Popular Culture Areas & Chairs
Advertising
Sammy R. Danna
Comm. Dept.
Loyola Univ.
Chicago, IL 60611
312915.6554
Fax: 312.915.8593
sdanna@luc.edu
African-American Culture
Katrina Hazzard-Donald
5011 Catharine St.
Philadelphia, PA 19143-1627
856.225.6470
Fax: 856-225-6435
hazzard@camden.rutgers.edu
American Literature
Sue Richardson
Film Studies Dept.
Univ. of North Carolina-Wilmington
601 S. College Rd.
Wilmington, NC 28403-5950
(910) 962-3326
Fax: (910) 962-7678
richardsongr@uncw.edu
Animal Culture
Debbie Phillips
Speech & Theatre Dept.
Muskingum Coll.
New Concord, OH 43762
740.826.8180
dphillip@muskingum.edu
Animation
James A. (Jim) Walker
University College for the Creative Arts
at Maidstone
Oakwood Park
Maidstone, Kent
United Kingdom
ME16 8AG
Tel: +44 (0) 1622 620000
Fax: +44 (0) 1622 621100
jwalker@ucreative.ac.uk
Arthurian Legends
Elizabeth Sklar
904 Olivia
Ann Arbor, MI
313.577.7714
Fax: 313.577.8618
e.sklar@wayne.edu
Donald Hoffman
1808 N. Larrabee St.
Chicago, IL 60614
dhof635094@aol.com
Asian Popular Culture
John A. Lent
669 Ferne Blvd.
Drexel Hill, PA 19026
610.622.3938
jlent@temple.edu
Automobile Culture
Tom Patterson
Sociology Dept.
Shepherd Univ.
Shepherdstown, WV 25443
tpatters@shepherd.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
Biographies
Jean-Paul Benowitz
Department of History
1 Alpha Drive
Elizabethtown, PA 17022
(717) 361-1251
benowijp@etown.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
The Body and Physical Difference
Lori Duin Kelly
English
Carroll College
100 N. East Avenue
Waukesha, WI 53213
262.524.7263
Fax: 262.524.7083
Lkelly@cc.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
British Popular Culture
Maureen Thum
English Dept.
Univ. of Michigan
Flint, MI 48502
810.762.3285
mthum@umflint.edu
Frank Riga
English Dept.
Canisius Coll.
Buffalo, NY 14208
rigaf@canisius.edu
Business/Corporate Culture
Diana K Osborne
Spokane Community College
dosborne@scc.spokane.edu
Caribbean & Latin American
Literature & Culture
Jorge Febles
Department of World Languages
University of North Florida
1 UNF Drive
Jacksonville, FL 32224
904-620-2283
Fax: 904-620-2288
jorge.febles@unf.edu
Patricia Montilla
Dept. of Spanish
Western Michigan Univ.
Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5338
(269) 387-3040
patricia.montilla@wmich.edu
Celebrity Culture
Michael Brody
10412 Crossing Creek Rd.
Potomac, MD 20854
301.585.1703
Fax: 301.299.8962
mikebro@erols.com
Chicana/o Culture: Literature, Film, Theory
Scott Baugh
Dept. of English, Box 43091
Texas Tech Univ.
Lubbock, TX 79409-3091
806.742.2500, ext. 244
Fax: 806.742.0989
scott.baugh@ttu.edu
Children's Lit. & Culture
Harry E. Eiss
4967 Aljoanne
Brighton, MI 48116
810-229-5845
harryeiss@comcast.net
Children’s Television
Richard Graham
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
N220 Love Library
Lincoln, NE 68588-4100
phone: (402) 472-5410
fax: (402) 472-5131
rgraham7@unl.edu
Circuses& Circus Culture
Robert Sugarman
PO Box 407
Shaftsbury, VT 05262
802.447.7179
Fax: 802.447.2611
robsugar@comcast.net
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
Collecting & Collectibles
Kevin M. Moist
Communications
Penn State Altoona
101D Cypress
3000 Ivyside Park
Altoona, PA 16601
814-949-5779
kmm104@psu.edu
Collective Behavior:
Panics, Fads & Hostile Outbursts
V.J. Brown
Dept. of Business & Social Sciences
White Hall Room 102B
Shepherd Coll.
Shepherdstown, WV 25443
304.876.5302
vbrown@shepherd.edu
Collegiate Culture: Higher Ed & Pedagogy
Julie Gochenour
Institute for Innovation in Health & Human Services
Virginia Center for Health Outreach
James Madison University
MSC 9009
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
Work: (540) 568-6058
Fax: (540) 568-6374
gochenjx@cisat.jmu.edu
Comic Art & Comics
Nicole Freim
English Department
Riverside Community College
4800 Magnolia Ave.
Riverside, CA 92506-1299
nfreim@charter.net
Conspiracy Theory /
Claims for the Paranormal
Tamar Gablinger
Institute for Social Sciences
Humboldt University
Berlin
gablingers@gmail.com
Creative Fiction Writing
Jerry Bradley
College of Graduate Studies
Lamar University
P. O. Box: 10078
Beaumont, TX 77710
409.880.8229
jerry.bradley@lamar.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
Culture & Religion
Ingrid Shafer
Philosophy & Religion
Univ. of S&A of OK
Chickasha, OK 73018
405.574.1312 (o)
405.224.3988 (h)
ihs@ionet.net
Dance Culture
Libby Smigel
1120 Meurilee Ln.
Silver Spring, MD 20901-2111
301.681.9845
DanceAndCulture@gmail.com
Detective & Mystery Fiction
Marilyn Rye
Fairleigh Dickinson U
Mrye@fdu.edu
Karen Waldron
College of the Atlantic
waldron@coa.edu
Digital Games PCA
Tony Avruch
Bowling Green State U
tavruch@earthlink.net
Katie Whitlock
California State U, Chico
klwhitlock@csuchico.edu
Dime Novels/Pulps/Juvenile Series Books
Pam Bedore
University of Connecticut
1084 Shennecossett Rd
Groton CT 06340
(860) 405-9135
Pamela.bedore@uconn.edu
Documentary
Heather McIntosh
Coll. of Communications
The Pennsylvania State Univ.
University Park, PA 16802
hmm160@psu.edu
Eastern European Studies
Jeff Johnson American Studies Dept.
Michigan State University
phoboes2000@yahoo.com
Communication and Digital Culture
Mark Nunes
Associate Professor and Chair
Department of English, Technical Communication and Media Arts
Southern Polytechnic State University
1100 S. Marietta Parkway
Marietta, GA 30060
678-915-7209 (phone)
678-915-7425 (fax)
mnunes@spsu.edu
Eros, Pornography & Popular Culture
Ken Muir
Dept. of Sociology and Social Work
Appalachian State Univ.
828.262.6388
muirkb@appstate.edu
European Literature & Culture
(excl. UK and Germany)
Elisabeth Donato
Dept. of Modern Languages and Cultures
208C Davis Hall
Clarion Univ. of Pennsylvania
Clarion, PA 16214
814.393.1998
edonato@clarion.edu
Fairy Tales
Linda J. Holland-Toll
Language and Literature
Mount Olive Coll.
634 Henderson St.
Mount Olive, NC 28365
lholland-toll@moc.edu
Oxymoron@nc.rr.com.
Fashion, Appearance, & Consumer Identity
Joseph Hancock
Drexel University
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
Jhh33@drexel.edu
Fat Studies
Lesleigh Owen, PhD Candidate
University of California, Santa Cruz
P.O. Box 61071
Pasadena, CA 91116
goddess_les@yahoo.com
Julia McCrossin
Graduate Teaching Assistant
English Department
The George Washington University
Rome Hall
801 22nd St. NW
Washington, DC 20052
jmccross@gwu.edu
Festivals & Faires
Kimberly Tony Korol-Evans
Performance Studies
Missouri State University
417-836-5183
korol-evans@missouristate.edu
Film
Donald E. Palumbo
English Dept.
East Carolina Univ.
Greenville, NC 27858
252-321-1522
donaldpalumbo@earthlink.net
Film Adaptation
Rebecca Housel
Department of English
Rochester Institute of Tech.
92 Lomb Memorial Dr.
Rochester, NY 14623-5604
585.475.4422
Fax: 585.475.7120
housereb@rochester.rr.com
Cynthia J. Miller
Institute for Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies
Emerson College
120 Boylston St.
Boston, MA 02116
781-828-9389
cymiller@tiac.net
Film and Media Studies
J. Brian Wagaman
2076 Lexington Avenue
Middleton, PA 17057
717.986.1264
waterspecialist@aol.com
Folklore
Elisabeth Nixon, Ph.D.
Franklin University
201 S. Grant Avenue
Columbus, OH 43215
614.263.4077
Fax: 614.224.4025
nixone@franklin.edu
Food in Popular Culture
Beverly Taylor
English CB#3520
Univ. of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
919.544.1943
Fax: 919.962.3520
lstcnr@yahoo.com
Gay & Lesbian Studies
Bruce Drushel
Mass Communication Area
Dept. of Communication
Miami Univ.
Oxford OH 45056
513.529.3526
drushebe@muohio.edu
Gender Studies
Carrie Marjorie Peirce
Global Studies & Sociology
Azusa Pacific Univ.
Azusa, CA 91702-7000
626.815.6000 x3487
Fax: 626.815.3871
cpeirce@apu.edu
Gender & Media Studies
Debbie Phillips
Speech & Theatre Dept.
Muskingum Coll.
New Concord, OH 43762
740.826.8180
dphillip@muskingum.edu
Geography
Joe Manzo
Dept. of Geography
Concord University
Athens, WV 24712
304.384.5208
Fax: 304.384.6091
manzoj@concord.edu
John Morgan
Geography
Emory & Henry Coll.
Emory, VA 24327
276.944.6815
Fax: 276.944.6695
jtmorgan@ehc.edu
German Literature and Culture
Claude Desmarais
Dept. of Modern Languages & Literatures
Crabtree Building, 49A York St.
Mount Allison University
Sackville, NB
E4L 1C7 Canada
(506) 364-2478
cdesmarais@mta.ca
Gothic Literature
Louis H. Palmer, III
English Dept.
Castleton State College
6 Alumni Drive
Castleton, VT 05373
802.468.1341
Fax: 802.468.6045
louis.palmer@castleton.edu
Health & Disease in Popular
Culture
Jennifer Tebbe-Grossman
Pol. Sci. & Amer. Studies
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
Boston, MA 02115
617.732.2904
Fax: 617.732.2801
jennifer.tebbe@mcphs.edu
Heinlein Studies
Lisa N. D'Amico
Department of English
Texas A&M University
Blocker 227
TAMU 4227
College Station, TX 77843-4227
pca@rahstudies.org
Holidays
Julie Gochenour
Institute for Innovation in Health & Human Services
Virginia Center for Health Outreach
James Madison University
MSC 9009
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
Work: (540) 568-6058
Fax: (540) 568-6374
gochenjx@cisat.jmu.edu
Horror (Fiction, Film)
Philip Simpson
Brevard Comm. Coll.
Palm Bay Campus
250 Community College Parkway
Palm Bay, FL 32909
321-433-5194
Fax: 321-433-5317
simpsonp@brevardcc.edu
Jim Iaccino
The Chicago School of Prof. Psychology
jiaccino@thechicagoschool.edu
Kristopher Woofter
Dawson C
hauntologist@gmail.com
Humanities & Popular Cultures
Ray B. Browne
PCA/ACA
Bowling Green State Univ.
Bowling Green, OH 43403
419.372.7861
rbrowne@bgnet.bgsu.edu
Internet Culture
Montana Miller
Bowling Green State University
419-372-0184
montanm@bgnet.bgsu.edu
Jack London's Life & Works
Louise E Wright:
3334 Midvale Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19129
lewright2@verizon.net
Jewish Studies
Dan Walden
English Department
Penn State Univ.
Univ. Park, PA 16802-6200
814.237.1609
Fax: 814.863.7285
Dxw8@psu.edu
Solomon Davidoff
Wentworth Institute of Technology
c/o 194 Clifton Street
Malden, MA 02148-2403
617-953-4337 (phone)
617-734-3131 (fax)
JewishStudiesPCA@hotmail.com
Journalism
Ken Muir
Dept. of Sociology and Social Work
Appalachian State Univ.
828.262.6388
muirkb@appstate.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
Language Attitudes & Popular Linguistics
Patricia Donaher
English Dept.
Missouri Western State University
4525 Downs Dr.
St. Joseph, MO 64507
816-271-5964
Fax 816-271-4543
donaher@missouriwestern.edu
Libraries, Archives, Museums,
& Popular Research
Allen Ellis
Steely Library
Northern Kentucky Univ.
Highland Heights, KY 41099-6101
859.572.5527
Fax: 859.572.5390
ellisa@nku.edu
Literature & Visual Arts
James R. Aubrey
Department of English
Metropolitan State College of Denver
P.O. Box 173362
Denver, CO 80217
aubreyj@mscd.edu
Madness in Literature
Branimir M. Rieger
Humanities Div.
Lander Univ.
Greenwood, SC 29649
864.388.8389
Fax: 864.388.8890
brieger@lander.edu
Masculinities
Hartmut Heep
German Dept.
Penn State Univ.
Schuykill, PA 17972-2208
570.385.6298
Fax: 570.385.3672
hxh17@psu.edu
Medieval Popular Culture
K. A. Laity
Department of English
College of Saint Rose
432 Western Avenue
Albany NY 12203
laityk@strose.edu
Memory & Representation
Rosemarie J. Conforti
Media Studies Department, TE6
Southern Connecticut State University
501 Crescent Street
New Haven, CT 06515
203.392.5379
Fax: 203.392.5242
confortir1@southernct.edu
Men/Men's Studies
Hartmut Heep
German Dept.
Penn State Univ.
Schuykill, PA 17972-2208
570.385.6298
Fax: 570.385.3672
hxh17@psu.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
Music
Don Cusic
Curb College of Entertainment
and Music Business
Belmont University
1900 Belmont Blvd.
Nashville, TN 37212
615.460.5438
FAX: 615.460.5516
cusicd@mail.belmont.edu
Musicals, Stage & Film
Samuel J. Goldstein
English Dept.
Daytona Beach Community Coll.
Daytona Beach, FL
386.506.3617
goldsts@dbcc.edu
Mythology in Contemporary Culture
Anais Spitzer
Department of Humanities
College of Santa Fe
1600 St. Michael's Drive
Santa Fe, NM 87505
mccpca@gmail.com
Stephen Wilkerson
Sywilkers@aol.com
Non-Fiction Writing
Dan R. Jones
Texas A&M International Univ.
5201 Univ. Dr.
Laredo, TX 78041-1900
956.326.2240
Fax: (956) 326-2239
djones@tamiu.edu
Philosophy & Popular Culture
Timothy J. Madigan
Department of Philosophy
St. John Fisher College
Rochester, NY 14618
585-415-5925
tmadigan@sjfc.edu
Poetry Studies & Creative Poetry
Maura Gage Cavell
Department of English
Louisiana State University at Eunice
P.O. Box 1129
Eunice, LA 70535
337.550.1328
mcavell@lsue.edu
Politics, Law, & Popular Culture
Becky L. Smith
Business Administration Dept.
York College of Pennsylvania
York, PA 17405
717.815.1571
blsmith@ycp.edu
Popular American Authors
Huey Guagliardo
English Dept.
Lousiana State Univ.
Eunice, LA 70535
hguaglia@lsue.edu
Popular Art, Architecture, & Design
Loretta Lorance
School of Visual Arts
P.O. Box 461
Inwood Station
New York, NY 10034
llorance@earthlink.net
Derham Groves
Faculty of Architecture, Building & Planning
Univ. of Melbourne
Victoria 3010 Australia
derhamgroves@hotmail.com
derham@unimelb.edu.au
Popular Culture & Education,
Teaching & History
Seymour Leventman
Sociology Dept.
Boston Coll.
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
617.552.4152
Fax: 617-552-4283
sylev@rcn.com
Popular Culture in the Age of Theodore Roosevelt
Daniel Murphy
History Dept.
Hanover Coll.
Hanover, IN 47243
812.866.7222
Fax: 812.866.7229
murphy@hanover.edu
Popular Culture, Rhetoric, & Composition
Michael Carlson Kapper
Humanities Division
Lees-McRae College
P O Box 128
Banner Elk, NC 28604-0128
pcarhetcomp@gmail.com
Popular History in American Culture
Jennifer Stevens
Dept. of History & American Studies
Roger Williams University
One Old Ferry Road
Bristol, RI 02809
jstevens@rwu.edu
Professional Placement
Linda J. Holland-Toll
Language and Literature
Mount Olive Coll.
634 Henderson St.
Mount Olive, NC 28365
lholland-toll@moc.edu
0xymoron@bellsouth.net
Protest Issues & Actions
Lotte Larsen
407 19th St. NE
Salem, OR 97301
503.581.5344
larsenl@wou.edu
Radio
Frank Chorba
Mass Media
Washburn Univ.
Topeka, KS 66621
785-670-1836
frank.chorba@washburn.edu
Romance
Eric Selinger
English Department
DePaul University
eselinge@depaul.edu
Darcy Martin
Women's Studies Program
East Tennessee State University
(423) 439-6311
martindj@etsu.edu
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Tanya Cochran
Division of Humanities
Union College
3800 South 48th Street
Lincoln, NE 68506
(402) 486-2600 ext. 2325
pcasff@gmail.com
Sea Literature, History, & Culture
Stephen Curley
General Academics
Texas A&M University at Galveston
Galveston, TX 77553
409.740.4501
Fax: 409.740.4962
curleys@tamug.edu
Senior Culture: Seniors and Aging in Popular Culture
Frederick J. Augustyn, Jr., Ph D
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
faug@loc.gov
Shakespeare & the Elizabethan Age in Popular Culture
Gregory J. Thompson
Rogers State University
Dept. of English and Humanities
1701 W. Will Rogers Blvd.
Claremore OK 74017
918.343.7659
gthompson@rsu.edu
Shakespeare on Film and Television
Roberta N. Rude
Dept. of Theatre
U of South Dakota
Vermillion, SD 57069
605.677.5606
Fax: 605.677.5988
rrude@usd.edu
The Sixties
J. Brian Wagaman
2076 Lexington Avenue
Middleton, PA 17057
717.986.1264
waterspecialist@aol.com
Slapstick Comedy/Early TV
Peter Seely
Comm. Arts
Benedictine Univ.
Lisle, IL 60537
630.829.6253
Fax: 630-829-6663
pseely@ben.edu
Soap Opera
Barbara J. Irwin, Ph.D.
Dept. of Communication Studies
Canisius College
2001 Main Street
Buffalo, NY 14208
(716) 888-2108
irwin@canisius.edu
Southern Creative Writing
Christopher Bloss
Schwob Library
Library 140
Columbus State University
Columbus, GA 31907
706.565.3685
chris.bloss@gmail.com
Southern Literature and Culture
Christopher Bloss
Schwob Library
Library 140
Columbus State University
Columbus, GA 31907
706.565.3685
chris.bloss@gmail.com
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
Subcultural Style & Identity
Vicki Karaminas
School of Design
Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
University of Technology, Sydney Australia
Peter Johnson Building
Room 620,
P.O Box 123 Broadway, 2007
Phone: 0061 2 9514 8924
Fax: 0061 2 514 8787
vicki.karaminas@uts.edu.au
Tarot
Emily Auger
Visual Arts Dept.
Lakehead University
Thunder Bay, Ontario
P7B 5E1
augere@canada.com
Technical Communication
John B Jones
Reachview Technologies
Atlanta, GA
jbjonescc@comcast.net
Television
Dan Fuller
English Dept., Main Building B119
Kent State Univ.-Tuscarawas Campus
330 Univ. Drive N.E.
New Philadelphia, OH 44663-9403
330.339.3391
Fax: 330.672.3152
dfuller@tusc.kent.edu
Theatre
Kayla Wiggins
English Dept.
Martin Methodist Coll.
Pulaski, TN 38478
931.363.9859
kwiggins@martinmethodist.edu
Travel & Tourism
Jack Estes
Borough of Manhattan Comm.
College, CUNY
199 Chambers St., N614
New York, NY 10007-1097
212-362-8563
Fax: 888-810-5308
jeste@nyc.rr.com
Two-Year Colleges
Jay Nelson
English & Philosophy
Monroe Community Coll.
1000 E. Henrietta Road
Rochester, NY 14623
jnelson@monroecc.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
Vietnam
Mary Sue Ply
English Dept.
SLU 10861
Southeastern Louisiana Univ.
Hammond, LA 70402
mply@selu.edu
Visual Culture
Royce W. Smith
Art History, School of Art & Design
Campus Box 67
Wichita State University
1845 N. Fairmount
Wichita, KS 67260-0067
316.978.7713
royce.smith@wichita.edu
Westerns & the West
Helen M. Lewis
English/Humanities Dept.
Western Iowa Tech. Comm. Coll.
Sioux City, IA 51106
712.274.8733 x 1423
lewish@witcc.com
Women's Lives & Literature
Linda Coleman
English/Women’s Studies
Eastern Illinois Univ.
600 Lincoln Ave.
Charleston, IL 61920
217.581.5015
lscoleman@eiu.edu
World's Fairs & Expositions
Martin Manning
4701 South Park Ct.
Woodbridge, VA 22193
(202) 453-8447
Fax: 202-453-8391/92
manningmj@state.gov
Yvonne Condon
3164 Portis Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63112-0040
314.771.1618
World Popular Culture
Ray B. Browne
PCA/ACA
Bowling Green State Univ.
Bowling Green, OH 43403
419.372.7861
rbrowne@bgnet.bgsu.edu
World War I & II
David K. Vaughan
7485 Silver Lake Drive
Waynesville OH 45068
dkvaughan62@embarqmail.com