Thiess’s scholarly work spans more than two decades and ten states (sound like a crime spree?), primarily as a mendicant educator. Finally lucking his way onto the tenure track, he immediately put himself onto faculty senates and editorial boards only to discover that the system would not be changed from within–too many hostile political hack administrators and apathetic mid-career colleagues. One may note a progression in his scholarly work of increased despondency, should they be inclined to notice…

American Fantastic: Myths of Violence and Redemption (University of Wisconsin Press 2025)

Sport and Monstrosity in Science Fiction (Liverpool University Press, 2019) *Review in ALH*

Embodying Gender and Age in Speculative Fiction (Routledge Books, 2016)

Relativism, Alternate History, and The Forgetful Reader (Lexington Books, 2014)

A sampling of shorter, open-access works:

“Prepping for the Latourian Apocalypse, From Doomsday Preppers to Broken Earth” Fantastika Journal, vol. 5, no.1, May 2021.

“Science Fiction Sport and Political Dreaming” Imagining the Impossible

“Sport, Religio-Politics, and Science Fiction” Liverpool UP Blog.