1. Rebecca McKay
Contact Information
Phone: (805) 410-2232
Email: beckiemckay@u.boisestate.edu
Education:
2012-2015 Boise State University
BA in English Literature
Graduating Magna Cum Laude
Awards and Honors
2015 Eligible for Top Ten Scholars
2015 Eligible for Student Speaker at Commencement
2014-2015 COAS Success Scholarship
2013-2014- SEOG Grant
2012-2013- ID Robert R Lee Scholarship
2011-2015- Pell Grant
2011-2015- Deans List with High Honors
Presentations and Conferences
2015- “Why Literature Matters” Event: Host and Presenter
2011- Graphic Design Competition: Designer and Presenter
Major Papers
2015- “50 Shades of Social and Sexual tensions in Samuel Richardson’s Pamela”
2014- “The Power of Gender influence in Chrétien de Troyes’ The Knight of the Lion”
2014- “The sufferings of Alfred the Mill Worker: Similarities in Rebecca Harding’s Life in the Iron Mills and
T.S. Eliot’s Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”
2013- “A 19th Century Oedipus in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness”
2013- “The Differing Influences of an Abstract versus Tangible Other in Puritan Society”
2012- “The Truth behind a Happy Ending: An analysis of Pride and Prejudice versus Pride and Prejudice and
Zombies”
2012- “Mad Indeed: The Social Implications of Ophelia’s actions in Shakespeare’s Hamlet”

2. Skills Garnered in Course Experience:
-Communication: Argument, Fundamental Communication, Public Speaking
-Multicultural Sensitivity: Art History, Themes in World History, Cultural Anthropology, Archeology, Spanish
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-Synthesizing Information: Biology, Mathematical Thought, Psychology, Linguistics, Education, Library
Research