Presentations The Empire Strikes Black: The Importance of The African American Experience in Genre Storytelling Presenters Quincy Thomas Race, the Final Frontier: Racial Anxiety and Color Blindness in the Star Trek Universe Presenters Elizabeth Moser Who is building the “trans’versal” railroad?: the Absent Chinese Faces in Whedon’s Wild West Presenters Mary Elizabeth Cuff Session chairs Leigha McReynolds