Gemma Pinto to Present Paper at Literature and Composition Conference

2017 Apr 5

Gemma Pinto of Staten Island, NY, was selected to present a paper at SUNY Oneonta's eighth annual New Critics: Undergraduate Literature and Composition Conference on Saturday, April 8.

Pinto, who is majoring in English at SUNY Oneonta, will present a paper titled "Black Mothering in the Context of Whiteness: Toni Morrison’s ‘Sula’ and Jamaica Kincaid’s ‘Girl.’"

More than 20 students from 10 colleges and universities throughout the East Coast will present their scholarly work at the conference, which will feature a keynote address by Ben Saunders of the University of Oregon titled, "Wonder Woman in Bondage."