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Mid-Atlantic Popular &
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Schedule for Thursday, November 3, 2016

Thu, 11/03/2016 - 08:00 to 20:00
Areas	Session	Session chairs
MAPACA	Conference Check-in		Thursday, November 3, 8:00 am to 8:00 pm (Havana Tower 4th Floor Foyer)

Thu, 11/03/2016 - 08:00 to 17:00
Areas	Session	Session chairs
MAPACA	Book Exhibit		Thursday, November 3, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm (Mambo 3 & 4)

Thu, 11/03/2016 - 09:30 to 10:45
Areas	Session	Session chairs
Death in American Culture	Postcards to Plaques		Thursday, November 3, 9:30 am to 10:45 am (Castanet 1 & 2)
Television	TV, Science Fiction, Posthumanism, and Police		Thursday, November 3, 9:30 am to 10:45 am (Tambora)
Children and Childhood Studies	The Historic Roots of Boy Heroes: Children’s Literature as Cultural Reflection		Thursday, November 3, 9:30 am to 10:45 am (Tango)

Thu, 11/03/2016 - 10:30 to 11:15
Areas	Session	Session chairs
MAPACA	Coffee & Tea Break		Thursday, November 3, 10:30 am to 11:15 am (Mambo 3 & 4)

Thu, 11/03/2016 - 11:00 to 12:15
Areas	Session	Session chairs
Music	The Top Ten Albums of the 21st Century: A Knock ’em Down, Drag ’em Out Verbal Slugfest (Chapter 5)		Thursday, November 3, 11:00 am to 12:15 pm (Bongo 1)
Death in American Culture	Necrological Site Aspects		Thursday, November 3, 11:00 am to 12:15 pm (Castanet 1 & 2)
	Architecture and Otherness: Explorations at the Margins of the Built Environment		Thursday, November 3, 11:00 am to 12:15 pm (Castanet 3)
Comics, Cartoons, and Video Gaming	The Power of the Pixel: Art, Female Representation, and Storytelling in Video Games		Thursday, November 3, 11:00 am to 12:15 pm (Castanet 4)
Language and Popular Culture	The Power, Use and Effect of Words/Images in Popular Culture Communication		Thursday, November 3, 11:00 am to 12:15 pm (Mambo 2)
Film Studies	Franchise Heroes and Identity		Thursday, November 3, 11:00 am to 12:15 pm (Tambora)

Thu, 11/03/2016 - 12:15 to 13:45
Areas	Session	Session chairs
Urban Culture	Writing the Urban Workshop		Thursday, November 3, 12:15 pm to 1:45 pm (Mariachi)

Thu, 11/03/2016 - 13:45 to 15:00
Areas	Session	Session chairs
Death in American Culture	Current American Mortuary Practice and (Re)invention of the Soul, the Social, the Body I		Thursday, November 3, 1:45 pm to 3:00 pm (Castanet 1 & 2)
Comics, Cartoons, and Video Gaming	Examining Trauma, Story, Theology, and Community in Comic Books and Video Games		Thursday, November 3, 1:45 pm to 3:00 pm (Castanet 4)
Horror and Paranormal Studies	Creepy Casino: Spooky Slots—Ghost/Ghost/No Ghost		Thursday, November 3, 1:45 pm to 3:00 pm (Mambo 1)
American Studies	From Rags to Riches: Mobility and Security in American Culture		Thursday, November 3, 1:45 pm to 3:00 pm (Mambo 2)
Urban Culture	City Stories to Learn From		Thursday, November 3, 1:45 pm to 3:00 pm (Mariachi)
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ) Studies	Trans-Perspectives: Vocality from Caitlyn Jenner to Drag Race		Thursday, November 3, 1:45 pm to 3:00 pm (Tango)

Thu, 11/03/2016 - 14:30 to 15:15
Areas	Session	Session chairs
MAPACA	Coffee & Tea Break		Thursday, November 3, 2:30 pm to 3:15 pm (Mambo 3 & 4)

Thu, 11/03/2016 - 15:15 to 16:30
Areas	Session	Session chairs
Performance Studies	Performing between Contexts: Media, Market, & Masculinity		Thursday, November 3, 3:15 pm to 4:30 pm (Bongo 2)
Professional Development	Beauty and the Beer		Thursday, November 3, 3:15 pm to 4:30 pm (Bossa Nova 3)
Death in American Culture	Current American Mortuary Practice and (Re)invention of the Soul, the Social, the Body II		Thursday, November 3, 3:15 pm to 4:30 pm (Castanet 1 & 2)
Art & Visual Culture	A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words? Writing and Visual Culture		Thursday, November 3, 3:15 pm to 4:30 pm (Castanet 3)
Comics, Cartoons, and Video Gaming	Race and Age on the Graphic Page		Thursday, November 3, 3:15 pm to 4:30 pm (Castanet 4)
Fan Studies and FanFiction	Renaissance Re-Do		Thursday, November 3, 3:15 pm to 4:30 pm (Mambo 1)
Language and Popular Culture	Popular Culture and Linguistic Dissent		Thursday, November 3, 3:15 pm to 4:30 pm (Mambo 2)
Urban Culture	Creative Cityscapes		Thursday, November 3, 3:15 pm to 4:30 pm (Mariachi)
Film Studies	The Value of Film		Thursday, November 3, 3:15 pm to 4:30 pm (Tambora)
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ) Studies	TV and Film: GLBTQ Representation		Thursday, November 3, 3:15 pm to 4:30 pm (Tango)

Thu, 11/03/2016 - 16:45 to 18:00
Areas	Session	Session chairs
Musical Theater--Discontinued. Please see Performance Studies., Music	Musical Storytelling and Interactivity		Thursday, November 3, 4:45 pm to 6:00 pm (Bongo 1)
Play Studies	The Socializing and Secretive Nature of Play		Thursday, November 3, 4:45 pm to 6:00 pm (Bongo 2)
Professional Development	Independent Documentary Production and Promotion		Thursday, November 3, 4:45 pm to 6:00 pm (Bossa Nova 3)
	Aspects of Philadelphia Modernism		Thursday, November 3, 4:45 pm to 6:00 pm (Castanet 3)
War Studies	Women and War		Thursday, November 3, 4:45 pm to 6:00 pm (Castanet 4)
Urban Culture	Negotiating the Use of New York City’s Shared Public Spaces		Thursday, November 3, 4:45 pm to 6:00 pm (Mariachi)
Television	TV and Reality: Class and Identity		Thursday, November 3, 4:45 pm to 6:00 pm (Tambora)
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ) Studies, Sexuality and Erotica	Sexual Encounters: Grindr, Gaysians, and Porn Interactivity		Thursday, November 3, 4:45 pm to 6:00 pm (Tango)

Thu, 11/03/2016 - 18:30 to 19:30
Areas	Session	Session chairs
MAPACA	Divine Impact Award Speaker		Thursday, November 3, 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm (Salon 3 & 4)

Thu, 11/03/2016 - 19:30 to 21:30
Areas	Session	Session chairs
MAPACA	Reception		Thursday, November 3, 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm (Salon 3 & 4)

Thu, 11/03/2016 - 20:30 to 22:30
Areas	Session	Session chairs
MAPACA	Graduate Student Social Event		Thursday, November 3, 8:30 pm to 10:30 pm (Off-site)