🌶 For #SWPACA26 participants, check out these three exciting award and professional development opportunities! swpaca.org or [email protected] for more info 🤗

Interested in leadership and getting a behind-the-scenes look at academic conference planning? Consider becoming a Schoenecke Fellow like Keaton! In this ✨ Fellow Spotlight ✨ learn about Keaton's takeaways as he finishes his last year of the program. Read his interview and apply at swpaca.org 🙂

🥳 Celebrate our Schoenecke Fellows in a special Spotlight: meet Liz and learn about how she has gotten involved! 📢 We're looking for the next class of Schoenecke Leadership Fellows! We encourage anyone interested in conference planning, leadership, and academic organizations to apply -- swpaca.org 😃

Call for papers for the edited collection, Beyond the American Western: Picturing the Far West in Global Comics: williamgrady.co.uk/cfp/ The volume aims to explore the vibrancy and diversity of the Western genre in comics from around the world. Deadline for proposals: 14th December 2025

In another✨ Area Chair Spotlight ✨ learn about Andrew, who leads our new AI & Culture Area, in our latest interview posted on swpaca.org! In it, Andrew shares about what sparked the idea for AI & Culture, which debuted at Summer Salon. And don’t forget to submit to #SWPACA26 by 11/14!

Meet Emily, our new Area Chair for Fashion, Style, Appearance, and Identity, in today’s ✨ AC Spotlight ✨ Emily shares about SWPACA experiences and how her research, teaching, and love for fashion overlap in our latest interview posted on swpaca.org! And don't forget to submit to #SWPACA26 by 11/14!

👻 Feeling haunted by that unfinished proposal? We’ve got just the treat for you: a two-week extension — now through 11/14! Submit your proposal to #SWPACA26 before this final window of opportunity vanishes. Get started at swpaca.org!

For today’s ✨ Area Chair Spotlight ✨ get to know Jered, our new Area Chair for Asian Popular Experiences / Asian American Experiences! Learn about Jered’s SWPACA journey and Area goals in our interview, available now on swpaca.org — and join the APE/AAE Area by submitting your proposal today!

It’s time for a #SWPACA ✨ Spotlight ✨ Meet Heather, who joins us as Chair for the new Math & Engineering in Popular Culture Area, debuting at #SWPACA26! Get to know Heather in our interview, available now on swpaca.org — and join the Area by submitting your proposal today!

Please don’t ghost our CFP! Send in your proposal for #SWPACA26 before the 10/31 deadline vanishes! Get started at swpaca.org 👻

CFP: swpaca.org Annual Conference ; Submit by October 31, 2025; New in 2025: an area for “AI & Culture”. Please consider submitting and also please forward to any you think might be interested. Thanks! #swpaca26 @swpaca.bsky.social

Proposals now being accepted for @swpaca.bsky.social's Taylor Swift and Swiftie Studies Area!

📢 Calling all pop culture scholars and enthusiasts! We are now accepting submissions for our 47th annual conference, happening February 25-28, 2026 in Albuquerque, New Mexico! Check out our call for papers and get started at swpaca.org — submit by October 31!

Save the Date! SWPACA 2026 will meet in Albuquerque, NM February 25-28, 2026! Stay tuned for our call for papers in early autumn and bookmark swpaca.org for updates!

🏖 Attending #SWPACASalon25 this June? Don’t forget to register by THIS Sunday 6/1! Only those fully registered will receive event links. **Unpaid presenters will be dropped from the program.** Head to swpaca.org/app > “Tickets” to get started, and reach out at [email protected] for assistance!

There are a little over 24 hours left to submit to Summer Salon 2025! The final deadline to submit is tomorrow, April 22. Submit today at swpaca.org!

🔔 Missed yesterday’s deadline? You’re in luck! We are extending our proposal window through next Tuesday, April 22! Submit your proposal to one of our 70 Subject Areas on submit at swpaca.org. Summer Salon 2025 meets June 26-28 and is fully virtual (based in Mountain time).

We are seeking proposals for Summer Salon 2025! The deadline to submit is tomorrow, April 15! Get started at swpaca.org and join us for #SWPACASalon25, meeting June 26-28!

CFP: swpaca.org Summer Salon; Submit by April 15, 2025; New this year: an area for “AI & Culture”. Please consider submitting and also please forward to any you think might be interested. Thanks!

📢 Proposals are now being accepted for our fully virtual Summer Salon conference, taking place June 26-28. The deadline to submit is April 15. *All presentations will be scheduled in Mountain (Denver) time, live and in real time on Zoom.* Get started at swpaca.org, and help us spread the word! 😎

Save the dates, and get ready for #SWPACASalon25! Our fully virtual summer conference meets June 26-28. Proposals will be accepted beginning March 25 😎🌞

An invigorating and wide-ranging last roundtable at #SWPACA25 with some distinguished colleagues. I discussed the #Rohingya in #Myanmar, while questions surrounded issues of #homelessness.

#gscpp and #swpaca2025 presenters from USU jump for joy at having most of their presentations in their recent past!

The biggest of thank yous to all of our #SWPACA25 attendees for another wonderful conference filled with conversations and community. Special thanks, too, to the Marriott staff for taking care of us this week ☺️ Safe travels to all, and hope to see you at #SWPACASalon25! 🧡

Surprise! Come to the reg area to grab a free vintage comic book! There are still a few left! 🎨🖌️ #SWPACA25

Have a wonderful Day 4 of #SWPACA25, and please do join us for our Post-Conference Wrap-Up!

In our first year in Albuquerque, the Taylor Swift and Swiftie Studies area of @swpaca.bsky.social ended up with 13 presentations! The planets and the fates and all the stars aligned!

As we wrap up for the night, please take a look ahead at our many events for Day 3… (1/3)

Come to Carlsbad for the games--leave with some popcorn, pretzels, and drinks, and maybe even some friendship bracelets! 😏 #SWPACA25

Congratulations to the 2025 Rollins Award winner, Greg Ehrbar, author of Hanna-Barbera, the Recorded History: From Modern Stone Age to Meddling Kids (2024), published by @upmississippi.bsky.social! 🥳 #SWPACA25

The #SWPACA25 Opening Reception & Awards Ceremony is happening in just 10 minutes! Come to the Grand Ballroom to hear Dr. John Lent's keynote and to celebrate our award winners!

sleepily enjoying some games studies presentations at this year's @swpaca.bsky.social conference. a very nice break from teaching and grading and office hours drudgery #SWPACA25

Welcome to #SWPACA25! Take a look at our Reg Desk and Exhibitor Room hours...

The calm before the storm... Be sure to visit the #SWPACA25 Exhibitors and Vendor Room, located in Pecos/Sandia, open today until 5, and reopening at 9am tomorrow morning! 📚📚🖼️

Getting hungry? Check out our #SWPACA25 lunch specials at the hotel restaurant, #CieloSandia, located in the Marriott lobby 🤤

Hearing about centerfornewsliteracy.org here at #swpaca25 / @swpaca.bsky.social - stuff worth coming back to

Welcome to Day 1 of #SWPACA25!!! We are so excited to welcome and meet all of our #SWPACA25 attendees this week. Swipe for a glance at today’s reg desk and exhibitor room hours, as well as our special events! Safe travels to all!

In less than 12 hours, #SWPACA25 officially begins! Here’s a little peek inside SWPACA 2025 by the numbers. 🤓💯

We are excited to announce the mobile app for #SWPACA25 is now live! Get started by downloading Guidebook on iPhone/Android or visiting the browser version from the link in our bio.

It feels like a perfect time to be on a Female Rage panel. Presenting with other Swifties at @swpaca.bsky.social this week. And I may or may not be bringing friendship bracelets. #swpaca25

SWPACA student attendees: as you plan for the conference week ahead, be sure to pencil in our Awards Ceremony, Student Breakfast, and Student Dine-Out events onto your schedule! Also, help us plan for the Dine-Out by RSVPing at forms.gle/6toXkgCvFSEq.... We look forward to meeting you all soon!

Get conference ready for #SWPACA25! 🤗 #popculture #popcultureresearch #academicconference #SWPACA