Dr. Jenkins was featured in a recent BBC documentary on the 30th anniversary of Star Trek and has written two books about the series. His words meant so much to me, as George Takei was one of the few Asian-American role models I had during my childhood in Alabama. Creative director of the project is Michael Roper '85, who studied film making and interactive media at the Media Lab. He has also done voice-over and narration work, appeared on stage, served in several capacities as a community activist, and written a science fiction novel and an autobiography. Mr. Takei's MIT residency is sponsored by the MIT Office of the Arts, the MIT Foreign Languages and Literatures Section of the School of Humanities and Social Science, and numerous other MIT offices.
Admission is free to the three public events.
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