Edited Collection Spotlight: Essays on Conspiracy Theory in Popular Culture, ed. Robert Spinelli
In this special Spotlight, we highlight The Lizard People Don’t Want You to Read This, published by McFarland in 2025, a new edited collection that grew out of a SWPACA presentation from 2022. Collection editor Robert Spinelli, archivist for Special Collections at...
Fellow Spotlight: Keaton Gregg
As we wrap up another year of our Schoenecke Institute program, we celebrate our outgoing class of Fellows in a special Spotlight! Meet Keaton, who recently completed his masters at Cleveland State University! 📍 When/how did you first participate in SWPACA? I got my...
Fellow Spotlight: Liz Thomae
As we wrap up another year of our Schoenecke Institute program, we celebrate our outgoing class of Fellows in a special Spotlight! Meet Liz, a PhD student at Indiana University Bloomington studying rhetoric and composition! 📍 When/how did you first participate in...
Area Chair Spotlight: Andrew Chen, AI & Culture
This fall, we welcome our newest Area Chairs in our “Area Chair Spotlight” series! Meet Andrew, professor of Computer Science & Information Systems at Minnesota State University Moorhead, whose new area in AI & Culture debuted at Summer Salon! 📍...
Area Chair Spotlight: Emily Thomas, Fashion, Style, Appearance, and Identity
This fall, we welcome our newest Area Chairs in our “Area Chair Spotlight” series! Meet Emily, a lecturer in the College of Information Science at the University of Arizona, who joins us as Area Chair for Fashion, Style, Appearance, and Identity. 📍 How did...
ROLLINS 2025
Congratulations to Greg Ehrbar, winner of the 2025 Rollins Book Award, for his monograph, Hanna-Barbera, the Recorded History: From Modern Stone Age to Meddling Kids, published by University Press of Mississippi in 2024! Find out more about our Rollins Book Award winner, previous winners, and the nomination process here.
