NEPCA area chairs help the organization assemble its annual conference by helping the program chair determine the worthiness of paper submissions. They also help submitters fashion their proposals. NOTE: All the emails links should be live.
All areas highlighted in RED can be clicked and will take you to a link with further explanation of that area.
NEPCA AREA CHAIRS: 2016-17
American Literature and Fiction: Mark Madigan, Nazareth College, mjmadiga@naz.edu
Celebrity and Entertainment: Andrea McClanahan, East Stroudsburg State University, amcclanahan@esu.edu
Celtic Studies: Tim Madigan, St. John Fisher College, tmadigan@sjfc.edu
Comics and Graphic Novels: Zack Kruse, zackkruse@gmail.com
Dance: Virginia Cowen, Rutgers University, cowenvs@shrp.rutgers.edu
Digital Media and Gaming Culture: Jeff Cain, Sacred Heart University, cainj@sacredheart.edu
Ethnic and Race Studies: TBA
The Fantastic (Fantasy, Horror, and Science Fiction): Michael Torregrossa, cfp.nepcafantastic@gmail.com
Fashion and Body Image: Gloria Monaghan, Wentworth Institute, monaghang@wit.edu
Film & History: Carol Mitchell, Springfield College, cmitchel@springfieldcollege.edu
Food, Foodways and Culture: Ann Kordas, Johnson & Wales University, akordas@jwu.edu
Gender, Identity, Sex and Sexuality: Don Gagnon, Western Connecticut State University, gagnond@wcsu.edu
Global Cultures: Frank A. Salamone, Iona College, fsalamone@iona.edu
Health, Disease and Popular Culture: Jennifer Tebbe-Grossman, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences University, jennifer.tebbe@mcphs.edu
History and Uses of the Past: James P. Hanlan, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, jphanlan@wpi.edu
Horror: See The Fantastic (above)
Humor: TBA
Labor Studies: Bruce Cohen, Worcester State College, bcohen@worcester.edu
Libraries, Archives, Collecting & Publishing: Julie DeCesare, Providence College, jdecesa1@providence.edu
Marketing and Advertising: Rick Magee, Sacred Heart University, mageer@sacredheart.edu
Music: Cory Matieyshen, Independent Scholar, cmatieyshen@gmail.com
Musical Theater and Films: Don Gagnon, Western CT State University, gagnond@wcsu.edu
Northeast Studies/Travel and Tourism: Rob Weir, University of Massachusetts Amherst, weir.r@comcast.net
Philosophy and Popular Culture: Anthony Cirilla, Niagara University, acirilla@niagara.edu
Politics, Civic Life and Popular Culture: Robert Hackey, Providence College, rhackey@providence.edu
Psychology and Popular Culture: Michelle Ronayne, michelle.ronayne@chs-pc.com
Romance/Popular Romance Fiction: Wendy Wagner, Johnson & Wales, Wendy.Wagner@jwu.edu
Science and Technology: Todd Olszewski, Providence College, tolszews@providence.edu
Sports: Dennis Gildea, Springfield College, dgildea@springfieldcollege.edu
Storytelling: Constructing Oral and Written Narratives: Adam Crowley, Husson College, crowleya@husson.edu
Teaching and Popular Culture: Lance Eaton, lance.eaton@gmail.com
Television: Kathleen Collins, John Jay College, kcollins@jjay.cuny.edu
Urban Studies: Lois Ascher, Wentworth Institute, ascherl@wit.edu
War, Peace and Culture: Mark Van Ells, mvanells@qcc.cuny.edu
World Literature: Susan Gorman,Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences University, susan.gorman@mcphs.edu
None of the Above: Robert Niemi, St. Michael’s College, rniemi@smcvt.edu
Is it okay to submit to more than one chair if the topic crosses topics.
Absolutely.
Global Cultures: Frank A. Salamone, Iona College, fsalamone@iona.edu
Call for Papers for the NEPCA annual meeting at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.NEPCA will hold its 2017 fall conference at the University of Massachusetts Amherst the weekend of October 27-28, 2017. The conference will be held at the Campus Center overlooking the pond in the middle of the UMass campus. Lodging will be available in the Campus Center Hotel, which is in the same building
Please, send proposals for panels or abstract to me at the address given, fsalamone@iona.edu. Papers of any topic dealing with popular culture in a global aspect are welcome. I interpret the term quite broadly – music, dance, literature, art and philosophy, for example. Abstracts should give your contact details and affiliation. 50 to 100 words of description should suffice. Student abstracts are welcome.
Should submissions on crime/mystery fiction just go to None of the Above?
Depending on the focus, I’d say either American Literature (if a US author), World Literature (non-US writer), or Storytelling is you focus is on narrative development/structure.
Can you submit more than one topic for consideration if they are in different areas?
Sorry Allison–you have to choose. We try to get as many different people on the schedule as possible, so just one submission per person.