CFP: Mid-Atlantic Popular/American Culture Association,
Niagara Falls, 2008

Please note: MAPACA has reorganized its panels related to art, design
and architecture. We hope to see you in Niagara Falls.

Call for Papers MAPACA 2008

Mid-Atlantic Popular/American Culture Association
Annual Conference October 30 - November 2, 2008
Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
Sheraton Fallsview Hotel & Conference Center

Reminder: Travel between the united states and Canada
now requires a valid passport

An inclusive professional organization dedicated to the study of
Popular Culture and American Culture in all their multidisciplinary
manifestations, MAPACA hosts presentations in a wide range of areas.
Those interested in presenting at the conference are invited to submit
ONE proposal or panel to ONE of the areas listed below. Please send
by e-mail a one-page abstract to the appropriate area chair by June
15, 2008. For further information, please consult MAPACA's on-line
newsletter, The Gazette, at www.mapacagazette.net.

PLEASE NOTE: Prospective presenters may submit only ONE proposal to
only ONE area. Multiple submissions, whether to one area or several,
will result in rejection of all proposals.

MAPACA Areas & Area Chairs

American Studies
Anita Vickers
Penn State Schuylkill
Amv5psu.edu

Art:
Janna Eggebeen
Ontario College of Art and Design
eggebjayahoo.com

Beowulf to Shakespeare: Popular Culture in the Middle Ages & the
Renaissance
Diana Vecchio
Widener University
dmvecchiowidener.edu

Built Environment & Architecture Culture
Loretta Lorance
Fordham University
ljlorancegmail.com

Children & Childhood Studies
Vibiana Bowman
Rutgers - The State University
bowmancamden.rutgers.edu
& Holly Blackford
Rutgers - The State University
blackforcamden.rutgers.edu

Comics, Cartoons &Video Games
Gary Earl Ross
University at Buffalo, SUNY
gerossbuffalo.edu

Death in American Culture
J. Joseph Edgette
Widener University
jjedgetteenter.net
& Richard Sauers
Lenape Investment Corp.
rsauersenter.net

Design and Decorative Art
Sarah Lichtman
Parsons, The New School for Design
lichtmasnewschool.edu

Detective Fiction
Alexander Howe
U. of the District of Columbia
howe_acomcast.net

Disability Studies
Alison Smith
Independent Scholar
adsrevisiongmail.com

Education & Social Change
Earl Tai
Parsons, The New School for Design
TaiEnewschool.edu

Environment & Culture
Tara Weiss
Kingsborough CC CUNY
drtara5earthlink.com

Fashion, Appearance & Material Culture
Joseph H. Hancock, II
Drexel University
drtara5earthlink.com

Film Studies
Ralph R. Donald
So. IL U at Edwardsville
rdonaldsiue.edu

Food & Culture
Loretta Lorance
Fordham University
ljlorancegmail.com

Harry Potter Phenomenon
Richard Currie
Coll. of Staten Island, CUNY
Rcu8598882aol.com

Horror
Lisa Miller
Pace University
littlemonster3141yahoo.com

Internet Culture
Mary Lou Nemanic
Penn State ? Altoona
mun1psu.edu

J.R.R. Tolkien & C.S. Lewis: Books & Films
Bill Mistichelli
Penn State - Abington
Wxm3psu.edu

Latino/a Studies
Enrique Morales-Díaz
Hartwick College
Morales_DiazEhartwick.edu

Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/
Transgender/Queer Studies
Cathy Leaker
Empire State College
Cathy.leakeresc.edu

Music & Culture
Scott Henderson
Brock University
shenderbrocku.ca

Native American Studies
Ron Denson
Ithaca College
densonithaca.edu

Performance Studies
Louis Scheeder
New York University/TSOA
Louis.Scheedernyu.edu

Popular Culture & Activism
Alison Smith
Independent Scholar
adsrevisiongmail.com

Popular Literary Landscapes
Bill Mistichelli
Penn State, Abington
Wxm3psu.edu

Popular Novels
Anne K. Kaler
Independent Scholar
akkalerverizon.net

Religion & Popular Culture
Pam Detrixhe
Temple University
p.detrixheverizon.net

Rock & Roll Culture
Thomas Kitts
St. John's University
tomkittsaol.com

Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Cathy Leaker
Empire State College
Cathy.leakeresc.edu

Sexuality & Erotica
Gary Earl Ross
University at Buffalo, SUNY
gerossbuffalo.edu

Sports
Robert Trumpbour
Penn State Altoona
rct4psu.edu
& Ron Bishop
Drexel University
rcbsamcomcast.net

Technology & Culture
Lois Ascher
Wentworth Institute
ascherlwit.edu

Television
Scott Ash
Nassau Community College
ashsncc.edu

Theater Studies
Jason Davids Scott
University of California Santa Barbara
jdscottumail.ucsb.edu

Travel & Tourism
Gene McQuillan
Kingsborough CC CUNY
genekccverizon.net

Urban Culture
Blagovesta Momchedjikova
New York University/TSOA
bmm202nyu.edu

Violence & Society
Gary Earl Ross
University at Buffalo, SUNY
gerossbuffalo.edu

Visual Culture
Tracey Bowen
University of Toronto
traceybowencogeco.ca

War
Andrew Schopp
Nassau Community College
schoppancc.edu

Women's Studies
Annalisa Castaldo
Widener University
acastaldomail.widener.edu

Working Class Studies
Mary Lou Nemanic
Penn State ? Altoona
mun1psu.edu

Special Session: G.K. Chesterton
Jill Kriegel
Florida Atlantic University
Jill1227bellsouth.net

Miscellaneous/Not Sure Where
Gary Earl Ross
University at Buffalo, SUNY
gerossbuffalo.edu