Preliminary conference schedule for roundtables. Subject to change. Full details for the conference events can be found on our conference events page.

Presenters listed below each topic have confirmed.

Thursday, November 1
12:45pm-2:30pm
From Page to Screen to Classroom: Teaching Comic Studies (Classroom 106)
Moderators: Nestor Cordova and Ben Kruger-Robbins
– Drew Morton, Texas A&M-Texarkana
– Sarah Boslaugh, Kennesaw State University
– Ted Friedman, Georgia State University
– Dorothy Hendricks, Florida Atlantic University
– Liz Medendorp, University of Massachusetts

Netflix as Television Producer (Classroom 202)
Moderators: Asher Ford and Josh Gleich
Questions: Wheeler Winston Dixon, University of Nebraska
– Thomas Schatz, University of Texas at Austin
– Tanine Allison, Emory University
– Caroline Leader, Independent Scholar
– Elissa Nelson, University of California, Santa Barbara

Television Ratings and Audience Measurement in the Digital Age (Classroom 203)
Moderators: Ikram Toumi and Lauren Weinzimmer
– Dan Hassoun, University of Minnesota
– Shawn Mayer, University of Texas at Dallas
– Philip Napoli, Fordham University
– Karen Petruska, Northeastern University
– Tonia Edwards, Georgia State University

2:45pm-4:30pm
From Suits to Talent: Management in the Cultural Industries (Classroom 106)
Moderator: Paul Monticone
– Avi Santo, Old Dominion University
– Kyle Barnett, Bellarmine University
– Erin Copple Smith, Austin College
– Christopher Lucas, Trinity University
– Kimberly Owczarski, Texas Christian University

Britannia Rules the Waves?: Popular British Programming on American Public Television (Classroom 202)
Moderators: Lauren Kusnierz and Xiaoqian Li
– Tara Kachgal, University of Wisconsin-Superior
– Melinda Lewis, Bowling Green State University
– Ian Peters, Georgia State University
– Camille Reyes, Rutgers University

Reed-ing Between the Lines: The Future of the Black Sitcom (Classroom 203)
Moderator: Alfred Martin
– Phillip Lamarr Cunningham, Quinnipiac University
– Mary E. Durden, University of Wisconsin-Madison
– Jennifer Fuller, University of Texas at Austin
– Brandeise Monk-Payton, Brown University
– Danielle Williams, Kennesaw State University

Friday, November 2
9:30am-11:15am
Just Satire?: Minority Television Culture and Post-Racial Ideologies (Classroom 106)
Moderators: Ali Fuat Sengul and Hallie Reiss
Questions: Timothy Havens, University of Iowa
– Mary Beltran, University of Texas at Austin
– Noah Springer, University of Colorado, Boulder
– Janani Subramanian, Indiana University – Purdue University Indiana
– Katharine Zakos, Georgia State University
– Melissa Zimdars, University of Iowa

Teaching TV (Classroom 203)
Moderator: Josh Gleich
Questions: Melanie Kohnen, Georgia Tech University
– Ron Becker, Miami University
– Max Dawson, Northwestern University
– Erika Johnson-Lewis, St. Petersburg College
– Jonathan Lupo, Saint Anselm College
– Jason Mittell, Middlebury College

Toddlers, Teen Moms, and Timeouts: The Role of Class in Reality Parenting Programming (Classroom 102)
Moderators: Jessalynn Keller and Aaron Kepler
Questions: Rebecca Feasey, Bath Spa University
– Maria Boyd, Georgia State University
– Evan Kropp, University of Georgia
– Kathleen McCollough, Rutgers University
– Erin Meyers, Oakland University

Game Studies as Media Studies (Classroom 202)
Moderators: Claire Lee and Cassandra Stover
– Michael Newman, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
– Carrie Andersen, University of Texas at Austin
– Shane Denson, Leibniz Universität Hannover
– Eric Freedman, Queens University of Charlotte
– Christopher Hanson, Syracuse University
– Adrienne Shaw, Temple University
– Aaron Trammell, Rutgers University

12:45pm-2:30pm
Head in the Cloud: Rethinking Distribution in the Digital Age (Classroom 106)
Moderator: William Moner
Questions: Alisa Perren and Jennifer Holt, University of California-Santa Barbara
– Alisa Perren, Georgia State University
– Evan Elkins, University of Wisconsin-Madison
– David Gurney, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
– Ross Melnick, University of California, Santa Barbara
– Alexander Russo, The Catholic University of America
– Aymar Jean Christian, Northwestern University

“#IHateThisShow!”: Anti-Fandom in the Digital Age, Part I (Classroom 203)
Moderator: Anne Major
– Melissa Click, University of Missouri
– Anne Gilbert, Rutgers University
– Mica Hilson, Indiana University-Bloomington
– Noel Murray, The AV Club
– Louisa Stein, Middlebury College

The Mad Men Effect?: Original Scripted Series and Cable Network (Re)Branding (Classroom 202)
Moderator: Jessica Trimble
– Cory Barker, Indiana University
– Chris Haak, Ohio University
– Charlotte Howell, Georgia State University
– Amanda Keeler, Bucknell University

Other Television Histories (Classroom 102)
Moderator: Suzanne Schulz
– Aniko Imre, University of Southern California
– Shanti Kumar, University of Texas at Austin
– Sharon Shahaf, Georgia State University
– Mark Stewart, University of Auckland
– Jia Tan, Hong Kong Baptist University
– Jean Olivier Tchouaffe, Southwestern University
– Bilge Yesil, CUNY, College of Staten Island

2:45pm-4:30pm
Micro Politics in a Digital World (Classroom 106)
Moderator: Paul Monticone
– Michael Kackman, Independent Scholar
– Mona Kasra, University of Texas at Dallas
– Juan Llamas-Rodriguez, Concordia University
– Katherine Madden, University of Southern California
– Chris Robe, Florida Atlantic University
– Emanuelle Wessels, Augsburg College

Playing with Capital, Capitalizing Play (Classroom 202)
Moderators: Laura Felschow and Yaguang Zhu
– Matthew Payne, University of Alabama
– Mia Consalvo, Concordia University
– Ken McAllister, University of Arizona
– Randall Nichols, Bentley University
– Christopher Paul, Seattle University
– Judd Ruggill, Arizona State University
– Shane Toepfer, Kennesaw State University (not attending)

Queer Media Studies’ Futures (Classroom 203)
Moderator: Alfred Martin
Questions: Benjamin Aslinger, Bentley University
– Andrew Davis, Oklahoma State University
– Alexandra Jenkins, Ohio State University
– Rebecca Robinson, University of Iowa
– Laura Zaylea, Temple University
– Jamie Zhao, Georgia State University

Tweens, Teens, and In-Betweens: The Legacy of the WB (Classroom 102)
Moderators: Morgan Blue and Kayti Lausch
– Sharon Ross, Columbia College of Chicago
– Elizabeth Alsop, Western Kentucky University
– Cindy Conaway, SUNY Empire State College
– Georgia Cowan, Concordina University
– Jennifer Porst, University of California, Los Angeles
– Eric Whedbee, Concordia University

The conference will have screenings and a reception at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum from 6 to 10pm.

Saturday, November 3
9:30am-11:15am
Connected Viewing (Classroom 106)
Moderator: William Moner
– Sharon Strover, University of Texas at Austin
– Elizabeth Gough-Gordon, Rutgers University
– Aynne Kokas, Rice University
– Ioana Literat, University of Southern California
– Greg Steirer, University of California, Santa Barbara
– Ethan Tussey, Georgia State University

Representation in the Post-Network Era (Classroom 202)
Moderator: Alex Cho
– Julia Himberg, Arizona State University
– Laurena Bernabo, University of Iowa
– Kathryn Frank, University of Michigan
– Madhavi Mallapragada, University of Texas at Austin
– Steve Voorhees, Rutgers University

The Good, the Bad, and the Cult: Television Studies Sensibilities (Classroom 203)
Moderator: Morgan O’Brien
Questions: Roberta Pearson, University of Nottingham
– Christine Becker, University of Notre Dame
– Casey McCormick, McGill University
– Phil Oppenheim, Georgia State University
– Phil Scepanski, Northwestern University
– Michael Wayne, University of Virginia

12:45pm-2:30pm
Aesthetics and Politics in Television Studies, Part I (Classroom 106)
Moderator: Caitlin McClune
Questions: Lynne Joyrich, Brown University
– Jonathan Gardner, Brooklyn College
– Daniel Marcus, Goucher College
– Sudeep Sharma, University of California, Los Angeles
– Katheryn Wright, Champlain College

“#IHateThisShow!”: Anti-Fandom in the Digital Age, Part II (Classroom 203)
Moderators: Adolfo R. Mora and Christy Savage
– Melissa Click, University of Missouri
– Simone Becque, Southern Illinois University
– Kathryn Fuller-Seeley, Georgia State University
– Hunter Hargreaves, Brown University
– Elana Levine, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
– Suzanne Scott, Occidental College

Broke Girls and Men at Work: 2011-2012’s Television Gender Wars (Classroom 102)
Moderator: Michael Rennett
– James Carviou, University of Iowa
– Jamie Jones, University of Colorado at Boulder
– Amanda Ann Klein, East Carolina University
– Katherine Lehman, Albright College
– Ethan Thompson, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

Media Studies and the Digital Humanities Movement (Classroom 202)
Moderators: Bahaa Ghobrial and Julius Huang
Questions: Anna McCarthy, New York University
– Alexis Carreiro, Queens University of Charlotte
– Daniel Chamberlain, Occidental College
– Dan Leopard, St. Mary’s College of California
– Mark Martinez, University of Minnesota
– Joseph Straubhaar, University of Texas at Austin

2:45pm-4:30pm
Sports Media and Celebrity (Classroom 202)
Moderator: Mike O’Brien
– Kelly Kessler, DePaul University
– Adam Rugg, University of Iowa
– Todd Sodano, St. John Fisher College
– Jason Surmiller, University of Texas at Dallas

What’s in a Title (sequence)?: Opening and Closing Sequences in Television (Classroom 106)
Moderator: Colleen Montgomery
Questions: Lisa Coulthard, University of British Columbia
– Vanessa Ament, Georgia State University
– Matthew Ferrari, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
– Myles McNutt, University of Wisconsin-Madison
– Leah Shafer, Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Making Media Studies Perfectly Queer: A Tribute to Alex Doty (Classroom 102)
Moderators: Matthew Krebs and Justine Strayhorn
– Mary Celeste Kearney, University of Texas at Austin
– Michael DeAngelis, DePaul University
– Taylor Cole Miller, University of Wisconsin-Madison
– Bryce Renninger, Rutgers University
– Sarah Sinwell, Northeastern University

Aesthetics and Politics in Television Studies, Part II (Classroom 203)
Moderators: Jennifer Reinwald and Rui Wu
Questions: Lynne Joyrich, Brown University
– A.C. Hawley, Iowa University
– Jeffrey Jones, Old Dominion University
– Michael Samuel, Swansea University
– Luke Stadel, Northwestern University

Appetizers and drinks will be at the Dog and Duck Pub.