Lisa Yaszek

Lisa Yaszek is Professor and Associate Chair of School of Literature, Media, and Communication at Georgia Tech. Her research interests include science fiction, cultural history, gender studies, critical race studies, and science and technology studies. Her essays on science fiction as a global language crossing centuries, cultures and continents appear in journals including 'Extrapolation', 'NWSA Journal', and 'Rethinking History'. Her books include 'Galactic Suburbia: Recovering Women's Science Fiction (2008)'; 'Practicing Science Fiction: Critical Essays on Writing, Reading and Teaching the Genre (2010)'; and 'Sisters of Tomorrow: The First Women of Science Fiction (2016)'. http://scifi.lmc.gatech.edu/