caption birth_place nationality birth_date image article_title occupation
'' ` christopher mckitterick '' ' florida , united states united states july 4 , 1967 chris_mckitterick . jpg christopher mckitterick
 author , editor , professor
christopher mckitterick

christopher mckitterick -lrb- born 1967 -rrb- is an american writer of science fiction and an academic concerned with the field .
he is director of the center for the study of science fiction , a program at the university of kansas that supports an annual series of classes , workshops , and aboutsf , a resource for teachers and readers of science fiction .
mckitterick is nominations director for the theodore sturgeon award for the best short sf story of the year , and a juror for the john w. campbell memorial award for best science fiction novel .
he completed degrees in english : undergraduate from the university of wisconsin -- eau claire in 1991 , and master 's from the university of kansas in 1996 .
as of 2011 , mckitterick teaches science fiction , technical communication , and creative writing in the english department of the university of kansas .
