By Maura Grady, Assistant Professor of EnglishMy affection for Star Trek started early, heavily influenced by my late mother, a huge fan of fiction of all kinds, including science fiction. We watched re-runs of the TV show together and I attended my first Star Trek convention at the age of 10, when my family was living in Texas for a year....I now research and write on what is called Fandom Studies—the scholarship of Fans, Fandom and Fan Communities. I am on the editorial board of The Journal of Fandom Studies, and it’s no coincidence that the founders of the journal, Kathy Larsen and Lynn Zubernis chose a photograph of the Vulcan salute for its cover image. Full Story HERE...
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