Star Trek: Exploring the Final Frontier Emily Strand Author Visit

Emily Strand is the co-editor of the book Star Trek: Essays Exploring the Final Frontier and the author of "No Bigotry on the Bridge," a chapter in a forthcoming Star Trek essay collection. Explore the influences that the series' creators, writers, and actors brought to the final frontier and how Star Trek continues to provide insight "into our present, very human selves—our struggles, our prejudices, and our dreams."

About the Author:
Emily Strand is the Director of Campus Ministry and Liturgical Music at Ohio Dominican University in Columbus, Ohio. She is an author, podcaster, speaker, award-winning singer-songwriter, and musician. She holds an MA in theology from the University of Dayton and has taught religion at the college level for more than 20 years. Emily has published two books on Catholic sacraments and several peer-reviewed chapters and essays on the religious, symbolic, and spiritual themes in popular fiction such as Harry Potter and Star Wars. With Dr. Kathryn N. McDaniel of Marietta College, Emily co-hosts Potterversity, a Potter Studies Podcast, a show in the MuggleNet family of podcasts. With McDaniel and with Amy H. Sturgis, Emily is co-editor of three scholarly books for academic presses on Star Wars, Star Trek, and Harry Potter.

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