Elizabeth Anne Hull, PhD

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 (born January 10, 1937), is an American academic, political activist and science fiction

Science fiction

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 expert.

She is Professor Emerita of William Rainey Harper College in Palatine, Illinois

Palatine, Illinois

Palatine is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is a northwestern residential suburb of Chicago. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 65,479, making it the sixth-largest community in Cook County and the 16th-largest in the state of Illinois at that time...

, where she taught English for over 30 years. She was born in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, and educated at Illinois State University

Illinois State University

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 (1954–55); City Colleges of Chicago

City Colleges of Chicago

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 (A.A., 1965); Northwestern University

Northwestern University

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 and Loyola University

Loyola University Chicago

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 (M.A., 1970, Ph.D., 1975).

In 1993, Hull was regional judge for the National Council of Teachers of English Achievement Awards in Writing.

Science fiction

She has served as president of the Science Fiction Research Association

Science Fiction Research Association

The Science Fiction Research Association , founded in 1970, is the oldest, non-profit professional organization committed to encouraging, facilitating, and rewarding the study of science fiction and fantasy literature, film, and other media...

 and editor of its newsletter. SFRA awarded her the Thomas D. Clareson Award for Distinguished Service

Thomas D. Clareson Award for Distinguished Service

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 in 1997, and she has been a member of the panel for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best SF novel since 1986. For over ten years, she served as North American secretary for the World SF International Organization for Professionals.

With her husband Frederik Pohl

Frederik Pohl

Frederik George Pohl, Jr. is an American science fiction writer, editor and fan, with a career spanning over seventy years — from his first published work, "Elegy to a Dead Planet: Luna" , to his most recent novel, All the Lives He Led .He won the National Book Award in 1980 for his novel Jem...

, whom she married in 1984, Hull edited the international anthology Tales from the Planet Earth. She is editor of the 2010 anthology, Gateways: Original New Stories Inspired by Frederik Pohl.

Public service

In 1996, Hull, a former president of the Palatine Area League of Women Voters

League of Women Voters

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, was selected by the Democratic Party

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 as its nominee against longtime Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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 Congressman Phil Crane

Phil Crane

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 in the 8th Congressional District; however, Crane was reelected.