Popular Culture Review Vol. 15, No. 1 | Page 153

Contributors Steven Carter is the author of five books, including Leopards in the Temple: Selected Essays 1990-2000. A former Senior Fulbright Fellow at two European universities, he teaches at California State University, Bakersfield. J. Robert Craig (Ph.D. 1981 University of Missouri-Columbia) teaches in the Broadcast & Cinematic Arts department at Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI. Dr. Craig teaches a variety of film study classes in addition to electronic media law. He is currently working on a book discussing the role of the origin story in horror films featuring the classic Universal monsters. Shea Craig studied cinema and photography at Central Michigan University and is currently applying for Master of Fine Arts Programs. Shea is currently employed at the Art Institute of Philadelphia where he is the Media-Arts Facilities Manager and is slowly working on a Culinary Arts degree. He lives with his wife and two adoring dogs in Newtown, Pennsylvania. His free time often involves sneaking out of the apartment to ride bicycles and run around outside with the aforementioned canine companions. Jacqueline Foertsch is assistant professor of English at the University of North Texas and newly appointed editor of Studies in the Novel. Her publications include Enemies Within: The Cold War and the AIDS Crisis in Literature, Film, and Culture (Illinois, 2001), and her current book project considers polio-themed literature and culture in the postwar and contemporary periods in women's magazines, nonfiction memoirs, and novels. Milford A. Jeremiah is an associate professor in the Department of English and Language Arts at Morgan State University. He earned the B.A. at Hampton University and the master's and doctoral degrees in linguistics at Brown University. He is interested in linguistic theory and its application to language process, cognition, and discourse. Mark Moss is Chair of the General Arts and Science Program at Seneca College in Toronto, Ontario. Dr. Moss has just finished a book on the relationship between mediated images and history. His current work focuses on the interaction between consumption and leisure, tentatively titled Shopping As An Entertainment Experience. William Petty teaches in the Department of English and in Extended Campus at Oregon State University. His research interests include Modem/Postmodem American Literature, Autobiography, and Baseball. He received his Ph.D. in