Rebecca Holden

Rebecca Holden is a Principal Lecturer in the English Department at the University of Maryland, College Park. She specializes in feminist, young adult (YA), and African American science fiction. Her academic affiliations include roles as a reviewer for prominent academic presses and journals such as Science Fiction Studies, Extrapolation, and African American Review.

Holden earned her Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1999. She has taught courses in professional writing, creative writing, composition, literature, and liberal studies, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches.

• Education: Ph.D. in English Literature, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1999)

Her research focuses on intersections of gender, race, and science fiction, including studies in African Diaspora literature, feminist theory, and cultural analysis of film. She has contributed essays and reviews to journals like Foundation and Science Fiction Studies, and authored book chapters in collections such as The New Routledge Companion to Science Fiction and Literary Afrofuturism in the Twenty-First Century. She co-edited Strange Matings: Science Fiction, Feminism, African American Voices, and Octavia E. Butler (2013) with Nisi Shawl and edited Regenerating WisCon (2014), a volume analyzing feminist science fiction conventions.

No scientific awards are explicitly mentioned in the provided text. However, her editorial work and academic contributions reflect significant engagement in her field.

In advising and grants, while no specific grant details are listed, her teaching roles and curriculum development in professional and creative writing pathways highlight her pedagogical leadership. She has advised students through the Honors Program and graduate pathways but no individual student names are provided.