English/Women's Studies Graduate Student wins Award

Holly Morgan, an MA student in English with a Specialization in Women's Studies, was awarded a prize for best graduate student paper at the 12th annual conference of the South Asian Literary Association in Seattle on January 4-5, 2012. She received the award for her paper "Slipping into the Cracks: Performances of Gender and Culture in Shani Mootoo's Valmiki's Daughter," based on her SSHRC-funded research on culture, gender, and sexuality in South Asian Diasporic Literature, under the supervision of Dr. Anna Guttman.

 

Congratulations Holly!