This year, the conference for Sigma Tau Delta, the International English Honor Society, was held in beautiful Savannah, Georgia. The College of Charleston represented well, with 4 papers accepted and 2 panels chaired by our students. Abe Arrillaga first read his paper, “Stephen’s Anticipation of Adulthood”:

He received great questions and we all found a friend in David from Toronto, who was also on his panel. Then Phoebe Doty read her paper, “De Sica’s Italian Neorealism in Kevin Smith’s Clerks.” She also received a wonderful response. Here is a picture of Phoebe, Abe, and Dr. Kathy Béres Rogers, who accompanied them to the conference:

By far the most popular panel of the conference was the Young Adult Literature one; Taylor Weil was in the fray, reading “Subjectivity in The Perks of Being a Wallflower.”

Last but definitely not least, David Hester did a wonderful job chairing and moderating a panel entitled “Rising Currents at the end of the 18th Century.”

We all had a great time, good food, even better drinks, and wonderful company to kick off our spring break! The 2015 conference will be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Drs. Tony Varallo and Kathy Béres Rogers are already excited about the possibility of taking a group! For more information about joining Sigma Tau Delta, please see either of us. You need only a 3.5 in the major, your survey courses, and one 300-level course to join. You get opportunities to publish in their creative or critical journal, attendance at this conference, and internships at companies like Penguin. Please do consider it!