b'Department of EnglishThe Consequences of Education:Liminality and Othering in the Life of Zitkala-SaLaura A. NorthupSponsor: Dr. HallEducation for Indian students in 1800s America came at the cost of losing their original cultural identity to one offered by white educators. The pursuit and reception of education in the post-Civil-War America placed oppressed students into a liminal, in-between existence where they were unaccepted in any culture because their perspective was suspended between many. This liminality is especially present in the autobiography of Zitkala-Sa (Gertrude Bonnin) titled Impressions of an Indian Childhood. Zitkala-Sas deep pursuit of education alters her development of perspectives, withholding her from fitting into both her original Indian and new American culture. Zitkala-Sas education in the American school system places her into a state of mind where she is neither Indian nor American, leaving her physically othered by both communities. Zitkala-Sas experience raises the question of why education, something that is meant to be overwhelmingly beneficial to pursuants, seems to ironically destroy the bridge it builds from one culture to another. Zitkala-Sa was stuck between cultures and mentally liminal, struggling with identity because physically, she was accepted nowhere.The Success of Aphra Behn: Consider The RoveAshlyn V. SimmonsSponsor: Dr. GreenfieldThe paper delves into the career of Aphra Behn, a 17th-century author who is recognized as the first Englishwoman to earn a living by writing. Behns writing career occurs when women experience unattainably high societal standards of behavior and morality. Despite the numerous limitations 16th-century England placed on women, Behn produced works littered with explicit social and political commentary that generated wide success and popularity. By analyzing Behns most well-known comedy, The Rover, and the techniques she employs throughout, this research explains the success of Aphra Behn during a period when prosperity in writing catered to male authors. As I show, Behn often employed literary techniques such as satire and hyperbole to make her work more palatable, often wielding the written word in a way that made her audiences believe they were thinking independently. Behn also tailored her works according to the current events of her period to ensure her pieces were relevant points of discourse. Whats more, Behn opted to introduce her work anonymously to afford it time to be digested by the public. Furthermore, this paper asserts that Behns cleverness and restraint earned her the prolific writing career she enjoyed.34'