B.A. 1981 California State University, Fullerton
M.A. 1984 California State University, Fullerton
Ph.D. 1997 University of California, Riverside
On the PSU faculty since 1997

FIELDS: Native American Cinema; Science Fiction; Popular Culture/Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Epic; Early Modern Literature, Edmund Spenser

SPECIAL INTERESTS: Grace L. Dillon is editor of Hive of Dreams: Contemporary Science Fiction from the Pacific Northwest (OSU Press, 2003) and author of numerous articles and papers reflecting research interests in science fiction, Native and indigenous diasporas, cultural studies and popular culture, and early modern literature. She is Coordinator of the Popular Culture Cluster in the University Studies Program and currently serves on the national board of the Popular Culture Association. Her recent publications include "Miindiwag and Indigenous Diaspora: Eden Robinson's and Celu Amberstone's Forays into 'Postcolonial' Science Fiction and Fantasy," Extrapolation 48:2 (Summer 2007) and "L'impulso divinatorio di Philip K. Dick: il ragno e l'ape" ("Dick's Vatic Impulse: The Spider and the Bee"), Transmigrazioni: I mondi di Philip K. Dick (Edumonde Le Monnier, Firenze, 2006).