Christopher McKitterick (born 1967) is an American writer of science fiction and an academic concerned with the field.
He is Associate Director of the Center for the Study of Science Fiction, a program at the University of Kansas that supports an annual series of classes, workshops, online classes, and AboutSF, a resource for teachers and readers of science fiction.
McKitterick is nominations director for the Theodore Sturgeon Award for the best short SF story of the year, and juror for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.
He completed degrees in English: undergraduate from the University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire in 1991, and master's from Kansas University in 1996.
As of 2010, McKitterick teaches technical communication, science fiction, and creative writing in the English department of the University of Kansas.
Essay, "Essential Science Fiction Anthologies" (World Literature Today, May/June 2010)
Essay, "Science Fiction on the Web" (World Literature Today, May/June 2010)
Essay, "The Literature of Change" (World Literature Today, May/June 2010)
"Online Reference to a Basic Science Fiction Library" (with James Gunn) (World Literature Today, May/June 2010)
"Online Reference to Speculative Fiction Events" (World Literature Today, May/June 2010)
"Online Reference to Science Fiction on the Web" (World Literature Today, May/June 2010)
"Online Reference to Teaching and Scholarly Resources on the Web" (World Literature Today, May/June 2010)
Article, "Science Fiction” (with James Gunn) (Post-War Literature, 1945-1970 of Resource Guide to American Literature, Bruccoli Clark Layman, June 2010)
Article, "The Joy Of Small Cons: Campbell Conference 2009" (Abyss & Apex Magazine, Issue 32: 4th Quarter 2009)
Report, "Combined SFRA and Campbell Conference" (Locus magazine, September 2008)
Report, "Robert A. Heinlein Centennial" (Locus magazine, September 2007)
Role-Playing Adventure, Return of the Pick Axe (TSR Inc., 1998)
Role-Playing Adventure, "Return of the Pick Axe" (TSR Jams, 1999)
Essay, "James Gunn" (Twentieth Century Science Fiction Writers, St. James Press, 1996)
Essay, "James Gunn and The Dreamers: Epitomes of an Evolving Science Fiction" (Extrapolation, Magazine of the Science Fiction Research Association, Winter 1995)