Past Events on Academic Topics





Pop Culture in Academia: An Interdisciplinary Forum:

Residents Elizabeth Amato (Political Science), Lanta Davis (English), and Wendy Moore (Baylor Employee, Study Abroad programs) gave presentations and fielded questions on a variety of topics relating pop cuture to academia. Ms. Amato presented a paper called "What to do if you find yourself Lost in the Cosmos: Reflections on Walker Percy and Postmodern Malaise," discussing Walker Percy's mock-self-help novel. Ms. Davis' paper, "The Madwoman in the Office," analyzed NBC's hit comedy The Office from a feminist perspective, and Ms. Moore presented "What a trend we have in Jesus: A quantitative analysis of Jesus-related merchandise."