Elizabeth Faber (they/them)
Adjunct College of Arts & Sciences Biological and Physical Sciences Online
Biography and Expertise
Dr. Liz W Faber is a Case Researcher/Writer at the Harvard Business School, Adjunct Instructor at Johnson & Wales University, and an Independent Scholar. Their research and teaching areas include Science Fiction, Science Communication, Feminist Technoscience Research, AI Ethics, Computer History, Media Studies, Film Studies, and American Studies. They are the author of The Computer’s Voice (University of Minnesota Press, 2020) and Robot Suicide (Lexington Books, 2023) and the editor of Under the Mistletoe: Essays on Holiday Romance in Popular Culture (McFarland, 2024). Their current research focuses on gender, labor, and AI.
Education
Graduate Certificate
University of Maryland Baltimore
PhD
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
MA
West Virginia University
BA
West Virginia University
2022 Emily Toth Award for Best Single Work in Women’s Studies
Popular Culture Association
Northeast Popular Culture Association
Popular Culture Association
Faber, L. & Borbach, C.
“Klang (be)schreiben: Sprachsynthese im Goldenen Zeitalter der Scien ce Fiction, 1930 – 1959”
Springer VS
Faber, L.
“Book Review: A Tale Told by a Machine: The AI Narrator in Contemporary Science Fiction Novels (2023)”
Journal of Science Fiction and Philosophy
8
Faber, L.
Under the Mistletoe: Essays on Holiday Romance in Popular Culture
McFarland Press
Faber, L.
“Miss Pickerell Tackles the Stereotypes: Gender, Science Education, and Mid-Century Science Fiction”
Bloomsbury
Faber, L.
Naughty or Nice: Representations of Santa Claus in US Horror vs. Romance”
McFarland Press
Faber, L.
“Faber on Oravec, Good Robots, Bad Robots: Dark and Creepy Sides of Robotics, Autonomous Vehicles, and AI”
H-Sci-Med-Tech
Faber, L.
Robot Suicide: Death, Identity, and AI in Science Fiction
Bloomsbury
Faber, L.
Reboot and Rebirth: Artificial Intelligence and Spiritual Existence in The Good Place”
Routledge
Faber, L.
“A (Wo)Man’s Touch: Doomsday Book as Critique of Metropolis”
Bloomsbury
Faber, L.
“The Hidden Space of Robot Love”
Digital Constitution
Faber, L.
What the Journey from Star Trek to Siri Says about Our Culture
Psyche Magazine
Faber, L.
“Sorry, the Robot Uprising Is Not Coming: Review of More Than Machines?: The Attribution of (In)Animacy to Robot Technology by Laura Voss”
Ancillary Review of Books
Faber, L.
Augmenting Human Pedagogy: A Cultural History of Automation in Teaching”
Popular Culture Studies Journal
9
1
Faber, E.
Cultural Competence Education for Health Professionals: Summary of a Cochrane Review
Explore
1-2
Faber, L.
The Computer’s Voice: From Star Trek to Siri
University of Minnesota Press
Faber, L. & Hochheimer, J.
“Networking the Counterculture: The 1970 Alternative Media Conference at Goddard College”
Journal of Radio and Audio Media
23
2
200-212
Faber, L.
This Aura Sucks: Narrative Cinema and Popular Poetry Critique in So I Married an Axe Murderer”
Scarecrow Press
Faber, L.
Kitchen Sink, or The Postmodern Prometheus: Alison Maclean’s Reimagining of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Via the Cinematic Horror Genre”
Short Film Studies
1
2
79-82
Manufacturing Bodies: Labor, Gender, and Machines in RUR
Panel Presentation
PCA/ACA
PCA/ACA
Atlanta
GA
United States
ENG 358: True Crime, aka Tricking Non-Majors into Literary Analysis
Panel Presentation
LCLC 2026
Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture
Virtual
“Writing Sound: Synthesized Speech in Golden Age Science Fiction Stories”
Paper
AI & Voice: Myth and Storytelling Symposium
Centre for Creative Technologies, University of Bristol
Virtual
Robot Suicide: Eugenics in Walter Tevis’s Novel Mockingbird
Lecture
Dotterer Distinguished Lecture in Literature
Salisbury University
The Cultural Production of UFO Mythology: Depictions of Alien Spacecraft in 1950s Science Fiction Magazines
Panel Presentation
PopCRN: 1950s and Nostalgia
PopCRN
Virtual
Capitalism in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Personhood and Power in the Television Series Unlock My Boss
Panel Presentation
NEPCA
NEPCA
Nichols College
The Future Is Then: Nostalgic Futurism in Hello! Tomorrow and The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Panel Presentation
PCA/ACA
PCA/ACA
Chicago
IL
United States
Water Finds a Way: Ecofeminism in the Korean Space Drama The Silent Sea
Panel Presentation
ISA Virtual
ISA
Virtual
The Medium Is the Medium: Communicating with the Dead in Horror and Reality
Panel Presentation
MAPACA
MAPACA
Virtual
The Hidden Spaces of Robot Love: A Comparative Analysis of Place, Technology, and Family in Netflix’s Extinction and I Am Mother”
Panel Presentation
PCAACA
PCAACA
Virtual
Robot Families in Domestic Spaces: A Comparative Analysis of Netflix’s Extinction and I Am Mother
Panel Presentation
NeMLA
NeMLA
Baltimore
MD
United States
Reboot and Rebirth: Artificial Intelligence and Spiritual Existence in The Good Place
Panel Presentation
PCAACA
PCAACA
Virtual
When Robots Choose to Die: A Survey of Robot Suicide in Science Fiction
Panel Presentation
PCAACA
PCAACA
Washington, DC
United States