659027 external_news 1655920540 1655920540 <![CDATA[NASA/JPL Named Two Sites on Mars After an Author and an Engineer. Here’s Why You Should Know Them, Too.]]> Lisa Yaszek, Regents Professor of Science Fiction Studies in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, was quoted in the article "NASA/JPL Named Two Sites on Mars After an Author and an Engineer. Here’s Why You Should Know Them, Too." published by USA Today on April 10, 2021.

An excerpt: 

"[Octavia Butler] was literally one of the first, if not the first, Black women to publish in modern science fiction magazines under her own name," Yaszek says. "She was also the first Black woman to win both the Hugo and Nebula awards, which are the top awards in science fiction," Yaszek says. "That's like getting the Oscar and the Golden Globe."

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