A Carthage student discusses her work with professors Matt Zorn and Paul Martino during a poster session on campus. Students will show their research projects and creative works at Friday's Celebration of Scholars in Tarble Arena.

Humanities Division poster session showcases work by nine students

Carthage will hold the first Celebration of Scholars on Friday, April 29, in Tarble Arena. Around 120 students and faculty will display and discuss their research projects, scholarship, and significant creative works. The poster exhibit will be held from 3:30 to 6 p.m., with remarks from 4 to 4:15 p.m.

On Tuesday, April 19, the Humanities Division held its own poster session as a prelude to the event, showcasing the work of nine Carthage students for the Division's Advisory Committee.

Students presented posters summarizing their research projects in Classics, English, History, Modern Languages, Philosophy and Religion, all six departments in the division. During the poster session, the students conversed with faculty members and advisors about their work, which represented a range of themes.

Participating students were:

• Classics: Emily Prosch, '14
• English: Jean Brody, '11; Isaac McQuistion, '11
• History: Steve Horton, '11
• Modern Languages: Audrey Dehdouh; Kirsten Keto, '12; Deanna Love, '11; Leslie Sink, '12
• Philosophy: Steve Horton, '11
• Religion: Allison Marshall, '11

Here is a look at their research projects:

Jean Louise Brody
Department of English
"Technologically Lost — Can We Find Enchantment? Directions from Thoreau's Walden and Cameron's Avatar."
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From her abstract: "... The epic film Avatar, directed by James Cameron, is an example of technological simulacra that has given modern society 'little e' enchantment [child-like awe and wonder] through its incredible depictions of fantastical lifeforms far more alluring to audiences than the subtle beauty of Earth’s nature, but hinders the 'big E' Enchantment [divine enlightenment] as Thoreau predicted it would."

Kirsten Keto
Department of Modern Languages
Japanese Values through Modern American Children’s Literature
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From her abstract: "... Frequently, books used to teach American children are written from an American perspective and reveal more westernized values than Japanese culture. When analyzed closely, the western values are quite clear. My studies aimed to help westerners recognize children's books that truly show Japanese values, ranging from harmony, loyalty, patience, empathy and group conformity. I worked to understand how and why these books showed Japanese values correctly. ..." Read more.

Deanna Love
Department of Modern Languages
Café con Leche: Cooperatives in Costa Rica
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From her abstract: "One of the most striking aspects of the Costa Rican dairy and coffee industries is the significant economic and cultural role fulfilled by cooperatives. Almost half of the Costa Rican coffee production is cultivated by cooperatives consisting of small coffee farmers, and the dairy industry is dominated by the Dos Pinos cooperative. An examination of Coopro Naranjo, Coocafe, and Dos Pinos as economic, cultural and social case studies demonstrates that cooperatives do represent a communally-sustainable economic alternative to transnational corporations."

Allison Marshall
Departments of Religion and Communication
Nazi Protestants, Anti-Nazi Protestants, and One Man’s Call to Reason
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From her poster: “Many scholars have dedicated a great deal of their time and research to Nazi Germany in order to further explore the Holocaust, but they have neglected to examine the church struggle that was happening right alongside it."

Isaac McQuistion
Departments of History and English
India in a Broken Mirror: The Shattering of the Idea of India in Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children
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From his abstract: “Why is India able to function as a nation when it is home to the most diverse collection of people on the planet? What is the idea holding India together in the face of lingual, cultural, and religious barriers? Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first Prime Minister, put forth the idea that Indians were united in their diversity. The history of India, Nehru asserted, has always been one of synthesis, and that this amalgamation of cultures and identities has created the Indian identity. With his 1981 novel Midnight’s Children, Salman Rushdie tested this Nehruvian idea of India and showed how it eventually will fail ..."

Emily Prosch
Department of Classics
Sculpture in Honor of the Gods: A Comparison of the Pediment Sculptures
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A comparison of the myths and artistic styles of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia, finished in 457 BCE, and the Temple of Athena Parthenos in Athens, finished in 447-432 BCE.

Leslie Sink and Audrey Dehdouh
Department of Modern Languages
Re-creating the Past: Using Crime Scene Investigation in the Modern Language Classroom
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From their abstract: "Crime scene investigation provides an engaging communicative context for teaching foreign language by capitalizing on the popularity of criminal investigation television programming. ..."