On 8 April 2011, four members of the Department of English and Philosophy presented papers at the Northeastern Modern Language Association Conference at Rutgers University. Dr. Tony McGowan presented “From Warrior Days to Specimen Daze” at the panel “Savages We Call Them: Imagining the Native in Early American Literature”; Dr. Margaret Downs-Gamble presented “Merlin’s Prophecies Realized: King James I as Avatar of King Arthur” at the panel “Arthurian Avatars: The King Arthur Myth from Medieval to Modern Times”; Dr. Drew Moore presented “Caught in the Crossfire: The New York City Prison Letters of Crèvecoeur” at the panel “J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur: American Paradox”; and Dr. Marc Napolitano presented “‘I am in the theatrical profession myself. . .’ : Performance in the Dickensian Literature Classroom” at the panel “Boz in 2012: Celebrating Dickens's Bicentennial.”