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Gary Hoppenstand is a Professor in the Department of English at Michigan State University. He currently serves as Secretary of Academic Governance at MSU. His major research areas include genre and narrative studies in popular fiction, graphic novels, film, and television. He has published twenty-four books, nine scholarly reprint editions of classic novels, and sixty scholarly articles on topics related to popular culture studies, literary studies, and media studies. His book, 'Perilous Escapades: Dimensions of Popular Adventure Fiction', published in 2018, features an anthology of essays on classic adventure literature. An early work, as the editor of the periodical 'Midnight Sun', was nominated twice for the prestigious 'World Fantasy Award'. His anthology 'Popular Fiction' won the Popular Culture Association’s 'Best Book' award in the Textbook/Reference category in 1997. He has served in numerous leadership roles within the Popular Culture Association and won top scholarly honors, including 'The Governing Board Award' in 2008. He has also received the 'Paul Varg Alumni Award for Faculty' and the 'William J. Beal Outstanding Faculty Award' from Michigan State University for his contributions to teaching and scholarship. He is currently writing a book on the cultural history of popular adventure fiction for the University of Nebraska Press.
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