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Eric Rabkin

Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Professor of English Language and Literature, and Professor of Art and Design

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Eric S. Rabkin is Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Professor of English Language and Literature, and Professor of Art and Design at the University of Michigan. He has won numerous teaching awards, including the Golden Apple awarded annually by the students to the outstanding teacher at the University of Michigan. His research publications include the first English-language theoretical discussion of fantasy and the second of science fiction. He has won the Science Fiction Research Association's Pilgrim Award for lifetime contributions to science fiction criticism.