Kenneth L Schneyer (he/him)
Professor College of Arts & Sciences Humanities Providence
Biography and Expertise
Kenneth Schneyer is a Nebula-nominated author of science fiction and fantasy stories, an attorney, a project manager, an actor/director, and a scholar of both employment discrimination and the constitutive rhetoric of legal texts. His second short-story collection, “Anthems Outside Time and Other Strange Voices,” was published in 2020. In 2009, Schneyer attended the Clarion Writers Workshop, where he was taught by such influential writers as Holly Black, Robert Crais, and Kim Stanley Robinson.
Schneyer served as clerk for Judge William R. Beasley of the Michigan Court of Appeals and practiced both transactional law and litigation with the Boston law firm of Bingham, Dana & Gould.
While at Johnson & Wales, he served as practicum director and assistant dean of the School of Technology (now part of the College of Arts & Sciences); as chair of the Cultural Life Series hosted by the College of Arts & Sciences; and on both the Faculty Council and the University Curriculum Committee. He currently chairs the Interdisciplinary Curriculum Committee.
Schneyer is interested in astronomy, feminist theory, formal logic, presidential history, bicycling, weight training, and practically everything else. Born in Detroit, he now lives in Rhode Island’s East Bay with his wife, a singer and college professor
Education
JD
University of Michigan
BA
Wesleyan University
Licensed to practice law
Supreme Court of the United States
Licensed Attorney
Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers
Nebula Award for Best Short Story
Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association
Ken Schneyer reads from ANTHEMS OUTSIDE TIME AND OTHER STORIES (Internet)
Teatime Readings (YouTube Channel)
August 24, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RxmlQcrp78&list=PLIzPPJpPNpSiiiHf4PpbWOq7x3A42tMqH&index=16
Fantastic Fiction at KGB with N.K. Jemisin & Kenneth Schneyer (Internet)
KGB reading series (livestreamed; later on YouTube)
July 17, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZvl6lmzTfA&t=5533s
Kenneth Schneyer Launch Party and Reading (Internet)
Fairwood (Live streamed; later on YouTube Channel)
July 16, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXu4y6PsYcs
The Truth of Revision (Radio)
This I Believe New England (The Publics Radio)
November 19, 2014
https://thepublicsradio.org/episode/this-i-believe-new-england-revision
Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association
North Atlantic Regional Business Law Association
Academy of Legal Studies in Business
American Bar Association
Project Management Institute
Law & Society Association
Schneyer, K.
Winding Sheets
Lightspeed Magazine
Issue 173
Schneyer, K.
Tamaza’s Future and Mine
Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine
48
7-8
70-77
Schneyer, K.
Laws of Impermanence
Uncanny Magazine
36
Schneyer, K.
Anthems Outside Time and Other Strange Voices
Fairwood Press
Schneyer, K.
Foursomes
Fantastic Books
Schneyer, K.
The Law & the Heart
Stillpoint/Prometheus
Schneyer, K.
Hooting: Public and Popular Discourse About Sex Discrimination
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
31
551
Ballam, D. & Beck-Dudley, C. & Cross, F. & Ostas, D. & Paetzold, R. & Schneyer, K.
Jurisprudential Theories in Counterpoint: Commercial Impracticability Through a Legal Kaleidoscope
Journal of Legal Studies Education
15
1
1
Schneyer, K.
The Culture of Risk: Deconstructing Mutual Mistake
American Business Law Journal
34
429
Schneyer, K.
Avoiding the Personal Pronoun: The Rhetoric of Display and Camouflage in the Law of Sexual Orientation
Rutgers Law Review
46
1313
Schneyer, K.
Talking About Judges, Talking About Women: Constitutive Rhetoric in the Johnson Controls Case
American Business Law Journal
31
117
The Odyssey in 2026
Panel Presentation
Readercon 35
Readercon
Boston Marriott Burlington
Burlington
MA
United States
The Works of David Gerrold
Panel Moderation
Readercon 35
Readercon
Boston Marriott Burlington
Burlington
MA
United States
Is “Science” Fiction Just a Metaphor?
Panel Presentation
Readercon 35
Readercon
Boston Marriott Burlington
Burlington
MA
United States
SFF Spanning Cycles of History
Panel Moderation
Readercon 35
Readercon
Boston Marriott Burlington
Burlington
MA
United States
Reading: Work in Progress
Reading of Creative Work/Performance
Readercon 35
Readercon
Boston Marriott Burlington
Burlington
MA
United States
Spi-Fi: Secret Agents and Speculative Fiction
Panel Presentation
Readercon 35
Readercon
Boston Marriott Burlington
Burlington
MA
United States
Reading: “Prophylaxis”
Reading of Creative Work/Performance
Boskone 63
New England Science Fiction Association
Boston Westin Seaport Distsrict
Boston
MA
United States
Bringing Andy Weir’s “Project Hail Mary” to Life on Screen
Panel Presentation
Boskone 63
New England Science Fiction Association
Boston Westin Seaport Distsrict
Boston
MA
United States
Subverting Audience Expectations
Panel Presentation
Boskone 63
New England Science Fiction Association
Boston Westin Seaport Distsrict
Boston
MA
United States
Using “Weird Voicing” for Narration
Panel Presentation
Boskone 63
New England Science Fiction Association
Boston Westin Seaport Distsrict
Boston
MA
United States
Did “Andor” Live Up to Your Expectations?
Panel Presentation
Boskone 63
New England Science Fiction Association
Boston Westin Seaport Distsrict
Boston
MA
United States
Development Track, Teaching & Pedagogy
Panel Moderation
ALSB Annual Meeting
Academy of Legal Studies in Business
Providence
RI
United States
Take Your Novel to Work
Panel Moderation
Readercon 34
Readercon
Burlington
MA
United States
Coherency in Storytelling
Panel Presentation
Readercon 34
Readercon
Burlington
MA
United States
Sense of Wonder, Sense of Conviction
Panel Presentation
Readercon 34
Readercon
Burlington
MA
United States
Reading of “Laws of Impermanence”
Reading of Creative Work/Performance
Readercon 34
Readercon
Burlington
MA
United States
What Time Loops Reveal
Panel Moderation
Readercon 34
Readercon
Burlington
MA
United States
On Trial in Space
Panel Presentation
Arisia
Arisia
Cambridge
MA
United States
Sunday Morning Readings
Reading of Creative Work/Performance
Arisia
Arisia
Cambridge
MA
United States
Cancel Culture in Sci-Fi and Fantasy
Panel Presentation
Arisia
Arisia
Cambridge
MA
United States
Expert Systems
Panel Moderation
Arisia
Arisia
Cambridge
MA
United States
Hope for Lost Tropes?
Panel Presentation
Arisia
Arisia
Cambridge
MA
United States
The Speculated Audience
Panel Presentation
Readercon 33
Readercon
Quincy
MA
United States
Responses to Omelas
Panel Presentation
Readercon 33
Readercon
Quincy
MA
United States
Striking the Right Genre Balance
Panel Presentation
Readercon 33
Readercon
Quincy
MA
United States
Reading: Tamaza’s Future and Mine
Reading of Creative Work/Performance
Readercon 33
Readercon
Quincy
MA
United States
Parenthood in Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror
Panel Moderation
Boskone 62
New England Science Fiction Association
Boston
MA
United States
Real Estate in Space
Panel Presentation
Boskone 62
New England Science Fiction Association
Boston
MA
United States
Single-Biome Worlds in Science Fiction
Panel Presentation
Boskone 62
New England Science Fiction Association
Boston
MA
United States
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: An UnfoldingText
Panel Presentation
Boskone 62
New England Science Fiction Association
Boston
MA
United States
Write My Doctoral Thesis: Science Edition
Panel Moderation
Boskone 62
New England Science Fiction Association
Boston
MA
United States
Alternative Voicing
Panel Presentation
Readercon
Readercon
Quincy
MA
United States
Cross-Genre Surprise Fiction
Panel Moderation
Readercon
Readercon
Quincy
MA
United States
Harnessing Chaos: Randomization in Writing
Panel Moderation
Readercon
Readercon
Quincy
MA
United States
Non-Narrative Fiction: Stories Without Stories
Panel Presentation
Readercon
Readercon
Quincy
MA
United States
Agency and Free Will in Speculative Fiction
Panel Moderation
Boskone
New England Science Fiction Association
Boston
MA
United States
Contracts: Talking Terms
Panel Presentation
Boskone
New England Science Fiction Association
Boston
MA
United States
Reading: Reformation
Reading of Creative Work/Performance
Boskone
New England Science Fiction Association
Boston
MA
United States
Writing Great Endings
Panel Moderation
Boskone
New England Science Fiction Association
Boston
MA
United States
Creeping Sense of Doom
Panel Moderation
Arisia
Arisia
Boston
MA
United States
Murdock v Spencer: Lawyers in Comics/Superheroes and the Law
Panel Moderation
Arisia
Arisia
Boston
MA
United States
Plural Perspectives
Panel Moderation
Arisia
Arisia
Boston
MA
United States
Reading (“Saturday Night Readings”)
Oral Presentation
Arisia
Arisia
Boston
MA
United States