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Area Chair Spotlight: Jered Mabaquiao, Asian Popular Experiences / Asian American Experiences

Area Chair Spotlight: Jered Mabaquiao, Asian Popular Experiences / Asian American Experiences

by Stephanie Lim | Oct 30, 2025 | Meet the Team, News, Subject Area Spotlight

This fall, we welcome our newest Area Chairs in our “Area Chair Spotlight” series! Meet Jered, currently finishing his doctoral program in English at the University of Texas at Arlington, who will be taking over as Area Chair for Asian Popular Experiences...
Area Chair Spotlight: Heather Miller, Math & Engineering in Popular Culture

Area Chair Spotlight: Heather Miller, Math & Engineering in Popular Culture

by Stephanie Lim | Oct 25, 2025 | Meet the Team, News, Subject Area Spotlight

This fall, we welcome our newest Area Chairs in our “Area Chair Spotlight” series! Meet Heather, who is currently Interim Department Chair and Masters Instructor of Math at Missouri Southern State University. Heather leads SWPACA’s new Subject Area...
Meet Our Area Chairs: Jeremy Vaughan, Humor & Comedy in Popular Culture

Meet Our Area Chairs: Jeremy Vaughan, Humor & Comedy in Popular Culture

by Stephanie Lim | Oct 13, 2024 | Archive

Meet Jeremy Vaughan, Area Chair for SWPACA’s Humor & Comedy in Popular Culture! 😄 Who are you and what do you do? I’m a retired public school teacher of US History and US Government. I live in Tucson, AZ. 😄 What are your current research interests? My...
Meet Our Area Chairs: Erik Stanley, Digital & Analog Cultures

Meet Our Area Chairs: Erik Stanley, Digital & Analog Cultures

by Stephanie Lim | Oct 13, 2024 | Archive

Meet Erik Stanley, Area Chair for SWPACA’s Digital & Analog Cultures! 💻 Who are you and what do you do? I am an associate professor of cultural anthropology at Eastern New Mexico University (ENMU) in Portales, New Mexico. 💻 What are your current research...
Meet Our Area Chairs: Stacy Fowler, Sports & Popular Culture

Meet Our Area Chairs: Stacy Fowler, Sports & Popular Culture

by Stephanie Lim | Oct 13, 2024 | Archive

Meet Stacy Fowler, Area Chair for SWPACA’s Sports & Popular Culture! ⚾ Who are you and what do you do? I am the Technical Service Librarian for St. Mary’s University Law Library in San Antonio, which just means I make sure our students have all the resources...
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SWPACA 2026 (ALBUQUERQUE, NM)
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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.

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