On Saturday, May 11, the seventh cohort of Murphy Scholars in Literature and Language will graduate as a part of the Hendrix College Class of 2024. As Murphy Scholars, students are expected to participate actively in Hendrix’s community of scholarship in literature and language by attending the monthly Murphy Scholar meetings and supporting Hendrix-Murphy events, completing a tutorial course in literature or language, and completing three co-curricular experiences in literature or language. Below is a celebration of the latest cohort’s achievements and accolades in both the Hendrix-Murphy Program and their wider academic careers.
KEELEY AUSBURN
Majors: English-Literary Studies and Politics
Projects:
-Workshop: “Tell Us Something About Yourself: Write a Great Personal Statement in 5 Days”
-Murphy Visiting Writer Intensive: Ada Limón
-Writing Center Associate
Tutorial: Spanish-Literary Studies: “Gender Roles in Ángeles Mastretta’s Short Stories”
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SAMANTHA BROUSSARD
Major: English-Creative Writing
Projects:
-Spanish Immersion Weekend
-Murphy Visiting Writer Intensive: Ada Limón
-2023 Conference: Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP)
Tutorial: English-Creative Writing: “Poetics of the Body: Pleasure, Pain, and the Gray In-between”
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LANDRY DOSHER
Majors: English-Literary Studies and Theatre Arts
Projects:
-Hendrix-Murphy Playwriting Intensive at St. Mary’s University, London
-Oxford Programme for Undergraduate Studies
-Murphy Visiting Writer Intensive: Colby Gordon & Galatea Reading Group
Tutorials:
English-Literary Studies: “Bodies in Trouble” (taken at Hendrix) &
“Arthurian Literature,” (taken at Oxford)
“Dante's Divine Comedy,” (taken at Oxford)
“C. S. Lewis” (taken at Oxford)
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ANNIE ELLIOTT
Majors: English-Literary Studies and Politics
Projects:
-Hendrix in Costa Rica
-Study Abroad at Ulster University, Northern Ireland
-Faculty-led Study-Travel: “A Berlin Without Jews?: Reading Literature and Place”
Tutorial: English-Literary Studies: “Irish Short Stories”
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CADE ENGLAND
Major: Biology
Projects:
-Workshop: “Tell Us Something About Yourself: Write a Great Personal Statement in 5 Days”
-Special Project: “Costa Rica Conservation Internship and Language Immersion”
-Editor-in-Chief, Hendrix Scientific (2021-2024)
Tutorial: Theatre Arts: “The Craft of Playwriting”
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TYLER FRANCIS
Major: Biology
Projects:
-AR Kids Read Tutor
-Hendrix in Tokyo
-Special Project: “Vertebrate Zoology Children’s Book” Writing & Editing Role
Tutorial: Spanish-Literary Studies: “Gender Roles in Ángeles Mastretta’s Short Stories”
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BERGEN FRANKLIN
Major: Politics
Projects:
-Hendrix in Costa Rica
-Hendrix in Tokyo
-Spanish Graphic Novel Reading Group
Tutorial: Chinese-Literary Studies “Gender and Sex in Chinese Literature”
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PAIGE FUHRMAN
Major: English-Literary Studies
Projects:
-2022 Conference: Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP)
-Internship: Tobias Literary Agency
-Hendrix in Roehampton
-Hendrix-Murphy Oxford American Editorial Internship
Tutorial: English-Literary Studies “Irish Short Stories”
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BRI GRAGGS
Major: English-Creative Writing
Projects:
-Murphy Visiting Writer Intensive: Colby Gordon & Galatea Reading Group
-Faculty-led Study-Travel: “Renaissance Theater on Stage and Page”
-Murphy Visiting Writer Intensive: Theresa Rebeck
Tutorial: Theatre Arts: M24, “The Craft of Playwriting”
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ELLIOT JACKSON
Major: English-Creative Writing
Projects:
-Murphy Visiting Writer Intensive: Ada Limón
-Dramaturg: Elephant and Piggie's “We Are in a Play!”
-Nonfiction Editor: Aonian
-Hendrix in Costa Rica
-Special Project: “Writing Poetry in Costa Rica”
-2024 Conference: Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP)
-2024 Southern Literary Festival
Tutorial: Theatre Arts: “Plays Inspired by History”
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COLIN JENKINS
Majors: English-Creative Writing and Politics
Projects:
-2022 Conference: Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP)
-Faculty-led Study-Travel: “The Lore of the Emerald Isle: Exploring Irish Literature in Context”
-Murphy Visiting Writer Intensive: Mark Vanhoenacker
Tutorial: English-Creative Writing: “Poetics of the Body: Pleasure, Pain, and the Gray In-between”
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RONNI LASLO
Major: Biology
Projects:
-Hendrix in Costa Rica
-Murphy Visiting Writer Intensive: Ada Limón
-Murphy Visiting Writer Intensive: Mark Vanhoenacker
Tutorial: Spanish-Literary Studies: “Transatlantic Perspectives within Hispanic Literatures”
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BAUER LEE
Major: Psychology
Projects:
-Hendrix in Costa Rica
-Study Abroad at Tokyo University, Japan
-Write Nite Steering Committee
Tutorial: Spanish-Literary Studies: “Transatlantic Perspectives within Hispanic Literatures”
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GABRIELLE LEFEAR
Majors: Spanish and Study of the Mind
Projects:
-AR Kids Read Tutor
-Spanish Graphic Novel Reading Group
-Hendrix in Madrid
-Spanish Immersion Weekend
-Peer Learning Assistant in Spanish
Tutorial: Spanish-Literary Studies: “Transatlantic Perspectives within Hispanic Literatures”
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SOPHIE O’REILLY
Major: Interdisciplinary Studies: Folklore
Projects:
-Oxford Programme for Undergraduate Studies
-Writing Center Associate
-Narrative Medicine Reading Group
Tutorials:
-Spanish-Literary Studies: “Transatlantic Perspectives within Hispanic Literatures” (taken at Hendrix)
-“Scottish and Irish Folklore,” (taken at Oxford)
-“The Short Story” (taken at Oxford)
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HOUSTON PHILLIPS
Major: Politics
Projects:
-Murphy Visiting Writer Intensive: Lynn Nottage
-Spanish Graphic Novel Reading Group
-Murphy Visiting Writer Intensive: Garrett Hongo
Tutorial: Theatre Arts: “The Craft of Playwriting”
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LUKE PITTS
Major: English-Creative Writing
Projects:
-Faculty-led Study-Travel: “The Lore of the Emerald Isle: Exploring Irish Literature in Context”
-Murphy Visiting Writer Intensive: K-Ming Chang
-Murphy Visiting Writer Intensive: Mark Vanhoenacker
Tutorial: English-Literary Studies “Irish Short Stories”
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CAMRYN PRESLEY
Major: Health Science
Projects:
-Oxford Programme for Undergraduate Studies
-Co-leader, Narrative Medicine Reading Group
-Special Project: “Deepening Understandings of Narrative: Fall Narrative Medicine Basic Workshop”
Tutorials:
“Women’s Literature/Feminist Theory,” (taken at Oxford)
“Poetry” (taken at Oxford)
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SABLE ALYSSE ROBINSON
Major: English-Creative Writing
Projects:
-C.D. Wright Women Writers Conference
-Language Arts Tutoring
-Writing Center Associate
-Special Project: “‘The Adventures of Z and Uncle T.’ — Afrofuturism Research and Creative Writing in Chicago”
Tutorial: Classics: “Greek and Roman Tragedy”
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CORISSA ROSS
Majors: Politics and History
Projects:
-Murphy Visiting Writer Intensive: Lynn Nottage
-AR Kids Read Tutor
-Special Project: “Intensive German Study in Freiburg”
Tutorial: Chinese-Literary Studies “Gender and Sex in Chinese Literature”
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LILY RYALL
Major: French and History
Projects:
-Special Project: “A Season of Poetry”
-French House Resident
-Hendrix in Tours
-Murphy Visiting Writer Intensive: Ada Limón
-Co-leader, Reading Group Revolutionary Reads
-Special Project: “Lily Devient Québécoise!”
Tutorial: Spanish-Literary Studies “Transatlantic Perspectives within Hispanic Literatures”
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EMMA SCHROEDER
Major: French
Projects:
-Hendrix in Tours
-Special Project: “Hispanic Women Playwrights in Translation: A Literary Project”
-Study Abroad at Université de Caen, France
Tutorial: Spanish-Literary Studies: “Nomadic Narratives within Hispanic Literatures”
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CLAIRE SEGURA
Major: Psychology
Projects:
-Spanish Graphic Novel Reading Group
-Summer Study Abroad at Universidad de Almería, Spain
-Special Project: “Curso Intensivo de Español in Argentina”
-Special Project: “Spanish Immersion in Southern Spain”
Tutorial: Spanish-Literary Studies: “Gender Roles in Ángeles Mastretta’s Short Stories”
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DREW SKELTON
Major: English-Creative Writing
Projects:
-Special Project: “Altering the Odyssey”
-2023 Conference: Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP)
-2024 Conference: Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP)
Tutorial: English-Creative Writing: “Poetics of the Body: Pleasure, Pain, and the Gray In-between”
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MAEVE SMITH
Major: Environmental Studies
Projects:
-Spanish Graphic Novel Reading Group
-Hendrix in Costa Rica
-Murphy Visiting Writer Intensive: Mark Vanhoenacker
Tutorial: English-Literary Studies: “Irish Short Stories”
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KOLYA SOUVORIN
Major: Computer Science
Projects:
-Murphy Visiting Writer Intensive: Lynn Nottage
-French Summer School at INSA Lyon, France
-Hendrix in Taiwan
Tutorial: Theatre Arts: “African-American Theatre”
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JOSH THOMECZEK
Major: History
Projects:
-Special Project: “A Season of Poetry”
-Oxford Programme for Undergraduate Studies
-German-American Newspaper Translation Project
Tutorial: “J.R.R. Tolkien” (taken at Oxford)
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AUDREY WILLIAMS
Major: Biology
Projects:
-Murphy Visiting Writer Intensive: Lynn Nottage
-Murphy Visiting Writer Intensive: Kyle Tran Myhre
-Murphy Visiting Writer Intensive: Mark Vanhoenacker
Tutorial: Spanish-Literary Studies: “Gender Roles in Ángeles Mastretta’s Short Stories”
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MARCIA WILLIAMS
Major: Environmental Studies
Projects:
-AR Kids Read Tutor
-Hendrix in Costa Rica
-Writing Assistant: “Nature Writing and Well-Being in Latin America”
-Faculty-led Study-Travel: “The Lore of the Emerald Isle: Exploring Irish Literature in Context”
-Special Project: “Embracing the Essence of Spanish Language: Un Viaje a Madrid”
Tutorial: English-Literary Studies “Irish Short Stories”
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TREVION WILLIAMS
Major: Accounting
Projects:
-Tutor: Children's Defense Fund Freedom School
-Online Korean Course and Language Lessons
-Special Project: “EF Seoul: Korean Language and Cultural Immersion”
-Special Project: “Teaching English in Korea”
Tutorial: Chinese-Literary Studies: “Gender and Sex in Chinese Literature”
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VADA WOOD
Major: Psychology
Projects:
-Write Nite Steering Committee
-Online ASL Courses
-Murphy Visiting Writer Intensive: Mark Vanhoenacker
Tutorial: English-Creative Writing: “Poetics of the Body: Pleasure, Pain, and the Gray In-between”
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ELIZABETH YANG
Major: Psychology
Projects:
-Narrative Medicine Reading Group
-Murphy Visiting Writer Intensive: Mohsin Hamid
-4-H: Hendrix-Grown Theatre Playwriting Project
Tutorial: Theatre Arts: “The Craft of Playwriting”