-5:00pm
Session IV

Permission to Speak
“Land of the…”
Mary Griffith
“Emancipation from Below: Disrupting the Mansfield Myth”,
Richard A Thomas
“The Trouble with Tradition in South African Xhosa Culture”,
Naomi Carrington
Moderator: TBA
Thousand Oaks Room

Social Promiscuity
“Nip/Tuck: Male Characters Caught in a Bad Bromance”,
Diana Shamiryan
“The Sketch-Book and Moulin Rouge: Defying Contemporary Convention”,
Yollotl Lopez
“It Came Straight Outta Compton: Hip Hop’s Black Power Movement”,
Christopher Bell
Moderator: Dr. Jackie Stallcup
Santa Susana Room

Original Textures
“Apertures to Apogees: The Cultural and Historical Contributions to the Development of Intermedia Writing”, Sean McIntyre
“A Thriving Publishing Industry in the Digital Age”,
John Garcia
“Intertextual Generic Memories: An Analysis of Genre in Christian Dogma”,
Tiffany Wampler
Moderator: Dr. Robert Lopez
Ventura Room

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Abstract Writing and Conferencing Workshop

Do conferences, symposiums or colloquiums intimidate you? Are you wondering how to write an abstract? Submitting to conferences is an important part of a graduate student's academic career.

The AGSE is pleased to invite graduates as well as undergraduates to an informative session that will provide resources and tips for writing effective abstracts. We will also be discussing other aspects of conferencing.

ABSTRACT WRITING AND CONFERENCING WORKSHOP:

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

12:30pm.

JR 319.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Call For Papers: Deadline Extended

The call for papers for the AGSE Spring Conference, "Upon A Precipice," is being extended.

The beginning of the semester is often a hectic and overwhelming time. For graduate students who wanted to submit an abstract but did not feel they had the time, now is your chance.

The extended abstract deadline is:

March 4, 2011

Confirmations will be sent upon the receipt of your proposal. Selected speakers will be notified no later than March 18th.

Again, submit the title and a 500-word (maximum) abstract to jada.augustine@gmail.com.

Thursday, January 27, 2011

AGSE in the Spring

The Associated Graduate Students in English is proud to welcome new and current graduate students to our first meeting of the semester:

Tuesday, February 8th

7:00pm

Sierra Tower 703

The spring conference, "Upon a Precipice" is approaching and there is still so much to be done. We will be detailing the many ways to get involved, either through volunteering or presenting.

The agenda for the first AGSE meeting will also include information concerning upcoming workshops as well as any questions or concerns about the call for papers.

Come renew your interest in the organization or become a new member.