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UCF Space Week: Space in the Popular Imagination

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UCF Space Week: Space in the Popular Imagination In-Person

A panel of writers, filmmakers, and scholars discussing depictions of space in literature and film from the early 20th century to the present. Panelists will discuss how space is depicted in science fiction and the popular imagination. Michael Furlong, UCF Associate Librarian, will moderate. Light refreshments will be provided.

Panelists include: 

  • Dr. Michael Taylor, writer, Emeritus Faculty, UCF School of Data, Mathematical, and Statistical Sciences
  • Barry Sandler, screenwriter, filmmaker, and Associate Professor, UCF Nicholson School of Communication and Media
  • Dr. Adrienne Dove, planetary scientist, Professor and Chair of Physics at UCF, and co-host of the Walkabout the Galaxy Podcast
Date:
Monday, October 26, 2026
Time:
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Time Zone:
Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
Location:
402
Library:
John C. Hitt Library
Audience:
  Faculty     Graduate Students     Library Community     Staff     Undergraduate Students  
Categories:
  Academic     Public Event     Space Week  

Registration is required. There are 84 seats available.

Event Organizer

Michael Furlong

Monday-Wednesday and Friday appointments are scheduled via Zoom with evening availability on Mondays, from 12PM-7PM. In-person appointments in Orlando are held primarily on Thursdays from 10AM-4PM. Other appointments, including evening appointments, are held via Zoom only. If you need to meet outside of available appointment times, please email me at Michael.Furlong@ucf.edu. Thank you!

Michael Furlong is the UCF Connect Librarian at the UCF Daytona Beach campus and serves as the Photography, Nursing and Integrated Business Librarian in Daytona and additional subject areas in Orlando.

Michael earned his doctorate (Ed.D.) in Educational Leadership in Higher Education from The University of Central Florida. Michael also holds an MS in Library Science and Information Studies from Florida State University and an MA in Literature from Florida Atlantic University. Michael’s research interests include scholarly collaborations between librarians and subject faculty, theater/film, graphic novels, and RPG tabletop gaming.

Michael is the primary librarian for:

  • College of Arts and Humanities
    • Photography
    • Theatre and Performing Arts
  • College of Nursing (Daytona)

and the secondary librarian for these Colleges and Programs:

  • College of Arts and Humanities:
    • Africana Studies
    • Architecture
    • Emerging Media
    • English
    • History
    • Latin American Studies
    • Modern Languages
    • Philosophy
    • Themed Experience
    • Visual Arts
    • Writing and Rhetoric
  • College of Nursing