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Conversation with Erin O'Malley, ASAM Fellow.

Title: "(Alien)ation: Asian Aliens in 19th Century Science Fiction Comics." 

Description: Considering the foreign body and its representation, Erin O'Malley's project is interested in the alien as a metaphor of both science fiction and the American legal system. This research will compare the depiction of Asian immigrants as aliens in early 20th-century science fiction comics with the racialization of the immigration term "alien." 

Bio: Erin O'Malley is a senior majoring in Comparative Literature and Gender, Sexuality, Women's Studies and minoring in Asian American Studies and Creative Writing. They serve as the Co-Chair of the Asian American Studies Undergraduate Advisory Board and the President of The Excelano Project. They are also a Mellon Mays Fellow, a Wolf Humanities Center Undergraduate Fellow, and an Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy Undergraduate Fellow. In their free time, they enjoy eating fruit in parks.