St. John’s Attendance at the 38th Annual SWPACA Conference!

February 21, 2017 Danielle Bacigalupo "The Profession", Academic Life, Activist Pedagogies, Conferences, Dept. Info., Dystopic Literature, Events, Faculty, Feminist Pedagogies, Graduate, Humanities, Literature Studies, Pedagogy, PhD Life, Research, Scholarly Work, Young Adult Literature 0

38th Annual Southwest Popular/American Culture Association Conference

Where was it?: Hyatt Regency Hotel and Conference Center – Albuquerque, New Mexico
When was it?: February 15-18, 2017

Beats, Counterculture, and Hipsters 1: The Feminist Beat Space, Chair: Cristen Fitzpatrick – “Influence of Beat Women”

Children’s / Young Adult Literature and Culture 3: Mirrors, MPDGs, Social Media, and Hunger: Rethinking Authenticity and Identity in Young Adult Fiction, Chair: Anna Cairney – “Authorship and Authenticity in YA Publishing: Digital Media’s Contribution to the Rise of the Teen Author”

Samira Korgan – “Manic Pixie Dream Girls and Boys: Emerging Archetypes in YA Realism and Romance”

Sarah Coluccio – “Double, Double, Toil, and Trouble: Dual Identities in the YA Novel

Phillip Grayson – You Are What You Eat: Hunger and “Hunger Games”