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announce<a href="https://library.ucr.edu/about/news/dr-phoenix-alexander-named-new-science-fiction-librarian" title="https://library.ucr.edu/about/news/dr-phoenix-alexander-named-new-science-fiction-librarian"> Dr. Phoenix Alexander</a> will serve as the UCR
Library’s new Jay Kay and Doris Klein Science Fiction Librarian beginning August 1. </span></span><span class="x_EOP x_SCXW19673616 x_BCX0" style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt; line-height:17.2667px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p>
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the Jay Kay and Doris Klein Science Fiction Librarian, Dr. Alexander will be responsible for the development, stewardship, and promotion of the Eaton Collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy — one of the world's largest, richest, and deepest collections of
science fiction, fantasy, horror, utopian literature, and related genres.</span></span><span class="x_EOP x_SCXW19673616 x_BCX0" style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt; line-height:17.2667px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" class="x_TextRun x_SCXW19673616 x_BCX0" style="margin:0px; font-variant-ligatures:none!important; font-size:11pt; line-height:17.2667px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span class="x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW19673616 x_BCX0" style="margin:0px">Dr.
Alexander currently serves as the Science Fiction Collections Librarian at the University of Liverpool, Special Collections and Archives where he manages the largest collection of cataloged science fiction in Europe.</span></span><span class="x_EOP x_SCXW19673616 x_BCX0" style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt; line-height:17.2667px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p>
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to his work at the University of Liverpool, Phoenix completed his Ph.D. in the departments of English and African American Studies at Yale and worked as a curatorial assistant at Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library for three years, alongside his
studies.</span></span><span class="x_EOP x_SCXW19673616 x_BCX0" style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt; line-height:17.2667px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p>
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is</span><span class="x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW19673616 x_BCX0" style="margin:0px"> a scholar and writer of science fiction. His work has been published in<span> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" class="x_TextRun x_SCXW19673616 x_BCX0" style="margin:0px; font-style:italic; font-variant-ligatures:none!important; font-size:11pt; line-height:17.2667px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span class="x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW19673616 x_BCX0" style="margin:0px">The
Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction</span></span><span lang="EN-US" class="x_TextRun x_SCXW19673616 x_BCX0" style="margin:0px; font-variant-ligatures:none!important; font-size:11pt; line-height:17.2667px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span class="x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW19673616 x_BCX0" style="margin:0px">,<span> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" class="x_TextRun x_SCXW19673616 x_BCX0" style="margin:0px; font-style:italic; font-variant-ligatures:none!important; font-size:11pt; line-height:17.2667px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span class="x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW19673616 x_BCX0" style="margin:0px">Beneath
Ceaseless Skies</span></span><span lang="EN-US" class="x_TextRun x_SCXW19673616 x_BCX0" style="margin:0px; font-variant-ligatures:none!important; font-size:11pt; line-height:17.2667px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span class="x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW19673616 x_BCX0" style="margin:0px">,<span> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" class="x_TextRun x_SCXW19673616 x_BCX0" style="margin:0px; font-style:italic; font-variant-ligatures:none!important; font-size:11pt; line-height:17.2667px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span class="x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW19673616 x_BCX0" style="margin:0px">Black
Static</span></span><span lang="EN-US" class="x_TextRun x_SCXW19673616 x_BCX0" style="margin:0px; font-variant-ligatures:none!important; font-size:11pt; line-height:17.2667px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span class="x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW19673616 x_BCX0" style="margin:0px">,<span> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" class="x_TextRun x_SCXW19673616 x_BCX0" style="margin:0px; font-style:italic; font-variant-ligatures:none!important; font-size:11pt; line-height:17.2667px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span class="x_NormalTextRun x_SpellingErrorV2Themed x_SCXW19673616 x_BCX0" style="margin:0px">Safundi</span><span class="x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW19673616 x_BCX0" style="margin:0px">:
The Journal of South African and American Studies</span></span><span lang="EN-US" class="x_TextRun x_SCXW19673616 x_BCX0" style="margin:0px; font-variant-ligatures:none!important; font-size:11pt; line-height:17.2667px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span class="x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW19673616 x_BCX0" style="margin:0px">,
and<span> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" class="x_TextRun x_SCXW19673616 x_BCX0" style="margin:0px; font-style:italic; font-variant-ligatures:none!important; font-size:11pt; line-height:17.2667px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span class="x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW19673616 x_BCX0" style="margin:0px">Science
Fiction Studies</span></span><span lang="EN-US" class="x_TextRun x_SCXW19673616 x_BCX0" style="margin:0px; font-variant-ligatures:none!important; font-size:11pt; line-height:17.2667px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span class="x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW19673616 x_BCX0" style="margin:0px">.
A full member of the Science Fiction Writers of America, his expertise in science fiction writing has allowed him to serve as a judge for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, an award given annually to the best science fiction novel first published in the United Kingdom. </span></span><span class="x_EOP x_SCXW19673616 x_BCX0" style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt; line-height:17.2667px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p>
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Alexander’s demonstrated<span> </span></span><span class="x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW19673616 x_BCX0" style="margin:0px">expertise</span><span class="x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW19673616 x_BCX0" style="margin:0px"> and passion for science fiction, as well as his commitment
to social justice and including marginalized communities in his work, complements, and will continue to advance, the UCR Library’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through the Eaton Collection.</span></span><span class="x_EOP x_SCXW19673616 x_BCX0" style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt; line-height:17.2667px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p>
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