Below you will find the short version of the FANS 7 schedule. You can download a PDF copy here. All events will be in the Fair Park Hall of State Library.
Fandom and Neomedia Studies Association
7th Annual Conference
29 June 2019
Dallas, Texas
9:00am: Doors Open
9:15am: Opening Remarks
J. Holder Bennett, FANS Chair
9:30am: A Survey of Characteristics of Isekai Manga
Dr. Paul S. Price, US Environmental Protection Agency
10:00am: If You Give a Monster a Sword: Healing and the Divided Identities in InuYasha and Blue Exorcist
Sarah Hashmi, University of Texas at Dallas
10:30am: Terrorist Video Games and Social Media: How Terrorist Neomedia Strategies Mainstream Society and How Society Counteracts by Sabotaging Back
Dr. Ronald Lorenzo, Prairie View A & M University
Dr. Bilal Sert, Prairie View A & M University
11:00am: Deviant Fandoms: The Social Character of Terrorism Fandom Production and Consumption
Dr. Ronald Lorenzo, Prairie View A & M University
Dr. Bilal Sert, Prairie View A & M University
11:30am: Anime and Global Citizenship Identification
Andrew Tague, FANS, Texas A & M University at Commerce
Dr. Stephen Reysen, Texas A & M University at Commerce
Dr. Iva Katzarska-Miller, Transylvania University
Dr. Courtney N. Plante, MacEwan University
Dr. Sharon E. Roberts, Renison University College, University of Waterloo
Dr. Kathleen C. Gerbasi, Niagara County Community College
Thomas R. Brooks, Texas A & M University at Commerce
12:00pm: Lunch
1:00pm: Keynote: Eulogy for Monkey Punch
Dr. Darren Ashmore, FANS, Yamanashi Gakuin University
2:00pm: My Next Book: Leiji Matsumoto
Helen McCarthy, FANS
3:00pm: Break
3:30pm: ESRB and You: A Fandom Parent’s Guide to Video Game Ratings (Workshop)
Andrew Tague, FANS, Texas A & M University at Commerce
4:30pm: Grimdark-ian Man: The Sublime and Grotesque in Warhammer 40,000
Ryan Johnson, University of Texas at Dallas
5:00pm: Sex Differences in Parasocial Connection to Favorite Anime Characters: A Multi-Factor Approach
Andrew Tague, FANS, Texas A & M University at Commerce
Dr. Stephen Reysen, Texas A & M University at Commerce
Dr. Courtney N. Plante, MacEwan University
Dr. Sharon E. Roberts, Renison University College, University of Waterloo
Dr. Kathleen C. Gerbasi, Niagara County Community College
5:30pm: Ambivalence and Belonging: Expressions of German Nationalism in Rammstein’s “Deutschland” and Their Reception
Stefanie Thomas, Ohio State University
6:00pm: End of Day