2009 Conference Program - preliminary

This preliminary conference program gives the general schedule of presentations and events. Each member will receive their official program on site at the conference.

Skip to: Friday 1:45, 3:30, 5:15 || Saturday 8:30, 10:15, 3:00, 4:45 || Sunday 8:30, 10:15
See also: Program at a Glance

Friday, 30 October

Session 1: Friday 1:45-3:15

1101. Queering Reality: Mediated Images, Contesting Norms; Area: Queer Studies

• “Unmediated Reality?: Appearance, Truth, and Representations of Queerness,” Jenna Basiliere, Department of Gender Studies, Indiana University
  
• “Juggling Gender, Scrambling Interpellation,” Nicholas L. Clarkson, Department of Gender Studies, Indiana University
  
• “Marketing Appearance: Authority, Experience, and Power Dynamics,” Joselyn K. Leimbach, Department of Gender Studies, Indiana University
  
• “Lesbian Clone?: Media Representations of Lesbians in The L Word,” K Schweighofer, Department of Gender Studies, Indiana University
• Chair: Joselyn K. Leimbach

1102. Spatial Locations and Cultural Dislocations; Area: Ethnography

• “Horses and Angels: Juggling Power in an Ethnographic Theatre Project in Postsocialist Poland,” Magdalena Kazubowski-Houston, Department of Cultural Studies, Trent University
• “Bohemia Meets the Borscht Belt: All Tomorrow's Parties at Kutsher's Country Club,” Rob Drew, Department of Communication, Saginaw Valley State University
• Chair: Asim Ali, Department of American Studies, University of Maryland

1103. Maximizing Your Conference Experience; Area: Professional Development

This discussion will show participants ways to get the most out of their conference experience, including tips for making successful conference presentations, strategies for developing contacts and having conversations with scholars in your areas of interest, and suggestions for maximizing your overall time there. It also will introduce the culture of the Midwest Popular Culture Association and Midwest American Culture Association meeting and its relationship to the National Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association. New conference-goers are encouraged to attend and bring their questions.

Panelists:

• MaryAnn Janosik, Provost/VPAA/Professor of History, Saint Joseph’s College
  
• Paul Booth, College of Communication, DePaul University
  
• Angela M. Nelson, Popular Culture, Bowling Green State University
• Chair: Angela M. Nelson

1104. Working Culture in Television and Literature; Area: Working Class Culture

• “The Corporate Culture Movement, Flexible Manufacturing and the Deterioration of Working Life in America,” Mel van Elteren, Tilburg University
• “‘Right’ Hands: An Analysis of the Logic of Working Class Labor in Extreme Makeover Home Edition,” Julie Borkin, Department of Communication and Journalism, Oakland University
  
• “Rugged Individualism in Search of the Communal American Dream in John Steinbeck’s Fiction,” Robert Powell, LeMoyne-Owen College
  
• “Rolling up our Sleeves: Asking Tough Questions about Poetry and the Working Class,” Dan Nowak, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
• Chair: Tom Discenna, Department of Communication and Journalism, Oakland University

1105. Film Auteurs and Texts; Area: Film

• “Chaplin Dances to the Darktown Strutters Ball: Chaplin, Jazz, and the Evolution of American Screen Acting,” Paul Anthony Johnson, University of Florida
  
• “Life on Mars or Life on the Sea: Seu Jorge, David Bowie and the Musical World in Wes Anderson’s The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou,” Lara Hrycaj, Wayne State University
  
• “‘And We All Shine On’: Intertextual Unity in Danny Boyle’s Sunshine,” Donald E. Levin, Marygrove College
• Chair: Donald E. Levin

1106. Black Voices in Black Popular Literature and Music; Area: African-American Popular Culture

• “I Hear You Calling: Links to the Past in African-American Music from the 1950s to the Present,” Beth Fowler, Department of History, Wayne State University
  
• Chair: Loretta G. Woodard, Department of English, Marygrove College

1107. Reading Harry Potter; Area: Harry Potter

• “‘Every Child in Our World Will Know His Name’: Harry Potter’s Experience as Historical Trauma,” Rachel Cox, The University of South Dakota
  
• “Harry Potter and the Transition from Childhood to Young Adulthood,” Orlando Dos Reis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  
• “Harry Potter Must Die!: Reading the Harry Potter Series through Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein,” Melissa Ann West, Liberty University
• Chair: Kathleen Turner, Department of English, Northern Illinois University

1108. Participation in Virtual Worlds; Area: Virtual Environments

• “By Word of Mouse: Internet Memes and the Destabilization of Conventional Rhetorical Practices,” Tess Evans, Ball State University
  
• “Virtual Technology: Telemedicine in a Digital Culture,” Kelly Tenzek, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  
• “Old Medium, New Platform: Using the Documentary as a Virtual Tool,” Pam Wicks, Educational Technology, Research and Assessment, Northern Illinois University
• Chair: Pam Wicks

1109. Issues in Contemporary Indian Cinema; Area: Indian Popular Culture

• “Bollywood Dance: going Glocal—From Dandiya, to Disco Dandiya, from Bhangra to Bhangra Hip hop,” Vikrant Kishore, RMIT University
• Chair: Vikrant Kishore

1110. Cultural Intersections with Religion: Custom Car Culture and Religion, Bob Dylan and Kierkegaard, and the Simpsons and Jewish Youth; Area: Religion and Popular Culture

• “Hellfire & Brimstone: a Man, his Custom Car, and his Religion,” Chien-Chen Kung, State University of New York at Buffalo
• “Dylan Got It Wrong: Abraham, Kierkegaard, and the Poet,” Aaron Smith, Marian University
• “The Simpsons and the Ten Commandments: Using Cartoons to Engage Jewish Youth,” Jorie Slodki, University of Wisconsin
• Chair: David Schimpf, Marian University

Session 2: Friday 3:30-5:00

1201. Mediated Queer Representation(s) and Use(s); Area: Queer Studies

• “The (Im)possibility of Self: Transgender Audiences, Media Use, and the Development of Possible Selves,” Andre Cavalcante, Department of Communication, University of Michigan
  
• “Not So Queer: The Normalization of ‘Real’ Men and Women in Queer as Folk,” Ann M. Savage, Department of Media Arts, Butler University
  
• “‘Deviant’ Sexualities, Apocalyptic Metaphor, and The Doom Generation,” Kylo-Patrick R. Hart, Department of Communication and Media Studies, Plymouth State University
• Chair: Andre Cavalcante

1202. Fandom Across Media; Area: Fan Studies

• “‘Original Cinephany’ and Reappropriation,” Marc Joly-Corcoran, Département d’histoire de l’art et d’études cinématographique, Université de Montréal
  
• “‘We are the Sons of the Desert’: Queering Brotherhood with Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, and their ‘Appreciation Society’,” Scott Balcerzak, Department of English, Northern Illinois University
• Chair: Scott Balcerzak

1203. Politics Under the Influence of Pop Culture; Area: Celebrity and Stardom

• “‘And the Oscar Goes to...’ Celebrity Opinion and American Youth,” Robert Mominee, Department of Political Science, Bowling Green State University; David Jackson, Department of Political Science, Bowling Green State University
  
• “Why Tabloids Love Babies, Lies, and Scandal: An Analysis of Pictorial Narrative in US Weekly,” Lindsey Arasmith, Communication, California State University Sacramento
• Chair: Lindsey Arasmith

1204. Cultural Production and Identity; Area: African Studies

• “The Eater-Eaten Cycle in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart,” Jiena Sun, English, University of Indianapolis
  
• “Collective Memory and National Identity Building: ‘Remembering’ the 2007–2008 Kenyan Post-Election Crisis,” Melissa Tully, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  
• “Kenyan Hip Hop and the Media: Engendering Discourses of Authenticity,” RaShelle Peck, Department of Comparative Studies, The Ohio State University
  
• “Performing Exile on the Body: Ntare Mwine's Biro and George Seremba's Come Good Rain,” Jessica Brown-Vélez, Department of Theatre and Drama, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Chair: Jessica Brown-Vélez

1205. Brood and Body; Area: Horror / Science Fiction / Fantasy

• “Sex, Sadism and Spain: The Spanish Horror Film, 1968-1977,” Nicholas G Schlegel, Wayne State University
  
• “The Revisionist Redemption of Mr. Hyde: Equivocal Violence, Domesticity and Bio-power in Jekyll (2007),” Bruce Wyse, Wilfrid Laurier University
  
• “The Aesthetic Simulation of Murder in Dexterland,” Lee Baxter, University of Guelph
• Chair: John A Dowell, Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures, Michigan State University

1206. Perspectives in Documentary; Area: Documentary

• “Transforming the Transfrontera: Issues of Race in the Filmic Construction of Transnational Identity,” Debbie James Smith, Wayne State University
  
• “Epistephelia, Documentary, and the Iraq War,” Jeff Chown, Communication, Northern Illinois University
• Chair: Jeff Chown

1207. Sexuality and Counter Discourses in Hip Hop Culture; Area: Hip Hop Culture

• “Counter Discourse in Hip Hop: Rap as Resistance to Hegemony,” Dale Anderson, Wayne State University
  
• “Where are You, Yeezy?: Kanye West  and the Queering of Hip Hop Masculinity,” Georgia Roberts, University of Washington
  
• “Hip Hop Gentlemen: Informing American Culture and Constructing New Modes of Black Masculine Performativity,” Marylou R. Naumoff, Wayne State University
  
• “The Censorship of Black Capitalism: Crossover Politics and 2 Live Crew,” Arthur Banton, Purdue University
• Chair: James Braxton Peterson, English, Bucknell University

1208. Understanding Comics and Graphic Novels; Area: Comics

• “Understanding Comics Rhetorically,” Katherine Tanski, Rhetoric and Composition, Purdue University
• “Reimaging Life: Memoir, Truth and the Graphic Novel,” Todd J. Ide, Curriculum, Teaching, and Educational Policy, Michigan State University
  
• “Expressing and Evoking Emotion in Comics,” Barbara Postema, English, Michigan State University
  
• “The Comic and Graphic Novel Medium: Argument and Interrogation,” Paul Crutcher, Michigan State University
• Chair: Paul R. Kohl, Media Studies, Loras College

1209. The Southern Renaissance: Faulkner and Friends; Area: Southern Literature

• “Haunting and Ghostly Presence in William Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom! and Toni Morrison’s Beloved,” Joseph Lewis, Delta College
  
• “Lena Grove through the Male Gaze in Light in August,” Alisa Smith-Riel, Department of English Northern Illinois University
  
• "There's More Than One Kind of Crazy: A View of Sanctuary's Popeye as a Freudian Psychopath," Anne Canavan, Department of English, Northern Illinois University
• Chair: Anne Canavan

1210. Religious Themes and Imagery in Music Videos, American Films, and Television: Videos of Madonna, Morrissey, Green Day, Kanye West; “Jesus Films;” Touched by an Angel; Area: Religion and Popular Culture

• “Jesus on Screen: A Rhetorical Narrative Evaluation of the Christ Character in Popular American Film from 1912–2004,” Aaron Burton, Bowling Green University
• “The Theodicy of Touched by an Angel,” Matthew Roth, Rutgers University
• “Our Lord of the Margins: Transgressive Jesus-imagery in Videos of Madonna, Morrissey, Green Day, and Kanye West,” David Schimpf, Marian University
• Chair: David Schimpf
   

Session 3: Friday 5:15-6:45

1301. New and Alternative Perspectives in Auteur Studies; Area: Authorship and Auteurism

• “‘My Vision Of The World’: Julie Delpy and Her Cinematic Vision and Voice in 2 Days in Paris,” Lara Hrycaj, Media Arts and Studies, Wayne State University
  
• “Harry Belafonte and the Racial Economy of 1950s Cultural Production,” Charles Gentry, American Cultures, University of Michigan
• Chair: Daniel Herbert, Screen Arts and Cultures, University of Michigan

1303. Publishing Opportunities in Popular Culture and American Culture Studies

Advice about publishing from an Editor at McFarland & Company (David Alff) and 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).

• David Alff; Editor; McFarland & Company, Inc.
  
• Gary Burns, Communication, Northern Illinois University
  Gary Hoppenstand, American Studies, Michigan State University
  
• Michael T. Marsden, Dean of the College and Academic Vice President, St. Norbert College
• Chair: Gary Burns

1304. Economic Representation in Slumdog Millionaire and Other Indian Cinema; Area: Indian Popular Culture

• “Scavenging Slums and Power: Mimetic Desire and Commodity Fetishism in Slumdog Millionaire,” Parvinder Mehta, Independent Scholar
  
• “Slumdog’s Bollywood Dance and the Politics of Representation,” Amrita Ghosh, English Department, Drew University
  
• “The Slumdog Millionaire Debates: Unbundling Caricature and Cooption,” Surajit Chakravarty, School of Policy, Planning and Development, University of Southern California
  
• “Indian Slum Voyeurism,” Anju Kulkarni, Photography and Digital Media, Ringling College of Art and Design
• Chair: Parvinder Mehta

1305. Bodily Ablation and Revision; Area: Horror / Science Fiction / Fantasy

• “We Like ‘Blood, Violence, Freaks of Nature’: The Monstrous Audience in Rob Zombie’s House of 1000 Corpses,” David Briggs, University of Alberta
  
• “The Alien Invaded: Body Integrity Through Choice in a Biological Horror Film,” Tanya Reah Davidson, AFFILIATION
  
• “Where Have All The (Cyber)Bodies Gone?: Cyberpunk, Body Horror, and Questions of Embodiment and Subjectivity,” Jonathan Smith, Wilfrid Laurier University
• Chair: John A Dowell, Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures, Michigan State University

1306. Private Eyes and Spies; Area: Mystery, Thriller, Detective, and Crime Fiction

• “Under Mean Streets, or, Scorsese Redefines Noir,” William Blick, Library and Information Studies Department, Queens College
  
• “007, The Manchurian Candidate, and the Instrumental Agent,” Brian Patton, Department of Modern Languages, King's University College at the University of Western Ontario
  
• “‘Darling, You Don’t Need Mystery’: Screwball Marriage and Detective Narratives in the Thin Man Films,” Nicholas Pillai, University of Warwick
  
• “Cracking Cryptography in Espionage Mysteries,” Brendan Riley, Department of English, Columbia College Chicago
• Chair: Brendan Riley

1307. Globalization and Aesthetics in Hip Hop Culture; Area: Hip Hop Culture

• “Hard Times: An Historical Analysis of Hip Hop Aesthetics Circa 1984,” William Boone, Winston Salem State University
  
• “Fade to Grey: Jay-Z and the Aesthetic Inflections of Music Production,” Wilfredo Gomez, University of Pennsylvania
  
• “Hearing the Illegible: An Analysis of Lil Wayne’s Radical Performance of Blackness,” Joshua Bennett, University of Pennsylvania
• Chair: James Braxton Peterson, English, Bucknell University

1308. Ethnicity and Music in Adaptation; Area: Adaptations

• “Dead White Men: Race Reversal in I Am Legend,” Amy J. Ransom, Department of Foreign Languages, Literatures & Cultures, Central Michigan University
  
• “You'll Never Guess This: I Saw Wagner Dance the Haka and Puccini Play the Didgeridoo,” Anthony Adah, Department of Film Studies, Minnesota State University – Moorhead
  
• “From Murderer to Minstrel: The Cisco Kid during the Coming of Sound,” Katherine Spring, Department of English and Film Studies, Wilfred Laurier University
• Chair: Robert T. Self, Department of English, Northern Illinois University

1309. Mentor and Mentee Meeting

Our Mentoring Program is designed to welcome newcomers who may be unfamiliar with academic conferences or with MPCA/MACA in particular. This time slot is set aside for Mentor and Mentee to meet and to plan activities. Mentors and Mentees have already been paired by means of forms submitted in advance.

• Chair: Paul Booth, DePaul University, College of Communication

1310. Popular Music, Punk Rock, and Gender; Area: Music

• “Born to Take the Highway: The Automobile, Women and Rock ‘n’ Roll,” Chris Lezotte, Eastern Michigan University
• “Popular Music in American Psycho: Discovering Patrick Bateman’s True Persona,” Stefanie Acevedo, Bowling Green State University
  
• “Detroit Hardcore: A Revolution in Politics from the Underground,” Eric J. Abbey, Oakland Community College
• Chair: MaryAnn Janosik, Provost/VPAA/Professor of History, Saint Joseph College of Indian

Saturday, October 31

Saturday 7:00-9:00
Venetian Ballroom
Continental Breakfast

Saturday 7:00-11:45
Crystal Ballroom
Registration

Saturday 7:00-6:00
Crystal Ballroom
Book Exhibits

2000. Saturday 7:00-8:30.
MPCA/MACA Executive Council Meeting

Session 4: Saturday 8:30 - 10:00 a.m.

2102. Interrogating Institutions of Urban Life; Area: Urban Studies

• “Media, Race, Crime & Punishment: Re-Framing Stereotypes in Crime and Human Rights Issues,” Rachel Lyon, Southern Methodist University
• SCREENING: “Juror Number Six” (dir. Rachel Lyon)
  RESPONDENT: Brendan Kredell, Radio-Television+Film, Northwestern University
• Chair: Brendan Kredell

2103. Authorship in Film; Area: Film

• “A.I.: Artificial Intelligence,” Hilary Marin, Central Michigan University,
  
• “Touch of Welles: Orson Welles, Touch of Evil, and the End of Film Noir,” Edmund Brown, Central Michigan University
  
• “Waiting for Hitchcock,” Stefan Hall, Defiance College
• Chair: Stefan Hall

2104. PCA/ACA Board Meeting

• Lynn Bartholome
• Scott L. Baugh
• John Bratzel
• Gary Burns
• Jeffrey P. Cain
• Jane Caputi
• Cheryl Edelson
• Jorge Febles
• Mary Findley
• Joseph Hancock
• Gary Hoppenstand
• Kathy Merlock Jackson
• Delores Rauscher
• Brendan Riley
• Cheri L. Ross
• Mike Schoenecke
• Libby Smigel
• Joy Sperling
• Sally Sugarman
• Jen Tebbe-Grossman
• Rob Weir

2105. Hit in the Gut with an Aggressive Funny Bone; Area: Humor

• “Technologically Satirical: The Daily Show’s Subversion of Technology to Create Political Comedy,” Caitlin Brown, University of Michigan
  
• “How Could You? When Entertainment Media Uses the Holocaust In ‘Bad Taste,’” Jorie Slodki, University of Wisconsin
  
• “Funny Führers,” Todd Heidt, University of Cincinnati
  
• Chair: John A. Dowell, Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures, Michigan State University

2106. Sex, Food, and Shenanigans: Web 2.0 and Contemporary Culture; Area: New Media

• “Cyberactivism or Cyber Destruction?: Environmentalism and the Internet,” Michelle L. Cordone, Department of American Studies, Saint Louis University
  
• “Virtual Love Stories: Youtube, Men, and Spectacle,” Rane Arroyo
  
• “Toast Is a Swinger & a Sagittarius: Food Personae and MySpace,” Glenn Sheldon, Interdisciplinary Studies, The University of Toledo
  
• “Sex Talk on YouTube: Intimacy, Interactivity and Participation,” Jin Kim, Department of Communication Studies, The University of Iowa
• Chair: Jin Kim

2107. Frank Miller: The Dark Knight Returns and Beyond; Area: Heroes in Popular Culture

• “Comic Books Without Bad Guys: What Happens When Superheroes Fight Superheroes,” Matt Hlinak, Northwestern University
  
• “Boy (and Girl) Wonders: Frank Miller's Conflicting Portrayals and Redefinition of the Superhero Sidekick,” Christopher McKittrick, English Literature, Long Island University
  
• “From Chic to Shallow: The Cynical Style of Frank Miller,” Bill Jennings, Communication, University of Cincinnati
• Chair: Bill Jennings

2108. Teaching and Learning in the New Age of Reality TV; Area: Reality Television  

• “Dancing with the Stars: Lessons Learned,” Ann Andaloro, Department of Communication, Morehead State University
  
• “Getting Students Fired Up About Small Group Theory by Watching The Apprentice,” Larry Albert, Department of Communication, Morehead State University
  
• “The Reality of Becoming a Reality Television Singing Idol,” Hui-Yen Huang, Department of Communication, Morehead State University
• Chair: Ann Andaloro

2109. Intersections with the Unthinkable: The Holocaust and Imagery in Jewish Works; Area: Jewish Studies

• “Starvation and the Female Body: The Modern-Day Anorexic Body and The Starved ‘Holocaust’ Body,” Cynthia Crane, Department of English, University of Cincinnati
  
• “The Mark She Bears: Jewish Women, Exclusionary Violence, and Jewish Works," Linda Long-Van Brocklyn, History, Ohio State University
  
• “Passing Strange: Crypto-Jews and Survival in Post-Holocaust Jewish Literature” Jason Payne, Department of Comparative Studies, Ohio State
• Chair: Linda Long-Van Brocklyn

2110. Children’s Literature & Rituals; Area:

• “The New Auteurs: Children and Adolescents as Producers and Distributors of Online Entertainment Media,” Tyler J. Hicks, Northern Illinois University
  
• “‘My Own Terminator!’: The Use of Toys in the Marketing of Terminator 2 to Children and Pre-Teens,” Se Young Kim, School of Film, Ohio University
  
• “A Tangled Skein: Role Playing Game Design and Popular Culture,” Cason Snow, Northern Illinois University
  

Session 5: Saturday 10:15 - 11:45 a.m.

2201. Creating a Curriculum Vitae; Area: Professional Development

“The Curriculum Vitae: An Introduction to Presenting and Promoting Your Academic Career”

An effective curriculum vita, or “CV,” is essential when gaining admission to doctoral programs, applying for university teaching positions, advancing an academic career, and maintaining a lifelong professional image. The purpose of this seminar will be to provide guidelines about organizing, drafting, and editing a curriculum vita. Participants will learn the difference between résumés, vitas, cover letters, recommendation letters, and teaching portfolios; the types & purposes of CVs; the uses of CVs; the seven essential components & nine non-essential components of a CV; sources of CV content; steps for writing and formatting a basic CV; moral, ethical, and legal considerations; and the future of the CV. The Curriculum Vitae seminar is suited for master’s and doctoral students across all disciplines as well as tenure-track faculty or other faculty that need to update an existing CV. Participants are encouraged to bring a current résumé or CV to the seminar. 

• Chair/Presenter: Angela M. Nelson, Popular Culture, Bowling Green State University

2202. Blogging Fandom: Fans on LiveJournal; Area: Fan Studies

• “Rethinking the Author/Fan Relationship in the Wake of the Scans Daily Affair,” Eric Newsom, Language, Literature and Communication, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  
• “Discourse Elements within the LiveJournal Twilight Fan Community,” Charisa Lee Player, Brigham Young University
  
• “Blogging BSG: Fandom Communities on LiveJournal,” Paul Booth, College of Communication, DePaul University
• Chair: Paul Booth

2203. So You Wanna Be a Rock ‘n’ Roll Teacher?: Panel Discussion on Current Pedagogies, Technology, and Scholarship of Rock ‘n’ Roll; Area: Music

• MaryAnn Janosik, Provost/VPAA/Professor of History, Saint Joseph College of Indiana
• Tom Caw, Allen Memorial Library, University of Hartford
  
• Nick Baxter-Moore, Brock University
• Chair: MaryAnn Janosik

2204. Grappling with the Queer(s); Area: Queer Studies

Panelists will consider queer popular culture in the classroom in roundtable format.

• “Queering Pop Culture Pedagogy,” Trixie G. Smith, Rhetoric & Writing, Michigan State University
  
• “Identity, Complexity, and Gender Performance in Writing,” Matthew Cox, Rhetoric & Writing, Michigan State University
  
• “Examining Sexualities and Genders in Teacher Education,” Adam J. Greteman, Teacher Education, Michigan State University
  
• “Analyzing Representations of Masculinity in Hip Hop with Students in Writing Courses,” Steven T. Lessner, Rhetoric & Writing, Michigan State University
  
• “Queer Digital Rhetorics, Video Gaming and Fan Cultures,” Lee Sherlock, Rhetoric & Writing, Michigan State University
  
• “Writing Pedagogy & American Film,” Travis Webster, Rhetoric & Writing, Michigan State University
• Chair: Trixie G. Smith

2205. Lowbrow Comedy: Performance and Class; Area: Humor

• “Bad Acting: Comedic Performance on Roseanne,” Becca Cragin, Bowling Green State University
  
• “With a Little Help From My Friends: Failed Masculinity in Contemporary Comedies,” Jeffrey A. Brown, Bowling Green State University
  
• “Brahmin or Dalit? Caste Politics in Sastiram Sonnathillai,” Kristen Rudisill, Bowling Green State University
• Co-chairs: Becca Cragin, Bowling Green State University; John A. Dowell, Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures, Michigan State University

2206. Tattoos, Hip Hop & Masculinity; Area: African-American Popular Culture

• “The Merger of Deviance and Hip-Hop in the African American Community,” Thomas Singleton, Department of Social Work, Bowling Green State University
  
• “Decoding the Meaning of Tattoos: Cluster Criticism and the Case of Tupac Shakur’s Body Art,” Carlos D. Morrison, Department of Communications, Alabama State University
  
• “‘The devil made me do it…that is burn down Paris’: Why do Black Comedians Dress in Drag?: Queering Masculinity in African American Culture,” David L. Moody, Department of Telecommunications, Bowling Green State University
• Chair: David L. Moody

2207. International Studies of Punk and Pop Music; Area: Music

• “Love Songs for the Apocalypse: Gender Transgressions, Punk Rock, and Wendy O. Williams,” Kara Kvaran, Purdue University

2208. Media and War; Area: War

• “Walt Disney’s Victory Through Air Power: Style, Technology, Ideology,” Susan Ohmer, Department of Film, Television and Theatre, University of Notre Dame
  
• “War and the ‘Reality’ of Disability: Ableist Perspectives in Tropic Thunder,” James L. Cherney, Department of Communication, Wayne State University
  
• “Show Me Your Best Pose: Photographic Framing of Children in Conflict Zones,” Sadaf R. Ali, Department of Communication, Wayne State University
• Chair: Kathleen M. German, Mass Communication, Miami University – Ohio

2209. Art History and Visual Culture: Rethinking Boundaries; Area: Art History and Visual Culture

• “The Visual Culture of Travel,” Elizabeth Vallance, Indiana University
  
• “Touchdown Jesus!  Modernizing the University of Notre Dame through Building and Image,” Margaret Grubiak, Villanova University
  
• “Enchanting the Enchanted land: Art, Tourism and Travel in the Southwest,” Joy Sperling, Art History, Denison University
• Chair: Joy Sperling

2210. Television Studies

• “The Soviet Game Show as Cold War Genre,” Christine Evans, Department of History, University of California-Berkeley
  
• “The Blackening of Kojak,” Matthew Roth, Department of History, Rutgers University
  
• “The Benefits of a Bad Influence: An Analysis of American Soap Operas and the Positive Values Imparted on Young Women,” Jennifer L. Walton, Department of Communication Arts, Ohio Northern University
• Chair: Jennifer L. Walton

Luncheon: Saturday 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.

Lunch and Featured Speaker. Free Admission for conference registrants, but you must wear your name badge.

Featured Speaker: “Reflections of Motown,” Lina Stephens, Chief Curator, Motown Museum

• Lina Christine Stephens was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan and educated in the Detroit Public School System. She received her Bachelor’s Degree from Center for Creative Studies – College of Art and Design and a Master Degree from University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA. Ms. Stephens has been a museum professional for over 17 years. Having been involved in the building of the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, worked as Exhibit Manager at Detroit Historical Museum and has returned to Motown Museum after a 10 year hiatus as Chief Curator.
  
  

Saturday 1:30-6:00
Crystal Ballroom
Registration

Saturday 1:45-2:45
Business Meeting

The business meeting is open to every member of MPCA/MACA. Please join us and provide input as we discuss issues and ways to improve the conference and the organization.

Session 6: Saturday 3:00 - 4:30 p.m.

2300. PCA/ACA Endowment Board Meeting

• Diane Calhoun-French
• Phil Heldrich
• Fred Isaacs
• Kathy Merlock Jackson
• Robert Sugarman

2301. Pornography and the Determination of Cultural Values; Area: Pornography

• “Censorship, Culture, and Illegalities,” Robert P. Holley, School of Library & Information Science, Wayne State University
  
• “Pornography and Television:  HBO Challenging the Ear and the Eye,” Laura Vazquez, Department of Communication, Northern Illinois University
• Chair: Laura Vazquez

2302. Fandom in Many Guises; Area: Fan Studies

• “Kula Rings of the Galaxy: Fannish Practices, Gifts, and Inalienable Possessions,” Suellen Rader Regonini, Applied Anthropology, University of South Florida
  
• “Online Fan Discourse: The Democratization of Knowledge and its Wondrous Demons,” Alexandra Hidalgo, Rhetoric and Composition, Purdue University
  
• “Quips, Riffs and Timelords: Fan-art as Viral Media on the Doctor Who Fan Forum,” Mary Karcher, Department of English, Wayne State University
• Chair: Mary Karcher

2303. Criminal Intent - Fiction that Kills: Discussion and Q&A with Bestselling Author Lori A. May; Area: Mystery, Thriller, Detective, and Crime Fiction

Are you an aspiring author? A fan of thrillers and suspense? Are you drawn to the scene of the crime? The literary world has been taken over by bestselling mystery, thriller, and crime novels and the academic landscape has adapted by increasing genre literature options and more genre-focused writing programs than ever before. Join bestselling author Lori A. May as she speaks about the chilling genres of fiction, shares highlights from her recent and upcoming works, and explores the academic opportunities available to those interested in creating a scene.

• Panelist: Lori A. May
• Chair: Brendan Riley, English, Columbia College Chicago

2304. The Disparate Body in the Nineteenth Century; Area: Nineteenth-Century American Popular Culture

• “Cyborg Nation: Dismemberment as Mechanization in Popular Nineteenth-Century War Satires,” Todd Thompson, Department of English, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
  
• “Manhood and the American Freak Show,” Matthew Root, Bethel College, 
  
• “The Problem with Faith: Autism and Its Consequences in Hope Leslie,” Patrick Prominski, Department of English, Grand Valley State University
• Chair: Patrick Prominski

2305. Avenues of Media Research; Area: Television and Radio

• “Too Big for Prime Time: The Representation of Plus Sized Women in Evening Television,” Christopher Gullen, Department of Communication, Wayne State University
  
• “The City and the Sitcom: Television's Opening Credits and the Changing Roles of Diversity, Consensus, and the Urban Landscape,” Martin Law, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities; Jodi Larson, Department of History, Tufts University
  
• “Where Have All the Good Men Gone?: A Psychoanalytic Reading of the Absent Fathers and Damaged Dads on ABC’s Lost,”  Melissa Ames, Department of English,  Eastern Illinois University
• Chair: Melissa Ames

2306. Cultural Reflections, Refractions, and Messages in the Movies; Area: Film

• “Terror Management Theory and The Matrix,” Gabriel Kuchar, Central Michigan University
• “Multiculturalism or Multicapitalism? Diversity and a Rearticulation of Black Amorous Relationships in 21st Century Cinema,” Arthur Banton, Purdue University
  
• “Post-Apocalyptic Visions in Disney’s Wall-E,” Erin Bell, Marygrove College
  
• “Films and Faith: Codes, Conventions and Censorship,” Gretchen Bisplinghoff, Communication, Northern Illinois University
• Chair: Gretchen Bisplinghoff

2307. Identity, Performance, and Mass Media; Area: Ethnography  

• “Ode to America, or The World Speaks to US: ‘Multi-Culti Love,’ Obama, the Burden of Cynicism, and a Self-Reflexive Ethnographic Study of Mass Observation,” Jeremy Hockett, Michigan State University
  
• Chair: Asim Ali, Department of American Studies, University of Maryland

2308. Commodifying Global Bodies; Area: Globalization  

• “Marketing to the New Indian Woman: Gender, Modernity and Middle-Class Aspiration in Indian Advertising,” Shazia Iftkhar, Communication Studies, University of Michigan
  
• “The Effect of Global Women Magazine Covers on Chinese Popular Culture: An Exotic Beauty,” Jingyi Luo, Communication and Media Arts, Southern Illinois University – Carbondale
  
• Chair: Shazia Iftkhar

2309. Historicizing Southern Texts; Area: Southern Literature

• “Reading Cuts: Illustration in Southern Schoolbooks, 1861-1865,” Penny Tucker, Case Western Reserve University
  
• “Reading Scarlett’s ‘Things’ as Evidence of Historical Realism in Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind,” Christina Treizenberg, Western Michigan University
  
• “Toxic ideologies: Displaced Agency and Exploitative Control in Wise Blood,” Bonnie Miller-O’Dell, Department of English, Northern Illinois University
• “A Vietnam Experience: Search for Identity in Bobbie Ann Mason’s In Country,” Kendra Carlson, University of Minnesota-Duluth
• Chair: Penny Tucker

2310. Heroes and Villains

• “Will the Real Eden Sinclair Please Stand Up?” Jennie M. Morton, University of Northern Iowa
  
• “In the Name of Ignatius: John Kennedy Toole's Subversion and Recasting of Religious Imagery in A Confederacy of Dunces,” Daniel Medaille, Catholic University of America
  
• “Never Apologize: George W. Bush’s John Wayne Heroics,” Lisa Siefker Bailey, Division of Liberal Arts, Indiana University Purdue University – Columbus
• Chair: Lisa Siefker Bailey

Session 7: Saturday 4:45 - 6:15 p.m.

2401. Negotiating Subcultural Spaces; Area: Subculture

• “That's Why I Keep Singing My Song: A Critique of Theodor Adorno's ‘On Popular Music’ Via the Medium of Women in Early American Country Music, 1880-1920,” Brandy Boyd, Saint Louis University
  
• “The Wisdom of Bumper Stickers: ‘Celebrate Diversity’ vs. ‘One World, One Love; The Ramifications of an Ideological Paradigm Shift from the Universal to the Specific,” Kristina Persenaire, Grand Valley State University
  
• 'The Road to Hell is Paved in D20s': Evangelical Christian Gamers and the Pursuit of A Social Space,” John Walliss, Liverpool Hope University
• Chair:  John Walliss
  

2402. Development and Urban Culture; Area: Urban Studies

• “‘Renewal’ and Representation: Digital Imaginaries and Development Discourse,” Caitlin Bruce, Northwestern University
  
• “The City of Toledo and the Transformation of the Civic Center Mall,” Andreas Luescher, Bowling Green State University
  
• “Considering the Movie Theater as a Retail Concept,” Brendan Kredell, Radio-Television+Film, Northwestern University
• Chair: Brendan Kredell

2403. Perceptions of Animals in Film, Religion, and Society; Area: Plants and Animals

• “Cast Away as Post-Nature Film,” Jeremy Withers, Department of English, Miami University – Hamilton
  
• “Humans, Animals, and God: Rethinking Creation,” Nancy Janish, Independent Scholar
• Chair: Jeremy Withers

2404. Citizenship at Work and at Play; Area: Politics

• “‘Be a Patriot and go to the Ballgames’: The Politicization of Cuban Baseball, 1958-1965,” Dale Moler, Central Michigan University
  
• “Information Costs and Voter Roll-off: An Analysis of the 2008 DuPage County General Election,” Phillip A. Garee, Northern Illinois University
  
• “The Presidential Election of 1936 in the Midwest,” Philip Grant, Pace University
• Chair: Philip Grant

2405. Film, Theory and Texts; Area: Film

• “The Imagination of Economic Disaster,” Kirk Boyle, University of Cincinnati
  
• “Cinematic Allusion in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” Helen Maxson, Southwestern Oklahoma State University
  
• “The Inversion of Power Roles and Dynamics in Superior/Subordinate Relationships,” Greg Carlson, Concordia College & Dan Hassoun, University of Minnesota
• Chair: Greg Carlson

2406. Cultural Implications of Evangelical, Fundamentalist and Pentecostal Christianity: Tammy Faye Bakker and Aimee Semple McPherson, Kirk Cameron, Christian Zionism; Area: Religion and Popular Culture

• “Tammy Faye Bakker and Aimee Semple McPherson: questions of female empowerment and performance culture within US Pentecostalism,” Nancy A. Schaefer, Western Illinois University, Quad Cities
• “Logophillia Left Behind: Kirk Cameron, Protestant Book Culture, and the Death of Print,” Anthony Easton, Independent Scholar
• “Messages from the Last Days: Christian Zionism in Religion and Politics,” Jeffrey Tischauser, Triton College
• Chair: David Schimpf, Marian University

2407. Identity and Politics in Frank Miller's Comic Books and Graphic Novels; Area: Heroes in Popular Culture

• “'Never Stop Fighting': Naturalism in Frank Miller's Daredevil: The Man Without Fear,” Brett H. Butler, Morgan State University
  
• “Breaking the Frame: Political Acts in the Televised Dark Knight,” D.T. Kofoed, English Literature, Michigan State University
  
• “Is There Liberatory Possibility in Give Me Liberty? Frank Miller and Dave Gibbon's Martha Washington as Intersectional Heroine,” Rachel Dean-Ruzicka, Bowling Green State University
• Chair: D.T. Kofoed

2408. The Local Fights Back in Music and Sport; Area: Globalization   

• “The Indian Premier League: Cricket's Globalized Empire,” Amit Gupta, Department of International Security, USAF Air War College
  
• “Corporatization of Olympic Athletes and their Commercial Endorsements: A Mixed Methods Approach,” Anthony Cavaiani, Wayne State University
  
• “Brazil’s Tropicália Movement: Resisting and Embracing Pop Music Globalization,” John R. Baldwin, School of Communication, Illinois State University; Phillip J. Chidester, School of Communication, Illinois State University
  
• “US Cultural Imperialism and Global Dissonance,” Fran Shor, History, Wayne State University
• Chair: Fran Shor

2409. Ideological Issues and Representation in Slumdog Millionaire; Area: Indian Popular Culture

• “Slumdog/Millionaire: Violence and Being-Postcolonial,” Soumitra Ghosh, Department of English, Oklahoma State University
  
• “Inventing the Indian Identity: Cultural Imperialism, Resistance, and Implications for South Asian Culture,” Rekha Sharma, School of Communication Studies, Kent State University
  
• “India in Western Imagination: Slumdog Millionaire, Hollywood, and the Politics of Representation,” Santhosh Chandrashekar, Department of Communication and Journalism, University of New Mexico
• Chair: Rekha Sharma

2410. Children and Families in Popular Culture

• “The Mother/Daughter Myth,” Amanda McKay, Lewis & Clark Library System
  
• “That's What Little Boys Are Made Of: Magazine Ads, Mothers, and the Framing of Boy Culture,” Jessica Birthisel, Indiana University
  
• “Praise and Vilification: A Comparative Reading of Ramona the Pest and Junie B. Jones,” Laura M. Jiménez, Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology and Special Education, Michigan State University
• Chair: Laura M. Jiménez

Sunday, November 1

Sunday 7:00-8:00
Italian Garden
Area Chair Breakfast.  Open only to Area Chairs.

Sunday 7:00-10:30
Crystal Ballroom
Registration

Sunday 7:00-10:30
Crystal Ballroom
Book Exhibits

Session 8: Sunday 8:30 - 10:00 a.m.

3100. MPCA/MACA Executive Council Meeting

3101. Persuasion Mediated; Area: Television and Radio 

• “‘We Know It’s Really Scary, But…’: Acknowledgment of the ‘Great Recession’ in Television Advertising,” Kathy Brady, Department of Communication, University Wisconsin-Whitewater
  
• “An Analysis of Promotion of Repurposed Programming in MyNetworkTV’s Primetime Scheduling,” Will Anderson, School of Broadcast & Cinematic Arts, Central Michigan University
  
• “Twittering the News Away: Contemporary Broadcast and Print Journalism’s Surrender to Technology,” Michael W. Young, Department of English, La Roche College
  

3102. Sex Gods of Plague; Area: Horror / Science Fiction / Fantasy III

• “Laughter and Latina Sexuality in Los Bros Hernandez,” Elizabeth Nixon, Ohio State University
• “Vampire God: The Allure of the Undead,” Mary Y. Hallab, University of Central Missouri
• Chair: John A Dowell, Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures, Michigan State University
  

3103. Global Issues on the Stage; Area: Theatre

• “How the 1970 Omaha Magic Theatre Production of Megan Terry’s Transformational Play, Earth Play, Brought Awareness of the World’s Environmental Problems to the Stage,” Judith Babnich, Wichita State University
  
• “Popular Theatre: Puppets and Shadow Plays in the Arab World,” Abdulaziz H. Alabdullah, Kuwait University
• Chair: Judith Babnich

3104. Rock ‘n’ Roll History: Current Scholarship and Research; Area: Music

• “A Thousand Pages, Give or Take a Few: Transcribing the Beatles,” Erica K. Arogyropoulos, University of Kansas
  
• “Rising Force: The Current State of Heavy Metal Scholarship,” Brian Hickam, University of Toledo Libraries; Thomas Atwood, University of Toledo Libraries; Laura Wiebe Taylor, McMaster University; Jeremy Wallach, Bowling Green State University
• Chair: Brian Hickam

3105. Theoretical Perspectives in Adaptation; Area: Adaptations

• “Palimpsestic Intertextuality of ‘Theatre Film’: From Stage to Film,” Milan Pribisic, School of Communication, Loyola University Chicago
  
• “‘Nothing Less Than All His History’: Emerson, Whitman, and D. W. Griffith's Intolerance,” Burke Hilsabeck, Department of English, University of Chicago
  
• “Images against My Ruins: Altman Adapts Lake Wobegon,” Robert T. Self, Department of English, Northern Illinois University
• Chair: Robert T. Self

3106. History, Cultural Contexts, and Genre in Film; Area: Film

• “Alien Body Panic: On the Politics of Body-Switching Movies,” Nathan Carroll, College of St. Scholastica
  
• “The ‘Post’ Men Always Ring Twice,” Ralph Turner, Southern Utah University
  
• “Dangerous Dame or Independent Woman?” Jason Applegate, Marygrove College
  
• “Return to Little Hollywood,” Stephen B. Armstrong, Dixie State College of Utah
• Chair: Stephen B. Armstrong

3107. Gender and Literary Analysis in Hip Hop Culture; Area: Hip Hop Culture

• “Head on Straight, Mask on Crooked: MF DOOM and the Trope of the Mask in Black Aesthetic Culture,” Nicholas James, The Philadelphia School
  
• “Fresh, Bold, and So Def: Women In Hip Hop, Changing the Game,” Martha Diaz, New York University, H2Ed
  
• “I Used to Love Her: Heteronormativity and Personified Misogyny in Hip Hop Culture,” James Braxton Peterson, English, Bucknell University
• Chair: James Braxton Peterson

3108. Exploring Reality in a New Age; Area: Reality Television

• “Judging Judy: How Gender, Race and Social Class are Approached on the Television Series Judge Judy,” Patty Williamson, School of Broadcast and Cinematic Arts, Central Michigan University
  
• “Something Rerun, Something New: Wedding Reality Shows, Taste, and the Pursuit of Happiness,” Jorie Slodki, Theatre and Drama, University of Wisconsin
  
• “Commedia dell’ Realtà: Improvisational Identity Performance in Big Brother,” Daniel Ising, Department of English, Southern Illinois University
  
• “A Forensic Investigation of Truth in Forensic Files,” Darcie Rives, English and Journalism Department, Augustana College
• Chair: Ann Andaloro

3109. Panel Title; Area: Asian Popular Culture

• “Parent’s Sacrifice and Achievement to the Nation Building: The Classic and My Mother, the Mermaid (South Korea),” Kwang Woo Noh, Southern Illinois University
  
• “Ontologizing Seoul’s Invisible City Background and the Feminine in Hong Sang-Soo’s Woman on the Beach (South Korea),” Paul Petrovic, Department of English, Northern Illinois University
  
• “Who Is Responsible for Privacy Violation on the Internet: Technology or Humans? Looking at ‘X-File’ Incident in Korea (South Korea),” Jihyun Kim, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  
• “Bloody End of the Bandit Queen: Devi in Democracy’s Temple (India),” John Williams, Principia College and Washington University
• Chair: John Williams

3110. Critical Perspectives in Folklore, Advertising, & New Media Technologies

• “We Like the Glitz and Love the Glam: Dolce and Gabbana Communicating through Advertising,” Laura L. Harkins, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign
  
• “Proppian Character Roles in Wonder Tales and Fantasy, Science Fiction and Young Adult Literature,” Esther Clinton, Department of Popular Culture, Bowling Green State University
  
• “Rise and Fall of Napster: Peer-to-Peer Technologies and Market Suppression,” Jin Kim, Department of Communication Studies, University of Iowa
• Chair: Jin Kim

3111. Comics as Signs of Political Times; Area: Comics

• “The American MANomyth: Why Super Political Challenges Produce Supermen and Exclude Superwomen,” Rick Stevens, Journalism, University of Colorado; Christopher Bell, Journalism, University of Colorado
  
• “Sgt. Rock’s Neverending Battlefield: The Evolution of a War Comics Icon,” Charles Coletta, Popular Culture, Bowling Green State University
  
• “‘A Sign of Things to Come’: The Function of Visual Signs in The New Yorker Obama Cartoon Cover,” Carlos D. Morrison, Communications, Alabama State University
• Chair: Paul R. Kohl, Media Studies, Loras College

Session 9: Sunday 10:15 - 11:45 a.m.

3201. Education and Adaptation: Developing a National Identity in Nineteenth-Century America; Area: Nineteenth-Century American Popular Culture

• “Blackface Minstrelsy & the Development of an American Aesthetic Identity,” Grant Williams, University of Pittsburgh
  
• “The Scene of Reading in U.S. Schoolbooks, 1815-1865,” Penny Tucker, Department of English, Case Western Reserve University
  
• “From The Sketchbook to Screen: Irving’s Rip Van Winkle on the Nineteenth-Century Stage,” Christopher McKittrick, Department of English, C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University
  
• “Sister and the City: An Exploration of the Original Carrie Bradshaw and Her Significant Contribution to American Popular Culture,” Lauren Carlson, Grand Valley State University
• Chair: Patrick Prominski, Department of English, Grand Valley State University
  

3202. Constructed Authorship; Area: Authorship and Auteurism

• “Auteurs at the Video Store,” Daniel Herbert, Screen Arts and Cultures, University of Michigan
  
• “Spoken Language and Writerly Texts in Film,” Michael Hable, Film Studies, The University of Miami
  
• “The Work of Art in the Age of Multinational Litigation: Damien Hirst, Beautiful Inside Our Heads Forever,” Kristy Rawson, Screen Arts and Cultures, University of Michigan
• Chair: Daniel Herbert

3204. Preservation, Access, and Image; Area: Libraries, Museums, and Collecting

• “Two Steps Forward and One Step Back: Has Debunking the Librarian Image Gone Too Far?” Kathrin Dodds, Texas Tech University
  
• “What Libraries Can Learn From The Video Game Industry: Digital Access, Evolving Hardware, and How Not To Preserve Digital Documents,” Sam Rogers, Emporia State University
• Chair: Tom Caw, Allen Memorial Library, University of Hartford

3205. Institutional Approaches to Questions of War; Area: War

• “The Supreme Court and the American Civil War: 1857-1869,” W. Sherman Jackson, Miami University – Ohio
  
• “Selling Patriotism: Advertising Consumer Products During World War II,” Kathleen M. German, Mass Communication, Miami University – Ohio
  
• “Genocide in Modern Warfare,” Ben Voth, Department of Communication, Southwest Methodist University – Houston
  
• “The Torture of Torture,” Myles Ludwig and Erika Grodzki, Lynn University
• Chair: Kathleen M. German

3206. Questioning Gendered Roles and Masks: Empowerment vs. Oppression; Area: Gender Studies

• “The Real Truth about Beauty: The Dove Advertising Campaign,” James N. Stull, Ohio Wesleyan University
  
• “Battling for Bi-Gendered Substantiation: Transgressing Socially Constructed Masculinity in Dorothy B. Hughes’s In a Lonely Place and Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club,” Trista Edwards, University of West Georgia
  
• “Constructing the 21st Century Woman: Pop Culture as Pedagogy,” Elizabeth Durham Smith, Wayne State University
  
• “Motherhood, Migration, and the Media: Human Interest Stories about Latina Immigrant Mothers,” Christina Gerken, Indiana University – South Bend
• Chair: Christina Gerken

3207. Race and Ethnicity

• “Backwards Cars and Magic Basketball Games: Metaphors of Family and Travel in Smoke Signals,” Chris Blankenship, Department of English, Northern Illinois University
  
• “Transnational Mexican and Latinos Racial and Class Stereotypes in Popular Urban Culture: The Distortion of the Mass Media and Cultural Production in our Society,” José G. Moreno, Michigan State University
  
• “Morphology of Regional Dramatic Rituals of Komeijan People: From the Perspective of the Archetype of Scapegoats in Qaraiskiurma,” Mohammad Aref, Islamic Azad University
• Chair: Mohammad Aref

3209. Teaching Popular Culture

• “Is this #%$@! Funny?: Using Comedy to Teach about the Construction of Race in America,” Alan Bloom, Valparaiso University
  
• “So, What Are You Going To Teach Now?: Critical Pedagogy in a ‘Postracial’ World,” Sharon Zechowski, Independent Scholar
  
• “A Place for Inappropriate Literature in the Classroom,” Laura M. Jiménez, Michigan State University
  
• “Take Notes and Pass the Popcorn: Engaging Business Students with Pop Culture,” Thomas Passero, School of Business and IS, Owens Community College
• Chair: Thomas Passero

3210. Biography and Ethnography

• “When Disaster Strikes: You Can Restore from Backup, But You Can’t Back Up Time,” Andrew Chen, Minnesota State University – Moorhead
  
• “Commuter Culture of American College Students: A Case of Kent State University,” Hsien-Hong Lin, Kent State University
  
• “‘Many books my life’: The Challenge of Accuracy in Art Spiegelman’s Maus,” Katy L. Leedy, Grand Valley State University
• Chair: Katy L. Leedy