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Michael
Levy--Professional Information
Curriculum Vita
updated
February 9, 2006
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 EDUCATION
Ph.D. English University
of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1982.
M.A. English Ohio State
University, Columbus,1974.
B.A. English University of Illinois, Champaign, 1972.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of Wisconsin--Stout,
Menomonie. Professor, 1990, Associate Professor 1987, Assistant
Professor 1985, Lecturer 1980, teaching Children's Literature, Adolescent
Literature, Business Writing, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Writing
Practicum for Early Childhood Educators, Shakespeare, Freshman Composition
and Literature.
University of Wisconsin
in Scotland, Dakleith, UK. Fall Semester 2000. Teaching
courses in Children’s Literature, Science Fiction, and Business
Writing.
University of Minnesota
Extension. Science Fiction Radio Course, 1980. Course rebroadcast
in 1986, 1994.
PROFESSIONAL
ACTIVITIES AND AWARDS
Chair, Department of English
and Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Stout, June 2003 to
present.
Co-Editor,
two special
issues of Extrapolation (scholarly journal)--Multiculturalism
and Race (Fall 2005) and Le Guin ( forthcoming).
Hugo Award for Best
Non-Fiction Book about Science Fiction. The Cambridge Companion
to Science Fiction, ed. by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn.
This includes my essay "Science Fiction and Biology," co-authored
with Joan Slonzewski
Co-Editor, special issue of The Lion and the Unicorn, (scholarly journal)
April 2004.
President, International
Association for the Fantastic in the Arts, 2004-2007,
Vice President 2003-2004.
Advisory Board,
Center for the Study of Science Fiction, 2004 to present.
Columnist, "Voyages"
appears three times a year in VOYA (Voice of Youth
Advocates), a magazine for YA librarians, beginning Fall 2005.
Editorial Board, Extrapolation,
scholarly journal located at the University of Texas-Brownsville,
2002-present
Read paper,
"Margaret Mahy" at the Children's Literature Association Annual
Meeting, Winnipeg Canada, June 2005.
Judge, James Tiptree
Award for Gender Bending Science Fiction, 2003-04.
Judge, Phoenix Award
for the Children's Literature Association 2003-2006.
Read paper,
"Brian Doyle: Class and Cash on Easy Avenue" at the
Children's Literature Association Annual Meeting, Fresno, CA, June
2004.
Read paper,
"The Sublimation of Real Life: Malls, Shopping, and
Advertising in Recent YA SF," International Conference on the
Fantastic in the Arts, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, March 2004.
Read paper, "Children
without Parents: Recreating Gender in the Fire-us Trilogy," International
Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, March
2003.
President, Science
Fiction Research Association, 2001-2002.
Past President 2002-2004.
University Sabbatical,
August-December 2002
Read paper, "Theosophy,
A. Merritt and The Moon Pool," Science
Fiction Research Association annual conference, New Lanark, Scotland,
June 2002.
Read paper, "Visions
of the Snow Queen in Recent Fiction by Almond and Billingsley," International
Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, March
2002.
Nominated for the University
of Wisconsin--Stout Outstanding Researcher Award, 2001.
Read paper, "`They
Thought We were Dead, and They were Wrong,' Children and Salvation
in David Almond's Kit's Wilderness", Science
Fiction Research Association annual conference, Schnectady, NY,
May 2001.
Read paper, "`The
Joy that Lies Beneath,' Children and Salvation in David Almond's
Skellig," International Association for
the Fantastic in the Arts annual conference, Ft. Lauderdale, FL,
March 2001.
Maybelle Ranney Price
Professorship, 1999-2000. Endowed position awarded to a faculty
member doing outstanding work in the area of education.
Treasurer, Science
Fiction Research Association, 1997-2000. Co-List Owner SFRA
Listserv, 1997 to present.
Read paper, "Full
Tide of Night: J. R. Dunn's Science Fictional Retelling
of The Duchess of Malfi," International Association
for the Fantastic in the Arts annual conference, Ft. Lauderdale,
FL, March 2000. Revised version of the paper read at the SFRA conference
in Cleveland, OH, June 2000.
Read paper, "What
if your Fairy Godmother Were an Ox? The Many Cinderellas of Southeast
Asia and their Presentation in English-Language Picture Book Format,"
SFRA Annual Conference, Mobile, AL, June 1999.A slightly different
version of the paper read at the Midwest MLA Conference in
Minneapolis is November 1999.
Read paper, "Emigrants
and Immigrants: The Southeast Asian Refugee Experience as Depicted
in Recent American Picturebooks," Midwest MLA Conference,
Chicago IL, November 1997
Read paper, "Ophelia
Triumphant: The Survival of Adolescent Girls in Recent SF by Butler
and Womack," SFRA Annual Conference, Long Beach, CA June 1997
University Sabbatical,
January-June 1997
Co-Director and Head of
Programming, Science Fiction Research Association Annual Conference,
Eau Claire, WI, 1996
Read paper, "Lois
Lowry's The Giver: Interrupted Bildungsroman or
Ambiguous Dystopia?" SFRA Annual Conference, Eau Claire,
WI 1996
Read paper, "Young
Adult Science Fiction as Bildungsroman," SFRA Annual
Conference, Grand Forks, SD, 1995.
Nominated for the University
of Wisconsin--Stout Outstanding Researcher Award, 1993.
Contributing Editor,
Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Review Annual. Westport, CN:
Meckler Publishing, 1987- 1992.
Scholarly paper jury,
the twenty-fourth annual conference of the Mythopoeic Society, Minneapolis,
MN July 1993. Chaired panel on Children's Fantasy, participated
on panel concerning the Fantastic Tradition in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
I've participated on and chaired numerous panels at Science Fiction,
Fantasy, and Children's Literature conferences over the past two
decades.
Read paper, "Science
Fiction, Science Poetry" (with Sandra Lindow) at the March
1992 meeting of the Wisconsin Academy of Arts and Sciences in Menomonie,
WI.
Read paper, "Coping
With Loss: Natalie Babbitt's The Eyes of the Amaryllis,"
Children's Literature Association Annual Conference, Mankato, MN,
1989
Judge, for the 1988
Philip K. Dick Award for outstanding achievement in science fiction.
Chair, committee judging
the 1987 William Crawford Award, presented by the International
Association for the Fantastic in the Arts. The award is given to
the best fantasy novel by a new writer. Member of committee, 1986.
PUBLICATIONS
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Book-Length Work
The Moon Pool by A. Merritt. Wesleyan University
Press, 2004.
Scholarly edition.
Portrayal
of South East Asian Refugees in Recent American Children's Books. .Lewiston, NY:
Edwin
Mellen, 2000. Critical study.
Natalie
Babbitt. Boston: Twayne, 1991. Critical study
of a noted children’s writer.
Modern
Science Fiction and Fantasy: A Study Guide (with Patricia
C. Hodgell), 1986. 3rd edition, rev. Minneapolis: University of
Minnesota Extension, 1994.
Major Scholarly Publications
"Science
Fiction" in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's
Literature, ed. Jack Zipes. London: Oxford UP,
forthcoming (2006).
"The
Sublimation of Real Life: Malls, Shopping, and Advertising in
Recent YA SF," New York Review of Science Fiction,
(forthcoming 2006).
Two
chapters of The Anatomy of Wonder, 5th edition, ed. by Neil Barron,
Scarecrow, 2005.
"Full
Tide of Night: J. R. Dunn's Science Fictional Retelling
of The Duchess of Malfi. " Extrapolation,
2003.
They Thought
We were Dead, and They were Wrong,' Children and Salvation in
David
Almond's Kit's Wilderness." Foundation:
The International Journal of SF, 2003.
"`The
Joy that Lies Beneath,' Children and Salvation in David Almond's
Skellig."
Foundation: The International Journal of SF, 2003.
"Science Fiction
and Biology" (with Joan Slonczewski). The Cambridge Companion
to Science Fiction, ed. by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn.
London: Cambridge UP, 2003.
"What
if your Fairy Godmother Were an Ox? The Many Cinderellas of Southeast
Asia and their Presentation in English-Language Picture Book
Format."
The Lion and the Unicorn, Summer 2000. Critical
essay.
"Refugees
and Immigrants: The Southeast Asian Experience as Depicted in Recent
American Children’s Books." The Lion and the
Unicorn, Spring 1999. Critical essay.
"Annotated
Bibliography: History and Criticism." Young
Adult Science Fiction. Ed. C. W. Sullivan III. Westport,
CN: Greenwood, 1999. 80 page annotated bibliography.
"Young
Adult Science Fiction as Bildungsroman." Young
Adult Science Fiction. Ed. C. W. Sullivan III. Westport,
CN: Greenwood, 1999. Critical essay.
"Ophelia
Triumphant: The Survival of Adolescent Girls in Recent SF by Butler
and Womack" Foundation: The International
Journal of SF, Spring 1998.Critical essay.
"Lois
Lowry's The Giver: Interrupted Bildungsroman or
Ambiguous Dystopia?" Foundation: The International Journal
of SF, Summer 1997. Critical essay.
"The New
Wave, Cyberpunk, and Beyond." Anatomy of Wonder,
4th edition. Ed. by Neil Barron. New York: Bowker, 1995. Two historical
essays, plus 140 page annotated bibliography, the latter co-authored
with noted critic Brian Stableford.
"Selected
Bibliography of Criticism." Science Fiction
for Young Readers. Ed. C. W.Sullivan III. Westport,
CN: Greenwood, 1993.
"Paradise
Lost in Northern Wisconsin." Approaches to
Paradise Lost. Ed. Galbraith M.Crump. New York: Modern
Language Association, 1986. Pedagogical essay.
"Who,
What, and Why? Character Motivation in Doctor Who."
Children's Literature Association Quarterly, Summer
1985. Critical essay.
Journalism and Interviews
"An
Interview with Dan Simmons." SFRA Review, 2003.
"The Iliad
as Science Fiction: PW
Talks with Dan Simmons."
Publishers Weekly, 2003.
"An Interview
with Greg Bear." SFRA Review, 2003.
"An Interview
with Jeff VanderMeer." SFRA Review, 2003.
"An Interview
with John Gregory Betancourt." SFRA Review, 2003.
"The Shape
of Kids to Come: PW Talks with Greg Bear." Publishers
Weekly, 2003.
"Underground
Author Rises to the Surface: PW Talks with Jeff VanderMeer."
Publishers Weekly, 2003.
"May 7,
2002: Three Wisconsin Fantasies." New York Review of Science Fiction,
October 2002.
"PW Talks
with John Gregory Betancourt." Publishers Weekly,
2002.
"Maureen
McHugh: An Interview." SFRA Review, Sept.-Dec
2001.
"PW
Talks with Maureen McHugh." Publishers Weekly,
2001.
"On Teaching
Visions of Wonder." SFRA Review, January-February
2001.
"Joan
Slonczewski: An Interview." SFRA Review, November-December
1998.
"Who Killed
Science Fiction? A Spectrum of Responses." New York
Review of Science Fiction, April 1997. One of six respondents.
"George
R. R. Martin: An Interview." SFRA Review,
January-February 1997
"The Electric
Eggs: The Future of Open Access." Kaleidoscope,
The International Magazine of Literature, Fine Arts and Disability,
January 1997.
"Lois
McMaster Bujold: Science Fiction and Disability." Kaleidoscope,
The International Magazine of Literature, Fine Arts and Disability,
January 1997.
"George
R. R. Martin: I Want to Provide a Journey We Haven't Taken Before."
Publishers Weekly, August 26, 1996.
"A Certain
Inherent Kindness: An Interview with Lois McMaster Bujold."
SFRA Review, Nov/Dec1995.
"From
Darkness to Light: Judy Chicago's Holocaust Project" (with
Sandra J. Lindow). Kaleidoscope, The International Magazine
of Literature, Fine Arts and Disability, 29(Summer/Fall,
1994): 22-31. Descriptive and critical essay.
Extended Review Articles
"Flight."
The Five Owls,
Winter 2004.
"The
Ivory Tower and Harry Potter." Foundation, Spring
2003.
"Which
Witch? and the Anne Spencer Lindbergh Prize." The
Five Owls, Winter 2003.
"Are
We Alone in the Universe?" In Journal of the Fantastic
in the Arts, Fall 2003.
"Immigrants
in Children's Literature." In Children's Literature
Association Quarterly, Spring (2001).
"Barron's Fantasy and Horror : A Critical and Historical Guide." In Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts,
Vol. 11, No. 1, 2000.
"The Science
in Science Fiction." In Science-Fiction Studies,
July 2000.
"Australian
Science Fiction." In Science-Fiction Studies,
March 2000.
"Science
Fiction in 1997. "In What Should I Read Next?
Ed. Neil Barron, et al. Detroit: Gale Research, 1998. I did
this annual article from1990 through 1998.
"1990,
The Year in Science Fiction." In Science Fiction
and Fantasy Book Review Annual, 1991. Ed.
Robert Collins & Robert Latham. Westport, CN: Greenwood,
1991. I wrote year in review articles for this reference book from
1987 to 1991.
"The Multiplicity
of Pinocchio." In Children's Literature Association
Quarterly, Spring 1991.
"Religious
Fundamentalism in Recent Science Fiction." In Science
Fiction and Fantasy Book Review Annual, 1990. Ed.
Robert Collins & Robert Latham. Westport, CN: Greenwood, 1991.
"Green
SF and Ecofeminism." In The International Association
for the Fantastic in the Arts Newsletter. Spring 1989.
Reprinted in Fantasy and Science Fiction Book Review Annual,
1989.
"Good Books
You Might Have Missed." In The SFRA Newsletter,
November 1988.
Regular contributor
of book reviews to Publishers Weekly, VOYA,
The New York Review of Science Fiction,
Science Fiction Studies, The Journal of the Fantastic
in the Arts, The Science Fiction Research Association Review,
The Five Owls and other journals and newspapers,
publishing more than four hundred book reviews since 1975.
Reference Book Entries
"Isaac
Asimov" and "Science Fiction" in The
Encyclopedia of American Jewish Culture, forthcoming (2006).
"We
Adopted You, Benjamin Koo," "Billy and Belle,"
"Heroes," and other entries in The New
Press Guide to Multicultural Resources for Young Readers.
Ed. Daphne Muse. New York: The New Press, 1997.
"Gregory
Benford," "James Blish," "Ray Bradbury,"
"Fritz Leiber," "J. R. R. Tolkien," and "Suzy
McKee Charnas" in Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular
Fiction. Osprey, FL: Beacham Publishing, 1996. All
of these articles are updated versions of previously published work.
The encyclopedia also includes a number of extended articles I wrote
on individual novels by the above authors, all previously published
and updated.
"No
Kidding," "The Shepherd Moon," and "Urn
Burial." In Beacham's Guide to Literature and
Biography for Young Adults. Series III. Ed. Kirk Beetz.
Washington, DC: Beacham Publishing, 1994.
"The
Martian Chronicles," "Fahrenheit 451," "Tuck Everlasting" and "The Eyes of the
Amaryllis." In Beacham's Guide to Literature
and Biography for Young Adults. Series II. Ed. Kirk
Beetz. Washington, DC: Beacham Publishing, 1991.
Authored more
than 300 entries for the first edition of What Should
I Read Next?. Ed. Neil Barron, et al. Detroit: Gale
Research, 1990.
"William
Gibson" and "Lucius Shepard." In The New
Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Ed. James Gunn. New
York: Viking, 1988.
"J.R.R.
Tolkien" and "James Blish." In Popular
World Fiction: 1900 to the Present. Ed. Walton
Beacham. Washington, DC: Research Publishing, 1987.
"Ray Bradbury,"
"Fritz Leiber," "Suzy McKee Charnas," and "Gregory
Benford." In Popular Fiction in America.
Ed. Walton Beacham. Washington, DC: Research Publishing, 1986.
"Lucius
Shepard" and "Warren Norwood." In Contemporary
Science Fiction Writers, 2nd ed. Ed. Curtis Smith.
New York: St. James Press, 1986. Entries updated for 4th edition
in 1996.
"Sir John
Suckling," "Margaret Cavendish," and "Sir William
Davenant." In Research Guide to Biography and Criticism.
Ed. Walton Beacham. Washington, DC: Research Publishing, 1985.
"Thomas
Randolph," "William Davenant," "John Beaumont,"
"Thomas Middleton." In Magill's Critical Survey
of Poetry. Ed. Walton Beacham. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.:
Salem Press 1983.
"Phillip
Francis Nowlan" and "Gary K. Wolf." In Contemporary
Science Fiction Writers. Ed. Curtis Smith. New
York, St. Martin's Press, 1980. Entries updated in 1996 for 4th
edition.
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