American Culture Areas & Chairs
Academics
Arlene Caney
Comm. Coll. of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA 19130
215.751.8305
Fax: 215.751.8248
acaney@ccp.cc.pa.us
Adaptation (Film, TV, Lit., & Electronic Gaming)
Dennis Cutchins
English Department
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT 84602
801.422.9042
dennis_cutchins@byu.edu
Adolescence in Film & Television
Kylo-Patrick R. Hart
Plymouth State University
Department of Communication & Media Studies
17 High Street, MSC 60
Plymouth, New Hampshire 03264
(603) 535-3122
krhart@mail.plymouth.edu
American Art & Architecture
Robert Sheardy, Jr.
Kendall College of Art and Design
17 Fountain Northwest
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
616-451-2787
sheardyr@ferris.edu
American Indian Literatures & Cultures
Elizabeth Hoffman Nelson
Athens Technical College
ail_and_c@hotmail.com
Appalachian Studies
Jimmy Dean Smith
English Dept.
Union College
Barbourville, KY 40906
jdsmith@unionky.edu
Baby-Boomer Culture
James Von Schilling
Humanities & Soc. Sciences
Northampton Comm. Col.
Bethlehem, PA 18020
610.861.4178
Fax: 610.861.5877
jvonschilling@northampton.edu
Black Music Culture
William C. Banfield
Berklee College of Music
1140 Boylston St.
Box 369
Boston, MA 02215-3693
617.747.8371
wbanfield@berklee.edu
Angela Nelson
Popular Culture
108 Popular Culture Bldg.
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH 43403-0190
419.372.0284
anelson@bgsu.edu
Border Culture (Political, Cultural, Geographical)
Ray B. Browne
PCA/ACA
Bowling Green State Univ.
Bowling Green, OH 43403
419.372.7861
rbrowne@bgnet.bgsu.edu
Cemeteries & Gravemarkers
J. Joseph Edgette
Center for Education
Widener Univ.
Chester, PA 19013
610.499.4241
Fax: 610.499.4605
jedgette1@widener.edu
Civil War & Reconstruction
Randal W. Allred
English Dept.
Brigham Young Univ., Hawaii
Laie, HI 96762
808.293.3633
Fax: 808.293.3662
allredr@byuh.edu
Comedy and Humor
M. Thomas Inge
Humanities Department
Randolph-Macon College
Ashland, VA 23005-5505
804.752.7282
Fax: 804.752.7231
tinge@rmc.edu
Cultural Conflict & Women
Cheri Louise Ross
Humanities/American Studies Dept.
Penn State University Harrisburg
Middletown, PA 17057
717.948.6727
Fax: 717.948.6724
clr5@psu.edu
Dance
Libby Smigel
1120 Meurilee Ln.
Silver Spring, MD 20901-2111
301.681.9845
danceandculture@hotmail.com
Detective & Mystery Fiction
Marty Knepper
English Dept.
Morningside College
Sioux City, IA 51106
Fax: 712-274-5101
712-274-5264 (fall)
712-233-2252 (summer)
knepper@morningside.edu
Barbara Emrys
English Dept.
202 Thomas Hall
University of Nebraska-Kearney
Kearney, NE 68845
308/865-8293
emrysb@unk.edu
Digital Games ACA
Gerald Voorhees
University of Iowa
gerald-voorhees@uiowa.edu
Ecology and Culture
Margaret O'Shaughnessey
CB#3520 Greenlaw Hall
Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3520
meo@email.unc.edu
Fashion, Appearance, & Consumer Identity
Joseph Hancock
Dept. of Design
Coll. of Media, Arts & Design
Nesbitt Hall Room 601
33rd and Market Streets
Philadelphia, PA. 19104
Work: 215.895.6993
Home/Cell: 610.564.6200
joepdx@mac.com
Gay & Lesbian Studies
Bruce Drushel
Mass Communication Area
Dept. of Communication
Miami Univ.
Oxford OH 45056
513.529.3526
drushebe@muohio.edu
Humanities & Popular Cultures
Ray B. Browne
PCA/ACA
Bowling Green State Univ.
Bowling Green, OH 43403
419.372.7861
rbrowne@bgnet.bgsu.edu
Journalism & Media Culture
James Von Schilling
Humanities & Soc. Sciences
Northampton Comm. Coll.
Bethlehem, PA 18020
610.861.4178
Fax: 610.861.5877
jvonschilling@northampton.edu
Literature & Politics
George B. Moore
Sewall Academic Program
Univ. of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309
303.823.6453
mooreg@colorado.edu
Literature & Science
Ian Roberts
English Dept.
Missouri Western State University
4525 Downs Dr.
St. Joseph, MO 64507
816-271-5810
Fax 816-271-4543
robertsi@missouriwestern.edu
Literature & Society
Gary L. Long
Sociology & Anthropology
Univ. of Mississippi
Univ., MS 38677
601.915.7297
Fax: 601. 915.5372
salong@olemiss.edu
Local Culture of San Francisco
Jean-Paul Benowitz
Department of History
1 Alpha Drive
Elizabethtown College
Elizabethtown, PA 17022
(717) 361-1251
benowijp@etown.edu
Masculinities
Merry G. Perry
English Dept.
West Chester Univ.
West Chester, PA 19383
610.436.2822
mperry@wcupa.edu
Material Culture
Ella Howard
ellahoward@gmail.com
Midwest Culture
Mark D. Van Ells
Queensborough Community College
The City University of New York
222-05 56th Avenue
Bayside, NY 11364
(718) 631-6291
mvanells@qcc.cuny.edu
Motorcycling Culture and Myth
Gary L. Kieffner
Dept. of History
U of Texas at El Paso
500 W. U Ave.
El Paso, TX. 79968-0532
915.747.5875
Kieffner@miners.utep.edu
Gary L. Kieffner, Co-Chair
Dept. of History
U of Texas at El Paso
500 W. U Ave.
El Paso, TX. 79968-0532
505.997.9102
Kieffner@utep.edu
Music
Gary Burns
Communication Dept.
Northern Illinois Univ.
DeKalb, IL 60115
815.753.7108
Fax: 815.753.7109
gburns@niu.edu
New England Studies
Peter Holloran
Worcester State College
Department of History
Worcester, MA 01602
pholloran@worcester.edu
Politics in a Mediated World
Fran Hassencahl
Dept. of Comm.
Old Dominion Univ.
Norfolk, VA 23529
757.683.3828
Fax: 757.683.4700
fhassenc@odu.edu
Popular American Authors
Huey Guagliardo
English Dept.
Lousiana State Univ.
Eunice, LA 70535
803.953.5664
hguaglia@lsue.edu
Postcolonial Studies
Cheri Louise Ross
Humanities/American Studies Dept.
Penn State Univ. Harrisburg
Middletown, PA 17057
717.948.6727
Fax: 717.948.6724
clr5@psu.edu
Rock, Film & Contemp. Arts
Donna Harper
2948 Cherry Hill Dr.
Antioch, TN 37013
615.361.7342
lennon50@hotmail.com
Sea Literature
Stephen Curley
General Academics
Texas A&M University at Galveston
Galveston, TX 77553
409.740.4501
Fax: 409.740.4962
curleys@tamug.edu
Sports
James Vlasich
Dept. of History & Sociology
225 Centrum
Southern Utah Univ.
Cedar City, UT 84720
435.586.5456
Fax: 435.865.8193
vlasich@suu.edu
Stephen King
Mary Findley
Vermont Technical Coll.
Randolph Center
Randolph, VT 05061
mfindley@vtc.edu
Patrick McAleer
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Mcaleer_p@yahoo.com or p.t.mcaleer@iup.edu
Theatre
Kayla Wiggins
English Dept.
Martin Methodist Coll.
Pulaski, TN 38478
931.363.9859
kwiggins@martinmethodist.edu
The Vampire in Literature, Culture, & Film
Mary Findley
Vermont Technical College
Randolph, VT 05061
mfindley@vtc.edu
Patrick McAleer
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Mcaleer_p@yahoo.com or p.t.mcaleer@iup.edu
Women's Studies
Linda Coleman
English Dept.
Eastern Illinois Univ.
Charleston, IL 61920
217.581.5015
lscoleman@eiu.edu