On the program for my first academic conference as an independent scholar. Gonna be speaking at #pcasacas on that devil shit. #horrorscholar #horrorsky #southerngothic #pcas #acas
@cullenwade.bsky.social![Saturday, Session 14
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
S 14.1 Milford Jeremiah Award: Featured Speaker [Fleur de Lis A] - AV
Chair: KarylAnne Fischer, PCAS/ACAS President
● “From the Plantation to the Chicago Tribune: the Gothic as Narrative Strategy.” -- John W. Byers,
University of Mississippi
S 14.2 Vampires and Horror Adaptation [Fleur de Lis B] - AV
Chair: U Melissa Anyiwo, University of Scranton
● " Predator and Prey: Sexual Peril and the Vampiric Possibility in Charlotte Lamb's Vampire Lover --
Abigail Cordwell, University of Mississippi
● Last Girls and Lost Girls: Black Women, Vampirism, and the South's Unfinished Histories -- U
Melissa Anyiwo, University of Scranton
S 14.3 Southern Gothic 13: Contemporary Southern Gothic Culture [Regal Suite] - AV
Chair: Bethany Weston, University of North Texas
● Mud, Myth, and Method: Cracker Aesthetics and the Peripheral Genius of the Rural American South
-- William (Bill) E. Hill, Jacksonville University
● “Deep Into the Woods”: Occult Memphis Rap and the West Memphis Three Murders -- Cullen
Wade, Independent Scholar
● “I Wrote My Own Script”: Colliding Southern Gothic Dialogues in Suzannah Hebert’s Natchez --
Bethany Weston, University of North Texas
S 14.4 Video Games and Gaming [Fleur de Lis C] - AV
Chair: Susan Bergeron, Coastal Carolina University
● Finding Treasure, Catching Frogs, and Writing Haiku: Video game side quests and building
immersive spatial narratives -- Susan Bergeron, Coastal Carolina University
● The Players’ Right-Hand Man: Leon Kennedy’s Link to the Shifting Ideologies of Survival Horror
and the Players Who Control Him -- Ryon Byrne, University of Texas at Dallas
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@cullenwade.bsky.socialOn the program for my first academic conference as an independent scholar. Gonna be speaking at #pcasacas on that devil shit. #horrorscholar #horrorsky #southerngothic #pcas #acas
@dbist-answers.bsky.socialA question on #ACAS #GreaterManchester tabled by John Cooper on 11-09-2026 has been answered by Kate Dearden. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-09-11/29312
@amiqus.bsky.socialA new survey from #Acas has revealed that 41% of employers are unaware of upcoming legal duties to prevent sexual harassment at work. With legal standards shifting, studios should be aware of what they need to do.
Read more on #EmpowerUp 👉 lnkd.in/e6bPfhyE
@dbist-answers.bsky.socialA question on #ACAS #CodesOfPractice tabled by Mike Wood on 28-08-2026 has been answered by Kate Dearden. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-08-28/21067