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First-year English graduate students Anna Huber \u201923 and Nicole Mautone \u201924 recently presented their research at the New Jersey College English Association\u2019s annual conference<\/a> at Seton Hall University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Huber presented a literary trauma theory approach to Bobbie Ann Mason\u2019s short story \u201cShiloh.\u201d In the story, Huber suggests, a husband and wife are each traumatized. They do not receive treatment and consequently traumatize each other, eventually causing the couple to split. After presenting, Huber said, \u201cI got fantastic questions from the audience, which made me think about other directions I could take my research.\u201d Huber will be presenting again soon at a symposium at Stevens Institute of Technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mautone presented a semiotic approach to a portion of a visual novel, \u201cDoki Doki Literature Club<\/a>.\u201d She explained that a visual novel is a hybrid of a video game and a novel, and how in “DDLC,” different sign systems\u2014visual, auditory, and writing\u2014create and subvert user expectations. \u201cPresenting was exciting!\u201d she said. \u201cI truly love my topic and love talking about it, and it is so fulfilling when other people react positively to it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mautone was surprised by an unexpected honor, the NJCEA\u2019s annual Graduate Student Paper Award, for the best graduate student paper among submissions by master\u2019s and doctoral candidates from across the state. \u201cI was really honored and humbled to receive the award,\u201d she said. \u201cI spent much time and effort on my project, and presenting and receiving an award for it is very fulfilling.\u201d Her paper will be published in the next issue of NJCEA\u2019s journal \u201cWatchung Review.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stanley S. Blair, Ph.D., associate professor of English, saw both presentations. \u201cI am very proud of both Anna and Nicole,\u201d he said. \u201cTheir presentations were insightful, accessible, and engaging, very positively received by faculty colleagues and fellow graduate students.\u201d Blair, recipient of NJCEA\u2019s 2019 Rosen Award for excellence in professional mentoring, advised both students\u2019 projects and helped them to prepare for the conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Huber says her favorite part of the conference was Mautone\u2019s presentation: \u201cI am glad to see Nicole did so well; we often hear in class about what each other are working on, but rarely have time to interact with each other and each other’s work off campus in a professional setting.\u201d Mautone said, \u201cWatching and listening to Anna giving her presentation was inspiring and exciting. Getting to talk to graduate students from other schools was also really fun.\u201d Both agreed the conference was a positive experience for them, and a big step forward in their professional development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Nicole Mautone \u201924 with NJCEA Award for best Graduate Student Paper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Graduate students Nicole Mautone \u201924 and Anna Huber \u201923 at NJCEA Conference where both presented research<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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