An associate professor of English at University College of the North (UCN), Dr. Sue Matheson has been elected Vice-President of Awards by the Popular Culture Association (PCA), an academic organization devoted to the study of popular culture that was founded in 1971 by Ray and Pat Browne. Affiliated with a number of regional and international organizations dedicated to popular culture study, the PCA also supports two prestigious, peer-reviewed journals, The Journal of Popular Culture and The Journal of American Culture.
Every year, the PCA recognizes the best works published in Popular and American Culture essays, edited collections, and books. "Thousands of scholars from around the world meet in a major American city to share their research at the PCA's National Conference," Matheson said, "As the PCA's Awards V-P, I'll ensure the top writers in the business are recognized and the study of popular culture is promoted."
Dean of FABS Harvey Briggs said, "Dr. Matheson continues to enhance UCN's academic profile in the broader academic world. We are very proud of her work and we know she will represent UCN well at the PCA."
"On behalf of UCN, I'd like to congratulate Dr. Matheson on her election to the role of Vice President of Awards in the Popular Culture Association," said Dr. Dan Smith, Vice-President Academic and Research at UCN. "Her election demonstrates the contribution that UCN and Northern Manitoba make to creativity and scholarship. We are very proud of Dr. Matheson's accomplishment!"
"I am so honored to have been chosen by my colleagues to serve the PCA in this capacity," Matheson said.
Known for her work in the area of the American Western, Matheson also specializes in the study of Hollywood horror films. Her most recent article about Hollywood horror considers the terrors of old age in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining (1980). "Elder Horror More Like Music' - Aging, Abjection, and Dementia at the Overlook Hotel" will appear this year in Cynthia J. Miller and A. Bowdoin Van Riper's Elder Horror: Essays on Cinematic Hermits, Harbingers, and Hags published by McFarland & Company, a leading independent publisher of academic nonfiction.
