Pat MacEwen

She/Her

anthropologist/author

Participates in 6 items

Pat MacEwen is a physical anthropologist. She works on bones from archaeological sites and does independent research on genocide. She worked on war crimes investigations for the International Criminal Tribunal, after doing CSI work for a decade, and was once a marine biologist at the Institute of Marine & Coastal Studies at USC. Rough Magic, first in a forensic/urban fantasy trilogy, The Fallen, is out from Sky Warrior Publishing. Dragon’s Kiss, a YA fantasy about a crippled boy who can talk to dragons, is also out from Sky Warrior. She writes mystery, horror, science fiction, and fantasy. Her work has appeared in a Year’s Best SF anthology. It has also been a finalist for the Sturgeon Award, and made the Tiptree Honors List. Her hobbies include exploring cathedrals, alien-building via nonhuman biology, and trawling through history books for the juicy bits.

Sessions in which Pat MacEwen participates

Friday 26 May, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)

15:00

Policing Space

1 hour 30 minutes, 15:00 - 16:30

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5

G. David Nordley, ERPS (Moderator)

Candace Lowe, Silicon Valley Authors (Participant)

Pat MacEwen (Participant)

We don't want terrorists dropping rocks on our heads at 40 km/s, right? We don't want someone to turn a place on the Moon into a Meth lab, right? W...

Saturday 27 May, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)

10:00

Earthlike Exoplanets

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 - 11:30

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Pat MacEwen (Moderator)

Dr Orkan Umurhan (Participant)

Dr Heidi L Stauffer, Lydian Academy (Participant)

Edward Kukla, Kukla Consulting (Participant)

The Trappist System has three that might be habitable! Then there's Proxima Centauri B. What do we know about these new worlds? What are the odds o...

Sunday 28 May, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)

11:30

Women Of Horror

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 - 13:00

San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1

Emerian Rich, Self and HorrorAddicts (Moderator)

Loren Rhoads, Loren Rhoads (Participant)

Pat MacEwen (Participant)

14:30

CSI and Magic

1 hour 30 minutes, 14:30 - 16:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Pat MacEwen (Moderator)

Marie Brennan (Participant)

J.L. (Jim) Doty, Bourgeois Capitalist Establishment (Participant)

Brian Williams, Contra Costa College (Participant)

How do you solve crimes involving magic or magical beings and creatures? What kinds of evidence can you find using science? How can magic assist sc...

Monday 29 May, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)

10:00

Changing Opinions.

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 - 11:30

San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1

Stephen (Moderator)

Ellen, Makers Workshop (Participant)

Steven Mix, Green Machine Comics (Participant)

Pat MacEwen (Participant)

13:00

Ultranationalism

1 hour 30 minutes, 13:00 - 14:30

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5

Pat MacEwen (Moderator)

Margaret McGaffey Fisk, TTO Publishing (Participant)

Colin Fisk (Participant)

Anne Killpack (Participant)

Prof. David McGaffey, InterConsultGlobal; St.Mary's College of California; Holy Names University (Participant)

Why is ultranationalism suddenly so widespread? Is it a reaction to multi-culti mores? To globalization? To demographic change? What are we all so ...