GREENVILLE, Pa.—Thiel College Department of English faculty member Sheila Farr, Ph.D. ’10 presented an academic paper at the 43rd annual Nineteenth-Century Studies Association Conference hosted by the University of Rochester earlier this spring.
Titled “Radicalism and Reform,” this year’s conference featured renowned historian Manisha Sinha, Ph.D. as the keynote speaker, whose address focused on international concerns of the abolition movement. Presenters from North America and abroad explored the impact had by radicalism and reform on nineteenth-century transatlantic literature, history, art, journalism, music, and language during the conference held on March 17–19.
Farr, an Assistant Professor of English and alumna, presented her paper, “The Radical Social Experiment of Companionship: Married Love in Victorian Cinderella Adaptations.” Her presentation explored the subtly subversive examples of emotional and intellectual companionship between courting characters in Cinderella adaptations from Victorian periodicals in comparison to the relationships represented in the popular Victorian novel North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell.
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Thiel College is an independent college founded in the Lutheran tradition. Located in Greenville, Pa., the College offers 60 majors and minors, 24 varsity sports, and an 11:1 student-faculty ratio. The College is also home to a new Master of Science in speech-language pathology and 2Master of Business Administration. Both master’s degree programs offer innovative and accelerated five-year paths which allow students to earn a bachelor’s and master’s degree in five years. The speech-language pathology program also has an accelerated 15-month graduate-level program. The M.B.A. program also has a 12-month post-graduate program.A dedicated faculty paired with dynamic research and internship opportunities produce numerous graduate school and job placements. Coeducational from its beginnings, the College remains committed to combining tradition with innovation as it celebrates 150 years.