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Rebekah Sheldon

Arts and Humanities · Indiana University

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Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative FictionPosthumanist Ethics and ActivismGeographies of human-animal interactionsDigital Games and MediaHistorical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes

Publications

39

Citations

455

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

13

Publishing since 2013

Research summary
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Rebekah Sheldon studies science fiction and speculative literature, with particular attention to how these works engage themes of reproduction, gender, embodiment, and the figure of the child. Her work brings together literary and cultural analysis with feminist theory, posthumanist thought, and biopolitics (how bodies and life are governed and represented). She has examined works ranging from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein to contemporary young adult fiction and television series such as Orphan Black.

Science fiction and speculative literatureUtopian and dystopian studiesFeminist theory and genderReproduction, embodiment, and biopoliticsPosthumanism and cultural theory

Publication activity was highest between 2017 and 2019 (four to five works per year) and has since slowed to roughly one publication per year.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 0.8/year recently
2017: 4 publications172018: 5 publications5182019: 4 publications192020: 2 publications20212022: 1 publication222023: 1 publication232024: 1 publication242025: 1 publication2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • University of Minnesota Press eBooks×8
  • Science Fiction Film & Television×5
  • Science Fiction Studies×3
  • Cambridge University Press eBooks×2
  • Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University)×2

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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