New Book Adaptations of Dune
One book seems to give rise to another, and so I find myself releasing my third book on science fiction titled Adaptations of Dune: Frank Herbert’s Story on Screen (available in …
Journey into Online Course Development
As part of my efforts to make science fiction scholarship more accessible, I have begun the journey into online course development and created a mini-course called “Dune 101” based on …
New Critical Companion Book on Dune
I’m pleased to write that my next book on Dune has been published by Palgrave, titled Frank Herbert’s Dune: A Critical Companion. It is part of the series Palgrave Science …
New Book on Women of Dune
I’m pleased to say my first book has been published by Palgrave, titled Women’s Agency in the Dune Universe: Tracing Women’s Liberation through Science Fiction. This represents the culmination of several years …
Flatland: The Movie in Science Fiction Class
The 2007 animated short film Flatland: The Movie featuring the voices of Martin Sheen and Kristen Bell appears to be a popular teaching tool in math classes because it includes angles …
Ethnography Activity for The Left Hand of Darkness
One of the main issues in Ursula K. Le Guin’s novel The Left Hand of Darkness (1969) is ethnography and its limitations. The main character Genly Ai is an ambassador …
Epic World-Building in Dune Article Published!
I am very excited to announce that my article on Frank Herbert’s Dune entitled “Epic World-Building: Names and Cultures in Dune” has been published in Names: A Journal of Onomastics! The post-print PDF …
Digital Humanities Conference Keynote: Genevieve Bell and Robots
The July 2, 2015, keynote at the Global Digital Humanities Conference in Sydney entitled “Making Life: the Art and Science of Robots” by Genevieve Bell (@feraldata), an anthropologist by degree …