Subject Areas & Chairs

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Academics & Collegiate Culture

Adaptation (Film, TV, Lit., & Electronic Gaming)

Adolescence in Film & Television

Advertising

African-American Culture

Age of Theodore Roosevelt & Popular Culture

Aging & Senior Culture

American Indian Literatures & Cultures

American Literature

Animation

Appalachian Studies

Armed Conflict

Arthurian Legends(see Medieval Popular Culture & Arthurian Legends)

Asian Popular Culture

Australian & New Zealand Popular Culture

Automobile Culture

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Baby-Boomer Culture

BDSM/Kink/Fetish Studies

Biographies

Black Music & Hip Hop Culture

Body and Physical Difference

Border Studies, Cultural Economy & Migration

Brazilian Popular Culture

British Popular Culture

Business, Money, and Office Cultures

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Caribbean Literature & Culture

Celebrity in Culture

Cemeteries & Gravemarkers

Chicana/o Culture: Literature, Film, Theory

Children’s/YA Series Books and Dime Novels

Children‘s Literature & Culture

Circuses & Circus Culture

Civil War & Reconstruction

Collecting & Collectibles

Comedy and Humor

Comics and Comic Art

Communication & Digital Culture

Copyright and Intellectual Property

Creative Fiction Writing

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Dance & Culture

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Eastern European Studies

Ecology and Culture

Comedy and Humor

Education, Teaching, History & Popular Culture

Comedy and Humor

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Fairy Tales

Fan Culture & Theory

Fashion, Style, Appearance, Consumption & Design

Fat Studies

Festivals & Faires

Film Adaptation

Film & History

Folklore

Food in Popular Culture

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Game Studies

Gay, Lesbian, and Queer Studies

Gender Studies

Generation X

German Literature & Culture

Gothic in Literature, Film, & Culture

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Horror

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Indian Culture, Art, & Media
Rekha Menon
Professor of Art History
Liberal Arts Department
Berklee College of Music
rmenon@berklee.edu

Internet Culture
Joseph H. Hancock, II
Conference Coordinator PCA/ACA
Associate Professor
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA. 19104
Email:jhh33@drexel.edu

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Jack London’s Life & Works
Gina M. Rossetti, PhD
Associate Professor and Chair
Saint Xavier University
Chicago, IL 60655
EMAIL

Journalism & Media Culture
James Von Schilling
Humanities & Soc. Sciences
Northampton Community College
Bethlehem, PA 18020
(610) 861- 4178
Fax: (610) 861-5877
jvonschilling@northampton.edu
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Ken Muir
Dept. of Sociology and Social Work
Appalachian State University
(828) 262-6388
muirkb@appstate.edu

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Language Attitudes & Popular Linguistics
Patricia Donaher
English Dept.
Missouri Western State University
4525 Downs Dr.
St. Joseph, MO 64507
(816) 271-5964
Fax (816) 271-4543
donaher@missouriwestern.edu

Latin American Film & Media
Araceli Masterson-Algar
Department of Spanish
Augustana College
aracelimasterson@augustana.edu

Latin Americans & Latinos:
Identity Issues & Cultural Stereotypes
Raul Rosales
Drew University
Madison, NJ 07940
rrosales@drew.edu
rrosales@drew.edu

Latin American Literature & Culture
Patricia Montilla
Dept. of Spanish
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5338
(269) 387-3040
patricia.montilla@wmich.edu

Latin American Performance Studies
Jorge Febles
Department of World Languages
University of North Florida
Jacksonville, FL 32224-2664
(904) 620-2283
jorge.febles@unf.edu

Law & Popular Culture
Robert Harker
robertharker@charter.net

Libraries, Archives, Museums,
& Popular Research
Allen Ellis
Steely Library
Northern Kentucky University
Highland Heights, KY 41099-6101
(859) 572-5527
Fax: (859) 572.5390
ellisa@nku.edu

Literature & Madness
Russ Pottle, Ph.D.
Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
Misericordia University
570.674.1484
rpottle@misericordia.edu
www.misericordia.edu

Literature & Politics
George B. Moore
Sewall Academic Program
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309
(303) 823-6453
mooreg@colorado.edu

Literature & Science
Ian Roberts
English Department
Missouri Western State University
4525 Downs Dr.
St. Joseph, MO 64507
(816) 271-5810
Fax (816) 271-4543
robertsi@missouriwestern.edu

Literature & Society
Gary L. Long
Sociology & Anthropology
University of Mississippi
(601) 915-7297
Fax: (601) 915-5372
salong@olemiss.edu

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Material Culture
Alex Bitterman
School of Design
Rochester Institute of Technology
3404 Booth Hall
73 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, NY 14623-5603
alexbitterman@gmail.com

Medical Humanities: Health & Disease in Culture
Carol-Ann Farkas, PhD
Associate Professor of English, Director of Writing Programs
School of Arts and Sciences
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
179 Longwood Ave | Boston MA 02115
T 617.732.2852
Carol-Ann.Farkas@mcphs.edu
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David E Tanner, PhD
Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education
Academic Affairs
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
179 Longwood Ave | Boston MA 02115
T 617.732.2908  F 617.732.2784
David.Tanner@mcphs.edu

Medievalism in Popular Culture
Amy S. Kaufman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of English
Middle Tennessee State University
341 Peck Hall; MTSU Box 0070
1301 East Main Street
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
a.kaufmana@mtsu.edu

Memory & Representation
Rosemarie J. Conforti
Media Studies Department, TE6
Southern Connecticut State University
501 Crescent Street
New Haven, CT 06515
(203) 392-5379
Fax: (203) 392-5242
confortir1@southernct.edu

Men/Men’s Studies
Hartmut Heep
German Dept.
Penn State University
Schuykill, PA 17972-2208
(570) 385-6298
Fax: (570) 385-3672
hxh17@psu.edu

Mental Health & Mental Illness in Popular Culture
Lawrence Rubin
Department of Social Sciences and Counseling
St. Thomas University
Miami, Florida
lrubin@stu.edu

Motherhood/Fatherhood & Popular Culture
Liz Podnieks, Associate Professor
Department of English and
Graduate Studies in Communication and Culture
Ryerson University, Toronto
lpodniek@ryerson.ca

Music
Tom Kitts
Division of English/Speech
St. John’s University
8000 Utopia Parkway
Queens, NY 11439
Kittst@stjohns.edu

Musicals, Stage & Film
Samuel J. Goldstein
Humanities and Communications
Daytona State College
1200 International Speedway
Daytona Beach, FL  32120
(386) 506-3617
goldsts@DaytonaState.edu

Mystery & Detective Fiction
Beth Blakesley
Washington State University, Pullman
509.335.6134
elizabeth.blakesley@gmail.com
&
Mollie Freier
Northern Michigan University
( 906) 227-1061
mfreier@nmu.edu

Mythology in Contemporary Culture
Kate Rittenhouse
403-2050 Nelson Street
Vancouver, BC V6G 1N6
Canada
(604) 682-5906
earth2k8@mac.com
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Stephen Wilkerson
11 Timber Park Drive
Black Mountain, NC 28711-9460
(828) 664-0518
Sywilkers@aol.com

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New England Studies
Carol Mitchell
Professor
Springfield College, Department of Humanities
Springfield, MA 01109
Email: cmitchel@springfieldcollege.edu

New/Special Topics in Popular Culture
Brendan Riley
Columbia College Chicago
briley@colum.edu

Non-Fiction Writing
Non-Fiction Writing
Dan R. Jones
Texas A&M University-Commerce
Office of the President
P.O. Box 3011
Commerce, TX 75429-3011
(903) 886-5011
Fax:  (903) 886-5010
Dan_Jones@tamu-commerce.edu

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Philosophy & Popular Culture
James M. Okapal, Asst. Prof., Philosophy
Department of History, Philosophy and Geography
Missouri Western State University
St. Joseph, MO 65407
(816) 271-4155
jokapal@missouriwestern.edu
&
Timothy J. Madigan
Department of Philosophy
St. John Fisher College
Rochester, NY 14618
(585) 415-5925
tmadigan@sjfc.edu

Poetry Studies & Creative Poetry
Michael Alleman
Louisiana State University at Eunice
malleman@lsue.edu

Politics Portrayed in Electronic Print and Media
Fran Hassencahl
Dept. of Comm.
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA 23529
(757) 683-3828
Fax: (757) 683-4700
fhassenc@odu.edu

Popular American Authors
Roger Jones
Ranger College
rjones@rangercollege.edu

Popular Art, Architecture, & Design
Derham Groves
Faculty of Architecture, Building & Planning
Univ. of Melbourne
Victoria 3010 Australia
derhamgroves@hotmail.com
derham@unimelb.edu.au

Popular History in American Culture
Jennifer Stevens
Dept. of History & American Studies
Roger Williams University
One Old Ferry Road
Bristol, RI 02809
jstevens@rwu.edu

Professional Development
Joseph H. Hancock, II
Conference Coordinator PCA/ACA
Associate Professor
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA. 19104
Email:jhh33@drexel.edu

Holly M. Kent, Ph.D.
Department of History
University of Illinois, Springfield
hkent3@uis.edu

Protest Issues & Actions
Lotte Larsen
407 19th St. NE
Salem, OR 97301
(503) 581-5344
larsenl@wou.edu

Pulp Studies
Justin Everett, PhD
Interim Director of Writing Programs
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
600 S. 43rd St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
j.everet@usp.edu

Punk Culture
Anne Cecil
Director Design & Merchandising
AW College of Media Arts & Design
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA 19104
(215) 895-0361
acc27@drexel.edu

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Radio & Audio Media
Frank Chorba
Mass Media
Washburn University
Topeka, KS 66621
(785) 670-1836
frank.chorba@washburn.edu

Religion & Culture
Ingrid Shafer
Philosophy & Religion
University of S&A of OK
Chickasha, OK 73018
Off: (405) 574-1312
Home (405) 224.3988
ihs@ionet.net

Rhetoric, Composition, & Popular Culture
Dr. Jennifer Richardson
Associate Professor and Chair, Hunter Division of Humanities
Southern Vermont College
982 Mansion Drive
Bennington, VT 05201-6002
JRichardson@svc.edu

Romance
Eric Selinger
Associate Professor of English
DePaul University
eselinge@depaul.edu
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An Goris
Managing Editor, Journal of Popular Romance Studies
Postdoctoral researcher
Literary Studies – Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
An.Goris@arts.kuleuven.be

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Science Fiction/Fantasy
Dr. Gillian Leitch
23 Blvd Mont-Bleu #1
Gatineau, QC
Canada J8Z 1H9
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Dr. Sherry Ginn
Program in Social Sciences
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College
1531 Trinity Church Rd.
Concord, NC 28027 USA
pcasff@gmail.com

Website: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Sea Literature, History, & Culture
Stephen Curley
General Academics
Texas A&M University at Galveston
Galveston, TX 77553
(409) 740-4501
Fax: (409) 740-4962
curleys@tamug.edu

Shakespeare on Film and Television
Richard Vela
English and Theatre Department
The University of North Carolina, Pembroke
Pembroke, NC 28372
richard.vela@uncp.edu

The Sixties
Deborah Carmichael
235 Bessey Hall
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1033
carmic28@msu.edu

Soap Opera and Serialized Storytelling
Barbara J. Irwin, Ph.D.
Dept. of Communication Studies
Canisius College
2001 Main Street
Buffalo, NY 14208
(716) 888-2108
irwin@canisius.edu

Sociology of Literature
Gary L. Long
Sociology & Anthropology
University of Mississippi
(601) 915-7297
Fax: (601) 915-5372
salong@olemiss.edu

Southern Literature & Culture
Joseph H. Hancock, II
Conference Coordinator PCA/ACA
Associate Professor
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA. 19104
Email:jhh33@drexel.edu

Sports
Joe Price
Whittier College
13406 E. Philadelphia St.
Whittier, CA  90608
562-907-4803
562-464-4517 (fax)
jprice@whittier.edu
&
Yuya Kiuchi, Ph.D.
Department of Human Development and Family Studies
Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures
Michigan State University
235 Bessey Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824
kiuchiyu@msu.edu

Stephen King
Patrick McAleer
Inver Hills Community College
stephenkingpca@gmail.com
&
Phil Simpson
Brevard Community College
stephenkingpca@gmail.com

Subcultural Style & Identity
Vicki Karaminas
School of Design
Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
University of Technology, Sydney Australia
Peter Johnson Building
Room 620
P.O Box 123 Broadway, 2007
Tel: 0061 2 9514 8924
Fax: 0061 2 514 8787
vicki.karaminas@uts.edu.au

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Tarot in Culture
Emily Auger
Independent Scholar
augeremily@gmail.com

Television
Amanda S. McClain, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Communication
Holy Family University
pcatelevision@gmail.com
&
Antonio Savorelli, Ph.D.
Communikitchen, Italy
pcatelevision@gmail.com

Theatre & Drama
Kayla Wiggins
English Dept.
Martin Methodist Coll.
Pulaski, TN 38478
(931) 363-9859
kwiggins@martinmethodist.edu

Transatlantic Cultural Issues
Carmen Gabriela Febles
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
The University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin
(608) 212-5628
febles@wisc.edu

Travel & Tourism
William E. Lenz
Pontious Professor of English
Lindsay House
Chatham University
Pittsburgh, PA 15232
Lenz@Chatham.edu
412.365.1186
412.365.1821 (fax)

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Undergraduate Sessions
Mark Rubinfeld
Department of Sociology
Westminster College
Salt Lake City, UT 84105
(801) 953-4801
mrubinfeld@westminstercollege.edu

Urban Studies
Jennie Lightweis-Goff
Tulane University
Department of English
Norman Mayer 122
New Orleans, LA 70118
jlightweisgoff@gmail.com

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The Vampire in Literature, Culture, & Film
Mary Findley
Vermont Technical College
Randolph, VT 05061
mfindley@vtc.edu
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Phil Simpson
Brevard Community College
SimpsonP@brevardcc.edu

Virtual Idenities & Self-Promoting
Jennifer Consilio
Lewis University
Romeoville, Illinois 60446
consilje@lewisu.edu

Visual Culture
Royce W. Smith
Art History, School of Art & Design
Campus Box 67
Wichita State University
1845 N. Fairmount
Wichita, KS  67260-0067
(316) 978-7713
royce.smith@wichita.edu

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War After 1945: Literature, History, Culture, and the Arts
Renate W. Prescott, Ph.D.
Kent State University at Geauga
(440) 834-3721
rprescot@kent.edu

Westerns & the West
Helen M. Lewis
English/Humanities Department
Western Iowa Tech. Community College
Sioux City, IA 51106
712.274.8733 x 1423
lewish@witcc.edu

Women’s Studies
Holly M. Kent, Ph.D.
Department of History
University of Illinois, Springfield
hkent3@uis.edu

World’s Fairs & Expositions
Martin Manning
Washington D.C.
(202) 632-9926
Fax: (202) 632-2702
manningmj@state.gov
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Yvonne Condon
Independent Scholar
St. Louis, Missouri
(314) 771-1618

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