Ten Years of Teratology: A MEARCSTAPA Retrospective (A Roundtable)

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Monsters: The Experimental Association for the Research of Cryptozoology through Scholarly Theory and Practical Application (MEARCSTAPA)

Organizer Name

Melissa Ridley Elmes; Asa Simon Mittman

Organizer Affiliation

Lindenwood Univ.; California State Univ.-Chico/Material Collective

Presider Name

Asa Simon Mittman; Larissa Tracy

Presider Affiliation

California State Univ.-Chico/Material Collective; Longwood Univ.

Paper Title 1

Discussant

Presenter 1 Name

Ana Grinberg

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Auburn Univ.

Paper Title 2

Discussant

Presenter 2 Name

Dana Oswald

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of Wisconsin-Parkside

Paper Title 3

Discussant

Presenter 3 Name

Alan Montroso

Presenter 3 Affiliation

George Washington Univ.

Paper Title 4

Discussant

Presenter 4 Name

Tirumular Narayanan

Presenter 4 Affiliation

California State Univ.-Chico

Paper Title 5

Discussant

Presenter 5 Name

Lorraine Kochanske Stock

Presenter 5 Affiliation

Univ. of Houston

Start Date

10-5-2018 3:30 PM

Session Location

Fetzer 2020

Description

This roundtable commemorates the tenth year of MEARCSTAPA (monsters: the experimental association for the research of cryptozoology through scholarly theory and practical application). It features the President and Vice-President of the organization as presiders over group of scholars including long-term members and newer scholars, discussing where the field of monster studies has been, where it currently is, and where it is going. --Melissa Ridley Elmes