Zita Hüsing
Marion L. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellow
Overview
Personal Pronouns:
(she/her/hers)My primary area of research is twentieth and twenty-first century American literature with a focus on Science Fiction and critical interests in the Posthuman, Critical Race Theory, Disability Studies and Women and Gender studies. For instance, I published widely on topics such as materiality in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, transhuman bodies, (dis)ability and de/colonialization in Nisi Shawl’s Everfair, the posthuman in HBO’s Westworld, dystopian technology in Netflix’s Black Mirror, and the biopolitical control of (post)human bodies in Minster Faust’s War and Mir in journals such as Fantastika Journal, Femspec, Messengers from the Stars: On Science Fiction and Fantasy, and the SFRA Review.
Education:
- Ph.D., English Language and Literature, Louisiana State University
- M.A., North American Studies, University of Bonn
- M.A., English Language and Literatures, University of Bonn
- B.A. English Studies, University of Bonn
Interests
Research Fields:
- Communication
- Digital Humanities
- Digital Media
- Literary and Cultural Studies
Geographic
Focuses:
Focuses:
- United States
Issues:
- Gender
- Cinema Studies
- Digital and Mixed Media
- Disability
- Literary Theory
- Science and Technology
- Science Fiction
- Technology
- Television Studies
Courses
- ENGL-1102: English Composition II
Recent Publications
Journal Articles
- “Controlled (Post)Human Bodies in Minister Faust’s War & Mir, Volume I: Ascension.”
In: SFRA Review
Date: February 2022
- “The Green Knight’s Tool-Being and Magical Body-as-Thing: Investigating Materiality in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.”
In: Fantastika Journal, vol. 6, no.1 [Peer Reviewed]
Date: February 2022
Chapters
- "Vampires Clashing with the 21st Century: Analyzing Postmodern Irony in What We Do in the Shadows"
In: Spoofing the Vampire: Essays on Bloodsucking Comedy [Peer Reviewed]
Date: October 2022
Internet Publications
- 'Blade Runner 2019: Vol. 1: Los Angeles'
In: Science Fiction Day 2023: LGBTQ+ Science Fiction
Date: January 2023
Interviews
- “Applying Fictitious A.I. to the Real World.”
In: Louisiana State University, Media Center
Date: July 2022