Saturday Detail Schedule

• Friday
• Sunday

7:30-8:30 a.m.

• Continental Breakfast. 7:30-8:30. Rotunda. Free admission for conference registrants, but you must wear your badge.

8:00-Noon

• Registration. TBA.

8:30 a.m. - Noon

• Book exhibit. Metro Suite.

8:30-10:00 a.m.

2101. What Does It Mean to be Fat?. Area: Fat Studies. Suite 11.

• "Gendering Fat--Fat Men and Their Phallic Wives," Heather D. Surface, American Culture Studies, Bowling Green State University
• "Obesity and Villainy: Comic Book Portrayals of Fatness," Michael Elam, English Literature, Rutgers University
• "'You Fat Fuck': Masculinity, Corpulence, and Nostalgia in The Sopranos," Joy Davis Ripley, Independent Scholar
• "Make Me a Celebrity: Celebrity Exercise Videos and the Origins of Makeover Television," Vanessa Russell, English, University of Melbourne
• Chair: Vanessa Russell

2102. Reconstructing Texts. Area: Adaptations. Suite 12.

• "The Virtues of Taking Liberties with the Text in Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon, Eric Rohmer's The Marquise of O, Milos Forman's Valmont, and Ang Lee's Sense and Sensibility," Dennis Rothermel; Philosophy; California State University, Chico
• "Atomic Shakespeare: Moonlighting's Response to the Problems of The Taming of the Shrew," John Bloomfield, Architecture and Landscape Architecture, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
• "The World's Wound: Terrence Malick's Heideggerian Adaptation of James Jones's The Thin Red Line," Steven Rybin, School of Interdisciplinary Arts, Ohio University
• Chair: Dennis Rothermel

2103. Unique Portrayals in and of Contemporary Television. Area: Television and Radio. Suite 13.

• "Postmodernism in Sitcoms or a Postmodern Sitcom? Fragmentation of the Form in Seinfeld, Arrested Development, and The Office," Bob Britten, Journalism, University of Missouri-Columbia
• "'Let's Hug It Out, Bitch': Portrayals of Male Friendship in the HBO Series Entourage," Corey Davis, Communication, University of Missouri-Columbia
• "Losing in Reality: Castaway Survivors and How They Accept Defeat," Todd M. Hauser, Communication, University of Missouri-Columbia
• "Just a Little Talk with Jesus: The Portrayal of Jesus in NBC's The Book of Daniel," Brian T. Kaylor, Communication, University of Missouri-Columbia
• "The Aesthetic Considerations of HDTV," Stephen Price, Jr., Communication, University of Missouri-Columbia
• "What Is True Womanhood Today? Commander in Chief and Perceptions of a Female President," Sheri A. Whalen, Communication, University of Missouri-Columbia
• Chair: Corey Davis

2104. Humor Across This Great Land of Ours...and Everyone Else's. Area: Humor. Suite 14.

• "Subversive Rock Humorists: A Manifesto of Intent," Iain Ellis, English, University of Kansas
• "Gun Crazy Dames in the Black Lagoon," Susan Serafin, Communication, Lansing Community College
• "Notes on a Genre: Sketch Comedy Through the Lens of Aristophanes," Anthony McCosham, Popular Culture, Bowling Green State University
• Chair: John A. Dowell

2105. Art and Narrative in Hypertext. Area: Hypermedia. Suite 15.

• "Developing a Digital Poem," Molly Moran, Georgetown University
• "Hypertext and the Interactive Reader," Lee Scrivner, University of London
• "Mind the Gap: The Audience's Role in Interactive Narrative," Jeff Ritchie, English and Digital Communications, Lebanon Valley College
• "The Experience(s) of the Medium: Multi-Fabula, Multi-Linearity, and the Web," Paul Booth; Language, Literature and Communication; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• Chair: Paul Booth

2106. Tenure and Promotion Review. Area: Professional Development. Plaza Boardroom.

• "Preparing a Portfolio for Tenure Evaluation"
• The tenure portfolio is a collection of materials that document faculty performance in teaching, research/ creative work, and service. It brings together, in one place, information about the scope and quality of a faculty member's activities and accomplishments. This seminar will focus on how to develop a basic portfolio format, how to select and present empirical evidence of teaching, research, and service, and how to write narratives, if required. In addition, the significance of the CV as a critical introductory document to the tenure portfolio will be explained. "Preparing a Portfolio for Tenure Evaluation" is suited for tenure-track faculty advancing to pre-tenure and/or tenure and promotion review, for tenured faculty preparing for post-tenure review, and for doctoral students planning careers as college professors.
• Chair/Presenter: Angela M. Nelson, Popular Culture, Bowling Green State University

2107. Postcolonialism and Mapping in Irish Writing. Area: Irish Studies. Crosspointe Suite.

• "Site of the Ambiguous Answer: The Map as Imperfect Cultural Icon in the Poetry of Eavan Boland," Kurt Bullock, English, Grand Valley State University
• "Resistance to Cartographic Categorization in Brian Friel's Translations," Sarah Erickson, English, Northern Illinois University
• "'Shout It Out, Nobody's Listening': Brian Friel's Translations as Postcolonial Aisling," Laura Wright, English, Western Carolina University
• Chair: Sarah Erickson

2108. Critical Approaches to Toys and Games. Area: Toys and Games. Keystone Boardroom.

• "Edmond Hoyle's Treatises on Whist: Literary Piracy in the Eighteenth Century," Lisa Moody, Louisiana State University
• "Rehabilitating Empire Through Play: Performance and Power in Three Euro Games," Drew Chappell, Arizona State University
• "More Than Meets the Eye: Optimus Prime as American Archetype/ Stereotype," Ron Fields, University of Akron
• "Revelation Redux: Apocalyptic Anxiety, Seriality, and the Superhero Narrative in Superman Returns: The Videogame," Matt Yockey, Communication and Culture, Indiana University
• Chair: Matt Yockey

2109. Westerns. Area: Westerns. Haverstick Boardroom.

• "Reading Resistance to and Reinforcement of Patriarchy as Subversive in Unforgiven," Ruth Crego-Ulvin, English, Miami University
• "William Wyler's The Big Country as Revisionist Epic Western," Gary Hoppenstand; Writing, Rhetoric and American Cultures; Michigan State University
• "Who is the Last Samurai? The Hero in the Revisionist Western and the Samurai Film," Heather McIntosh, College of Communications, Pennsylvania State University
• "Welcome to Deadwood: A Postmodern Vision of the Frontier," Kent Anderson, American Culture Studies, Bowling Green State University
• Chair: Kent Anderson

2110. Undergraduate Paper Competition. Area: Undergraduate Paper Competition. Woodfield Boardroom.

• "'The Butch' and 'The Bitch': Heteronormativity in Brokeback Mountain," Audrey Coleman, Albion College
• "The Efficacy of Interest Groups, a Case Study: The Fraternal Order of Police and H.R. 354/ S.718," Elizabeth Nacewicz, Principia College
• "Night of the Living Environmentalist," Logan M. Hudspeth, Western Kentucky University
• Chair: Sharee St. Louis

10:15-11:45 a.m.

2201. Walking Through the World of Fandom: Examining the Experience of the Fan Through the Lens of Autoethnography. Area: Subculture. Suite 11.

• "True Stories from the Gamer Closet," Zach Walton, Speech and Communication Studies, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
• "Confessions of a Sports Fan," Brian Norcross, Speech and Communication Studies, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
• "D.A.'s and Drainpipe Jeans, or Why I'm Sick of Being Called 'The Fonz,'" Travis Brisini, Speech and Communication Studies, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
• "In NPR I Believe," Wendy Weinhold, Mass Communication and Media Arts, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
• "Openly Geek: Reflections on Comic-Con Culture," Charles Parrott, Speech and Communication Studies, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
• Chair: Charles Parrott

2202. Reality Television. Area: Reality Television. Suite 12.

• "Fashionably Creative: When Reality Television Meets the Artistic Genius," Tricia Farwell, Communication and Theatre, Morehead State University
• "Product Placement in Reality TV 'Game' Shows," Tricia Farwell, Communication and Theatre, Morehead State University, and Erin Nowak, Communication and Theatre, Morehead State University
• "Reality Television: A Future Vision," Ann Andaloro, Communication and Theatre, Morehead State University
• Chair: Ann Andaloro

2203. Perspectives in Documentary. Area: Documentary. Suite 13.

• "Documentary Auteurs: Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky," Anna Maria Flores, Communication, Wayne State University
• "'Hoop Dreams' and Documentary's Deferential Historiography," Travis Vogan, Department of Communication and Culture, Indiana University, Bloomington
• "Documentary Film and the Iraq War," Jeffrey Chown, Communication, Northern Illinois University
• Chair: Heather McIntosh

2204. Photography and the Cultural Imaginary. Area: Photography. Suite 14.

• "Normative Limitation: Figuring Photographic Images of Disability in Wheelchair Advertising," Christopher R. Smit, Communication Arts and Sciences, Calvin College
• "Critiquing or Upholding Stereotypes of Race? Aaron Siskind and Harlem Cabarets," Elizabeth VanArragon, Art History, Calvin College
• "Stolen Sights: Sophie Calle's Last Seen and the Politics of Preserving the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum," Brett M. Van Hoesen, Modern and Contemporary Art, University of Missouri-Columbia
• Chair: Christopher R. Smit

2205. Information and Identity in a Hypertextual Environment. Area: Hypermedia. Suite 15.

• "'Michael Moore Is Acting German'--National Identities/ Identities Online," Gabriele Bechtel; Language, Literature and Communication; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• "Responses to Ritalin: The Internet as a Source of Medical and Political Information on a Controversial Drug," Rebecca D'Orsogna, American Studies, University of Texas at Austin
• "Teaching with Hypertext Technology: Online Virtual Tours," Lisa A. Baird, Rhetoric and Composition, Purdue University North Central
• Chair: Paul Booth

2206. Film Noir and Teaching the Thriller. Area: Mystery, Thrillers, and Detective and Crime Fiction. Plaza Boardroom.

• "Who's the Dame? The Post-World War II Female Image in Film Noir," Darrell Newton, Communication and Theater Arts, Salisbury University
• "Mystery and Film Noir: City of Angels," Kathryn Edney, Michigan State University
• "Teaching the Thriller as Literature: Janette Turner Hospital's Due Preparations for the Plague," Nathanael O'Reilly, Albion College
• Chair: Nathanael O'Reilly

2207. Irish Culture in Ireland and Abroad. Area: Irish Studies. Crosspointe Suite.

• "American by Birth, Celtic by Choice: Celtic Tattoos and Cultural Identity," Lorrie Blair, Art Education, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
• "Kulturkampf, Colonialism, and Celtic-Slavic Disenfranchisement," Agata Szczeszak-Brewer, English, Wabash College
• "Living at the End of the Irish Century: The Influence of Globalization in Post-Celtic Tiger Irish Ireland," Jason Buchanan, English, Purdue University
• Chair: Jason Buchanan

2208. Entertaining Jews. Area: Jewish Studies. Keystone Boardroom.

• "The Rise and Decline of the Borscht Belt," Matthew Cohen, University of Kansas
• "(Jewish) Girls on Film: Representation of Jewish Women in Yiddish Film of the Interwar Period," Linda Long-Van Brocklyn, Yiddish, Ohio State University
• Chair: Linda Long-Van Brocklyn

2209. Cultural Implications of the Mythology of Superman (and Supergirl). Area: Heroes in Popular Culture. Haverstick Boardroom.

• "The Man of Schlemiel: Superman's Jewish Roots, and the Creation That Outshone Its Creators," Jeff McClelland, English Literature, Youngstown State University
• "No Place Like Home: Nostalgia and Utopia in Superman Narratives," Matt Yockey, Communication and Culture, Indiana University Bloomington
• "The Spectacular Supergirl," Alex Link, English Literature, Alberta College of Art and Design,
• Chair: Terrence Wandtke, Literature and Media, Judson College

2210. From Politics to Metaphysics: The Role of Punk and Hard Rock in American Culture. Area: Music. Woodfield Boardroom.

• "Green Day's American Idiot: Politics, Punk, and Progressive Influences," Heath Mathews, Music, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
• "Sellouts, Poseurs, and Suicides: Punk Rock and the Pursuit of Secular Otherworldliness," George Popham, Religious and Theological Studies, Boston University
• "Cover Songs in the Career of an Original Hard Rock Group, Van Halen," Thomas Harrison, Music, Jacksonville University
• Chair: Heath Mathews

12:00 noon-1:30 p.m.

2301. Luncheon and featured speaker. Clearwater Ballroom A and B.
Free admission for conference registrants, but you must present your ticket.

• Chair: Timothy E. Scheurer, English and Humanities, Shawnee State University

1:45-2:45 p.m.

2401. Business Meeting. Clearwater Ballroom.

• Tentative agenda:
  • Arrangement for minutes to be taken
  • Approval of 2005 minutes
  • Financial report
  • Evaluation of mentoring program
• Chair: Timothy E. Scheurer, English and Humanities, Shawnee State University

3:00-4:30 p.m.

2501. The American Horror Film as Cultural Barometer. Area: Horror and Science Fiction/ Fantasy. Suite 11

• "Liveness and the Living Dead: Cultural Anxieties and the 21st-Century Zombie Film," Joanne Taylor; Theater, Dance and Performance Studies; University of California, Berkeley
• "Nothing to Fear But Death Itself: Creating the Perfect Horror Villain," A.J. Hakari, Film Critic, ReelTalk Movie Reviews
• "Dying to Go Home: The Suicidal Imperative in B Horror Films of the 1940s," Dion Tubrett, Social and Political Thought, York University
• Chairs: Joanna Taylor and John A. Dowell, Writing Rhetoric and American Cultures, Michigan State University

2502. Latin American Music. Area: Latin American Culture. Suite 12.

• "'De a tiro corrientón!': Kitsch and Cultural Resignification in Tijuana's Nor-tec Music," Alejandro Madrid, Latin American and Latino Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago
• "Bodywork in the Argentine Gato: A First Look," Allison Weiss, University of Chicago
• "Folk Music Aesthetics at Argentina's Pre-Cosquín Competition," Jane L. Florine, Music, Chicago State University
• Chair: Jane L. Florine

2503. Narrative Permutations. Adaptations. Suite 13.

• "Narration in Woolf's and Potter's Orlando," Sarah Erickson, English, Northern Illinois University
• "Why The Perfect Storm Is Only a Mediocre Film Adaptation," Sydney Landon Plum, English, University of Connecticut, and Jean O'Reilly, English, University of Connecticut
• "Envisioning Childhood Sexual Abuse in Gregg Araki's Mysterious Skin," Shaun Cullen, English, University of Virginia
• "Gregory Maguire's Wicked, Identity Construction, and the Discourse of Oz," Brianne Wilkening, English, North Dakota State University
• Chair: Brianna Wilkening

2504. Selling Tourist Sites. Area: Travel, Tourism, and Transportation. Suite 14.

• "The Barlow Advertising Agency Campaign: Selling New York State to the Nation at the New York World's Fair, 1939," Mary Ann Borden, History, University at Albany, State University of New York
• "Korean Wave: Korean Popular Culture and Tourism," Junghun Lee, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• "Empondment and Orwellian Tourism: Marketing Rhetoric of Kentucky's Artificial Lakes," Jimmy Dean Smith, English, Union College
• Chair: Ann Brigham, Liberal Studies, Roosevelt University

2505. History, Culture, and Politics in Film. Area: Film. Suite 15.

• "Gallup, Capra, Hollywood," Catherine Jurca, Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology
• "Filmic Strategies for Representing Cultural and Historical Trauma: John Sayles's Brother from Another Planet as Truthful Trauma Narrative," Laura Beadling, American Studies, Purdue University
• "OK, We'll Show It, Even If It's British: How the Support-Our-Allies Drive in WWII Managed to Win British Cinema's Long Battle for Bookings in America's Theaters," Robert M. Miller, Communication, Northern Illinois University
• "Teaching a Course on Film and Politics," Robert Van Sickel, Political Science, Indiana State University
• Chair: Robert Van Sickel

2506. German-Americana in Kansas. Area: German Popular Culture. Plaza Boardroom.

• "Kansas-German Culture: An Overview to German Identity in Kansas," John Paul Dove, Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of Kansas
• "Popular Outsiders? The Amish Myth in American Popular Culture," Jörg Meindl, Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of Kansas
• "Learning to Read a Language I Only Talked! Popular Low German Stories and Songs in Language Revitalization," G. Scott Seeger, Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of Kansas
• Chair: Thorsten Huth, Foreign Languages and Literatures, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

2507. Gender, Genre, and Girl Authors: Description, Prescription, and Expression. Area: Girls' Culture/ Girls' Studies. Crosspointe Suite.

• "'Traumarama!' and the Teenage Girl: A New Etiquette for Seventeen Readers," Carley Moore, General Studies Program, New York University
• "Jo and Gender Identity in Little Women," Amanda Grace Tigner, American Studies, Michigan State University
• "Beneath the Lace and Ruffles: Japanese Lolita Genres and Fashions Revealed," Theresa M. Winge, Apparel Merchandising and Interior Design, Indiana University Bloomington
• "The Lives of Saints: Edna St. Vincent Millay in St. Nicholas Magazine," Katherine Manning, English, University of Missouri-Kansas City
• Chair: Carley Moore

2508. Comics and Race: Old and New Perspectives. Area: Comics. Keystone Boardroom.

• "Narrative Criticism in the Rhetoric of Aaron McGruder's Birth of a Nation: A Comic Novel," Carlos D. Morrison; Fine Arts, Humanities & Mass Communication; Fort Valley State University
• "Black Images in Situation Comedy and Comic Strips," Angela M. Nelson, Popular Culture, Bowling Green State University
• "'Our Country, Right or Wrong--Our Country!' Comic Portrayals of Changing American Values," Aaron J. Stockham, Marquette University
• Chair: Paul R. Kohl, Communication and Fine Arts, Loras College

2509. Folklore and Popular Storytelling. Area: Folklore and Popular Storytelling. Haverstick Boardroom

• "John L. Sullivan and the Poetic Construction of an American Folk Icon," Stephen Logan, University of Toledo
• "The Art of Sena Naslund's Storytelling," Bonnie Plummer, Eastern Kentucky University
• "Frank Delaney's Ireland and the Art of Storytelling," Michael T. Marsden, Dean of the College and Academic Vice President, St. Norbert College
• Chair: Michael T. Marsden

2510. Woodfield Boardroom.

4:45-6:15 p.m.

2601. Of Women and Monsters: Gender Roles, Moral Rhetoric, and Treacherous Realism in Slasher Films. Area: Horror and Science Fiction/ Fantasy. Suite 11.

• "Women in Horror Films: Redefining Gender or Reinforcing Stereotypes?", Sara Davis, English, Indiana State University
• "Elements of Morality and Monstrosity in Halloween," Mark Gellis, Liberal Studies, Kettering University
• Chair: John A. McDowell, Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures, Michigan State University

2602. Cinematic Constructions of American Girlhoods. Area: Girls' Culture/ Girls' Studies. Suite 12.

• "Something Else Besides a Daughter: Representations of Girlhood in 1930s and 1940s American Cinema," Abby M. Dubisar, English, Miami University, Oxford OH 45056, dubisaam@muohio.edu
• "'I Think It Was Your Cherry Pies': Appropriation of the Gaze in Girl-Objectified Cinema," Michele Polak, English, Miami University
• "Mean, Lost, and Alienated: Girls and the State of Feminism in Popular Culture," Deirdre M. Kelly, Educational Studies, University of British Columbia; Shauna Pomerantz, Child and Youth Studies, Brock University, and Dawn H. Currie, Anthropology and Sociology, University of British Columbia
• "Girl, Interrupted and Crazy/ Beautiful: Representations of Youth," Anna Maria Flores, Communication, Wayne State University
• Chair: Deirdre M. Kelly

2603. Of Paradigms and Pulp. Area: Libraries, Museums, and Collecting. Suite 13.

• "Pushing Librarian Imagery Out of the Stacks, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bun," Marie J. Harvat, Information and Library Science, Dominican University/ College of St. Catherine
• "Robert E. Howard at 100: Fandom and His Enduring Legacy," Nancy Down, Ray and Pat Browne Library for Popular Culture Studies, Bowling Green State University
• "Ain't Nothin' Like the Real Thing: The Allen Memorial Library Sheet Music Collection," Tom Caw, Allen Memorial Library, University of Hartford
• Chair: Tom Caw

2604. Deadwood and Its Discontents. Suite 14.

• "The Portrayal of Religion on HBO's Deadwood," Wendy A. Simms, Northern Illinois University
• "Not Past Surprise in the World of Men: Verbal and Physical Power in Deadwood," Patrick Van de Wille, Northern Illinois University
• "Deadwood and the Limits of Historical Representation," Jeffrey Chown, Communication, Northern Illinois University
• Chair: Jeffrey Chown

2605. Images of Women in Film. Area: Film. Suite 15.

• "Coming Attractions: Hollywood, Women, and the Art of Movie Advertising," Christine Catanzarite, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• "Becoming June Carter: Achieving Authenticity Through Performance," Molly Brost, Bowling Green State University
• "Modern Madonna: Implications of an Early Image in Film," Gretchen Bisplinghoff, Communication, Northern Illinois University
• Chair: Gretchen Bisplinghoff

2606. Global Girlhood. Area: Children's Literature and Culture. Plaza Boardroom.

• "Educating Australian Girls the (Post) Colonial Way: Resistance and Complicities in Henry Handel Richardson's The Getting of Wisdom," Shawna Geissler
• "The Bling Bling Generation: Celebrity, Commercialization, and Consumerism in Deborah Gregory's The Cheetah Girls," Wendy Rountree, North Carolina Central University
• "The Americanization of Miyazaki's Spirited Away," Casey Ryan Riffel
• "St. Nicholas Goes Global," Christina Williams
• Chair: Shawna Geissler

2607. Crosspointe Suite.

2608. Popular Culture as the Devastating Funhouse Mirror for the Destruction of Native American Youth. Area: Native American Popular Culture. Keystone Boardroom.

• Native American youth are being seduced by mainstream culture and are thereby not only losing their rich heritage, but losing their lives. They measure their self-worth using the "funhouse mirror" called popular culture. This session exposes the tragic realities that plague many Native American youth who reside within our country's reservations along with specific strategies to combat these life-taking forces.
• Presenters: Elizabeth Johnson, Education, Eastern Michigan University, and Mary Kathleen Walsh, Education, Eastern Michigan University

2609. Publishing Opportunities in Popular Culture and American Culture Studies. Haverstick Boardroom

• Advice about publishing from the Editors of the Journal of Popular Culture (Gary Hoppenstand), the Journal of Popular Film & Television (Michael T. Marsden), and Popular Music and Society (Gary Burns).
• Gary Burns, Communication, Northern Illinois University
• Gary Hoppenstand, American Studies, Michigan State University
• Michael T. Marsden, St. Norbert College
• Chair: Gary Burns

2610. American Roots Music: Style, Sound, and Subject Matter. Area: Music. Woodfield Boardroom.

• "An Analysis of the Guitar Stylistics of James McMurtry," William Anderson, Broadcast and Cinematic Arts, Central Michigan University
• "The Continued Search for a Musical Past: Alt-Country/ No Depression and the Practice of Country Music," Matthew J. Bartkowiak, American Studies, Michigan State University
• "The American Murder Ballad, Morbid Stories or Insight Into Life: A Burkian Perspective on Murder, Guilt, and Punishment," Dan Kramarz, Communication, Northern Illinois University
• Chair: William Anderson

2710. Fat Studies Area Meeting. Area: Fat Studies. Location TBA.

• Chair: Sarah E. Boslaugh, School of Medicine, Washington

More conference program information

• Registration
• Special Events
• 2006 Area Chairs
• Short Schedule
• Detail Schedule
• Index of Participants
• Index of Areas
• Acknowledgments