[2][3] In 1991, Yaszek received her bachelor's in English from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and graduated magna cum laude.
As writer Ursula Le Guin stated of The Future is Female, “Lisa Yaszek has selected the best of this tradition, by recognized masters as well as lesser-known names who are overdue for rediscovery.”[5] Yaszek devotes her research to understanding the history of the genre as well as contextualizing its development.
In 2017, she was honored for her work in this area with the PCA/ACA Susan Koppelman Award for Best Anthology, Multi-authored, or Edited Book in Feminist Studies.
She has written articles for such outlets as The Washington Post, Food and Wine Magazine, and USA Today.
[6] She was also featured in the 2018 AMC miniseries James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction that explores the genre "from its cult beginnings in pulp to the engine for blockbuster film" it has become in modern times.