--Eric Selinger
In the
spring of 2009, Sarah S. G. Frantz founded the International Association for
the Study of Popular Romance (IASPR) and its companion journal, the Journal of Popular Romance Studies.
After four remarkable years, marked by four
international conferences, six issues of JPRS, and a co-edited volume (New Approaches to Popular Romance Fiction: Critical Essays), Sarah is stepping
down from the presidency of IASPR, taking up a new position as Acquisition
Editor for Riptide Publishing. (She is also a freelance romance editor
and BDSM consultant at Alphabet Editing.)
We are
happy to announce that Pamela Regis, formerly the Vice President of IASPR, will
be assuming the Presidency of the organization. She is joined by
two new officers as Vice-Presidents, An Goris and Jayashree Kamble, and by
Chryssa Sharp as Treasurer. The Conference Chairs for our upcoming
international conferences will be Betty Kaklamanidou (2014, Thessaloniki),
Crystal Goldman (2016, San Jose), and Margaret Toscano (2018, Salt Lake City). In the interim, odd-numbered years, IASPR will work with other organizations to foster
scholarly panels and presentations on popular romance media at national and
international gatherings sponsored by other organizations.
We thank
Sarah for her vision and guidance, and we look forward to announcing more
additions to the roster of IASPR board members and officers in the weeks to
come.
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