When the founders of the Popular Culture and American Culture Associations,

Ray and Pat Browne, decided to retire from running the conference to pursue other

interests, one concern they had was to keep the Journals (JPC and JAC) alive and

thriving.  Because the new director did not have the same resources available that

Bowling Green State University made available to the Brownes, their best alternative

was to sell the Journals to Blackwell Publishing.  Along with the sale came a contract for

the membership dues, which Blackwell prefers to have paid directly to the company

rather than through the PCA/ACA.  Consequently, the single payments conference

presenters used to make (which were both registration fees and membership dues) are

now two separate payments.

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