English Professors Share Their Research with Capstone Students

The 12-16 April is Elizabeth City State University's Undergraduate Research Week, and the English majors will be presenting their Capstone papers and presentations on Thursday 15 April from 1230-150p. The students are modeling their papers after the professional conference model that academic scholars use. Since this is not a genre that undergraduate students have much exposure or familiarity with Professor Judah Micah Lamar and Dr. Karrȧ Shimabukuro shared previous conference papers they had given with the Capstone students so they could see what they looked like, how the paper and visual presentations worked together, and how to answer questions.

Professor's Lamar's presentation, "Reconstructing the Narratological Concepts of Time and Space through the Asante Sacred Feminine in Haile Gerima's Sankofa," was originally given earlier this year at the National Association of African American Studies (NAAAS) Conference.

Dr. Shimabukuro's presentation, "The Mystery of the Woods: Twin Peaks and the Folkloric Forest," was originally presented at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies in 2015.

In addition to allowing the students to see the academic work their professors participate in, and providing a model for their own Capstone papers, the students also got a chance to answer questions about professionalism for different fields, what conferences were like, how scholars participate in academic and professional activities.

The six Capstone students are presenting on the following topics 15 April, you'll be able to see their presentations by clicking on this link: https://ecsu.zoom.us/j/8764698685

• "The Female Role: Its Harmful Nature in The Color Purple" Sarah Atwell
• "Pride and Prejudice and the Role of Money in Marriage" Christin Castro
• "The Evolution of Feminism and Gender Roles from Disney’s Snow White to Brave" Cameryn Dowdy
• "Becoming Sister Abigail: How the WWE took Alexa’s Bliss" Pete Peterson
• "Ready Learner One: Leveling Up the Traditional Classroom" Rachel Raduns
• "We’re With You: The Miseducation of The George Floyd Murder & #BLM" Brandon Shaw

Please come celebrate and support our students!