Marleen Barr | |
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Awards | Pilgrim Award, Science Fiction Research Association (1997) |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Fordham University, New York City |
Main interests | Communication and media studies, particularly science fiction studies |
Notable ideas | Feminist science fiction criticism |
Marleen Barr teaches communication and media studies at Fordham University, New York City. She is notable for her significant contributions to science fiction studies, for which she won a Pilgrim Award from the Science Fiction Research Association in 1997. Her primary contributions have been her foundational work in the field of feminist science fiction criticism; her 1981 anthology Future Females: A Critical Anthology "served as an introduction and eye-opener to the field of Feminist Science Fiction."