Dennis H. Barbour is Associate Professor and former Head of the Department
of English and Philosophy at Purdue University Calumet in Hammond, IN. He
received his Ph.D. in American literature from Auburn University and his MA
and BA in English from Indiana State University. He has published articles on
topics in American literature and on the pedagogy of business writing. He has
also published an article on the Mad Max trilogy and is working on a book on
heroism in apocalyptic film. In addition to a lifelong interest in science
fiction/fantasy, he also teaches courses in Popular Culture, the Bible as
Literature, and seminars on special topics. He is a fanatical fan of the San
Francisco Giants. He is married to an editor, Nancy, has two adult daughters
living in Chicago, a Bichon, West Highland terrier, and a red tabby. He and his
wife own a cottage in Burgundy where they love to spend time enjoying the
wine country and which is a rental property when they are not vacationing in
France.
Gregory A. Borchard is an associate professor in the Hank Greenspun School
of Journalism and Media Studies where he is also the school's graduate
coordinator. His research focuses on press history, and he has published books
and articles on nineteenth-century journalism, including Abraham Lincoln and
Horace Greeley for Southern Illinois University Press (2011). He teaches media
history, and reporting and writing courses. In the summer 2009 issue of Popular
Culture Review, colleagues Lawrence Mullen, Anthony Ferri, and he published
“The Simplification of NFL Team Logos: Television and Graphic Design in the
1950s and 1960s.”
Cathy M. Ceccio is an administrator at Evant Inc. in Stow, Ohio. She received
an M. A. in Spanish from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a
M.S.N. from the Medical College of Ohio in Toledo.
Joseph F. Ceccio is professor of English and graduate studies coordinator at the
University of Akron in Ohio. He received his Ph.D. in English from the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Steven J. Ingeman received his MA in philosophy from Indiana University and
his MLIS from the University of Tennessee. He works in the areas of ancient
Greek philosophy, critical thinking, information theory, and philosophy of
technology. Recently he collaborated with H. Peter Steeves on a series of
humorous Platonic dialogues that address contemporary issues. He currently
lives in Falls Church, Virginia.
Fernando Angel Moreno teaches Literary Theory at the Universidad
Complutense (Madrid). He is the author of various essays on science fiction and
other popular genres, as well as a book, Teoria de la literatura de ciencia ficcio