Area Schedule 2014

Here is the tentative listing of the sessions for the Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Legend Area. The complete schedule for the conference and registration information can be found at NEPCA's blog: http://nepca.wordpress.com/fall-conference/.

Northeast Popular/America Culture Association
2014 Conference
Providence College, 24-25 October 2014

Friday, 24 October

SESSION II: Friday, October 24, 2:45–4:15 pm
PANEL FOURTEEN | HARKINS LL13 | SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY AND LEGEND: HORROR AND THE FANTASTIC
CHAIR: *Faye Ringel, United States Coast Guard Academy
1. “ ‘You’re a Trickster Singular, Rachel Morgan’: Collective and Individual Magic in Kim Harrison’s The Hollows Series”
*Amie Doughty, SUNY – Oneonta
2. “Just Desserts: NBC’s Hannibal and the Evolution of Cultural Morality”
*Douglas Howard, Suffolk County Community College
3. “ ‘Monstrosity Will Be Called For’: Holly Black and Melissa Marr’s Urban Gothic Fairy Tale”
*Rhonda Nicol, Illinois State University
4. “Horrific Science and the Great Unseen in the Fiction of Francis Stevens”
*Sabrina Starnaman, University of Texas at Dallas


Saturday, 25 October

SESSION IV, Saturday, October 25, 9:00–10:30 am
PANEL THIRTY-ONE | HARKINS 331 | SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY & LEGEND: SCIENCE AND SCIENCE FICTION
CHAIR: *Sabrina Starnaman, University of Texas – Dallas
1. “Prophesized Futures and American Myths: SF and American Exceptionalism”
Amy Marie Fehr, University of Rochester
2. “Cyborgs in Western Science Fiction: Triumphs and Tribulations in Human-Machine Relations”
Petra Vannucci-Henkel, University of Denver
3. “ ‘I Miss Science Class’: Emasculating Scientists in The Walking Dead”
*Kristine Larsen, Central Connecticut State University
4. “Did Chris Carter Want to Kill His Franchise? A Feminist Reading of The X-Files: I Want to Believe”
*April Selley, Union College


SESSION V: Saturday, October 26, 10:45–12:15 pm
PANEL THIRTY-THREE | HARKINS 104 | SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY, & LEGEND: SCARY SPACES
CHAIR: *Amie Doughty, SUNY – Oneonta
1. “Rethinking Edmund Burke’s Sublime in Ann Radcliffe’s The Italian”
Michelle Germinario, Montclair State University
2. “Identifying Frankenstein’s Creature in Nature”
Janna Andrews, Arcadia University
3. “Far From the Haunts of British Tourists: Amelia Edwards’ Ghostly Critique of English Tourism”
Indu Ohri, University of Virginia
4. “Back From the Dead: Premature Burial in Early Modern England”
Nicole Salamone, Independent Scholar


SESSION VI: Saturday, October 25, 1:30–3:00 pm
PANEL FORTY-SIX | HARKINS 330| SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY, AND LEGEND: MANUFACTURING MONSTERS
CHAIR: Michael Torregrossa, Independent Scholar
1. “Should Your Car Kill You?”
Don Vescio, Worcester State University
2. “Echoes of Frankenstein: Recasting the Story”
Michael Torregrossa, Independent Scholar
3. “The Cosmic Gaze: Polyocularity in H.P. Lovecraft-Related Visual Culture”
Nathan Wallace, Ohio State University


SESSION VII: Saturday, October 26, 3:15–4:45 pm
PANEL FIFTY-FOUR | HARKINS 330 | SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY, AND LEGEND: CREATURE FEATURES
CHAIR: *Kristine Larsen, Central Connecticut State University
1. “Dracula: Monster of Masculinity”
Michael Paul Pecora, Worcester State University
2. “’Nature Selects the Horla: Darwinian Influences on Guy de Maupassant’s Horror Tale”
*Sharon Yang, Worcester State University
3. “Like Lovecraft for the Little Ones: ParaNorman’s Gothic New England”
*Faye Ringel, US Coast Guard Academy & *Jenna Randall, Independent Scholar