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Why
Attend SW/TX PCA/ACA?
What Can Be Accomplished at a Professional Meeting?
NEW!
Keynote Recordings from 2007 Conference
Dr.
Phil Heldrich
Executive Director
SWPCA
pcaacaswtx@sbcglobal.net
Dr. Ken Dvorak
Secretary/Treasurer
SWPCA
pcaacaswtx@sbcglobal.net
Sally Sanchez
Program Coordinator
SW/TX PCA/ACA
pcaacaswtx@sbcglobal.net
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The 30th
Annual Meeting of the SW/TX PCA/ACA
February 24–28, 2009
Hyatt Regency Albuquerque
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Registration for the hotel and conference will open June 1, 2008
NEW! Free Shuttle between Hyatt & Embassy Suites
Events from the 2008 Conference
The 2008 annual meeting of the Southwest Texas
Popular/American Culture Association was once again successful as we met in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the Land of Enchantment.
2008 Conference
Highlights included the following:
- Keynote Speaker: Joy Harjo
Joy Harjo is an internationally known poet, performer, writer and musician of the Mvskoke/Creek Nation. She has published seven books of acclaimed poetry including She Had Some Horses, In Mad Love and War, The Woman Who Fell from the Sky, and her most recent How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems from W.W. Norton.
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Among her many awards are the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native Writers Circle of the Americas, the Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Award, the New Mexico Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, and the William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society.
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- “Early
Bird” online registration with over 1,100 people participating.
- For 2008,
we added twelve new exciting subject areas, increasing our focus
on cutting edge Popular/American culture studies.
- AV support
for 2008 included wireless computer access in Phil's Cyber Café,
and by popular demand, each presentation room was equipped with
the following:
LCD Projector
- PowerPoint Friendly
DVD/VCR Combo Player
Set of Stereo Speakers
Large Projection Screen
Bring your computer laptop to the conference, so you can check take
advantage of the LCD projector and cyber cafe.
- For graduate
students, see the complete list of SW/TX PCA/ACA awards and submission information. New for 2008 was the Heldrich-Dvorak
Travel to SW/TX PCA/ACA Fellowship and the Euro Pop Award. Check out Awards for full details.
Regards,
Dr. Phil Heldrich, Executive Director, SW/TX PCA/ACA
Dr. Ken Dvorak, Secretary/Treasurer SW/TX PCA/ACA
We will be
there! Will you?
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