Chair: Matthew Sterner-Neely “Gollum: True Villain OR Annoying Fiend for Nine-Fingered Friends” by Mary Harbert “Terrible at ‘Hot Lava’: Darth Vader’s Journey from Frustrated Child to Frightening Villain” by Robert Carver “The Villainy of Voldemort as Kobayashi Maru” by Taylor Blanchard “Villains in the Classroom: The Successes and Challenges of Translating Empathy for Pop-Culture Villains into Critical Consciousness” by Matthew Sterner-Neely