Education
M.A., Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, International Relations and Development Economics, 2004
B.A., Harvard University, Literature, 1999
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Biography
Malka Older is a writer, aid worker, and sociologist. Her science-fiction political thriller Infomocracy was named one of the best books of 2016 by Kirkus, Book Riot, and the Washington Post. She is the creator of the serial Ninth Step Station, currently running on Realm, and her acclaimed short story collection And Other Disasters came out in November 2019. She is a Faculty Associate at Arizona State University’s School for the Future of Innovation in Society and her opinions can be found in The New York Times, The Nation, and Foreign Policy, among other places.
Courses Taught
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CRWR 609 GENRE FICTION I
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CRWR 694 CAPSTONE
External Professional Affiliations
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Arizona State University, School for the Future of Innovation in Society
Centre de Sociologie des Organisations
How did you discover Western?
Fran Wilde introduced me to the program by inviting me to the wonderful Summer Residency.
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