The 2012 Conference of the National Popular Culture & American Culture Association April 11 – April 14, 2012 The Boston Marriott Copley Place Delores F. Rauscher, National PCA/ACA Editor &PCA/ACA Conference Program Coordinator, Michigan State University Jennifer DeFore, National PCA/ACA Editor & Assistant Program Coordinator Ng Yan Hong, Wiley-Blackwell Editor Additional information about the PCA/ACA available at www.pcaaca.org Table of Contents PCA/ACA Conference Administration _____________________________ 5 PCA/ACA Area Chairs ______________________________________________ 5 Officers ________________________________________________________ 11 Board Members _________________________________________________ 11 Past and Future Conferences _______________________________________ 12 PCA/ACA Program Schedule ___________________________________ 13 Exhibits and Paper Table __________________________________________ 13 Business & Board Meetings ________________________________________ 14 Dinners, Get-Togethers, Receptions, Tours ___________________________ 16 Film Screenings __________________________________________________ 19 Special Sessions _________________________________________________ 26 2012 Ray Browne Lecture _________________________________________ 40 Subject Area Overview ___________________________________________ 41 Schedule Overview _______________________________________________ 71 Daily Schedule – Wednesday _________________________________ 106 4/11/2012 1:15 P.M. __________________________________________ 106 4/11/2012 3:00 P.M. _________________________________________ 113 4/11/2012 4:45 P.M. _________________________________________ 121 4/11/2012 6:30 P.M. __________________________________________ 129 4/11/2012 8:15 P.M. __________________________________________ 132 Daily Schedule – Thursday ___________________________________ 133 4/12/2012 8:00 A.M. _________________________________________ 133 4/12/2012 9:45 A.M. _________________________________________ 146 4/12/2012 11:30 A.M. ________________________________________ 159 4/12/2012 1:15 P.M. __________________________________________ 172 4/12/2012 3:00 P.M. _________________________________________ 184 4/12/2012 4:45 P.M. __________________________________________ 196 4/12/2012 6:30 P.M. __________________________________________ 208 4/12/2012 8:15 P.M. __________________________________________ 212 Daily Schedule – Friday ______________________________________ 220 4/13/2012 8:00 A.M.__________________________________________ 220 4/13/2012 9:45 A.M.__________________________________________ 233 Administration 4/13/2012 11:30 A.M. _________________________________________ 246 4/13/2012 1:15 P.M. __________________________________________ 260 4/13/2012 3:00 P.M. __________________________________________ 273 4/13/2012 4:45 P.M. __________________________________________ 286 4/13/2012 6:30 P.M. __________________________________________ 299 4/13/2012 8:15 P.M. __________________________________________ 308 Daily Schedule – Saturday ____________________________________ 310 4/14/2012 8:00 A.M. __________________________________________ 310 4/14/2012 9:45 A.M. __________________________________________ 321 4/14/2012 11:30 A.M. _________________________________________ 332 4/14/2012 1:15 P.M. __________________________________________ 342 4/14/2012 3:00 P.M. __________________________________________ 351 4/14/2012 4:45 P.M. __________________________________________ 357 4/14/2012 6:30 P.M. __________________________________________ 361 4/14/2012 8:15 P.M. __________________________________________ 363 Index __________________________________________________________ 364 Notes _________________________________________________________ 426 Ads ___________________________________________________________427 Note: Updates submitted after this program has gone to press will appear in the database http://ncp.pcaaca.org and in the Addendum sheet posted at http://pcaaca.org/conference/past_programs.php Administration PCA/ACA Conference Administration PCA/ACA Area Chairs & A Special Topic--Boston Conference Richard Sax Science and Technology University of New Mexico-Valencia Campus Amos St. Germain [email protected] Wentworth Institute of Technology American Literature [email protected] Sue Richardson Academics & Collegiate Culture University of North Carolina-Wilmington Arlene Caney [email protected] Community College of Philadelphia Animation [email protected] David S. Silverman Adaptation (Film, TV, Lit., & Kansas Wesleyan University Electronic Gaming) [email protected] Dennis Cutchins Appalachian Studies Brigham Young University Leslie Harper Worthington [email protected] Gainesville State College & [email protected] Lynnea Chapman King Armed Conflict Butler Community College Sally Parry [email protected] Illinois State University Adolescence in Film & Television [email protected] Kylo-Patrick R. Hart & Texas Christian University Robert McLaughlin [email protected] Illinois State University Advertising [email protected] Sammy R. Danna Arthurian Legends (see Medieval Loyola University Popular Culture & Arthurian Legends) [email protected] & Asian Popular Culture Brian Donovan John A. Lent Loyola University Temple University [email protected] African-American Culture & Katrina Hazzard-Donald Ying Xu Rutgers University [email protected] [email protected] Australian & New Zealand Popular African Culture Douglas Eli Julien Culture Texas A&M University, Texarkana Toni Johnson-Woods [email protected] University of Queensland [email protected] Age of Theodore Roosevelt & Popular Culture Automobile Culture Daniel Murphy Skip McGoun Hanover College Bucknell University [email protected] [email protected] Aging & Senior Culture Baby-Boomer Culture Frederick J. Augustyn, Jr. James Von Schilling Library of Congress Northampton Community College [email protected] [email protected] American Indian Literatures & Biographies Cultures Susie Skarl Constance (Connie) Bracewell University of Nevada, Las Vegas University of Arizona [email protected] [email protected] 5 Administration Black Music Culture University of Maryland Including Hip Hop Culture [email protected] William C. Banfield Cemeteries & Gravemarkers Berklee College of Music J. Joseph Edgette [email protected] Widener University & [email protected] Angela Nelson Chicana/o Culture: Literature, Film, Bowling Green State University Theory [email protected] Scott Baugh & (For Hip Hop) Texas Tech University Crystal Alberts [email protected] University of North Dakota & [email protected] Alyssa Ryan Body and Physical Difference Texas Tech University Lori Duin Kelly [email protected] Carroll University Children's/YA Series Books and Dime [email protected] Novels Border Studies, Cultural Economy & James D. Keeline Migration [email protected] Araceli Masterson Children‘s Literature & Culture Augustana College Harry E. Eiss [email protected] Eastern Michigan University Brazilian Popular Culture [email protected] Mónica Ayala-Martínez Circuses & Circus Culture Denison University Robert Sugarman [email protected] Southern Vermont College, Retired & [email protected] Manuel Martínez Civil War & Reconstruction Ohio Dominican University Randal W. Allred [email protected] Brigham Young University, Hawaii British Popular Culture [email protected] Maureen Thum Collecting & Collectibles University of Michigan Kevin M. Moist [email protected] Penn State Altoona & [email protected] Frank Riga Comedy and Humor Canisius College Lorraine Wilson Snaith [email protected] University of West Georgia Buffy, The Vampire Slayer [email protected] Melissa Anyiwo Comic Art & Comics Curry College Nicole Freim [email protected] Riverside Community College Business/Corporate Culture [email protected] Diana K. Osborne Communication & Digital Culture Spokane Community College Mark Nunes [email protected] Southern Polytechnic State University & [email protected] Tony Osborne Copyright and Intellectual Property Gonzaga University Brendan Riley Caribbean Literature & Culture Columbia College Chicago Jorge Febles [email protected] University of North Florida Creative Fiction Writing [email protected] Jerry Bradley Celebrity in Culture Lamar University Michael Brody [email protected] 6 Administration Dance & Culture Fat Studies Libby Smigel Lesleigh Owen Dance Heritage Coalition Chaffey College [email protected] [email protected] & & Deidre Cavazzi Julia McCrossin Saddleback College The George Washington University [email protected] [email protected] Disasters & Culture Festivals & Faires Ann Larabee Kimberly Tony Korol-Evans Michigan State University Independent Scholar [email protected] [email protected] Documentary Film Heather McIntosh Donald E. Palumbo Boston College East Carolina University [email protected] [email protected] Eastern European Studies Film Adaptation Jeff Johnson David L. Moody Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command SUNY, Oswego [email protected] [email protected] Ecology and Culture Film & History Margaret O'Shaughnessey Cynthia J. Miller University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Emerson College [email protected] [email protected] Education, Teaching, History & Folklore Popular Culture Elisabeth Nixon Ed Janak Franklin University University of Wyoming [email protected] [email protected] Food in Popular Culture Eros, Pornography & Popular Culture Beverly Taylor Ken Muir University of