CALL FOR PAPERS, ABSTRACTS, AND PANEL PROPOSALS
Midwest Popular Culture Association/Midwest American Culture Association Annual Conference
http://mpcaaca.org/conference/
Friday-Sunday, 3-5 October 2014
Indianapolis, IN
JW Marriott Indianapolis
Address: 10 S. West St., Indianapolis, IN 46204, Phone: (317) 860-5800
Submit paper, abstract, or panel proposals (including the title of the presentation) to the appropriate Area on the Submissions website (submissions.mpcaaca.org). Individuals may only submit one paper, and please do not submit the same item to more than one Area.
Deadline for receipt of proposals is April 30, 2014.
Please include name, affiliation, and e-mail address of each author/participant. A preliminary version of the schedule will be posted on our website around August 2014. The final version will be distributed in hard copy at the conference.
Special Notes Regarding Proposal Submissions: (1) MPCA/ACA can provide an LCD projector for presentations. You must ask for it at the time you submit your proposal. (2) If necessary, indicate and submit potential scheduling conflicts along with your proposal. (3) If you wish your presentation to be listed as MACA (rather than MPCA), please include this request with your proposal.
Area Chairs
9-11 in Popular Culture, Paul Petrovic, Department of English, University of Tulsa, pauldpetrovic@gmail.com
Advertising and Public Relations, Krista Tucciarone, Department of Theatre, Dance, and Media Studies, University of Missouri–St. Louis, tucciaronek@umsl.edu
African-American Popular Culture, Angela M. Nelson, Popular Culture, Bowling Green State University, anelson@bgsu.edu
Animals and Plants in Popular Culture, Kathy Brady, Communication, University of Wisconsin—Whitewater, bradyk@uww.edu
Animation, Mark Gellis, Ketterling University, mgellis@kettering.edu
Art History and Visual Culture, Cortney Barko, Department of History, English, and Creative Arts, West Virginia University Institute of Technology, cortneybarko@gmail.com
Asian Popular Culture, Matt Duncan, matt@chaospiral.com
Authorship and Auteurism, Dan Herbert, Screen Art & Cultures, University of Michigan, danherb@umich.edu
Birth Studies, Todd Comer, Department of English, Defiance College, proftod@gmail.com
British Popular Culture, Sarah Petrovic, Department of Humanities, Oklahoma Wesleyan University, spetrovic@okwu.edu
Celebrity and Stardom, Alexandra Newman, newmanal12@gmail.com
Comics, Paul R. Kohl, Communication Arts, Loras College, paul.kohl@loras.edu
Contemporary Studies, Jasara Hines, University of Central Florida, jhines7@knights.ucf.edu
Cultural Geography, Melissa Sartore, West Virginia Institute of Technology, Melissa.Sartore@mail.wvu.edu
Dance, Darryl Clark, Missouri State University, DarrylClark@missouristate.edu
Death Studies, Amy K. Drees, Arts and Humanities, Defiance College, adrees@defiance.edu
Documentary, Jeffrey P. Chown, Communication, Northern Illinois University, jchown@niu.edu
Environment and Culture, Sarah McFarland Taylor, Religious Studies, Northwestern University, Sarah@northwestern.edu
Ethnography, Malynnda Johnson, Communication, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, mindyj@uwm.edu
Family, Stella Ress, History, Loyola University Chicago, sress@luc.edu
Fan Studies, Katie Wilson, University of Dayton, KateMarieWilson@gmail.com
Fashion, Kelli Purcell-O’Brien, Department of English, The University of Memphis, kobrien1@memphis.edu
Fat Studies, Jasie Stokes, University of Louisville, jasiestokes@gmail.com
Festivals and Food, Caryn E. Neumann, History, Miami University—Ohio, neumance@muohio.edu
Film, Gretchen Bisplinghoff, Communication, Northern Illinois University, gbisplin@niu.edu
Gender Studies, Amber Davisson, amberldavisson@gmail.com
Girls’ Culture/Girls’ Studies, Miriam Forman-Brunell, History, University of Missouri—Kansas City, Forman-BrunellM@umkc.edu
Health, Malynnda Johnson, Communication, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, mindyj@uwm.edu
Heroes in Popular Culture, Jef Burnham, jefburnham@gmail.com
Hip-Hop, Mark Anthony Caldwell, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, mac4@uwm.edu
History, Bob Batchelor, Thiel College, BBatchelor@thiel.edu
Horror and Science Fiction/Fantasy, John A. Dowell, Undergraduate University Division, Michigan State University, jdowell@msu.edu
Humor, John A. Dowell, Undergraduate University Division, Michigan State University, jdowell@msu.edu
Indian Popular Culture, Margaret Redlich, DePaul University, mredlich21@gmail.com; Sarah Petrovic, Department of Humanities, Oklahoma Wesleyan University, spetrovic@okwu.edu
Indigenous Studies, Anthony Adah, Film Studies, Minnesota State University—Moorhead, adahan@mnstate.edu
Jewish Studies, Linda Long-Van Brocklyn, History, Ohio State University, long-vanbrocklyn.1@osu.edu
Labor, Work, and Culture, Tom Discenna, Rhetoric, Communication, and Journalism, Oakland University, discenna@oakland.edu
Latin American Popular Culture, Felipe Gomez, Hispanic Studies, Department of Modern Languages, fgomez@andrew.cmu.edu
Libraries, Museums, and Collecting, Tom Caw, Music Public Services Librarian, Mills Music Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison, tcaw@library.wisc.edu
Material Culture, Trish Cunningham, Ohio State University, TCunningham@ehe.osu.edu
Middle Eastern Culture, Stacy Holden, Purdue University, sholden@purdue.edu
Midwestern Culture, Bonnie Miller, Kishwaukee Community College, bonnielmiller1980@gmail.com
Military and Wartime Studies, Kathleen Kennedy, Department of History, Missouri State University, KathleenKennedy@Missouristate.edu
Music, Gary Burns, Communication, Northern Illinois University, gburns@niu.edu
Mystery, Thrillers, and Detective, and Crime Fiction, Maryan Wherry, Western Illinois University Quad-Cities, m-wherry@wiu.edu
Mythology, Jessica L. T. deVega, Religious Studies, Morningside College, devega@morningside.edu
New Media, Pam Wicks, Aurora University, pwicks22@gmail.com
Nineteenth Century Popular Culture, Erin Mae Clark, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, eclark@smumn.edu
Otaku Studies, Jason Bennett, History, Collin College, mpca.otaku@gmail.com
Pedagogy and Popular Culture, Thomas J. Passero, School of Business, Owens Community College, Thomas_passero@owens.edu
Political Economy, John A. Grummel, Upper Iowa University, grummelj@uiu.edu
Politics, Janet Novak, Independent Scholar, novakjanet@yahoo.com
Print Media and Popular Culture, Ayanna Gaines, Associate Librarian, Ventura College, ayannag@gmail.com
Professional Development, Kathleen Turner, University of Mississippi, turner8kathleen@gmail.com; Bob Batchelor, Thiel College, BBatchelor@thiel.edu
Queer Studies, Kristopher L. Cannon, Communication, Georgia State University, kris.cannon@mac.com
Race & Ethnicity, Jessica Kaiser, American Studies, Purdue University, kaiser2@purdue.edu
Radio, Kathy Brady, Communication, University of Wisconsin—Whitewater, Whitewater WI 53190, bradyk@uww.edu
Reality Television, Ann Andaloro, Department of Communication, Media and Leadership, Morehead State University, a.andaloro@moreheadstate.edu
Religion and Popular Culture, David Schimpf, Theology, Marian University, dschimpf@marianuniversity.edu
Romance, Maryan Wherry, Western Illinois University Quad-Cities, m-wherry@wiu.edu
Science in Popular Culture, Michael Lachney, Science and Technology Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Michael.lachney@gmail.com
Sixties and Popular Culture, Paul R. Kohl, Communication Arts, Loras College, paul.kohl@loras.edu
Southern Literature and Culture, Anne M. Canavan, English, Northern Illinois University, anne.canavan@gmail.com
Sports Culture, Ben Dettmar, Department of History, Adrian College, bdettmar@adrian.edu
Subculture, Morgan Shipley, American Studies, Michigan State University, shiple18@msu.edu
Television, Cory Barker, Indiana University, barkerc@umail.iu.edu
Theatre, Laura Dougherty, Department of Theatre & Dance, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC, doughertyl@winthrop.edu
Travel and Tourism, Daniel I. Vieyra, College of Architecture + Environmental Design, Kent State University, danvieyra@yahoo.com
Urban Studies, Megan Cannella, Joliet Junior College, megan.cannella@gmail.com
Westerns, Kent Anderson, American Culture Studies, Bowling Green State University, kjander@bgsu.edu
Whedon Studies, Kadee Whaley, University of Kentucky, kwhaley87@gmail.com
Writing and Rhetoric in Popular Culture, Chris Blankenship, Department of English, Modern Languages, and Journalism, Emporia State University, c.n.blankenship@gmail.com
Youth Literature and Media, Orlando Dos Reis, dosreis@ksu.edu
If you are interested in becoming an area chair of the below open panels (or proposing a new area), please contact the Vice President at vicepresident@mpcaaca.org
Adaptations
African Studies
Amusements and Entertainment
Disability and Popular Culture
Globalization
Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Popular Culture
Irish Studies
Middle Eastern Culture
Midwestern Culture
Philosophy and Popular Culture
Pornography
Twentieth-Century Studies
Utopia/Dystopia
Video Games
Please plan to attend the entire conference. Panels will run at the following approximate times: Friday 8:30am-7:00pm, Saturday 8:30am-7:00pm, and Sunday 8:00am-1:00pm. Special events will include speakers Dr. Elizabeth Ellcessor and Dr. Jonathan Eller on Friday evening and Julie Whitehead, the executive director of the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library, as the luncheon speaker on Saturday. These events, plus continental breakfast on Saturday and Sunday, will be free for conference registrants. A special pre-conference workshop on publishing will be offered on Thursday 12pm-5pm for an additional $25. This workshop will be geared toward graduate students and new professionals interested in writing scholarly articles or book proposals; lunch will be included in the fee.
All participants must be members of the Midwest Popular Culture Association/Midwest American Culture Association. Membership is $50 for students with ID, retirees, and unemployed, and $70 for all others. Membership is for the calendar year through December 2014. The membership fee is separate from the conference registration fee. To join the MPCA/MACA, you may pay with your conference registration fee, or you may send a separate check at any time to Kathleen Turner, 328 N. Madison St #1, Tupelo, MS 38804. Make check payable to Midwest Popular Culture Association. A membership form may be printed from our website at
. The Midwest PCA/Midwest ACA is a separate organization (with separate fees) from the National PCA/ACA and from other regional PCA/ACA organizations. The membership fee may be paid by credit card via Square or PayPal beginning in about June 2014.
All participants must register for the conference. Registration is $80 for students with ID, retirees, and unemployed, and $90 for all others. There will be a $15 late fee for registration on-site or postmarked after September 15, 2014. (This fee is waived for residents of countries other than the USA or Canada.) Payment on-site will be by cash, check, or via credit card on Square. To preregister, send a check anytime to Kathleen Turner, 328 N. Madison St #1, Tupelo, MS 38804. Make check payable to Midwest Popular Culture Association. A registration-membership form may be printed from our website at
. The registration fee is separate from the membership fee. The registration fee may be paid by credit card via Square or PayPal beginning in about June 2014.
A special group rate for a limited block of rooms reserved on a first-come, first-served basis will be secured with the JW Marriott Indianapolis. Check for details at the MPCA website. Indianapolis is in the Eastern Time Zone.
Attendees are financially responsible for all costs related to their participation in the conference, e.g., transportation, lodging, meals, registration, membership, etc. Graduate students are invited to apply for competitively awarded travel grants from MPCA/MACA. Details are available at < http://mpcaaca.org/conference/travel-grants/>.
Cancellation Policy: If you submit a proposal (or if you accept an invitation to appear on a panel), you are promising to attend the conference if your proposal is accepted and you are promising to pay the conference registration fee, the Association membership fee, and a late fee of $15 if applicable. If your proposal is accepted and you do not attend the conference, it is expected that you will (1) notify all members of your panel, your Area Chair, and the MPCA/MACA Executive Secretary (Kathleen Turner) of your cancellation; (2) provide such notification as early as possible; (3) arrange to have your paper distributed at the panel; (4) arrange for somebody else to carry out any other duties you may have; and (5) pay your membership and registration fees (plus late fee if applicable). If conditions 1-5 are met, you may file a written request, after the conference, for a refund of half your registration fee. For coauthored papers, all authors are welcome and encouraged to attend, but only one author is required to attend.
