Ericka Hoagland is an associate professor of English at Stephen F. Austin State University, where she teaches courses on science fiction, travel writing, and African literature. She has contributed pieces on science fiction and imperialism to her anthology Science Fiction, Imperialism, and the Third World (McFarland, 2010; co-edited with Reema Sarwal), and this year a piece on Gwyneth Jones's Aleutian trilogy to New Centennial Review.