Marleen Barr teaches communication and media studies at Fordham University

Fordham University

Fordham University is a private, nonprofit, coeducational research university in the United States, with three campuses in and around New York City. It was founded by the Roman Catholic Diocese of New York in 1841 as St...

, New York City. She is notable for her significant contributions to science fiction studies

Science fiction studies

This article is about the field of science fiction studies. For the journal of the same title, please see Science Fiction Studies.Science fiction studies is the common name for the academic discipline that studies and researches the history, culture, and works of science fiction and, more broadly,...

, for which she won a Pilgrim Award

Pilgrim Award

The Pilgrim Award is presented by the Science Fiction Research Association for Lifetime Achievement in the field of science fiction scholarship. It was created in 1970 and was named after J. O. Bailey’s pioneering book Pilgrims Through Space and Time. Fittingly, the first award was presented to...

 from the Science Fiction Research Association

Science Fiction Research Association

The Science Fiction Research Association , founded in 1970, is the oldest, non-profit professional organization committed to encouraging, facilitating, and rewarding the study of science fiction and fantasy literature, film, and other media...

 in 1997. Her primary contributions have been her foundational work in the field of feminist science fiction

Feminist science fiction

Feminist science fiction is a sub-genre of science fiction which tends to deal with women's roles in society. Feminist science fiction poses questions about social issues such as how society constructs gender roles, the role reproduction plays in defining gender and the unequal political and...

 criticism; her 1981 anthology Future Females: A Critical Anthology "served as an introduction and eye-opener to the field of Feminist Science Fiction."

Original Criticism

• Alien to Femininity: Speculative Fiction and Feminist Theory (1987)
• Feminist Fabulation: Space/Postmodern Fiction (1992)
• Lost in Space: Probing Feminist Science Fiction and Beyond (1993)
• Genre Fission: A New Discourse Practice for Cultural Studies (2000)

Edited Works of Criticism

• Future Females: A Critical Anthology (1981) (editor)
• Future Females, The Next Generation: New Voices and Velocities in Feminist Science Fiction Criticism (2000) (editor)
• Envisioning the Future: Science Fiction and the Next Millennium (2003) (editor)
• Reading Science Fiction (2009) (co-editor, with James Gunn
  James Gunn (author)
  - Further reading :James E. Gunn The Listeners, BenBella Books, ISBN 1-932100-12-1 -External links:*...
  
   and Matthew Candelaria)

Awards

• Fulbright lectureship, University of Dortmund, Germany (2006)
• Distinguished Scholar grant, Japan (2000)
• Fulbright lectureship, University of Tübingen, Germany (1989–1990)
• Fulbright lectureship to the University of Düsseldorf, Germany (1983–84)
• Pilgrim Award
  Pilgrim Award
  The Pilgrim Award is presented by the Science Fiction Research Association for Lifetime Achievement in the field of science fiction scholarship. It was created in 1970 and was named after J. O. Bailey’s pioneering book Pilgrims Through Space and Time. Fittingly, the first award was presented to...
  
   for lifetime achievement in science fiction criticism (1997) Science Fiction Research Association
  Science Fiction Research Association
  The Science Fiction Research Association , founded in 1970, is the oldest, non-profit professional organization committed to encouraging, facilitating, and rewarding the study of science fiction and fantasy literature, film, and other media...
  
  

External links