David M. Higgins is associate professor of English and American Studies and chair of the Department of Humanities and Communication at Embry-Riddle Worldwide. He is also a senior editor for the Los Angeles Review of Books.
David is the author of Reverse Colonization: Science Fiction, Imperial FantasyÌý²¹²Ô»å Alt-Victimhood, which won the 2021 Science Fiction Research Association Book Award. He has also published a critical monograph examining Ann Leckie’s science fiction masterwork Ancillary Justice, and his research has been published in journals such as American Literature, Science Fiction Studies, ParadoxaÌý²¹²Ô»å Extrapolation as well as in edited volumes such as The Cambridge History of Science Fiction and The Cambridge Companion to American Science Fiction.
In the public sphere, David has been a featured speaker on NPR’s radio show On Point, and his literary journalism has been published in the Los Angeles Review of Books and The Guardian. David serves as the President for the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts (IAFA).
Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy in English and American Studies, Indiana University-Bloomington
B.A. - Bachelor of Arts in English: American Literature and History, University of Southern California