Current PopCAANZ area chairs are:
Animation: Deborah Szapiro: animation@popcaanz.com
Anime and Manga: Craig Norris: anime@popcaanz.com
Architecture: Derham Groves: architecture@popcaanz.com
Biography and Life Writing: biography@popcaanz.com
Business: business@popcaanz.com
Creative Writing: Karen Simpson Nikakis: writing@popcaanz.com
Cyber Culture: John Lenarcic: cyber@popcaanz.com
Design: Jacquie Kasunic: design@popcaanz.com
Disability: disability@popcaanz.com
Entertainment: Tanya Nitins: entertainment@popcaanz.com
Fandom: Katherine Larsen: fandom@popcaanz.com
Fashion: Vicki Karaminas: fashion@popcaanz.com
Fiction: Rachel Franks: fiction@popcaanz.com
Film: Bruce Isaacs: film@popcaanz.com
Food Studies: Toni Risson: food@popcaanz.com
Gender and Queer: Anita Brady: gender@popcaanz.com
Girlhood Studies: Juliette Peers: girlhood@popcaanz.com
Gothic: Lorna Piatti-Farnell: gothic@popcaanz.com
Graphic Novels and Comics: Paul Mountfort: comics@popcaanz.com
History: Hsu-Ming Teo: history@popcaanz.com
Law: Jason Bainbridge: law@popcaanz.com
Music: Ed Montano: music@popcaanz.com
Performance: Sue Osmond: performance@popcaanz.com
Radio and Audio Media: Martin Hadlow: radio@popcaanz.com
Religion: Holly Randell-Moon: religion@popcaanz.com
Science: Steven Gil: science@popcaanz.com
Sound, Voices and the Everyday: Norie Neumark: voices@popcaanz.com
Sports: sports@popcaanz.com
Television: Rosser Johnson: tv@popcaanz.com
Textiles: Denise Rall: textiles@popcaanz.com
Toys and Games: Jason Bainbridge: toys@popcaanz.com
Visual Arts: Adam Geczy: visualarts@popcaanz.com
The area chairs are responsible for:
- distributing CFPs, gathering abstracts, organising panels, round tables or special discussion sessions
- organising & briefing the panel chairs – area chairs do NOT have to chair each panel
- providing Pres/Vice-Pres with any information about books, journals, etc.
- providing any materials you think should be included in the conference satchels (e.g. flyers)
- keeping in touch with delegates re: their questions about accommodation, payments, a/v requirements, panel times, etc. and relay back to Pres/Vice-Pres any problems
- fielding media enquiries – letting Pres./Vice-Pres. know if any paper looks particularly promising for the press release
- holding an area meeting
- soliciting for articles for publication
- organising referees for articles
- organising book and exhibition reviews for journal
If you are interested in becoming a PopCAANZ area chair, please contact PopCAANZ Executive Director Deborah Szapiro: executivedirector@popcaanz.com