Educators, librarians, archivists, scholars, independent researchers and students at all levels are encouraged to apply. Submissions that explore, connect, contrast, or otherwise address area themes of schooling and education, teaching throughout history, and their linkages to popular culture from all periods are desired. Sample topics for papers include, but are not limited to:
„« Reflections/linkages between schooling and popular culture in the United States;
„« The role of history in education, teaching, or preservice teacher education in the United States;
„« The use(s) of popular culture in education, teaching, or preservice teacher education in the United States;
„« How education has impacted pop culture/how popular culture has impacted education in the United States;
„« Representations of schooling throughout popular culture‘¦s history in the United States;
„« Cross-border/multinational examinations of popular culture and education;
„« The impact/emergence of LGBTQ studies in schooling and education;
„« Tapping into pop culture technology to improve instruction;
„« Multidisciplinary analyses of the interactions of schooling and popular culture.

Deadline for proposals is December 15, 2011. To be considered, interested individuals should please prepare an abstract of between 100-250 words and submit electronically by visiting http://pcaaca.org/conference/proposing_presentation.php. While electronic submission to the conference website is preferred, proposals (abstracts with 1-page vitae) may also be submitted directly to:

Dr. Edward Janak
Dept. 3374
College of Education
University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY 82071
ejanak@uwyo.edu

Decisions will be communicated within approximately two weeks of deadline. All presenters must be members of the American Culture Association or the Popular Culture Association by the time of the conference. For additional information about the conference, please visit the PCA/ACA website at
http://www.pcaaca.org/conference/national.php