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Lindsey Michelle Warren
Twentieth and twenty first-century American poetry; Modernism and Postmodernism; visual/concrete poetry; issues of genre
M.A., English (in progress)
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B.A., English (major) and Linguistics (minor), summa cum laude with high departmental honors, 2008; College Honors Program; Phi Beta Kappa.
Thesis: “Engendering the Long Form in William Carlos Williams,” under the supervision of Dr. Juda Bennett.
(PowerPoint 2007 presentation--viewable only with IE)
Honors and Awards
Phi Beta Kappa, 2008
Phi Kappa Phi, 2008
Boston College English Department 15-Credit Tuition Scholarship, 2008
Golden Key International Honour Society, 2007
Sigma Tau Delta, the International English Honor Society, 2005
"From Subject to Subjectivity: Reconciling Postmodernism and Autobiography in Lyn Hejinian's My Life and Anne Carson's Autobiography of Red." Sigma Tau Delta Review, 2009 issue (forthcoming)
Conferences
2008 Sigma Tau Delta National Conference
Attended and presented “Letters or Lines: Linguistic Breakdown and the Importance of the Visual in Derek Beaulieu’s Fractal Economies”
Attended and presented “Robert Frost: The Poet and the Pathetic Fallacy”
Tutoring/Teaching Experience
Writing Fellows Program, Boston College (Sept. 2008- pres.)
Students Writing and Talking Program, The
Leads writing conferences with freshmen students
with an emphasis on thesis development, organization, and the writing process
Conversation Hour Leader, The
Develops activities for beginning students of French to aid in comprehension and review language material
Class Writing/Group Work Assistant, The College of New Jersey (Spring 2008)
Completed an Independent Study in conjunction with Professor Glenn Steinberg's Middle English Literature course by assisting students in selecting texts for group presentations and in writing project rationales
Sigma Tau Delta Freshman
Acts as a resource for three freshman English majors by providing course advice and answering questions
Foreign Language Tutor,
Works as a tutor of French in conjunction with
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Leadership Experience
Community Advisor, The
Leads a community of approximately fifty first-year residents in adjustment to college life
Organizes and facilitates programs addressing academic, educational, and social needs
Community Coordinator, The
Acts as a resource to approximately twenty upper-class students
Supervises a staff of five House Assistants
Leads House Assistant staff in running programs of an educational and social nature
Named 2007-8 “Community Coordinator of the Year” by Dept. of Residential Education and Housing
Sigma Tau Delta, President, Historian; The
Supervises executive board activities
Organizes events and oversees recruitment efforts
Keeps records of alumni contacts and society events
24-Hour Marathon Reading of Joyce's Ulysses, The College of New Jersey (Apr. 17-18, 2008)
Spearheaded volunteer recruitment efforts for English department event
French (advanced); Latin (reading proficiency).
Completed Languages Across the Curriculum Program in French in conjunction with Linguistics course at TCNJ
Last updated 12/3/2008