2006 Midwest Popular Culture Association and Midwest American Culture Association
Indianapolis has been chosen for the 2006 Midwest Popular Culture / Midwest American Culture Association. The conference will be held Friday-Sunday, October 27-29, at the Sheraton Indianapolis Hotel and Suites.
Deadline for the 2006 conference is April 30, 2006
More information will be available here: http://www.mpcaaca.org/conference/
For a full list of area chairs, see this: http://www.mpcaaca.org/conference/areachairs.html
Here are some that might be appropriate (some may be last year's area chairs):
Adaptation (Literature-Film etc.)
Robert T. Self, English, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb IL 60115, rself@niu.edu
Children's Literature and Culture Angela Sorby, English, Marquette University, Milwaukee WI 53201, angela.sorby@mu.edu
Comics
Paul R. Kohl, Communication Arts, Loras College, 1450 Alta Vista St., Dubuque IA 52001, pkohl@loras.edu
Folklore and Popular Storytelling
Michael Marsden, Dean of the College and Academic Vice President, St. Norbert College, DePere WI 54115-2099, michael.marsden@snc.edu
Libraries, Museums, and Collecting
Tom Caw (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), 4317 N. Prospect Ave., Shorewood WI 53211, tscaw@uwm.edu
Magazines and Newspapers
Ayanna Gaines, A.C. Buehler Library, Elmhurst College, Elmhurst IL 60126, ayannag@elmhurst.edu
Midwestern Popular Literature
David D. Anderson (Michigan State University), 6555 Lansdown Dr., Dimondale MI 48821, ddandpat@aol.com
Mystery, Thrillers, and Detective and Crime Fiction
Tricia Jenkins; American Studies; Michigan State University; East Lansing MI 48824; jenki172@msu.edu
New Media
David Gunkel, Communication, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb IL 60115, dgunkel@niu.edu
Sports
Jim Sayer, Communication, Wright State University, Dayton OH 45435, james.sayer@wright.edu
Teaching Popular Culture
Angela M. Nelson, Popular Culture, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green OH 43403-0226, anelson@bgnet.bgsu.edu
Westerns
Gary Hoppenstand; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures; Michigan State University; East Lansing MI 48824; hoppens2@msu.edu
