Our panels this year featured a variety of topics, everything from pedagogy and nature, to Rocky Horror and Peter Pan, we followed our presenters down the rabbit hole to look at innocence and experience from a range of theoretical, critical, and creative perspectives.
Sean Pessin, Vana Derohanessian, and Jaclyn Hymes
Holly Batty, Mary Gifford, and Susana Macelo
Sonia Chumber, Stephanie Harper, and Eric Barnhart
Dr. Haake moderates Trista Payte, Megan Betry, and Jessica Canton
Elizabeth Jurgensen and Jeff West
Yollotl Lopez presents on The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Dr. Chatterjee introduces Laura Beerits, Melissa Palazzo, and Gina Srmabekian
New to this year were two special panels. The first, sponsored by the Northridge Creative Writing Circle (NCWC) featured readings and a Q & A with Creative Writing Alums Theresa Shreffler, Ara Shirinyan, and Joseph Mattson.
Dr. Irene Clark moderated one of the most poignant and entertaining panels of the day.
Our five freshmen presenters shared their literary narratives and concluded with a song that brought a standing ovation from the crowd.
(A huge thank you to Jocelyn Segovia for capturing and sharing Valerie Mok's performance on YouTube! Watch it above)
Dr. James Kincaid's keynote presentation on "'No Cause, No Cause': Plots of Forgiveness" was a look at forgiveness from Dickens to Sandusky.
(to see the video of Dr. Kincaid's presentation, see our official Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/agse.csun)
The AGSE 2012-2013 board would like to thank all our fantastic presenters, moderators, members, and volunteers for making "Innocence and Experience" the success that it was. None of this would have been possible without your help and support!
A special thank you to our graduate advisors, Dr. Ranita Chatterjee and Dr. Kent Baxter, and to our "just darling" keynote speaker Dr. James Kincaid.
Next Month:
Our annual "Path to the PhD" Seminar with Dr. Baxter
and Elections!
