Steven Shaviro (/ʃəˈvɪroʊ/; born April 3, 1954) is an American academic, philosopher and cultural critic whose areas of interest include film theory, time, science fiction, panpsychism, capitalism, affect and subjectivity. He earned a PhD from Yale in 1981, and teaches Film, Culture and English, first at the University of Washington, and now at Wayne State University.