English @ SUNY Geneseo | Katelyn Sullivan | Activity https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/members/ks38/activity/ Activity feed for Katelyn Sullivan. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:23:02 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 f4bac95af0c1a8743e4b692c3e40353c Katelyn Sullivan edited the blog post Practicing Interdisciplinary Practice: Embracing Multiplicity and the "Both/And" Through The Art of Steve Prince in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/12874/ Thu, 16 May 2019 18:04:54 -0500 When one considers the meaning of interdisciplinarity as the bringing together of two or more academic disciplines into one coherent project or activity, it might seem obvious that this kind of learning and […]

]]> 0 3ab5720ed1296818eefc7a7b92ec60e3 Katelyn Sullivan commented on the post, 8 Blog Posts, A Semester's Commentary, on the site (Im)Possibilities https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10231/ Thu, 03 May 2018 21:02:18 -0500 Hi Davina,
I’m not sure if you’ll read this comment, but I hope you do. I have goose bumps after reading your beautiful, powerful poem. I just wanted to tell you that I think it’s really wonderful. Wow. Thank you […]

]]> 0 1be93e9f2b3f3b6078bd7225c5949fa4 Katelyn Sullivan wrote a new blog post Intradisciplinary Connections: Returning to Geneseo's Learning Outcomes in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10152/ Mon, 30 Apr 2018 23:49:53 -0500 Throughout the semester, this course has demonstrated several points of focus that the English Department seems to be increasingly concerned with as of late: encouraging reflective writing, and establishing clear […]

]]> 0 2e23f4b181b09bca2a1312c1f698acea Katelyn Sullivan edited the blog post In a Course Called "Metropolis," I Almost Thought the Setting Didn't Matter: Confessing, Reflecting, and Trying to "Do Better" in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10122/ Mon, 30 Apr 2018 04:24:14 -0500 As I was deciding on what my last few posts of the semester should focus on, I thought of the churning and cycling that we have been discussing throughout this course. In the vein of this churning, I thought it […]

]]> 0 457297a948177f4747cffce1af5dbdb6 Katelyn Sullivan wrote a new blog post Roots and Resurrection in Dance in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10080/ Fri, 27 Apr 2018 04:28:57 -0500 “We can do better… we come back together… we’re still here.”This is what the first line of my notes looks like from the day Dr. DeFrantz joined our class for a workshop on interdisciplinary dance studies, […]

]]> 0 0e435670f5027a1ea485143108c76fff Katelyn Sullivan edited the blog post The Least We Can Do: Bearing the Weight of Iniki and Others in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/9987/ Fri, 13 Apr 2018 16:39:26 -0500 I would like to configure this post in conversation with the post written earlier this week by Jenna, Jonathan, Aidan, Madi, Clio, and Cameron. This group writes thoughtfully about Hurricane Iniki and its impact on the Hawaiian Islands; what I wish to do is expand on one of their points by drawing connections back to previously-examined course…[Read more]

]]> 0 bc519aa905da128f18c68790a9696ac6 Katelyn Sullivan edited the blog post Hurricane Maria: Searching for Answers, Finding More Questions in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/9955/ Mon, 09 Apr 2018 19:53:06 -0500 *This is a collaborative blog post, created by: Sakshi Kumar, Neha Marolia, Michael Griffin, Luke Edelman, Catherine White, and Katie Sullivan  Maria’s Story:The story of Hurricane Maria officially began on September 16, 2017 when it wasn’t even called Hurricane Maria yet. At 11 a.m. that morning, four days before landfall, it was called “Pot…[Read more]

]]> 0 3d2cc57f8c0d459cf438565e11b9d9b1 Katelyn Sullivan wrote a new blog post Born and Raised: "A Life Lived in One Place" in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/9941/ Sun, 08 Apr 2018 06:23:17 -0500 In my last post, I explored the fact that so many people at the end of When the Levees Broke chose to identify themselves through association with their home city, proudly declaring their having been “born and r […]

]]> 0 7540b6178eca479d3ae56340f5f0c0f7 Katelyn Sullivan edited the blog post Conscriptive Naming and Self-Identification in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/9873/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 06:28:42 -0500 What’s in a name? This is a question that we have been exploring in terms of both the naming of storms and the naming of people; both Christina and Helen have written posts that explore the hurricane-naming process and its implications.

Personally, I have become increasingly interested in the question of “what’s in a name?” as it relates…[Read more]

]]> 0 5a0ced6f8d248dfdba5a09601c84632b Katelyn Sullivan edited the blog post Rich Musical Tradition Wrought from Intense Oppression in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/9794/ Sat, 17 Mar 2018 16:57:11 -0500 Upon attending an event titled “A Collision of Worldviews: An interview with Dr. Ysaye Maria Barnwell”, which was part of this year’s commemoration for Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. here at Geneseo, my eyes were opened to a whole new way of perceiving musical traditions in terms of both their origins and their power.

Dr. Barnw…[Read more]

]]> 0 851770c1c3bab1eaf5e5c215d1c690f9 Katelyn Sullivan edited the blog post The Danger in Prosthetic Memory in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/9532/ Mon, 29 Jan 2018 03:26:01 -0500 Upon reading Nyong’o’s “Black Survival in the Uchromatic Dark”, I find myself returning to a notion that was introduced to me in Dr. Cooper’s American Literature course at the start of this semester–a notion that George Mason University Professor Alison Landsberg calls “prosthetic memory”. In her book entitled Prosthetic Memory: The Transformatio…[Read more]

]]> 0 b456cf37ec8a836aa44631933b6010b7 Katelyn Sullivan edited the blog post When We Know What It Is Not, We Can Search For What It Is in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/9220/ Sun, 10 Dec 2017 05:33:52 -0500 When I read Liz’s last post, I found myself really glad that she brought up the idea of slavery again (thanks Liz!). I remember finding it very interesting (for lack of a better term because I did not know what to make of it at the time) when we read the Afterword of “Bloodchild” and discovered Butler’s assertions that she was not writing about…[Read more]

]]> 0 ee977c28957dbd1e1eb8c60187175856 Katelyn Sullivan commented on the post, Does anyone truly have autonomy?, on the site (Im)Possibilities http://morrison.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2017/12/09/does-anyone-truly-have-autonomy/#comment-1162 Sun, 10 Dec 2017 04:16:39 -0500 Hi Devin! First, I want to tell you how much I respect that you’re supporting yourself through college. I know you did not include that detail in your post seeking praise, but it really is something to be proud […]

]]> f99d1f7263a6e1c6155b9539ca8f53ed Katelyn Sullivan commented on the post, On Representation, on the site (Im)Possibilities http://morrison.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2017/12/08/on-representation/#comment-1161 Sun, 10 Dec 2017 04:04:06 -0500 Hi Sandra! I’m just finally getting to read this post now, and it’s so insightful! I love how you break down the different representations Butler includes in the novels we read. I certainly agree that it is […]

]]> 8121e87004e87ce3393e452468382e45 Katelyn Sullivan wrote a new blog post Selfhood and Western Questions in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/9171/ Wed, 06 Dec 2017 05:18:19 -0500 Recent class discussions about autonomy and selfhood have prompted me to examine my own understandings of the self. Throughout the semester Butler’s work has pushed me to grapple with the concept of […]

]]> 0 60cb1f469f1a3f06fa5579fdf74b4bcc Katelyn Sullivan edited the blog post Empathy: Oankali Do More Than Walk in Your Shoes in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/9146/ Mon, 04 Dec 2017 06:39:05 -0500 This past Thursday I attended a discussion on empathy and literature, led by Dr. Ken Asher. The discussion was terribly interesting, and I could not help but draw some mental connections between the discussion and the content of our course. Cassie happens to discuss empathy in her last post (with a nod to Sami), which makes me feel more confident…[Read more]

]]> 0 65d5144db3de846cfca48d33ed4cd78b Katelyn Sullivan commented on the post, The Importance of Perspective Taking in Literature, on the site (Im)Possibilities http://morrison.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2017/12/03/the-importance-of-perspective-taking-in-literature/#comment-1095 Mon, 04 Dec 2017 05:53:40 -0500 Cassie,
I think you make valid points in this post and I definitely share your perspectives on these aspects of Butler’s work. I find myself wondering if we empathize more with characters whom we are better able […]

]]> 2fa9253d88d094988a43e3378000887b Katelyn Sullivan commented on the post, Revisiting Contract Theory, Possession, and Democracy in Class, on the site (Im)Possibilities http://morrison.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2017/11/27/revisiting-contract-theory-possession-and-democracy-in-class/#comment-1022 Tue, 28 Nov 2017 04:45:34 -0500 Sean,

I was considering writing a blog post about today’s class, but upon reading yours, I have scrapped the idea — this post is so thoughtful and articulate that I dare not even try to write about the same […]

]]> 360438c7ecede16bce8ff715173234a6 Katelyn Sullivan wrote a new blog post The Bright(er) Side in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/9053/ Sat, 18 Nov 2017 05:27:10 -0500 Some recent events in my personal life have tempted me to place much of my focus on negative aspects of my life lately. Through this post I aim to fight back against that temptation by focusing on one positive […]

]]> 0 159defa07cdbab309ca78d5a511b2b64 Katelyn Sullivan wrote a new blog post Gender as a Social Construct and Way of Understanding in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/9019/ Mon, 13 Nov 2017 19:26:19 -0500 This past Thursday, I attended a panel discussion titled “Trans? Fine by Me”. This student-organized event featured a panel of three students and two members of faculty, all of whom are part of the Geneseo com […]

]]> 0 cc6a18b3dddbff0d5fa449afaefb5c1d Katelyn Sullivan edited the blog post Some Brief Research on Octavia Butler in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/8811/ Thu, 12 Oct 2017 05:06:42 -0500 I have finally made the time to do a bit of research on the life of Octavia Butler. In this post I wish to share some of the insight I have gained as to who she was as a person, so that we may gain a better understanding of her writing through this lens.

 

First, I think it is worth noting that Octavia Butler was raised by women. Her father…[Read more]

]]> 0 711eb36e287880cb5b52682bd94ae5b8 Katelyn Sullivan edited the blog post Misguided Consent in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/8752/ Tue, 03 Oct 2017 21:32:17 -0500 As our class period came to a close today, Dr. McCoy told us a little anecdote about her own life and essentially left us to do what we wanted with it. This has brought an idea into my head that I had not previously considered in our discussions of consent in class thus far, and that is the notion of misguided consent. 

Dr. McCoy explained to…[Read more]

]]> 0 ea7c9e757b10d4d4553ae7ce62a24e4b Katelyn Sullivan changed their profile picture https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/8718/ Thu, 28 Sep 2017 01:12:56 -0500 0 65e26d2b1a996ab8bf5051fbe1e3c152 Katelyn Sullivan wrote a new blog post Compulsion and Consent in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/8703/ Tue, 26 Sep 2017 04:17:00 -0500 I want to write this blog post in response to the question Dr. McCoy asked us to think about last class, as I’ve been thinking a lot about the ways in which the Clay’s Ark enclave might be better or worse than the […]

]]> 0 e13172b012e1002f8432f780758da415 Katelyn Sullivan joined the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/8501/ Fri, 01 Sep 2017 17:24:42 -0500 0 804b7c51d1f45e3cb918f568cbf0957c Katelyn Sullivan became a registered member https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/8406/ Mon, 28 Aug 2017 19:01:08 -0500 0