Three English majors presented their senior seminar projects on Dec. 7 as part of English 487W, the capstone course for the program.
This semester’s class was taught by Dr. Sandra Petrulionis, distinguished professor of English and American Studies, and its theme was “American Dreams, American Nightmares.”
Included in the photo (left to right) are Jutta Gsoels-Lorensen, Aidan Pellegrino, Megan Simpson, Laura Rotunno, Sandra Petrulionis, Jeffery Stoyanoff, Ella Gable, Tom Liszka, and Brian Burkhardt.
ALTOONA, Pa. — Three Penn State Altoona English majors presented their senior seminar projects on Thursday, Dec. 7, as part of English 487W, the capstone course for the program.
This semester’s class was taught by Sandra Petrulionis, distinguished professor of English and American studies, and its theme was “American Dreams, American Nightmares.”
Aidan Pellegrino presented “The Neverending Nightmare of the American Dream: A Rhetorical Analysis of Antislavery Speech from the Early Republic to Black Lives Matter," Brian Burkhardt presented "Dead Letter Office Rendered in Glass: A Story of How Drugs Usurp the American Dream," and Ella Gable presented "The Horatio Alger Myth: The Truth Behind His Heroes.”
At the same event, new members of the Penn State Altoona chapter of the Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society were inducted: Alexis Christoff, Eve Ergler, Ella Gable, Emera Gregor, Hollie Keller, Kathryn Maille, Jim Miller, Jordan Morral, Aidan Pellegrino, Rebecca Reeder and Alyssa Twigg.
Senior English majors and English faculty pose for a photo at the fall 2023 Senior English Capstone presentations.
Left to right: Associate Professor of German, English, and Comparative Literature Jutta Gsoels-Lorensen; student Aidan Pellegrino; Associate Professor of English and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Megan Simpson; Associate Professor of English Laura Rotunno; Distinguished Professor of English and American Studies Sandra Petrulionis; Assistant Professor of English Jeffery Stoyanoff; student Ella Gable; Associate Professor Emeritus of English Tom Liszka; and student Brian Burkhardt.
New members of the Penn State Altoona chapter of the Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society were inducted on Thursday, Dec. 7.
Left to right: Kathryn Maille, Megan Simpson (Associate Professor of English and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies), Eve Ergler, Hollie Keller, Emera Gregor, Rebecca Reeder, Aidan Pellegrino, Ella Gable, and James Miller.
Penn State Altoona English student Aidan Pellegrino offers his senior presentation “The Neverending Nightmare of the American Dream: A Rhetorical Analysis of Antislavery Speech from the Early Republic to Black Lives Matter.”
Penn State Altoona English student Brian Burkhardt offers a senior presentation titled "Dead Letter Office Rendered in Glass: A Story of How Drugs Usurp the American Dream."
Penn State Altoona English student Ella Gable offers her senior presentation "The Horatio Alger Myth: The Truth Behind His Heroes.”
