Department of English Graduate Student Conference
Each year, the University of Memphis English Department hosts a Graduate Student Conference in conjunction with the UofM English Graduate Organization (UMEGO). This year's University of Memphis English Graduate Student Conference is sponsored by the Talbot Roundtable and hosted by the UMEGO Executive Board.
2025 Talbot Roundtable & Conference Keynote
Friday, April 25th | 6:00pm | UC Theatre
Keynote Speakers
Dr. John Edgar Browning (Savannah College of Art and Design)
An internationally recognized authority on the horror genre, vampires, Bram Stoker,
monster theory and monster pedagogy, Browning has published 20 academic and popular
trade books on these topics as well as over 100 shorter works. Click here to read Dr. Browning's full keynote abstract, "Profiling Dracula, Interrogating
Ourselves".
Dr. Stephanie A. Graves (Vanderbilt University)
Stephanie A. Graves is a film & media scholar, teacher, and reader. She researches
rhetoric, gender & queer theory, pop culture, the Gothic and the Southern Gothic,
horror, TV, and film. Click here to read Dr. Graves's full keynote abstract, "Rhetorics of Fear: What Can
We Learn from the Horrors in the Room?"
Roundtable Participants
Ashton Alexander | PhD Student, Writing, Rhetoric, & Technical Communication
Ifeoluwa Awopetu | PhD Student, Applied Linguistics
Emily Gillo | PhD Candidate, Writing, Rhetoric, & Technical Communication
Korbyn Peebles | PhD Student, Writing, Rhetoric, & Technical Communication
co-sponsored by the Marcus W. Orr Center for the Humanities
2025 Graduate Student Conference: Learning from Fear
Saturday, April 26th | Patterson Hall
Click here to read the full conference program | Click here to view the full conference itinerary | Click here to read presentation abstracts
7:30-8:30am: Sign-in and breakfast
8:30-9:30am: (Hybrid)
9:45-10:45am: (Virtual)
11am-12pm: Is Rhetoric a Dying Discipline? Fear, Disciplinary Tensions, and the Future of Rhetorical
Studies Roundtable
12pm-1pm: Lunch
1pm-2pm: Interactive exhibits & poster presentations
2:15-3:15pm: Representations of Horror in Media
2:15-3:15pm: (Virtual)
3:30-4:30pm: Politics of Fear and "Otherness"
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