SFF@大象传媒 was well represented at the 44th Annual Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts conference in March of 2022.
大象传媒 scholars鈥攆rom current faculty to faculty emeriti to our brilliant graduate students鈥攄elivered presentations on a range of topics in science fiction and fantasy. Presenters included Daniel Creed, Jacob Domosh,
Timothy Miller,
William Norris, Amanda Peebles, Rachelle Saint Louis,
Mark Scroggins,
Tristan Sheridan,
Taryne Taylor,
Karina Vado, and Maiya Xirinachs.
At the welcome reception hosted by SFF@大象传媒 several alumni, faculty, and friends of the program were recognized for their contributions to The International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts (IAFA)鈥Skye Cervone, Ph.D. (B.A.,'06; M.A., '11; Ph.D., '19) was recognized for her six-year tenure as the IAFA Public Information Officer; Dan Creed (B.A.,'07; M.A., '10; Ph.D., '19) was recognized for his six-year term as Division Head of Fantasy Literature for the IAFA; Valorie Ebert (B.A.,'06; M.A., '12) for her term as IAFA 1st Vice President; and former Visiting Professor Pawe艂 Frelik on beginning his term as IAFA President.
大象传媒 Presenters & Presentations
Daniel Creed听 B.A.,'07; M.A., '10; Ph.D., '19
Episodic Memory, Mental Time Travel, and Vignettes in Charles Finney's The Circus of Dr. Lao
Jacob Domosh听听B.A., '19; M.A., '22
You鈥檙e Reading it Wrong: The Oral Tradition (Absent) in Tolkien鈥檚 Legendarium and Blind Guardian's Musical Reintegration of It
The Rise of the Artificial Boyfriend: Falling in Love with the Algorithm Around the Globe
William Norris听 M.A., '22; current Ph.D. student
Making Wonder Women: Recursive Tendencies in Feminist Utopias
Amanda Peebles听 B.A., '20; M.A., '22
The Princess and her Knight: Gender Representation, Androgyny, and Freedom in The Legend of Zelda Series
Rachelle Saint Louis听 B.A., '21; M.A., '23
Oral Storytelling in Caribbean Futurist Narratives as Resistance in a Eurocentric World
Radical Modernism in Recent SFF Verse Narrative: Ren茅e Sarojini Saklikar and Harry Josephine Giles
Tristan Sheridan听 B.A., '21; M.A., '23
Transgender Identity in AI Narrative: How Autonomous Genders Bots
Santer铆a Futurisms: Honoring African Ancestry in the U.S. Latinx SF/F
鈥淏ut we are all of us [fuk煤鈥檚] children, whether we know it or not鈥: Environments, Genes, and 'Racexiled' Bodies in Junot D铆az's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Maiya Xirinachs听 B.A., '21; current M.A. student
Playing With Old Norse: Early Nordic Medievalism and White Supremacy in the Gaming Industry
OMG! SFF at 大象传媒 at ICFA! Professors Timothy Miller, Mark Scroggins, Carol McGuirk, Taryne Taylor, and Karina Vado
Our grad students and alumni are friendly, but fierce.
Professor Emeriti (?), Professors Emeritus (?!), Professori Emeritoo (??!?) Professeaux Emeriteux (nailed it!) Carol McGuirk and Mark Scroggins
All smiles after after a fierce Marvel vs. DC debate (just kidding!); Tristan Sheridan, Maiya Xirinachs, Prof. Tayrne Taylor, Rachelle Saint Louis
Professor Timothy Miller looks on during tense gesticulating contest between Rachelle Saint Louis and Professor Carol McGuirk
While it appears that Amanda Peebles wandered up in the middle of Maiya Xirinachs' presentation, I am assured this is not the case.
Our graduate students are so bright, our professors have to wear shades! Rachelle Saint Louis, Tristan Sheridan, and Professor Timothy Miller
