Midwest Popular Culture Association and Midwest American Culture Association Annual Conference #mpca14 1 Midwest Popular Culture Association and Midwest American Culture Association Annual Conference Friday, October 3 – Sunday, October 5, 2014 JW Marriot 10 S. West Street Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 t – 1-317-860-5800 MPCA/ACA website: http://www.mpcaaca.org #mpca14 Executive Secretary: Kathleen Turner, Communication, Aurora University, Aurora, IL 60506,
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[email protected] Pamela Wicks, Communication, Aurora University Anne Canavan, English, Modern Languages and Journalism, Emporia State University Sarah Petrovic, English, Oklahoma Wesleyan University 2 FEATURED SPEAKER SESSIONS Friday, October 3, 6:30-8:00 pm Descriptions of each session are available on pages 27-28 "Kickstarting Community: Disability, Access, and Participation in My Gimpy Life" Dr. Elizabeth Ellcessor, Indiana University, Room 208 “Words on Fire: Restoring Ray Bradbury’s Early Tales” Dr. Jonathon R. Eller, Indiana University, Room 209 3 LUNCHEON GUEST SPEAKER Saturday, October 4, 2014, 12:00-1:30 pm, Griffin Hall Julia A. Whitehead Executive Director, Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library “The Vonnegut Library: We Are What We Pretend to Be Tales” Julia Whitehead, a former Marine, is the founder of the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library. She has written/edited for Random House, Military Officers Association, Eli Lilly, and the legislatures of South Carolina and Indiana. Whitehead taught English to 100 children in Bangkok. She holds degrees/certificates from the University of South Carolina, George Washington, University of Indianapolis, Seton Hall, and Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.