2009 National Conference Program - PCA/ACA

FRIDAY
6:30 – 8:00 P.M.
Balcony K (4th Floor)
3224 The Vampire in Literature, Culture, & Film--Buffy: VI: Theory,
Philosophy, and Theology in BTVS
Chair: Joy Sperling, Denison
"What’s at Stake: Creating a Simulacrum in Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
Cassie Hemstrom, University of Nevada, Reno
"We're your arch-nemesises…ses" – The Americanization of Myth in Buffy the
Vampire Slayer"
Birte W. Horn, University of Essen
"Brains vs. Brawn: An Examination of the Use of Intelligence and Violence by
Villians in Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
Heather M. Porter, Independent Scholar
"My First Time: Social Media, a Theology of Diversity, and the Rhetoric of
Conversion in Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
Michael Perry, Rockford College
Iberville (4th Floor)
3225 Dime Novels/Pulps/Juvenile Series Books III: Readings of Youth
Chair: Alan Pickrell, Emeritus, Emory & Henry College
"Vicki Barr’s Stewardess Chums: Studies in Stalled and Developmental Girlhood"
Michael Cornelius, Wilson College
"A New Deal for Youth: WPA Juvenile Literature in New York City Public
Schools"
Victoria Grieve, Utah State University
"Ken Holt: By the Numbers"
Henri Achee, Houston Community College
"The Power of Three"
Alan Pickrell
Preservation Hall Studio 7 (2nd Floor)
3226 Gender & Media Studies VIII: Gaming, Gambling and Gender in
Popular Culture
Chair: Deborah K. Phillips, Muskingum College
"Cat Fights and Hook-Ups in Online Gaming: An Examination of Identity on The-
N.com"
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