Table Of Content2009 Joint Conference of the 
National Popular Culture and 
American Culture 
Associations 
 
 
 
 
April 8 – 11, 2009 
 
New Orleans Marriott
Delores F. Rauscher, Editor & 
PCA/ACA Conference Coordinator 
Michigan State University  
 
Wiley-Blackwell Editor:  Elna Lim 
 
 
 
 
Additional information about the PCA/ACA  
 available at www.pcaaca.org 
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Table of Contents
 
 
The 2008 National Conference Popular Culture Association & 
American Culture Association Area Chairs..................................5 
PCA/ACA Board Members.........................................................13 
Officers........................................................................................13 
Executive Officers.......................................................................13 
Past & Future Conferences..........................................................14 
Conference Papers For Sale; Benefits Endowment.....................15 
Exhibit Hours..............................................................................15 
Business & Board Meetings........................................................16 
Film Screenings...........................................................................18 
Tours, Get-Togethers, Receptions, & Dinners............................22 
Special Sessions..........................................................................24 
SCHEDULE OVERVIEW:............................................................32 
DAILY SCHEDULE:....................................................................52 
Wednesday, 12:30 P.M. – 2:00 P.M..........................................52 
Wednesday, 2:30 P.M. – 4:00 P.M............................................59 
Wednesday, 4:30 P.M. – 6:00 P.M............................................70 
Wednesday, 6:30 P.M. – 8:00 P.M............................................85 
Wednesday, 8:30 P.M.  – 10:00 P.M.........................................93 
Thursday, 8:00 A.M. – 9:30 A.M...............................................95 
Thursday, 10:00 A.M. – 11:30 A.M.........................................111 
Thursday, 12:30 P.M. – 2:00 P.M............................................126 
Thursday, 2:30 P.M. – 4:00 P.M..............................................141 
Thursday, 4:30 P.M. – 6:00 P.M..............................................157 
Thursday, 8:30 P.M. – 10:00 P.M............................................173 
Friday,  8:00 A.M. – 9:30 A.M................................................188 
Friday, 10:00 A.M. – 11:30 A.M.............................................203 
Friday, 12:30 P.M. – 2:00 P.M.................................................219 
Friday, 2:30 P.M. – 4:00 P.M...................................................235 
Friday, 4:30 P.M. – 6:00 P.M...................................................251 
Friday, 6:30 P.M.  – 8:00 P.M..................................................266 
Friday, 8:30 P.M. – 10:00 P.M.................................................280 
Saturday, 8:00 A.M. – 9:30 A.M..............................................283 
Saturday, 10:00 A.M. – 11:30 A.M..........................................289 
Saturday, 12:30 P.M. – 2:00 P.M.............................................303 
Saturday, 2:30 P.M. – 4:00 P.M...............................................317 
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Saturday, 4:30 P.M. – 6:00 P.M...............................................329 
Saturday, 6:30 P.M.  – 8:00 P.M..............................................338 
INDEX......................................................................................340 
ADVERTISERS...........................................................................405 
The New Orleans Marriott Hotel Maps........................................407 
 
 
 
 
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PCA/ACA 
AREA CHAIRS 
 
The 2008 National Conference  Animal Culture 
Popular Culture Association &  Debbie Phillips 
Muskingum Coll. 
American Culture Association 
[email protected] 
Area Chairs    
Academics  Animation 
Arlene Caney   James A. (Jim) Walker 
Comm. Coll. Of Philadelphia  University College for the Creative Arts at 
[email protected]  Maidstone 
   &  [email protected] 
Julie Gochenour   
Appalachian Studies 
James Madison University 
[email protected]  Leslie Harper Worthington 
  Gainesville State College 
Adaptation (Film, TV, Lit., & Electronic  [email protected] 
Gaming)   
Art, Architecture, & Design 
Dennis Cutchins 
Loretta Lorance 
Brigham Young University  
[email protected]  School of Visual Arts, New York 
  [email protected] 
Adolescence in Film & Television     & 
Kylo-Patrick R. Hart  Derham Groves 
University of Melbourne  
Plymouth State University  
[email protected]   [email protected] 
[email protected] 
 
 
Advertising 
Arthurian Legends 
Sammy R. Danna 
Elizabeth Sklar 
Loyola Univ.  
[email protected]  [email protected]  
   & 
 
Donald Hoffman 
African-American Culture 
Katrina Hazzard-Donald  [email protected] 
 
[email protected]  
Asian Popular Culture 
 
John A. Lent 
Age of Theodore Roosevelt & Popular 
[email protected] 
Culture 
 
Daniel Murphy 
Automobile Culture 
Hanover College. 
Tom Patterson 
[email protected] 
Shepherd University 
  [email protected] 
American Indian Literatures & Cultures 
 
Constance (Connie) Bracewell 
Baby-Boomer Culture 
University of Arizona  James Von Schilling 
[email protected] 
Northampton Comm. College 
   & 
[email protected] 
Richard Sax  
   & 
Lake Erie College 
Shawn David Young 
[email protected]  -or-  [email protected] 
Michigan State University 
 
[email protected] 
American Literature 
 
Sue Richardson  
Biographies 
Univ. of North Carolina-Wilmington 
Susie Skarl 
[email protected] 
University of Nevada, Las Vegas 
 
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PCA & ACA  
AREA CHAIRS 
 
[email protected]  Celebrity in Culture 
  Michael Brody 
Black Music Culture  [email protected] 
Including Hip Hop Culture   
William C. Banfield  Cemeteries & Gravemarkers 
Berklee College of Music  J. Joseph Edgette 
[email protected]  Widener University  
   &  [email protected] 
Angela Nelson   
Bowling Green State University   Chicana/o Culture: Literature, Film, 
[email protected]  Theory 
   & (For Hip Hop)  Scott Baugh 
Crystal Alberts  Texas Tech University 
University of North Dakota   [email protected] 
[email protected]    
Children’s Literature & Culture 
 
The Body and Physical Difference  Harry E. Eiss 
Lori Duin Kelly  [email protected] 
 
Carroll College  
[email protected]  Children’s Television 
  Richard Graham 
Border Culture (Political, Cultural,  University of Nebraska-Lincoln 
Geographical)  [email protected] 
 
Ray B. Browne 
Circuses & Circus Culture 
Bowling Green State University 
[email protected]  Robert Sugarman 
  [email protected]  
 
Brazilian Popular Culture 
Civil War & Reconstruction 
Fernando de Sousa Rocha 
Randal W. Allred 
Middlebury College 
Brigham Young University, Hawaii 
[email protected]  
[email protected] 
 
 
British Popular Culture 
Collecting & Collectibles 
Maureen Thum 
Kevin M. Moist 
University of Michigan 
Penn State, Altoona 
[email protected]  
[email protected] 
   & 
 
Frank Riga 
Collective Behavior:  
Canisius College 
[email protected]  Panics, Fads & Hostile Outbursts 
  V.J. Brown 
Business/Corporate Culture  Shepherd College 
Diana K Osborne  [email protected]  
Spokane Community College    
[email protected]  Comedy and Humor 
&  M. Thomas Inge 
Tony Osborne  Randolph-Macon College  
Gonzaga University  [email protected] 
   
Caribbean & Latin American   Comic Art & Comics 
Literature & Culture  Nicole Freim 
Jorge Febles  Riverside Community College  
University of North Florida   [email protected] 
[email protected]    
 
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PCA/ACA 
AREA CHAIRS 
 
Communication & Digital Culture  Ecology and Culture 
Mark Nunes  Margaret O’Shaughnessey 
Southern Polytechnic State University  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 
[email protected]  [email protected] 
   
Conspiracy Theory /  Education, Teaching, History, & Popular 
Claims for the Paranormal  Culture 
Tamar Gablinger   Seymour Leventman 
Humboldt University  Boston College 
Berlin  [email protected] 
[email protected]   
  Eros, Pornography & Popular Culture 
Creative Fiction Writing  Ken Muir 
Jerry Bradley  Appalachian State University 
Lamar University   [email protected] 
[email protected]   
  Fairy Tales 
Cultural Conflict & Women  Linda J. Holland-Toll 
Cheri Louise Ross  Mount Olive College 
Penn State University, Harrisburg  [email protected] 
[email protected]   
  Fan Culture & Theory 
Culture & Religion  Katherine Larsen 
Ingrid Shafer  George Washington University 
Univ. of S&A, Oklahoma   [email protected] 
[email protected]   
  Fashion, Appearance, & Consumer 
Dance Culture 
Identity 
Libby Smigel 
Joseph Hancock 
[email protected] 
Drexel University  
   &  [email protected] 
Deidre Cavazzi 
 
[email protected]  Fat Studies 
  Lesleigh Owen, PhD Candidate 
Dime Novels/Pulps/Juvenile Series Books 
University of California, Santa Cruz 
Pamela Bedore  [email protected] 
University of Connecticut     & 
[email protected]  Julia McCrossin 
 
George Washington University  
Disasters & Culture 
[email protected] 
Ann Larabee 
 
Michigan State University 
Festivals & Faires 
[email protected] 
  Kimberly Tony Korol-Evans 
Documentary  University of Arizona 
Heather McIntosh  [email protected] 
 
Northern Illinois University 
Film 
[email protected] 
  Donald E. Palumbo 
Eastern European Studies  English Dept. 
Jeff Johnson  East Carolina University 
[email protected] 
Michigan State University 
 
[email protected] 
 
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PCA & ACA  
AREA CHAIRS 
 
Film Adaptation   
Rebecca Housel  German Literature and Culture 
Rochester Institute of Techology  Claude Desmarais 
[email protected]   University of British Columbia  
  [email protected] 
Film & History   
Cynthia J. Miller  Gothic Literature, Film, & Culture 
Emerson College   Louis H. Palmer, III 
[email protected]   Castleton State College 
  [email protected] 
Film and Media Studies   
J. Brian Wagaman  Heinlein Studies  
[email protected]  Lisa N. D’Amico 
  Texas A&M University  
Folklore  [email protected] 
Elisabeth Nixon, Ph.D.   
Franklin University   Horror (Fiction, Film) 
[email protected]  Philip Simpson 
  Brevard Comm. College, Palm Bay 
Food in Popular Culture  [email protected]  
   & 
Beverly Taylor 
Jim Iaccino 
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill  
The Chicago School of Prof. Psychology 
[email protected] 
  [email protected]  
Game Studies     & 
Tony Avruch  Kristopher Woofter 
Bowling Green State University  Dawson Collgee 
[email protected]  [email protected] 
&   
Joshua Call   Humanities & Popular Cultures 
University of Nebraska, Lincoln  Ray B. Browne 
[email protected]  Bowling Green State University 
  &  [email protected] 
Gerald Voorhees   
High Point University  Internet Culture 
[email protected]  Montana Miller 
   &  Bowling Green State University  
Katie Whitlock  [email protected] 
California State University   
[email protected]  Jack London’s Life & Works 
  Jay Williams 
Gay, Lesbian, & Queer Studies 
University of Chicago 
Bruce Drushel  [email protected] 
Miami University    
[email protected]  Jewish Studies 
  Fred Isaac 
Gender Studies 
Berkeley, CA 
Carrie Marjorie Peirce  [email protected] 
Azusa Pacific University   
[email protected]  Journalism & Media Culture 
  James Von Schilling 
Gender & Media Studies 
Northampton Community College 
Debbie Phillips  [email protected] 
Muskingum College     & 
[email protected] 
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PCA/ACA 
AREA CHAIRS 
 
Ken Muir  University of Colorado  
Appalachian State University  [email protected] 
 
[email protected] 
Literature & Science 
 
Ian Roberts 
Language Attitudes & Popular Linguistics 
Missouri Western State University  
Patricia Donaher 
[email protected] 
Missouri Western State University  
 
[email protected] 
Literature & Society 
 
Gary L. Long 
Latin American Cinema 
University of Mississippi  
Melissa Fitch 
[email protected] 
University of Arizona 
 
[email protected] 
Local Culture of New Orleans—Special 
 
Sessions 
Latin Americans & Latinos:  
Jean-Paul Benowitz 
Identity Issues and Cultural Stereotypes 
Lebanon Valley College 
Eliana Rivero 
[email protected] 
University of Arizona 
 
[email protected] 
Mark Twain’s World 
 
Ray Browne 
Latin American Literature & Culture 
Bowling Green State University 
Patricia Montilla 
[email protected] 
Western Michigan University 
 
[email protected] 
Masculinities & Men’s Studies 
 
Hartmut Heep 
Latin Dance & the Global Economy 
Penn State University 
Melissa Fitch 
[email protected] 
University of Arizona 
 
[email protected] 
Material Culture 
 
Ella Howard 
Latin American Film & Media  
Armstrong Atlantic State University 
Melissa Fitch 
[email protected] 
The University of Arizona 
 
[email protected] 
Medical Humanities: Health, Disease & 
 
Culture 
Latin American Performance Studies 
Jennifer Tebbe-Grossman 
Elsa Gilmore 
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health 
United States Naval Academy 
Sciences 
[email protected] 
[email protected] 
 
 
Libraries, Archives, Museums,  
Medieval Popular Culture 
& Popular Research 
K. A. Laity 
Allen Ellis 
College of Saint Rose  
Northern Kentucky University  [email protected] 
[email protected]  
 
 
Memory & Representation 
Literature & Madness  
Rosemarie J. Conforti 
Branimir M. Rieger 
Southern Connecticut State University 
Lander University  [email protected]  
[email protected] 
 
 
Midwest Culture 
Literature & Politics 
Mark D. Van Ells 
George B. Moore 
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PCA & ACA  
AREA CHAIRS 
 
Queensborough Community College   Fran Hassencahl 
[email protected]  Old Dominion University  
  [email protected] 
Motorcycling Culture & Myth   
Gary L. Kieffner  Politics, Law, & Popular Culture 
University of Texas, El Paso  Becky L. Smith  
[email protected]  York College of Pennsylvania  
   &  [email protected]  
Lisa Garber   
Psychologist  Popular American Authors 
[email protected]  Huey Guagliardo 
  Lousiana State University  
Music   [email protected]  
Tom Kitts   
St. John’s University  Popular History in American Culture 
[email protected] 
Jennifer Stevens 
 
Roger Williams University  
Musicals, Stage & Film  [email protected] 
Samuel J. Goldstein 
 
Datona State College  Popular History in American Culture 
[email protected]  
Jennifer Stevens 
 
Roger Williams University  
Mystery & Detective & Fiction 
[email protected] 
Marilyn Rye 
 
[email protected]   Professional Placement 
   & 
John Bratzel 
Karen Waldron 
Michigan State University 
College of the Atlantic 
[email protected] 
[email protected] 
 
 
Protest Issues & Actions 
Mythology in Contemporary Culture 
Lotte Larsen 
Stephen Wilkerson 
Western Oregon State College 
[email protected] 
[email protected] 
 
 
New England Studies 
Radio 
Peter Holloran  Frank Chorba 
Worcester State College 
Washburn University 
[email protected]  [email protected] 
 
 
Non-Fiction Writing 
Religion & Culture  
Dan R. Jones  Ingrid Shafer 
Texas A&M International University 
University of Science & Arts of Oklahoma 
[email protected]  
[email protected] 
 
 
Philosophy & Popular Culture 
Rhetoric, Composition, & Popular Culture 
Timothy J. Madigan 
 
St. John Fisher College   Romance 
[email protected] 
Eric Selinger 
 
DePaul University  
Poetry Studies & Creative Poetry 
[email protected]  
Maura Gage Cavell     & 
Louisiana State University, Eunice  Darcy Martin 
[email protected]  East Tennessee State University  
  [email protected] 
Politics Portrayed in Electronic Print and 
 
Media 
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