ACSW 2019 Program Book

THE 2ND ANNUAL

Tuesday, April 30, 2019 3:00 p.m. – Poster Fair 5:00 pm. – Reception & Awards Ceremony Wilbur Cross North Reading Room University of Connecticut, Storrs Campus

Welcome Brenda Brueggemann, Aetna Chair of Writing Presentation of Poster Fair Awards Brenda Brueggemann, Aetna Chair of Writing Presentation of First-Year Writing Awards Alex Gatten, Assistant Director, First-Year Writing First Place Emma Walton, “Defining Home in Terms of No-Man’s Land” Second Place Mariah Morneau, “History Repeats Itself” Third Place Leah Sobotka, “Boon Island” Presentation of Writing in the Disciplines Awards Tom Deans, Director, University Writing Center & Professor of English à Humanities Winner Brianna McNish, “(Re-)Embodying Illegitimacy, Motherhood, and Cyborg Fictions in Antebellum Myth” Professor: Bhakti Shringapure, English Honorable Mentions Megan O’Connor, “Writing with a Pulse: Teaching for Radical Vulnerability” Professor: Jason Courtmanche, English

Luke Anderson, “Ascribing the Value of a Child: Broader Implications of Family Separation Policies and the Alienation of Rights at the U.S.-Mexico Border” Professor: Francoise Dussart, Anthropology à Social Sciences Co-Winners Anneliese Lapides, “Prenatal Health Care Inequities and Adverse Birth Outcomes for African American Women” Professor: Keith Bellizzi, Human Development and Family Development Studies Evan Metzner, “Unfare Transit Systems: A Comparative Analysis of the Farebox Recovery Ratio of New York City and its International Peers” Professor: Derek Johnson, Economics Honorable Mention Emily O’Hara, “Oversimplified: The 1968 Ford Dagenham Strike Interpreted by the Modern Feminist” Professor: Michael Berlin, Political Science, Education Abroad, Birkbeck College London à Sciences and Engineering Co-Winners Taylore Grunert, “A Review of Temperate Forest Phenology Under Climate Change” Professor: Carlos Garcia-Robledo, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Sophie Lacombe, “Dynamic Thermoregulation of Eusocial Bee Colonies and the Impact of Climate Change” Professor: Chris Elphick, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Honorable Mention Caitlyn Splaine, “Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Women of Reproductive Age” Professor: Steven Zinn, Animal Science Presentation of Creative Writing Awards Sean Forbes, Director, Creative Writing Program à The Aetna Children’s Literature Award Winner Madeline Eller, “Origami Girl” à The Aetna Translation Award Winner Xin Xu, “Night Opera in Jinshan” à The Aetna Creative Nonfiction Awards Undergraduate Co-Winners Andrew Kucharski, “Breathe/Oddychać” Natiel Cooper, “Transcript of an N-Bomb Survivor” Graduate Winner Sophia Buckner, “The Mother Teacher” Honorable Mentions Jeanne Bonner, “Long Day’s Journey into My Life” Maurice Rodriguez, “Son of Hope”

à Long River Review Graduate Writing Award Winner Sophia Buckner, “A Third Place” (Collection of Poems) Presentation of Graduate Writing Awards Kathy Knapp, Associate Professor of English Presentation of Graduate Teaching Award Hannah Dostal, Associate Professor of Reading Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction Presentation of Connecticut Writing Project Teacher-Consultant Writing Awards (2018 Contest) Jason Courtmanche, Director, Connecticut Writing Project à Poetry Winner Joan Muller (SI 10), “Farmer’s Almanac” Honorable Mentions Kaylee Thurlow (SI 18), “Passage, Foliage in the Dusk” Kim Kraner (SI 14), “A Fall Conversation” Sophia Buckner (SI 18), “Everdene Incubating” Amy Nocton (SI 14), “Flight”

à Prose Fiction Winner Sophia Buckner (SI 18), “Ouroboros” Honorable Mention Stephanie White (SI 18), “Keeper” à Prose Nonfiction Winner Ann Policelli Cronin (SI 83), “Beyond Words” Honorable Mentions Jane Cook (SI 07), “Fresh Cut Grass” Mindi Englart (SI 05), “The Salesman and the Number Six” 2018 Summer Institute Fellows Makenzie Aitchison, E.O. Smith High School Dawn Brooks, Woodrow Wilson Middle School Sophia Buckner, MA Student, University of Connecticut David Derosiers, Killingly Intermediate School John Martin, Wethersfield High School Jordyn Meyenberg, MA Student, University of Connecticut Chelsea Morrison, St. Christopher School Megan Murphy, Enfield Public Schools Kaylee Thurlow, MA Student, University of Connecticut Carly Tutolo, Wamogo High School Stephanie White, Windham High School

Aetna Advisory Board Brenda Brueggemann, Aetna Chair of Writing Pam Bedore, Writing Coordinator, Avery Point Campus Lisa Blansett, Associate Director, First-Year Writing Program Scott Campbell, Writing Coordinator, Hartford Campus Ellen Carillo, Writing Coordinator, Waterbury Campus Jason Courtmanche, Director, Connecticut Writing Project Tom Deans, Director, University Writing Center Hannah Dostal, Neag School of Education Anke Finger, Assistant Director, UConn Humanities Institute, DHMS Sean Forbes, Director, Creative Writing Program Victoria Ford Smith, Director of Graduate Studies, English Serkan Gorkemli, Writing Coordinator, Stamford Campus Sara Harrington, UConn Libraries Robert Hasenfratz, Department Head, English Melanie Hepburn, Admin/Business Manager, English Blair Johnson, Psychology Douglas Kaufman, Neag School of Education Kathy Knapp, Associate Professor, English Sean Forbes, Director, Creative Writing Program Kyle Barron, Graduate Representative, English Kerry Carnahan, Graduate Representative, English Ain Jeong, ACSW Assistant Director; MA Student, English Zachary Maloof, Undergraduate Intern, English

Sponsored by the Aetna Chair of Writing www.writing.uconn.edu

With support from Aetna Foundation, Inc., Department of Higher Education, State of Connecticut

A generous endowment from the Aetna Foundation, Inc., Hartford and matching funds from the State of Connecticut make possible the Aetna Writing Prizes and Aetna Chair of Writing, the first endowed professorship at the University of Connecticut, Storrs Campus.