Dr. Lisa Yaszek

Professor

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Biography

Lisa Yaszek is a Regents Professor in Science Fiction Studies at the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts at Georgia Institute of Technology. Her research focuses on the intersection of science fiction with issues of gender, race, and technology, exploring how science fiction serves as a medium for recovering lost voices and discovering new perspectives worldwide. Yaszek has authored several influential books, including 'Self-Wired: Technology, Subjectivity, and Contemporary American Narrative' and 'Galactic Suburbia: Recovering Women’s Science Fiction.' She has also penned 'Sisters Women Science Fiction' and 'Literary Afrofuturism in the Twenty-First Century.' Yaszek's insights into science fiction's role as a premier storytelling form in modernity have been featured in major publications like the Washington Post and USA AMC miniseries. As a past president of the Science Fiction Research Association, Yaszek currently serves as an editor for the Library of America and as a juror for the John W. Campbell and Eugie Foster Science Fiction Awards.

Research Interests

Awards

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Locus Science Fiction Foundation Award Finalist

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Class 1934 Teaching Effectiveness Award

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Ivan Allen College Dean’s Distinguished Research Award

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Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Susan Koppelman Award

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Class 1940 Teaching Effectiveness Award

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Ivan Allen College Curricular Innovation Grant

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Science Fiction Research Association Clareson Award

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Science Fiction Research Association Mary Kay Bray Writing Award

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Ivan Allen Jr. Legacy Award

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Class 1934 Teaching Effectiveness Award

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Ivan Allen College Research Grant

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Women, Science Technology Research Partnership Grant

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National Science Foundation Science Society Research Grant

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Science Fiction Research Association Pioneer Writing Award

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National Endowment Humanities Summer Research Stipend

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Class ’69 Teaching Fellowship

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Marion L. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellowship

Courses

Studies in Fiction Science Fiction Gender Study-Disciplines Special Topics STAC Spec Topic-Communication Special Topics Film Seminar STAC Senior Thesis Undergraduate Research Intro Gender Studies Research Assistantship Women, Lit & Culture Lit & Cultural Modernism Lit/Cult Postmodernism Issues Media Studies Global Science Fiction Literary & Cultural Theory Feminist Theory

Requirements for Georgia Institute of Technology

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:19
Reading
Required:19
Writing
Required:19
Speaking
Required:19
Total
Required:100
IELTS
Listening
Required:6.5
Reading
Required:6.5
Writing
Required:5.5
Speaking
Required:6.5
Overall
Required:7.5
Prerequisites
Undergraduate degree in computer science or related field
Application Checklist
  • Online application
  • Official transcripts
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Statement of Purpose
Specialization Notes

Department of Computer Science: GRE scores are optional for Fall 2026.