<div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto"><div>Good day, everyone. Best of luck with finals, grading, writing deadlines, and end-of-year activities. I'm sending along this fall's Director’s Report for the Speculative Fictions and Cultures of Science Designated Emphasis and related activities: <a href="https://sfts.ucr.edu/directors-report" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://sfts.ucr.edu/directors-report</a></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Hope to see you on <b>January 8</b> for the <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-virtual-eaton-symposium-tickets-1967687515327">2026 Eaton Virtual Symposium</a> convened by Klein Librarian Phoenix Alexander!</div><div><br>Peace,<br></div><div><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>andré m. carrington <br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Associate Professor of English</div><div>University of California, Riverside</div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Director, </span><a href="https://sfts.ucr.edu/directors-report" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Designated Emphasis in Speculative Fictions & Cultures of Science</a><br></div><div>--</div><div>Editor, <a href="https://www.loa.org/books/the-black-fantastic-20-afrofuturist-stories-paperback/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><i>The Black Fantastic</i></a>, Library of America, 2025</div><div><a href="https://fordhampress.com/audiofuturism-hb-9781531513320.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><i>Audiofuturism: Science Fiction Radio Drama & the Black Fantastic Imagination</i></a></div><div><a href="https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/speculative-blackness" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><i>Speculative Blackness: The Future of Race in Science Fiction</i></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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