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Bio
Killian Vetter is a PhD student in English. His research focuses on the computing and literature which he approaches with science and technology studies methodologies.
He has previously worked on the recovery of science fiction from Black newspapers in the first half of the 20th century.
Presentations
- “Black Gernsback: George Schuyler’s Impact on Black Genre Fiction”. A Billion and Fifty Year Spree: Science Fiction after Aldiss. Jan. 2024.
- “Black Science Fiction Before Delany”. 2024 Sturgeon Symposium. Oct. 2024.
- “Notes from The Sci Fi Lab@Georgia Tech: Sexuality and Gender in Early Black and White Speculative Fiction”. 8th Annual City Tech Science Fiction Symposium on Science Fiction, Gender, and Sexuality. Nov. 2023.
- “Georgia Tech’s Sci Fi Lab: Archival Research, Octavia’s Ancestor’s Project, and Radio Play”. 7th Annual City Tech Science Fiction Symposium on the Archive and SF. Nov. 2022.
Education and Degree(s)
- PhD in English, University of California, Davis, In progress.
- BS in Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2025.
- BS in Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2025.
Research Interests & Expertise
- Computing
- Cybersecurity/Cryptography
- Science Fiction
- Science and Technology Studies
Publications
- Vetter, Killian. “Creating Black Genre Fiction: John P. Moore, George S. Schuyler, and the Illustrated Feature Section”. The Martian Trilogy, Experimenter Press, Forthcoming 2025.
- Vetter, Killian. “First Wave Afrofuturism: George Schuyler and the Illustrated Feature Section”. Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction, 2024.