May 2025 –
Honors Thesis – “Queer Time, Queer Memory: An Analysis of Queer Temporality and Nonlinear Narrative in Monique Truong’s The Book of Salt and Ocean Vuong’s On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
Awarded after completing a 40-page year-long honors thesis, with advising by Professor Karl A. Britto. Please email me nhihuynh@berkeley.edu for the entire copy.
- Was inaugurated into the competitive Townsend Honors Thesis Workshop (Spring 2025)
- The Townsend Honors Thesis Workshop supports and guides undergraduate students writing honors theses on topics in the arts and humanities. Workshop sessions explore aspects of the research and writing processes, and provide a forum for students from a variety of fields to give and receive feedback on their individual thesis projects.
Sessions are led by Townsend Center Director Stephen Best and graduate student Lou Silhol-Macher, and include visiting speakers.
The workshop is open to undergraduate students who expect to graduate in May 2025 or December 2025, and who are writing honors theses in the arts, humanities, and select humanities-related social science departments.
Participants received a $300 research stipend and the opportunity to apply for additional funding for major research expenses.
- The Townsend Honors Thesis Workshop supports and guides undergraduate students writing honors theses on topics in the arts and humanities. Workshop sessions explore aspects of the research and writing processes, and provide a forum for students from a variety of fields to give and receive feedback on their individual thesis projects.
Projects
April – May 2025
Finding Solidarity in Queerness: A Queer Reading of I, Tituba by Maryse Condé
Term Project Proposal Presentation in senior-level course Elles: The Literature and Film of Francophone Second-Wave Feminism (French 140D)
– Close read, analyzed I, Tituba by Maryse Condé; compared English/French text
– Created presentation using Canva
Oct. 2024
Exposé oral/Présentation : Em de Kim Thúy
– Exposé oral/présentation pour “Francophone Diasporas of Southeast Asia (Francophone Literature)” (French 151a)
– Close read, textually analyzed Em by Kim Thúy in French
– Crée un sommaire, histoire d’auteur, mise en contexte, analysé thèmes, posé questions pour discuter
Feb – March 2023
The ‘Bones of Birds’ & ‘Nước’ Presentation
Class presentation for Comparative Literature: Introduction class (COMLIT100D)
– Passage and text analysis from sections the ‘bones of birds’ & ‘nước’ from Lê Thi Diem Thúy’s “The Gangster We’re All Looking For” for COMLIT150
– Utilized close reading, text/passage analysis, symbolism, recurring motifs to construct observations surrounding text
– Used English and Vietnamese comprehension for presentation
– Used Canva software for design and presentation aspect
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