PCA/ACA

Areas

Topic	Area chair
Academics and Collegiate Culture	Arlene Caney Community College of Philadelphia	email
Adolescence in Film and Television	Kylo-Patrick Hart Texas Christian University	email
Advertising	Christopher Swindell Marshall University	email
African-American Culture	Elgie Sherrod Virginia Commonwealth University	email
Aging and Senior Culture	Frederick John Augustyn, Jr. Library of Congress	email
American Indian Literatures and Cultures	Timothy Petete University of Central Oklahoma	email
American Literature	Corey Taylor Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	email
Animation	David S. Silverman Kansas Wesleyan University Peter Chanthanakone University of Iowa	email
Appalachian Studies	Adam M. Crowley Husson University	email
Armed Conflict	Renate Prescott Kent State University at Geauga	email
Art & Design Culture	Joy Sperling Denison University, Granville, Ohio Gretchen Gasterland-Gustafsson Minneapolis College of Art and Design	email
Asian Popular Culture	Ying Xu Independent Scholar John A. Lent Independant Scholar	email
Australian and New Zealand Popular Culture	Glen Thomas Queensland University of Technology	email
Baby-Boomer Culture	James Von Schilling Northampton Community College	email
Beer Culture	Robert A Cole Roger Williams University	email
Biographies	Susie Skarl University of Nevada Las Vegas	email
Black Performing Arts Area	Jonafa Banbury Independant Scholar Michael Borshuk Texas Tech University	email
Black Popular Culture—Special Topic 2020	David S. Silverman Kansas Wesleyan University David Moody Lake Erie College	email
Body and Culture	Lynn Sally Faculty, Central New Mexico Community College	email
Border Studies, Cultural Economy & Migration	Araceli Masterson-Algar University of Kansas	email
Brazilian Popular Culture	David S. Silverman Kansas Wesleyan University	email
British Popular Culture	Maureen Thum University of Michigan John Greenfield McKendree University	email
Celebrity & Popular Culture	Michael Brody University of Maryland	email
Cemeteries & Gravemarkers	J. Joseph Edgette Widener University	email
Children/Young Adult Series Books and Dime Novels	Demian Katz Villanova University	email
Children’s and YA Literature and Culture	Amie Doughty SUNY Oneonta	email
Circus and Sideshow Culture	Stacey Mascia-Susice North Country Community College	email
Civil War & Reconstruction	Randal W. Allred Brigham Young University, Hawaii	email
Collecting & Collectibles	Kevin M. Moist Penn State Altoona	email
Comedy & Humor	Peter Seely Benedictine University	email
Comics and Comic Art	Nicole Freim Southwestern Oregon Community College	email
Communication & Digital Culture	Xtine Burrough University of Texas at Dallas	email
Copyright and Intellectual Property	Brendan Riley Columbia College Chicago	email
Creative Fiction Writing	Lisa Muir Wilkes Community College	email
Cultural Adaptations	David Moody Lake Erie College Glenn Jellenik University of Central Arkansas	email
Dance & Dance Culture	Jen Atkins Florida State University Celeste Landeros Barry University	email
Disability Studies	Shannon R Wooden Missouri State University Claude Desmarais University of British Columbia	email
Disasters, Apocalypses, and Catastrophes	Robert Bell University of North Carolina Asheville Robert Ficociello Holy Family University	email
Eastern European Studies - Special Topic 2020	David S. Silverman Kansas Wesleyan University Olga Silverman Sacred Heart Jr./Sr. High School	email
Ecology & Culture	Margaret O'Shaughnessey University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	email
Education, Teaching, History & Popular Culture	Edward Janak University of Toledo	email
Eros, Pornography & Popular Culture	Ken Muir Appalachian State University	email
Fairy Tales	Linda Holland-Toll Mount Olive College Amanda M. Caleb Misericordia University Amanda Boyd University of North Dakota	email
Fan Culture & Theory	Katherine Larsen The George Washington University	email
Fashion, Style, Appearance, Consumption & Design	Joseph Henry Hancock Drexel University Jessica Strübel University of Rhode Island	email
Fat Studies	Lesleigh Owen Black Hills State University	email
Film	Donald E. Palumbo East Carolina University	email
Fitness, Exercise and Physical Culture	Tony Kemerly High Point University	email
Folklore	Kathryn Edney Regis College	email
Food in Popular Culture	Roger Adams Kansas State University	email
Game Studies	Nicholas Mizer Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Matthew Wysocki Flagler College	email
Gay, Lesbian, and Queer Studies	Bruce Drushel Miami University	email
Gender & Media Studies	Debbie Phillips Muskingum College	email
Gender Studies	Carrie Marjorie Peirce Azusa Pacific University	email
Generation X	Shay Rahm University of Central Oklahoma	email
Generational Studies	Shay Rahm University of Central Oklahoma James Von Schilling Northampton Community College	email
German Literature & Culture	Claude Desmarais University of British Columbia	email
Gothic Literature, Film & Culture	Louis Palmer Castleton State College	email
Happiness and Culture—Special Topic 2020	David S. Silverman Kansas Wesleyan University Vida Penezic Independent Scholar	email
Health, Humanities, and Popular Culture	Carol-Ann Farkas Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences	email
Horror (Text, Media, Culture)	Tiffany A. Bryant Independent Scholar Jim Iaccino The Chicago School of Professional Psychology	email
Indian Culture, Art & Media	Rekha Menon Professor of Art History - Berklee College of Music	email
Internet Culture	Mary Beth Ray Plymouth State University Colin Helb Elizabethtown College	email
Jack London’s Life & Works	David S. Silverman Kansas Wesleyan University	email
Journalism & Media Culture	James Von Schilling Northampton Community College	email
Language Attitudes & Popular Linguistics	James G. Mitchell Salve Regina University	email
Latin American Film and Media	Melissa Fitch University of Arizona	email
Latin American Literature and Culture	Patricia Montilla Western Michigan University	email
Latin Americans and Latinos: Identity Issues and Cultural Stereotypes	Raul Rosales Herrera Drew University	email
Law and Popular Culture	Patricia Peknik Bentley University	email
Libraries, Archives & Museums	Allen Ellis Northern Kentucky University Casey Hoeve University of Nebraska-Lincoln	email
Literature & Madness	Russ Pottle Worcester State University	email
Literature and Science	Ian Roberts Missouri Western State University	email
Literature, Politics, & Society	George B. Moore University of Colorado	email
Material Culture	Heidi Nickisher Rochester Institute of Technology	email
Medieval Popular Culture	Christina Francis Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania	email
Memory & Representation	Terry Cochran Université de Montréal	email
Men and Men’s Studies	Merry G Perry West Chester University	email
Midwestern Literature and Culture	Adam M. Crowley Husson University	email
Motherhood/Fatherhood & Popular Culture	Kathryn Pallister Red Deer College	email
Music	Thomas M. Kitts St. John’s University	email
Musicals, Stage & Film	Samuel Goldstein Daytona State College	email
Mystery & Detective Fiction	Jennifer Schnabel Ohio State University Patrick Russell University of Connecticut	email
Mythology in Contemporary Culture	Kate Rittenhouse Independent Scholar	email
New England Studies	Adam M. Crowley Husson University	email
Non-Fiction Writing	Michael Smith James Madison University	email
Philosophy and Culture	Jason Eberl St. Louis University	email
Poetry Studies and Creative Poetry	Katie Manning Point Loma Nazarene University	email
Politics Portrayed in Electronic Print and Media	Fran Hassencahl Old Dominion University	email
Popular Art, Architecture, and Design	Jennifer Streb Juniata College	email
Popular Culture Studies: History of the Discipline	Gary Burns Northern Illinois University	email
Popular History in American Culture	Jennifer L. Stevens Roger Williams University	email
Professional Development	Jordan McClain Independent Scholar Callie Clare Siena Heights University	email
Psychology and Popular Culture	Eric Greene Independant Scholar	email
Pulp Studies	Jason Ray Carney Christopher Newport University	email
Punk Culture	Andrew Wood De Anza College	email
Radio and Audio Media	Matthew Killmeier Auburn University Montgomery	email
Regional Cultures and Literatures	Adam M. Crowley Husson University	email
Religion and Culture	Pamela A. Detrixhe Temple University	email
Rhetoric, Composition, and Popular Culture	Jennifer Burg Bennington, VT	email
Romance	Jodi McAlister Deakin University Heather Schell George Washington University	email
Science & Popular Culture	Steven Gil Queensland University of Technology Bill Lott Queensland Uinversity of Technology	email
Science Fiction and Fantasy	Gillian Leitch Independent Scholar Sherry Ginn Independent Scholar Heather M. Porter Independent Scholar	email
Sea Literature, History, and Culture	Matthieu Guitton Laval University	email
Shakespeare on Film and Television	Richard Vela University of North Carolina-Pembroke	email
Soap Opera and Serialized Storytelling	MJ Robinson Brooklyn College - CUNY	email
Sports	Yuya Kiuchi Michigan State University Jon Bruning Carthage College	email
Stephen King	Phil Simpson Eastern Florida State College Patrick McAleer Inver Hills Community College	email
Tarot & Other Methods of Divination	Emily Auger Independent Scholar	email
Television	Amanda McClain Holy Family University Candice D Roberts St. John’s University	email
The Sixties	Kevin M. Moist Penn State Altoona	email
Theatre and Drama	Eric Wiley University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley Thomas Fuschetto South Texas College	email
Tolkien Studies	Robin Anne Reid Texas A&M University-Commerce	email
Travel and Tourism	William E Lenz Chatham University	email
Undergraduate Sessions	Mark Rubinfeld Westminster College Kristjane Nordmeyer Westminster College	email
Vampire Studies	Lisa Nevarez Siena College U Melissa Anyiwo Curry College	email
Vehicle Culture	Skip McGoun Bucknell University	email
Virtual Identities and Self-Promoting	Jennifer Consilio Lewis University	email
Visual Culture	Jeffrey Schneider Saint Louis Community College/Meramec Royce Smith Montana State University	email
War After 1945: Literature, History, Culture, and the Arts	Renate Prescott Kent State University at Geauga	email
Westerns and the West	Helen M. Lewis Western Iowa Tech Community College	email
Women’s Studies	Carrie Marjorie Peirce Azusa Pacific University	email
World’s Fairs and Expositions	Laurie Dalton Acadia University Thomas Prasch Washburn University	email