NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE POPULAR CULTURE ASSOCIATION AMERICAN CULTURE ASSOCIATION NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE POPULAR CULTURE ASSOCIATION AMERICAN CULTURE ASSOCIATION APRIL 17–20, 2019 Marriott Wardman Park Hotel Washington, D.C. Lynn Bartholome Executive Director Gloria Pizaña Executive Assistant Robin Hershkowitz Graduate Assistant Bowling Green State University Sandhiya John Editor, Wiley © 2019 Popular Culture Association Additional information about the PCA available at pcaaca.org. Emily Toth’s picture (page 33) courtesy Michael Patton. Susan Koppelman’s picture (page 34) courtesy Gary Auerbach. April Ryan’s picture (page 37) courtesy Glenwood Jackson. Table of Contents President’s Welcome ........................................................................................ 6 Registration and Check-In .............................................................................. 8 Meetings and Events ......................................................................................... 8 Exhibitors ............................................................................................................ 9 Area Chairs ......................................................................................................12 Leadership.........................................................................................................26 PCA Endowment ............................................................................................29 Bartholome Award Honoree: Emily Toth ...................................................33 Bartholome Award Honoree: Susan Koppelman .....................................34 Ray and Pat Browne Award Honoree: Doug Jones .................................36 Presidential Award Honoree: April Ryan ....................................................37 Special Guest: Jeff Krulik ................................................................................39 Schedule Overview by Area ..........................................................................40 Daily Schedule by Time ..................................................................................99 Index of Presenters ......................................................................................323 Floor Plans ......................................................................................................373 5 President’s Welcome The annual national conference is the Popular Culture Association/ American Culture Association’s signature event. Each year, thousands of scholars from many academic disciplines across the globe travel to meet in a major American city to share and discuss their research at the conference in a number of venues: panel presentations, round- tables, special sessions, film screenings, local tours, keynote speaker events, special awards ceremonies, and other events. This year’s conference is held at the Wash- ington Marriott Wardman Park hotel in Washington, D.C., from April 17-20, 2019. The hotel is located next to the Metro, which allows easy access to downtown D.C. and its attractions, and is within walk- ing distance to Dupont Circle. The confer- ence schedule is available on the website with full details on each day’s offerings. I am excited about various special events that have been decided on and organized with the Washington, D.C., venue specifically in mind. First, I am honored to present this year’s PCA/ ACA Presidential award to White House correspondent April Ryan. Ms. Ryan is the only black female reporter covering urban issues from the White House since the Clinton Administration. She serves on the board of the White House Correspondents Association and is a member of the National Press Club. In addition to her daily work as a journalist, she frequently appears as a political analyst on CNN and many other tele- vision programs, including Anderson Cooper 360 and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. She is the author of The Presidency in Black and White (2015), At Mama’s Knee: Mothers and Race in Black and White (2016), and Under Fire: Reporting from the Front Lines of the Trump White House (2018). Ms. Ryan will be giving a conference keynote address, followed by a book signing. Please check the schedule for location and time. 6 Secondly, the Association will bestow the prestigious Ray and Pat Browne Award for Contributions to the Popular Arts to multi-award winning actor Doug Jones, who may indeed be the most famous per- son you may not recognize face to face—but you’ve definitely seen him as Abe Sapien in Hellboy; Pan and the Pale Man in Pan’s Labyrinth; the lead “Gentleman” in the famous “Hush” episode of television’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer; the “Amphibian Man” and romantic lead of The Shape of Water, winner of the 2017 Academy Award for Best Picture; and most recently Commander Saru in the CBS All Access series, Star Trek: Dis- covery. In additional to these well-known roles, he will also be speaking about his work in short films with a special purpose, including The But- terfly Circus and The Candy Shop. Please check the schedule for location and time. On a personal note, I also want to thank all of you for your support during the past two years while I have had the privilege of serving you as President of the Association. My term ends at the close of the Wash- ington, D.C., conference, at which time I will be handing the ceremonial gavel to Dr. Kathy Merlock Jackson as the new President. Under her leadership and that of our new Executive Director, Dr. Lynn Bartholome, the Association will continue to thrive. I want to thank these two ex- traordinary women, as well as the Governing Board of the Association and the rest of our hardworking former and current professional staff, for helping lead the Association into the future. I have been honored to work for the entire membership as your President and will always con- sider this service to be a personal and professional highlight of my life. On behalf of the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Associ- ation, I would like to thank all of you for your dedication and service not only to this organization, but the larger cause of the scholarly study of popular culture. I look forward to seeing you in Washington, D.C.! Phil Simpson, PCA President 7 Registration and Check-In Our registration area will be open: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 * 5PM – 7PM Wednesday, April 17, 2019 7AM – 5PM Thursday, April 18, 2019 7AM – 5PM Friday, April 19, 2019 7AM – 5PM Saturday, April 20, 2019 8AM – 12 Noon * Badge pick-up only; no transactions One-day guest badges (@ $50) will be available each morning at the Registration Area; payment in cash or check with identification is pre- ferred. Meetings and Events A detailed schedule of meetings, receptions, and other special events can be found on page 40. For security reasons, badges are required in all conference areas. 8 Exhibitors PCA/ACA Exhibitors We would like to welcome our exhibitors this year and hope that you will visit them in Salon One. Exhibit Hours Wednesday, April 17, 2019 2:00 pm – 8:00 pm Thursday, April 18, 2019 9:00 am – 6:00 pm Friday, April 19, 2019 9:00 am – 6:00 pm Saturday, April 20, 2019 9:00 am – 1:00 pm Exhibitors Intellect Lexington Books McFarland The Ohio State University Palgrave Macmillan Project MUSE Rowman and Littlefield The University of Texas Press Rutgers University Press Scholar’s Choice University of Iowa Press University Press of Kentucky University Press of Mississippi Wayne State University School of Cultural & Critical Studies, Bowling Green State University PCA/ACA Literary and Electronic Site Awards Be sure to visit our silent auction, in the exhibit hall (Salon One). Proceeds benefit the PCA Endowment. Lots of fabulous finds! 9 Area Chairs 2019 National PCA African-American Culture Meetings and Events Elgie Sherrod Lynn Bartholome Virginia Commonwealth University Popular Culture Association; Bowling [email protected] Green State University [email protected] Aging and Senior Culture Academics and Collegiate Frederick John Augustyn, Jr. Culture Library of Congress [email protected] Arlene Caney Community College of Philadelphia [email protected] American Indian Literatures and Cultures Adaptation (Film, TV, Lit., Timothy Petete and Electronic Gaming)- University of Central Oklahoma See Cultural Adaptations [email protected] Glenn Jellenik University of Central Arkansas American Literature [email protected] Corey Taylor Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology [email protected] Adolescence in Film and Television Animation Kylo-Patrick Hart Texas Christian University David S. Silverman [email protected] Kansas Wesleyan University [email protected] Peter Chanthanakone Advertising University of Iowa Christopher Swindell [email protected] Marshall University [email protected] 12 Appalachian Studies Australian and New Zealand Popular Culture David S. Silverman Kansas Wesleyan University Glen Thomas [email protected] Queensland University of Technology [email protected] Armed Conflict Baby-Boomer Culture Sally Parry Illinois State University James Von Schilling [email protected] Northampton Community College [email protected] Robert McLaughlin Illinois State University [email protected] Beer Culture Annie Sugar Art & Design Culture Emory & Henry College [email protected] Joy Sperling Denison University, Granville, Ohio [email protected] Biographies Gretchen Gasterland-Gustafsson Susie Skarl Minneapolis College of Art and Design University of Nevada Las Vegas [email protected] [email protected]