*Extended Deadline for /Transformations: /**/The Journal of Inclusive Scholarship and Pedagogy/ special issue TEACHING POPULAR CULTURE CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS *The editors of /Transformations/ seek submissions that explore popular culture from all pedagogical contexts and interdisciplinary perspectives. We accept *articles* (5,000-10,000 words), *media essays* (overviews on books, film, video, performance, art, music, websites, etc. 3,000 to 5,000 words) and* items for an occasional feature, "The Material Culture of Teaching." */Note extended deadline: Submissions for this special issue on Teaching Popular Culture are now due Feb. 15, 2013. /We welcome jargon-free submissions that explore strategies for teaching about popular culture in the classroom and in non-traditional spaces (such as the media, museums, and in public discourse). */Transformations/ publishes only essays that focus on teaching.* For submission guidelines, please go to http://web.njcu.edu/sites/transformations/Content/default.asp <https://webmail.exchange.njcu.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=7f7a69afa69a4a3298abff14647e4b3b&URL=http%3a%2f%2fweb.njcu.edu%2fsites%2ftransformations%2fContent%2fdefault.asp> Send submissions or inquiries in MLA format (7th ed.) as attachments in MS Word or Rich Text format to: Jacqueline Ellis and Ellen Gruber Garvey, Editors, [log in to unmask] <https://webmail.exchange.njcu.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=7f7a69afa69a4a3298abff14647e4b3b&URL=mailto%3atransformations%40njcu.edu> Author(s) name and contact information should be included on a SEPARATE page. For submission guidelines go to http://web.njcu.edu/sites/transformations/Content/default.asp <https://webmail.exchange.njcu.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=7f7a69afa69a4a3298abff14647e4b3b&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.njcu.edu%2fassoc%2ftransformations> Possible topics for articles: * Defining popular culture * Popular culture as a pedagogical tool * Popular culture and technology * History and popular culture * Popular culture, memory, and nostalgia * Media literacy * Representations of race, class, and gender in popular culture * Popular culture in K-12 classrooms * Popular culture and the corporatization of education * Subculture, handmade culture, independent culture * Popular culture and sexuality * Erasures and omissions in popular culture * Popular culture and "normality" * Reading popular culture * Fandom and style * Controversies in popular culture: pornography, violence * Popular culture in national, transnational, and global contexts * Consumption of popular culture, reading and using popular culture Past issues of /Transformations/ include: Teaching Feelings, Teaching Digital Media, Teaching Sex, Teaching Earth, Teaching Nation, and Teaching Performance. We encourage you to familiarize yourself with the journal before submitting. Please visit our website to order previous issues. Please share this cfp widely. Ellen Gruber Garvey, Ph.D. Professor, Department of English, New Jersey City University Co-editor, /Transformations: The Journal of Inclusive Pedagogy and Scholarship /Author, /Writing with Scissors: American Scrapbooks from the Civil War to the Harlem Renaissance / <http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/LiteratureEnglish/?view=usa&ci=9780199927692>Visit the Scrapbook History website <http://scrapbookhistory.wordpress.com/>