Gian Pagnucci, a professor in IUP’s Department of English, discussed “The Death of America in Comic Books: A Socio-Cultural Analysis of Identity Crisis Narrative in Superman and Captain America Comic Books.”
He made a presentation at the twenty-second annual conference of the Mid-Atlantic Popular/American Culture Association (MAPACA).
Dr. Pagnucci was joined on the panel by Alex Romagnoli, a doctoral student in IUP’s Graduate Studies in Composition and TESOL program.
The MAPACA Conference brings together scholars from a wide range of disciplines to explore how trends and events in popular culture shape the world in which we live.