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Homecoming Writing Awards + English Flash Talks, 2024
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00:00 - Introductions
02:50 - Poetry: Anais Fernandez
05:40 - Fiction/Creative Nonfiction: Ichabod Lasman
12:11 - Scholarly Essay: Ava Claus
19:59 - Shawn Mitchell
26:49 - Iqbal Azhar
31:47 - Joshua Horton
37:38 - Emilia Gracia
44:25 - Jimmy Garcia
The Department of English celebrated the winners of its annual Homecoming Writing Contest in this hybrid event.
First: awardees in fiction/nonfiction, poetry and scholarly essay were announced and read from their work.
Poetry: Anais Fernandez for three poems: “abecedarian for closedmouthgirls,” “As If Praying,” and “ANTI POETICA.”
Anaís Fernández is a third-year student majoring in English (Creative Writing) in the Poetry track and minoring in Spanish. In addition to being a Barrett student, they are also a literary editor for Barrett's Normal Noise magazine and the student manager at Barrett Student Center.
Fiction/Creative Nonfiction: Ichabod Lasman for “Year of the Tangram”
Ichabod Lasman, who writes under the name Ichabod C. Kilroy, is a returning student after a long absence due to its health, and an English major at ASU Online. Its work draws heavily from its lived experiences as a disabled queer person.
Scholarly Essay: Ava Claus for “Women, Sociability & Power in Persuasion”
Ava Claus is a junior in Barrett, the Honors College pursuing a double major in English Literature and Sustainability with a minor in Biological Sciences. She is Vice President of the College Council at the College of Global Futures and works at ASU's Natural History Collections. Outside of school, she coaches speech and debate at a local high school and enjoys spending time with her family and friends.
Next: ASU English faculty give lightning quick presentations about their work in a "flash" format.
FMS: Shawn Mitchell. Title: “Gotta Catch ‘Em All:” Theorizing Pokémon as a Rhizomatic Franchise
Bio. Shawn P. Mitchell successfully defended his doctoral dissertation on October 25, 2024, completing his PhD in Writing, Rhetoric and Literacies at Arizona State University. His doctoral work focuses on film theory, media literacy, and Pokémon. Shawn is currently the tenured faculty head of the post-production track at Scottsdale Community College and his creative work includes Oliver Stone’s Fidel Castro documentary, Looking for Fidel, Leonardo DiCaprio’s environmental documentary The Eleventh Hour, films produced by multiple Academy Award winning editor Pietro Scalia and regular work on PBS’s flagship news show, “The Newshour.” His films have won awards at festivals including Cannes, CineVegas and the Orlando, Nashville and St. Louis Film Festivals. Before coming to ASU, Shawn earned a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Delaware, and a Master’s degree from the University of Southern California, School of Cinema-Television.
Linguistics: Iqbal Azhar. Title: Investigating the Madurese Orthography Debates: Linguistic Realities and Potential Solutions
Bio: Iqbal Nurul Azhar is a PhD in the Linguistics and Applied Linguistics program at Arizona State University’s English Department. He also serves as a Research Analyst at the Center on Narrative, Disinformation, and Strategic Influence (NDSI) within the Global Security Initiatives (GSI) at the same university. Prior to his doctoral studies and role at NDSI, he was an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Social and Cultural Sciences, Universitas Trunojoyo Madura in Indonesia.
Literature: Joshua Horton. Title: "Left of Center: Punk Publics and Disruptive Strategies."
Bio: Joshua T Horton earned his Ph.D. in literature in April of 2024 with emphases in 20th-century American literature, critical theory, and sexuality studies.
Linguistics/TSL: Emilia Gracia. Title: Immersive Virtual Reality for L2 Pragmatics Instruction in an Intensive English Program at a US University.
Bio: Dr. Emilia Gracia, PhD in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics is a Senior Global Educator at ASU Global Launch where she teaches ESL to international students, trains international teachers, designs online courses, and contributes to international business development. Her research interests include L2 Pragmatics, L2 Pronunciation, CALL/MALL/VRALL, Educational Technology, Teacher Training, and Raciolinguistics. Defense Date: Friday, April 12, 2024
Literature: Jimmy Garcia. “Play and the Neoliberal City: Phenomenological Adventures in Chicago's Literary Landscape”
Bio: I am a current but soon-to-be-graduated English Literature PhD student (hurray!). Although I am a born-and-raised Arizonan, for the last five years I have focused on the literature of Chicago from the nineteenth century to now, attending to how this literature represents the evolution of the city and how recent fictional works critique the rising inequities of the contemporary neoliberal city.
02:50 - Poetry: Anais Fernandez
05:40 - Fiction/Creative Nonfiction: Ichabod Lasman
12:11 - Scholarly Essay: Ava Claus
19:59 - Shawn Mitchell
26:49 - Iqbal Azhar
31:47 - Joshua Horton
37:38 - Emilia Gracia
44:25 - Jimmy Garcia
The Department of English celebrated the winners of its annual Homecoming Writing Contest in this hybrid event.
First: awardees in fiction/nonfiction, poetry and scholarly essay were announced and read from their work.
Poetry: Anais Fernandez for three poems: “abecedarian for closedmouthgirls,” “As If Praying,” and “ANTI POETICA.”
Anaís Fernández is a third-year student majoring in English (Creative Writing) in the Poetry track and minoring in Spanish. In addition to being a Barrett student, they are also a literary editor for Barrett's Normal Noise magazine and the student manager at Barrett Student Center.
Fiction/Creative Nonfiction: Ichabod Lasman for “Year of the Tangram”
Ichabod Lasman, who writes under the name Ichabod C. Kilroy, is a returning student after a long absence due to its health, and an English major at ASU Online. Its work draws heavily from its lived experiences as a disabled queer person.
Scholarly Essay: Ava Claus for “Women, Sociability & Power in Persuasion”
Ava Claus is a junior in Barrett, the Honors College pursuing a double major in English Literature and Sustainability with a minor in Biological Sciences. She is Vice President of the College Council at the College of Global Futures and works at ASU's Natural History Collections. Outside of school, she coaches speech and debate at a local high school and enjoys spending time with her family and friends.
Next: ASU English faculty give lightning quick presentations about their work in a "flash" format.
FMS: Shawn Mitchell. Title: “Gotta Catch ‘Em All:” Theorizing Pokémon as a Rhizomatic Franchise
Bio. Shawn P. Mitchell successfully defended his doctoral dissertation on October 25, 2024, completing his PhD in Writing, Rhetoric and Literacies at Arizona State University. His doctoral work focuses on film theory, media literacy, and Pokémon. Shawn is currently the tenured faculty head of the post-production track at Scottsdale Community College and his creative work includes Oliver Stone’s Fidel Castro documentary, Looking for Fidel, Leonardo DiCaprio’s environmental documentary The Eleventh Hour, films produced by multiple Academy Award winning editor Pietro Scalia and regular work on PBS’s flagship news show, “The Newshour.” His films have won awards at festivals including Cannes, CineVegas and the Orlando, Nashville and St. Louis Film Festivals. Before coming to ASU, Shawn earned a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Delaware, and a Master’s degree from the University of Southern California, School of Cinema-Television.
Linguistics: Iqbal Azhar. Title: Investigating the Madurese Orthography Debates: Linguistic Realities and Potential Solutions
Bio: Iqbal Nurul Azhar is a PhD in the Linguistics and Applied Linguistics program at Arizona State University’s English Department. He also serves as a Research Analyst at the Center on Narrative, Disinformation, and Strategic Influence (NDSI) within the Global Security Initiatives (GSI) at the same university. Prior to his doctoral studies and role at NDSI, he was an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Social and Cultural Sciences, Universitas Trunojoyo Madura in Indonesia.
Literature: Joshua Horton. Title: "Left of Center: Punk Publics and Disruptive Strategies."
Bio: Joshua T Horton earned his Ph.D. in literature in April of 2024 with emphases in 20th-century American literature, critical theory, and sexuality studies.
Linguistics/TSL: Emilia Gracia. Title: Immersive Virtual Reality for L2 Pragmatics Instruction in an Intensive English Program at a US University.
Bio: Dr. Emilia Gracia, PhD in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics is a Senior Global Educator at ASU Global Launch where she teaches ESL to international students, trains international teachers, designs online courses, and contributes to international business development. Her research interests include L2 Pragmatics, L2 Pronunciation, CALL/MALL/VRALL, Educational Technology, Teacher Training, and Raciolinguistics. Defense Date: Friday, April 12, 2024
Literature: Jimmy Garcia. “Play and the Neoliberal City: Phenomenological Adventures in Chicago's Literary Landscape”
Bio: I am a current but soon-to-be-graduated English Literature PhD student (hurray!). Although I am a born-and-raised Arizonan, for the last five years I have focused on the literature of Chicago from the nineteenth century to now, attending to how this literature represents the evolution of the city and how recent fictional works critique the rising inequities of the contemporary neoliberal city.
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