SU Students, Faculty, Staff and Alumni Present at Popular Culture/American Culture Association Conference

SALISBURY, MD---Some 15 Salisbury University students, faculty, staff and alumni recently presented at the Popular Culture/American Culture Association in the South’s annual conference in New Orleans.

Student and alumni presentations included:

•    “Life After Slavery: African American History on the Eastern Shore of Maryland After the Civil War” by junior history and political science major Abiodun Adeoye of Hyattsville, MD

•    “The Division of the Chesapeake Bay: Origins of Conflict Levels on the Eastern Shore and Mainland Virginia” by senior history and English major Valerie Abbott of Stevensville, MD

•    “Contemporary Streaming: The Cultural Impacts of the Series Black Mirror” by senior interdisciplinary studies and conflict analysis and dispute resolution major Thomas Mannion III of Baltimore

•    “The Inability to ‘Ride Like the Wind, Bullseye’: An Exploration of the Contortion of the American Western and Homosexuality in Brokeback Mountain” by junior English major Hira Shahbaz of Salisbury

•    “The Dragon’s Forgotten People: Islamic Minorities, Ethno-Cultural Identities and the Politics of Religion in the People’s Republic of China” by senior history major Kateria Rodriguez of Centreville, MD

•    “The Gender Role of Women in Botticelli’s ‘Birth of Venus’” by senior B.F.A. major Arielle Tesoriero of Crisfield, MD

•    “Every Little Girl’s Dream: How Wedding Planners Can Make Dreams Come True Without Betraying a Budget” by senior communication arts major Shannon McHenry of Hampstead, MD

•    “Necessary Changes to Vehicle Legislation in Light of the Rise of Autonomous Vehicles” by sophomore finance major Alicia Spero of Westminster, MD

•    “How Women Are Portrayed as Sexually Impressionable in the Comedy Series Cheers” by senior communication arts major Charles Fern of Perry Hall, MD.

•    “Ways that Professors Can Help Students with Disabilities in Higher Education” by junior conflict analysis and dispute resolution major Will Fried of Bethesda, MD

•    “Captain America: From Beating Nazis to Being One” by recent graduate Kathleen Nizich of Glen Cove, NY

Faculty and staff presentations included:

•    “Producer as Star: The Influence of Dick Wolf in NBC’s Popular Crime Drama Chicago P.D.” by Drs. Michael Moeder and Chrys Egan of the Communication Arts Department

•    “Pop Culture — U R HIP: Popular Culture in Undergraduate Research as a High-Impact Practice” by Egan

•    “Popping the Economic Bubble: Using Popular Culture to Teach Economics and Finance” by John Murphy of the Economics and Finance Department

•    “Attention Young People: You Might Not Be Irrationally Entitled, Socially Bankrupt Adult-Children After All” by Robert Garner of the Academic Advising Center

Funding for SU’s participation in the conference came from the Charles R. and Martha N. Fulton School of Liberal Arts, Frankiln P. Perdue School of Business, SU Honors College, Graduate Studies and Research Office, and Provost’s Office.

For more information call 410-543-6030 or visit the SU website.