Midwest Popular Culture Association and Midwest American Culture Association Annual Conference Thursday, October 7 – Sunday, October 10, 2021 MPCA/ACA website: http://www.mpcaaca.org #mpca21 Executive Secretary: Malynnda Johnson, Communication, Indiana State University,
[email protected] Conference Coordinator: Lori Scharenbroich, Crosslake, MN,
[email protected] Webmaster: Matthew Kneller, Communication, Aurora University,
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[email protected] Jesse Schlotterbeck, Denison University Kathleen Turner, Ledgerwood, Vice-Chair, Lincoln University Pamela Wicks, Chair, Aurora University 1 PANELS AND PRESENTATIONS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7 TBD FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8 Friday 9:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Manufacturing Registration/Exhibits Friday 1:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Manufacturing Registration/Exhibits Friday 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. 1101 Friday, 9:00-10:30 Agriculture Public Relations Contributions to 2021 Corona Vaccine Distribution in Popular Culture/ Beer 1 Advertising and Public Relations/Beer Culture “Covid-19 Vaccinations Enter Popular Culture Through Effective Public Relations Storytelling,” Patrick Karle, Independent Scholar,
[email protected] “Effectively Engaging Generation Z,” Mark Beal, “Beer-Infused Czech Adaptations: Jiří Menzel’s Films and Bohumil Hrabal’s Prose,” Tanya Silverman, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Michigan,
[email protected] “Community Memory: “Local” Brews and Hyperlocal History,” Josh Sopiarz, University Library, Governors State University,