LITR 5731: Seminar in American Multicultural Literature: Minority

Index to Student Research Projects, fall 2007

Research assignment (revised)

Martin D. Briones, journal: "Non-Fiction Mexican-American Literature"

Patricia (Pat) Dixon, journal: "Assimilation and Identity in American Culture: A Modern Nightmare"

Cindy Goodson, journal: "Harlem Renaissance Literature: Racial Themes, Interpretations and Art as Propaganda toward an American Dream"

Leah Guillory, essay: "De-niggerization and Democratization by means of Voice and Choice"

Jennifer Jones, journal: "Mexican American Literature for Use in the High School Classroom "

Philip Jones, essay: "Walt Whitman’s 'Song of Myself' and Nella Larsen’s Passing: Contrasting Views on American Equality"

Gordon Lewis, journal: "Minority Literature for Young Adults"

Rosa Ortiz, journal: "Mexican and Mexican-American Women: Their Importance to the Family in Literature"

Gary Pegoda, conference presentation: "Assimilation and Resistance: Do you Fight or Join the Culture that Oppresses You?"

Corey Porter, journal: "Colson Whitehead’s The Intuitionist: The Elevation of a Race, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Use the Escalator"

Sonya Prince, journal: "Are There Any Positive Examples for Minority Students? A Review of African & Mexican American Works"

Jennifer Rieck, conference presentation: "Ruth: She's Alone in this World . . . "

Fernando Trevino, essay: "Reconciliation of the Past: Song of Solomon and Bless Me, Ultima"

Kathleen Walker-Anderson, journal: "The Cherokee Removal:  Finding Utopia"