Fandom and Neomedia Studies

2014 FANS Conference Program

2d Annual FANS Conference

Hosted by A-Kon

 

Thursday, 5 June 2014

Registration: Senator’s Lecture Hall, 10:00am – 7:00pm

 

Friday, 6 June 2014

Registration: Senator’s Lecture Hall, 9:00am – 6:00pm

Media Bar Social: Media Bar, 7:00pm – 9:00pm (Conference Registrants Only)

 

Saturday, 7 June 2014

Registration: Senator’s Lecture Hall, 9:00am – 6:00pm

Presentations:

9:30am: J. Holder Bennett, FANS Association Chairman

Opening Remarks

10:00am: Angela Drummond-Matthews, Tarrant County Community College

Deborah Scally, Dallas County Community College

A Phenomenology of Americans and Anime: How Tropes Predict Experience

10:30am: Brett Burkett, Collin College

Shannon Burkett, Collin College

J. Holder Bennett, Collin College

Bad Science Makes Bad Cinema: Geologic “Science” in Volcano, The Core, and Dante’s Peak

11:00am: Dr. Dara Fogel, University of Central Oklahoma

Steampunk as an Indicator of Paradigmatic Shift: Nostalgia for a Time That Never Was

11:30am: Madison Brubaker, George Washington University

There Is Nothing New under the Sun

12:00pm: Keynote Speaker, Ken Steacy, Camosun College

Visual Storytelling!: A Structural Analysis

1:00pm: Lunch Break (Conference Registrants Only)

2:00pm: Dr. Sharon E. Roberts, University of Waterloo

Courtney N. Plante, University of Waterloo

Dr. Stephen Reysen, Texas A & M University at Commerce

Dr. Kathleen C. Gerbasi, Niagara County Community College

Elisabeth Wallis, University of Waterloo

The Furry Identity: Notes from the Field about Interacting with People Who Possess This Stigmatized Identity

2:30pm: Dr. Eric Yorkston, Texas Christian University

J. R. Honeycutt, Texas Christian University

Fandom and Fundraising in Tabletop Gaming

3:00pm: James Bales, University of Texas at San Antonio

Control and the Controller: Narratives of Imperialism and Empire in Modern Military Shooters

3:30pm: Dr. Darren-Jon Ashmore, Akita International University

Funeral for a Friend: Chiba Tetsuya and the Immortality of Heroism

4:00pm: Afternoon Break

4:30pm: Indira Neill, University of Illinois at Chicago

“This Is Trash”: Apology Ritual and Yogscast Fandom on Tumblr

5:00pm: Justin Oney, Florida State University

From the Damsel in Distress to Kickass Babes: The Cultural Expansion and Internationalization of the Heroine through Sexuality in the Graphic Novel

5:30pm: Dr. Stephen Reysen, Texas A & M University at Commerce

Courtney N. Plante, University of Waterloo

Dr. Sharon E. Roberts, University of Waterloo

Kathleen C. Gerbasi, Niagara County Community College

Ida Mohebpour, Texas A & M University at Commerce

Amanda Gamboa, Texas A & M University at Commerce

Pale and Geeky: Prevailing Stereotypes of Anime Fans

6:00pm: Basho Haiku Bash, Verandah Club (Open to the Public)

 

Sunday, 8 June 2014

Registration: Senator’s Lecture Hall, 9:00am – 12:00pm

Presentations:

9:00am: Dr. Mel White, Independent Scholar

No Country for Old Women

9:30am: Sean Farrell, University of Texas at Arlington

Rogue Rabbits and Steampunk Bobcats: Biopolitics and Queer Longing in Online Taxidermy Fandoms

10:00am: Dr. Justin D. García, Millersville University

Brown Pride vs. White Supremacy: Competing Fan Discourses of Ethnic Authenticity and Racial Pride in the Careers of Three Mexican American Prizefighters.

10:30am: Dr. Dara Fogel, University of Central Oklahoma

Science Fiction and Salvation: Shifting Modes of Religion and Science in Popular Series

11:00am: Melissa Lum, State Bar of Texas, Intellectual Property Section

Is Copyright a Dirty Word?

11:30am: Dr. Michael Vandehey, FANS Association Vice Chairman

Closing Remarks

FANS Association Committee Members

J. Holder Bennett, Chairman

Dr. Michael Vandehey, Vice Chairman

Helen McCarthy

Brett Burkett

Shannon Burkett

Jonathan Tarbox

Dr. Darren-Jon Ashmore

Jonathan Davis

Andrew Tague

FANS Conference Schedule 2014

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