Yesterday was the 10th Annual DePaul Pop Culture Conference. It was noted a few times that I had been to all 10 conferences so far. This means I have been to the most conferences because last year Paul Booth who runs the conference had Covid and could not attend.
Jesus Magallon – “(With Regards To Bill & Ted…) Edutainment’s Excellent Adventure: Exploring Point-and-Click Edutainment Gaming Via Comparative Time Travel Narratives”
Dylan and John look at how the role of the scientist has changed as time travel stories have been developed. This includes the scientist as protagonist, as antagonist (mainly telling people they should not change history just for love), as helper/expositional device, and as super hero.
LaTiana Ridgell – “Time Traveling Through the PhD: An Autoethnographic Study of Reflexivity in Doctoral Studies”
Caroline M. Yoachim. “The Psychology of Time Travel Stories: Understanding Our World by Changing the Rules”
Writing and Reading Time Travel.
Rebecca Johns-Trissler, Mary Anne Mohanraj, Nancy McCabe
Jana Sinyor - “We Are All Time Travelers: Repeated patterns that wreck your life. Where they come from and how to change them.”
Steve Clairmont – “You’ve Turned Jules Verne into a Hood Ornament” – Disney’s The Timekeeper
Lisa Rothman – “What's The Point Of Time Traveling If You're Not Having Fun? (An Exploration of Legends of Tomorrow, Doctor Who, and Hob Gadling)”
Owen Smith – “The Once and Future Jungle: Interrogating Time Travel from a Mythical Perspective”
Dr. Ronald Mallett - “The Real Science of Time Travel”
Also Dr Mallett mentioned how there is likely life in other parts of the universe (goldilocks planets) so if we find a time traveling race that set up
*Samuel Crider – “Second Chances: Time Travel Wish Fulfillment in Avengers: Endgame”
Kara Kvaran – “Going Back in Time: Race, Gender, and the Lure of Cinematic Nostalgia”
Katie Utke – “The Future Is What You Make of It: The Legacy of Back to the Future”
Kara Kvaran's talk was interesting and covered the fact that when people
All too often it is a white dude who decides what is better for everyone when he time travels without asking anyone else. In addition way