Researching the Romance, BGSU 2018
The Researching the Romance Conference 2018 took place over two days, from April 13-14, 2018. Friday’s events took place in the Pallister Conference Room at the Jerome Library on the campus of Bowling Green State University. Saturday’s events took place at the Wood County District Public Library at 251 North Main Street, Bowling Green.
I included an example image above featuring romance genre novel covers that was a part of Andrea J. Brigg’s presentation, Wherefore Art Thou Fabio? 50 Years of Romance Novel Cover Design.
Conference Schedule
Friday, April 13th
Registration
Jerome Library, Bowling Green State University
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
9:00 AM
Romancelandia on Twitter: Designing a Digital Humanities Research Assignment for First-Year Writing Students
Heather M. Schell, George Washington University
Ann K. G. Brown, George Washington University
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
The Category Romance Project: First-year Students Researching Romance
Jen Wofford, Ithaca College
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Where are all the Fun Books: Popular Romance and Science Fiction Novels in Academic Libraries
Sarah Sheehan, Manhattan College
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
10:05 AM
Fantasies of Black Manhood: Black Masculinities in Brenda Jackson’s Westmoreland Series
Kelly L. Choyke, Ohio University – Main Campus
Kay-Anne P. Darlington PhD, University of Rio Grande
10:05 AM – 11:05 AM
Happily Ever After …. And After: time travel, history and romance in the novels of Susanna Kearsley
Sarah H. Ficke, Marymount University
10:05 AM – 11:05 AM
True Love and Real Terror: Romance and Horror in Megan Hart’s The Darkest Embrace and Reawakened Passions
David Aldrich, Bowling Green State University
10:05 AM – 11:05 AM
11:10 AM
Finding the Fairy Tale in Popular Romance
Linda J. Lee, University of Pennsylvania
11:10 AM – 12:10 PM
Laboring for Love: Authorial Emotional Labor as Feminist Project in the Romance Novel Outlander
Emma Elizabeth Niehaus, Bowling Green State University
11:10 AM – 12:10 PM
Researching the Romance Writers’ Research
Caryn Radick, Rutgers University – New Brunswick/Piscataway
11:10 AM – 12:10 PM
Use Heart in Your (Re)Search: The Invitations of Popular Romance
Eric Murphy Selinger, DePaul University
11:10 AM – 12:10 PM
12:15 PM
Lunch
Jerome Library, Bowling Green State University
12:15 PM – 1:45 PM
1:45 PM
Beverly Jenkins in Conversation with Eric Selinger
Jerome Library, Bowling Green State University
1:45 PM – 2:45 PM
3:00 PM
History’s Been Hijacked: How To Combat White Supremacy Through Popular Literature
Elizabeth Kingston
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Romance Novels for Feminists: What Does That Mean?
Elizabeth Brownlow, Bowling Green State University
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Romance Vs. Realism: How Critical Battles over Postwar Teen Romance Novels Led to the Emergence of Canonical Young Adult Literature
Amanda Allen, Eastern Michigan University
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Stigmatizing the Romance Genre: Reading Romance in the Digital Age
Angela Hart, American University, Washington D.C.
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
4:05 PM
An Articulation of Modern Indian Values in the Romance of Sandhya Sridhar
Kristen Rudisill, Bowling Green State University
4:05 PM – 5:05 PM
Bringing Sexy Back: Asian/Asian-American Men as Romantic Leads
Trinidad Linares, Bowling Green State University
4:05 PM – 5:05 PM
Outlandish romance: Fan and author navigation of romance genre boundaries
Spring Duvall, Salem College
4:05 PM – 5:05 PM
Paranormal Romance: A History
Maria T. Ramos-Garcia, South Dakota State University
4:05 PM – 5:05 PM
5:10 PM
Christian Romance Novels through the Eyes of West African Women
Philomena Archibong Offiong, Bowling Green State University
5:10 PM – 6:10 PM
Fantasies of Masculinity in Male/Male Popular Romance
Jonathan Allan, Brandon University
5:10 PM – 6:10 PM
Queer Evolution: A Biocultural Investigation of Gay Romance Fiction
Nicholas B. Clark, Bowling Green State University
5:10 PM – 6:10 PM
Revenge of the Romance: How romance novels transform the nerd stereotype
Robin Hershkowitz, Bowling Green State University
5:10 PM – 6:10 PM
6:15 PM
Wine & Cheese Reception
Jerome Library, Bowling Green State University
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Saturday, April 14th
9:15 AM
Contemporary Paranormal Romance: Theories and Development of the Genre’s Feminism (Or Lack Thereof)
Kathleen Kollman, Bowling Green State University
9:15 AM – 10:15 AM
Love in the Time of Twitter: Identity, Relationships, and Fantasy in Modern Young Adult Romance
Patricia Ennis, Bowling Green State University
9:15 AM – 10:15 AM
Not Cosplaying Around
Nicole Drew, Bowling Green State University
9:15 AM – 10:15 AM
Seriously Becky Don’t You Know Hallmark Christmas Movies are Just Romance Novels on Film?
Alexander Lester, Bowling Green State University
9:15 AM – 10:15 AM
10:20 AM I Found Romance at the Spinner Rack: The History & Evolution of Romance Comics
Charles Coletta
10:20 AM – 11:20 AM
Romance covers in Brazil: online interactions between fandom and publishing houses
Giovana Santana Carlos, DePaul University
10:20 AM – 11:20 AM
She’s an Athlete, but Don’t Worry, She’s Still Beautiful; Images of Female American Football Players on Romance Novel Covers
Joanna Line, Bowling Green State University
10:20 AM – 11:20 AM
Wherefore Art Thou Fabio? 50 Years of Romance Novel Cover Design
Andrea J. Briggs, McDaniel College
10:20 AM – 11:20 AM
11:30 AMHow Amazon has shaped the future of the Self-Published Author
Constance M. Phillips, MVRAI Published Author
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Researching Contemporary Settings without Traveling
Jill Kemerer
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Romance Law School is Now In Session
Jill A. Smith, Georgetown University Law Center
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
The value of wearing two hats: Reflections of a romance writer by night/feminist media scholar by day
Jessica Birthisel, Bridgewater State University
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
12:30 PM Lunch on Your Own
Downtown Bowling Green
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
1:30 PM Keynote- Dr. Kate Brown, Huntington University
Kate Brown, Huntington University
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
3:00 PM Guest of Honor- Beverly Jenkins
Wood County District Public Library
