MAPACA 2020 : Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association Annual Conference

Areas

• Activism

  Chair: Laurie Gilmore Selleck (Cazenovia College)

• African and African-American Studies

• American Studies

  Chair: Mark Metzler Sawin (Eastern Mennonite University) , Meredith Guthrie (University of Pittsburgh)

• Animal Studies

  Chair: Haylie Swenson

• Art & Visual Culture

  Chair: Janna Eggebeen (Ryerson University) , Kim Sels (Towson University)

• Asian and Asian-American Studies

  Chair: Lidong Xiang , Chong-suk Winter Han (MIddlebury College)

• Body Art and Images (formerly Tattoos and Tattooing)

  Chair: David C. Lane

• Children and Childhood Studies

  Chair: Kacey Doran (Rutgers-Camden) , Kathleen Kellett (Rutgers)

• Comics, Cartoons, and Video Gaming

  Chair: Quincy Thomas (Bowling Green State University) , Allan W. Austin (Misericordia University)

• Death in American Culture

  Chair: J. Joseph Edgette (Widener University) , Richard A. Sauers (Riverview Cemetery)

• Decorative Arts and Design

  Chair: Sarah A. Lichtman (The New School)

• Detective Fiction

  Chair: David C. Wright Jr. (Misericordia University)

• Disability Studies

  Chair: Meredith Guthrie (University of Pittsburgh) , Rebecca Stone Gordon (American University)

• Fan Studies

  Chair: Lisa Miller (Pace University)

• Fashion, Appearance and Material Culture

  Chair: Myles Ethan Lascity (Southern Methodist University) , Jordan M. McClain (Independent scholar)

• Film Studies

  Chair: Thomas Grochowski (St. Joseph's College, NY) , Jennifer Gagliardi (St. Joseph's College, NY)

• Food and Culture

  Chair: Meghann Ryan-Posthumus (Fielding Graduate University) , Richard D. Roberson (College of Coastal Georgia)

• Gothic Studies

  Chair: Wesley Scott McMasters

• Health, Fitness, and Wellness

  Chair: Danie Greenwell (Drexel University)

• Horror

  Chair: Lisa Miller (Pace University)

• Internet Culture

  Chair: Donald Snyder (UMBC) , Angela M. Cirucci (Kutztown University)

• Journalism and News Media

  Chair: Jordan M. McClain (Independent scholar) , Myles Ethan Lascity (Southern Methodist University)

• Language and Popular Culture

  Chair: Dena Arguelles

• Latino/a Studies

  Chair: Carlos Mamani (Gannon University)

• Law and Popular Culture

  Chair: William Murphy , Sejal Singh

• Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ) Studies

  Chair: Candice D. Roberts (St. John's University)

• MAPACA

• Medieval & Renaissance

  Chair: Diana Vecchio (Widener University) , Scott Manning (Independent scholar)

• Music

  Chair: Raj Shobha Singh (York University) , Mary Beth Ray (Plymouth State University)

• Native American Studies

  Chair: Ron Denson (Ithaca College) , Jay Precht (Penn State Fayette)

• Natural and Built Environment

  Chair: Ellen Avitts

• Novels, Then and Now

  Chair: Kelly Jean Helm (Washington & Jefferson College, Washington and Jefferson College)

• Performance Studies

  Chair: Hank Willenbrink (University of Scranton)

• Play Studies

  Chair: Erin Heisel (Adelphi University) , A Nicole Pfannenstiel (Millersville University)

• Professional Development

  Chair: Colin Helb (Elizabethtown College)

• Religion and Popular and/or American Culture

  Chair: Pamela A Detrixhe (Central Michigan University)

• Rhetoric and Composition in a Global World

  Chair: A Nicole Pfannenstiel (Millersville University)

• Sexuality and Erotica

  Chair: Melinda Maureen Lewis (Drexel University)

• SF/Fantasy

  Chair: Marilyn Roxin Stern (Independent scholar) , Leigha McReynolds (The George Washington University)

• Sports

  Chair: Joe Trumino (St. John's University)

• Television

  Chair: Amanda S. McClain (Holy Family University)

• Travel and Tourism

  Chair: Jennifer Erica Sweda (University of Pennsylvania)

• Urban Culture

  Chair: Blagovesta Momchedjikova (New York University) , LinDa Saphan (College of Mount Saint Vincent)

• War Studies

  Chair: Matthew B. Hill (Coppin State University)

• Women’s and Feminist Studies

  Chair: Anna Brecke (Rhode Island School of Design) , Beth Anne Cooke-Cornell (Wentworth Institute of Technology)

• Working Class Culture

  Chair: Greg Bruno (Kingsborough Community College (CUNY))