School of Cultural and Critical Studies at BGSU

The weather may be cold and windy, but it’s toasty inside Shatzel! We hope you’ve had a restorative and relaxing break, and we look forward to seeing you in class!

It’s Digest time! Swipe 👈 for info on upcoming SCCS events! ❄️ ⛄️🧤🧣

SCCS Digest – this is an emailed compilation of announcements, events, call for proposals, and other items that may be of interest to the School of Cultural and Critical Studies community of students and faculty.

Please send items to be included by Thursday at noon to [email protected]. Include all relevant information formatted as you wish for it to appear. You may include an attachment but please also provide text of all the relevant information that should be listed in the email.

Popular Culture faculty, Dr. Chuck Coletta and Dr. Matt Donahue, organized the recent Soap Opera Conference here at BGSU.

Happy almost Halloween from the Ray Browne Association! 🌽 🎃 👻 🌽 🎃 👻

The Soap Operas in Popular Culture conference is almost here! Thank you to the Toledo Blade for covering this exciting event. Link to the article in our bio!

See you at the conference! 📺

The Soap Opera in Popular Culture Conference is fast approaching! Following the link our bio to see the conference schedule.

Highlights include presentations from SCCS faculty Becca Cragin and Montana Miller, and from Pop Culture MA students Anastasia Hayden and Jeremy Cooper.

Sasha Kim, Stefanie Hunker, Dana Nemeth and Tyne Lowe will also present Love in the Stacks: Soap Operas and the Browne Popular Culture Library.

American Culture Studies PhD student Mónica Ramírez was inducted into the Ohio Civil Rights Hall of Fame on Oct 9! The founder of nonprofit Justice for Migrant Women, Moníca is also a civil rights attorney.

Read more about her in the Toledo Blade. Link in bio!

Don’t miss it!!! 👻

Congratulations to American Culture Studies PhD student Mónica Ramírez!

‘She’s passionate, she’s smart, she’s dedicated’: Migrant advocate gets state honor FREMONT — She was tackling civil rights issues when she was just 14 years old.
When she attended Fremont’s St. Joseph Central Catholic High School, Monica ...

Tuesday, October 21, 2025 | 6:00pm-7:15pm | 1010 Central Hall

The SCCS Social Justice Learning Community will be hosting Banned Book Bingo Night! Learn about the books that are currently banned in schools, libraries and prisons around the country and the reasons why. Some of the books featured are available to win as prizes, along with other fun items! Light refreshments will be available.

SCCS stays winning 🥇 Popular Culture 2nd year MA students EJ Jolly, Rory Burmeister and Jester Zielenski presented their own panel at the PCAS/ACAS Conference in Huntsville, Alabama last week!

EJ, Rory and Jester’s research covered “alternate” cultural s*x symbols — chess players, older male celebrities, and monsters. We congratulate them on their hard work!