2010 Program Schedule
Friday
June 4, 2010
11:00-12:00
On-site registration
and check-in
Continental Brunch
Available
12:00-1:50 p.m.
Session 1
Roundtable Discussion
Mass Culture and
Popular Culture in the Secondary Classroom
Moderator:
Stan Orr, University of Hawai’i, West O’ahu
Presenters:
Carrie
Archibald, James Campbell High School
Sherry
Cassetta, Campbell High School
Tammy
Jones, James Campbell High School
Alisa
Lavelle, James Campbell High School
Corey
Rosenlee, James Campbell High School
Michael
Stephens, James Campbell High School
2:00-3:20 p.m.
Session 2
Roundtable Discussion
Graduate Student and
Professional Success in a Rapidly Changing Academic Environment
Moderator:
John Bratzel
Presenters:
Dr.
John Bratzel, Michigan State University
Executive
Director, Popular Culture and American Culture Associations
Dr.
Gary Burns, Northern Illinois University
Professor
and Acting Chair, Department of Communication
Dr.
Stan Orr, University of Hawai’i, West O’ahu
Professor
of English and Humanities Division Chair
3:30-5:00 p.m.
Session 3
Negotiating Culture
Industries
Moderator:
TBA
Jeff
Johnson, Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command
Superfear:
How Superhero Comics Reacted to Twenty-first Century American Society
Manpreet
Devi, California State University, Sacramento
The
Formation of Racial Hegemony: Revealing the Underlying Racial Ideologies
Promoted Through Advertisements
Gavin
Furukawa, University of Hawai’i, Manoa
Racism
or Egalitarianaism: The role of context in ethnic humor
Paul
Cook, Northumbria University
“Mickey
Mouse,” Surfing, and the Commodification of Higher Education Degrees in the UK:
An Analysis of Product Differentiation through the Marketing Process
5:00-6:30
p.m.
OPCA
2010 Reception
(Henry
Hall)
Saturday
June 5, 2010
8:00 Continental
Breakfast Available
8:30-9:50 a.m.
Session 4
Science Fiction and
Horror: Visions and Revisions
Moderator:
TBA
Jessee Lee,
University of Hawai'i, West O'ahu
Reflections on
Takehiko Ito's Outlaw Star
Jasmine L. Dang,
University of Hawai'i, West O'ahu
Wardrobe and
Gender Politics in Josh Whedon's Firefly
Aimee Ilac,
University of Hawai'i at Manoa
A Wolf in Diamond
Clothing: The Repackaging of Vampire Morals from Dracula to Edward
10:00-11:15 a.m.
Session 5
Cultural Contact Zones of Oceania
Moderator:
TBA
Mark
Jennings, Murdoch University
Realms
of re-enchantment: socio-cultural investigations of festival music space
Zilia
Papp, Hosei University
Contemporary
Modes of Expression in New Caledonian Kanak and Australian Aboriginal Media
Jacinta
Arthur, University of California, Los Angeles
Kai
Kai Ko Kuha E Rati: An Ethnographic and Semiological Perspective
Jayson
Chun, University of Hawa’i, West O’ahu
Hawai’i’s
1954 Revolution and the Japanese Press
11:15-1:30 p.m.
Keynote Address and Luncheon
“Bamboo Ridge Press and the Poetics
of the Popular”
Eric
Chock
Assistant Professor of English,
University of Hawai’i, West O’ahu
Founding Co-Editor, Bamboo Ridge
Press