These areas represent the various topics in which presenters can submit and present their papers at the Annual National Conference. Each area focuses on a specific subject or theme, ranging from film, television, literature, and gender studies to interests like vampire studies, internet culture, and true crime. The diversity of these areas allows scholars and enthusiasts to explore and contribute to a broad array of discussions surrounding popular culture.

PCA Subject Areas:

Academics and Collegiate Culture
Adaptations and Retellings
Adolescence in Film and Television
Advertising
Aging and Senior Culture
American Indian Literatures and Cultures
American Literature
Animals & Popular Culture - Special Topic
Animation, Anime, and Cartoon Culture
Art, Architecture, and Design Culture
Asian Popular Culture
Australian and New Zealand Popular Culture
The Beatles
Beer Culture
Biographies
Black Performing Arts
Black Popular Culture
Body and Culture
Border Studies, Cultural Economy, & Migration
British Popular Culture
Cannabis Culture - Special Topic
Celebrity and Popular Culture
Children's and YA Literature and Culture
Civil War and Reconstruction
Collecting and Collectibles
Comedy and Humor
Comics and Comic Art
Communication and Digital Culture
Copyright and Intellectual Property
Creative Fiction Writing
Dance and Dance Culture
Death, Dying, and Funerary Studies
Dime Novels and Juvenile Series Books
Disability Studies
Disasters and Apocalypses
Disney Studies
Ecology and Culture
Education, Teaching, History, and Popular Culture
Erotica, Sexuality, Pornography, and Kink
Fairy Tales
Fan Studies
Fashion, Style, Appearance, Consumption, & Design
Fat Studies
Film
Folklore
Food in Popular Culture
Game Studies
Gender and Media Studies
Gender Studies
Generational Studies
German Studies
Gothic Literature, Film, and Culture
The Grateful Dead
Happiness and Culture - Special Topic
Health, Humanities, and Popular Culture
History of Popular Culture Studies
Horror in Text, Media, and Culture
Indian Culture, Art, and Media
Internet Culture
Journalism and Media Culture
Language Attitudes and Popular Linguistics
Latin American Literature, Film, and Culture
Latin Americans and Latinos: Identity Issues and Cultural Stereotypes
Law and Popular Culture
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies
Libraries, Archives, and Museums
Literature and Madness
Literature, Politics, and Society
Material Culture
Medieval Popular Culture
Memory and Representation
Masculinities and Men's Studies
Monsters, Monstrosities, & the Monstrous - Special Topic
Motherhood/Fatherhood and Popular Culture
Music
Musicals, Stage, and Film
Mystery and Detective Fiction
Mythology in Contemporary Culture
Nonfiction Writing
Philosophy and Culture
Poetry Studies and Creative Poetry
Politics Portrayed in Electronic and Print Media
Popular History in American Culture
Professional Development
Professional Wrestling Studies - Special Topic
Psychology and Popular Culture
Pulp Studies
Punk Culture
Radio and Audio Media
Religion and Culture
Reproductive Justice - Special Topic
Rhetoric, Composition, and Popular Culture
Romance
Science and Popular Culture
Science and Religion in Popular Culture - Special Topic
Science Fiction and Fantasy
Sea Literature, History, and Culture
Shakespeare on Film and Television
The Sixties
Soap Operas and Serialized Storytelling
Sports
Stephen King
Television
Theatre and Drama
Tolkien Studies
Travel and Tourism
True Crime - Special Topic
Undergraduate Sessions
Vampire Studies
Vehicle Culture
Virtual Identities and Self-Promoting
Visual Culture
War and Armed Conflict after 1945
Westerns and the West
Women's Studies
World's Fairs and Expositions