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Midwest Popular Culture Association and

Midwest American Culture Association

Annual Conference Thursday, October 6 – Sunday, October 9, 2016 Hilton Rosemont-Chicago O’Hare 5550 N River Rd Rosemont, IL 60018 t – (847)-678-4488 MPCA/ACA website: http://www.mpcaaca.org #mpca16 Executive Secretary: Kathleen M. Turner, Communication, Aurora University, Aurora, IL 60506, [email protected] Conference Coordinator: Lori Abels Scharenbroich, Crosslake, MN, [email protected] Webmaster: Matthew Kneller, Communication, Aurora University, [email protected] Program Book Editors: [email protected] Pamela Wicks, Communication, Aurora University Anne Canavan, English, Salt Lake Community College Sarah Petrovic, English, Emmanuel College

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REGISTRATION The Registration Desk will be located in Lindberg. Hours are as follows. Thursday, October 6, 7: 00 – 11:30 a.m. & 1:00 – 6:30 p.m. Friday, October 7, 7: 00 – 11:30 a.m. & 1:00 – 6:30 p.m. Saturday, October 8, 7:00 – 11:30 a.m. & 1:00 – 6:30 p.m. Sunday, October 9, 7:00 a.m. – 2:45 p.m. The following items will be available at the Registration Desk: badges, receipts, program booklets, and late changes to program booklet. For those who did not preregister, on-site registration is $195 (including $70 membership fee). For students, retired, and unemployed, on-site registration is $185 (including $65 membership fee). Student ID must be presented. All attendees must pay both the registration fee and the membership fee. Badges must be worn at all conference events. BOOK EXHIBIT

Book publishers’ tables will be set up in Lindberg. Exhibit hours are as follows. Thursday, October 6, 7:30 – 11:30 a.m. & 12:30-6:00 p.m. Friday, October 7, 7:30 – 11:30 a.m. & 12:30- 6:00 p.m. Saturday, October 8, 7:30 –11:30 a.m. & 12:30-6:00 p.m. Sunday, October 9, 7:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. SPECIAL EVENTS Please note the following special events.

Wednesday, October 5, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Wednesday, October 5, 1:30-5:30 p.m. Thursday, October 6, 7:00-8:00 a. m. Thursday, October 6, 6:30-8:30 Friday, October 7, 7:00-8:00 a. m. Friday, October 7, 4:45-6:15 p.m. Friday, October 7, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Saturday, October 8, 7:00 – 8:00 a.m. Saturday, October 8, 11:30 – 1:00 p.m. Saturday, October 8, 1:15 – 2:45 p.m. Saturday October 8, 6:30-9:00 p.m. Sunday, October 8, 7:00 – 8:00 a.m.

Publishing Workshop 1, Lindberg Publishing Workshop 2, Lindberg Continental Breakfast. Lindberg Game Night, Lindberg Continental Breakfast, Lindberg Featured Speaker Sessions: Garros and Aldrin/Crossfield Reception and Pub Quiz, Salon I Continental Breakfast, Lindberg Luncheon with awards and speaker, Salon I MPCA/ACA Annual Meeting, Salon II Area Chair Reception, Salon I Continental Breakfast, Lindberg

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The Popular Culture Studies Journal The Midwest Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (MPCA/ACA) is the home of a journal in the field of popular culture studies.

Aims and scope: Popular culture is at the heart of democratic citizenship. It serves as an engine driving technology, innovation, and information, as well as a methodological lens employed by the many fields that examine culture, often from an interdisciplinary perspective. Managed by The Midwest Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (MPCA/ACA), The Popular Culture Studies Journal is an academic, refereed journal for scholars, academics, and students from the many disciplines that study America and American culture. The journal serves its membership and scholars globally who recognize and support its mission based on expanding the way we view popular culture as a fundamental component within the contemporary world.

Topics covered: Based on analysis of the proceedings of the Midwest PCA/ACA and the national organization reveals that most popular culture scholars are interested in American-based: • • • • • • • •

Film Music Television Sports Celebrity Culture Technology Literature Comics/Cartoons/Graphic Novels

However, many scholars approach these topics from an interdisciplinary perspective, which adds significant value over single-issue or more focused/specialized journals. Editor: Bob Batchelor, Miami University, Ohio, [email protected] Visit the journal online at http://mpcaaca.org/the-popular-culture-studies-journal/

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FEATURED SPEAKER SESSIONS Friday, October 7, 4:45 – 6:15 pm Descriptions of each session are available on page 53

“Chicago’s Union Stock Yards: 150 Years of Spectacle and Innovation” Dr. Dominic Pacyga, Columbia College, Chicago Garros.

“The Motion Picture Theater as Historical Subject: The Last Fifty Years” Dr. Gerald R. Butters, Jr., Aurora University, Aurora Aldrin/Crossfield

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LUNCHEON GUEST SPEAKER Saturday, October 8, 11:30 – 1:00 p.m., Salon I

Marty Lee Parker Owner, Bucket List Productions, LLC

Marty Lee Parker

“The Room Escape Industry” Marty Lee Parker is the owner of Bucket List Productions, LLC which is a team building company that has produced mud runs, color runs, bubble runs, tomato fights and room escapes (www.roomescapeadventures.com). Bucket List Productions was among one of the first room escapes to open in the United States and the first company to expand the room escape concept nationally opening up in 16 locations in 14 months staring in Dec. of 2013. He is a part owner in 11 other room escape companies and is the writer and licensor of one of the most well-known room escapes in the country called “Trapped In A Room With A Zombie”. This room escape was featured on the country’s most popular TV show The Big Bang Theory and is currently playing in some 23 locations around the world.

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MPCA/ACA EXECUTIVE COUNCIL President: Paul Booth, College of Communication, DePaul University, Chicago IL 60604, [email protected] Vice President/President-Elect: Cortney Cronberg Barko, West Virginia University Institute of Technology, Montgomery, WV 25136, [email protected] Executive Secretary: Kathleen M. Turner, Communication, Aurora University, Aurora IL 60506, [email protected] Conference Coordinator: Lori Abels Scharenbroich, 35317 West Shore Dr., Crosslake MN 56442, [email protected] Webmaster: Matthew Kneller, Communication, Aurora University, Aurora IL, 60506, [email protected] Program Chairperson: Pamela Wicks, Communication, Aurora University, Aurora IL 60506, [email protected] Program Co-Chairperson: Anne Canavan, English, Salt Lake City Community College, Salt Lake City UT 84123, [email protected] Program Co-Chairperson: Sarah Petrovic, English, Emmanuel College, Franklin Springs GA 30639, [email protected] Marketing and Communications Chair: Norma Jones, SmartyPop.com, [email protected] Editor, The Popular Culture Studies Journal: Bob Batchelor, Media, Journalism, & Film, Miami University, Ohio, [email protected] Immediate Past President: Angela Nelson, Popular Culture, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green OH 43403, [email protected] Past President: Gretchen Bisplinghoff, Communication, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb IL 60115, [email protected] Student/New Professional Representative: Katie Wilson, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, [email protected] At-Large: Darryl Clark, Southern Illinois University, [email protected] At-Large: Linda Robinson, Communication, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, [email protected] At-Large: Malynnda Johnson, Communication, University of Mount Union, 1972 Clark Ave, Alliance, OH 44601, [email protected] Outgoing Executive Secretary: Brendan Riley, English Department, Columbia College Chicago 600 South Michigan Ave., Chicago IL 60605

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MPCA/ACA AREA CHAIRS FOR 2016 9-11 in Popular Culture, Paul Petrovic, English, Emmanuel College, [email protected] Adaptations, Amanda Roberts, Department of English, Northern Illinois University, [email protected] Advertising and Public Relations, Kristy Tucciarone, Department of Communication, Lindenwood University, [email protected] African-American Popular Culture, Angela M. Nelson, Popular Culture, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green OH 43403-0190, [email protected]; Carlos D. Morrison, Communications, Alabama State University, P.O. Box 271, Montgomery AL 36101-0271, [email protected] African Studies, Amy E. Harth, Ph.D. Program in Interdisciplinary Studies, Union Institute & University, [email protected] Amusements and Entertainment, Omotayo Banjo, Department of Communication, University of Cincinnati, [email protected] Animation, Mark Gellis, Ketterling University, [email protected] Art History and Visual Culture, Rachel Bragg, West Virginia University Institute of Technology, Department of History, English, and Creative Arts, Montgomery, WV, [email protected] Asian Popular Culture, Paul Petrovic, English, Emmanuel College, [email protected] British Popular Culture, Sarah Petrovic, English, Emmanuel College, Franklin Springs GA 30639, [email protected] Celebrity and Stardom, Alexandra Newman, [email protected] Comics, Paul R. Kohl, Communication Arts, Loras College, 1450 Alta Vista St., Dubuque IA 52001, [email protected] Contemporary Studies, Jasara Hines, University of Central Florida, [email protected] Cultural Geography, Melissa Sartore, History, West Virginia University Institute of Technology, [email protected] Dance, Darryl Clark, Southern Illinois University, [email protected] Disability and Popular Culture, Hayley Haugen, Ohio University Southern, [email protected] Documentary, Jeffrey P. Chown, Communication, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb IL 60115, [email protected] Environment and Culture, Sarah McFarland Taylor, Religious Studies, Northwestern University, 1860 Campus Drive, Crowe Hall, Evanston, IL 60208, [email protected] Ethnography, Malynnda Johnson, Communication, University of Mount Union, [email protected] Family, Stella Ress, History, University of Southern Indiana, Department of History, [email protected] Fan Studies, Katie Wilson, University of Louisville, [email protected] Fashion, Kelli Purcell-O’Brien, Department of English, The University of Memphis, [email protected] Fat Studies, Jasie Stokes, University of Louisville, [email protected] Festivals and Food, Caryn E. Neumann, History, Miami University—Ohio, [email protected] Film, Gender Studies, Amber Davisson, [email protected] Girls' Culture/Girls' Studies, Miriam Forman-Brunell, History, University of Missouri—Kansas City, Kansas City MO 64110, [email protected] Health, Malynnda Johnson, Communication, University of Mount Union, [email protected] Heroes in Popular Culture, Jef Burnham, DePaul University, [email protected] Hip-Hop, Mark Anthony Caldwell, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, [email protected] History, Melissa Sartore, History, West Virginia University Institute of Technology, [email protected]

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Horror and Science Fiction/Fantasy, John A. Dowell, Undergraduate University Division, Michigan State University, East Lansing MI 48824, [email protected] Humor, John A. Dowell, Undergraduate University Division, Michigan State University, East Lansing MI 48824-1033, [email protected] Indian Popular Culture, Margaret Redlich, DePaul University, [email protected] Indigenous Studies, Anthony Adah, Film Studies, Minnesota State University—Moorhead, Moorhead MN 56563, [email protected] Jewish Studies, Carolina Rocha, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, [email protected] Labor, Work, and Culture, Tom Discenna, Rhetoric, Communication, and Journalism, Oakland University, Rochester MI 48309, [email protected] Latin American Popular Culture, Felipe Gomez, Hispanic Studies, Department of Modern Languages, BH 160, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890, (412) 268-5149, [email protected] Libraries, Museums, and Collecting, Tom Caw, Music Public Services Librarian, Mills Music Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706-1324, [email protected] Material Culture, Trish Cunningham, Ohio State University, [email protected] Middle Eastern Culture, Stacy Holden, Purdue University, [email protected] Midwestern Culture, Armeda Reitzel, Department of Communication, Humboldt State University, [email protected] Military and Wartime Studies, Kathleen Kennedy, Department of History, Missouri State University, [email protected] Music, Gary Burns, Communication, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb IL 60115, [email protected] Mystery, Thrillers, and Detective, and Crime Fiction, Maryan Wherry, Western Illinois University Quad-Cities, [email protected] Mythology, Jessica L. T. deVega, Religious Studies, Morningside College, Charles City College Hall 204, Sioux City, IA 51106, [email protected] New Media, Pam Wicks, Aurora University, [email protected] Nineteenth Century Popular Culture, Erin Mae Clark, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, [email protected] Otaku Studies, Jason Bennett, History, Collin College, McKinney, TX, [email protected] Pedagogy and Popular Culture, Jessica Birch, [email protected] Philosophy & Popular Culture, Amy K. Drees, Arts and Humanities, Defiance College, 701 N. Clinton St., Defiance, OH, 43512, [email protected] Politics, Janet Novak, Independent Scholar, 215 Prospect St., DeKalb IL 60115, [email protected] Pop Divas, Jesse A. Marden, Minnesota State University-Mankato, Mankato, MN, [email protected] Print Media and Popular Culture, Ayanna Gaines, Associate Librarian, Ventura College, 4667 Telegraph Road, Ventura, CA 93003, [email protected] Professional Development, Kathleen Turner, Aurora University, [email protected]; Bob Batchelor, Miami University, [email protected] Queer Studies, Veronica Popp, Elmhurst College, [email protected] Race and Ethnicity, Jessica Birch, [email protected] Reality Television, Ann Andaloro, Department of Communication, Media and Leadership, Morehead State University, 203 Breckinridge Hall, Morehead KY 40351, [email protected] Religion and Popular Culture, David Schimpf, Theology, Marian University, Fond du Lac WI 54935, [email protected] Romance, Maryan Wherry, Western Illinois University Quad-Cities, [email protected] Science in Popular Culture, Michael Lachney, Science and Technology Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, [email protected]

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Sixties and Popular Culture, Paul R. Kohl, Communication Arts, Loras College, 1450 Alta Vista St., Dubuque IA 52001, [email protected] Southern Literature and Culture, Anne M. Canavan, Salt Lake City Community College, [email protected] Sports Culture, Ben Dettmar, American Studies, Michigan State University, [email protected] Subculture, Morgan Shipley, American Studies, Michigan State University, [email protected] Television, Cory Barker, Department of Communication and Culture, Indiana University, [email protected] Theatre, Laura Dougherty, Department of Theatre & Dance, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC, [email protected] Twentieth-Century Studies, James Knippling, University of Cincinnati, [email protected] Urban Studies, Megan Cannella, Joliet Junior College, [email protected] Utopia/Dystopia, John A. Grummel, 605 Washington St., Liberal Arts Hall 218, Upper Iowa University, Fayette, IA 52142, [email protected] Video Games, Pam Wicks, Aurora University, [email protected] Westerns, Kent Anderson, American Culture Studies, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green OH 43403, [email protected] Whedon Studies, Kadee Whaley, University of Kentucky, [email protected] Writing and Rhetoric in Popular Culture, Chris Blankenship, Salt Lake City Community College, [email protected] Youth Literature and Media, Patrick Cox, Rutgers University, [email protected]

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MPCA/ACA PAPER AWARDS Gary Burns Graduate Student Travel Grant The Midwest PCA/ACA offers an annual program of travel grants for graduate students to attend the MPCA/ACA conference. The Graduate Student Travel Grants are awarded for outstanding papers submitted by graduate students for presentation at the Midwest PCA/ACA conference each year. Area Chairs should encourage graduate student presenters from their areas to submit high quality papers to the competition. The Awards will be presented in the form of a $100 check payable to the author of the paper. Judges: Anthony Adah, Minnesota State University – Moorhead Anne M. Canavan, Salt Lake Community College Malynnda Johnson, University of Mount Union Jesse Marden, Minnesota State University-Mankato CarrieLynn Reinhard, Dominican University Stella Ress, University of Southern Indiana Karen Whedbee, Northern Illinois University

Pat Browne Undergraduate Paper Competition The undergraduate paper competition recognizes the best paper presented by an undergraduate at the Midwest PCA/ACA conference each year. Area Chairs should encourage undergraduate presenters from their areas to submit high quality papers to the competition. Judges: Ann Andaloro, Morehead State University Darryl Clark, Southern Illinois University John Grummel, Upper Iowa University Amy Harth, Union Institute & University Katie Wilson, University of Louisville

Competitive Paper Awards The competitive paper competitions recognize the best papers presented at the Midwest PCA/ACA conference each year. Area Chairs should encourage presenters to submit their papers for these awards. Judges: Contemporary Popular Culture (1900-Present) Asim Ali, University of Maryland Bob Batchelor, Miami University Judges: Historical Popular Culture (pre-1900) Cortney Cronberg Barko, West Virginia University Institute of Technology Anne M. Canavan, Salt Lake Community College

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MPCA/ACA BOOK AWARDS 2016 marks our second year of the book awards to be presented at The Midwest Popular Culture/Midwest American Culture annual conference in Chicago, IL. Procedures Purpose: To recognize the most notable, newly published, English-language monograph in the field of popular and/or American culture study. Entries are due by May 30th of the year in which works are to be considered for the award. The Executive Secretary, elected by the Executive Council of MPCA/ACA, oversees the committees that select the winners. Recipients and publishers will be notified before the conference where the awards are presented. Recipients need not be present to receive the award. Awards Criteria Book award submissions will be judged on: 1) quality of research and scholarship 2) originality 3) contribution to popular and/or American studies scholarship BEST SINGLE WORK BY ONE OR MORE AUTHORS Judges: Kathleen Kennedy, Missouri State University Paul Petrovic, University of Tulsa Linda Robinson, University of Wisconsin Whitewater BEST EDITED COLLECTION Judges: Jessica Benham, Minnesota State University-Mankato Darryl Clark, Southern Illinois University John Grummel, Upper Iowa University

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MEETINGS OF THE MIDWEST POPULAR CULTURE ASSOCIATION AND AMERICAN CULTURE ASSOCIATION 1973: Duluth, Minnesota 1974: Chicago, Illinois 1975: Kalamazoo, Michigan 1976: Bowling Green, Ohio 1977: Normal, Illinois 1978: East Lansing, Michigan 1979: Bowling Green, Ohio 1980: Kalamazoo, Michigan 1981: Columbus, Ohio 1982: Terre Haute, Indiana 1983: Bowling Green, Ohio 1984: Bloomington, Indiana 1985: Chicago, Illinois 1986: Kalamazoo, Michigan 1987: Kirkwood, Missouri 1988: Bowling Green, Ohio 1989: Lansing, Michigan 1990: Toledo, Ohio 1991: Cleveland, Ohio 1992: Indianapolis, Indiana 1993: East Lansing, Michigan 1994: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1995: Indianapolis, Indiana 1996: Bowling Green, Ohio

1997: Traverse City, Michigan 1998: no meeting 1999: no meeting 2000: no meeting 2001: no meeting 2002: Milwaukee, Wisconsin 2003: Minneapolis, Minnesota 2004: Cleveland, Ohio 2005: St. Louis, Missouri 2006: Indianapolis, Indiana 2007: Kansas City, Missouri 2008: Cincinnati, Ohio 2009: Detroit, Michigan 2010: Bloomington, Minnesota 2011: Milwaukee, Wisconsin 2012: Columbus, Ohio 2013: St. Louis, Missouri 2014: Indianapolis, Indiana 2015: Cincinnati, Ohio 2016: Chicago, Illinois 2017: St. Louis, MO 2018: Indianapolis, IN 2019: Cincinnati, OH

UPCOMING CONFERENCES PCA/ACA 2017 – San Diego, CA Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association April 12-15, 2017 San Diego, CA http://www.pcaaca.org Submission deadline October 1, 2016

MPCA/ACA 2017 – St. Louis, MO Midwest Popular Culture Association and Midwest American Culture Association Wednesday, October 18 – Sunday, October 22, 2017 St. Louis, MO http://www.mpcaaca.org

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I’d first like to thank all of the attendees and presenters this year. Each year, the MPCA/ACA conference bring scholars from all over the world who are dedicated to researching and sharing scholarship in popular culture and American culture studies. You all make my job a pleasure and a joy. MPCA/ACA could not be possible without the generosity of members and organizers who volunteer their time, including the wonderful area chairs, the executive council, the award judges, and the fantastic presenters. I also want to thank the PCA/ACA leadership for their continued support of the organization. Lori Abels Scharenbroich, who has been with MPCA/ACA since it rebooted, is amazing in all that she does for the organization. Without her efforts coordinating with hotels and her great negotiating skills, we’d be meeting in a corn field somewhere. This year Kelsey Kwasniak has shadowed Lori and helped immensely as our first Leadership Fellow. Cortney Cronberg Barko, our outgoing Vice President and incoming President, constantly offered assistance and guidance to area chairs in gathering panels and organizing presenters. The Program Committee, Anne Canavan, Sarah Petrovic, and Pam Wicks, have worked to put together a program book and schedule. After many years on the executive council, we will definitely be sad to see Sarah Petrovic step down from the Program Committee. She has been instrumental in offering insight and in our panel surveys each year. Matt Kneller has kept up our website and made a lovely Chicago conference logo. Bob Batchelor and Norma Jones deserve extra special accolades for their work on MPCA/ACA’s now award-winning journal, The Popular Culture Studies Journal. A special thank you to the editors of the 2015 special edition of the journal on autoethnography and popular culture. Tony Adams and Jimmie Manning won the Best Special Journal Issue in the NCA Ethnography Division for their contributions to the field. Brent Jones creates amazing cover designs for the journal. And Jennifer Dunn did an amazing job bolstering the Reviews section of the journal; we are sad that this year marked her last issue as Reviews Editor. This year, the amazing Paul Booth will step down as President. He worked in the role of Vice President to create consistency in the area chair roles. And has done everything so well, that he’s often way ahead of everyone else. Luckily, we get to keep him a little longer as Immediate Past President, but we will miss his inspiring leadership that has helped MPCA/ACA to grow. As always, my biggest thanks go to Gary Burns who had me working the registration desk at my first MPCA/ACA conference and without whom, none of us would be sharing our scholarship in the Midwest. He’s been instrumental in bringing in young scholars and helping develop MPCA/ACA into what it is today. And thanks to Brendan Riley who came before me but still sticks around to offer guidance, support, and an amazing pub quiz every year. And a very special thank you to all of you who come and support MPCA/ACA, who share wonderful ideas and scholarship, who advance the fields of popular culture and American culture studies. You are the ones who make it all worthwhile!

~Kathleen M. Turner

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MPCA/ACA AREA CHAIRS FOR 2017 9-11 in Popular Culture, Paul Petrovic, English, Emmanuel College, [email protected] Adaptations, Amanda Roberts, Department of English, Northern Illinois University, [email protected] Advertising and Public Relations, Kristy Tucciarone, Department of Communication, Lindenwood University, [email protected] African-American Popular Culture, Angela M. Nelson, Popular Culture, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green OH 43403-0190, [email protected]; Carlos D. Morrison, Communications, Alabama State University, P.O. Box 271, Montgomery AL 36101-0271, [email protected] African Studies, Amy E. Harth, Ph.D. Program in Interdisciplinary Studies, Union Institute & University, [email protected] Amusements and Entertainment, Omotayo Banjo, Department of Communication, University of Cincinnati, [email protected] Animation, Mark Gellis, Ketterling University, [email protected] Art History and Visual Culture, Rachel Bragg, West Virginia University Institute of Technology, Department of History, English, and Creative Arts, Montgomery, WV, [email protected] Asian Popular Culture, Paul Petrovic, English, Emmanuel College, [email protected] British Popular Culture, Sarah Petrovic, English, Emmanuel College, Franklin Springs GA 30639, [email protected] Celebrity and Stardom, Alexandra Newman, [email protected] Comics, Paul R. Kohl, Communication Arts, Loras College, 1450 Alta Vista St., Dubuque IA 52001, [email protected] Contemporary Studies, Jasara Hines, University of Central Florida, [email protected] Cultural Geography, Melissa Sartore, History, West Virginia University Institute of Technology, [email protected] Dance, Darryl Clark, Southern Illinois University, [email protected] Disability and Popular Culture, Hayley Haugen, Ohio University Southern, [email protected] Documentary, Jeffrey P. Chown, Communication, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb IL 60115, [email protected] Environment and Culture, Sarah McFarland Taylor, Religious Studies, Northwestern University, 1860 Campus Drive, Crowe Hall, Evanston, IL 60208, [email protected] Ethnography, Malynnda Johnson, Communication, University of Mount Union, [email protected] Family, Stella Ress, History, University of Southern Indiana, Department of History, [email protected] Fan Studies, Katie Wilson, University of Louisville, [email protected] Fashion, Kelli Purcell-O’Brien, Department of English, The University of Memphis, [email protected] Fat Studies, Jasie Stokes, University of Louisville, [email protected] Festivals and Food, Caryn E. Neumann, History, Miami University—Ohio, [email protected] Film, Lori Parks, Miami University, Hamilton, [email protected] Gender Studies, Amber Davisson, [email protected] Girls' Culture/Girls' Studies, Miriam Forman-Brunell, History, University of Missouri—Kansas City, Kansas City MO 64110, [email protected] Health, Malynnda Johnson, Communication, University of Mount Union, [email protected] Heroes in Popular Culture, Jef Burnham, DePaul University, [email protected] Hip-Hop, Mark Anthony Caldwell, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, [email protected] History, Melissa Sartore, History, West Virginia University Institute of Technology, [email protected]

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Horror and Science Fiction/Fantasy, John A. Dowell, Undergraduate University Division, Michigan State University, East Lansing MI 48824, [email protected] Humor, John A. Dowell, Undergraduate University Division, Michigan State University, East Lansing MI 48824-1033, [email protected] Indian Popular Culture, Margaret Redlich, DePaul University, [email protected] Indigenous Studies, Anthony Adah, Film Studies, Minnesota State University—Moorhead, Moorhead MN 56563, [email protected] Jewish Studies, Carolina Rocha, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, [email protected] Labor, Work, and Culture, Tom Discenna, Rhetoric, Communication, and Journalism, Oakland University, Rochester MI 48309, [email protected] Latin American Popular Culture, Felipe Gomez, Hispanic Studies, Department of Modern Languages, BH 160, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890, (412) 268-5149, [email protected] Libraries, Museums, and Collecting, Tom Caw, Music Public Services Librarian, Mills Music Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706-1324, [email protected] Material Culture, Trish Cunningham, Ohio State University, [email protected] Middle Eastern Culture, Stacy Holden, Purdue University, [email protected] Midwestern Culture, Armeda Reitzel, Department of Communication, Humboldt State University, [email protected] Military and Wartime Studies, Kathleen Kennedy, Department of History, Missouri State University, [email protected] Music, Gary Burns, Communication, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb IL 60115, [email protected] Mystery, Thrillers, and Detective, and Crime Fiction, Maryan Wherry, Western Illinois University Quad-Cities, [email protected] Mythology, Jessica L. T. deVega, Religious Studies, Morningside College, Charles City College Hall 204, Sioux City, IA 51106, [email protected] New Media, Pam Wicks, Aurora University, [email protected] Nineteenth Century Popular Culture, Erin Mae Clark, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, [email protected] Otaku Studies, Jason Bennett, History, Collin College, McKinney, TX, [email protected] Pedagogy and Popular Culture, Jessica Birch, [email protected] Philosophy & Popular Culture, Amy K. Drees, Arts and Humanities, Defiance College, 701 N. Clinton St., Defiance, OH, 43512, [email protected] Politics, Janet Novak, Independent Scholar, 215 Prospect St., DeKalb IL 60115, [email protected] Pop Divas, Jesse A. Marden, Minnesota State University-Mankato, Mankato, MN, [email protected] Print Media and Popular Culture, Ayanna Gaines, Associate Librarian, Ventura College, 4667 Telegraph Road, Ventura, CA 93003, [email protected] Professional Development, Kathleen Turner, Aurora University, [email protected]; Bob Batchelor, Miami University, [email protected] Queer Studies, Veronica Popp, Elmhurst College, [email protected] Race and Ethnicity, Jessica Birch, [email protected] Reality Television, Ann Andaloro, Department of Communication, Media and Leadership, Morehead State University, 203 Breckinridge Hall, Morehead KY 40351, [email protected] Religion and Popular Culture, David Schimpf, Theology, Marian University, Fond du Lac WI 54935, [email protected] Romance, Maryan Wherry, Western Illinois University Quad-Cities, [email protected] Science in Popular Culture, Michael Lachney, Science and Technology Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, [email protected]

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Sixties and Popular Culture, Paul R. Kohl, Communication Arts, Loras College, 1450 Alta Vista St., Dubuque IA 52001, [email protected] Southern Literature and Culture, Anne M. Canavan, Salt Lake City Community College, [email protected] Sports Culture, Ben Dettmar, American Studies, Michigan State University, [email protected] Subculture, Morgan Shipley, American Studies, Michigan State University, [email protected] Television, Cory Barker, Department of Communication and Culture, Indiana University, [email protected] Theatre, Laura Dougherty, Department of Theatre & Dance, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC, [email protected] Twentieth-Century Studies, James Knippling, University of Cincinnati, [email protected] Urban Studies, Megan Cannella, Joliet Junior College, [email protected] Utopia/Dystopia, John A. Grummel, 605 Washington St., Liberal Arts Hall 218, Upper Iowa University, Fayette, IA 52142, [email protected] Video Games, Pam Wicks, Aurora University, [email protected] Westerns, Kent Anderson, American Culture Studies, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green OH 43403, [email protected] Whedon Studies, Kadee Whaley, University of Kentucky, [email protected] Writing and Rhetoric in Popular Culture, Chris Blankenship, Salt Lake City Community College, [email protected] Youth Literature and Media, Patrick Cox, Rutgers University, [email protected]

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GET INVOLVED IN MPCA/ACA 2017 CALL FOR AREA CHAIRS Midwest Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Members of the Midwest Popular Culture Association/ American Culture Association meet in a conference once each year. The conference is organized by Area Chairs who solicit papers, organize panels, and commit to attend the regional conference for at least three years. Please consider serving your discipline by becoming an Area Chair. Service as an Area Chair is a great experience because you have the opportunity to talk with people about their scholarship and research, provide a mechanism for showcasing your intellectual passion, and encourage contributors in their current and future work. Contact the MPCA/ACA Area Chair Coordinator ([email protected]) no later than December 31, 2016, if you would like to suggest another area. If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].

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EXECUTIVE COUNCIL CANDIDATE STATEMENTS 2016 Vice-president/President-elect Candidates Bob Batchelor. It is with great enthusiasm that I hope to be your next Midwest Popular Culture Association and Midwest American Culture Association Vice President/President-Elect. My chief aims in this role are to be an advocate for MPCA/ACA members and an activist leader the organization as a whole. Achieving these goals necessitates increased personal outreach and a willingness to engage with important issues that impact our lives as thinkers, scholars, academics, and citizens. There are battles being waged all around us, from contingent faculty issues to attempts at repealing tenure and concerns regarding the value of liberal arts education. I strongly believe that the MPCA/ACA President can and should provide guidance on these types of topics on the local, regional, and national stage. In addition, I have several initiatives that I would like to pursue, including: Market and publicize MPCA/ACA on the local and regional level to attract and retain members; Establish outreach to corporations, foundations, and other organizations to raise endowment funds; and Raise public awareness of the organization, its members, and pertinent issues, such as contingent faculty topics, ideas regarding humanities education, and others The three-pronged agenda will benefit MPCA/ACA and its members by: Strengthening the organization financially and preparing for long-term growth; Raising awareness of the organization as an intellectual home for popular culture aficionados, thus increasing membership; and Demonstrating the value of MPCA/ACA members in the scholarly, public, and intellectual communities where they live and work The Vice President/President-Elect position equates to a nine-year commitment to this organization and its membership. I believe that my past work for the organization has demonstrated my deep commitment to MPCA/ACA and that this brief statement provides an understanding of my aspirations for its future. I envision asking myself each day: what can I do today to help MPCA/ACA and its members. Katie Wilson. When I first attended MPCA in 2011, I knew this organization would be an important part of my life and career. I am thrilled to be nominated for Vice President and can promise that, if elected, I will continue the exceptional work that has come before me. I currently serve as the Fan Studies Area Chair, the Student/New Professional Representative, and serve on the Undergraduate Paper Committee. These positions have opened my eyes to the many hours it takes to put together our ever expanding conference. As our organization grows, the role of Vice President and President need to be ready to make hard decisions about budgets, scheduling, and the expansion of Areas. I feel confident that my relationships with the executive board, the area chairs, and the members will provide me with a voice that will vote in the best interest of our organization.

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As Vice President, I will work to create more communication between the Area Chairs and the Executive Council, encourage Areas with little engagement to recruit more presenters, and look for opportunities where similar subject areas might work together on collaborative panels. My vision for the future of MPCA is a continued growth of our membership, but also a continued growth in the social and networking programs we provide. Over and over again, I hear from our members that the thing that makes our conference special is how rewarding the networking and social activities we offer are. Activities such as Game Night and the Pub Quiz are an important part of the way we both retain and engage our members. I would work to add more social opportunities such as film screenings and organized outings. If elected, I want to keep the activities that make our organization special, fun, and rewarding. Currently, I am a PhD candidate from the University of Louisville researching political and social activism in fan communities. I have an M.A. in Media and Cinema Studies from DePaul University and I teach Film and Humanities courses at Harry S Truman College in Chicago. Thank you for your consideration.

Graduate Student/New Professional Representative Candidates Megan Cannella has been a member of MPCA/ACA since 2013 and has been the MPCA/ACA Urban Studies Area Chair since 2014. Having lived in Illinois for most of her life, Megan is currently a second year PhD student at the University of Nevada, Reno. Her research focuses on intersections of place and identity in 21st century American literature. In addition to being an active member of MPCA/ACA, Megan has also regularly presented at the PAMLA and PCA/ACA conferences since 2012. She has published book reviews in the Journal of Ecocriticism, CUR Quarterly, and Arkansas Review. Megan’s published essays include “The Pain and Prison of Post-9/11 Parenting in Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom” (in Paul Petrovic’s edited collection Representing 9/11: Trauma, Ideology, and Nationalism in Literature, Film, and Television, 2015) and “The Quiet Zoo: The Role of Quiet in Suburban Domesticity in Franzen’s Freedom and The Corrections” (in Myrna Santos’s edited collection An Introvert in an Extrovert World: Essays on the Quiet Ones, 2015). In January, Megan will present the paper, “Resolution through Mobility: A Discussion of Two Missouri Poets, Akila Oliver and Daunte Henderson,” at the 2017 MLA Convention. Julia Lagent. Hello! My name is Julia Largent. I’m a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Media and Communication at Bowling Green State University where I focus on documentary studies and fan studies (and the bridge between the two). I have been a member of PCA/ACA for four years, and a member of Midwest PCA for two. MPCA has provided a caring and nurturing environment that has helped me succeed in furthering my education and research. Each year, I strongly encourage my peers to submit and to attend MPCA in hopes they find the same welcoming environment and

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encouragement that I have received. I do this also as a way to encourage other graduate students to participate in popular culture studies, as many do not realize their research fits within the discipline. As the graduate representative for MPCA, I would like to help provide the same opportunities and guidance to other graduate students who attend MPCA as I have. I hope to work with Norma Jones (and other individuals) to strengthen MPCA’s social media presence and to provide a platform that not only shares information, but serves as a way to hear concerns from graduate students. During my time as the Vice President of my institution’s Graduate Student Senate, I strengthened my ability to be a liaison and advocate for graduate students. If chosen to be the MPCA Graduate Representative, I will represent and support graduate students in a professional manner, while still providing a voice.

Member At Large Candidates Darryl Clark. Fellow members of the Midwest Popular Culture Association, thank you for reading my statement. I won’t take a lot of your time. My time with the association has been shorter than most but it has been so exciting. The association allowed me to create a dance area two years after I made my first presentation and that area continues to grow as I write this statement. And it happened pretty much because I said ‘Let’s Do This!’ without any kind of ceremony. Let’s do it; let’s make something happen and keep it happening. The year I submitted my name for nomination to the executive board, I did stop to think if my go-for-it energy would be welcome on the board. To date, it has been welcome. I have enjoyed the duties that have been a part of serving on the executive board as an executive member at large. The duties have been varied and exciting. I would like to continue serving on the board because, in essence, I can serve all the members of the organization at the same time. If I continue, I hope to find ways of bringing new members to the organization as well as bringing voices on dance and dance studies in to the field of dance research. There are so many things that are going on this world of ours and dance is somehow a part of many of these events. An organization like MPCAACA is a perfect place to give ground to these thoughts and ideas so they can grow out and reach other scholars. Thank you for reading my statement and know I am more than ready to step up and serve another term!

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Ashley M. Donnelly. I hope to become the next member-atlarge of the MPCA/ACA Executive board for several reasons. I would like become an official working part of a professional institution I have enjoyed being a member of for over ten years. I want to give back to a community that has given so much to me. I believe I can effectively serve in this role as I have served in a similar position for my own university’s graduate school. I also feel that my flexible nature, the many roles I play within my community at Ball State, and my general interest and knowledge of the Midwest PCA/ACA will allow me to help as needed should other services be required throughout the year or during the conference itself. Last year I helped developed both the new paper and book awards and was glad to see how well they’ve been implemented into the conference. At my own institution not only do I perform the roles of scholar, professor, area chair, and graduate thesis committee chair/member, I work on committees within my college related to global development programs, promotion and tenure, and hiring decisions. At the university level I serve on committees focusing on scholarly grant issues as well as student discipline, interdisciplinary study, and graduate school concerns. I am on the editorial board of four well-known journals in the popular culture and communication fields and a published scholar in my own field. I feel confident in my ability to handle whatever should come my way as a representative of the MPCA/ACA and will work hard to be an advocate for this amazing community. Please feel free to stop me and ask me any questions you have, introduce yourself, or simply say hello. It will be my pleasure to meet you. John Dowell. I first met Ray Browne while working on an MA in Folk Studies at Western Kentucky University in the late ‘80s as he was “preaching” Against Academia. I had undergraduate degrees in psychology and sociology, an MA in sociology, and a hodgepodge of teaching experience in psych, soc, English, and anthro. But I was only now discovering there was a whole department devoted to my true humanities calling—Popular Culture Studies—at Bowling Green State University. Ray gained a convert that night. I showed up at BGSU knowing my dissertation in American Culture Studies would be about sLaughter [“SLAWFter"], the nexus-moment of humor and horror in American popular culture—still my primary academic interest. That’s why I’ve chaired over 40 sessions in both the Humor and Horror/SF/Fantasy areas of the MPCA/ACA for the last 15 years. My work for the MPCA/ACA already reflects my commitment, dedication, and love for the mission. I have kept up with the scholarship in critical culture studies—as my forthcoming book will attest—all while holding down a demanding full-time job as a technology literacy specialist at a Big 10 school. As a Member-At-Large for the Midwest PCA/ACA, I would apply my academic experience in strategic planning, budgeting, and organizational development. As someone accustomed to getting things done, I relish the opportunity to get things done for the MPCA/ACA, to be an advocate for members, and to reach out to new converts.

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Ayanna Gaines. You may wonder why I would like to serve the organization in this capacity, especially given that I am an academic librarian, rather than a communications or American Studies scholar dedicated to this field of study. I’ve been a member of the MPCA/ACA since 2003. I’ve presented papers on such topics as Gilmore Girls slash fiction and the use of sock puppet LiveJournal accounts to create continuing storylines for Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Over the years, I have found that my knowledge of popular culture has informed my work as a librarian. Our students are patched into the pop culture network, often through forums such as YouTube, Reddit, memes, and Instagram. Clickbait articles and unflattering photos zoom quickly from Upworthy to phone. I can use their interest in pop culture to engage in discussion and instruction of more complex issues. Instead of just talking about the effect that the Black Lives Matter movement has had in Hollywood, I can show on video the speech that Jesse Williams made at the BET Awards, and then ask them whether a news article or an academic article would come out more quickly on this topic. I believe that my understanding of student research behaviors, combined with my own voracious pop culture habits, will serve the MPCA/ACA well. Allison R. Levin (MA, JD) is a Professor of Business and Sports Communication at Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri. Allison’s research and consulting builds upon her eclectic background in political science, economics, women’s studies, communications and law. Her recent work has focused on the effects of social media on pop culture, communications and sports. Allison has presented her work at conferences in Europe, Canada, and the United States and has presented at numerous MPCA/ACA conferences in multiple divisions including: Celebrity and Stardom, Fan Studies, Gender Studies, Politics, and Sports Culture. The diversity of Allison’s research demonstrates her ability to think and work in a multidisciplinary environment. She is able to use her diverse knowledge and experience to work with her fellow board members to maintain the important multidisciplinary nature of the MPCA/ACA and continue to encourage and to assist academics of all levels in the study of popular culture and the cultures of the Americas. Allison also has experience organizing and working at large events. For many years she organized debate tournaments for multiple schools in the St. Louis area with 500 or more student competitors. In addition, she has experience organizing fundraising events for multiple non-profits serving underserved youth. Her non-profit work extended to a term as the director of the St. Louis Urban Debate League, which provides critical thinking and debate opportunities to underserved students in St. Louis City schools. Among her achievements as director, one of her teams was the first urban debater’s in the metro area to qualify for the largest national debate tournament in the country and the program had a 100% graduation rate and all the students enrolled in a college program. Eric Newsom. Morals taught in our movies and music, connotations of our comics and curios, symbols spread through our sitcoms and sports are formative to us as individuals and inextricable from our societal processes. Thus, study of popular culture is essential in understanding the

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contemporary world that creates and consumes it. I’ve long felt this, but it was at the 2009 MPCA/ACA Conference, the first academic conference I attended in the first year of my doctoral program, that I felt truly supported in this view. Going from room to room, panel to panel, I was excited by the work presented, and enthusiastic in a way I'd not felt before about the future of my own work. I strongly support the organization's environment of welcome, especially for graduate and undergraduate students. I study storytelling. My recent co-authored book on the Slender Man looked past media panic to focus on the folk-like processes that birthed the character. Other research examines the impact that digital technology has had on the medium of comics. In addition to researching, I also create. My book layout and type design will be seen in comics from Oni Press, Abrams, and Image over the next two years, and I recently contributed an essay on hobo music to a serial comic coming from Image in 2017. I attended my first MPCA/ACA as a resident of New York, but now that I'm a true Midwestern Missourian, I intend to make this conference my home. Thank you.

Note about elections: You may vote at the conference until 6:00 p.m., Saturday, 8 October 2016. Return ballot to box near registration desk before 6:00 p.m., Saturday, 8 October. Ballots returned after 6:00 p.m., Saturday, 8 October, will not be counted. Ballots distributed on-site at the conference will be given only to people who have paid their 2016 membership dues and any late fee that is due. Absentee ballots may be requested by paid members of MPCA/ACA via email before the conference and must be emailed back no later than 3:00pm, Saturday, 8 October 2016. Email Executive Secretary, Kathleen M. Turner at [email protected] for a ballot.

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PROGRAM AT A GLANCE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5 Wednesday 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. CONFERENCE WORKSHOP ON PUBLISHING I. LINDBERG Wednesday 1:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. CONFERENCE WORKSHOP ON PUBLISHING II. LINDBERG Workshop I 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Workshop I is targeted at MPCA attendees interested in finding out more about publishing, both in journals and with book publishers. While primarily geared toward graduate students and early-career scholars and writers, Workshop I provides in-depth, “behind the scenes” information about publishing from colleagues and professionals who are broadly published, serve as editors and contributors for journals and books, and write and edit book projects. Featuring discussions with publishing professionals and MPCA colleagues, Workshop I offers participants the chance to talk through and ask questions about the publishing process, research and topic ideas, the writing process, and how to ferret out publishing venues. Workshop II 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Workshop II is a hands-on workshop for MPCA attendees who could be labeled more advanced in their publishing careers and are now searching for detailed, hands-on guidance. The focus of Workshop B is providing guidance so participants can get their scholarly articles ready for submission or write a book proposal. Workshop B participants will have the opportunity to submit book proposals and/or journal article drafts to MPCA mentors for in-depth discussion and evaluation. Also, for attendees at the brainstorming stage, journal and book editors will be there to discuss ways to shape these ideas into significant projects. Fees for workshops will be $35 for one or $60 for both. If you have questions or need additional information, please contact the Executive Secretary, Kathleen M. Turner at [email protected].

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6 Thursday 7:00 – 11:30 a.m. & 1:00 – 6:30 p.m. REGISTRATION. LINDBERG Thursday 7:30 – 11:30 a.m. & 12:30 – 6:00 p.m. BOOK EXHIBITS. LINDBERG Thursday 8:00 – 9:30 A.M. 1103. Sixties and Popular Culture. Race and Gender Issues in the 1960s. 522. 1104. Utopia/Dystopia. Love and Romance, Nightmare Parenting, and Utopia in Deep Heaven. 622. 1106. Television. Cowboys and Zombies: Power and Place in W alking Dead and Longmire. O’Hare. Thursday 9:45 – 11:15 A.M. 1203. Gender Studies. Super Heroines and Sidekicks. 522. 1205. 9-11 and Popular Culture. Arab American and Islamophobic Perspectives in Post-9/11 Comics, Drama, and Culture. Auriol. 1206. Religion and Popular Culture. Religion, Comics, Superheroes: Wolverton Bible, Jonah Hex, Batman, Superman. O’Hare. Thursday 1:15-2:45 p.m. 1302. Television. Topics in Genre TV. 422. 1303. Gender Studies. Popular Depictions of Rape, Violence, and Abuse. 522. 1304. Film. Film I. 622. 1305. Religion and Popular Culture. Beth Allen Donaldson, Willow Creek, Homeschooling, Pope Francis and Twitter. Auriol. 1306. Writing and Rhetoric in Popular Culture. Constructing Gender, Sexuality, and Feminism. O’Hare. Thursday 3:00-4:30 p.m. 1401. Religion and Popular Culture. Religion and Television: Orange is the New Black, Game of Thrones, Resurrections, The Americans. 322. 1405. Gender Studies. Visualizing Sex and Gender. 622. 1406. Horror and Science Fiction/Fantasy. Post-Apocalyptic Identities. Auriol. 1407. Writing and Rhetoric in Popular Culture. The Power of Narrative. O’Hare. Thursday 4:45-6:15 p.m. 1501. Religion and Popular Culture. Christian Media, Divine Gender, Nye/Ham Creation Debate,. Carver/L'Heureux. Salon II 1503. Film. Film II. 422. 1504. Television/Hip Hop. The Good, The Bad, and The Posthuman. 522. 1505. Popular Culture. Popular Culture Roundup #1. 622. 1506. Horror and Science Fiction/Fantasy. Family Shambles. Auriol. 1507. Adaptations. History, Historicizing and Remakes. O’Hare. Thursday 6:30-8:30. GAME NIGHT. LINDBERG

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PROGRAM AT A GLANCE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7 Friday 7:00 – 11:30 a.m. & 1:00 – 6:30 p.m. REGISTRATION. LINDBERG Friday 7:30 – 11:30 a.m. & 12:30 - 6:00 p.m. BOOK EXHIBITS. LINDBERG Friday 8:00 – 9:30 A.M. 2102. New Media. Screening (Our)Selves: How Identity is Mediated by Popular Culture & Social Media. 422. 2103. Subculture. Identity and Subculture. 522. 2105. Heroes in Popular Culture. Indian/American Heroes. Auriol. 2107. Reality Television. Real Women. Rickenbacker. 2110. Art History and Visual Culture. Mis/Perceptions: Seeing the Unseen in Art and Visual Culture. O’Hare. 2111. Asian Popular Culture. Ethics, Magic, and Ambition in Asian Popular Culture. Armstrong. Friday 9:45-11:15 a.m. 2202. Family. Finding Family: The Complexities of Global Family Networks. 322. 2203. Adaptations. Source Texts and Textuality. 522. 2204. Pedagogy and Popular Culture. Reinvigorating the Humanities Through the Teaching of Film. 622. 2205. Gender Studies. Depictions of Masculinity in Popular Media. Auriol. 2206. Television. Best. Episode. Ever. A Television Roundtable. Garros. 2208. Film. Film III. Aldrin. 2209. Pedagogy and Popular Culture. The Play Panel – A Roundtable Discussion on Games in the Classroom. Crossfield. 2210. Fan Studies. Fandoms and Contemporary Media. O’Hare. 2211. Video Games. Who Will Guard the Guardians?: New Perspectives on Online Gaming Communities. Armstrong. 2212. Youth Literature and Media. Rainbow Connection: Sex, Sexuality, and Convergence in Rowell’s Fangirl and Carry On. Collins. Friday 1:15-2:45 p.m. 2302. Humor. Zombies, Capitalism, and Politics. 422. 2303. Adaptations. Characters, Identities, and Music. 522. 2304. Queer Studies. Ordinary Consumption. 622 2306. Comics. DC Comics: Characters and Crisis. Garros. 2307. Professional Development #1. Public Intellectual: Publishing General Interest Books. Rickenbacker. 2309. Television. Prisons, Poverty, and Popping the Question: Representations of Gender and Class in Popular Television. Crossfield. 2310. Fan Studies. Topics in Fan Fiction. O’Hare. 2311. Film. Film IV. Armstrong. 2313. Race and Ethnicity. Historical Creations of Race and Ethnicity. Salon II.

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Friday 3:00-4:30 p.m. 2402. Humor. Red Neck, White Angst, and Blue Ribbon Tsuris. 422. 2403. Film. Film V. 522. 2404. Popular Culture. Popular Culture Roundup #2. 622. 2405. Executive Council Meeting #1. Auriol. 2406. Advertising and Public Relations. Persuasion in Advertising and the Application. Rickenbacker. 2407. Television. From Binge-watching to the Second Screen: New Developments in TV. O’Hare. 2408. Popular Culture. Popular Culture Roundup #3. Armstrong. 2409. Video Games. Interactivity and Ethics within Video Games. Collins. 2410. Video Games. Narratives in Video Games. Salon II. Friday 4:45 – 6:15 p.m. 2501. “Chicago’s Union Stock Yards: 150 Years of Spectacle and Innovation” Dr. Dominic Pacyga, Columbia University, Chicago. Garros. 2502. “The Motion Picture Theater as Historical Subject: The Last Fifty Years” Dr. Gerald R. Butters, Jr., Aurora University, Aurora. Aldrin/Crossfield. Friday 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Reception and Pub Quiz. Salon I.

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PROGRAM AT A GLANCE SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8 Saturday 7:00 – 11:30 a.m. & 1:00 – 6:30 p.m. REGISTRATION. LINDBERG Saturday 7:30 – 11:30 a.m. & 12:30 – 6:00 p.m. BOOK EXHIBITS. LINDBERG SATURDAY 7:30 – 9:30 A.M. 3105. Executive Council Meeting #2. Auriol. Saturday 8:00 – 9:30 a.m. 3102. Urban Studies. Urban Studies I. 422. 3103. 9-11 and Popular Culture. Trauma, The American Dream, and Urban Space in Post-9/11 Popular Culture. 522. 3106. Whedon Studies. Church and State in the Whedonverses. Garros. 3107. History. Religion Shaping Historical Memory and Perception. Rickenbacker. 3108. Disability and Popular Culture. Support Boards, Selfies, and Performance: Disability in Social Media and Television. Aldrin. 3110. Indigenous Studies. Screening Indigeneity. O’Hare. 3111. Libraries, Museums, and Collecting. Art Objects and Functionality. Collins. Saturday 9:45-11:15 a.m. 3202. Queer Studies. Spectacle, Tumblr and Teen Sexuality. 422. 3204. Film. Film VI. 622. 3205. Advertising and Public Relations. Advertising Dichotomy: Pop Culture and Nostalgia. Auriol. 3206. Dance. Dance in the Media. Garros. 3207. Gender Studies. Gender and Patriarchal Subversion in American Visual Culture. Rickenbacker. 3208. Youth Literature and Media. Youth and New Media. Aldrin. 3211. Adaptations. Outlander: Where Historicism and Feminism Come Together. Armstrong. 3212. Video Games. Traditional Genres in the World of Games. Collins. Saturday 11:30 – 1:00 p.m. Luncheon and Featured Speaker. Salon I. Saturday 1:15 – 2:45 p.m. 3301. MPCA/ACA Annual Meeting. Salon II. Saturday 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. 3402. Heroes in Popular Culture. Heroes of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. 422. 3403. Pedagogy and Popular Culture. Teaching the "Other". 522. 3404. Disability and Popular Culture. From Space Crips to Super Crips: Characterizing Disability in Print and Film. 622. 3405. Race and Ethnicity. Heritage, Cultures, and Identities. Auriol. 3406. Comics. Apocalypse, Vampires, and Jessica Jones: Comics and Meta-Physics. Garros. 3407. Fan Studies. Fan Communities. Rickenbacker. 3408. Horror and Science Fiction-Fantasy. Walking Dead, Chowing Down, Mouthing Off. Aldrin.

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3410. Gender Studies. Victims, Sluts, and Crazies: Dialoguing Femininity and Conceptions of Pop Culture. O’Hare. 3411. Politics. Politics and Popular Culture. Crossfield. 3412. Video Games. Gender and Representation in Video Games. Collins. 3413. New Media. Rhetorical Practices in New Media. Salon II. Saturday 4:45 – 6:15 p.m. 3502. Queer Studies. Transgendered Visibility in the Time of the Tolerance Trap (Roundtable Discussion). 422. 3503. Pedagogy and Popular Culture. Pedagogy, Praxis, and Specific Texts. 522. 3504. Youth Literature and Media. Gender in Youth Lit and Media. 622. 3505. Race and Ethnicity. Contemporary Racial Rhetorics. Auriol. 3506. Comics. Asian and Asian-American Comics: Identity and Social Change. Garros. 3507. Television. American Horror Story and the Horrors of the Past. Rickenbacker. 3508. Horror and Science Fiction-Fantasy. Genre, Gender, GoT. Aldrin. 3510. Professional Development #2. Publishing Opportunities in Popular Culture and American Culture Studies. O’Hare. 3511. Writing and Rhetoric in Popular Culture. Rhetorical Communities: Popular Culture and Rhetorical Genre Studies. Armstrong. 3512. Disability and Popular Culture. Disability and the Literary Spectrum. Collins. 3513. Mystery, Thrillers, Detective, and Crime Fiction. Narrators and Identity. Salon II.

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PROGRAM AT A GLANCE SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9 Sunday 7:00 a.m. – 2:45 p.m. REGISTRATION. LINDBERG Sunday 7:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. BOOK EXHIBITS. LINDBERG SUNDAY 7:30 – 9:30 A.M. 4105. Executive Council Meeting #3. Auriol. Sunday 8:00 – 9:30 A.M. 4104. Westerns/Mystery, Thriller, Detective Fiction. Interpretations of the Genre. 622. 4106. Art History and Visual Culture/Midwestern Popular Culture. Shoes, Selfies, and Tattoos: The Visuality of Popular Culture. Garros. 4108. Ethnography. Ethnography. Aldrin. 4111. Animation/Comics. Topics in Animation and Anime. Armstrong. 4112. British Popular Culture. British TV and Literature (Sometimes in the USA). Collins. Sunday 9:45 – 11:15 a.m. 4202. Horror and Science Fiction-Fantasy. Madness Sweet and Sour. 422. 4203. Comics. Experimentation in Comics Art: From Page to Screen. 522. 4205. Environment and Culture/Military Studies. Environmental Crisis, Activist Witness, and Exercise of Power. Auriol. 4206. Race and Ethnicity. Whiteness, Blackness, and Archival Interventions. Garros. 4207. Television. Blogging Game of Thrones. Rickenbacker. 4210. New Media. New Media, New Identity. O’Hare. 4211. History. Frames and Reframes of US History and Patriotism. Armstrong. 4212. Urban Studies. Urban Studies II. Collins. Sunday 11:30-1:00 p.m. 4302. Horror and Science Fiction-Fantasy/Fan Studies. Magic, Madness, and Meaning Making. 422. 4303. Indigenous Studies. Indigenous Pedagogies. 522. 4304. Gender Studies/Festivals and Food. Celebrations and Women Around the World. 622. 4305. Reality Television. Intercultural Realities. Auriol. 4306. Sports Culture. Sport: Gender, Sexuality, & (Social) Media. Garros. 4307. Whedon Studies. Shaping Identity in the Whedonverses, The Dresden Files, and Battlestar Galactica. Rickenbacker. 4308. Fan Studies. Parody, Remix, and Interpretation. Aldrin. 4310. Music. Music. O’Hare. 4311. Amusements and Entertainment. Connections & Fragmentations: An Interdisciplinary Discussion of Communal Media Experiences. Armstrong. Sunday 1:15-2:45 p.m. 4402. Libraries, Museums, and Collecting. Collections, Catalogs, and Archives: Grateful Dead, Cookbooks, and Algorithms. 422.

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4403. Labor, Work and Culture. Labor and Work: Production, Representation, Activism and Resistance. 522. 4404. Indian Popular Culture. Indian Popular Culture Across Time and Space. 622. 4405. African-American Popular Culture/Asian Popular Culture. Gender and Family in Traditional Media, Reality TV and Advertisements. Auriol. 4406. Popular Culture. Popular Culture Roundup #4. Garros. 4407. Jewish Studies. Jewish Texts. Rickenbacker. 4408. Fan Studies. Communicating Professional Wrestling: The Social Media Relationship Among Promoters, Wrestlers and Fans. Aldrin. 4410. Romance/Fat Studies. Feminisms and Bodies. O’Hare. 4412. Celebrity and Stardom. Celebrity in the 21st Century. Collins.

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5 Wednesday 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Conference Workshop #1 Wednesday 1:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Conference Workshop #2

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Thursday 8:00 – 9:30 a.m. 1103. Thursday 8:00-9:30. 522. Race and Gender Issues in the 1960s Sixties and Popular Culture “Retrospective Examination of the Charismatic Black Panther Party,” Umeme Sababu, Department of History, Politics, Languages and Cultures, Edinboro University, [email protected] “Consuming The Flesh (Mrs. Oedipa Maas): Pynchon, Paratext, and Esquire’s Masculine Reader,” Jenna Herdman, Carleton University, [email protected] “Before and After the 1960s: James Baldwin and the Complexity of Jewish-Black Relations,” Cynthia Crane, University of Cincinnati, [email protected] Panel Chair: Cynthia Crane

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1104. Thursday 8:00-9:30. 622. Love and Romance, Nightmare Parenting, and Utopia in Deep Heaven Utopia/Dystopia “Intersectionality, Problematizing Colorblind Utopias, and the Little White Lie: Passing, Shame, the Disavowing of Color,” Andrew Donofrio, Bowling Green State University, [email protected] “The Walking Dead: Nightmare Parenting in the Great Recession,” Mark Brand, English, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, [email protected] “I Love You. Remember. They Cannot Take It: The Power of Love and Romance for Adolescent Girls in Young Adult Dystopian Fiction,” Meghan Hurley, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, [email protected] “Utopia in Deep Heaven: Thomas More and C. S. Lewis’s Space Trilogy,” Benjamin Parker, Northern Illinois University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Benjamin Parker

1106. Thursday 8:00-9:30. 522. Cowboys and Zombies: Power and Place in Walking Dead and Longmire Television “Location, Location, Location: Place as Character in The Walking Dead,” Lisa Beckelhimer, University of Cincinnati, [email protected] “Cowboy Individualism: Resisting the Idea of Cultural Influences,” Cynthia Nitz Ris, University of Cincinnati, [email protected] “The Things SHE Carried: Leadership, Gender and Empathy in The Walking Dead,” Michele Griegel-McCord, University of Cincinnati, [email protected] Panel Chair: Michele Griegel-McCord

Thursday 9:45-11:15 a.m. 1203. Thursday 9:45-11:15. 522. Super Heroines and Sidekicks Gender Studies “Furtive Leers: Girl Watching as Pastime, Sport, and Site of Gendered Power in Cold War America,” Molly Brookfield, University of Michigan, [email protected] “Lara Croft and Breaking the Gender Dichotomy,” Ashley Jones, University of Northern Iowa, [email protected] “The Do’s and Don’ts of Femininity: An Investigation of Social Constraints on Muscular Women,” Georgia Hrissikos, Southeast Missouri State University, [email protected] “Smart Women on Television: Nerd and Geek Girls Relegated to the Role of Sidekick,” Susan Cosby Ronnenberg, Viterbo University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Susan Cosby Ronnenberg

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1205. Thursday 9:45-11:15. Auriol. Arab American and Islamophobic Perspectives in Post-9/11 Comics, Drama, and Culture 9-11 and Popular Culture “Islamophobia as Traumatic Experience,” Maryam Jameela, The University of Sheffield, [email protected] “The Reluctant Fundamentalist and The Immigrant Identity post 9/11,” Riham Ismail, Comparative Literature, The University of Sheffield, [email protected] “Looking Like He Does, Believing What He Does: Everyday Discrimination, Post-9/11 Radicalization, and Arab American Masculinity in Ms. Marvel,” Paul Petrovic, Emmanuel College, [email protected] Panel Chair: Paul Petrovic, Emmanuel College, [email protected]

1206. Thursday 9:45-11:15. O’Hare. Religion, Comics, Superheroes: Wolverton Bible, Jonah Hex, Batman, Superman Religion and Popular Culture “Do It with Some Style: The Wolverton Bible as Apocalyptic Time Machine,” Kerith Woodyard, Communication, Northern Illinois University, [email protected] “Jonah Redivivus’ Retributive Justice in the Book of Jonah and the Jonah Hex Comic Book Series,” Dan Clanton, Doane University, [email protected] “American Kryptonite: Superman and the Disenchantment from Civil Religion in the U.S.,” Will Simpson, University of Louisville, [email protected] Panel Chair: Will Simpson

Thursday 1:15-2:45 p.m. 1302. Thursday 1:15-2:45. 422. Topics in TV Television “Family Don’t End in Blood,’ But It Sometimes Ends in Sacrifice,” Ashley Stahle, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, [email protected] “Why Are We So Fascinated?: Audience Gratification While Watching Pretty Little Liars, Paige Fisher, Aurora University, [email protected] “Bipolarity, Drugs, and Affective States in Homeland,” Randal Rogers, University of Regina, [email protected] Panel Chair: Randal Rogers

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1303. Thursday 1:15-2:45. 522. Popular Depictions of Rape, Violence, and Abuse Gender Studies “Rape, Politics, Pussy, and Dick: The (Not So?) Funny Music Videos of Margaret Cho,” Bridget Sundin, Indiana University, [email protected] “Husband-Slaying Hysteria and the Criminalization of Feminine Violence in Chicago, 18701919,” Rachel Boyle, Loyola University Chicago, [email protected] “I Have Been Forcibly Fed: Djuna Barnes’s Self as Spectacle,” Michelle Feda, Illinois State University, [email protected] “The Rape Game,” Bevin Griffen, Iowa State University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Bevin Griffen

1304. Thursday 1:15-2:45. 622. Film I Film “Wet and Sticky is Very Icky: The Cinematic Sounds of a Virgin Sacrifice,” Ashleigh Bowers, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah College of Art and Design, [email protected] “The Monstrous-Feminine Adolescent Gaze in The Diary of a Teenage Girl,” Kara Pernicano, University of Cincinnati, [email protected] “XXY’s Portrayal of Gender Alienation and Performativity,” Matthew Butler, University of Central Missouri, [email protected] Panel Chair: Matthew Butler

1305. Thursday 1:15-2:45. Auriol. Religion and Culture 1: Beth Allen Donaldson, Willow Creek, Homeschooling, Pope Francis and Twitter Religion and Popular Culture “Church Branding: Willow Creek Community Church’s 40th Anniversary Services,” Kate Mead, Northern Illinois University, [email protected] “From Prairie Wear to Patriots: Christian Homeschool Culture, Gender and the Rural Idyll,” Elizabeth Shively, Sam Houston State University, [email protected] “Tweeting to the Flock: The Pope, Celebrity, and the Rebranding of Modern-day Catholicism,” Stacie Jankowski, Journalism, Northern Kentucky University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Stacie Jankowski

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1306. Thursday 1:15-2:45. O’Hare. Constructing Gender, Sexuality, and Feminism Writing and Rhetoric in Popular Culture “My Sister Can Pass as a Lesbian: Hair, Sexuality, and Twitter,” Eileen Comerford, University of Findlay, [email protected] “#Blackgirlmagic: A Study of Social Network Sites as Alternative Media Production Platforms for the Celebration of the Black Female Body,” Joseanne Cudjoe, Rutgers University, [email protected] “The Rising Consciousness of Mainstream Feminism,” Paige Russell, Northern Illinois University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Paige Russell

Thursday 3:00-4:30 p.m. 1401. Thursday 3:00-4:30. Salon II. Religion and Television: Orange is the New Black, Game of Thrones, Resurrections, The Americans Religion and Popular Culture “Broccoli, Love, and the Holy Toast: Depictions of Religion in Orange is the New Black,” Terri Patkin, Eastern Connecticut State University, [email protected] “Leftovers and Resurrections: Providentiality in Post-religious, Post-secular Pop Culture,” Ken Paradis, Wilfrid Laurier University, [email protected] “Becoming No One: The Many-Faced God and Monstrous Apprenticeship in HBO’s Game of Thrones,” Susan Leary, English, University of Miami, [email protected] “You Wash Away Your Old Self: Christian Narrative and Identity in The Americans,” Sarah Petrovic, Emmanuel College, [email protected] Panel Chair: Sarah Petrovic

1405. Thursday 3:00-4:30. 622. Visualizing Sex, Gender and Ethnicity Gender Studies “Victoria’s Secret Angels and Fevvers’ of Nights at the Circus: A Grotesque and Elusive Sensuality,” Adrienne Bliss, Ball State University, [email protected] “The Interplay of Dominant Meanings of Race and Gender on the Treatment of Non-White Women Incarcerated in Brazil,” Merri Davis, George Mason University, [email protected] “Faceless Women in Social Media: Applying Laura Mulvey to BuzzFeed,” Haley Albert, Southeast Missouri State University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Haley Albert

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1406. Thursday 3:00-4:30. Auriol. Post-Apocalyptic Identities Horror and Science Fiction/Fantasy “Objectifying Fantasies: Negotiating Lack in Oryx and Crake,” Kristen Herbert, Literature and Languages, Roosevelt University, [email protected] “When Postmodernists Attack: Zombies in the Age of Pastiche,” S. Baer Lederman, Literature and Languages, Roosevelt University, [email protected] “The Resignification of Motherhood,” Patricia Mickey, Literature and Languages, Roosevelt University, [email protected] Panel Chair: E Mairin Barney, Literature and Languages, Roosevelt University, [email protected]; John A. Dowell, Michigan State University, [email protected]

1407. Thursday 3:00-4:30. O’Hare. The Power of Narrative Writing and Rhetoric in Popular Culture “I’d Rather be Correct than Politically Correct: The Rhetoric of Donald Trump, Political Correctness, and the Culture Wars,” Kyle McMillen, University of California, [email protected] “Reading and Writing in Tabletop Role Playing Game Narratives,” Sam Whittaker, University of Windsor, [email protected] “Narrative Criticism of Forough Farrokhzad’s Poem,” Mehrnaz Khanjani, Northern Illinois University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Mehrnaz Khanjani

Thursday 4:45-6:15 p.m. 1501. Thursday 4:45-6:15. Salon II. Religion and Culture 2: Christian Media, Divine Gender, Nye/Ham Creation Debate,. Carver/L'Heureux Religion and Popular Culture “The Fictional Sermon: Religious Critiques in the Writings of Raymond Carver and John L’Heureux,” Benjamin Horjus, Purdue University Northwest - Calumet Campus, [email protected] “Experience the Love of Christ: Exploring the Packaging and Branding of Christian Media,” Jim Trammell, High Point University, [email protected] “Bill Nye/Ken Ham Evolution/Creation Debate: Ken Ham as Rhetorician of The Word,” Garrett Cumming, English and Comparative Literature, University of Cincinnati, [email protected] “Philosophies, Genders, and Depictions of the Divine in Modern Pop Culture America,” Aaron Nusz, Kentucky Community College, [email protected] Panel Chair: Aaron Nusz

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1503. Thursday 4:45-6:15. 422. Film II Film “Fast and Furious: The Car as a Vehicle for Globalization,” Gregory Porter, Independent Scholar, [email protected] “This is the Guy My Dad Wouldn’t Shut up About?: Tony Stark and Steve Rogers as Sibling Rivals,” William Clough, WVU Institute of Technology, [email protected] “Film Noir and “The Dynamism of Violent Death,” Jesse Schlotterbeck, Denison University, [email protected] “Unintended Brilliance: How Leia’s Actions in Return of the Jedi Mirror Darth Vader’s Fall,” Jessica Koon, [email protected] Panel Chair: Jessica Koon

1504. Thursday 4:45-6:15. 522. Gender and Influence in Television and Music Television/Hip Hop “Posthumanism Thought in The Walking Dead,” Jessica Lolli, Governors State University, [email protected] “The Characterization of Morality in Marvel’s Daredevil Netflix Series,” Connor Campbell, Texas Tech University, [email protected] “You should just be yourself / Right now you’re someone else: The Role of Social Media and the Male Gaze in Drake’s Conception of Women,” Katherine Schaller, Germanic & Slavic Languages, Vanderbilt University, [email protected]; Krsna Santos, Linguistics & Languages, Michigan State University, [email protected]. “Forever? Forever Ever?: Why Khaliq, Hip Hop, and Sampling History,” Matthew Burchanoski, Marquette University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Michele Griegel-McCord

1505. Thursday 4:45-6:15. 622. Popular Culture Popular Culture Roundup #1 “The Spy Who Harmed Me: An Examination of Female Violence in La Femme Nikita, Alias, and Nikita,” Morgan Clapp, Georgia State University, [email protected] “Timely Comics: Kamala Khan as Heroine in the Merry Marvel Manner,” Bryan J. Carr, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay, [email protected] “Using Chris Ware’s Building Stories to Teach Rhetorical Strategies in the First Year Writing Program,” Jonita Davis, Independent Scholar, [email protected] “Popular Culture’s Application in Science Communication at the Adler Planetarium,” Reyhaneh Maktoufi, Media, Technology, and Society, Northwestern University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Reyhaneh Maktoufi

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1506. Thursday 4:45-6:15. Auriol. Family Shambles Horror and Science Fiction/Fantasy “We Could Sure Use a Hulk: Absent Parents, Bad Fathers, and Self-Destruction in Marvel’s Avengers Films,” Rebecca Borah, English, University of Cincinnati, [email protected] “All the Broken and Shunned Creatures: Penny Dreadful and the Functionally Dysfunctional Family,” Gary Vaughn, English and Comparative Literature, University of Cincinnati, [email protected] “Stranger Things & the Creation of a Mythical Decade,” Daniel Compora, English, University of Toledo, [email protected] Panel Chair: John A Dowell, Michigan State University, [email protected]

1507. Thursday 4:45-6:15. O’Hare. History, Historicizing and Remakes Adaptations “History Redux: Citation as Adaptation in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Bajirao Mastani (2015),” Reena Dube, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, [email protected] “Subversive Horror: Transnational Remake and Auteurism in Michael Haneke’s Funny Games,” Joseph Drummond, University of Illinois-Chicago. [email protected] “Adapting AIDS Literature: HBO and The Normal Heart,” Shayne Pepper, Northeastern Illinois University, [email protected] Chair: Shayne Pepper

Thursday 6:30-8:30. Lindberg. Game Night Join us for snacks and some friendly competition. Try something new, including Exploding Kittens, or feel free to bring your favorite board games.

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7 Friday 7:00 – 11:30 a.m. & 1:00 – 6:30 p.m. Registration Friday 7:30 – 11:30 a.m. & 12:30 – 6:00 p.m. Book Exhibits

Lindberg. Lindberg.

Friday 8:00 – 9:30 a.m. 2102. Friday 8:00-9:30. 422. Screening (Our)Selves: How Identity is Mediated by Popular Culture & Social Media New Media “Think Twitter: the Versatility and Challenges of Twitter in Pedagogy,” Jeff Lanter, University of Cincinnati, [email protected] “She’s the Mom, Not the Nanny: Mommy Blogs as a Site of Racial Education,” Kristi McDuffie, University of Illinois, [email protected] “How Pop Culture Shapes the Stages of a Woman’s Life: From Toddlers-in-Tiaras to Cougarson-the-Prowl,” Sarah Burcon, University of Michigan, [email protected] “Feminist Digital Activism: How Social Media Campaigns Counter Problematic Messages Targeted to Women at Every Stage of their Life,” Melissa Ames, Eastern Illinois University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Melissa Ames

2103. Friday 8:00-9:30. 522. Identity and Subculture; Dark Comics Subculture/Comics “Someday I’m Gonna Use My Hands: The Shifting Rhetoric of Straight-Edge Discourse,” Robert Beebe, University of Findlay, [email protected] “Women in “The Big House” - Fact and Fiction,” Adrienne Bliss, Ball State University, [email protected] “Corrupt Drives and Nightmare Dimensions: Ditko’s Dark Karma,” Zack Kruse, [email protected] “Fighting for Peace is Like Screwing for Virginity: How the Hippies Resisted the War in Vietnam,” Clara Schoonmaker, Syracuse University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Adrienne Bliss

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2105. Friday 8:00-9:30. Auriol. Heroes and Mythology Heroes in Popular Culture “What Was the Point: The Maze Runner Trilogy and the Book of Job,” Amanda Morrow University of Wisconsin-Madison, [email protected] “Flying in Invisible Man and Native Son,” Olivia Soule, University of Nevada, Reno, [email protected] “We Can Be Heroes, Just for One Day: Posthumous Constructions of a New Kind of Rock Star Hero,” Patricia Boyd, Arizona State University, [email protected] “The Bollywood Superhero,” Tanushree Ghosh, University of Nebraska Omaha, [email protected] Panel Chair: Tanushree Ghosh

2107. Friday 8:00-9:30. Rickenbacker. Real Women Reality Television “The Biggest Struggle as a Female: Gender and Identity Construction in Top Chef,” Vanessa Jaroski and Richard Hallett, Northeastern Illinois University, [email protected] “The Impact of Race and Gender in the First 30 Seasons of Survivor,” Laura Brillman, [email protected] “My Good Little Christian Girl Shouldn’t Act Like This: Girlhoods, Sexual Regulation, and the Neoliberal Subject in Lifetime Network’s Preachers’ Daughters,” Katie Fredricks, Childhood Studies, Rutgers University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Ann Andaloro

2110. Friday 8:00-9:30. O’Hare. Mis/Perceptions: Seeing the Unseen in Art and Visual Culture Art History and Visual Culture “Queer Photography and the Betrayal of the Image,” Philippe Hyojung Kim, Central Washington University, [email protected] “Fairy Pictures: The Elusive Images of Lewis Carroll,” Sasha Patkin, Georgetown University, [email protected] “The Uncanny in Late Gothic Art,” Bradley Loudenback, Department of Art, Design and Art History, Webster University, [email protected] “Black Skin Black Masks: Objects, Signs, Signification and Display,” Pamela Mullins, Radford University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Pamela Mullins

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2111. Friday 8:00-9:30. Armstrong. Ethics, Magic, and Ambition in Asian Popular Culture Asian Popular Culture “Magical Girls and Female Representation: A Feminist Battle Royal,” September Hinkle, Southeast Missouri State University, [email protected] “Ambitious Women in Anno Moyoco’s Sakuran, and Hataraki-Man,” Yasuko Akiyama, East Asian Languages and Culture, Indiana University, [email protected] “Korean Neo-realist Cinema and Ethics after Modernism in Chang-dong Lee’s ,” Hyeryung Hwang, English, University of Minnesota, Twin-Cities, [email protected] Panel Chair: Hyeryung Hwang

Friday 9:45-11:15 a.m. 2202. Friday 9:45-11:15. 422 Finding Family: Parenting and the Complexities of Global Family Networks Family “The Horror of Adoption: The Mother, the Other, and the Other Mother,” Kim Park Nelson, University of Minnesota, [email protected] “The Role of the Maternal Archetype in the Work of Flannery O'Connor,” Natalie Dunn, [email protected] “The Transatlantic Family: Swedish-American Genealogy and Historical Belonging Across Borders,” Adam Hjorthen, Stockholms University, [email protected] “Documenting Fractured Childhoods in The Lost Apple and Which Way Home,” Ada OrtuzarYoung, Drew University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Ada Ortuzar-Young

2203. Friday 9:45-11:15. 522. Source Texts and Textuality Adaptations “Soap, Song, and Sentiment: Marketing Stephen Foster in 1940,” Sandra L Johnson, Miami University, [email protected] “Of Lands and Rulers Lost: Echoes of the Matter of Britain in Miyazaki’s Castle in the Sky,” Victoria Holtz Wodzak, Viterbo University, [email protected] “Adaptation and Intertextuality in Abdellatif Kechiche’s Blue is the Warmest Color,” J Paul Johnson, Winona State University, [email protected] “Fiendish Queens and Dearest Partners: Gender and Villainy in Kill Shakespeare,” Karma Waltonen, University of California, Davis, [email protected]; Vanessa Rapatz, Ball State University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Vanessa Rapatz

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2204. Friday 9:45-11:15. 622. Reinvigorating the Humanities Through the Teaching of Film Pedagogy and Popular Culture “Lights! Camera! Laptops! Teaching Intro. Film Online,” Dr. Stephanie A. Tingley, Department of English, Youngstown State University, [email protected] “Unruly Working-Class Women: Teaching Gender, Ethnicity and Class through Film,” Dr. Linda J. Strom, Youngstown State University, [email protected] “Using Alexander Payne’s About Schmidt in the Introductory Film Classroom,” Dr. Laura L. Beadling, Youngstown State University, [email protected] “The Coen’s Cosmic Violence: The Sublime and Grotesque in Fargo,” Dr. Russell W. Brickey, English Department, Youngstown State University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Russell W. Brickey

2205. Friday 9:45-11:15. Auriol. Depictions of Masculinity in Popular Media Gender Studies “This Isn’t A Democracy Anymore: Hegemonic Masculinity in The Walking Dead,” Graeme Wilson, Media and Communication, Bowling Green State University, [email protected] “Going Back in Time: Whiteness, Maleness, and the Lure of Nostalgia,” Kara Kvaran, The University of Akron, [email protected] “Who’s Watching Who: Male Performativity for Males in Magic Mike XXL,” Veronica Popp, English, Elmhurst College, [email protected] “Wake up, Sheeple!: The Mainstreaming of Conspiracy Theories in Popular Culture and the Crisis of White Masculinity,” Jessy Hegland, Independent Scholar, [email protected] Panel Chair: Jessy Hegland

2206. Friday 9:45-11:15. Garros. Best. Episode. Ever. A Television Roundtable. Television “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” Ayanna Gaines, Evelyn and Howard Boroughs Library, Ventura College, [email protected] “The West Wing,” Brendan Riley, Columbia College Chicago, [email protected] “Survivor,” Cory Barker, Indiana University, [email protected] “Bionic Woman,” Sarah McFarland Taylor, Northwestern University, [email protected] “Mad Men,” Bob Batchelor, Miami University, [email protected] “Game of Thrones,” Norma Jones, SmartyPop.com, [email protected] Panel Chairs: Brendan Riley and Bob Batchelor

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2208. Friday 9:45-11:15. Aldrin. Film III Film “Jane Campion Presents Julia Leigh: Mentorships at the International Film Festival,” Dillon Hawkins, Oklahoma State University, [email protected] “Flaneurism and the Sublime Spectator: Jacques Demy’s Model Shop (1969),” Carolin Kirchner, UCLA, [email protected] “Grace at Arm’s Length,” Tamara Johnson, Youngstown State University, [email protected] “Bataille’s Sacrifice and the Screen Actor,” Matthew Gartner, University of British Columbia in Vancouver, [email protected] Panel Chair: Matthew Gartner

2209. Friday 9:45-11:15. Crossfield. The Play Panel – A Roundtable Discussion on Games in the Classroom Pedagogy and Popular Culture Brendan Riley, Columbia College Chicago, [email protected] Kathleen Turner, Aurora University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Brendan Riley

2210. Friday 9:45-11:15. O’Hare. Fandoms and Contemporary Media Fan Studies “Navigating Fandom as an Actor: The Increasing Influence of Fandom on Character Development,” Kathryn Brest, Independent Scholar, [email protected] “If Cena Wins, We Riot: Analyzing the Smarky, Die Hard Fandom of Professional Wrestling,” Allyssa Campbell-Sawyer “I Hate Reader Inserts: Hierarchies within Fan Communities,” Jess Glass, DePaul University, [email protected] “More than a Sidekick: Bucky Barnes and the Queering of Captain America,” Laura Springman, DePaul University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Paul Booth

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2211. Friday 9:45-11:15. Armstrong. Who Will Guard the Guardians?: New Perspectives on Online Gaming Communities Video Games “The Wicked Wiz is Dead: The Decline of Civic Engagement from MUDs to MMORPGs,” Matt Barton, St. Cloud State University, [email protected] “Free to Prey: Driving the (Financial) Stake into MMORPG Community Toxicity,” Forest Mead, St. Cloud State University; Jennifer Popernack, St. Cloud State University, [email protected] “Contemporary Carnival: The Online Activity among the Video Game Community,” Danika Hunt, Mass Communication, St. Cloud State University, [email protected] “Uncharted Space: How Videogames and Their Online Communities are Changing the Face of Education,” Kyle Mackedanz, St. Cloud State University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Kyle Mackedanz

2212. Friday 9:45-11:15. Collins. Rainbow Connection: Sex, Sexuality, and Convergence in Rowell’s Fangirl and Carry On Youth Literature and Media “Consequence Free Sex and Desire in Rainbow Rowell’s Fangirl,” Niall Nance-Carroll, Illinois State University, [email protected] “Sequel Slash Fanfiction: The Convergence Divergence of Rainbow Rowell’s Carry On,” Susan M. Strayer, The Ohio State University, [email protected] “Simon Snow and the Homophobic Humdrum: Queer Subtexual Identities in Rainbow Rowell’s Carry On,” Christine N. Stamper, The Ohio State University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Christine N. Stamper

Friday 1:15-2:45 p.m. 2302. Friday 1:15-2:45. 422. Zombies, Capitalism, and Politics Humor “The Repositioned Anti-Humorist: Anachronistic Archetypes and The Wolf of Wall Street,” Susan Leary, English, University of Miami, [email protected] “Understanding World Politics by Observing Science Fiction: Using Genre to Reveal Perspectives,” Mark Sachleben, Shippensburg University, [email protected] Panel Chair: John A Dowell, Michigan State University, [email protected]

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2303. Friday 1:15-2:45. 522. Characters, Identities, and Music Adaptations “The Evolution of Peter Pan and Its Impact on Society,” Brandi Odom, Southeast Missouri State University, [email protected] “Austen, Masculinity, and Music,” Gayle Magee, University of Illinois, [email protected] “Old Wine in New Bottles: Adaptation of Nigerian Folk Tunes in the Hip hop Music Today,” Titus Olusegun Stephen, [email protected] “From 1776 to Hamilton and Back: Modern, Multicultural Approaches to Early America on Broadway,” Kaitlin Tonti, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, [email protected] Panel Chair: Kaitlin Tonti 2304. Friday 1:15-2:45. 622.

Ordinary Consumption Queer Studies “Queering the Normal: Revealing the Phantasmatic Presence of Normality in Alison Bechdel's Fun Home,” Tara Matthew, The University of Manchester [email protected] “And They Lived ‘Happily Queer’ After: Carol’s (2015) Queer Potentiality within Heteronormative Axes of Orientation, Emotion, Time, and Space,” Kathryn Bateman, The University of Cincinnati, [email protected] “Food, Disidentification, and Queer Literature,” Shukri Bana, Grand Valley State University [email protected] Panel Chair: Shukri Bana

2306. Friday 1:15-2:45. Garros. DC Comics: Characters and Crisis Comics “Steve Trevor: Wonder Woman’s ‘Gentleman in Jeopardy’,” Charles Coletta, Popular Culture, Bowling Green State, [email protected] “Franchise Anxieties, the Eighties Comic-Book Scene, and Crisis on Infinite Earths,” Sean Guyness, Department of English, Michigan State University, [email protected] “Our Oceanic Future: Reimagining Aquaman in the Age of Mass, Marine Pollution,” Ryan Poll, Northeastern Illinois University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Ryan Poll

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2307. Friday 1:15-2:45. Rickenbacker. Public Intellectual: Publishing General Interest Books Professional Development #1

Stephen Ryan, Editor, Rowman & Littlefield, [email protected] Panel Chair: Bob Batchelor, Miami University, [email protected]

2309. Friday 1:15-2:45. Crossfield. Prisons, and Class in Popular Television Television “When Prison Doesn’t Want Us: Confronting Women’s Issues Marginalized by Prison Space in Wentworth and Orange is the New Black,” Hannah Greene, University of Illinois at Chicago, [email protected] “I Choose Violence,” Taylor Bryant, Southeast Missouri State University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Hannah Greene

2310. Friday 1:15-2:45. O’Hare. Topics in Fan Fiction Fan Studies “Such a Beautiful Secret: The Pleasures and Problems of Real Person Slash,” Gael Sweeney, Syracuse University, [email protected] “Buffy the Vampire Slayer Fanfiction and Dialogic Intertextuality: Exploding the Original/Derivative Binary,” Katherine Vogt, English-Literature, San Francisco State University, [email protected] “Notes on Fic: Fanfiction as a Sensibility,” Elise Kramer, Univeristy of Illinois, [email protected] “Fandom Graffiti: Tagging Practices of Fanfiction Communities,” Beth Martin, Michigan State University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Katie Wilson, University of Louisville, [email protected]

2311. Friday 1:15-2:45. Armstrong. Film Film IV “Younger for Longer: The Rise of the Emerging Adult Film,” Andrea Regueira, universidad de Zaragoza, [email protected] “Parallel Illusions: Film, Video Games, and the Impossibility of Intersection,” Joshua Ward, Savannah College of Art and Design, [email protected] “Post-modernism Through Technology: Black Mirror,” Mark Evangelista, Baldwin Wallace University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Mark Evangelista

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2313. Friday 1:15-2:45. Salon II. Historical to New Media: Creations of Race and Ethnicity Race and Ethnicity “The Wiz Live! and Body Rhetoric: The Complexity of Increasing Diversity in a Whitewashed Entertainment Industry,” Michelle Flood, Western Illinois University, [email protected] “Liberty, Mobility, and Race Post-Plessy,” Almas Khan, University of Virginia, [email protected] “Superiority as Cultural Performance: Rhetorics of Class Cohesion and Class Division in Antebellum Punch and Judy Minstrel Shows,” Andrew Donofrio, Popular Culture, Bowling Green State University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Andrew Donofrio

Friday 3:00-4:30 p.m. 2402. Friday 3:00-4:30. 422. Red Neck, White Angst, and Blue Ribbon Tsuris Humor “Larry the Cable Guy: Blue Collar Public Intellectual for Red State America,” David Dewberry, Communication, Rider University, [email protected] “A Sociolinguistic and Rhetorical Analysis of Humor in Curb Your Enthusiasm,” Drew Roberson, Independent Scholar, [email protected] “‘Humoring the Sentence’: How Tina Fey Dropped the Veil of Ignorance in Bossypants through Humor,” Victoria Lozano, English, Coastal Carolina University, [email protected] Panel Chair: John A. Dowell, Michigan State University, [email protected]

2403. Friday 3:00-4:30. 522. Film V Film “Actor in Chief: Film Portrayals of the President’s Constitutional War Powers,” Eric Kasper, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, [email protected]; Dr. Quentin Vieregge, University of Wisconsin Colleges, [email protected] “Down Through All Eternity: Time and Cinematic Frustration in David Fincher’s Zodiac,” Nicholas Fleming, The George Washington University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Nicholas Fleming

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2404. Friday 3:00-4:30. 622. Popular Culture Roundup #2 Popular Culture “Buried Giants: Genre and Genocide in Ishiguro and Ender’s Game,” Elizabeth Burow-Flak, Valparaiso University, [email protected] “An Invisible Presence: Hidden Mothers, the Culture of Death, and Nineteenth Century Postmortem Photography,” Elizabeth Eikmann, Saint Louis University, [email protected] “Once Upon a Time a Feminist Met a Prince,” Kayla Meehan, Telecommunications, Ball State University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Kayla Meehan

2405. Friday 3:00-4:30 p.m. Auriol. Executive Council Meeting #1 Cortney Cronberg Barko Paul Booth Gary Burns Anne Canavan Darryl Clark Malynnda Johnson Norma Jones

Matt Kneller Sarah Petrovic Brendan Riley Lori Abels Scharenbroich Kathleen Turner Pam Wicks Katie Wilson

2406. Friday 3:00-4:30. Rickenbacker. Persuasion in Advertising and the Application Advertising and Public Relations “Selling Sex: Pornographic Images in Advertising,” Allison Appleby, University of St. Thomas, [email protected] “Considering Voice and Gender in Public Service Announcements,” Lara Stache, Governors State University, [email protected] “Underdog vs. Big Dog: How the Small Advertiser Can Win Market Share by Deploying Preemptive Claim or Product Positioning As Its Creative Strategy,” John Kerans, St. Louis Community College, [email protected] “The Industrial Age Search for Laws of Persuasion and a Science of Advertising,” Theresa Evans, Ball State University, [email protected] “Vying for Attention: How Does Advertising Affect Search and College Choice,” Kristy Tucciarone, Lindenwood University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Kristy Tucciarone

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2407. Friday 3:00-4:30. O’Hare. From Binge-Watching to the Second Screen: New Developments in TV Television “Interact With Shows While They Air: Story Sync, Enhanced Programming, and the Second Screen,” Cory Barker, Indiana University, [email protected] “A Theory of Digital Nostalgia: Binge-watching, Digital Relationships, and the Yearning for More,” Marilyn Lorch, Northern Illinois University, [email protected] “From Franchising to Binge Watching: Understanding the Transformation of the Television Life Cycle,” Justin Wyatt, University of Rhode Island, [email protected] Panel Chair: Justin Wyatt

2408. Friday 3:00-4:30. Armstrong. Popular Culture Roundup #3 Popular Culture “Gracias a la Vida: Violeta Went to Heaven and Came Back Wearing a Mini Skirt,” Moises Park, Baylor University, [email protected] “The Recall to Folklore: Stambeli Music and Youth Culture in Post-Revolution Tunisia,” Amira Hassnaoui, Popular Culture, Bowling Green State University, [email protected] “Phantom Meanings in Gaston Leroux’s Le Fantome de l’Opera: Opening Up Queer Narrative Studies,” Emily Datskou, Loyola University Chicago, [email protected] Panel Chair: Emily Datskou

2409. Friday 3:00-4:30. Collins. Interactivity and Ethics Within Video Games Video Games “Ethics and Choice: An Analysis of Decision Design in Games,” Russell Hamer, Marquette University, [email protected] “Player Intention and Efficacy in Linear Gameplay,” Samantha Bauder, University of Windsor, [email protected] “Lord British Will See You Now: Ultima, Ethical Gaming, and the Panic over Role Playing Games in the 1980s,” Andrew Black, Murray State University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Andrew Black

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2410. Friday 3:00-4:30. Salon II. Narratives and Video Games Video Games “Max Caufield vs. the World: How Ludoaffect Destabilizes Patriarchal Monologism in Games,” Olivia Maderer, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, [email protected] “Kingdom Hearts and the Narrative Paradigm,” Kyle Friedrich, Aurora University, [email protected] “Video Games and Representation: ASD and To the Moon,” Emily Dobson, University of Windsor, [email protected] Panel Chair: Emily Dobson

Friday 4:45 – 6:15 p.m. 2501. Friday 4:45-6:15. Garros. Area: Featured Speaker “Chicago’s Union Stock Yards: 150 Years of Spectacle and Innovation” Dr. Dominic Pacyga, Columbia University, Chicago. This illustrated lecture will look at the rise, fall, and rebirth of Chicago’s famous Union Stock Yards, which opened on Christmas Day 1865. Over its 105-year history the stockyards processed over one billion animals and developed as not only a major industrial center, but as a major tourist attraction. Before World War One it was estimated that some 500,000 visitors explored the livestock market and packinghouses annually. These tourists came to witness the “modern,” that is the factory system as it transformed the relationship between food and people across the world. These tours were maintained until the late 1950s by the major packers then located just west of the livestock market. When the stockyards closed in 1971 the area was reborn as an industrial park. Today some 15,000 men and women work in the old stockyard area. Dominic Pacyga will end the presentation with a look at current developments in the district, which is still the home to many of Chicago’s meat packing companies and much more.

2502. Friday 4:45-6:15. Aldrin/Crossfield. Area: Featured Speaker “The Motion Picture Theater as Historical Subject: The Last Fifty Years” Dr. Gerald R. Butters, Jr., Aurora University, Aurora. Much has been researched and written about the motion picture theater during Hollywood’s Golden Age. There have been countless studies that have illustrated the transition from nickelodeon to motion picture palace. But there has been a surprising paucity of information on the motion picture theater over the past fifty years. This address will be an attempt to rectify this issue and will be a call to my fellow film historians to research this much neglected subject. While completing my book From Sweetback to Superfly: Race and Film Audiences in Chicago’s Loop, I became keenly aware of how much we do not know about motion picture theaters over the past fifty years, the audiences drawn to these theaters, their

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management, film distribution and exhibition strategy. I will illustrate from my book, some of the findings that I discovered and how this information simply led to more and more questions. I will address the geographic nature of motion picture theaters, the attempt my management to draw or discourage certain audiences based upon their age, race, ethnicity and other factors, and the ability of subaltern groups to often claim the motion picture theater as a social space, because of (or despite) the strategies of the industry.

Friday 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Reception and Pub Quiz. Salon I. Join us for hors d’oeuvres and mingle with MPCA/ACA attendees. Stay for the exciting, challenging pub quiz, lead by Midwest-renowned quiz master, Brendan Riley. Puzzle over answers, prove your pop culture prowess, and make some new friends and memories as you compete in teams. Be a winning team to receive great gift cards or battle for last-place prizes!

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8 Saturday 7:00 – 11:30 a.m. & 1:00 – 6:30 p.m. Registration Saturday 7:30 – 11:30 a.m. & 12:30 – 6:00 p.m. Book Exhibits

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3105. Saturday 7:30-9:30. Auriol. Executive Council Meeting #2 Cortney Cronberg Barko Paul Booth Gary Burns Anne Canavan Darryl Clark Malynnda Johnson Norma Jones

Matt Kneller Sarah Petrovic Brendan Riley Lori Abels Scharenbroich Kathleen Turner Pam Wicks Katie Wilson

Saturday 8:00 – 9:30 a.m. 3102. Saturday 8:00-9:30. 422. Urban Studies I Urban Studies “The Coldest Places Ever: Location Impermanence and Shadow Class in Sister Souljah’s The Coldest Winter Ever,” Megan Cannella, English, University of Nevada, Reno, [email protected] “Dualities Beyond the Wall: A Landscape of Memory, Culture & Commerce in South Asian Cities,” Nubras Samayeen, University of Illinois, [email protected] “Beyond Urban Boundaries: The Penny Press and Lower Class Integration in the Russian Empire,” Felix Cowan, University of Illinois, [email protected] Panel Chair: Felix Cowan

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3103. Saturday 8:00-9:30. 522. Trauma, The American Dream, and Marketing, Urban Space and Mapping in Post-9/11 Popular Culture 9-11 and Popular Culture “Belief Rather Than a Memory: Trauma’s Effects on the Gender Binary in Don DeLillo’s Falling Man and Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake,” Nadia-Terese Franks, Independent Scholar, [email protected] “Rebuilding Identity After Trauma: The Therapeutic Aspects of New York City Urban Space in Super Sad True Love Story and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,” Katherine Miller, The University of Tulsa, [email protected] “New York City Ruins: The Disintegration Loops and Tyranny,” Thomas Britt, George Mason University, [email protected] “Constructing Narratives: A History of New York,” Seda Sen Alta, American Culture and Literature, Baskent University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Seda Sen Alta

3106. Saturday 8:00-9:30. Garros. Church and State in the Whedonverses Whedon Studies “Faith in Fiction: Joss Whedon’s Not-So-Atheistic Portrayal of Christianity,” Joshua Knight, Marshall University, [email protected] “Rhetoric, The Avengers, and Foreign Policy: The Age of Ultron as Geopolitical Script,” Derek Sweet, Luther College [email protected] “Of Midichlorians and First Orders: Themes of Symbiosis and Parasitism in the Star Wars Saga,” William Patton, Motlow State Community College, [email protected] “So Many Vows: Honor, Chivalry, and Heroics in Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire,” Torey Stevens, English, Three Rivers College, [email protected] Panel Chair: Torey Stevens

3107. Saturday 8:00-9:30. Rickenbacker. Religion Shaping Historical Memory and Perception History “Railroads, Catholics, and Prostitutes: The Levee, 1871-1900,” Bianca Barcenas, Loyola University Chicago, [email protected] “Palmyra: ISIS and the Loss of Civilizational Memory,” Bincy Abdul Samad, Popular Culture, Bowling Green State University, [email protected] “A Roman Martyr in LA: The Impact of Fabiola on Catholic Literary History (1854-1960),” Olivia Raymond, Loyola University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Olivia Raymon

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3108. Saturday 8:00-9:30. Aldrin. Support Boards, Selfies, and Performance: Disability in Social Media and Television Disability and Popular Culture “I Don’t Care If You Are Offended: Cerrie Burnell, Models of Disability, and Shame in Performance,” John Michael Sefel, The Ohio State University, [email protected] “#getyourbellyout: An Analysis of the Efficacy of Challenging Ostomy Stigma Via Nonnormative Selfies,” Mark Rademacher, College of Communication, Butler University, [email protected] “What is Your Greatest Struggle?: Representation and Reclamation of the Disabled Body in Humans of New York,” Jessie Male, The Ohio State University, [email protected]. “Representing Disability on Social Media: Communication, Representation and Disclosure on Internet Support Boards,” Deanna Laurette, Wayne State University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Hayley Haugen, Ohio University, [email protected]

3110. Saturday 8:00-9:30. O’Hare. Screening Indigeneity Indigenous Studies “How Strong is the Woman Who Draws the Bow: Examination of the Reflection of Native American Narratives in Manga,” Robyn Johnson, University of Tennessee, [email protected] “Sports, Biopower, and Indigenous Identities,” Anthony Adah, Minnesota State University, [email protected] “Where Specters Refuse to Vanish: Representations of Indigenous Peoples, Cultures, and Belonging in The Revenant,” Akikwe Cornell, University of Minnesota, [email protected] Panel Chair: Akikwe Cornell

3111. Saturday 8:00-9:30. Collins Art Objects and Functionality Libraries, Museums, and Collecting “Building a Collection: Samuel Nickerson, Richard H. Driehaus, and Chicago’s Marble Palace,” Rebekah Beaulieu, American and New England Studies Program, Boston University, [email protected] “From Weeds to Wildflowers: The Afterlife of De-Selected Texts,” Tanya Davidson, Marygrove College, [email protected] “Through a Glass Darkly: Civil Rights Museums and What They Teach Us About Facilitating Effective Intergroup Dialogue,” Linda Tucker, Southern Arkansas University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Linda Tucker

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Saturday 9:45-11:15 a.m. 3202. Saturday 9:45-11:15. 422. Spectacle, Tumblr and Teen Sexuality Queer Studies “Just Another Sexually Frustrated Teenager: Violence, Masculinity, and the Trope of Adolescent Sexual Frustration,” Alyssa Bossenger, Indiana University, [email protected] “Adaptive Queers: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy’s Peculiar Nostalgia,” Randal Rogers, University of Regina, [email protected] “Blackface, Queer Noise: Performing Ethnic Masculinity for the Jazz Singer's Jewish Mammy,” R. Gabriel Dor, Northwestern University, [email protected] Panel Chair: R. Gabriel Dor

3204. Saturday 9:45-11:15. 622. Film VI Film “Ex_Machinas, New Goddesses,” Funda Bilgen Steinberg, Ankara University and Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, [email protected] “Sexually Transmitted Curses and Surviving Sexual Trauma: Rethinking Criticisms of It Follows,” Samantha Stawiarski, Northeastern Illinois University, [email protected] “Familiar Magicians: The Affectual Assemblages of Kinship Theatre in Santa Sangre (1989) and Dance of Reality (2013),” Ivan Eusebio Aguirre Darancou, Washington University in St. Louis, [email protected] “Cultural Studies and the Popularity of Mockumentary Style of Filmmaking Using NBC’s The Office,” Rebecca Matysek, Aurora University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Ivan Eusebio Aguirre Darancou

3205. Saturday 9:45-11:15. Auriol. Advertising Dichotomy: Pop Culture and Nostalgia Advertising and Public Relations “When Celebrity Endorsements Become Pop Culture Phenomena: Identifying Counterculture and Connection in Advertising,” Katherine Pine, Indiana State University, [email protected]; Kelly Brown, Indiana State University [email protected] “Our Nation’s Second Largest Election: Miss Rheingolds and Their Democratic Ambivalence,” Terri Griffith, Art Institute of Chicago, [email protected]; Nicholas Alexander Hayes, DePaul University, [email protected] “One-Size Fits All: Understanding Music in Advertising From a Cross-Cultural Perspective,” Xiaoshan Li, The University of Texas at Austin, [email protected] “Nostalgia is a Potent Bond: A Comparison of the MAD MEN Emotional Ads to Real Advertisements of the 1960s,” Patrick Karle, New York Institute of Technology, [email protected] Panel Chair: Kristy Tucciarone, Lindenwood University, [email protected]

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3206. Saturday 9:45-11:15. Garros. Dance in the Media Dance “Movement Through Media,” Lauren Hoehne, Missouri State University, [email protected] “The Power of Hip Hop,” Taylor Godwin, Missouri State University, [email protected] “Promoting Healthy Habits in Children through Dance,” Savannah Smerz, Missouri State University, [email protected] “Caballero,” Darryl Clark, Southern Illinois University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Darryl Clark

3207. Saturday 9:45-11:15. Rickenbacker. Gender and Patriarchal Subversion in American Visual Culture Gender Studies “Twisted Robin Hood: Fraudulent Masculinity in The Wolf of Wall Street,” Christopher Bowman, University of Minnesota, [email protected] “Dissident Romances: Melodrama, War and Rebellion in Saga,” Patrick Carthey, University of Minnesota, [email protected] “Neo-noir Desolation of the American Dream in Fargo,” David Rodriguez-Martinez, University of Minnesota, [email protected] “Who is This Monster?: Mental Illness and the Female Villain in Pretty Little Liars,” Jacqueline Patz, University of Minnesota, [email protected] Panel Chair: Jacqueline Patz

3208. Saturday 9:45-11:15. Aldrin. Youth and New Media Youth Literature and Media “A Little Childish: Trump, Comedy, and the Culture of Childhood,” Sarah Jackson, The Ohio State University, [email protected] “Puppets, Power, and Performance: Queerness in Teen Titans Go!,” Lauren O'Connor, American Culture Studies, Bowling Green State University, [email protected] “Coming to a YouTube Screen Near You: Same Sex Slash and the Appropriation of Video Clips from the Harry Potter and the Narnia Films,” Keith Dorwick, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, [email protected] “It’s an Outrage: How Socio-Political Reactions Shape Nerd Culture,” John Schell, English Department, North Greenville University, [email protected] Panel Chair: John Schell

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3211. Thursday 1:15-2:45. Armstrong. Outlander: Where Historicism and Feminism Come Together Adaptations “Varieties of History Represented in Outlander,” Betsy Glade, Chair, History Department, St. Cloud State University, [email protected] “Outlander and Social Media: How the Costume Designs Have Popularized the Series,” Brenda Wentworth, Department of Theatre and Film Studies, St. Cloud State University, [email protected] “Beyond the Female Gaze in Outlander: Sex, Sexual Violence, and Women’s Roles,” Judith M. Kilborn, Co-Chair, English Department, St. Cloud State University, [email protected] “The Genres of Outlander,” Sharon Cogdill, Department of EnglishVictorian Studies and Digital Humanities, St. Cloud State University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Sharon Cogdill

3212. Saturday 9:45-11:15. Collins. Traditional Genres in the World of Games Video Games “The Horror of Labor in Darkest Dungeon,” Derek Price, Vanderbilt University, [email protected] “Romancing Nick Valentine: Synths, Ghouls, and Fallout 4’s Posthumanist Love Letter,” Kevin Oberlin, University of Cincinnati, [email protected] “Moebius: Charting the Aesthetic Sci-Fi Legacy of Jean Giraud,” Toussaint Egan, Independent Scholar, [email protected] “At the Expense of Being: Suture, First-Person Videogames, and God of War III,” Benjamin Gailey, University of Illinois, [email protected] Panel Chair: Benjamin Gailey

Saturday 11:30 – 1:00 p.m. Salon I. Lunch

Saturday 1:15-2:45 p.m. Salon II. 3301. Annual Meeting. Salon II. In attending the MPCA/ACA annual conference, you may have paid your membership dues. Whether you’re a member yet or not, come join us to hear about the organization’s new initiatives, to become a member, to get more involved, and to share your ideas with the Executive Council.

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Saturday 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. 3402. Saturday 3:00-4:30. 422. Heroes of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Heroes in Popular Culture “The Devil is in the Details: Who are the “Real” Heroes in Daredevil,” Tracey Thomas, York University, [email protected] “Is That Real or is it Just in My Head? Both?: Chronotopal Representations of Patriarchal Villainy and the Feminist Antihero in Marvel’s Jessica Jones,” Justin Wigard, Central Michigan University, [email protected] “AKA “I Love You”: Examining Trauma, Rape and the Female Body in Marvel’s Jessica Jones,” Christine Nguyen, [email protected] Panel Chair: Jef Burnham, DePaul University, [email protected]

3403. Saturday 3:00-4:30. 522. Teaching the “Other” Pedagogy and Popular Culture “When Glory Comes: Promoting Literacy and Peace Through Hip Hop in Secondary ESL Instruction,” Stacy Shaneyfelt, [email protected] “Using HBO’s Vinyl to Critically Analyze Cultural Representations of Memory,” Patricia Boyd, Arizona State University, [email protected] “Teaching the History of Women in Art: Breakthroughs and Challenges,” Cortney Barko, [email protected] Panel Chair: Cortney Barko

3404. Saturday 3:00-4:30. 622. From Space Crips to Super Crips: Characterizing Disability in Print and Film Disability and Popular Culture “On Disabled Superheroes and The Bird Girl: The Victim Who Fights,” Kristina Lebedeva, DePaul University, [email protected] “Space Crips: The Final Frontier,” Katherine Enriquez, University of Illinois at Chicago, [email protected] “Disabilities: The Unconscious Characterization in Finding Nemo,” Kathrine Clark, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, [email protected] “Disability Ideology in Films,” Bato Almosa, Saginaw Valley State University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Hayley Haugen, Ohio University, [email protected]

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3405. Saturday 3:00-4:30. Auriol. Cultures and Identities Race and Ethnicity “Show Some Class: Twitter Responses to the “Classiness” of Jordan Spieth and Cam Newton,” Benjamin Brojakowski, Bowling Green State University, [email protected] “The Greatest Show In High School Football: Valorizing the Narratives of Football and the Formation of Collective Identities,” Jeff List, Independent Scholar, [email protected] “Maneuvering a Culture Clash: The Politics of Identity in Contemporary Turkish German Comedy,” Zachary Fitzpatrick, University of Illinois at Chicago, [email protected] “Heritage or Hate: Discourse on the Confederate Flag in "Post-Racial" Culture,” Merri Davis, George Mason University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Merri Davis

3406. Saturday 3:00-4:30. Garros. Apocalypse, Vampires, and Jessica Jones: Comics and Meta-Physics Comics “A Family Dead: Identifying the Post-Family in Post-Apocalyptic Works,” Jonita Davis, [email protected] “Jessica Jones and Bibliotherapy: Using Texts to Cope with Trauma,” Jessica Love, Psychology, Human Services, Kaplan University, [email protected] “Death as a Limitation: Death Metanarratives, Vampirism, and Genre in American Vampire,” Megan Kwong, San Francisco State University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Megan Kwong

3407. Saturday 3:00-4:30. Rickenbacker. Fan Communities Fan Studies “Power is an Allusion: Referencing Power as Causing Fractures in Fandom and Fan Communities,” CarrieLynn Reinhard, Communication Arts & Sciences, Dominican University, [email protected] “The Copymark Creep: How the Normative Standards of Fan Communities Can Rescue Copyright,” Stacey Lantagne, The University of Mississippi, [email protected] “Beyond the Last Page: A Case Study of the Harry Potter Fandom and the Power of the Harry Potter Series,” Jenna Mosillami, Roosevelt University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Katie Wilson, University of Louisville, [email protected]

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3408. Saturday 3:00-4:30. Aldrin. Walking Dead, Chowing Down, Mouthing Off Horror and Science Fiction-Fantasy “A Question of the Mouth: Zombies and Language from Romero to Pontypool,” H. Peter Steeves, Philosophy, DePaul University, [email protected] “The Walking Dead and Tennessee Williams: A Journey through the Rabbit Hole of Pop-Culture,” Jennifer Crumley, Independent Scholar, [email protected] “Bollyweird Zombie Party: The Buffet Approach to Appropriation in Go Goa Gone,” J. Rocky Colavito, English, Butler University, [email protected] Panel Chair: John A. Dowell, Michigan State University, [email protected]

3410. Saturday 3:00-4:30. O’Hare Dialoguing Femininity and Conceptions of Pop Culture Gender Studies “Not for the Faint of Heart: Trigger Warnings and the Devaluation of Pop Culture,” Shadia Siliman, Indiana University Bloomington, [email protected] “Performing Disability: Aparna Nancherla’s Erotics of Depression,” Daniela Gutierrez Lopez, Indiana University Bloomington, [email protected], “Tori Amos’s The Light Princess: A Sorta Feminist Fairytale,” Amanda Roberts, Northern Illinois University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Amanda Roberts

3411. Saturday 3:00-4:30. Armstrong. Politics and Popular Culture Politics “Republican Politics and Rainbow Wigs: George Bush Sr., The Simpsons, and the Culture Wars of the 1990s,” Chelsea Griffis, History, University of Toledo, [email protected] “Social Trust and the Flint, Michigan Water Crisis: A Thematic Analysis of User Generated Comments on MLive’s Online News Coverage of the Crisis,” Sarah El-Azab, Purdue University, [email protected] “Camera Activism and the Last Televangelist: Reverend Billy Goes to Main Street,” Karen Whedbee, Northern Illinois University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Karen Whedbee

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3412. Saturday 3:00-4:30. Collins. Gender and Representation in Video Games Video Games “Women Rule Thedas: Fragile Female Power in Bioware’s Dragon Age Series,” Jessica Koon, Southeast Missouri State University, [email protected] “Assassin’s Creed,” Britney Broyles, University of Louisville, [email protected] “Greatness from Small Beginnings: Amy Hennig and the Women of the Uncharted Series,” Rachel Wood, Murray State University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Rachel Wood

3413. Saturday 3:00-4:30. Salon II. Rhetorical Practices in New Media New Media “What is the Connection? The Methodological Challenges of Twitter & Politics,” John Grummel, Upper Iowa University, [email protected]; Melle Starsen, Upper Iowa University, [email protected] “Translated into Klingon: Internet Memes, Invented Languages, and Evolving Methods of Communication,” Stacey Lantagne, The University of Mississippi, [email protected] “The Almighty Click: The Dangerous Emergence of Clickbait Web Content in Newspapers,” James Dyer, Knox College, [email protected] “#donuts; Pinning the Right Donut Recipe; or Selfies with Donuts: Changing Rhetorical Strategies and Messages on Diverse Social Media Platforms,” Jennifer Dunn, Dominican University [email protected]; Kathleen Turner, Aurora University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Jennifer Dunn

Saturday 4:45 – 6:15 p.m. 3502. Saturday 4:45-6:15. 422. Transgendered Visibility in the Time of the Tolerance Trap (Roundtable Discussion) Queer Studies Bruce Drushel, Ph.D., Miami University Ohio, [email protected] R. Gabriel Dor, Ph.D., Northwestern University, [email protected] Joshua Jones, Ph.D., Miami University Ohio, [email protected] April Callis, Ph.D., Northern Kentucky University, [email protected] Jessica Glass, Ph.D., DePaul University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Michael Johnson Jr., Ph.D., Critical Culture, Gender and Race Studies, Washington State University, [email protected]

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3503. Saturday 4:45-6:15. 522. Pedagogy, Praxis, and Specific Texts Pedagogy and Popular Culture “Images of Community College: Media Analysis and Reflection in the Classroom,” Bridget Kriner, Cuyahoga Community College, [email protected] “A Pedagogy of Communion: Theorizing Popular Culture Pedagogy,” Karen Anderson-Lain, University of North Texas, [email protected] “Robin Thicke Says What?: Pop Culture Texts in the Composition Classroom,” Amandelin Valentine, University of Central Florida, [email protected] “A Clockwork Orange & Education: A Teacher’s Plea for Ethical Violence,” Brian Gilbert, College of Education, DePaul University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Brian Gilbert

3504 Saturday 4:45-6:15. 622. Gender in Youth Lit and Media Youth Literature and Media “I’m Nothing Without You: Surveillance and the Gendered Public Sphere(s) in Gossip Girl,” Annie Paige, The University of Tulsa, [email protected] “Strong Females in Youth Dystopian Literature: Reading the Female Voice of Tris in the Divergent series,” Nancy Jennings, University of Cincinnati, [email protected] “Gendered Communication Patterns in Children’s and YA Literature,” Patricia Clasen, University of Wisconsin Colleges, [email protected] Panel Chair: Patricia Clasen

3505. Saturday 4:45-6:15. Auriol. Contemporary Racial Rhetorics Race and Ethnicity “We Are Honoring Them: Contemporary Perspectives on the American Indian Mascot Debate,” James Seelye, Kent State University, [email protected] “Class, Race, Gender, and the 2016 Presidential Primaries,” Jessica Birch, SAGES/English, Case Western Reserve University, [email protected] “Disney’s Zootopia: Progress of Re-affirming Oppression,” Anne Van, Minnesota State University, Mankato, [email protected] “Cherry Picking Brownness on American TV: Race, Gender, and Religion in Sitcoms,” Gohar Siddiqui, University of Wisconsin-Platteville, [email protected] Panel Chair: Gohar Siddiqui

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3506. Saturday 4:45-6:15. Garros. Asian and Asian-American Comics: Identity and Social Change; American Superheroes Comics “Marvel Superhero DNA: How the Lee/Kirby Partnership on The Fantastic Four Birthed the Marvel Age of Comics and, Ultimately, the Marvel Universe,” Alan Jozwiak, University of Cincinnati, [email protected] “Not Just the B-Team: Minorities in the Marvel Comics, Their Portrayal in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and Why There Should Be Colorblind Casting,” Shane Sedlemyer, [email protected] “Gene Luen Yang and the Catholic Writing Tradition,” Isaac Mayeux, Cedarville University, [email protected]; Dan Clark, Cedarville University, [email protected] “Rhetorical Implications of Bangladeshi Superhero Shabash: National or Transnational,” Mohammad Rahman, St. Cloud State University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Mohammad Rahman

3507. Saturday 4:45-6:15. Rickenbacker. American Horror Story and the Horrors of the Past Television “Hell is a Backwater High School: Misty Day and Rural Representation in American Horror Story: Coven,” Angel Lemke, Union Institute & University, [email protected] “Graphic Grotesqueries: The Absence and Presence of Grotesque Bodies in American Horror Story: Asylum,” Jjenna Hupp Andrews, Mott Community College, [email protected] “Challenging Heteronormative Dynamics: Gender, Power, and Relational Structures in American Horror Story: Asylum,” Greta Enriquez, Union Institute and University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Greta Enriquez

3508. Saturday 4:45-6:15. Aldrin. Genre, Gender, GoT Horror and Science Fiction-Fantasy “Women Warriors and Marginalized Men in Game of Thrones,” Dee Goertz, English, Hanover College, [email protected] “Scream for Empowerment,” Dylan Colvin, Independent Scholar, [email protected] “Escaping the Horror Genre Label: Reading Dean Koontz’s Phantoms,” Gary Hoppenstand, English, Michigan State University, [email protected] “‘Then Who Killed the World?’: Gender and Apocalypse in Mad Max: Fury Road,” Zak Bronson, University of Western Ontario, [email protected] Panel Chair: John A. Dowell, Michigan State University, [email protected]

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3510. Saturday 4:45-6:15. O’Hare. Publishing Opportunities in Popular Culture and American Culture Studies Professional Development #2 Bob Batchelor, Popular Culture Studies Journal, Miami University, [email protected] Felicia Campbell; Popular Culture Review; University of Nevada, Las Vegas; [email protected] Lynnea Chapman King, Dialogue, Adams State University, [email protected] Kathy Merlock Jackson, Journal of American Culture, [email protected] Gary Mitchem, McFarland & Company, Inc., [email protected] Jimmie Manning, Sexuality and Communication, Northern Illinois University, [email protected] Gary Edgerton, Journal of Popular Film & Television, Butler University, [email protected] Ann Larabee, Journal of Popular Culture, Michigan State University, [email protected] Gary Burns, Popular Music and Society and Rock Music Studies, Northern Illinois University, [email protected] Michael Marsden, Journal of Popular Film & Television, St. Norbert College, [email protected] Stephen Ryan, Rowman & Littlefield, [email protected]

3511. Saturday 4:45-6:15. Armstrong. Rhetorical Communities: Popular Culture and Rhetorical Genre Studies Writing and Rhetoric in Popular Culture “Harry G Frankfurt’s On Bullshit: When Scatological Rhetoric Becomes a Popular Culture Phenomenon,” Rebecca Johinke, University of Sydney, [email protected] “Remixing Communities in Making Memes,” Morgan Ebbs, Pittsburg State University, [email protected] “Ableism and Accessibility in Professional Games,” Jamie McDaniel, Pittsburg State University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Jamie McDaniel

3512. Saturday 4:45-6:15. Collins. Disability and the Literary Spectrum Disability and Popular Culture “Wielding a Crayon in a Battle for the Mad: Emilie Autumn’s The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls,” Madaline Walter, English Department, Benedictine University, [email protected] “Killing Him Softly and His Song: Facial Disfigurement in The Phantom of the Opera,” Gudrun Grabher, Department of American Studies, University of Innsbruck, [email protected] “Moulting Anatomies: Cancer, Disability, and Resilience in Claudia Emerson’s Impossible Bottle,” Chris Foss, University of Mary Washington, [email protected] Panel Chair: Hayley Haugen, Ohio University, [email protected]

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3513. Saturday 4:45-6:15. Salon II. Narrators and Identity Mystery, Thrillers, Detective, and Crime Fiction “She’s Not My Mother, and You Know It: Digital Evidence and Re-Enactment and The Imposter,” Brett Phillips, University of South Florida, Humanities and Cultural Studies, University of South Florida, [email protected] “Serpent at the Root: Murderous Insecurity in Thompson’s The Killer Inside Me,” Kathryn Hendrickson, Marquette University, [email protected] “The Belle of the Ball: The Night Manager and the Hybridity of the Fairytale and the Modern Spy Thriller,” Blake Westerlund, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, [email protected] Panel Chair: Maryan Wherry, Western Illinois University Quad-Cities, [email protected]

Saturday 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Area Chair Reception. Salon I. All current and future area chairs are invited to join us in a meeting with food and refreshments. The MPCA/ACA Vice President will cover important information regarding areas and area chair duties, you will share your ideas with us for the organization, and we will engage in some enjoyable camaraderie.

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9 Sunday 7:00 a.m. – 2:45 p.m. Registration

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Sunday 7:30 a.m. – 2:45 p.m. Book Exhibits

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Sunday 7:30-9:30. 4105. Executive Council Meeting #3. Auriol. Cortney Cronberg Barko Paul Booth Gary Burns Anne Canavan Darryl Clark Malynnda Johnson Norma Jones

Matt Kneller Sarah Petrovic Brendan Riley Lori Abels Scharenbroich Kathleen Turner Pam Wicks Katie Wilson

Sunday 8:00-9:30. 4104. Sunday 8:00-9:30. 622. Interpretations of Genres Westerns/ Mystery, Thriller, Detective Fiction “Monsters, Nature, and Ecofeminist Revenge in Russell’s Proving Up,” Katie Cary, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, [email protected] “Racial Identity and The Western in Sherman Alexie’s Dear John Wayne,” Katherine Lee, Indiana State University, [email protected] “Mysterious Memories: Revisionary Memory and Environments of Recall in The Santa Klaus Murder,” Kylene Cave, Michigan State University, [email protected] “Continued From Last Week: Recovering Anna Katharine Green’s Newspaper and Magazine Serial Publications,” 1882-1937, Claire Meldrum, Sheridan College, [email protected] Panel Chair: Katherine Lee

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4106. Sunday 8:00-9:30. Garros. Shoes, Selfies, and Tattoos: The Visuality of Pop Culture Art History and Visual Culture/Midwestern Popular Culture “Inked by the Author(s): Composing Tattoos and Complicating Authorship,” Rachel Lanier Bragg, West Virginia University Institute of Technology, [email protected] “Portraits of Life: Twentieth Century Family Photography,” Patricia Marton, Independent Scholar (Ph.D., education), University of Illinois, Champaign, [email protected] “Reflections of the Midwest in Frank Lloyd Wright’s Evolving Design for his Oak Park Home and Studio,” Lisa Schrenk, University of Arizona, [email protected] “The Temporal, the Static, and the Midwest: Shifting Permanence in Carl Sanburg’s Wind Song,” Katie Setzer, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, [email protected] Panel Chair: Patricia Marton

4108. Sunday 8:00-9:30. Aldrin. Ethnography Ethnography “Reflections of a Former Area Chair,” Andrew Chen, Minnesota State University-Moorhead, [email protected] “The Education of a College Graduate in the Inner City: My Summer as a Missionary in Cleveland, Ohio,” Dominique Newman, Purdue University Northwest, [email protected] “Auto-Archaeology and Popular Culture Studies,” Jimmie Manning, Communication Department, Northern Illinois University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Jimmie Manning

4111. Sunday 8:00-9:30. Armstrong. Topics in Anime and Comics Animation/Comics “iZombie: Memory Loss, Social Anxiety, and Identity,” Jennifer Farrell, General Studies, Milwaukee School of Engineering, [email protected] “The Burden of Power: Representations and Discussions of Disability in the Modern Superhero,” Zachery Franks, Northeastern Illinois University, [email protected] “Pretty Boy Ninja: Exploring the Feminine Sexuality of the Bishōnen in Shōnen Manga,” Elena Aponte, Bowling Green State University, [email protected] “Brick by Brick: De/Reconstructing the Children's Animated Film Genre,” Joseph Giunta, Cinema Studies, New York University Tisch School of the Arts, [email protected] Panel Chair: Joseph Giunta

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4112. Sunday 8:00-9:30. Collins. British TV and Literature (Sometimes in the USA) British Popular Culture “Tomorrow, at . . . Downton: Analyzing the Similarities and Differences between Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind and ITV’s Downton Abbey,” Shaylin Montgomery, Clearwater High School, [email protected] “The Angel Outside the House: The New Woman in British Periodicals: 1890-1910,” Lindsay Rosa, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), [email protected] “The Revival of Medievalism: Naomi Mitchison’s To the Chapel Perilous,” Funda Hay, Ankara University, [email protected] “I Ain’t in Your Dream Keisha. You’re in Mine: Spectral Communities and More than Social Consciousness in Twenty-First Century London Literature,” Heather Custer, Appalachian State University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Heather Custer

Sunday 9:45 – 11:15 a.m. 4202. Sunday 9:45-11:15. 422. Madness Sweet and Sour Horror and Science Fiction-Fantasy “Turning a Small Town Into a World of Wonder: Magical Thinking in Ray Bradbury’s Dandelion Wine,” Laura Brown, English Education, SUNY Potsdam, [email protected] “Madness, Confinement, and Death: Jack Torrence's Descent into Madness as a Problem with Place in Stephen King’s The Shining,” Lucas Van Duyne, Northeastern Illinois University, [email protected] “Humanizing the Other: What Happens When We Like the Serial Killer,” Ashley Donnelly, Telecommunications, Ball State University, [email protected] Panel Chair: John A. Dowell, Michigan State University, [email protected]

4203. Sunday 9:45-11:15. 522. Experimentation in Comics Art: From Page to Screen Comics “Something Like This Just Couldn’t Happen!: Resolving Naturalistic Tensions in Superhero Comics Art,” Chris Gavaler, [email protected] “Hybrid Moments: Formal Experiments with Time in Animated Webcomics,” Eric Newsom, Communication, University of Central Missouri, [email protected] “The Visual Phenomenology of Pizza Dog: Subversion of Traditional Superhero Narrativity through Phenomenological Visual Rhetoric,” Justin Wigard, Central Michigan University, [email protected] “It Came from......the Fourth Dimension!,” Daniel Look, St. Lawrence University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Daniel Look

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4205. Sunday 9:45-11:15. Auriol. Environmental Crisis, Activist Witness, and Exercise of Power Environment and Culture/Military Studies “BP or Not BP?: Fossil-Free Protest Art and Popular Media Interventions Into Carbon Moral Offsetting,” Sarah McFarland Taylor McFarland Taylor, Northwestern University, [email protected] “Impact of the West Virginia Water Crisis,” Christopher Swindell, Marshall University, [email protected] “Power, Government, and the Choice to Intervene: Reading Gabe Hudson’s Dear Mr. President,” Tatiana Prorokova, Philipps University of Marburg, Germany, [email protected] “Cultures of Surveillance,” Camilla Fojas, University of Virginia, [email protected] Panel Chair: Christopher Swindell

4206. Sunday 9:45-11:15. Garros. Whiteness, Blackness, and Archival Interventions Race and Ethnicity “Race in the Canon of Confessional Poetry: The Personal and the Political in Rich, Lorde, Clifton, and Olds,” Natalie Perfetti, Florida State University, [email protected] “The White Mask,” Jan Goggans, University of California, Merced, [email protected] “Cooking the Books with CRT. Why We Need Critical Race Theory in Accounting,” Anton Lewis, Valparaiso University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Anton Lewis

4207. Sunday 9:45-11:15. Rickenbacker. Blogging Game of Thrones Television “Pedagogical Issues and Teaching Game of Thrones,” Jeffrey Chown, Northern Illinois University, [email protected] “Production and Authorship Issues and Game of Thrones,” Aimee Burns, Northern Illinois University, [email protected] “The Game of Thrones Bibliography,” Ace Henricks, Northern Illinois University, [email protected] “Blogging Game of Thrones for Graduate Credit,” Shawn Hannan, Northern Illinois University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Shawn Hannan

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4210. Sunday 9:45-11:15. O’Hare. New Media, New Identity, Reflecting on the Future New Media “Reflecting on the Future: Disney’s Epcot as a Confluence of Technological and Cultural Dualism,” Brett Nachman, University of Wisconsin-Madison, [email protected] “In Beverly Hills You Can Be Anything, But It’s Most Important to Be Yourself: Exploring the branded-women of ‘Real Housewives’ on Instagram,” Evie Psarras, University of Illinois at Chicago, [email protected] “Gendering Hatsune Miku: Networked gender and the Co-construction of Identity for Vocaloids,” CarrieLynn Reinhard, Communication Arts & Sciences, Dominican University, [email protected] Panel Chair: CarrieLynn Reinhard

4211. Sunday 9:45-11:15. Armstrong. Sweet Smells, Frames and Reframes of US History History “The Sweet Smell of Vengeance: The Carnivalesque in African Diasporic Medicine and Olfactory Resistance to Atlantic Slave Systems,” Andrew Kettler, History, University of South Carolina, [email protected] “Where to Eat No Longer a Worry: Regulation and the Creation of the Modern Chicago Restaurant, 1880-1920,” Alana Toulin, Northwestern University, [email protected] “Patriotic Workers or Neglectful Mothers’ Portrayals of Working Mothers During the Second World War,” Sarah Frohardt-Lane, Ripon College, [email protected] “Drunk and Diverse: Reframing the Founding Fathers,” Melissa Sartore, History, West Virginia University Institute of Technology, [email protected] Panel Chair: Melissa Sartore

4212. Sunday 9:45-11:15. Collins. Urban Studies II Urban Studies “Behave Yourself - Spatial Politics of Public Intimacy in Bombay/Mumbai (1950-2010),” Sneha Annavarapu, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago, [email protected] “Ten Thousand Hells: Bob Jones and Fundamentalist Anti-Urbanism,” Anderson Rouse, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, [email protected] “White Space, Black Space: False Barriers in Richard Wright’s Native Son," Monique McDade University of Nevada, Reno, [email protected] “Diagnosing the Urban Condition: Photography, Popular Culture and American Urbanity in the 1960s,” Aleksandar Vujkov, Art History, University of Illinois at Chicago, [email protected] Panel Chair: Aleksandar Vujkov

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Sunday 11:30-1:00 p.m. 4302. Sunday 11:30-1:00. 422. Magic, Madness, and Meaning Making Horror and Science Fiction-Fantasy/Fan Studies “The Influence of Scott and Stevenson on Medieval Fantasy Role-Playing Games,” Gerald Nachtwey, English, Eastern Kentucky University, [email protected] “‘[Literary] Pearl Diving’: Deciphering Chuck Palahniuk’s ‘Guts’ through Translation Analysis,” Eyal Handelsman, University of Valencia, [email protected] (MACA Presentation) “The Truth is In There: The X-Files, Shippers, and Meaning-Making,” Shanna Gilkeson, Bowling Green State University, [email protected] “Representation and Resistance in the Media Fan Community: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Media and Member Diversity in U.S. Popular Cultural Media Fandom,” Falon Deimler, University of Wisconsin Madison, [email protected] Panel Chair: John A. Dowell, Michigan State University, [email protected]

4303. Sunday 11:30-1:00. 522. Indigenous Pedagogies Indigenous Studies “Has This Indian Any White Blood?: Cultural Paradigms and Racial Reckoning in the Indian Territory Census of 1900,” Kerry Wynn, Washburn University, [email protected] “Role of Costume, and the Analysis of Songs in Bode Showande’s Mammy Waters Wedding: Recommended Textbook for Nigerian Secondary Schools,” Funmilola Oladipo, Department of Performing Arts, Olabisi Onabanjo University, [email protected]; Adesimbo Olukemi Odule, Department of Performing Arts, Olabisi Onabanjo University, [email protected] “An Exploration of Impacts of a Culturally Relevant Online Orientation Course for Indigenous Students at a Tribal College,” Melanie Wilson, Leech Lake Tribal College, [email protected] “Phenomenology, Perception and Art Inquiry: Aboriginal Art as Decolonizing Pedagogy,” Shannon Leddy, Simon Fraser University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Shannon Leddy

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4304. Sunday 11:30-1:00. 622. Celebrations and Women Around the World Gender Studies/Festivals and Food “Shakespeare’s Women in Indian Otherworlds: The Female Figures in Vishal Bharadwaj’s Shakespeare Adaptations,” Krishna Manavalli, Department of English, Karnatak University, [email protected] “New and Old ‘Urban Indian Woman’ Within Dialogues of Domesticity and Professionalism,” Shweta Singh, Loyola University Chicago, [email protected] “The Magic Bullet Effect in Popular Culture,” Lori Parks, Miami University, [email protected] “Aesthetics, Functions and Meanings of Paraphernalia and Properties in Cultural Festivals Among the Youruba of South-Western Nigeria,” Onifade Mufu Oladipupo, National Gallery of Art, Nigeria, [email protected] Panel Chair: Caryn Neumann

4305. Sunday 11:30-1:00. Auriol. Intercultural Realities Reality Television “Dr. Jeff Rocky Mountain Vet,” Deborah Plum, Morehead State University, [email protected] “Reality TV Entertainment & Morality in Nigeria: A Case Study of Big Brother Africa,” Ngozi Okpara, Pan-Atlantic University, [email protected] “The New Narcissus: A Comparison of British and American Reality TV,” Megan Collins, Prairie View A&M University, [email protected] “I Am Cait: A Postmodern Reality,” Ann Andaloro, Morehead State University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Ann Andaloro

4306. Sunday 11:30-1:00. Garros. Sport: Advertising, Gender, Sexuality, Media & Renewal Sports Culture “Run, Jane, Run. See Dick and Jane Run a Marathon: The Link Between Pop Culture, Social Media, and the Modern Marathon Runner.,” Laura Gilbert, [email protected] “If You Can Play: Homophobia in Hockey,” Christopher Cameron, University of Windsor, [email protected] “For Every Gain There is a Loss: Sports, Music, and Urban Renewal in Pittsburgh,” Stephanie Liscio, Case Western Reserve University, [email protected] “Get Your Sport Subsidies Back America: Use of Sport in H&R Block’s Get Your Billion Back America Advertising Campaign,” Raymond Schuck, Humanities, Bowling Green State University Firelands, [email protected] Panel Chair: Ben Dettmar, American Studies, Michigan State University, [email protected]

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4307. Sunday 11:30-1:00. Rickenbacker. Shaping Identity in the Whedonverses, The Dresden Files, and Battlestar Galactica Whedon Studies “P.I. Lit: Parallels in Paranormal Investigations with Angel and The Dresden Files,” Jack Pritt, [email protected] “What if Joss Whedon Had Made Battlestar Galactica?,” Emily Midkiff, University of Minnesota, [email protected] “Whatever Doesn’t Kill You: Investigating the Impact of Trauma on Whedon’s Women,” Dreama Pritt, Marshall University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Dreama Pritt

4308. Sunday 11:30-1:00. Aldrin. Parody, Remix, and Interpretation Fan Studies “Cloudy with a Chance of Fandom: Fan Parody and Self-Adaptation in USA’s Psych,” Tania Darlington, Northwestern State University, [email protected] “Part of Your World: The Historical Tradition and Relevance of Disney Princess Reimaginings,” Megan Cannella, English, University of Nevada, Reno, [email protected] “The Fans of Documentary Now!” Julia E Largent, Bowling Green State University, [email protected] “An Organic Community: Interpretation and Creation within the Welcome to Night Vale Fandom,” Kathryn McClain, University of Kentucky, [email protected] Panel Chair: Katie Wilson, University of Louisville, [email protected]

4310. Sunday 11:30-1:00. O’Hare. Music Music “This Machine Kills: Guitar and Gun Iconography in the 21st Century,” Josh Sopiarz, University Library, Governors State University, [email protected] “I Write These Stupid Words: The Metaphysical Melancholy of John Donne and Weezer,” Hallie Beard, Murray State University, [email protected] “A Longitudinal Study of Creaky Voice in Billboard Hot 100 Singles,” Jennifer Blair, Northeastern Illinois University, [email protected] “‘The Night Chicago Died’ and Other Top 40 Tales of the 1970s,” John Chappell, Webster University, [email protected] Panel Chair: John Chappell

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4311. Sunday 11:30-1:00. Armstrong. Connections & Fragmentations: An Interdisciplinary Discussion of Communal Media Experiences Amusements and Entertainment “Identifying Propaganda in Social Media,” Mary Duarte, Cardinal Stritch University, [email protected] “We’re Making Magic: Time and Narrative in Beyonce’s Lemonade and Ruth Ozeki’s A Tale for the Time Being,” Maureen McKnight, Cardinal Stritch University, [email protected] “Fragmentation in Postmodernity: Social Media and Whatever Culture,” Michelle Gilgannon, Cardinal Stritch University, [email protected] “I’ll Just T You: Communication and Connection in A Visit from the Goon Squad,” Sarah Foust Vinson, Cardinal Stritch University, [email protected] “Unlikeable Female Anti-Heroes in Contemporary Television,” Angela Barian, Cardinal Stritch University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Angela Barian

Sunday 1:15-2:45 p.m. 4402. Sunday 1:15-2:45. 422. Collections, Catalogs, and Archives: Grateful Dead, Cookbooks Libraries, Museums, and Collecting “Classified Information For All: Etree, the Internet, and the Folksonomies of Live Music Recordings,” Jeremy Berg, University of North Texas, [email protected] “Tracking Down African American Community Cookbooks: Idiosyncrasies in Publishing and Cataloging,” Ruth Ann Jones, MSU Libraries - Special Collections, Michigan State University, [email protected] “Buried in the Past: The Legal & Cultural Ecology of Native American Mounds in Wisconsin,” Brady Krien, English, University of Iowa, [email protected] “Popularization and Transmedialization of Traditional Elements of the Ainu Culture,” Dominik Wallner, Heidelberg University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Ruth Ann Jones

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4403. Sunday 1:15-2:45. 522. Labor and Work: Production, Representation, Activism and Resistance Labor, Work, and Culture “An Energized Movement for Bleeding Students at the Table: Education Metaphors in the News,” Jill Hallett, Illinois Institute of Technology, [email protected]; Vanessa Jaroski “Between Activism and Entertainment: Working-Class Culture in American Musical Theatre,” Jeffrey LaRocque, Theatre and Film, Bowling Green State University, [email protected] “Clerks: Checking Out of Antiquated Representations of American Working Class,” Tamara Johnson, Youngstown State University, [email protected] “The Discourse of Denial and the Student Athlete,” Tom Discenna, Oakland University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Thomas A Discenna

4404. Sunday 1:15-2:45. 622. Indian Popular Culture Across Time and Space Indian Popular Culture “Indian Film and the Diaspora, and Fan, or Why Does Gaurav Go to Dubrovnik,” Margaret Redlich, DePaul University, [email protected] “Defeated Masculinity and Displacement in South Asian Popular Narratives,” Tehmina Pirzada, Purdue University, [email protected] “Reading Between the Lines: Adapting Historical Memory in Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!,” Dina Khdair, DePaul University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Dina Khdair

4405. Sunday 1:15-2:45. Auriol. Gender and Family in Traditional Media, Reality TV and Advertisements African-American/Asian Popular Culture “Multimodal Discourse Analysis of Advertisements During the Month of Ramadan,” Amani Aloqla, Northeastern Illinois University, [email protected] “Globalization or Localization: Changing Musical Themes in Contemporary China through The Voice of China Season 4,” Xinxin Jiang, American Culture Studies, Bowling Green State University, [email protected] “Born Fused, Like the Glass Formed by the Chattering of Sand Jinn: Circus Aesthetics in Black Literature,” Giovanna Micconi, Harvard University, [email protected] “Living Beyond the Binary: Social Change, the Black American Family, & Black-ish,” Jacqueline Adams, Bowling Green State University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Jacqueline Adams

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4406. Sunday 1:15-2:45. Garros. Popular Culture Roundup #4 Popular Culture “This Is Not a History Play: Storytelling in Liz Lochhead’s Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off,” Seçil Varal, Ankara University, [email protected] “Representations of Djinns in Contemporary World Fiction,” Asli Degirmenci, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, [email protected] “Just A Little Taste Aint Gonna Hurt Nothin: Addiction and Consumer Culture in Hubert Selby Jr.’s Reqiuem For A Dream,” Patrick Osborne, Florida State University, [email protected] “A Call to Tradition: Iberia and the Independence Centenaries of Argentina and Brazil,” Gregg Bocketti, Transylvania University, [email protected] “Getting Closer to Pearl Buttons: Patricio Guzm’n’s last documentary,” Maria del Pilar Melgarejo, Southern Methodist University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Gregg Bocketti

4407. Sunday 1:15-2:45. Rickenbacker. Jewish Texts Jewish Studies “My German Friend and the Jewish Argentine/German Mnemo-Historic Context,” Daniela Goldfine, Modern Language, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, [email protected] “Frames, Festivals, and The Dove Flyer: Entextualizing Film to Fit Jewish/Israeli film festival Ideology Across the U.S.,” Lindsey Pullum, Indiana University, [email protected] “Los Gauchos Judios: The Cinematic Rendition of Jewishness in a Tumultuous Argentina,” Carolina Rocha, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, [email protected] Panel Chair: Carolina Rocha

4408. Sunday 1:15-2:45. Aldrin. Communicating Professional Wrestling: The Social Media Relationship Among Promoters, Wrestlers and Fans Fan Studies “Wrestlers Performing via Social Media,” Steven Granelli, Ohio University, [email protected] “WWE’s Use of Social Media,” Jef Burnham, DePaul University, [email protected] “WWE Fans and Social Media Usage,” Jessica Rodocker, Bowling Green State University, [email protected] “Wrestlers Negotiating Authenticity via Social Media,” Christopher Olson, Dominican University, [email protected] “Reactions to Wrestlers on Social Media,” Kathie Kallevig, Winona State University, [email protected] Panel Chair: CarrieLynn D. Reinhard, Communication Arts & Sciences, Dominican University, [email protected]

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4410. Sunday 1:15-2:45. O’Hare. Feminisms and Bodies Romance/Fat Studies “How to Be a Feminist in Victorian England: A Study of the Interplay Between Genre Tropes and Feminist Values in Courtney Milan’s Historical Romance Fiction,” Dominika Koziol, Northeastern Illinois University, [email protected] “Crowning the Headless Fatty: T.O.P.S. Annual Convention as a Fat Pageant,” Amelia Serafine, Loyola University, [email protected] “Fat, Celebrity Feminism, and the Plus Size Paradox,” Margaret Hass, Independent Scholar, [email protected] “Second-Wave Feminism in the American Popular Romance,” Maryan Wherry, Western Illinois University Quad-Cities, [email protected] Panel Chair: Maryan Wherry

4412. Sunday 1:15-2:45. Collins. Celebrity in the 21st Century Celebrity and Stardom “The Sorry I’m Not Sorry Generation: How Unapologetic Women Are Changing the Hollywood Machine,” Jennifer Memmolo, Media, Culture & Communication, New York University, [email protected] “Boys Will Be Boys: The Implicit Acceptance of Celebrity Domestic Violence,” Allison Levin, [email protected] “Feminism on Facebook: User Responses to Emma Watson’s Interview of Tom Hanks in Esquire UK,” Lauren Potts, Purdue University, [email protected] Panel Chair: Lauren Potts

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Index of Areas Labor, Work, and Culture 4403 Libraries, Museums, and Collecting 3111, 4402 Midwestern Culture 4106 Military Studies 4205 Music 4310 Mystery, Thrillers, Detective, and Crime Fiction 3513, 4104 New Media 2102, 3413, 4210 Pedagogy and Popular Culture 2204, 2209, 3403, 3503 Politics 3411 Popular Culture Round-ups 1505, 2404 Professional Development 2307, 3510 Queer Studies 2304, 3202, 3502 Race and Ethnicity 3405, 3505, 4206 Reality Television 2107, 4305 Religion and Popular Culture 1206, 1305, 1401 Romance 4410 Sixties and Popular Culture 1103 Sports Culture 4306 Subculture 2103 Television 1106, 1302, 1504, 2206, 2309, 2407, 3507, 4207 Urban Studies 3102, 4212 Utopia/Dystopia 1104 Video Games 2211, 2409, 2410, 3212, 3412 Westerns 4104 Whedon Studies 3106, 4307 Writing and Rhetoric in Popular Culture 1306, 1407, 3511 Youth Literature and Media 2212, 3208, 3504

9/11 and Popular Culture 1205, 3103 Adaptations 1507, 2203, 2303 Advertising and Public Relations 2406, 3205 African-American Popular Culture 4405 Animation 4111 Art History and Visual Culture 2110, 4106 Asian Popular Culture 2111, 4405 British Popular Culture 4112 Celebrity and Stardom 4412 Comics 2306, 3406, 3506, 4111, 4203 Dance 3206 Disability and Popular Culture 3108, 3512 Environment and Culture 4205 Ethnography 4108 Family 2202 Fan Studies 2210, 2310, 3407, 4302, 4308 Fat Studies 4410 Festivals and Food 4304 Film 1304, 2208, 2403, 3204 Gender Studies 1203, 1303, 1405, 2205, 3207, 3410, 4304 Heroes in Popular Culture 3402 Hip Hop 1504 History 3107, 4211 Horror and Science Fiction-Fant 1406, 1506, 3408, 3508, 4202, 4302 Humor 2302, 2402 Indian Popular Culture 4404 Indigenous Studies 3110, 4303 Jewish Studies 4407

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Index of Participants Brand, Mark 1104 Brest, Kathryn 2210 Brickey, Dr. Russell W. 2204 Brillman, Laura 2107 Britt, Thomas 3103 Brojakowski, Benjamin 3405 Bronson, Zak 3508 Brookfield, Molly 1203 Brown, Kelly 3205 Brown, Laura 4202 Broyles, Britney 3412 Bryant, Taylor 2309 Burchanoski, Matthew 1504 Burcon, Sarah 2102 Burnham, Jef 3402, 4408 Burns, Aimee 4207 Burns, Gary 3510 Burow-Flak, Elizabeth 2404 Butler, Matthew 1304 Callis, April 3502 Cameron, Christopher 4306 Campbell, Connor 1504 Campbell, Felicia 3510 Campbell-Sawyer, Allyssa 2210 Cannella, Megan 3102, 4308 Carr, Bryan J. 1505 Carthey, Patrick 3207 Cary, Katie 4104 Cave, Kylene 4104 Chapman King, Lynnea 3510 Chappell, John 4310 Chen, Andrew 4108 Chown, Jeffrey 4207 Clanton, Dan 1206 Clapp, Morgan 1505 Clark, Dan 3506 Clark, Darryl 2405, 3105, 3206, 3301, 4105 Clark, Kathrine 3404 Clasen, Patricia 3504 Clough, William 1204 Cogdill, Sharon 3211 Colavito, J. Rocky 3408 Coletta, Charles 2306 Collins, Megan 4305 Colvin, Dylan 3508 Comerford, Eileen 1306 Compora, Daniel 1506

Abdul Samad, Bincy 3107 Adah, Anthony 3110 Adams, Jacqueline 4405 Adesimbo Odule, Olukemi 4303 Aguirre Darancou, Ivan Eusebio 3204 Akiyama, Yasuko 2111 Albert, Haley 1405 Alexander Hayes, Nicholas 3205 Almosa, Batool 3404 Aloqla, Amani 4405 Ames, Melissa 2102 Andaloro, Ann 2107, 4305 Anderson-Lain, Karen 3503 Annavarapu, Sneha 4212 Aponte, Elena 4111 Appleby, Allison 2406 Bana, Shukri 2304 Barcenas, Bianca 3107 Barian, Angela 4311 Barker, Cory 2206, 2407 Barko, Cortney 2405, 3105, 3301, 3403, 4105 Barney, E Mairin 1406 Barton, Matt 2211 Batchelor, Bob 2206, 2307, 2405, 3105, 3301, 3510, 4105 Bateman, Kathryn 2304 Bauder, Samantha 2409 Beadling, Dr. Laura L. 2204 Beard, Hallie 4310 Beaulieu, Rebekah 3111 Beckelhimer, Lisa 1106 Beebe, Robert 2103 Berg, Jeremy 4402 Bilgen Steinberg, Funda 3204 Birch, Jessica 3505 Black, Andrew 2409 Blair, Jennifer 4310 Bliss, Adrienne 1405, 2103 Bocketti, Gregg 4406 Booth, Paul 2405, 2210, 3105, 3301, 4105 Borah, Rebecca 1506 Bossenger, Alyssa 3202 Bowers, Ashleigh 1304 Bowman, Christopher 3207 Boyd, Patricia 2105, 3403 Boyle, Rachel 1303

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Cornell, Akikwe 3110 Cosby Ronnenberg, Susan 1203 Cottrell, Emily 2408 Cowan, Felix 3102 Crane, Cynthia 1103 Crumley, Jennifer 3408 Cudjoe, Joseanne 1306 Cummins, Garrett 1501 Custer, Heather 4112 Darlington, Tania 4308 Davidson, Tanya 3111 Davis, Merri 1405, 3405 Davis, Jonita 1505, 3406 Degirmenci, Asli 4406 Deimler, Falon 4302 del Pilar Melgarejo, Maria 4406 Dettmar, Ben 4306 Dewberry, David 2402 Discenna, Tom 4403 Dobson, Emily 2410 Donnelly, Ashely 4202 Donofrio, Andrew 1104, 2313 Dor, R. Gabriel 3202, 3502 Dorwick, Keith 3208 Dowell, John 1406, 1506, 2302, 2402, 3408, 3508, 4202, 4302 Drummond, Joseph 1507 Druschel, Bruce 3502 Duarte, Mary 4311 Dube, Reena 1507 Dunn, Jennifer 3413 Dunn, Natalie 2202 Dyer, James 3413 Ebbs, Morgan 3511 Edgerton, Gary 3510 Egan, Toussaint 3212 Eikmann, Elizabeth 2404 El-Azab, Sarah 3411 Enriquez, Greta 3507 Evangelista, Mark 2311 Evans, Theresa 2406 Farrell, Jennifer 4111 Feda, Michelle 1303 Fisher, Paige 1302 Fitzpatrick, Zachary 3405 Fleming, Nicholas 2403 Flood, Michelle 2313 Fojas, Camilla 4205 Foss, Chris 3512

Foust, Sarah 4311 Franks, Zachery 4111 Franks, Nadia-Terese 3103 Fredricks, Katie 2107 Friederich, Kyle 2410 Frohardt-Lane, Sarah 4211 Gailey, Benjamin 3212 Gaines, Ayanna 2206 Gartner, Matthew 2208 Gavaler, Chris 4203 Ghosh, Tanushree 2105 Gilbert, Laura 4306 Gilbert, Brian 3503 Gilgannon, Michelle 4311 Gilkeson, Shanna 4302 Giunta, Joseph 4111 Glade, Betsy 3211 Glass, Jessica 2210, 3502 Godwin, Taylor 3206 Goertz, Dee 3508 Goggans, Jan 4206 Goldfine, Daniela 4407 Grabher, Gudrun 3512 Granelli, Steven 4408 Greene, Hannah 2309 Griegel-McCord, Michele 1106 Griffen, Bevin 1303 Griffis, Chelsea 3411 Griffith, Terri 3205 Grummel, John 3413 Guynes, Sean 2306 Hallett, Richard 2107 Hallett, Jill 4403 Hamer, Russell 2409 Handelsman, Eyal 4302 Hannan, Shawn 4207 Hass, Margaret 4410 Hassnaoui, Amira 2408 Haugen, Hayley 3108, 3404, 3512 Hawkins, Dillon 2208 Hay, Funda 4112 Hegland, Jessy 2205 Hendrickson, Kathryn 3513 Henricks, Ace 4207 Herbert, Kristen 1406 Herdman, Jenna 1103 Hinkle, September 2111 Hjorthen, Adam 2202 Hoehne, Lauren 3206

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Holtz Wodzak, Victoria 2203 Hoppenstand, Gary 3508 Horjus, Benjamin 1501 Hrissikos, Georgia 1203 Hunt, Danika 2211 Hupp Andrews, Jjenna 3507 Hurley, Meghan 1104 Hwang, Hyeryung 2111 Ismail, Riham 1205 Jackson, Sarah 3208 Jameela, Maryam 1205 Jankowski, Stacie 1305 Jennings, Nancy 3504 Jiang, Xinxin 4405 Johinke, Rebecca 3511 Johnson, Robyn 3110 Johnson, Tamara 4403, 2208 Johnson, J Paul 2203 Johnson Jr., Michael 3502 Johnson, Sandra L 2203 Jones, Ashley 1203 Jones, Joshua 3502 Jones, Norma 2206, 2405, 3105, 3301, 4105 Jones, Ruth Ann 4402 Jozwiak, Alan 3506 Kallevig, Kathie 4408 Karle, Patrick 3205 Kasper, Eric 2403 Kerans, John 2406 Kettler, Andrew 4211 Khan, Almas 2313 Khanjani, Mehrnaz 1407 Khdair, Dina 4404 Kilborn, Judith M. 3211 Kim, Philippe Hyojung 2110 Kirchner, Carolin 2208 Kneller, Matt 2405, 3105, 3301, 4105 Knight, Joshua 3106 Koon, Jessica 1204, 3412 Koziol, Dominika 4410 Kramer, Elise 2310 Krien, Brady 4402 Kriner, Bridget 3503 Kruse, Zack 2103 Kvaran, Kara 2205 Kwong, Megan 3406 Lanier Bragg, Rachel 4106 Lantagne, Stacey 3407, 3413 Lanter, Jeff 2102

Largent, Julia E 4308 Larabee, Ann 3510 LaRocque, Jeffrey 4403 Laurette, Deanna 3108 Leary, Susan 1401, 2302 Lebedeva, Kristina 3404 Leddy, Shannon 4303 Lederman, S. Baer 1406 Lee, Katherine 4104 Lemke, Angel 3507 Levin, Allison 4412 Lewis, Anton 4206 Li, Xiaoshan 3205 Liscio, Stephanie 4306 List, Jeff 3405 Lolli, Jessica 1504 Look, Daniel 4203 Lopez, Daniela Gutierrez 3410 Lorch, Marilyn 2407 Loudenback, Bradley 2110 Love, Jessica 3406 Lozano, Victoria 2402 Mackedanz, Kyle 2211 Maderer, Olivia 2410 Magee, Gayle 2303 Maktoufi, Reyhaneh 1505 Male, Jessie 3108 Manavalli, Krishna 4304 Manning, Jimmie 3510, 4108 Marsden, Michael 3510 Martin, Beth 2310 Marton, Patricia 4106 Matthew, Tara 2304 Matysek, Rebecca 3204 Mayeux, Isaac 3506 McClain, Kathryn 4308 McDade, Monique 4212 McDaniel, Jamie 3511 McDuffie, Kristi 2102 McFarland Taylor, Sarah 2206, 4205 McKnight, Maureen 4311 McMillen, Kyle 1407 Mead, Kate 1305 Mead, Forest 2211 Meehan, Kayla 2404 Meldrum, Claire 4104 Memmolo, Jennifer 4412 Merlock Jackson, Kathy 3510 Micconi, Giovanna 4405

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Mickey, Patricia 1406 Midkiff, Emily 4307 Miller, Katherine 3103 Mitchem, Gary 3510 Montgomery, Shaylin 4112 Morrow, Amanda 2105 Mosillami, Jenna 3407 Mufu Oladipupo, Onifade 4304 Mullins, Pamela 2110 Nachman, Brett 4210 Nachtwey, Gerald 4302 Nance-Carroll, Niall 2212 Nelson, Angela 2405, 3105, 3301, 4105 Neumann, Caryn E 4304 Newman, Dominique 4108 Newsom, Eric 4203 Nguyen, Christine 3402 Nitz Ris, Cynthia 1106 Nusz, Aaron 1501 Oberlin, Kevin 3212 O'Connor, Lauren 3208 Odom, Brandi 2303 Okpara, Ngozi 4305 Oladipo, Funmilola 4303 Olson, Christopher 4408 Ortuzar-Young, Ada 2202 Osborne, Patrick 4406 Paige, Annie 3504 Paradis, Ken 1401 Park, Mois’s 2408 Park Nelson, Kim 2202 Parker, Benjamin 1104 Parks, Lori 4304 Patkin, Terri 1401 Patkin, Sasha 2110 Patton, William 3106 Patz, Jacqueline 3207 Pepper, Shayne 1507 Perez, Katherine 3404 Perfetti, Natalie 4206 Pernicano, Kara 1304 Petrovic, Sarah 1401, 2405, 3105, 3301, 4105 Petrovic, Paul 1205 Phillips, Brett 3513 Pine, Katherine 3205 Pirzada, Tehmina 4404 Plum, Deborah 4305 Poll, Ryan 2306 Popernack, Jennifer 2211

Popp, Veronica 2205 Porter, Gregory 1204 Potts, Lauren 4412 Price, Derek 3212 Pritt, Dreama 4307 Pritt, Jack 4307 Prorokova, Tatiana 4205 Psarras, Evie 4210 Pullum, Lindsey 4407 Rademacher, Mark 3108 Rahman, Mohammad 3506 Rapatz, Vanessa 2203 Raymond, Olivia 3107 Redlich, Margaret 4404 Regueira, Andrea 2311 Reinhard, CarrieLynn 3407, 4210, 4408 Riley, Brendan 2206, 2209 Roberson, Drew 2402 Roberts, Amanda 3410 Robinson, Linda 2405, 3105, 3301, 4105 Rocha, Carolina 4407 Rodocker, Jessica 4408 Rodriguez-Martinez, David 3207 Rogers, Randal 1302, 3202 Rosa, Lindsay 4112 Rouse, Anderson 4212 Russell, Paige 1306 Ryan, Stephen 2307, 3510 Sababu, Umeme 1103 Sachleben, Mark 2302 Samayeen, Nubras 3102 Santos, Krsna 1504 Sartore, Melissa 4211 Schaller, Katherine 1504 Scharenbroich, Lori Abels 2405, 3105, 3301, 4105 Schell, John 3208 Schlotterbeck, Jesse 1204 Schoonmaker, Clara 2103 Schrenk, Lisa 4106 Schuck, Raymond 4306 Sedlemyer, Shane 3506 Seelye, James 3505 Sefel, John Michael 3108 Sen Alta, Seda 3103 Serafine, Amelia 4410 Setzer, Katie 4106 Shaneyfelt, Stacy 3403 Shively, Elizabeth 1305

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Siddiqui, Gohar 3505 Siliman, Shadia 3410 Simpson, Will 1206 Singh, Shweta 4304 Smerz, Savannah 3206 Sopiarz, Josh 4310 Soule, Olivia 2105 Springman, Laura 2210 Stache, Lara 2406 Stahle, Ashley 1302 Stamper, Christine N. 2212 Starsen, Mella 3413 Stawiarski, Samantha 3204 Steeves, H Peter 3408 Stevens, Torey 3106 Strayer, Susan M. 2212 Strom, Dr. Linda J. 2204 Sundin, Bridget 1303 Sweeney, Gael 2310 Sweet, Derek 3106 Swindell, Christopher 4205 Thomas, Tracey 3402 Tingley, Dr. Stephanie A. 2204 Titus Olusegun, Stephen 2303 Tonti, Kaitlin 2303 Toulin, Alana 4211 Trammell, Jim 1501 Tucciarone, Kristy 2406, 3205 Tucker, Linda 3111 Turner, Kathleen 2209, 2405, 3105, 3301, 3413, 4105 Valentine, Amandelin 3503 Van, Anne 3505

Van Duyne, Lucas 4202 Varal, Seçil 4406 Vaughn, Gary 1506 Vieregge, Quentin 2403 Vogt, Katherine 2310 Vujkov, Aleksandar 4212 Wallner, Dominik 4402 Walter, Madaline 3512 Waltonen, Karma 2203 Ward, Joshua 2311 Wentworth, Brenda 3211 Westerlund, Blake 3513 Whedbee, Karen 3411 Wherry, Maryan 3513, 4410 Whittaker, Sam 1407 Wicks, Pam 2405, 3105, 3301, 4105 Wigard, Justin 3402, 4203 Wilson, Graeme 2205 Wilson, Katie 2310, 2405, 3105, 3301, 3407, 4105, 4308 Wilson, Melanie 4303 Wood, Rachel 3412 Woodyard, Kerith 1206 Wyatt, Justin 2407 Wynn, Kerry 4303

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