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Northeast Popular Culture Association 2021 Virtual Conference

Welcome to NEPCA 2021!

We hope you have an amazing conference filled with ideas, conversation, and colleagueship. If you need a brief refresher on how best to prepare, please check out our Guides below:

If you run into issues or conference, please contact Lance Eaton at northeastpopculture@gmail.com. You can also reach out on the Help channel on Discord.

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9:00am EDT

Animals and Culture 4: The Meaning of Animals HJingfangKeri Stevenson • Samantha Covais • Corey Wrenn • Jessica Beaudin • Kathleen-Anna Amella Fantasy and Science Fiction I: Science Fiction and Genre LABanksAmie Doughty • Noel Sloboda • Nova Seals • Don Vescio Genders, Sex, and Sexualities 1: Gender & Sexuality in Asian Media NHopkinsonEnrique Morales-Diaz • Xiaofei Yang Sports 1: Critical Considerations of SportsJennifer Titanski-Hooper • Lindsey Banister • Laurie Dahlin • Ryan King-White • Linda Levitt • Zachary Willinger Sports 1: Critical Considerations of Sports NKJemisinRyan King-White • Linda Levitt • Jennifer Titanski-Hooper • Lindsey Banister • Laurie Dahlin • Zachary Willinger Television 1: Television, Culture, and History NOkoraforShawn Driscoll • Leigh H. Edwards • Sue Matheson The Mouse’s Monsters #1: Monsters and the Monstrous in the Worlds of Disney 1 NShawlMichael Torregrossa/Priscilla Hobbs • Carissa Baker • Frchkoska Leni

10:30am EDT

Animals and Culture 5: The Commodified Animal HJingfangDonna Varga • Barrie Blatchford • Liz Grauerholz • Erin N. Kidder • Terri Toles-Patkin Comics and Graphic Novels 1: The Body and Representation in Graphic Novels OButlerCharles Henebry • Amreen Kohli • Riziki Millanzi Fantasy and Science Fiction 2: Television and Films LABanksAmie Doughty • Oscar De Los Santos • Kelly Goodridge • Cinzia DiGiulio Genders, Sex, and Sexualities 2: Violence & Gender in Pop Culture NHopkinsonHayley McCullough • Heather Cosimini • Mariana Brandman Sports 2: Skateboarding, Racing, and Marathons NKJemisinFrancisco Vivoni • Lucien Darjeun Meadows • Mark Howell Television 2: Television, Culture, and Difference NOkoraforAri Harper • Agnibha Banerjee • Musap Emilia • Biuković Karla The Mouse’s Monsters #2: Monsters and the Monstrous in the Worlds of Disney 2 NShawlMichael Torregrossa/Priscilla Hobbs • Rachel Milne • Sutirtho Roy • Philip Serrato

12:00pm EDT

Classrooms, Libraries, and the Academy: Innovative Student Engagement HJingfangLance Eaton/Julie DeCesare • Jay A. Edwards • Nicole Marcoux (she/they) • Denyse Rodrigues • Brenda Hattie Comics and Graphic Novels 2: Creating Cultural Identity through Myth OButlerCharles Henebry • Roy Schwartz • Jeffrey A. Tolbert Fantasy and Science Fiction 3: Fantasy LABanksAmie Doughty • Angela Whyland • Theyen Kile • Raymond Rugg • Amie Doughty Genders, Sex, and Sexualities 3: Breaking Traditions & the Status Quo NHopkinsonHayley McCullough • Moira Armstrong • Liz Colon • Audrey Black • KC Clemens Television 3: Unrealities of Reality TV: Media Literacy & the Reality TV Genre (Panel Presentation) NOkoraforBrain McFadden • Brian McFadden • Kayla McKechnie • Blaise Rowlands • Julia Wachtel The Mouse’s Monsters #3: Monsters and the Monstrous in the Worlds of Disney 3 NShawlMichael Torregrossa/Priscilla Hobbs • Chloe Carroll • Richard Fahey • CHELSEA CRIEZ • sarah madoka currie

1:30pm EDT

Comics and Graphic Novels 3: X to the Power of Z: Gen Z Perspectives on X-Men (Panel Presentation) OButlerCharles Henebry • Mitch Frye • Katherine Winn • Trinity Causey • Mason Bayles • Holt Templeton • Taylor McLendon Food and Culture 1: Menus, Yams, and Shortening LABanksAnn Kordas • Laura Kitchings • Claire Stewart • Désirée Schuler Performance Studies 1 - Performance and Popular Culture NHopkinsonRebecca Heimel • Shahbaz Khayambashi • Robert Niemi • Aaron Keebaugh Television 4: Schitt’s Creek: A Place to Love (Panel Presentation) NOkoraforKellie Deys • Jim Deys • Nikki Anderson-Boss Travel, Tourism, and Global Culture 1: Means of Exchange HJingfangPaul Arras • Diana Kasem • Megan Hermida Lu • Briar Rose Pelletier