Each year  students are encouraged to submit a completed reading copy of their papers in advance of the conference to compete for the student paper awards.  Executive Council’s Members-at-Large select the best paper in popular culture studies and American culture studies.   These awards are presented at the Thursday night reception at the conference.  The 2024 winners are:

Ray and Pat Browne Award for popular culture studies

Bianca Martin
University of Central Arkansas
The Bourgeois and the Rebel: Princesse Tam Tam and the Demise of Western Binaries through Colonialism

Honorable Mention:

Janelle Gray
The University of Texas at Dallas
Some of My Best Friends are Black: Navigating Cinethetic Racism in TVDU

Roger  Rollin Award for American culture studies:

Kat Sanderfer
University of South Florida
“We’ve Been Cleaning Up After Men our Entire Lives:” Dismantling the Southern Housewife Stereotype

Honorable Mention:

Laila Siyam
Mercer University
“Medical Television Shows and Their Fight against Racial Disparities Within the American Healthcare System”