Assistant Professor of American Studies in the Department of English Language & Literature at the University of Haifa, specializes in contemporary popular culture, jazz aesthetics, literature post-9/11, and science fiction. She holds an MA & PhD from the University of London and BA from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel. Keren is the author of Cross-Rhythms: Jazz Aesthetics in African-American Literature (Continuum, 2008). Areas of interest on which she has written and published include: 20-21st Century American literature & culture; science fiction & gender; Israeli SF; post-9/11 aesthetics; posthumanism; and music in a digital culture.
