News from the Southwest Popular/American Culture Association. Check back frequently for the most up to date information from us!
SWPACA and our first ever Summer Salon event were featured in Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA)’s Convene Magazine, in a very fitting segment called “There’s a Meeting for That”! Check out the article at https://www.pcma.org/when-freddy-krueger-met-snow-white-online-only-conference/.
Submissions are now being accepted for SWPACA 2024, taking place at the Albuquerque Marriott. This marks the 45th anniversary of SWPACA, so we hope that you’ll be able to join us as we celebrate this momentous occassion!
Visit https://southwestpca.org/conference/call-for-papers/ to see our full list of Subject Areas and submission guidelines. The deadline to submit is October 31, 2023.
This will be a fully in-person conference. If you’re looking for an online option to present your work, keep an eye out for details about the SWPACA Summer Salon, a completely virtual conference to take place in June 2024. However, keep in mind that the Summer Salon is a smaller conference with limited presentation slots and no student funding assistance.
🎯 Wondering how to get the most out of #SWPACASalon23? Swipe through our carousel for some best practices and experience all that Summer Salon has to offer! We look forward to seeing you all in less than 48 hours!
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Each slide contains a graphic of a browser window against a coral red background.
Slide 1: A search bar with “How to Summer Salon?” and the autocomplete results, “Where to go for tech support? How to find conference schedule? How to navigate other panels?”
Slide 2: Help Desk: SWPACA leaders will be available via Zoom, Slack, & email to assist with any tech issues and questions that may arise
Slide 3: Review & Refresh: Double check program and daily schedule for start times. Check your email for each day’s Zoom links
Slide 4: Have Fun! Make plans to attend other panels and social events. Connect with other attendees via social media
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Slide 1: A yellow circle in the middle with “Tips for Summer Salon,” surrounded by 5 smaller orange circles: “1: Prep & practice”; “2: Check your tech”; “3: Arrive early”; “4: Engage with co-panelists”; “5: Have a backup plan”
Slide 2: (1) Prepare & Practice: Prepare for a 15-minute presentation. The order of presentations is typically the order of panelists listed in the schedule. Time yourself and be respectful of time limits. After presentations, there will be time for Q&A with attendees. (2) Practice using Zoom and sharing your slide show, if using one. Be aware that attendees’ connections will vary, so sharing video/audio clips may not translate well to your audiences. Keep them brief, if necessary.
Slide 3: (3) Arrive Early for Set-Up: Log into your Zoom room about 10 minutes early to meet your moderator and fellow panelists and to get set-up, check your tech, and greet attendees. (4) When not presenting, consider connections that your work has with the other panelists and questions you might want to ask each other.
Slide 4: (5) Have a Backup Plan: Even the most prepared presenters may run into snags, so consider alternative approaches in case of presentation or media fails.
Check out Writing Remix Podcast’s special SWPACA episode, recorded in Albuquerque this past February! During the episode, Writing Remix’s creator and host Daniel Dissinger chats with fellow SWPACA participants, Ralph Sanders, Claire Spaulding, and David Tortolini.
https://writingremixpodcast.com/2023/05/22/writing-remix-at-swpaca-2023-in-albuquerque-nm
Our SWPACA Summer Salon 2023 conference program is now live! Visit our Conference Programs page to view the event schedule.
And don’t forget to register by June 1! Only those fully registered and paid in the system will receive Zoom links, which will sent out each morning of the conference.
Please note: papers may have been moved to different Areas in order to accommodate the overall conference schedule.
There’s still time to join us for #SWPACASalon23!
We are now accepting proposals until Saturday, April 22!
Head to our Call for Papers to check out the many different Areas you can consider, then submit in our Conference Management System.
We are thrilled to announce our first ever SWPACA Summer Salon, to be held virtually from June 8-9, 2023!
Proposals are now being accepted for all of our nearly 70 subject areas! To submit your proposal, head to the conference database at https://register.southwestpca.org/southwestpca.
Please be aware that presentation slots for the virtual conference are limited, and registering in advance does not guarantee acceptance of your proposal. Acceptance emails will be sent by the end of April.
For general questions about the conference, visit our FAQs or contact us at support@southwestpca.org.
We look forward to seeing you in June!
👩🏼 Jessie Rogers (she/her)
📍 Lubbock, TX
📚 PhD Candidate, Department of English @ Texas Tech
❓ What are your research interests?
I specialize in comics, fantasy, and film in popular culture, examining the intersectional aspects of gender, race, sexuality, class, and disability that arise within these genres and formats.
❓ What got you interested in pop/American culture studies?
I was very interested in speculative fiction growing up and pop culture studies gave me avenues for exploring the texts and genres I grew up loving, allowing me to see them in new ways based on my interests in identity and representation.
❓ What are your goals as a SWPACA Leadership Institute Fellow?
As a Fellow, I would love to try to encourage interdisciplinary work for myself and for others—while I am currently involved with the Graphic Novels area of the conference, I would really like to also involve myself with other areas like Children’s Literature and Medievalism and promote collaboration between areas. I am also hoping to learn more about general conference organization!
❓ What is your current pop culture passion/obsession?
I’ve been re-reading Saga recently, especially with the new issues that started coming out earlier this year, and I’ve just started a Doctor Who rewatch!
📢 Join our next class of Schoenecke Fellows! Applications now being accepted through 12/1/22! https://southwestpca.org/leadership-institute/
👩🏼 Devon Bradley (she/her/hers)
📍 McAllen / San Antonio, TX
📚 PhD in English @ University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA)
❓ What are your research interests?
-Film history and adaptation studies (my favorite directors are Alfred Hitchcock and Roger Corman)
-Rhetorics and popular culture, paying particular attention to intersectionality and social justice movements
-Contemporary borderlands and Chicanx literatures
❓ What got you interested in pop/American culture studies?
My high school trivia team first got me interested in Pop/American studies. I ended up becoming the film/pop culture specialist on the team.
❓ What are your goals as a SWPACA Leadership Institute Fellow?
Acting as a co-area chair for the Alfred Hitchcock area for the upcoming conference, I have learned about what goes into organizing a CFP, reviewing proposals, and organizing/ moderating panels. I look forward to helping to chair one of our two panels and hearing all the fantastic research on Hitchcock!
My goals for myself as a Fellow are to soak it all up and enjoy the experience, keep networking and perhaps contribute to Dialogue or explore a different role for my second year of the Institute.
❓ What is your current pop culture passion/obsession?
My current pop culture obsession is anything spooky (I’m a big fan of all things Halloween)! I’ve been rewatching my favorite films to prepare for Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities and Netflix’s Wednesday coming out this fall.
📢 Join our next class of Schoenecke Fellows! Applications now being accepted through 12/1/22! https://southwestpca.org/leadership-institute/
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