The YAWP: Villanova's Graduate English Program Blog

Sarah Beth Gilbert, a second year MA student here at Villanova, attended the Multiverse, Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention in Atlanta, GA over her fall break.  She appeared on two panels, “Female Agency in Wielding Power” and “Beyond Gender: LGBTQ+ Representations in Science Fiction.” In the first panel, she presented her paper, “Institutionalized Control of Female Agency: Knowledge and Power of Witches in The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and Penny Dreadful .” In the second panel, she took part in an informal discussion about representation of LGBTQ+ characters in Science Fiction literature, film, and television. Sounds fascinating!

Daniella Snyder, a second year MA student here at Villanova, went on a trip to Maine during her fall break and saw where the sun first rises in the US at Acadia National Park. More fall break goings-on to come... The sun rising at Acadia National Park