MCINTOSH, YVONNE

University/Organization FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY Title TWO IDENTITY CARDS: MIGRATION DELIMAS IN CHAINE BY GUINEAN SAIDOU BOKOUM AND OTHER WEST AFRICAN FRANCOPHONE NOVELS Synopsis To leave ones native soil in search of a better life abroad: this is the hope of many...

MCWILLIAMS, JIM

University/Organization DICKINSON STATE UNIVERSITY Title MARK TWAIN AND ULYSSES S. GRANT Synopsis My paper will examine the friendship between Mark Twain and Ulysses S. Grant, who fought on opposite sides in the Civil War but later developed an extraordinarily close...

OROBELLO, NATALA

University/Organization FSW STATE COLLEGE, FLORIDA Title EMILY DICKINSON AND HER MEN Synopsis Though never married, Emily Dickinson “espoused” herself to several men. She viewed most of them as “teacher” and one in particular as...

OSTASZEWSKI, KRZYSZTOF – BORKOWSKI, RAFAL

University/Organization ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY LODZ, POLAND Title THE INFLECTION POINT OF LAFFER CURVE Synopsis The relationship of the tax revenues to the tax rate is often referred to as the Laffer Curve. In this note we investigate the nature of this...

PARK, JOOYEUN

University/Organization HANKUK UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN STUDIES, REPUBLIC OF KOREA Title MEDIA LITERACY, MEDIA COMPETENCE AND MEDIA POLICY IN THE DIGITAL AGE Synopsis Today media literacy counts as a necessary key skill for modern society. This paper aims to discuss the...

PRICE, ERIN E.

University/Organization BOSTON STATE UNIVERSITY Title RAISE YOUR SONG, NOT YOUR VOICE: CONSTRUCTING A POSITIVE CLIMATE AND INCLUSIVE CURRICULUM WITHIN THE MUSIC CLASSROOM Synopsis This presentation will offer insights into the world of “specials” in special education...