Central Connecticut State University
Earth and Space Sciences
Martin Kemp (551) argues that while “what a scientist (or artist, author, composer…) looks like should not matter to us,” it is a fact of modern society that we as a culture are compulsive in our need to closely scrutinize the outward... more
Due in part to recent (and ongoing) film adaptations, the fantasy series of C.S. Lewis (The Chronicles of Narnia), J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter), Philip Pullman (His Dark Materials), and J.R.R. Tolkien (The Silmarillion, The Hobbit, andThe... more
The television series Lost has, at its very core, an exploration of the dynamic tension between self and other. The definition of "otherness" varies throughout the still-unfolding text of the series, including geographical, cultural,... more
A draft of a book chapter from an aborted project on depictions of science in the television series Lost.
This 2012 paper is based on a chapter of an aborted book project on the science of Lost.
This piece was originally published in 2009 in the “Scholars Forum” of the Lord of the Rings Plaza
Work done in conjunction with 'Sky and Telescope' magazine concerning how amateur astronomers became interested in the field.
This is a 2007 chapter from an aborted book project on the science of the tv series Lost. It was written before the ending of the series, which, as we now all know, violated the promise to have a scientific explanation for the Island and... more
Paper delivered to the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association National conference, 1999
Invited talk as part of the Morgan Library and Museum’s Tolkien and Inspiration Symposium, delivered March 16, 2019.