As we prepare for our 2025 conference cycle, we are thrilled to announce the launch of our new website and conference portal! Take a look around at our new online digs at http://swpaca.org/ -- and bookmark our new Conference Management System...

Surprise! You are now entering the new SWPACA era 🎉 Welcome to the new SWPACA website! Please update your bookmark to www.swpaca.org and, as before, follow along with us on Facebook, X, and Instagram @southwestpca.  We've refreshed and reorganized...

Save the date for our SWPACA 2025, taking place in Albuquerque, New Mexico from February 19-22, 2025! We are excited to return to the Marriott Albuquerque for the third year in a row for the 46th annual event. The submission portal will open on...

New to the 2024 Albuquerque conference was our The Last Of Us area, which filled 3 panels’ worth of presentations! The TLoU area is led by Adrienne, who first presented at SWPACA in 2019 and whose interests began with post-apocalyptic narratives.

Darrell wears two hats for SWPACA as Area Chair for our Spy Culture and Politics areas! Darrell has been with SWPACA since 2013 and is currently an Associate Professor of Politics at Fort Hays State University.

With a special focus on Spanish, Lisa has led our Linguistics area since 2017–and has been a long-time SWPACA attendee since the early 2000s! She currently works as an Associate Professor and Director of Undergrad Program in Spanish at the University of Louisville.

With pop culture interests spanning Supernatural, Buffy, and Broadway musicals, Kathleen leads our Theater and Performance Studies area! She has attended SWPACA since 2017 and currently works as an Associate Professor at The City College of New York, CUNY.

Joining as a SWPACA Fellow in 2023, Ashley first served as our Children’s/YA Culture Assistant Area Chair. During her final year of the fellowship, Ashley is assisting with logistical planning for our 2025 conference in Albuquerque!

Currently an Assistant Professor at George Mason University, David first attended SWPACA in 2015 and is now in their final year as a Schoenecke Fellow! David has worked as an Assistant Area Chair for Disability Studies and is also a familiar face to anyone who’s stopped by the Albuquerque registration desk and Summer Salon!

Access the latest issue of Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy, SWPACA's open-access, peer-reviewed journal focusing on the intersection of popular culture and pedagogy! The August 2024 issue features a full...