Tom Moylan is Glucksman Professor of contemporary writing in the department of languages and cultural studies, UL.
Education: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, PhD (English), 1981; Marquette University, graduate study (theology) 1967-68; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, MA (English), 1967; St Mary's College, Winona, Minnesota, BA (English), 1965.
Areas of specialisation: cultural studies, science fiction studies, utopias and utopianism, American studies, contemporary literature.
Books: Scraps of the Untainted Sky: Science Fiction, Utopia, Dystopia. Boulder and Oxford: Westview Press, 2000; Not Yet: Reconsidering Ernst Bloch. Eds. Jamie Owen Daniel and Tom Moylan. London and New York: Verso, 1997; Demand the Impossible: Science Fiction and the Utopian Imagination. London and New York: Methuen, 1986.
Teaching career to date: professor of cultural studies (school of media, critical and creative arts), Liverpool John Moores University 2001-2002; reader, media and cultural studies, 1999-2001, Liverpool John Moores University; associate professor, English department, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, 1990-1999; visiting professor, English department, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1989-1990; visiting professor, media studies, Crawford College of Art, Cork, 1984-85; from instructor to assistant professor to associate professor, 1968-1990, English Department, University of Wisconsin-Waukesha.
Professional memberships include: European thematic network project on "Cultural memory and European identity", European Cultural Commission (Brussels) and University of Bologna; chair, nominating committee, Society for Utopian Studies, since 2000.
