Research Interests
Literature and science, science & technology studies, critical neuroscience, forensic science, science fiction, disciplinarity
Education
Ph.D. English and Women's Studies, Penn State University, 2005
Courses Taught
Science and Technology Studies, literature and science, science fiction, body studies, feminist/science studies
COURSES
- Engl 120: Science Fiction
- Engl 221: Speculative Futures
- Engl 300: Writing about Literature
- Engl 475: Literature and Other Disciplines
- Kines 442: Body, Culture, Society
- Engl 582: Topics--Writing Bodies of Knowledge
- Kines 594: Representing Bodies
Highlighted Publications
Littlefield, M. M. (2018). Instrumental Intimacy: EEG Wearables and Neuroscientific Control. Johns Hopkins University Press. https://muse.jhu.edu/book/57783
Littlefield, M. M. (2011). The Lying Brain: Lie Detection in Science and Science Fiction. University of Michigan Press. https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.3091709
Littlefield, M. M., & Johnson, J. M. (Eds.) (2012). The Neuroscientific Turn: Transdisciplinarity in the Age of the Brain. University of Michigan Press. https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.4585194
Recent Publications
Ferguson, R., Littlefield, M. M., & Purdon, J. (2021). The Art of Identification: Forensics, Surveillance, Identity. (AnthropoScene: The SLSA Book Series). Penn State University Press.
Littlefield, M. M. (2021). ‘Vital signs’: EEG wearables and the nervous system of the city: EEG wearables and the nervous system of the city. Studia Neophilologica, 93(2), 190-205. https://doi.org/10.1080/00393274.2021.1916998
Urban, T., Littlefield, M., & Sudan, R. (2021). Special issue: Science, technology, and literature during plague and pandemics. Configurations, 29(4), 365-373. https://doi.org/10.1353/CON.2021.0026
Littlefield, M. M. (2020). Electrical Potential: Mind Reading as Collaborative Action. In L. Schlicht, C. Seemann, & C. Kassung (Eds.), Mind Reading as a Cultural Practice (pp. 19-42). (Palgrave Studies in Science and Popular Culture). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39419-6_2
Adamson, B. C., Adamson, M. D., Littlefield, M. M., & Motl, R. W. (2018). ‘Move it or lose it’: Perceptions of the impact of physical activity on multiple sclerosis symptoms, relapse and disability identity. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 10(4), 457-475. https://doi.org/10.1080/2159676X.2017.1415221